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The American Missionary — Volume 41, No. 2, February, 1887

RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1886

Reading edition

MAINE, $421.41.

Bangor. Hammond St. Cong. Ch., ad’l, 37.50; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 17.51; Cen. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10. $65.01

Bangor. W. S. Dennett, 26; John L. Crosby, 2 for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 28.00

Bath. Mrs. James Covel. 1.00

Blue Hill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00

Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00

Calais. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Talladega C. 10.00

Castine. Mrs. C. M. Cushman, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. 6.00

Castine. “Your loving little friends.” Mary and Margaret J. Cushman, 2 ea. 4.00

Cumberland Mills. Warren Ch. to const. Frederic D. Larrabee and Harry H. Melcher, L. M’s. 67.23

East Orrington. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 21.00

Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch. 7.00

Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l to const. Mrs. Sarah J. Hamblin, Sumner L. Osborne and George W. Crocker, L. M’s. 22.03

New Gloucester. By Mrs. A. R. Jordan, 4; Two bbls. and one box of goods, for Selma, Ala. 4.00

Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00

North Anson. Mrs. Eunice S. Brown. 10.00

Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost. 2.50

Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.00

Portland. Williston Sab. Sch., to const. Dr. A. K. P. Meserve and Edmund T. Garland, L. M’s. 60.00

Saco. First Parish Cong. Ch. 10.64

South Gardiner. Cong. Ch. 6.00

South Paris. Cong. Ch. 6.00

Union. By Mrs. S. L. Norcross, 5; Two bbls. of goods, for Selma, Ala. 5.00

Waterford. Cen. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00

Wells. “Christmas Club of Little Children, Second Ch.,” Pulpit Bible, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.

York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $579.13.

Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.32

Bennington. Children of Cong. Ch., for Rosebud Indian M. 2.10

Bradford. “E. B. G” 1.00

Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00

Campton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00

Concord. Cong. Ch., 76 87; David E. Willard, 5; “A Friend,” 5 86.87

Derry. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., for Woman’s Work 20.00

Durham. Miss Carrie Mathes, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 10.00

Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson, 10; Ladies, bbl. of Clothing, etc., val. 8, for Brewer Inst. 10.00

Gorham. Cong. Ch. 2.50

Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 20.00

Haverhill. Cong. Ch. 12.15

Hollis. “A Friend, Christmas Offering” 20.00

Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Leonard J. Tuttle, Wm. G Hall, Miss Laura B. Tilden, Mrs. J. L. Wyman and Azro B. Skinner, L. M’s. 161.06

Londonderry. C. S. Pillsbury 1.00

Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.50

New Ipswich. Children’s 24th Annual Fair (1 of which from a little boy for Indian M) 14.85 and Cong. Sab. Sch., 20, to const. Miss Carrie B. Wilson, L. M. 34.85

New Ipswich. Leveritt Lincoln. 10.00

Pelham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.28

Penacook. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.00

Portsmouth. (——). 5.00

Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs. Maria H. Thompson, L. M. 39.00

Suncook. Mrs. Elsie G. Green. 5.00

Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 24.50

Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00

VERMONT, $890.67.

Barnet. Mrs Mary W. Boardman, 100; Cong. Ch., adl., 67.10. 167.10

Barton Landing. Ladies Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch., for McIntosh, Ga. 5.50

Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const. Miss Lucia E. Adams, L. M.) 49.60

Bennington Center. First Cong. Ch. 28.00

Bradford. Mrs. E. C. Redington, by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, for McIntosh, Ga. 5.00

Cabot. Cong. Ch. 16.00

Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 49.04

Duxbury. Cong. Ch. 5.70

Essex. “Cash”. 4.50

Glover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00

Granby and Victory. Cong Ch. and Soc. 3.34

Guildhall. Ladies, by Mrs. Geo. Hubbard, for McIntosh, Ga. 5.00

Hartford. Second Cong. Ch., 29.60; “A Friend,” 16. 45.60

Jamaica. Ladies, by Mrs. A. W. Wild, for McIntosh, Ga. 3.00

Manchester. Mrs. Anna B. Burton, to const. George G. Burton, L. M. 30.00

Manchester. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C., for Atlanta U.

Marshfield. Cong. Ch. 7.42

Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 34.68

Montpelier. L. C. Bowen. 5.00

Newbury. Hon. P. W. Ladd. 5.00

New Haven. By Mrs. L. W. Stowe, Two bbls., for Oaks, N.C.

