Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1883 — MISCELLANEOUS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS.

Paustand and Mudd, two Americans, who were put in jail at Monterey, Mexico, for the murder of Mr. Wickland,' a wealthy contractor, were taken out and hanged by a mob. The annual conventions of four branches of the Presbyterian church of. the United States began on May 17. The General Assembly of the church North met at Saratoga, the Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. D., of Chicago, the retiring Moderator, preaching the annual sermon. The General Assembly of the church South met at Louisville, Ky., before which body the Rev. Dr. R. K. Smoot, of Austin, Texas, preached the opening sermon. The Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly was in session at Nashville, Tenn., and at Philadelphia the Reformed Presbyterian church of North America held its annual convention. This latter sect is numerically weak, there being only about 110 congregations in the United Statea Its members refrain from the exercise of the elective franchise, believing that to vote would be to sanction the omission of the name of God from the constitution. Various other religious anniversaries of a national character have been in progress, including that of the Dunkards, at Flora, Ind., and the Young Men’s Christian Association, at Milwaukeebeside numerous diooesan and State conventions.