LUTHERANS. 





the militia, and the negroes resumed work the 

 fternoon of Mnn-h 14 under proter: 



Tin- jislature passed an act in 1880 



declaring fl -tion of th- 



nf am \evrl ..ha! 



VOrkffig on t ho wharves or levee of tin- - 



; of the vessel's 



tackle " under penalty of Inprifoomeiit f 



itl) I ! Cuban Stcain-hiii Company. 



during a jerid of trouble <.n tin- le\e. . 

 men Could not 1 >rk. attempted t<> u-e 



wn -ailors to load one of their ship* lying 

 in this |Mirt. The men were arrested nndi-r the 

 :.t\v and OJMT.V ; ped in the 



handli' I 'iip ap- 



plied to tin- l'i, M for relief. and 



Judge Parlance, in tin- circuit court. i n.-d an 

 order prohibiting the Mayor and other authori- 

 ties from interfering with tlir foreign Bailors. 



Care of Leper*. A home for lepers has been 

 ecared in lu-n il!- parish, according to an act 

 of the last Legislature. An old plantation was 

 bought, and cottages were fitted up for the u-e 

 : board will receive applica- 

 'or admission, and if the whereabouts of 

 other I.-JHTS not applying are learned, the serv- 

 ices of the law will 'be used to bring them in. 

 Hereafter the^v will be in charge of the Sisters of 

 Charity. It i- believed that the disease can be 

 Find OUi within fifty years. 



Political. A largely attended 1 ter -ilv.r 

 Content ion was held in New Orleans, June 10, 

 and resolutions railing for the free coinage of 

 silver wore adopted. 



The Hal lot Iteform League called a conven- 

 't at New Orleans, .Inly 'Jo. and 

 aim! hrr at Shn-veport. her. 17. with the 

 of influencing the Democratic State Convention 

 to pass a re-oiiniou in favor of the proposed 

 iin.-nt to the Constitution limiting th<- suf- 

 frage ( who are able to read the Const i- 



t ut ion in the mother tongue or are owners of 

 taxable property to the amount of $200; "ami 

 Also to commit the party to a thorough revision 

 of our laws for the registration of voters and the 

 enactment of an Australian ballot law, so as to 

 it false and fraudulent registration and to 

 secure a free ballot and an hornet count of the 

 vote* of voters legally qualified under the 

 amended Constitution as actually < . 



The ( oiiveinion met at 



Rhrereport, Dec, 18. The ticket nominated was: 

 For Governor. Murphy J. Foster; Lieutenant 

 r. KoU-rt H.Snvder..Tr.; Auditor, W. W. 

 llrard; Treasurer. A. V. r..urnet ; Seen ' 

 Stat^. .l-.hn T. Michel; Atf.rie 

 ton J. Cunningham; Superintendent of Educa- 

 tion. J. V. (nit 



I.I Mil I: \\s. The reported -lati-fi. 

 MWAfi complete) of the Lutheran Church in the 

 Uaitcd Statrni and Canada for t 



w: Them are 4 general IK,.. 

 . !'..";.: 



Uom.anil 1. 402.189 eomnnniean I member-. 

 total pOpulHtionof lK,,it 0.000,000. Tl 



JOS psiitirhial w hooN. :{.26 teaeh-rs and 188,- 

 mpapils; 4^J6 Sunday scho. flicers 



and trmrheixand 424.1ns pupils. The I , 

 'r the year 1X94 



srnodn not r-pr,ri ing ) smoonted to $906,240.50. 

 This does not include the contributions for edu- 



work by individunls nixl con 

 northerontrilutioii> from >imi!.. 



lent op-ration* n,,t umler svno.li, , 

 t ml. nor the large sums sent din <-t ly to missjun. 



.11(1 other lii'lievoleilt sorirtirx j'n ]-] n > 



Tl luiational instiiutious ,,f th<> < 



number \'2'2. of whi, 



: idemies, m 



seminaries, aggn jjnt in^ propi-ny vali. 

 and ei:<l-\\ in, ut ainountit 

 .1.'.;. ha\ iii- 

 libraries, emplo\ m U ' r. 



.I lut\in- 1 1>'J1 sluderi' 

 have the ministry in \ iew. T). 

 ilent instil ut ims, which report 

 at $2.' down. .-lit amount)! 



874, and 32,164 inm 



Of the four general bodi,-. three he! : 

 ventions during the \ .n. 



General Synod. "The thirty--evenlh biennial 

 convention of tl .! body. \\hi-li ; 



posed chiefly of Knglish synods, \v;i-- ! 

 Hagentown, Md.. .June r>-i:j, isr,. D,.iegat 



were present from the 'J."i di-trict synods. T},,. 



following ofVleel-s Were elected: Tip 



i(. i.. nil r.aiiu'i.. r, i>. i>.. <; tt \-i.un:. i'a.. 



dent : the Hev. William S. i York. 



Pa., secretary; and Louis Mans-, < 

 Ohio, treasi 



The Committee on Common - 

 an abridged form of the .service, which was 

 adopted for the use of such congregnt ions as are 

 averse to the use of the full - 

 port of the Hymn-book Publishing Committee 

 set forth its work in the publication of 

 proved edition of the catechism and < : u larger 

 (ierman hymn book with the common service 

 and psalms. The committee appointed to n-viw 

 the hymns of the Hi .ok of Worship report) d Mutt 

 they had selected 170 hymns to be ii 

 proposed to omit about the same number. 

 Committeeon tl i of Tunes of the same 



book proposed numerous changes. The - 

 of both committees were adopted, and '' 

 tion was given for immediate publicatioj, 

 K vised book. 



The Woman'- Home and Foreign Mis- 



\ of the (ieneral Synod report, 

 Societies, with ix.IJ.VJ members and contni 

 amounting t. ^ I'J. j:.r,.:: !. A I, 

 amount was contributed for pnrcl..- 

 tion of church buildings and the i 

 sionarics' home in India. The s< 

 1 8 home missions. In India 

 supports 4 -.of whom , 



in tnc autumn of isj4.and 4 J more ai. 

 to go out during thi \ 

 and .'{5 teacher*, \vitli ].W2 pupils 



The report of the statistical * 

 the following summary : 1.470 ehnr- 

 communicant members: 

 church property. $! 

 for all objects." $l.'Jv 



kill] leache, 



. contributions for 1- c;d o! 

 for b.-n.-\..lene.-. *.")0.:!!H .<H ; r-ontrit 

 benevolence, for tJie (ieneral Synod. 1)1 

 ynodi'-al trea-ury, *7.::-V).."i1 ; h< n 



!t.os; foreign missioi 

 extension. ^:!4.:W4.0H : bf.ard of edu< 

 960.27, beneficiary education, $22,531.86 ; 