Newport. Ladies, for McIntosh, Ga., by Mrs. Henry Fairbanks. 27.75

Newport. “A Friend, Christmas Offering”. 10.00

Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10; Mrs. H. Burton, 1 11.00

Orwell. Cong. Ch. 40.00

Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.03

Rupert. Cong. Ch. 17.04

Rutland. Gen’l W. Y. Ripley, 25; Hon. Redfield Proctor, 25, for Atlanta U. 50.00

Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 99.87

Springfield. Mrs. B. D. Forbush, for Macon, Ga., freight 1.80

Stowe. Cong. Ch. 44.00

Townshend. Proceeds of Harvest Festival held by the boys and girls of Cong. Sab. Sch., for McIntosh, Ga. 14.66

West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 11.19

West Randolph. Cong. Ch. 20.00

Ladies of Vermont, for McIntosh, Ga.—

Barton Landing, 1 bbl., freight 2.00 Essex Junction, freight 1.80 Hartland, 1 bbl. Ludlow, 1 bbl., freight 2.00 North Craftsbury. ½ bbl. freight 2.00 Wallingford, 1 bbl. freight 1.00 Walpole, 1 bbl. Windham, 1 bbl. 2.00 West Charleston, 9.05 ———— 19.85

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,329.42.

Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00

Amherst. Cong. Ch. 30.00

Andover. Free Christian Ch. 2.85

Ashburnham. M. Wetherbee. 1.00

Ashfield. “A Friend”. 2.00

Ayer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.80

Boston. Park St. Ch., for Park St. Mission Station, Indian M., 208.62; Homeland Branch of Sewing Circle, Park St. Ch., for ed. of two Indian girls, Oahe, Indian M., 100; Union Ch. and Soc., 145.85; Miss Julia S. Bartlett, for Student Aid, Atlanta, U., Ga., 100; “A Lady,” 100; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn., 50; Mt. Vernon Ch., Mrs. C. C. Parkhurst, 20; “Mite from a friend in Central Ch.”, 2, —— Dorchester; Village Ch. and Soc.,45.47. 771.94

Bridgewater. Central Square Sab. Sch., for Atlanta U. 25.00

Brimfield. Ladies Union of Second Cong. Ch., for Freight. 2.00

Brookline. “A Friend”. 50.00

Cambridgeport. Mrs. M. L. C. Whitney. 1.50

Charlemont. Cong. Ch. 4.86

Chelsea. Central Ch. and Soc. 18.80

Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 58.79; Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 6.27. 65.06

Curtisville. “Mrs. G. E. D.” 5.00

Dalton. Hon. Z. M. Crane 100.00

Dedham. Cong. Ch. 8.00

East Bridgewater. Union Ch. and Soc. 21.95

Easthampton. Payson Cong. Ch., 221.46; Payson Ch. Sab. Sch., 50; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 28.88; “Louise,” 50c. 301.34

East Longmeadow. Eunice Morgan. 0.50

Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.72

Everett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. for Chinese M. 7.34

Fall River. “Friends,” for Indian M. 11.00

Falmouth. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 10.00

Fitchburg. Ladies of Rollstone Ch., box of C., val. 110, for Straight U.

Framingham. South Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 21.55

Framingham. Mrs. T. N. Brewer, 10; Geo. Nourse, 5. 15.00

Granby. Cong. Ch. to const. Dea. Simeon Kellogg, Cyrus A. Smith and Arthur T. Warner, L. M. 100.00

Granville. Mr. and Mrs. C. Holcomb. 10.00

Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 37.80; Jeanette Thompson, 50c. 38.30

Groveland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00

Hardwick. Cal. Cong. Ch. 8.65

Harwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.92

Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00

Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4 30.00

Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch., 20.26; First Cong. Ch., adl. by Gen’l Carrington, 10; for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 30.26

Lakeville. “A Friend” 4.50

Leicester. First Cong. Ch. 57.41

Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 17.86

Lincoln. Chas. S. Smith and “Other Friends,” 12 bbls. Apples, for Atlanta U.

