Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-19

ton for the diSestablishnent of the Scottish
church, and that as soon as they can do 81
with advantage, they will deal directly will
the establishment in England and Wales
and meanwhile, they urge the several loca
organizations to carry on with fresh energy
a movement which, it is stated, has already
made the most marked progress, and viii
in few more years be crowned with com
plete success.
Some one has discovered in number OF
the Leipzig Gazette, published in 1882, the
following announcement: ga certain per.
son, named Mozart, has had the impu-
dence to misuse my drama, Belmont and
Constance as ibretto. herewith pro-
test most solemnly against the invasion Of
my rights and reserve for the present any
action on my part. Christopher Frederick
Bretzner, author of "A Little Debauch.' u
In literature Bretzner is known as the
author of novels, dramas and comedies
which have long ago been consigned to
well deserved oblivion.
At meeting of the Baptist Union at
Liverpool, Eng, Mr.. w. F. Lockhart said
ligion, and he had suffered some oppro-
brium because he could not adopt the new
tangled notions of the last twenty years.
With regard to special services, he
thought that at the present time they were
in danger of being over evangelised and
over revivalised. What they wanted was
to get Evangelism]and Revivalism into the
ordinary services. They had depended too
much on outside aid-on professional
evangelists. They we're some who came
across the Atlantic and took large sums of
money back with them.
Philanthropist Corcoran, owner of the
Arlington hotel at Washington, wished to
buy Mrs. Freeman's brown-stone house,
which adjoins his property. He wrote to
Mrs. Freeman, informing her of contem-
plated improvement and giving her to I'M
derstand that he would be pleased to learn
at what sum she held her property, and
that he would send her check for the
amount. Mrs. Freeman, who is wealthy
also, replied that she had for long time
felt the necessity of having larger flower
garden, and that if Mr.. Corcoran would
kindly denote the value he placed upon the
Arlington hotel property she would be
highly delighted to send him check.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has just
appeared in new novel entitled doctor
Zay," which Messrs. Houghton, Miflin d
Go. publish. 1t is the story of woman
physician who practiced in small town
in the Maine woods. A Boston young man
visits the village on business, and has the
stereotyped accident which makes him fall
into the hands of Doctor Zay, who is
barely interesting female Notwithstanding
her somewhat novel occupation. The
young man is deplorably weak individual
and neither character is strongly pictured.
The whole story is of the courtship of the
injured man during convalescence. It will
be read because of the author, though it
adds nothingsto her reputation.
A committee consisting of four bishops,
twelve ministers and twelve laymen was
appointed by the board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church last spring to
take into consideration the question of
holding Methodist centennial conference
in Baltimore, in 1884. This committee
met in New York last week and adopted
resolution of celebrating the centenary of
the organization of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, and declaring that other Meth
odist bodies in America ought to partici-
pate. committee of five was appointed
to correspond with other bodies and help
tc prepare plans for the proposed confer
ence. Of this committee, Bishop Simpson
was made president and Fl. Il. Carroll sec
rotary.