The sun., 1898-02-02

TWENTY-FIVE members depending upon
the conference for aid and thlrv-tWu
| widows The aggregate number on years
| the TWENTY-FIVE veterans were III service
for the church is 700, over one.thih Of
the Christian era. The NJ. + Church OF
| this town was asked to contr!bHte Sf3c.
| tn" collection in the morning amounted
| to ;lu3 the remaining 81 being raised
in the evening, when Rev. RawiinS
preached one Of the most eloquent ser
mons ever delivered in the church. The
revival meetings will be continued the
present week and Sunday morning six
persons Joined the church on probation.
The Mems Union meeting at st. Peter :
CEuprl Sunday evening, was well a.
trndcl. The subject discussed WIS: ST"
What Extent Has II Man the Right t"
ignore th" Church and It's Services.
The meeting was in charge OF Ni'Ila!
+. Waters, and addresses we're made by
prDi {. II. l.. irvrr, Dr. {. q. Swlnn"N,
William +. Waters. Al"Xandria 'iln'
minis and Erv. tirorg" W. Nainc. '.he
natter hwtlt at lrr1h npon the Err"pp ppAi
Church and what j, bad done. !'r SPOKE
II it az the mott church and Sar. all
nhrr dcnnmina, ions had b"archrh from
it, some $50 in number The reverend
gent .cln;,n said the various dcn".,lnA-
tions had been given different nH',cs bat
had found nothing better than the "nls-
copaI Church. His remarks evidently
did not sui, all present. Some surprise
was orcasioncd when Nathaniel Wi'ds
was asked to prepare the -ubjr"t for the
next meeting, when that gentleman re-
fused to do so, stating he was not a mem
hcr Of the Episcopal Church, and he did
no, agree with what Rev. Dainr had
said. Mr.. .Wllds stated he could not be
made believe that the teachings Of his
mother were all wrong, that the many
thousands Of dollars contributed by the
NrthudistS and other denominations
had been used in vain and tllntth Nuns,
Sisters, etc, in tn" large cities accom-
| plishcd no good Mr.. Wilds was ont
| spoken and after his talk those in charge
| VI the meeting did not keep on insisting
month. These meetings are for men
and are supposed t. be undrnomna-
| tiunal, the members OF the various
churches and non-chnrch gners being in
| Wit d to attend them.
The last meeting ui tlc Town Council!
wu~ a breezy one indeed. Trouble had
| been hrrwng for the Wlst week over he
refusal Of George Cole, the contractor Tor
| the town hauling to huni the shells puI
chased by the town for repairing tn'
streets. The fun started when Connect.
man James e. Il 'linsrn DOT no An'
stated tn Il G unciman r. /. Cummin>
had been tc.nng il around that II wa
the fault Of tie Chairman ui the street
Committee that the shells were in s.!ch
bad condition. Mr. L ,binson said this
was untrue. Councilman Cnn,Inins took
the floor and said he had made the re-
mark to but one man, but ncvcr' Ilelcss
he did think it was true hat Mr. Robin
son had neglected his duties.
lie told the chairman Of the street
Committee that he had charge Of the
street supervision and if Cole had re-
fused to do the work it was his place to
instruct the supervisor to have other
teams to do the hauling. Both council
men were very aigry and bitterly de-
nounced each other. Mr. Robinson
finally moved Mr.. Cole should have the
contract taken from him and the same
be given II. Z. Jordan, agent, his teams
10 do the hauling for 500 per year. Dr..
r. G. Moore had an applicant in Alex.