The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-03-31
GENERAL ITEMS. 4.

-Ludger Blanchet, member of one
OF the leading French families of Quebec, has
Joined the Presbyterian Church, creating not
little sensation.
-At.the recent term of Tennessee
court six murderers escaped conviction, but
hungry woman was sent to the pententiary for
two years for stealing quart of buttermilk.
The death rate in what is called
Greater London" has been reduced to one half
what 1T was in the little London of Queen Eli
zabeth's time
The Michigan State University has
1881 students, 730 of whom are professors of
religion. Of the latter number 264 are Metho-
dists, lSS Presbyterians, 1876 Baptists and so
along down the list.
The sale by auction in New York
Of 24O pictures belonging to the collection of
Mrs. Mary j. Morgan yielded the sum of g. So,
3U0: They cost considerably over a million
dollars.
The fortune of a deceased Califor.
pian amounts to 100000, and it consists of
real estate in California, horses, cattle and 100
600 gallons of brandy.
The Presbyterian Historical Society
in Philadelphia has many interesting relics in
It's poss esslon; among Others the horse-pstols of
Preston Pans; also walking cane of William
Tennent
More than $500 babies have been
entered for the International Baby Contest in
Paris. The favorite for the prize in the heavy
weight class Is boy named Sidoyne Vallez, a
Belgian by descent. At the age of FIVE years he
is four feet one and half inches in hight and
weighs l58 pounds.
The number of the communicates in
the Episcopal Church in the last twenty years
has grown from 16l ,224 to 39S, O98, and the
number OF eioceses and jurisdictions from "a to
90 but there has been no corresponding in
crease IN the number of candidates for orders.
II there had been the present 272 would be
more than 600.
-MURDEROUs INGENUITY.-A g.
FOUNDER twenty five years ago was the most
powerful piece of artillery known. and it threw
proJectlle 1870 feet per second. Now the
weight of guns Is increased from to 100 tons,
the veloclties fIom 1000 to 1000 feet, and the
energies from 100 foot tons to 50 900 foot-tons
When Thebaw and his retinue were
landed as prisoners at Madras and turned over
TO a ourly Scot on duty there, the officer who
had brought them demanded a receipt. The
Scotchman promptly made it out somewhat as
follows: Received of Colonel Wllloughby. one
king, two queens, thirteen maids of honor. &c.
as per invoice"
The liquor boycott is already in
operation in Armstrong county, Pa. 1t is said
that trm that own two large distilleries at
Freeport has made its employees agree to boycott
all business houses whose proprietors believe in
prohibition, and all the important houses in
town. with two exceptions have been forced to
prove that they do not favor prohibitory law.
Christ Church, williamsburg, Va.
has had among its worshpers Washington and
his wife. There are belonging to it two CON-
IA services one given by Queen Anne, and
the other by George LII. 1t possesses also the
font In which Pocahontas was baptized. 1t is
claimed to be the oldest church in the country
save one
THE COMING CoMET.-The comet
which was discovered by Partisan astronomer
last December seems destined to cut quite
hgure In terrestrial circles. Professor Boss of
the Dudley observatory reports that it is in.
creaslng In brightness, and promises to be a
grand sPt ctacle" By the middle of April it
VIII be visible to the naked eye and two weeks
after, according to the Professor, it will probably
be as brilliant as the great comet of 1881. When
nearest the earth 1t will be only II 600 900 miles
distant.
GERMAN MINISTERS AND TIE SAB
| BATH.-On Monday, March To- about fifty of
the German ministers representing all Denomina-
tons except the Roman Catholic and the
Evangelical Protestant met in Cincinnati to
protest with one voice against the Turner Hall
antl-Sabbath agitation. The following resolu-
ton was passed That we, as German citizens
In opposition to the German Turner's and the
other German societies, are in favor of the Sun
day rest and harmony with the law of the State
| of Ohio"
"A SUDDEN CoNvERsIoN.-Ed M.
Forest, reformed gambler and drunkard, is
holding exciting and profitable revival meetings
In Missouri. He says that he was converted
about SIX years ago while running faro game
In Parsons, Kan. One night while DEALING
being then several hundred dollars ahead of the
game, he says that he felt as though hand was
laid on his shoulder saying, "Stopl' So i'm
! pressed was he with the thought that it was the
hand OF God that he threw all his winnings
upon the table and exclaimed, Right her I
quit. lie went to work the next day exhort-
ing the drunkard and the gambler to follow bis
example lie held meetings in Hiawatha, Kan
and over 800 took the pledge.
In the State of Wisconsin the T,ntb.
eran Church numbers more members than all
the other Protestant churches ombined The
! synod OF Wisconsin has lis pastors, 195 con-
gregations and 10000 communicates. THE
| Wisconsin District of the Missouri SYNOD nun-
bers 70 pastors, 1876 congregations and Is 500
communicates the Iowa Synod has there 20
pastors and at least % congregations abont 100
| congregations and 5000 communicates belong
to other Synods. Wisconsin therefore has
about 800 Lutheran pastors 40 CONGREGATIONS
and upwards OF 10000 communism THe
| Lutheran.