The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 9, September, 1881

Part 5

Chapter 52,447 wordsPublic domain

Amesbury. Mrs. A. L. Bayley, to const. REV. W. F. SLOCUM, L. M. 30.00 Amherst. First Cong. Ch., $25; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6 31.00 Andover. Free Cong. Ch. and Soc., $93.41, to const. REBECCA J. POOR, AGNES DEAR and MARY RICHARDSON, L. M’s; Chapel Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) $20 113.41 Arlington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00 Boston. Highland Cong. Ch. and Society, $37.50; Rev. Photius Fisk, $10; Mrs. M. L. 50c.; Mrs. J. L. T., 50c.; J. T. J., 51c. 49.01 Boston Highlands. Eliot Cong. Ch. 80.49 Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 112.91 Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of Pilgrim Ch., Box of C. Campello. “A Friend” 50.00 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $38.38; Mrs. A. E. P., 50c. 38.88 Concord. Ellen T. Emerson 10.00 Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 Douglas. “A Friend” 1.00 Easthampton. First Ch. Sab. Sch. 23.17 Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Greenfield. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 12.75 Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00 Littleton. “A Friend” 50.00 Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Buildings at Wilmington, N.C._ 1,500.00 Marlborough. Union Ch. and Soc. 57.00 Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.43 Medway. Village Ch. and Soc. 85.06 Medway. Mrs. Fisher, _for Straight U._ 5.00 Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.25 Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 New Bedford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 Newburyport. Miss L. B. Goodrich 4.00 Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 160.00 Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $46.45; S. A. E., 50c. 46.95 Northampton. “A Friend” 150.00 Northfield. Miss M. E. Hilliard 5.00 North Somerville. “A Friend,” $1; “A Friend,” $1 2.00 Orleans. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.05 Salem. South Church and Soc., $73.22; “Friend,” $5 78.22 Sandwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 53.25 South Dennis. Cong Ch. and Soc. 12.04 Sudbury. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., Bbl. of C., val. $29, and $3 _for freight, for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 3.00 Taunton. Ladies of Winslow Ch., _for furnishing a room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 50.00 Templeton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $24.84; S. N. W., $1 25.84 Townsend. Cong. Ch., by Dea. W. Haynes 5.00 Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.23 Watertown. Phillips Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 West Roxbury. S. D. Smith 100.00 West Worthington. Mrs. Arunah Bartlett 5.00 Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00 Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 17.20 Wilmington. J. Skilton 10.00 Wilmington. Rev. D. T. Noyes, Bbl. of C. _for Refugees_. Woburn. “Friends.” 1.00 Worcester. Central Ch. and Soc., $169.24; Union Ch. and Soc., $140.10; Salem St. Cong. Ch., $6 315.34 —— “A Friend” 2.50 ———————— 3,875.98

LEGACIES. Worcester. Estate of I. Washburn, by P. C. Bacon, Adm. 3,361.50 Boston. Estate of Hon. Stephen N. Stockwell, by Geo. W. Merritt and W. W. Clapp, Executors 1,000.00 ———————— 8,237.48

RHODE ISLAND, $1,035.00.

Bristol. Mrs. M. De W. Rogers and Miss Charlotte De Wolf, _for Fisk U._ 1,000.00 Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 Little Compton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for rebuilding, Tougaloo U._ 14.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,387.92.

