maintained a personal interest in the town, in which place he first settled on arriving in this country from Scotland. His detestation of the pro-slavery preaching of the day led him, with others, to form the Free Christian Church in 1846. He was also a generous supporter of educational interests, and large sums went from his hand to the infant colleges of the West, as well as to older institutions. Feb. 28. Mary Jane Welles, widow of the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, died at her residence in Hartford, Conn., aged 69 years. She was a daughter of Elias W. Hale, who graduated at Yale College in 1795, and subsequently was one of the original settlers of Lewistown, Penn. married Mr. Welles in 1835. She March 6.-The Rev. Henry Martyn Grout, D.D., pastor of the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord, Mass., died in Boston after a brief sickness. He was born in Newfane, Vt., May 14, 1831. He entered Williams College in 1850, and was graduated in 1854. Dr. Grout entered the ministry in September, 1858, when he was ordained and installed as pastor of the Orthodox Church in Putney, Vt. After preaching there, at West Rutland, Vt., and Springfield, Mass., he moved to Boston, and became a member of the editorial staff of the Congregationalist, which position he filled with great credit to himself and the paper during Dr. Dexter's absence abroad. He had occupied the pulpit of the church in Concord since 1872. March 8. The Rev. Nicholas Hoppin, D D., rector of Christ Church, Cambridge, from 1839 to 1874, died suddenly. He was born in Providence, R.I., Dec. 3, 1812, and grew up in St. John's Church, of which the famous Dr. Crocker was rector, and was one of a large number of young men whom Dr. Crocker induced to enter the Episcopal ministry. He was graduated from Brown University in 1831. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and of the American Oriental Society. He was at his death, with the exception of the Rev. T. R. Lambert, the oldest Episcopal clergyman in Massachusetts. March 9. Colonel William S. Clark, ex-president of Amherst Agricultural College, long associated with the educational and agricultural interests of the State, died at his home in Amherst, Mass., of Bright's-disease, after a painful illness of three years. He was born in Ashfield, July 31, 1826, and was graduated at Amherst College in 1848. He studied chemistry and mining at the Gottingen University, received the degree of Ph.D. in 1852, and received the degree of LL D. from Amherst in 1874. In 1877 Colonel Clark was invited by the Japanese Government to organize the Imperial Agricultural College, where he passed a year, leaving the institution in the most flourishing condition. March 10. Death at her home in South Boston of Mrs. Julia Romana Anagnos, wife of Michael Anagnos, and eldest child of the late Dr. Samuel G. and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. She was a woman of broad, intellectual mind, and a writer. March 10. - Sudden death of H. B. Safford, postmaster of White River Junction, Vt., treasurer of the State Agricultural Society, and a leading citizen of the State. March 11. - Death of Charles Powers, a prominent citizen of Somerville, and the senior member of the grain-elevator firm of Powers, Melvin, & Co. March 13.-Hon. Peter Buchanan, of Barnet, Vt., died at his residence in McIndoe's Falls Village, aged seventy-eight years. He was of Scotch descent, and inherited many of the sterling qualities of his race. He was born in Barnet, where he always resided, and held nearly every office within the gift of his fellow-townsmen. He represented the town in the Legislature in 1876, and was twice elected Assistant Judge of the Caledonia County Court. March 15. - Death of Prof. Edward Tuckerman, LL.D., of Amherst College. He was born in Boston in 1820, was graduated at Union College in 1837, at the Law School in 1839, and at Harvard in 1847. In 1854 he came to Amherst as lecturer on history, and the next year was appointed to the professorship. Three years later he became Professor of Botany. INDEX TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE. [First numeral refers to foot-note and name of periodical. Second numeral to page. Date of ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL. Biological Training in Colleges. Prof. W. - High School to the Community. - - ART. Decorations of the New York Academy of Music. 19. 172. - Growth 3, 471. George Washington_Tifft. Francis F. Fargo. 3, 544. - Two Interesting - - - --- HISTORY. Van Cortlandt Manor-house. Mrs. Martha F. Lamb. 2, 217. - - RELIGION, THEOLOGY. Proem to Genesis, Reply to Prof. Huxley. W. E. 13, 230. - MEDICINE, HYGIENE, PHYSIOLOGY. A Thinking-Machine. Grant Allen. 5, - ease. H. O. Marcy, A.M., M.D. 15, 193.- Water Supply: Southern River Water. Thomas F. Wood, M.D. 15, 212.-An Epidemic of Typhoid Fever. C. A. Lindsay, M.D. 15, 223. Health of the United States Army. Benjamin F. Pope. 15, 227. Bureau of Public Health - Bills before Congress. 15, 245. -Maritime Sanitation. S. T. Armstrong, M.D., Ph.D. 15, 234. MISCELLANEOUS. My First Imprisonment. William T. Stead. 16, 404.On the Verge of a Tragedy. George Austin. 16, 414. Impressions of a Modern Arcadian. Mrs. E. M. Nicholl. 16, 361. MILITARY. Unpublished War Letters. Gen. U. S. Grant and Gen. H. W. Halleck. 13, 270. — An Open Letter. Gen. J. B. Fry. 13, 290. NATURAL HISTORY. Animal Weather Lore. Charles C. Abbott, M.D. 5, 635. — Durability of Resinous Trees. Heinrich Mayr, Ph.D. 5, 679. POLITICS, ECONOMICS. Shall we have Colonies and a Navy? Hon. John W. Johnston. 2, 238. Discrimination in Railway Rates. Gerrit L. Lansing. 5, 586. Strength and Weakness of Socialism. Washington Gladden. 7, 737. Darwinism and Democracy. W. S. Lilly. 16, 310. Government in the United States. Gamaliel Bradford. 16, 346. Fishery Question. Theodore S. Woolsey. 13, 219. Government Telegraphy. Cyrus W. Field. 13, 227. A Confederate Veto. Jefferson Davis. 13, 244. - American Landlordism. Henry Strong and David B. King. 13, 246. RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT. Song-games and Myth-dramas at Washington. W. H. Babcock. 4. 239. — A Trip Around Cape Ann. Elizabeth Porter Gould. 8, 268. — Moose-Hunting. Frederick Schwatka and T. E. Lambert. 12, 621. Salmon-Fishing in Canada. W. F. Bruce. 12, 640. Around the World on a Bicycle. Thomas Stevens. 12, 655.- Lacrosse in the United States. F. A. Hodge. 12, 665. SCIENCE, DISCOVERY. INVENTIONS. Influence of Inventions on Civilization. C. Smith. 5, 658 - The Air Telegraph. Thomas A. Edison. 13, 283. — Dr. Pavy and the Polar Expedition. Mrs. Lilly Pavy. 13, 285. TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. The One Pioneer of Terra Del Fuego. Randle Holme. 4, 319 - Italy from a Tricycle. Elizabeth Robbins Pennell. 7, 643. Mountaineering in Persia. S. G. W. Benjamin. 7, 703. Along the Kennebec. Henry S. Bicknell. 8, 197. Ranch Life and Game-Shooting in the West. Theodore Roosevelt. 12, 611. Bermuda Yachts and Dinghies. Charles E. Clay. 12, 642. 1 The Quiver. 2 Magazine of Am. History. 3 Magazine of Western History (Cleveland, 0.) 4 Lippincott's Magazine. Popular Science Monthly. Queries (Buffalo, N.Y.). New England Magazine. 9 St. Nicholas. 10 Education. |