St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-11-09

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The wyc!ifstes took their name
from Wycliffe, an English reformcr.
born 1924: died 1857.
1t is claimed that uazleton, Pa,
possesses the only Mohammedar
mosque in America, where the Koran
is regularly read.
The Presbyterian Christian En-.
deavor societies in the United States
rave e3s, ,66O to foreign missions and
SCI, $50 to the home mission boards dur
ing the last year.
Money to teach Slovenian in the
high school at Gill, in Styria, has been
voted by . small majority in the lower
house of the Austrian reichsrath. II
was the proposal to allow this that
caused the Windischgratz ministry to
fall.
-Postmaster-Genera Wilson. who is
q Baptist. was one of the speakers at
the educational meeting At the South
ern Baptist convention ut Washington.
and pointed out the advantages OF
that city ~ the scat of large univer'
sity.
The compulsory education law Of
Pennsylvania requires the attendance
of all children between the ages Of
eight and thirteen years At = school In
which the common English branches
arc taught 1T least sixteen weeks in
each year.
Archbishop Polladius Of St Peters
burg has informed the Abyssinians
that their church can be united with
the Russian II the two Abyssinian met.
ropolitans and Negus Menelek will
sign . request for union to be sub
mitted to the Russian Holy synod.
Rev. Stephen Humphreys Gurteen
In. been appointed by Bishop William
Stephens Perry. Of Iowa. senior canon
non on-residentiary. of the Cathedral
church in Davenport, select preacher
in Advent and Lent, and lecturer or
Anglo-Sa xon and early English litera
ture in Griswold college.
The Salvation Army has nov
reached its two thousandth command
ing officer. and the enrolment OF it.
five thousandth auxiliary, with m
attendance Of upward of 1000. 900 pei
month. or nearly $4,000, 900 at its meet
ings per annum. In view OF this the
army is preparing \ special memorial
number of the War Cry.
The census report covering Stats
tics Of churches, just printed. show.
that there arc l43 distinct denomina
tions in the United states. besides in
dependent churches and miscellaneou.
/ <DH Al ~
commandments Of all denominations i!
20, 6le, 500, who belong to 165.l77 or
CARNATIONS or congregations. havins
l42, SCI edificcs.
| A mortgage was put on record re
Gently against the First Baptist church
| of Cincinnati. It is in favor of Rev
IC. Lockwood. who is about to retire
from the pastorate, and his wife. Th'
church owes Mr.. Lockwood $1,000 sal
ary, and Mrs. Lockwood the same
amount, rs money borrowed for some
church improvements The mortgag'
is to secure these amounts. This churcl
is the oldest one Of the denomination
in Cincinnati.
Minnesota does not mean to b
left behind in the race to have thor
oughly taught medical men. There i
. state law requiring medical student
to attend in four years courses OF no
less than six months Of lectures in tn
different years before graduation; ant
rs Of the 1lO medical schools in tn
United States, only fourteen require
four years course. it will be seen hoy
up.to-date that young state is. TIL
Legislature also appropriated $4,000
for laboratory. making total o
$3.50, 600 set apart in four years 10
buildings alone.