Music at Seventh Street Methodist Church Dispute
THERE is trouble in the city of New York between the Seventh Street Methodist Church and the proprietor of a beer garden who fills the air with music during divine worship on Sunday. The hearing of the case was postponed until October 4, and both sides have engaged counsel. There is talk of offers to suspend the music in service hours on Sunday, but the church wants the music stopped altogether. At a meeting of the Methodist preachers it was resolved to sustain the Seventh Street Church in every way, and the Germans in the city are earnest in sustaining Falk. A STRANGE rumor comes from across the Atlantic. It states that the Italian Government is going to give the Pantheon at Rome for a place of Protestant worship. This is the most ancient church in the Eternal City. The pavement is said to rest on 200 wagon loads of martyrs’ bones, put there by order of Pope Boniface IV. STAMPS are no longer required on business papers, other than the tax of two cents on bank checks, drafts, or orders. The repealing section of the law reads as follows: “On and after the first day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, all the taxes imposed by the stamps, under and by virtue of Schedule B of section one hundred and seventy of the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and the several acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are hereby repealed, excepting only the tax of two cents on bank checks, drafts, or orders.” A SUBSCRIBER renewing his subscription to the Religious Telescope casually remarks: “The tobacco crop is large in our region. As soon as it is out of the way, so that the people can attend meetings, we expect to give our time to the Lord.” This good Christian and his neighbors, who believe in seeking first the tobacco crop and its profits, and after that the kingdom of God, differ from a good many others only in the frank confession of their faith. THE Philadelphia Ledger calls attention to the remarkable meteorological phenomena of the past winter and present summer. The heavy snows and rains; the intense and long-continued heated terms; frequency and severity of storms, extraordinary and destructive floods, and rains where they never were known before on the great Western Plains. Accompanying those violent phenomena there have been volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tornadoes in unusual numbers in various portions of the world, within the reach of the press and telegraph. The greatest scoffer must admit this much: that a better world than this is both conceivable and desirable. A PAPAL CONUNDRUM.—A placard bearing the following amusing dialogue was recently found pasted on a statue of the Pope: “Query. What ails the Pope? Answer. Tumore (tumor). Q. What’s the cause of it? A. Strike out the initial T—Umore (moisture). Q. What will be the consequence of it? A. Strike out the initial U—More (he dies). Q. When is it going to happen? A. Strike out the initial M—Ore (within a few hours). Q. And who’ll take his place? A. Strike out the initial O—Re (the king). Q. Which king? A. Strike out the initial R—E (Emmanuele).” A STRANGE and terrible disease is raging among the horses in Canada. A dispatch from Toronto, Oct. 8, says:— The disease among horses here continues, and there is scarcely a horse fit for work. The interruption to business is becoming very serious. Merchants are unable to ship or get goods from the depot, and there are no hacks on the streets. ARMS FOR PRUSSIA.—A firm in Birmingham has made a contract with the Prussian government to furnish 150,000 rifles of an improved pattern. THROWING STONES AT ROYALTY.—PARIS, Oct. 8.—A special from Madrid says: “Last evening, while King Amadeus was walking in the Plaza del Oriente, two men, who were concealed behind statues, threw several large stones at him, crying at the same time, ‘Viva la Republique.’ The desperadoes took flight immediately, and were pursued by a number of policemen, but escaped. The King was unhurt. The occurrence causes great excitement in Madrid.”