Barkhamsted. Rev. J. B. Clarke 2.00 Berlin. Second Cong. Ch., $22; Miss C. R. C., $1 23.00 Canaan. “The Children” 5.00 Collinsville. “A Friend” 2.00 Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.85 Danielsonville. J. C. B. 0.50 Danielsonville. Westfield Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($50 of which for furnishing a room in Stone Hall, Straight U.), to const. EDWIN A. PECKHAM, MISS ELLEN WILLIAMS and LORENZO LILLIBRIDGE, L. M’s 100.00 East Canaan. Cong. Ch. 20.84 East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 71.75 Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.74 Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch. 45.83 Gilead. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Lord 10.00 Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 23.00 Hadlyme. “L.” 2.00 Hartford. Centre Ch., $789; Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $188.21 977.21 Hebron. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 Higganum. Cong. Ch., to const. R. J. GLADWIN, L. M. 44.00 Hockanum. South Cong. Ch., $9.63; Mrs. E. M. Roberts, $5; Mrs. S. W. and Miss M. B., 50c. ea. 15.63 Ledyard. Sab. Sch., by Edward Cook, Treas. 10.00 Meriden. Third Cong. Ch. 22.76 Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 29.50 Middletown. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.55 New Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 11.51 North Guilford. S. R. Fowler 6.00 North Haven. Cong. Ch., to const. GEO. H. COOPER and CULLEN B. FOOTE, L. M’s 72.53 Putnam. Sab. Sch., of Second Cong. Ch., _for ed. of an Indian boy, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 30.00 Putnam. “A Friend” 17.50 Redding. Cong. Ch. 15.69 Rockville. Rev. S. B. F. 0.51 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 61.68 Stamford. Cong. Ch. 111.00 Simsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.35 South Killingly. Rev. Wm. H. Beard 5.00 Stratford. Asa S. Curtis 2.00 Woodbury. Mrs. C. P. Churchill, _for Indian M._ 2.00 ———————— 1,887.92

LEGACY. New London. “Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven” 500.00 ———————— 2,387.92

NEW YORK, $1,540.32.

Binghamton. Chas. A. Beach 25.00 Brentwood. E. F. Richardson 15.00 Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Geo. A. Bell, Supt., _for Missionaries at Ladies Island, S.C., and Fernandina, Fla._ 125.00 Ithaca. Mrs. Lucy Thurber 5.00 Jamestown. Sab. Sch. and Cong. Ch., _for school, Athens, Ala._ 12.50 Marilla. “A Friend” 1.00 New York. S. T. Gordon, $200; N.Y. Colored Mission Sab. Sch., 135, West 30th St., $3.15 203.15 Oswego. Cong. Ch. 65.90 Poughkeepsie. First Reformed Ch., $29.52; First Cong. Ch., $12 41.52 Sing Sing. “Friends” 5.00 Spencerport. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 17.25 Walton. “A Friend,” _for Steamer “John Brown,” Mendi M._ 10.00 West Camden. Miss N. Curtiss, $1.25; P. S. S., 75c. 2.00 West Groton. Cong. Ch. 12.00 ———————— 540.32

LEGACY. Nineveh. Estate of Col. Reuben Lovejoy, by Mrs. Mary B. Lovejoy, Executrix 1,000.00 ———————— 1,540.32

NEW JERSEY, $10.70.

Newark. “A Friend” 0.70 Troy. Mrs. Jane Ford 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $15.00.

Prentiss Vale. Rev. M. W. Strickland 5.00 West Alexander. —— 10.00

OHIO, $336.99.

Andover. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Clarksfield. W. A. A. 1.00 Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., $42.37, ($30 of which to const. J. W. ELLSWORTH, L. M.); R. B. Johns, $2.50 44.87 Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.15 Freedom. Cong. Ch., by Rev. Geo. Thompson 8.00 Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 13.00 Hudson. Hiram Thompson 5.00 Lodi. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Madison. Mrs. James Dayton, Bbl. of Papers and $2.30 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 2.30 Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $17.46; W. G. B., 50c. 17.96 Oberlin. Rev. Geo. Thompson, _for Mendi M._ 5.00 Oberlin. Sab. Sch. in Farrer Neighborhood 2.00 Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 39.24 Randolph. W. J. Dickinson 10.00 Ravenna. Cong. Ch. 41.18 Savannah. James Lawson 5.00 Sharon Centre. Mrs. L. A. J. and Mrs. E. R., 50c. ea. 1.00 Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 4.76 Strongsville. Lyman H. Freeman, _for furnishing a room, Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U., and bal. to const._ CLARA M. HOWARD, L. M. 5.00 Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.60 Tallmadge. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for S. S. work, Mobile, Ala._ 25.47 West Andover. Cong. Ch. 22.46

INDIANA, $100.00.

