The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 02, February, 1895

by Various

RHODE ISLAND, $215.55.
Bristol. First Cong. Ch	39.14
Bristol. C. E. Soc., for Evarts, Ky.	25.00
Central Falls. Cong. Ch.	53.26
East Providence. Newman Ch., to const. George Henry Curtis L.M.	30.00
Kingston. Cong. Ch.	52.65
Providence. Mrs. G. G. Hale, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.	10.00
Providence. Y. P. S. C. E., of North Cong. Ch.	1.50
Providence. Mrs. James McAuslen, Box C., for Fisk U.
Woonsocket. Miss Jean Harris, for McIntosh Ga.	4.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,684.92.
Andover. Cong. Ch.	3.00
Bethlehem. "A Friend"	10.00
Black Rock. Cong. Ch.	25.50
Bloomfield. Cong. Ch., Box Books, for Evarts, Ky.
Bolton. Cong. Ch.	12.88
Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch., to const. Dea. Charles M. Minor andEdward S. Blake L.M's	72.81
Bridgeport. C. E. Soc., Park Cong. Ch., for Williamsburg Acad., Ky.	5.20
Bridgeport. Mrs. J. H. Manchester, Pkg. Papers, for McIntosh, Ga.
Brookfield. Cong. Ch.	24.24
Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	43.15
Columbia. Cong. Ch.	35.46
Columbia. Mrs. Hattie Little, for Student Aid, 8; "A Friend," forFreight, 2, for McIntosh, Ga.	10.00
Danbury. Ladies' M. Circle, for Student Aid, Williamsburg Acad.	6.00
East Canaan. Cong. Ch.	4.17
Falls Village. Cong. Ch.	5.05
Farmington. First Cong. Ch.	81.00
Guilford. Y. P. S. C. E., Third Cong. Ch., for Central Ch., NewOrleans, La.	20.00
Haddam. First Cong. Ch.	20.23
Hartford. Sab. Sch., Pearl St. Cong. Ch., for Rosebud Indian M., So.Dak.	34.80
Hartford. Y. P. S. C. E. Windsor Ave. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.	50.00
Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch., 61.02; Mrs. Mary C. Bemis, 50; ParkCong. Ch., ad'l, 39.66; Y. P. S. C. E., Windsor Ave. Cong. Ch., 10	160.63
Hartford. C. E. Soc. of Fourth Ch., for Central Ch., New Orleans	20.00
Habron. Y. P. S. C. E., for Grand View, Tenn.	5.00
Higganum. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. Thomas C. Richards L.M.	30.00
Ledyard. J. F. Leach, Saw Filing Clamp, for McIntosh, Ga.
Lyme. Y. P. S. C. E., for Warner Inst.	5.00
Madison. First Cong. Ch.	5.55
Meriden. Center Ch., ad'l, 50; E. K. Breckenridge, 50, to const. C.E. Breckenridge L.M.	100.00
Meriden. Ladies' Soc., Box C., for Thomasville, Ga.
Middletown. First Ch.	29.55
Naugatuck. Sab. Sch., 24; Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls. C., Box C. and BoxBooks, for Evarts, Ky.	24.00
Naugatuck. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.	13.50
Nepaug. Y. P. S. C. E.	7.00
New Canaan. Cong. Ch.	30.15
New Haven. Douglass Lecture, Grand Ave. Cong. Ch., 67.72; Sab. Sch.,Grand Ave. Cong. Ch., 50, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.	117.72
New Haven. Golden Links, Dwight Pl. Ch., for Fisk U.	18.00
New Haven. Robert Crane, M.D., 10; Ch. of the Redeemer, ad'l, 5	15.00
New Haven. Rev. G. S. Dickerman, Bbl. C., for Kings Mountain, N. C.
New Haven. Mrs. Geo. P. Browning, Box Papers, for Nat, Ala.
Norwalk. "Forget Me Not" Circle of K. D., for Skyland Inst., BlowingRock, N. C.	25.00
Northford. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Norwich. "Friends," for Student Aid, McIntosh, Ga.	19.00
Norwich. "Friend," Bbl. C., for McIntosh, Ga.
Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch.	32.05
Old Saybrook. Y. P. S. C. E., for Reading Room, Central Ch., NewOrleans, La.	17.58
Plainville. "A Friend"	2.00
Plantsville. Ladies' Indl. Soc. of Cong. Ch., for Allen Normal Sch.,Thomasville, Ga.	35.00
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch.	33.27
Sound Beach. Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., forKings Mountain, N. C.
South Britain. Cong. Ch.	27.13
South Canaan. Cong. Ch.	7.10
South Norwalk. Cong. Ch.	50.29
Suffield. Circle of K. D., Bbl. C., for Blowing Rock, N. C.
Stamford. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., for Grand View, Tenn.	17.00
Stratford. Cong. Ch.	18.34
Talcottville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	82.51
Wapping. Cong. Ch.	11.33
West Avon. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Westchester. Cong. Ch.	4.16
West Hartford. First Ch. of Christ	37.74
West Hartford. Henry C. Butler, for Indian M.	5.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.	30.00
Whitneyville. "Children's Earnings for Missions," by Rev. Chas. F.Clarke	8.02
Windsor. Y. P. S. C. E., by M. G. Marsh, Treas.	12.00
Windsor. Sab. Sch., First Cong. Ch., for Santee Indian Sch.	9.38
Wolcott. Cong. Ch.	7.91
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	16.48
Woodstock. L. A. S. N., Bbl. C., 2 for Freight, for Moorhead, Miss.	2.00
Woman's Cong. Home Missionary Union of Conn., Mrs. W. W. Jacobs,Treas., for Woman's Work:
Norwich. "Friend" in Park Ch.	10.00
Westchester. Soc. of Christian Bees	5.00
——— 15.00
————
$1,579.93
ESTATES.
Cornwall. Estate of Silas C. Beers	433.50
Norfolk. Estate of Mrs. Mary Langdon Porter, by F. E. Porter,Executor	1,671.49
————
$3,684.92