Ludlow. “Precious Pearls,” bbl. of C., etc.; Cash, 2.50, for Macon, Ga. 2.50

Lynn. First Ch. of Christ 15.75

Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.85

Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 43.00

Marblehead. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00

Marion. Cong. Ch. 9.00

Marshfield. Rev. E. Alden, for Atlanta U. 20.00

Newburyport. Sab. Sch. Class, North Cong. Ch. 4.21

Newton. Newton Indian Ass’n, ad’l, for Santee Indian M. 20.00

North Abington. Lorenzo Bowen, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 2.00

North Adams. First Cong. Ch. 63.58

Northampton. A. L. Williston, 500; “A Friend,” 50c. 500.50

North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. William Moore, L. M. 70.00

North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 120.53

North Brookfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 15.00

North Brookfield. Union Ch. Sab. Sch., 25; Cong. Sab. Sch. of First Ch., 14.50, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 39.50

Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch., 58.98; South Ch. and Soc., 52.77, to const. Rev. I. C. Smart, L. M. 111.75

Pittsfield. “Friends,” 29.02; Miss Salsbury’s School, 13.25, for Indian M. 42.27

Pittsfield. Mrs. H. M. Hurd, Box and Bbl. of C., 4 for freight, for Tougaloo U. 4.00

Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00

Plympton. Rev. V. J. Hartshorne. 5.00

Prescott. Rev. Augustus Alvord 5.00

Prescott. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund. 0.20

Reading. Cong. Ch. 26.39; “A Friend,” 2. 28.39

Reading. Mrs. Eliza A. White, Bbl. of C., etc., for Macon, Ga.

Rockland. Cong. Ch. 67.00

Rutland. Cong. Ch. 4.00

Somerville. Franklin St. Ch., 19.24; “Friend,” 15, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 34.24

Somerville. Day St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00

South Amherst. Cong. Ch. 6.63

Southboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.32

South Hadley Falls. ——, for Student Aid, Straight U. 2.00

South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc. 36.87

Springfield. South Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00

Springfield. “Friends,” for Indian M. 5.50

Springfield. “Friends,” Box of C., etc., and Pkg. Miss’y Maps, for Macon, Ga.

Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 63.67

Stockbridge. Lydia I. Walker, for Tougaloo, Miss. 1.00

Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. to const. Mrs. Wm. F. Arms, Abner Gay and Albert M. Darling, L. M’s. 33.60

Taunton. “Friends,” for Indian M. 12.50

Taunton. “A Friend.” 1.00

Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.63

Townsend. Harriet N. Spaulding, for freight. 3.00

Upton. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., 3 for freight, for Mobile, Ala. 3.00

Wakefield. Cong. Ch. 52.32

Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.07

Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, for Mountain White Work. 10.00

Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 for Woman’s Work, and 5 for Mountain White Work. 10.00

Watertown. Mrs. E. P. Wilson, for freight. 0.45

Waverly. Mrs. Jane D. Butler. 1.00

Westboro. Ladies’ Soc. by Mrs. E. E. Bixby, for Woman’s Work, and to const. Mrs. Pamelia S. Converse, L. M. 43.00

Westboro. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Aid Soc., for freight. 1.50

West Boxford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., for Thomasville, Ga.

West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.50

West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. Crowell, for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund. 0.10

West Newbury. J. C. Carr. 4.00

West Medford. Miss Sara J. Blanchard, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 2.00

West Medway. Third Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 30 to const. Nathan W. Davenport, L. M.; Mrs. E. C. T. Robbins, 50 c. 30.50

Whitinsville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 786.96

Whitinsville. Rev. J. Thurston, freight on Boxes, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 5.00

Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 24.74

Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 4.00

Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., Bbl. of C., 1 for freight, for Atlanta U. 1.00

Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 120.55

Winchester. Mrs. Mary F. Smith, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 10.00

Worcester. Union Ch. 176.36

Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 115.44

Worcester. Y. L. Mission Circle, Pilgrim Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 70.00

Worcester. “Mission Harvesters,” Salem St. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 65.00

Worcester. Primary and Intermediate Classes Piedmont Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 38.00

By Charles Marsh, Treas. Hampden Benev. Ass’n.

Chicopee. Third. 10.60 Holyoke. First. 11.91 Holyoke. Second. 67.20 Ludlow. 15.63 South Hadley Falls. 33.00 Springfield. Hope. 30.42 Springfield. Memorial. 53.00 Springfield. North. 34.35 West Springfield. Park St. 34.22 290.33

RHODE ISLAND, $167.48.

East Providence. Cong. Ch. 16.00

Kingston. Cong. Ch. 26.73

Newport. D. B. Fitts, 20; Mary D. Spencer, 10: Miss Elizabeth Dunn, 2; E. P. Allen, 1; S. McAdams, 1; “Five Friends,” 5; “A Friend,” 1.50, for Indian M. 40.50

Newport. Ladies’ Aid Soc., Trunk of C., etc., for Macon, Ga.

Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00

Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 5.25

Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Circle of North Cong. Ch. for Indian M. 24.00

Rumford. L. Sundberg, for Santee Indian M. 5.00

CONNECTICUT, $4,636.05.