Michigan City. First Cong. Ch. 100.00

ILLINOIS, $1,004.09.

Aurora. Mrs. Philena Johnson 10.00 Bondville. “A Friend” 5.00 Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Canton. First Cong. Ch. 28.00 Chesterfield. Mrs. T. Dowland 5.00 Byron. Mrs. T. H. Read, $10; Cong. Ch., $8.53 18.53 Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., $350.40; South Cong. Ch., $33.30; New England Cong. Ch. (Mon. Con.), $12; M. A., $1 396.70 Chicago. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of Plymouth Cong. Ch., $50; Woman’s Miss. Soc. of South Cong. Ch., $8.75; Mrs. M. W. Mabbs, $5, _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 63.75 Downers Grove. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Earlville. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which to const. MISS TILLIE HART, L. M.) 41.50 Elgin. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00 Elmhurst. Seth Wadhams 25.00 Elmwood. Cong. Ch. 42.65 Galena. Mrs. Anne Bean 2.00 Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker, $30; Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., $10 40.00 Hutsonville. C. V. NEWTON, to const. himself, L. M. 30.00 Jacksonville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00 Lamoille. Ladies of Cong. Soc., _for Lady Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 20.00 Loda. Cong. Ch. (Decoration Day offering) 13.34 Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 16.89 Malden. Cong. Ch. 10.25 Maple Park. J. G. Snow 5.00 Millburn. Cong. Ch. 23.75 Moline. Miss Etta M. Pitts 10.00 Northampton. R. W. Gilliam 5.00 Oak Park. Mrs. Lyman G. Holley 5.00 Port Byron. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00 Sycamore. Cong. Ch., $77.03; Henry Wood, $10 87.03 Wayne. Cong. Ch. 9.20 Wilmette. Mrs. A. T. S. 0.50 Woodburn. Children’s Nickel Mite Soc., by Eula E. Carson, Treas. 5.00

MICHIGAN, $213.62.

Delhi. Norman Dwight 10.00 Grand Rapids. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Woodville, Ga._ 30.00 Greenville. Mrs. E. Middleton 2.00 Hudson. Cong. Ch. 21.54 Kensington. John Thompson 2.00 Litchfield. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 12.00 Port Huron. First Cong. Ch. 43.80 Romeo. “A Friend,” $20, _for Indian M._; and $20, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._, and to const. CHARLES FAIRFIELD, L. M. 40.00 Saint Clair. Cong. Ch. 12.28 Somerset. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Unadilla. Mrs. Agnes D. Bird 2.00 Wayne. Cong. Ch. 16.00 White Lake. John Garner 2.00

IOWA, $510.89.

Anamosa. Cong. Ch., $3.50, and Sab. Sch., $3.95 7.45 Belle Plaine. J. P. Henry, $5; Mrs. C. M. Henry, $5; Freddie and Josie Henry, 50c. ea. 11.00 Cincinnati. Wm. T. Reynolds 5.00 Cresco. Cong. Ch. 6.50 Davenport. Rev. J. A. Reed, _for Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 10.00 Davenport. Rev. J. G. Merrill, _for President’s House, Talladega, Ala._ 50.00 Des Moines. Cong. Ch. (of which $100 from Hon. Saml. Merrill) 173.28 Dunlap. W. S. Preston, _for furnishing a room in Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 35.00 Grinnell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.26 Humboldt. Mrs. L. K. Lorbeer, $2; Mrs. L. A. W., $1 3.00 Le Grand. L. M. Craig. _for Tougaloo U._ 12.00 Lyons. First Cong. Ch. 24.00 Monterey. Cong. S. S. Class, _for Chinese M._ 0.50 Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 42.85 Muscatine. Capt. W. A. Clark, _for Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 5.00 Osage. General Association of Iowa 10.00 Osage. Woman’s Missionary Soc., $4.50 _for Student Aid, Fisk U._, and $4 _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 8.50 Tabor. Cong. Ch. 63.00 Wayne. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.55

MISSOURI, $23.35.

