Allen, Barbara, case of, 82. 
“America,” s.s., length of voyage, 135. 
Ames, Coates, 74. 
Amoy, 19. 
Anarchists, execution of, 198. 
Anglo-American Commission, members of the, 325. 
Annapolis, 326. 
Arkell, W.J., 224. 
Arthur, Chester A., elected President, 115;
  relinquishes office, 143;
  at Lexington, 188, 278;
  his death, 188. 
Astor, Mrs. William, 55;
  her death, 200;
  will, 200. 
Atlantic, passage across, reduction, 99. 
Austen, Colonel, 221, 241. 
Avery, Miss Mary, her marriage, 25 note.

Baden-baden, 388. 
Bakewell, 351. 
Ball club, a ministerial, 49. 
Banks, Rev. Dr. Louis Albert, 281. 
Barnes, Rev. Alfred, 48. 
Barnes, General Alfred C., 241. 
Barnes, Alfred S., 207. 
Bartholdi statue, 149, 150. 
Baskenridge, 4. 
Bayne, John, heroism of, 134. 
Beaconsfield, Lord, 104;
  amount given for his “Endymion,” 107, 109. 
Beck, Senator, 276. 
Bedloe’s Island, 149. 
Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, his views on theology, 119;
  celebration of his fortieth year of pastoral service, 186;
  character of his discourses, 187. 
Belfast, 391. 
Belgium, King Leopold of, in Paris, 388. 
Belleville, Reformed Church at, 18. 
Bellows, Rev. Dr., 116. 
Benton, Thomas H., 104. 
Berg, Rev. Dr., 48. 
Bergh, Professor Henry, his defence of animals, 100;
  opposition to vivisection, 100;
  his death, 208. 
Berlin, 374. 
Bethune, George W., 186. 
Betting, practice of, in America, 147. 
Bible, Higher Criticism, 253. 
Bill, Buffalo, 261. 
Bird, Mrs., 244. 
Birds, the slaughter of, 184. 
Birmingham, 267. 
Birmingham, Alabama, cyclone at, 340. 
Blackburn, Governor, 275;
  his reception of Dr. Talmage, 276;
  speech, 278. 
Blackburn, Mrs., 278. 
Blaine, James G., candidate for the Presidency, 138;
  reports against, 138;
  his vigour and exhaustion, 139;
  reception at the White House, 144;
  cartoons of, 175. 
Boardman, Rev. Dr., 48. 
Bobolinks, number of, killed, 184. 
Bobrinsky, Count, 263, 283. 
Boer War, 347. 
Bond, Mr., 72. 
Bonnet & Co., failure of, 76. 
Bonynge, Mrs., 261. 
Boody, Hon. David A., 241, 281. 
Boston, conflagration of 1872, 231;
  Union Church of 49. 
Bound Brook, 9. 
Bowery Mission, anniversary, 395. 
Bowles, Samuel, 131. 
Brainerd, Dr., 38. 
Branch, F.H., 269. 
Brewer, Justice, 337. 
Brewers’ Association, demand, 162. 
Bribery, practice of, 165-167. 
Briggs, Dr., 245. 
Brighton Beach, races at, 147. 
Broadhead, Rev. Dr., 91. 
Brooklyn, corrupt condition, 64, 69, 75;
  custom of carrying firearms, 75;
  standard of commerce, 75;
  Bill for a new city charter, 78;
  number crossing the ferries, 78;
  Lafayette Avenue railroad scheme, 79, 88;
  police force, 82;
  management of public taxes, 82;