Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1884 — Presbyterian Church Matters. [ARTICLE]

Presbyterian Church Matters.

Rev. Gilbert Small will preach in the Presbyterian Church on the first Sabbath of April. MEETING or THE PBESBffTXRT. The Presbytery of Loganspart will meet in the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, April Bth at 7:80 p.m. Rev. Joseph McHatton of Kentland. the Moderator, will preach the opening sermon on Tuesday evening. Wednsday will be spent in the routine business of Presbytery and on Wednsday evening, there will be a general conference on “How can the Church reach and influence those outside to come within its fold.” All the session will be open to the public, and as this is the first meeting of this body in Rensselaer, it is hoped the citizen will take such interest in its procedings as to attend in full force—especially the evening sessions. George Eastman, the inveutor of the machine to make percussion caps, is living at the age of seventy in Kalamazoo, Mich. “Is a chancery ccutt a plac© where a man takes his chance?” asked the lawyers son of his fathor. “Well yes, that's about It,” was the answer. .<>»■. .... A gloomy outlook. Hans—“Hein* rich, if dose brohibition granks voul d have der vay, vat den vould ve drink?” Heinrich—“ Drink vater,uat like a cow, py gracious.”—[Scissors. About 150 miles north of Missoula, Montana a region has been diseov ered by an exploring party in which are twenty-two cascades over 500 ft, in height, and a true glacier with a mile frontage and 500 feet fall. It is said to be a more wonderful region than the Yellowstone. Laura Johnson, a Milwaukee girl, became so ' indignant, on reading a letter from her betrothed, in which he expressed the desir# to break off their engagement, that she tried to snatch the engagementrlngfrom her finger, but it was so firmly fixed that sbe could not remove p. Seeing a hatchet near by she th©a deliberate-* ly chopped the finger off and sent it, with the ring attached, to th© faithless lover, Mrs. Fremont’s presence of mFnJ jOnce saved her husband from a humiliating* experience, and proba lv kept California for th© United States. After he.had started on his most fam*. ous Pacific slope expedition enamies In Washington succeeded in getting a bill through congress recalling the |

authority of the expedition. Mrs. Fr**mo«» had order* to forward by | courier to her bus Wand anything es ! importance that came after he left, and sbe could easily have overtaken him within three o- four days. But she quietly suppt - { the order.Fremont went on hi* * v rejoicing, ami California w.is suv*«i thermion. A strong effort was made to reprin.Hiid Fremont, but it slipped ou the r: hold of his expedition, and be . jiiized instead of rebuked. Every body recognizes the fact that the eountiy needs a sew and efficient nar, and there is lots of money in the treasury with which to to build it. But under the management of Robeson usd Chandler the country has spent lots of money for this purpose already and has no navy, after ail. A new navy is a new secretary is wanted worse. [Philadelphia Times. t Any make of Sewing Maohine sold by C. B. Steward. Sesvices of the Free Will Baptist congregation will be held is the Presbyter an church, Rensselaer, os the second and fourth Sabbath* of each month. Covenant meeting ou Saturday before fourth Sabbath of each month at 2p. m. Sabbath services will bvgie a' 10:3# s. re.

M. C. MISER. Paster.