NEW YORK, $3,461.24.
Alfred. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon	5.00
Antwerp. First Cong. Ch.	17.27
Berkshire. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.	48.25
Brasher Falls. Mrs. Eliza A. Bell	10.00
Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., for Indian M.	109.78
Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch.	71.00
Brooklyn. Y. P. S. C. E. of Central Cong. Ch., for a Teacher,Blowing Rock, N. C.	50.00
Brooklyn. Royal Workers of Park Ch., 5; W. H. M. U. of Park Ch., 5,for a Teacher, Blowing Rock, N. C.	10.00
Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Ch., for Big Creek Gap, Tenn.	1.00
Buffalo. First Cong. Ch.	117.53
Canandaigua. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch., for Mountain Work	16.10
Castile. G. A. Davis	5.00
Chateaugay. Joseph Shaw	5.00
Cohoes. Coll. Y. W. C. Assn. Meeting, for Cappahosic, Va.	7.52
Corona. Y. P. S. C. E., Bbl. C., Literature, etc., for Savannah,Ga.
Elmira. Mrs. J. Glines, for Student Aid, Grand View Normal Inst.	5.00
Elmira. Park Ch., 2 Bbls. C., for Williamsburg, Ky.
Gloversville. Junior Soc. of C. E., for C. E. Hall, McIntosh, Ga.	10.00
Huntington. Rev. W. J. Jennings	5.00
Lansingburg. Bapt. Ch., Rev. C. L. Stanley, Pastor	8.38
Lawrenceville. L. Hulburd	5.00
Lebanon. Chas. P. Day, 1; Silas W. Seymour, 1; Alfred Seymour, 1	3.00
Lima. Miss M. D. Warner	.50
Lockport. First Cong. Ch., Self Denial Offering	2.50
Middleton. First Cong. Ch.	17.07
Morrisville. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch., for Central Ch., NewOrleans, La.	12.00
Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. Dea. Samuel J. Hopkins L.M.	15.00
Mount Vernon. Mrs. D. Pearson, for Pupils, Santee Indian Sch.	70.00
Newark Valley. Mrs. Ruth Kimball	5.00
Newburg. "Friends," for Sewing Class, McIntosh, Ga.	2.00
New Lots. C. E. Soc. of Dutch Ref. Ch., for Student Aid,Williamsburg Acad.	15.00
New York. Miss D. E. Emerson, for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss.	30.00
New York. Mrs. Catherine Young, for Williamsburg Acad.	10.00
New York. Broadway Tab. Ch., H. N. Marshall	3.00
Northville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.	10.00
North Walton. Y. P. S. C. E., for Thunderhawk M.	15.30
Orient. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.	25.00
Rochester. T. O. Hamlin	25.00
Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown, to const. James Simms L.M.	30.00
Saratoga. Mrs. A. H. Perry	10.00
Saugerties. Cong. Ch.	19.73
Saugerties. Y. P. S. C. E., for Big Creek Gap, Tenn.	6.85
Sing Sing. Mrs. Cornelia E. Judd and Mrs. Harriet M. Cole, 30 each,for Indian and Chinese M.	60.00
Spencerport. Two Bbls. C., Freight paid, for Kings Mountain, N. C.
Syracuse. Chas. A. Beach	50.00
Ticonderoga. Two Bbls. C., for Kings Mountain, N. C.
Troy. Fifth Ave. Bapt. Ch., 28.24; First Bapt. Ch., 23.44; "Friends,"15; Y. W. Assn. Meeting, 13.73; Wm. Shaw, 10; J. Clacksworthy, 5; Mrs.M. E. Hart, 5, for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va.	100.41
Warsaw. Cong. Ch.	11.54
Wautagh. Cong. Ch.	3.75
Westmoreland. First Cong. Ch.	4.50
West Winfield. Mrs. Wheeler, 5; Miss Spencer, 5, for Big Creek Gap,Tenn.	10.00
Woodhaven. First Cong. Ch.	20.00
Woodville. Cong. Ch.	7.50
Yonkers. J. T. Warren, for Cappahosic, Va.	5.00
Woman's Home Missionary Union of N. Y., by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall,Treas., for Woman's Work:
Albany. First Ch., L. H. M. S.	25.00
Binghamton. "Helpers," to const. Miss Mary P. Mason L.M.	30.00
Brooklyn. Central Ch., L. B. S., 50; Lewis Ave. Ch., L. M. S., 50;East Ch. S. S., 40; Tompkins Ave. King's Daughters, 25; Pilgrim Ch.,W. H. M. S., 15; Park Ch., L. M. C., 6	186.00
Homer. Mrs. Coleman Hitchcock, 2.50; Mrs. Joseph Stebbins, 1	3.50
Middletown. First Ch., Crane Mission	5.00
Millville. Lee Allen	.26
New York. Broadway Tabernacle, Soc. for Women's Work, to const. Mrs.Cephas Brainerd, Jr., L.M.	30.00
Paris. Judd Mission Band	11.00
Poughkeepsie. L. H. M. S., 25; S. S., 15; C. E., 10	50.00
Syracuse. Geddes Ch., Willing Workers	5.00
Warsaw. Earnest Workers	9.00
——— 354.76
————
$1,461.24
ESTATE.
Gloversville. Estate of Isaac V. Place, Wayland D. West and CyrusStewart, Executors	2,000.00
————
$3,461.24