Ansonia. C. Chamberlain. 1.00

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 55.85

Black Rock. Cong. Ch. 30.50

Branford. Birthday Pennies of Infant Dept. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund. 2.25

Bridgeport. Second Cong. Soc., 65.94; Park St. Ch., 30.56. 96.50

Bristol. Cong. Ch. 10.03

Clinton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.64

Clintonville. Geo. S. Vibbert & Co. 5.00

Columbia. Cong. Ch. 20.07

Cromwell. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const. E. S. Coe, L. M.) 155.72

Eastford. Cong. Ch. 10.31

East Hartford. First Ch., to const. Rev. Charles S. Nash, L. M. 32.00

Enfield. “Friends,” for Indian M. 35.00

Farmington. Cong. Ch. 132.49

Franklin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00

Groton. Cong. Ch. to const. Rev. Andrew J. McLeod, L. M. 33.18

Groton. “Fire Flies,” by Mrs. C B. Whitman, for Rosebud Indian M., and to const. Miss Minnie L. Ewen, L. M. 30.00

Guilford. First Cong. Ch., to const. Miss Mary Jane Dudley, L. M. 30.00

Haddam. First Cong. Ch. 13.72

Hartford. “Friend,” for Student Aid, Fisk U. 10.00

Higganum. Cong. Ch. 23.00

Kensington. Cong. Ch. 20.50

Madison. Cong. Ch. 6.72

Meriden. First Cong. Ch., 100 to const. Chas. H. Pinks, E. C. Little and Nathan Taylor, L. M’s.; Center Ch., “A Friend.” 5. 105.00

Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 5.00

Milford. Plymouth Ch. 50.00

Milford. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., 13.56; Mrs. Owen T. Clark, 4, for Bird’s Nest, Santee Indian M. 17.56

Millington. “A Friend.” 4.50

New Britain. South Cong. Ch., to const. Thomas W. Wilbur, Clarence F. Carroll and Mrs. J. W. Cooper, L. M’s 113.43

New Britain. First Ch. of Christ (1 of which for Indian M.) 94.50

New Britain. C. E. Mitchell, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 10.00

New Canaan. Cong. Ch. 41.10

New Haven. Easter I. Armstrong, for Grand River Indian M. 5.00

New Haven. J. W. Butler 1.00

Newington. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., val. 28, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.

New London. First Cong. Ch. 46.51

New London. Rev. E. W. Bacon, for Workshop, Macon, Ga. 5.00

New London. “Friends,” for Indian M. 1.50

New Milford. First Cong. Ch. 78.39

North Greenwich. Cong. Ch., adl. to const. Augustus Ferris and Jabez Husted, L. M’s. 29.00

North Guilford. A. E. Bartlett. 13.50

North Stamford. “A Friend.” 5.00

Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch. 387.20

Norwich Town. “ First Cong. Ch.” 20.00

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Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 17.00

Oxford. Cong. Ch. 19.43

Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 5.00

Plainfield. Y. P. M. S., Box of C., for Thomasville, Ga.

Plainville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Oaks, N.C. 20.00

Plainville. Mrs. Mary E. Morse. 5.00

Plantsville. Ladles’ Industrial Soc., by Mrs. E. W. Twichell, Sec., for Conn. Industrial Sch., Ga. 35.00

Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 68.25

Poquonock. Thomas Duncan, for Bell for Woodbine, Ky. 120.00

Putnam. Second Cong. Ch., adl. to const. John Davenport, Mrs. Henry Tourtellotte, Mrs. Harriet E. Palmer and Mrs. Margarett MacDonald, L. M’s. 35.19

Putnam. “Mission Workers,” for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.00

Richford. Cong. Ch. 2.00

Riverton. Rev. S. H. Vietz. 1.00

Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 15.00

Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. (5 of which for Indian M.). 5.20

South Coventry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.65

South Britain. Cong. Ch. 2.40

Southport. Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 91.51

Stratford. Cong. Ch. 40.45

Terryville. Cong. Ch. 122.00

Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 22.90

Torrington. Ladies of First Cong. Ch. for Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga. 7.00

Vernon Center. Mrs. L. K. Pearl. 0.50

Wallingford. Cong. Ch. 97.71

Washington. F. A. Frisbie. 1.00

Waterbury. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Box of C., for Thomasville, Ga.

