—Three members of the Livingstone (Congo) Inland Mission, Messrs. Clarke, Richards and Ingham, had succeeded in reaching Stanley Pool in safety about Christmas.
—The West Central African Mission of the American Board has experienced a severe loss in the death of Rev. Walter Weldon Bagster, the leader of the enterprise. Mr. Bagster had occasion to visit the coast frequently for the furtherance of the work, and on this account was more exposed to the African fever than those who remained at Bailunda, the principal station of the mission, the altitude of which is 5,000 feet above sea level.
—Lake Ngami, to which a native mission has lately been sent, is 2,500 feet above the level of the sea. It lies between 20th and 21st parallels of south latitude, and was discovered on Aug. 1, 1849, by Dr. Livingstone and his fellow-travelers, Messrs. Oswell and Murray.
BENEFACTIONS.
Mr. Geo. I. Seney has furnished the means to build a chapel for the Lucy Cobb Institute at Athens, Ga.
The late Ex-Gov. O. C. Washburn, of Wisconsin, has left by will $50,000 for a public library at La Crosse.
Hon. John R. Bodwell gives $1,000 and three other persons $700 towards the erection of a new building for the Hallowell Industrial School.
The Methodist Seminary at Montpelier, Vt., has received $30,000 for endowment purposes.
Mr. Roland Mather, of Hartford, Ct., has given $12,500 towards the Professorship Fund of Chicago Seminary.