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Bishop Haven Takes Charge in San Francisco
By Editor
Bishop Haven, LL.D., formerly President of the Michigan State University, and more recently Chancellor of the Syracuse University, has taken up his residence in San Francisco. He is now one of the General Superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is to have immediate charge of the work on this coast. We congratulate our Methodist friends upon having secured the services of one of their ablest and most earnest men.
CENSUS OF 1880.
THE following is the statement of the population of the several States and Territories, with the exception of Alaska, as sent to Congress on January 17, 1881, by the Superintendent of the Census:—
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Providence permitting, I will preach at the Adventist church in Santa Rosa, Cal., next Friday evening, Feb. 18, at 7 o'clock, and Sabbath and Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. I expect there will be candidates for baptism and an opportunity for the ordinance will be given.
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