Weathersfield. Miss Lila Adams’ S. S. Class, for Rutland Sew. Sch., Macon, Ga. 3.00

Westbrook. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Westchester. Cong. Ch. 26.02

West Hartford. First Ch. of Christ, 108.30; Mrs. Mary A. Butler, 10. 118.30

Westport. Cong. Ch. 14.47

Westport. Richard Wakeman, Nellie Wakeman and Clara Wakeman, for Woman’s Work. 1.56

Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 25.00

Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 20.00

Woodbury. “Coral Workers” of North Cong. Ch., for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga. 50.00

Woodstock. First Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Mrs. Maquis Greene, L. M. 16.33

——. “A Friend in Conn.,” for Hope Station, Indian M. 75.00

By Mrs. S. M. Hotchkiss, Sec. W. H. M. U. of Conn., for Conn. Ind’l Sch., Ga.

Bridgeport. Ladies H. M. Soc. of North Ch. 50.00 Plainfield. Sab. Sch. 10.00 Plainville. Ladies Soc., box of C., val. 59, for Williamsburg, Ky. 60.00

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$3,030.54

LEGACIES.

Southington. Estate of Sally B. Gridley, by Elizur Fenn, Ex. 1,577.00

Watertown. Estate of Mrs. Huldah Coe, by Leman W. Cutler, Ex. 28.51

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$4,636.05

NEW YORK, $3,026.74.

Albany. First Cong. Ch. (28 of which for Indian M) 85.60

Albany. Young Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 bbls. of C., for Tougaloo U.

Alfred Center. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon 5.00

Allentown. Six Young Girls, Lot of Patchwork, for Mobile, Ala.

Baldwinsville. Howard Carter 100.00

Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 78.67

Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. (100 of which for Student Aid, Talladega C.) 1,601.00

Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, for Ballard Building, Tougaloo, Miss. 407.07

Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., for Santee Indian M. 37.50

Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw 5.00

Coventry. S. A. Beardslee 10.00

De Kalb. Cong. Ch. 4.00

Fairport. Primary Classes of Cong. Sab. Sch., for Santee Indian M. 10.00

Fairport. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund 7.13

Flushing. R. B. Parsons 5.00

Frankfort. D. Hopkins 1.50

Fredonia. Jeannie E. Kinsman, for Pupil, Athens, Ala. 10.00

Gloversville. “Friends,” for Indian M. 43.67

Gloversville. Cong. Ch., for Indian M. 1.00

Gouverneur. “A Friend” 1.00

Java. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00

Le Roy. M. J. McEwen 5.00

Maine Village. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 1.30

McGrawville. H. D. Corey 1.00

New York. Pilgrim Ch. to const. Josiah Lombard, Geo. L. Van Emburg, James Phyfe, Jr., Mrs. Phebe B. Land, Miss Fannie M. Champlin, Mrs. Mary H. Allen and Wm. C. Hills, L. M’s, 192.80; S. T. Gordon, 150; M. H. Bartow, 2; “A Friend,” 1 345.80

New York. “Two Friends,” 25 ea., for Indian M. (Proceeds sale of gifts contributed by Miss Ilsley) 50.00

New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.00

New York. D. Appleton & Co., for Fisk U. 25.00

Oriskany. Mrs. R. W. Porter 1.00

Orwell. Ladies of Cong. Soc., box of C., for Tougaloo U.

Owego. L. H. Allen, M.D. 25.00

Perry Center. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C., for Tougaloo U.

Randolph. “A Friend” 5.00

Rochester. Mrs. E. M. Rider 5.00

Smyrna. Sab. Sch. Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 50.00

West Bloomfield. Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Sherrill, for Macon, Ga. 1.50

Whitesboro. Mrs. L. Halsey 10.00

Woodville. Ladies of Cong. Soc., bbl. of C., for Tougaloo U.

By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas. W. H. M. U. of N.Y. for Woman’s Work.

Binghamton. W. H. M. S. to const. Mrs. Dr. Alice French Mills, L. M. 30.00 Oswego. W. H. M. S. 10.00 Perry Center. Ladies’ Aux. 13.00 ——— 53.00

NEW JERSEY, $166.00.

Arlington. Miss Mary P. Talman 1.00

Arlington. “Friends,” Pkg. of C.

Bound Brook. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., 25; Robert Swayze, 5; W. H. Whiting, 5, for Mountain White Work 35.00

Bound Brook. Sab. Sch. Of Cong. Ch. 10.00

East Orange. L. F. Hovey 20.00

Montclair. J. Van Vleck 100.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $492.65.

Center Road. “A Friend” 300.00

Guy’s Mills. Minnie Bronson, for Freight 1.65

North East. Mrs. M. K. Spooner, 5; Miss C. A. Talcott, 1 6.00

Philadelphia. A. H. Stevens, M.D., to const. himself and Mrs. A. B. Stevens, L. M.’s 60.00

Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.09

Pittsburg. B. Preston 100.00

OHIO, $594.10.

Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson 2.28

Atwater. “Willing Workers,” for Freight 1.50

Burton. Mrs. L. G. French 1.00

Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. Ch. 47.11

Cincinnati. Mrs. Betsey E. Aydelott 5.00

Cleveland. Mount Zion Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 8.50

Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., adl., 7; Rev. H. Trautman, 3.50 10.50

Conneaut. H. E. Pond, 5, for Student Aid, Fisk U. Incorrectly ack. in January number

Geneva. Mrs. Mary A. Kingsbury 10.00

Mallet Creek. Miss J. A. Bingham 5.00

Medina. First Con. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 30.25

Medina. J. Dannaly’s Sab. Sch. Class, $5.08; —— 48c., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 5.56

Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch. adl. 20.50

Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. 68.34

Oberlin. Jabez L. Burrell, for work in Tennessee 41.75

Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., for Indian girl, Oahe, Dak. 10.00

Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. 10.00

Oberlin. Y. W. C. A., for Student Aid, Williamsburg, Ky. 1.00

Painesville. W. H. Stocking 1.00

Ripley. Mission Band of Cong. Ch. 10.00

Ruggles. Cong. Ch. 16.00

Ruggles. N. E. Gault’s Sab. Sch. Class, for Rosebud Indian M. 3.00

Seville. T. B. and A. C. Dowd 5.00

South Ridge. “U. H.” 0.50

Tallmadge. First Cong. Ch. $39.83, Young Ladies’ Mission Circle $20 59.83

Tallmadge. Rev. Luther and S. A. Shaw, Bibles, Val. 2.

Twinsburg. Individuals, by Mrs. J. T. Herrick, for Charleston, S.C. 13.42

Wauseon. Cong. Ch. 17.06

Wellington. First Cong. Ch. to const. Dea. E. Benedict, L. M. 50.00

Wellington. Benev. Soc., by Mrs. Frank Bennett, for Oahe Indian M. 25.00

Yellow Springs. G. Garrison 5.00

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$499.10

LEGACY.

Ravenna. Estate of Samuel Hastings, by H. H. Nichols, Ex. 95.00

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$594.10

ILLINOIS, $1,560.37.

Batavia. Cong. Ch. 4.00

Cazenovia. “Ebenezer” 5.00

Champaign. Cong. Ch. 35.16

Champaign. Y. P. Aid Soc. of Cong. Ch. 10.00

Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $125; South Cong. Ch., $46; Rev. Henry Willard, $45; New Eng. Cong. Ch., $41.55; Leavitt St. Cong. Ch., $14.61; Rev J. A. Adams, $5; Western Av. Cong. Chapel ad’l, $2 279.16

Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., for Santee Indian M. 50.00

Dallas City. Sophia Miller 1.50

Galesburg. “Friends,” Bbl. of reading matter, for Macon, Ga.

Geneseo. Mrs. A. T. Nourse 30.00

Geneseo. Zenana Soc. 2 Bbls. of C., for Tougaloo U.

Hinsdale. Mrs. E. C. Linsley 1.50

Jefferson. Cong. Ch. 12.50

Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 105.50

Lombard. First Ch. 6.70

Marseilles. First Cong. Ch. 5.00

Marshall. Mrs. C. Clark 1.00

Moline. First Cong. Ch. 35.00

Morrison. Cong. Ch. (30 of which to const. Mrs. Henrietta Smith, L. M.) 50.00

Naperville. Prof. G. O. Sindlinger, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 10.00

Naperville. Prof G. W. Sindlinger 5.00

Oak Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 51.00

Oak Park. Rev. W. E. Blackstone 3.00

Payson. J. K. Scarborough 100.00

Peoria. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. for Mobile, Ala.

Piano. Cong. Ch. 1.25

Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 10.00

Rockford. Lewis S. Swezey, of First Cong. Ch. 628.60

Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 23.15

Thomasboro. “G.” 4.00

Waverly. Cong. Sab. Sch. 13.32

Wood Lawn Park. Mrs Frank I. Smith, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 10.00

Wyoming. Cong. Ch. 16.86

By Mrs. B. F. Leavitt, Treas., Ill. W. H. M. U., for Woman’s Work.

Galesburg. W. M. S. of Brick Ch. 36.70 Mendon. W. M. S. 7.50 Rockford. Union in Second Cong. Ch. 7.97 ———

52.17

MICHIGAN, $415.35.