NEW JERSEY, $371.80
Jersey City. Mrs. Celia G. Dickinson, for Furnishing New Hall,Tougaloo U.	40.00
Lakewood. A. W. Kenney	15.00
Paterson. Auburn St. Cong. Ch.	21.80
Upper Montclair. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Westfield. Cong. Ch.	255.00
Woman's Home Missionary Union of the N. J. Assn., by Mrs. J. H.Denison, Treas., for Woman's Work:
Paterson. "A Friend," Mem. Off., W. H. M. S., Auburn St. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Washington, D. C. W. H. M. S. of First Cong. Ch.	25.00
——— 35.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $232.50
Fallsington. Mrs. Phebe H. Burgess, for Cappahosic, Va.	1.00
Germantown. Rev. Dr. C. Wood, for Cappahosic, Va.	5.00
Gug's Mills. Simeon O. Fitch	1.50
Philadelphia. The Old Abolitionists Soc., for Gloucester Sch.,Cappahosic, Va.	100.00
Pittsburg. "Cash"	100.00
Riceville. First Cong. Ch.	5.00
Ridgway. Cong. Ch., for McIntosh, Ga.	5.00
Scranton. F. K. Tracy	5.00
Pennsylvania. Women's Missionary Union, by Mrs. T. W. Jones, Treas.,for Woman's Work:
Cambridgeboro. W. M. Soc.	10.00

