Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-28

1925 pupils in all kinds of schools. In
1852 the number of pupils was 469, of
churches 10 and of members 261.
Il was largely through the influence of
the late Dr.. Robert Knox, distinguished
minister of the Presbyterian church in
the Presbyterian Alliance was appointed
to meet at Belfast in 1884. He was chair
man of the committee of arrangements.
The mother of Joaquin Miller, Lady of
60 years of age, has created a sensation at
| Eugene City, Oregon, by marrying youth
named Allison, who is only % years of age.
Joaquin's younger brother bitterly oppOs-
ed the match, bat Mrs. Miller claimed the
exercise of her own pleasure in the mat
| ter.
The Rev. Adm Grout, of Springfield,
Mass, now 80 years old, was one of the
earliest missionaries among. the Zulus,
going to that country in 1884, and persist
entity and efectualIy laboring there for
thirty-fve years. He was prominently
concerned in the formation of the Zulu
tongue into a written language.
The s'New Aversion" was the subject of
a recent discourse by backwoods preacher
The preacher denounced the revised version
Of the New Testament, saying that what
he wanted was the real words which Jesus
and Paal and the others spoke. These, be
said, we're found in the common version,
and therefore he was opposed to the new.
A Presbyterian clergyman, when visit
ing an unfinished ritualiStic church rec
emily, wrote with the carpenters chalk
upon the wall: Il publish the banns of
matrimoDy between this church and the
church of Rome" A wag, seeing this
notice, chalked under it: 81 forbid the
banns, the parties being too near of kin"
The movement in favor of removing the
time limit of the Methodist pastorates
seems to be all the time growing. at
recent Methodist preachers meeting in
Cleveland, O., strongly worded resolution
to this effect was passed by vote of 10
to q DR.. Mast, the father of German
Methodism, is said to approve the resolu
ton.
st. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, having
been restored in part by the muniticence of
DR.. Robert Chambers, la tely deceal I'd, was
re-opened a few weeks ago. This is the
church where John Knox preached and
where Jennie Geddes fang her stool at the
100000 by his will to complete the work
of restoration.
A New York clergyman went to Boston
and visited a colored church. 'How are
you prospering?" he asked the sexton.
things amt so good as dey was, boss"
was the reply. ''We got new minister,
and he amt SO good as de old one.'
'What's the matter with him?" swell,
boss, you see, he's kind CT illiterate--
comes from New York"
The Rev. Mr.. Prime, the editor of the
New York Observer, fifty years ago, on the
18th of October, preached his first sermon
at Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y. On
the 14th of the present October he again
preached at the same church on the com
pIeted fifty years history OF the church in
the world. The congregation was large
and the occasion enc of unusual interest.
The southern bishops of the Protestant
church have passed resolutions
in favor of constituting the colored popu-
lation into a special missionary organiza-
ton, rather than give them separate es
Enlistment. The bishops also declare
that the only way for the church to accom-
piish anything among the negroes is by
educating young colored men for the min
istry.
Uniontown, Pa, was founded by Vir-
ginia Quaker named Henry Beeson, in 1853.
On the 26th of September, 1888, Fayette
county was erected out of Westmoreland
county. 1t was originally confined between
the Youghiogheny and Monongahela rivers,
put in the following year it was enlarged
10 its present dimensions. The centennial |
anniversary of the foundation of the county |
vas duly celebrated at Uniontown, the !
county seat, en- the Goth ult
The Somerville (Tenn.) Falcon prints the
story of one of the daughters of the dusky |
ace who has just made her first visit to the |
Episcopal church in that place. On reach
ng home she said: "Look here, missus,
never seed such doin's as that at church |
fore. The people they be's prayin' and /
orayin,' and the preacher he holler at I'm |
10 gst up, and den he gets mad and turns
lis back on 'em and don't have muffin to
10 with 'em."