Adrian. B. S. Allen 4.00

Ann Arbor. Cong. Ch., $5; Mrs. C. B. C. Fuller, $1, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn. 6.00

Battle Creek. “A mite towards the $350,000” 1.50

Benzonia. First Cong. Ch. 13.50

Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. Stickney 1.00

Calumet. Robert Dobbie 30.00

Calumet. “Helping Hands,” by Mrs. J. N. Wright, for Woman’s Work 10.00

Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 23.34

Covert. “Band of Hope,” for Santa Fe Mission 1.00

Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 11.89; Trumbull Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., 3 14.89

East Gilead. Conf. Ch., by Rev. L. Curtiss 2.50

Galesburg. “A Friend”. 58.88

Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., for Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 40.00

Greenville. Cong. Ch. 40.00

Hart. Cong. Ch. 11.00

Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett 2.00

Kalamazoo. E. B. Allen, for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund 0.40

Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 30.00

Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms, 5; Eliza Greacen, 1 6.00

Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer 100.00

Tecumseh. James Vincent 10.00

Traverse City. “A Christmas Mite” 1.00

White Cloud. First Cong. Ch. 8.34

WISCONSIN, $248.85.

Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., 35.83. First Cong. Ch., 22 57.83

Cooksville. Edward Gilley 5.00

Eau Claire. First Cong. Sab Sch. 25.00

Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 11.40

Fox Lake. Cong. Ch. 4.94

Janesville. First Cong. Ch., 51.83; L. P. and M. A. Frost, 5 56.83

Kenosha. Miss E. M. Newcomb 2.00

La Crosse. W. H. Holcomb, Sen. 2.00

Lake Geneva. G. Montague 4.50

Prairie du Chien. Cong. Ch., for Storrs Sch. Atlanta, Ga. 5.00

Raymond. Cong. Ch. 2.10

Ripon. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.49

Sparta. Cong. Ch. 27.57

Whitewater. Cong. Ch. ad’l 35.19

Woman’s Home Missionary Union, for Woman’s Work

Baraboo. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 1.00 Beloit. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 0.50 Black Earth. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 2.00 Brodhead. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 1.00 Raymond. L. M. S. of Cong. Ch. 2.00 Janesville. “A Friend” 0.50 ——— 7.00

IOWA, $186.85.

Cedar Rapids. Ladies in Cong. Ch., by Iowa W. H. M. U. 11.55

Cedar Rapids. Miss Laura L. Brockseint 5.00

Central City. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Charles City. First Cong. Ch. 48.93

Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 14.20

Cresco. Cong. Ch. ad’l. 2.00

Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 13.40

Eldora. Cong. Ch. 21.69

Emmetsburg. Cong. Ch. 5.03

Gilman. First Cong. Ch. 4.50

Grand View. German Cong. Ch. 5.00

Hillsboro. John W. Hammond 5.00

Magnolia. Cong. Ch., 5.20, and Sab. Sch., 5 10.20

Monticello. Cong. Ch. 5.51

Oldfield. Highland Sab. Sch. 5.09

Osage. First Cong. Ch. 19.75

MINNESOTA, $381.65.

Austin. Cong. Union Ch. 43.96

Duluth. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 37.04

Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 9.50

Faribault. Cong. Ch. 25.47

Minneapolis. First Cong. Ch. for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 45.85

Minneapolis. Prof. Wm. M. Bristoll 5.00

Morristown. Union Sab. Sch. 2.50

Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 47.61

Rochester. “Y. L. Whatsoever Club” in Cong. S. S., 25; Cong. Sab. Sch., 14.50, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 39.50

Saint Charles. First Cong. Ch. 5.55

Saint Cloud. First Cong. Ch. 5.90

Saint Paul. Plym. Cong. Ch. 13.77

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$281.65

LEGACY.

Minneapolis. Estate of Mrs. L. H. Porter, by Rev. S. F. Porter, Ex. 100.00

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$381.65

MISSOURI, $15.10.

Cameron. Cong. Ch. 5.35

Laclede. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Seward 4.50

Saint Louis. Third Cong. Ch. 5.25

KANSAS, $30.20.

Topeka. Modern Language Miss’y Soc. Washburne College, for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga. 25.00

Waubaunsee. Cong. Ch., for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund 5.20

DAKOTA, $12.26.

Redfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Woman’s Work 4.26

Valley Springs. “Cheerful Workers,” by Mrs. M. S. Butler 5.00

Wahpeton. First Cong. Ch. 3.00

COLORADO, $59.54.

