RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1886

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 StudentAid, 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., forPleasant Hill, Tenn.21.00
Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch.7.00
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l toconst. Mrs. Sarah J. Hamblin, SumnerL. 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, forSelma, 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; Twobbls. 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 PleasantHill, 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., forRosebud 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,” 586.87
Derry. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., forWoman’s Work20.00
Durham. Miss Carrie Mathes, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.10.00
Goffstown. Mrs. M. A. Stinson, 10;Ladies, bbl. of Clothing, etc., val. 8, forBrewer 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, MissLaura B. Tilden, Mrs. J. L. Wymanand Azro B. Skinner, L. M’s.161.06
Londonderry. C. S. Pillsbury1.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.44.50
New Ipswich. Children’s 24th AnnualFair (1 of which from a little boy forIndian 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 toconst. 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; “AFriend,” 16.45.60
Jamaica. Ladies, by Mrs. A. W. Wild,for McIntosh, Ga.3.00
Manchester. Mrs. Anna B. Burton, toconst. 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, Twobbls., for Oaks, N.C.
Newport. Ladies, for McIntosh, Ga., byMrs. Henry Fairbanks.27.75
Newport. “A Friend, Christmas Offering”.10.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10; Mrs. H.Burton, 111.00
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. andSoc.99.87
Springfield. Mrs. B. D. Forbush, forMacon, Ga., freight1.80
Stowe. Cong. Ch.44.00
Townshend. Proceeds of Harvest Festivalheld 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., freight2.00
Essex Junction, freight1.80
Hartland, 1 bbl.
Ludlow, 1 bbl., freight2.00
North Craftsbury. ½ bbl. freight2.00
Wallingford, 1 bbl. freight1.00
Walpole, 1 bbl.
Windham, 1 bbl.2.00
West Charleston,9.05
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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. MissionStation, Indian M., 208.62; HomelandBranch of Sewing Circle, Park St. Ch.,for ed. of two Indian girls, Oahe, IndianM., 100; Union Ch. and Soc., 145.85; MissJulia 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. Crane100.00
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 PleasantHill, Tenn.10.00
Fitchburg. Ladies of Rollstone Ch., boxof C., val. 110, for Straight U.
Framingham. South Cong. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Atlanta U.21.55
Framingham. Mrs. T. N. Brewer, 10; Geo.Nourse, 5.15.00
Granby. Cong. Ch. to const. Dea. SimeonKellogg, Cyrus A. Smith and ArthurT. 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. 430.00
Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch., 20.26; FirstCong. 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 “OtherFriends,” 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 Christ15.75
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.44.85
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, forPleasant 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, NorthCong. Ch.4.21
Newton. Newton Indian Ass’n, ad’l, forSantee Indian M.20.00
North Abington. Lorenzo Bowen, forPleasant Hill, Tenn.2.00
North Adams. First Cong. Ch.63.58
Northampton. A. L. Williston, 500; “AFriend,” 50c.500.50
North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. toconst. 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; SouthCh. and Soc., 52.77, to const. Rev. I. C.Smart, L. M.111.75
Pittsfield. “Friends,” 29.02; Miss Salsbury’sSchool, 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 Alvord5.00
Prescott. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Marie AdlofSch’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 StudentAid, Straight U.2.00
South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc.36.87
Springfield. South Ch. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, 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. toconst. Mrs. Wm. F. Arms, Abner Gayand 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, forfreight.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 MountainWhite Work.10.00
Warren. Mrs. Mary B. Carpenter, 5 forWoman’s Work, and 5 for Mountain WhiteWork.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., 2Bbls. C., for Thomasville, Ga.
West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.38.50
West Dennis. Mrs. S. S. Crowell, for MarieAdlof 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 onBoxes, for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.5.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch.24.74
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.4.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., Bbl. of C., 1for freight, for Atlanta U.1.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.120.55
Winchester. Mrs. Mary F. Smith, forPleasant Hill, Tenn.10.00
Worcester. Union Ch.176.36
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch., for IndianM.115.44
Worcester. Y. L. Mission Circle, PilgrimCh., for Student Aid, Fisk U.70.00
Worcester. “Mission Harvesters,” SalemSt. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.65.00
Worcester. Primary and IntermediateClasses Piedmont Cong. Sab. Sch., forStudent 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; “FiveFriends,” 5; “A Friend,” 1.50, for IndianM.40.50
Newport. Ladies’ Aid Soc., Trunk of C.,etc., for Macon, Ga.
Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Sab. Sch., forStudent Aid, Fisk U.50.00
Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch.5.25
Providence. Young Ladies’ Mission Circleof North Cong. Ch. for Indian M.24.00
Rumford. L. Sundberg, for Santee IndianM.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 InfantDept. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Marie AdlofSch’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. AndrewJ. 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. MissMary Jane Dudley, L. M.30.00
Haddam. First Cong. Ch.13.72
Hartford. “Friend,” for Student Aid, FiskU.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 NathanTaylor, L. M’s.; Center Ch., “AFriend.” 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. Carrolland Mrs. J. W. Cooper, L. M’s113.43
New Britain. First Ch. of Christ (1 ofwhich for Indian M.)94.50
New Britain. C. E. Mitchell, for StudentAid, Fisk U.10.00
New Canaan. Cong. Ch.41.10
New Haven. Easter I. Armstrong, forGrand River Indian M.5.00
New Haven. J. W. Butler1.00
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. toconst. Augustus Ferris and JabezHusted, 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
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.17.00
Oxford. Cong. Ch.19.43
Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for PleasantHill, Tenn.5.00
Plainfield. Y. P. M. S., Box of C., forThomasville, Ga.
Plainville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Oaks,N.C.20.00
Plainville. Mrs. Mary E. Morse.5.00
Plantsville. Ladles’ Industrial Soc., byMrs. E. W. Twichell, Sec., for Conn. IndustrialSch., Ga.35.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch.68.25
Poquonock. Thomas Duncan, for Bell forWoodbine, Ky.120.00
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch., adl. to const.John Davenport, Mrs. Henry Tourtellotte,Mrs. Harriet E. Palmer andMrs. Margarett MacDonald, L. M’s.35.19
Putnam. “Mission Workers,” for StudentAid, 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 whichfor 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. forConn. 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, NellieWakeman and Clara Wakeman, forWoman’s Work.1.56
Windsor. First Cong. Ch.25.00
Winsted. Mrs. M. A. Mitchell, for StudentAid, Talladega C.20.00
Woodbury. “Coral Workers” of NorthCong. 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 HopeStation, 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. ofNorth 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 forIndian M)85.60
Albany. Young Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2bbls. of C., for Tougaloo U.
Alfred Center. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon5.00
Allentown. Six Young Girls, Lot of Patchwork,for Mobile, Ala.
Baldwinsville. Howard Carter100.00
Binghamton. First Cong. Ch.78.67
Brooklyn. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. (100 ofwhich for Student Aid, Talladega C.)1,601.00
Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, for BallardBuilding, Tougaloo, Miss.407.07
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., forSantee Indian M.37.50
Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw5.00
Coventry. S. A. Beardslee10.00
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 MarieAdlof Sch’p Fund7.13
Flushing. R. B. Parsons5.00
Frankfort. D. Hopkins1.50
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. McEwen5.00
Maine Village. Ladies of Cong. Ch.1.30
McGrawville. H. D. Corey1.00
New York. Pilgrim Ch. to const. JosiahLombard, Geo. L. Van Emburg, JamesPhyfe, Jr., Mrs. Phebe B. Land, MissFannie M. Champlin, Mrs. Mary H.Allen and Wm. C. Hills, L. M’s, 192.80;S. T. Gordon, 150; M. H. Bartow, 2; “AFriend,” 1345.80
New York. “Two Friends,” 25 ea., forIndian M. (Proceeds sale of gifts contributedby Miss Ilsley)50.00
New York. Mrs. H. B. Spelman, for StudentAid, Atlanta U.25.00
New York. D. Appleton & Co., for Fisk U.25.00
Oriskany. Mrs. R. W. Porter1.00
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. ofC., for Tougaloo U.
Randolph. “A Friend”5.00
Rochester. Mrs. E. M. Rider5.00
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. Halsey10.00
Woodville. Ladies of Cong. Soc., bbl. ofC., for Tougaloo U.
By Mrs. L. H. Cobb, Treas. W. H. M. U. ofN.Y. for Woman’s Work.
