Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-13

breasts lIstening to the words they ar
anxious to understand. The missionary
wife dresses In white mnslin with sOla
toupee on her head, no ornament o
jewels. Opposite her ats a wealth,
woman. The other dsy she had hear,
the 2enapa woman singing. She said
! think I'll dress up and so to see her
She appeared in the audience next day
her hair heavy with oocoanut oil, silver
bangled and be jsweled from head I,
foot; from her left nostril hsngs golt
ring. For fashionable lady to wear 1
in the right nostril would make all Bel
gravia starsl Her lips are red stained
from chewing betel nut. On ber wrist
and ankles are heavy silver bracelets
She wore rich purple silk skirt. and il
her arms was a year old baby boy, NOR,
grandly clad than the mother
From Its neck depend lonl
silken cord with charms and smulets
something similar to our chatelsines o
20 years ago. One Of these "ourio'
boxes contains the regulation Sansori
verse, . protection against ill.luck
There Is another woman over in tn,
shadow, without jewels in coarse cloth
She Is lonely and unhappy. Some darl
night she will disappear and never b,
seen again. She ia widow. Thest
Hindoo women are very curious as TO tn,
dress OF Europeans. Three or foui
curious heads are examining
my dress, while another fron
behind lightly lifts the edge o.
my skirt with Unsuitable curiosity to dis
cover what is underneath. A man oil
woman unmarried at the age of Is or II
is q social disgrace. To grow up unmar
ried is an offense against society, and the
scandal Of such fact mnst not mentioned
In ears polite.
The lecturer continued with graphic
description Of the manners and customi
Of the people with whom she has labored
many years. She concluded with al
earnest appeal for subscriptions.
After singing, Mrs. Stevens was intro
duoed to the audience. Her mission was
to give the ststistios OF the society. They
were pledged to support the following
Two missionaries, $3.50 each one Bible
reader, $50; four scholarships, $40 each
four orphans. $50 each.
The Rev DR.. Parker Of the India con
ference, of rs years Of Indian experience
tuOh huuItbbou tub HuulcuUbs AIubbk
other points, he alluded to the marked
ignorance in Hindoostan. You might al
well make an attempt to take the Hima
laya Mountains and throw them into tn,
Bay Of Bengal as to try teach the womer
of India. Some years back, when We be
gan, there were 20,000,000 women II
India, and perhaps not 10 tf them couli
read.
A Brahmin remarked on hearing Of oul
attempt to teach them, that he would next
hear of our esssyipg to teach COWS Nov
We have 1000 cultivated native Hindo,
women, all Christians. We have thre,
normal schools.
A great branch Of our work is th
charge of the Eurasisns, the children o
mixed races. This i5 one of our mos
successful branches. We have in all III
graduated Christian female teachers VIII,
have charge of $500 girls aud women.
A collection was taken at the clo5e o
the meeting was dismissed with the bene
diction by DR.. Kidder.
The third days session OF the vii
minston Methodist Conference convened
at Asbury Church at O'Clock, Bisbo o.
Harris presiding. After devotional exer
cises the various standing committee
presented their reports.
The centenary committee reported upol
the oele bration of Barrett's chapel, givinl
the arrangements and setting forth tina
he Methodist bishops and General Fiske
the endower OF Piske University woul,
| be present.
The committee on organization of his
torical society also presented report 10
future action OF conference.
The collection OF Salisbury district
is as follows, second figures repre- lentin
amount for foreign missions Accomac
$40; Asbury, Sl20; Berlin, $50; Bsthe
circuit, $lO5; Cbincotsague, s25 Girls
field, 300; DeAl's Island, $50; Fruit
land, SIS Laurel. $llS Newark, $50
Psrsonsburg, $40. Sc; Quantioo, $50, s3S
Roxana, $64. $l6; Salisbury, 800, $40
Snsrptown, $15 Worcester, SIS so.
Presiding Elder Wilson OF Salisbnr,
district presented charge against til
Rev. W. ]. O'Neill OF Princess An ,e
Md , OF moral and ministerial della
qusncies.
Mr.. O'Neill rose to speak, but tn
bishop ruled that at present it restt'
with the administration OF confe 'enoe. !
motion was made by the Rev. J. L. Smitl
that the case be tried in open co lference
but was not put.
subsequently, the bishop ruled that a
Mr.. O'Neill had the floor, he is entitle'
to speak and should be accorded ful
privileges. Mr.. O'Neill said that he wa
ready with counsel and documents aut
iull proof; he would prefer the case LEI
to the bishop aud conference in Gpel
council, that the people here in vii
mington and HIS own at home might se
that everything is stated openly an
publicly.
Twas suggested that the matter b
left TO private commission. Mr. O'Neil
said his reputation was the property O
God, the conference and OF himself. Ii
wanted his people at home to hear wins
he suffered. [Applsuss aud intense sen
sation.
The bishop strongly deprecated audibl
expression of feeling.
The general feeling of conference al
peared to be in favor OF an open trial.
The bishop said that "Bishop Harri
and his cabinet have no jurisdiction i
.is case"
The Rev. A. D. Davis said that II woul
take four or five days TO settlet 8 matter
The Rev. R. W Todd arose Indignantly
stating that brothers. character shoul
bs superior to all other considerations.
The bishop ordered the charges TO b
read, which was done as follows:
Specification Of falsehood and defama
tion OF character wilful and false stat.
ments In reference to an ex-presidiD
elder OF fraud and criminal extraction c
pages from records; stating publicly tina
the church had been robbed untruthiu
assertions had been made sgainst Brothe
White illegal transfers OF property mif
sd Yislng officers Of St. Peters conoernin
parsonage property; stating publicl
that Presiding Elder Williams was tn
responsible person for certain wrou
assertions.
After the specifications had been read
the bishop ruled that Mr.. 0'Neill migh
plead to the charges and substsntiate
his ruling by reference to paragraph $50 {
conference laws.
The motion was made that oomnii:
sioner be appointed in behalf of the ohurc
and two in behalf Of MIR. O'Neill. Tn
Rev. A. W. LightbUurne was sppointe
to represent the church and the Revs.
L. Smith and J. D, Kemp, to act as oour
sci for 0'Neill. The case was then LEI
for future action when the testimony wi
bs taken.
The bishop then introduced the Revi
Thomas, Merriwesther, Mclaughlin
Paxon, Cummins, johnson and NJ A
Richards OF Philadelphia Conference, an
Bowditoh OF New York, Rsst Confereno, G,
The admission of second year olss
for full connection was then taken up, Til