Boulder. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., by Mrs. S. A. Sawyer, Treas. 3.00

Denver. First Cong. Ch. 46.80

Highland Lake. Sab. Sch. Miss’y Soc., for Marie Adolf Sch’p Fund 9.74

CALIFORNIA, $42.47.

Ontario. Bethel Cong. Ch. 5.00

Pasadena. Cong. Ch., 5.47; Rev. G. S. F. Savage, D.D., 5 10.47

Santa Barbara. Rev. Edward Hildreth 25.00

Wrights. Rev. J. R. Wright 2.00

KENTUCKY, $88.75.

Williamsburg. Tuition 88.75

TENNESSEE, $952.65.

Jellico. Tuition 80.75

Jonesboro. Tuition 0.50

Memphis. Tuition 390.00

Nashville. Tuition 479.40

Pleasant Hill. By Miss J. Lundy 2.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $207.85.

Wilmington. Tuition 207.85

GEORGIA, $963.22.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 290.30

Atlanta. S. M. Inman, 100; Col. A. E. Buck, 25, for Forges for Blacksmith Shop, Atlanta U. 125.00

Macon. Tuition, 230.70; Rent, 7.50 238.20

McIntosh. Tuition 37.67

Savannah. Tuition 220.40

Savannah. Pansy Soc., for Beach Inst. 2.50

Thomasville. Tuition 48.15

Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 1.00

FLORIDA, $5.00.

Jacksonville. Mrs. Anna Chadwick 5.00

ALABAMA, $462.25.

Mobile. Tuition 222.50

Talladega. Tuition, 116.25; Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 7 123.25

Athens. Tuition 116.50

MISSISSIPPI, $99.00.

Tougaloo. Tuition 99.00

TEXAS, $294.55.

Austin. Tuition 259.75

Austin. “A Friend,” 30; “A Friend,” 3, by Miss Kinney; ——, for Freight on Bell, 1.80 34.80

INCOMES, $1,602.50.

Avery Fund, for Mendi M. 240.00

C. F. Dike Fund, for Straight U. 50.00

Endowment Fund, for President’s Chair, Talladega C. 462.50

General Endowment Fund 50.00

Graves Scholarship Fund., for Atlanta U. 150.00

Graves Sch’p Fund, for Talladega C. 125.00

Scholarship Fund, for Fisk U. 50.00

Theo. Fund, for Howard U. 475.00

CANADA, $5.00.

Montreal. “C. A.” 5.00

SANDWICH ISLANDS, $250.00.

Kohala, Hawaii. “A Friend.” 250.00

GERMANY, $50.00.

Berlin. Prof. and Mrs. C. M. Mead 50.00

TURKEY, $10.00.

Van. Rev. Geo. C. Reynolds 10.00

AFRICA, $9.50.

Inhambam. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ousley, for Fisk U. 9.50

RECEIVED FOR THE DEBT.

MAINE, $16.50.

Bangor. Dr. H. F. Hanson 4.50

Hampden. A Few Ladies 12.00

VERMONT, $6.45.

Cornwall. —— 1.00

Duxbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 1.45

North Thetford. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 4.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $78.33.

Andover. Ladies of the Free Christian Church, to const. Mrs. Mary Ann Mander, L. M. 27.15

Boston. “A Woman to the Rescue.” 0.25

Holyoke. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch. 17.03

Princeton. Women of Cong. Ch. 11.00

Watertown. “A Woman to the Rescue.” 0.40

Wellesley Hills. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 11.50

West Newton. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., collected by “H. F. C.” 1.00

——. “A Woman to the Rescue.” 10.00

CONNECTICUT, $23.30.

Cromwell. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Plainville. Mrs. Mary E. Morse 1.00

Salisbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., collected by Carrie Griggs, Susie Norton, Lucy French, Julia Landon and Eliza Warner 12.30

ILLINOIS, $11.00.

Crete. Mrs. Samuel Cushing 1.00

Rockford. Mrs. E. W. Chandler of Y. L. M. S. First Ch., 5; Mrs. J. D. B. Salter, 5, by Mrs. B. F. Leavitt. Treas. Ill. W. H. M. U. 10.00

WISCONSIN, $2.00.

Portage. Mrs. G. A. Jones 2.00

MINNESOTA, $1.30.

Saint Paul. A few Ladies by H. F. Roberts 1.30

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Total for Debt $138.88

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Donations 18,096.46

Legacies 1,800.51

Incomes 1,602.50

Tuition and Rents 2,895.97

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Total for December $24,395.44

Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 60,773.97

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