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Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, March 4, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 10

SPECIAL MENTION.

A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR.

A FRIEND sends us the following clipping from an unknown paper:—

A Pittsburg dispatch reports a recent disgraceful fight in the Presbyterian church there, between two factions, one favoring Rev. Mr. Woodside, and the other favoring another clergyman. Woodside attempted to go into the pulpit, when the other clergyman attacked him. A general fight ensued, extending throughout the whole congregation. For a quarter of an hour the battle raged furiously. Heads were punched, eyes were blackened, arms broken, and women knocked down. The yells and screams were frightful. The police were called in, and after some difficulty succeeded in quelling the riot. Several arrests were made. The church next morning presented a sorry appearance. Pews were broken, remnants of gas globes strewed the floor, hymn books and Bibles were scattered in all directions, and a large quantity of hair-pins and bangs have been gathered up. The utmost indignation prevails in church circles. The matter will be investigated by the Presbytery, and it is expected that there will be some clerical suspensions. The rival pastors were in the thickest of the affray.