Huntsville gazette., 1889-07-06
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS,
The Southern Chautauqua.

The Monteagle Assembly, or Southern
Chautauqua, to be held at Monteagle
from July to August 20, will be attended
by thousands of visitors from every Sec
ton Of the country. The programme en-
braces lectures by Prof. w. H. Payne, Of
Peabody Normal College; Dr. Z. w.
Bemis, Prof. G. f. Smith and Prof. w. M.
Baskerville Of Vanderbilt University;
Rev. o. P. Fitzgerald, d. D., of the Chris
tan Advocate; Prof. w. A. Smith, of the
Columbia Athenaum; Prof. Alcee Fortier.
Of Tulane University, New Orleans; Prof.
c. w. Kent of the University of Tennes-
see; DR.. J. II. Carlisle, of Wofford Col
lege, Spartanburg, $. G.; Bishop E. r.
Hendrix, of Kansas City, Mo-: Rev. A.
G. Haygood, d. D., of Decatur, Ga; DR..
w. L. Harris, Of Concord, Mass; DR.. J.
L. ii. Curry, Of Richmond, Va; DR.. T. A.
AtcLison, of Nashville; Mr.. c. Fl. Jones
of st. Louis, Mo-; Mr.. Maurice Thomp-
son, Of Charlottesville, Ind; Prof. w. S.
Wyman, OF the University Of Alabama,
and Hon. w. c. F. Breckinridge, Of Ken
tucky. There viii be address es by Hon.
Jas. d. Richardson, Of Murfreesboro,
and Rev. D. e. Bushnell, d. D., of Chat
tanooga.
Rev. NJ. H. Houston, D. D., and Rev. d.
G. Rankin, d. d., the secretaries Of the
committees Of foreign missions of the
Southern Presbyterian church, have COM
pleted arrangements for the removal
from Baltimore to Nashville, Tenn, OF
the headquarters of the committee. The
removal, which was ordered at the recent
session Of the General Assembly in
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sxertions are to be made in the work OF
spreading the Gospel in other lands, but
that the fund for carrying out the plans
of the church is to be very largely in
creased. During the next twelve months
the committee, which is to be aided by
local committee composed Of ministers
aud laymen of prominence, expect to
handle over 100000. With this addition
Nashville is now the headquarters Of
three Of the largest Protestant churches
in the country-the Methodist Episcopal,
the Cumberland Presbyterian and tho
Presbyterian.
Death of Noted Southern Lady.
Mrs. Felicia Grundy Porter, one Of the
most notable women in the South, died at
her residence in Nashville, Tenn, recent
ly, after a protracted illness. She was
sixty-nine years old, and the youngest
daughter of the late Felix Grundy, one OF
the most distinguished men the State
ever produced. Mrs. Porter leaves one
son, Robert NJ. Porter, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. T. NJ. Steger, of Nashville, and
M Is. f. n. Judson, Of st. Louis, No. She
had been twice married, her first husband
being William Eakin and the second DR..
r. M. Porter. Most of her time during
the past forty years was devoted to pub
lie charities, her indefatigable energies
giving her the lead IN such movements.
During the late war Mrs. Porter was most
active in establishing hospitals for the
sick and wounded soldiers, and spent a
great portion of her large fortune in this
work. She was, at the time Of her death
prominently connected with the manage
ment of city asylums and hospitals.
A Rich Vein OF Iron Ore.
A vein Of Iron ore nine miles in length
and an average thickness of seventeen
feet has been discovered in Red mount
ain, only few miles from Birmingham,
Ala. Chemists and experts say it will