Holden. “Mrs. S. E. H.”, _for ed. of Indians, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 2.00 Stewartsville. Cong. Ch. 13.58 Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 7.77

WISCONSIN, $213.41.

Bloomington. Cong. Ch. 4.50 Brandon. “Busy Bees.” _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 11.18 Eau Claire. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 Geneva. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 10.00 Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 36.57 Highland. Cong. Ch. 15.00 La Crosse. Boy’s prayer meeting, Cong. Ch. 11.00 Menominee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.00 Milton. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 2.50 Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. Miss. Soc., _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 10.00 Monroe. “Our Family Missionary Box,” 4.75 New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. 16.98 Waupun. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (of which $5 _for Chinese M., and_ $5 _for Indian M._) $57.63; Cong. Sab Sch., $15 72.63 West Salem. Mrs. Mary L. Clark, Box of Books and Papers, and $2.30 _for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 2.30 White Water. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 2.00

KANSAS, $5.25.

Meriden. L. A. 0.25 Topeka. Justin Hillyer 5.00

MINNESOTA, $107.34.

Austin. Cong. Ch. 21.64 Elk River. Cong. Ch. 3.68 Faribault. Cong. Ch. 25.18 Glyndon. Mrs. S. N. Millard 3.66 Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., $30.20; “Cash,” $1 31.20 Plainview. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 7.50 Red Wing. Mrs. J. B. N. 0.50 Saint Charles. Cong. Ch. 6.98 Saint Peter. Mrs. Jane A. Treadwell 5.00

NEBRASKA, $11.13.

Crete. Cong. Ch. (of which $6.34 _for Cal. Chinese M._) 10.13 Red Cloud. Cong. Ch. 1.00

DAKOTA TERRITORY, 50c.

Bon Homme. Rev. D. B. N. 0.50

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $18.75.

New Tacoma. Mrs. E. T. 1.00 Skokomish. Cong. Mission Ch., _for Indian M._ 17.75

NORTH CAROLINA, $5.00.

Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $219.75.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 219.75

TENNESSEE, $2.71.

Chattanooga. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.71 Nashville. E. P. G. 1.00

GEORGIA, $136.35.

Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, $37.50; Rent, $6.00 43.50 Atlanta. Students and Teachers of Atlanta University, _for Cal. Chinese M._ 85.00 Macon. Cong. Ch., $5; Lewis High School, Tuition, 85c. 5.85 Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, _for Church building_ 2.00

ALABAMA, $39.11.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Selma. First Cong. Ch., $7.25; Woman’s Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., $10 17.25 Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 17.86 Tuskegee. “Friends,” by Mrs. M., _for Strieby Hall, Tougaloo U._ 1.00

MISSISSIPPI, $2,022.95.

Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 22.95 Tougaloo. State Appropriation 2,000.00

TEXAS, $2.30.

Corpus Christi. First Cong. Ch. 2.30

INCOME FUND, $1,266.78.

Avery Fund 711.41 Graves Library Fund 150.00 Theological Endowment Fund 404.37 ————————— Total 21,112.60 Total from Oct. 1st to July 31st $190,824.79

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FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Goshen, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing a room_ $25.00 Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to June 30th 4,949.71 ———————— Total $4,974.71

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FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.

Rehoboth, Mass. “A young brother in Cong. Ch.” $5.00 Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to June 30th 26,284.62 —————————— Total $26,289.62

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ENDOWMENT FUND.