Binghamton. W. H. M. S. toconst. Mrs. Dr. Alice FrenchMills, L. M.30.00
Oswego. W. H. M. S.10.00
Perry Center. Ladies’ Aux.13.00
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53.00
NEW JERSEY, $166.00.
Arlington. Miss Mary P. Talman1.00
Arlington. “Friends,” Pkg. of C.
Bound Brook. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., 25;Robert Swayze, 5; W. H. Whiting, 5, forMountain White Work35.00
Bound Brook. Sab. Sch. Of Cong. Ch.10.00
East Orange. L. F. Hovey20.00
Montclair. J. Van Vleck100.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $492.65.
Center Road. “A Friend”300.00
Guy’s Mills. Minnie Bronson, for Freight1.65
North East. Mrs. M. K. Spooner, 5; MissC. A. Talcott, 16.00
Philadelphia. A. H. Stevens, M.D., toconst. himself and Mrs. A. B. Stevens,L. M.’s60.00
Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch. Sab.Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.25.09
Pittsburg. B. Preston100.00
OHIO, $594.10.
Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thomson2.28
Atwater. “Willing Workers,” for Freight1.50
Burton. Mrs. L. G. French1.00
Cincinnati. Walnut Hills Cong. Ch.47.11
Cincinnati. Mrs. Betsey E. Aydelott5.00
Cleveland. Mount Zion Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Fisk U.8.50
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., adl., 7; Rev.H. Trautman, 3.5010.50
Conneaut. H. E. Pond, 5, for StudentAid, Fisk U. Incorrectly ack. in Januarynumber
Geneva. Mrs. Mary A. Kingsbury10.00
Mallet Creek. Miss J. A. Bingham5.00
Medina. First Con. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, 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 inTennessee41.75
Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., for Indiangirl, Oahe, Dak.10.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., for TillotsonC. and N. Inst.10.00
Oberlin. Y. W. C. A., for Student Aid,Williamsburg, Ky.1.00
Painesville. W. H. Stocking1.00
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. Dowd5.00
South Ridge. “U. H.”0.50
Tallmadge. First Cong. Ch. $39.83, YoungLadies’ Mission Circle $2059.83
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. FrankBennett, for Oahe Indian M.25.00
Yellow Springs. G. Garrison5.00
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$499.10
LEGACY.
Ravenna. Estate of Samuel Hastings, byH. 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; SouthCong. Ch., $46; Rev. Henry Willard,$45; New Eng. Cong. Ch., $41.55; LeavittSt. Cong. Ch., $14.61; Rev J. A. Adams,$5; Western Av. Cong. Chapel ad’l, $2279.16
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., forSantee Indian M.50.00
Dallas City. Sophia Miller1.50
Galesburg. “Friends,” Bbl. of readingmatter, for Macon, Ga.
Geneseo. Mrs. A. T. Nourse30.00
Geneseo. Zenana Soc. 2 Bbls. of C., forTougaloo U.
Hinsdale. Mrs. E. C. Linsley1.50
Jefferson. Cong. Ch.12.50
Kewanee. Cong. Ch.105.50
Lombard. First Ch.6.70
Marseilles. First Cong. Ch.5.00
Marshall. Mrs. C. Clark1.00
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, forPleasant Hill, Tenn.10.00
Naperville. Prof G. W. Sindlinger5.00
Oak Park. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.51.00
Oak Park. Rev. W. E. Blackstone3.00
Payson. J. K. Scarborough100.00
Peoria. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. forMobile, Ala.
Piano. Cong. Ch.1.25
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss10.00
Rockford. Lewis S. Swezey, of FirstCong. 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
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52.17
MICHIGAN, $415.35.
Adrian. B. S. Allen4.00
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. Stickney1.00
Calumet. Robert Dobbie30.00
Calumet. “Helping Hands,” by Mrs. J.N. Wright, for Woman’s Work10.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch.23.34
Covert. “Band of Hope,” for Santa Fe Mission1.00
Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 11.89; TrumbullAv. Cong. Sab. Sch., 314.89
East Gilead. Conf. Ch., by Rev. L. Curtiss2.50
Galesburg. “A Friend”.58.88
Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., forRev. J. H. H. Sengstacke40.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch.40.00
Hart. Cong. Ch.11.00
Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett2.00
Kalamazoo. E. B. Allen, for Marie Adlof Sch’p Fund0.40
Lansing. Plymouth Ch.30.00
Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms, 5; Eliza Greacen, 16.00
Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer100.00
Tecumseh. James Vincent10.00
Traverse City. “A Christmas Mite”1.00
White Cloud. First Cong. Ch.8.34
WISCONSIN, $248.85.
Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., 35.83. FirstCong. Ch., 2257.83
Cooksville. Edward Gilley5.00
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, 556.83
Kenosha. Miss E. M. Newcomb2.00
La Crosse. W. H. Holcomb, Sen.2.00
Lake Geneva. G. Montague4.50
Prairie du Chien. Cong. Ch., for StorrsSch. 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’l35.19
Woman’s Home Missionary Union, forWoman’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
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7.00
IOWA, $186.85.
Cedar Rapids. Ladies in Cong. Ch., byIowa W. H. M. U.11.55
Cedar Rapids. Miss Laura L. Brockseint5.00
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. Hammond5.00
Magnolia. Cong. Ch., 5.20, and Sab. Sch., 510.20
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 StudentAid, Atlanta U.45.85
Minneapolis. Prof. Wm. M. Bristoll5.00
Morristown. Union Sab. Sch.2.50
Northfield. First Cong. Ch.47.61
Rochester. “Y. L. Whatsoever Club” inCong. 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. Seward4.50
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 AdlofSch’p Fund5.20
DAKOTA, $12.26.
Redfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Woman’s Work4.26
Valley Springs. “Cheerful Workers,” byMrs. M. S. Butler5.00
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., forMarie Adolf Sch’p Fund9.74
CALIFORNIA, $42.47.
Ontario. Bethel Cong. Ch.5.00
Pasadena. Cong. Ch., 5.47; Rev. G. S. F.Savage, D.D., 510.47
Santa Barbara. Rev. Edward Hildreth25.00
Wrights. Rev. J. R. Wright2.00
KENTUCKY, $88.75.
Williamsburg. Tuition88.75
TENNESSEE, $952.65.
Jellico. Tuition80.75
Jonesboro. Tuition0.50
Memphis. Tuition390.00
Nashville. Tuition479.40
Pleasant Hill. By Miss J. Lundy2.00
NORTH CAROLINA, $207.85.
Wilmington. Tuition207.85
GEORGIA, $963.22.
Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition290.30
Atlanta. S. M. Inman, 100; Col. A. E.Buck, 25, for Forges for Blacksmith Shop,Atlanta U.125.00
Macon. Tuition, 230.70; Rent, 7.50238.20
McIntosh. Tuition37.67
Savannah. Tuition220.40
Savannah. Pansy Soc., for Beach Inst.2.50
Thomasville. Tuition48.15
Woodville. Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke1.00
FLORIDA, $5.00.
Jacksonville. Mrs. Anna Chadwick5.00
ALABAMA, $462.25.
Mobile. Tuition222.50
Talladega. Tuition, 116.25; Cong. Ch. Sab.Sch., 7123.25
Athens. Tuition116.50
MISSISSIPPI, $99.00.
Tougaloo. Tuition99.00
TEXAS, $294.55.
Austin. Tuition259.75
Austin. “A Friend,” 30; “A Friend,” 3,by Miss Kinney; ——, for Freight onBell, 1.8034.80
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 Fund50.00
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. Mead50.00
TURKEY, $10.00.
Van. Rev. Geo. C. Reynolds10.00
AFRICA, $9.50.
Inhambam. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ousley, forFisk U.9.50

RECEIVED FOR THE DEBT.

MAINE, $16.50.
Bangor. Dr. H. F. Hanson4.50
Hampden. A Few Ladies12.00
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 ChristianChurch, 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. Morse1.00
Salisbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch., collectedby Carrie Griggs, Susie Norton, LucyFrench, Julia Landon and Eliza Warner12.30
ILLINOIS, $11.00.
Crete. Mrs. Samuel Cushing1.00
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. Jones2.00
MINNESOTA, $1.30.
Saint Paul. A few Ladies by H. F. Roberts1.30
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Total for Debt$138.88
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Donations18,096.46
Legacies1,800.51
Incomes1,602.50
Tuition and Rents2,895.97
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Total for December$24,395.44
Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 3160,773.97
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