When Gas Was New

WheD it was firat proposed to liglit the streets oí Loudun with gas, great objection w;i.- uiado by the public and newspuijers on the grouud that th(ple would be poiscr.cd, that the trc33 aD - vegetatiou w -tïd r.ll be killed, r.:r1 that domestic auiiaaíe coald uot bly survive the dbuüiy fumes. The Catholic Apostolio chnrch, a dissenting body, has ten orgauizations in thi8 country, with three churob.es and Beven halls, all having a joint capacity of 1,100 and avalué of $68,050. The membership numbers 1,894.