Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-08-01
Personal and lmpersOnaI.

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The Mormons have 400 missionaries a
work In foreign lands.
The summer school of philosophy is Il
session at Concord, Mass.
Tennessee lets its prison and its convic
labor for $lO1 900 per year.
During the month of June $50 tons O
freight were shipped from St. Albans.
A lady in Vanderbilt university won tn
literary prize over 12l male competitors.
New York city has 1000 rag picker
whose collections average $4,000 ,
year.
The Rothschilds own 800, 900, o
nearly one fourth of our bonded nationa
debt.
Rev. F. B. Phelps of East St. Johnsbury
has received and accepted call to Erving
Mass.
Hon. VIM. M. Evarts delivers tn,
address at the coming state fair at Bur
lington.
A statue of Peter Cooper is 10 be erected
on plot Immediately south of Cooper
institute.
The president of Trinity college, Hart
ford, Conn, receives $4,000 year ant
house rent.
Rev. E. p. Wild of Newport breaches
six Sabbaths at the Congregational churcl
in Kansas City.
Rev. j. P. Demerritt of Castleton, VT.
has accepted call to the Congregational
church, Bath, N. H.
Rev. Geo. E. Martin of Brattleboro has
received call to the First Congregational
church Of Brockton, Mass.
Mr.. w. II. Vanderbilt has just added
100000 to the endowment of Vanderbilt
university, Nashville, Tenn.
A pawnbroker of Pittsburgh. Penn
says that 90 per cent of the money he
lends goes to purchase liquor.
The United States has 1900 dentists
who use each year ton of gold and five
tons of other metals in their work.
Rev. r. Heber Newton will not be
brought to trial, Bishop Potter having
concluded not to press the charges.
c. 7. Ranpey, formerly of the Newport
Express and Standard has been supplying
the Congregational church at Morgan.
More than 10000 converts received
baptism at the hands Of the foreign mis-
sionaries of the Baptist church last year.
The New West education commission
of the Congregational church has decided
to open 20 new schools the present year.
Elk Senator Patterson of New Hampshire
has been offered the presidency of the
Minnesota state university at Minneapolis.
For the ten months ending June 30th
he receipts of the A. B G. F. NJ. were
$4,000 in advance of the same time last
,ear.
Our confere of the Rutland Standard,
leo. L. Richardson. was married on the
8th instant to Eva E., daughter of E. W.
Iorner.
During the first six months of the year
'24,494 immigrants landed at Castle
iarden, $4,000 less than for the same
months last year
The Mormon authorities expect that
heir adherents will be reinforced by
$1,000 foreign immigrants, the result of
pecial missionary work.
In the eight principal cities of France
he average yearly consumption for each
nhabtant is 439 pounds, of meat 1875
pounds. and of wine 139 quarts.
The coronation of the car of Russia
ost $l0,00O.00O and yet the religious
ocieties of the whole world spent only
'S,50o,00O for missions last year.
There seems to be remarkable religious
Weakening in Japan. Christians will do
7ell to pray that it may continue until
eathenism is overthrown in the island
mpire.
H. G. Mitchell, Pin. d., formerly of
Wesleyan university, has been appointed
f,f oh
xegesis in the divinity school of Boston
A. F. Nichols, who recently moved
'om West Concord to St. Johnsbury, has
esigned his position of states attorney
nd F. D. Hale of Lunenburgh has been
ppointed.
Rev. Father Gendreau has closed his
onnection with St. Charles church, Bel.
ows Falls, and gone to Varrennes, P.O.,
'r medical treatment. He has been in
DOR health for nearly two years.
The Rev. Frank j. Mundy of East
Weymouth, Mass, has been rendered the
astorate of the Congregational church,
The salary will be Sl5Oo|
nd rent of parsonage.
The foreign missionaries of the world
oent $500, 900 last year and made $685.,
10 converts, Thus for every twenty
even spent the church received an addi |
on of one member. very good showing
ldeed.
Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem will
ecome sea ports if the Mediterranean is
with the Indian ocean by the
ay of the sea of Galilee, Jordan and
cad sea as proposed by recently organ
ed London company.
Miss M. j. Stevens, for the rast five
ears principal of the Pomeroy intermedi-
e school, Burlington, has resigned to
cept Il government appointment as
'rmal school teacher in the Argentine
public, South America.
Rev. DR.. Alorzo Webster of South Car
ina is spending "A few weeks in Vermont
sitting friends. He preached al Weston