St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-05-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1T is said that the Salvation Armv
is making many converts among the
negroes of the South.-N. T. Tribune.
Nashville, Tenn. has, eighteen
colored school-teachers, larger num-
ber than any other city in the United
States. Chicago Times.
The Reed Female College was in
corporated at New York, recently.
with Morgan Dix, Horatio Potter and
the like among the corpcrators.
"A mission has been established at
Hong Kong to watch over the Chinese
returning from this country, and en-
pioy them in educational and Christian
work among their countrymen.-Phiia-
delphid Times.
One of the best Greek scholars in
this country, during recent lecture on
the benefits of classical education,
stated that there does not exist . gradu-
ate of an American college who can
properly affix the accents to . page of
printed Greek.-BOston Journal.
-Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, long
the highly original but orthodox pastor
of the rich Park Congregational Church
Of Norwich. Conn.,. has set the gossips
all by the ears by becoming Unitarian
clergyman in > Worcester pulpit
Hartford Post.
-Twenty-nine Cardinals have died
since the accession of Leo. Kill, and
thirteen hats are now at his disposal.
Of the fifty-sevcn existing members.
one, Cardinal Schwazenberg, Arch
bishop of Prague. was created Cardinal
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naming twenty BY Leo. The present
pope has not been so partial to Italians
as his predecessor; three of his creation
are German, two French, one English.
one Irish. one American and one Pole.
The College of Cardinals now contains
thirty-two Italians to twenty-five of
other nationalities.-Chi Chicago Tribune.
In the year 1885 the State of North
Carolina gave to the University OF
Tennessee at Nashville large portion
of what constitutes the seventh and
eighth wards of the city, with other
property now valued at over 45, 600, 600
One of the conditions of this grant was
that it should be free from taxation for
ninety-nine years. As this franchise
runs out in November, 1884, the CITY
authorities are making arrangements
to value and assess the property, and
expect to realize therefrom an income
for the corporation of over SlOO, 900 per
annum.
There being about $4,000 Scandi
navian and Lutheran adherents of the
Mormon Church in Utah, q special
effort is being made to restore them to
Presbyterians are work
ing through Norwegian evangelists.
The Methodists have appointed . Nor
wegian missionary to Salt Lake City.
where he has erected church edifice
and opened school. The Swedish
Lutherans have sent minister, who
has gathered = congregation, and q
Danish Lutheran clergyman will soon
operatiOns.-Ch Chicago Times.
According to a new regulation the
schools of Paris are now
regularly visited each fortnight by ap-
proved medical inspectors. These look
at the children in their class
rooms. and in the event of their dis
covering signs of a contagious disorder
the teacher is communicated with and
the child sent home to receive . SUBJ
sequent call from the doctor. The
employ 126 physicians for
this purpose, and expect to materially
measles, mumps. scarlet fever
and the like, by such attention.-N T.
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