News and Notes by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 8, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 14.

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—The first wedding that ever took place in the Northwest in strict accordance with ancient Jewish rites, occurred in Milwaukee on the 17th ult.

—The Jews' free school at Spitalfields, England, is said to be the largest school in the world. It numbers 3,500 pupils—2,250 boys and 1,250 girls.

—The Pope's income for 1888 amounted to £504,000, of which £373,000 came from Peter's pence, £132,000 from interest on moneys invested out of Italy. The outlay of the Vatican amounted to only £340,000.

—Some statistician asserts that the net gain of new churches in the United States during the year 1888 was 6,434, the increase in the number of ministers was 4,505, while the increase in church-members was 774,861. The average gain for each day of the year was 17 churches, 12 ministers, and 2,120 members. Such figures should be well authenticated to receive credence.