OHIO, $436.24.
Alliance. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.	3.00
Bellevue. First Cong. Ch.	6.20
Claridon. L. T. Wilmot	10.00
Cleveland. "A Friend," 50; Hough Av. Cong. Ch., 6.48	56.48
Cleveland. "Unknown Friend," Euclid Av. Ch., for Indian M., StandingRock, N. D.	1.00
Cleveland. Mrs. Laura V. Toliver, 1; "A Friend," 1, for Student Aid,Albany, Ga.	2.00
Cleveland. Mount Zion Ch. and "Oberlin Friends," Organ, for Albany,Ga.
Chatham Center. Cong. Ch.	17.80
Colinwood. Cong. Ch.	8.00
Columbus. Eastwood Cong. Ch.	9.49
Hartford. Cong. Ch.	8.50
Hudson. Cong. Ch.	8.00
Jefferson. Cong. Ch.	8.11
Kingsville. Miss Eliza Cummings, 5; Miss Ella Richmond, 5, forStudent Aid, Lincoln Acad.	10.00
Kirtland. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Clapp	10.00
Lorain. Mrs. T. F. Daniels	2.00
Madison. Central Cong. Ch.	20.38
Mount Vernon. First Cong. Ch.	51.98
North Fairfield. Ladies of Cong Ch., Bbl. C., for Pleasant Hill,Tenn.
North Kingsville. Mrs. Sarah C. Kellogg, for Indian M.	5.00
Oberlin. Mrs. Lord, 3 Bbls. Books, Freight paid; "Friends," Bbl.Books, etc., for Albany Ga.
Painesville. W. H. Stocking	1.00
Ruggles. Cong. Ch. (of which 80c. for Mountain Work and 25c. forIndian M.), 24.23; Coral Workers, 5; and Y. P. S. C. E., 1.05, toconst. Miss Nettie E. Gault L.M.	30.28
Sardinia. S. W. Huggins	5.00
Sheffield. Ridge Soc., by R. White, Sec.	5.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch., 6.70; Lagonda Av. Cong. Ch., 5	11.70
Wakeman. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	20.52
Wellington. Edward West	20.00
York. Cong. Ch.	29.00
Youngstown. "A Friend," Plymouth Ch.	2.00
Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. G. B. Brown. Treas., forWoman's Work:
Alliance. Pearl Thomas, 1.25; Louisa Loyd, .80	2.05
Bellevue. W. M. S.	2.75
Cleveland. Euclid Av. W. H. M. S., for Student Aid, Ballard N.Inst., Macon, Ga.	16.00
Cleveland. Euclid Av. Y. L. M. S., for Student Aid, Ballard N.Inst., Macon, Ga.	8.00
Tallmadge. Y. L. M. S., 40; Cheerful Workers, 5.	45.00
——— 73.80

INDIANA, $30.00.
Richmond. "A Friend," for Grand View, Tenn.	30.00

ILLINOIS, $862.44.
Aurora. New England Ch., 17; First Ch., 8.91; "Japan," 5; N. L.James, 10	40.91
Brimfield. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Canton. Cong. Ch.	22.52
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., 103.41; South Cong. Ch., 56.26; University,25.80; Leavitt St. Ch., .82; New England Ch., 21.04; Central Park Ch.,5; Warren Av. L. M. S., 2	214.33
Chicago. "A Friend," for Waldense S. S.	5.00
Evanston. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Hamilton. Mrs. H. D. Grubb	2.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch.	25.00
Lombard. First Ch.	35.75
Morrison. Miss Ellen S. Brown	1.00
Oak Park. Cong. Ch., 138.87; Rev. Jos. E. Roy, D.D., 5	143.87
Payson. H. F. Scarborough	2.50
Peoria. First Cong. Ch.	63.16
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch.	13.14
Pontiac. Rev. S. Penfield	5.00
Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch.	100.00
Rockton. Cong. Ch.	4.00
Shabbona. Blanche Langford, for Student Aid, Moorhead, Miss.	1.50
Sheffield. Cong. Ch.	65.83
Shelbyville. B. P. Dearing, Freight, 1.64, for McIntosh, Ga.	1.64
Wheaton. The College Ch. of Christ	38.73
Wheaton. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 4; also a Christmas Box forCumberland Gap	4.00
Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. L. A. Field, Treas.,for Woman's Work:
Chicago. Warren Ave. W. M. S.	2.50
Elgin. W. M. S.	15.00
Joy Prairie. W. M. S.	10.00
La Salle. W. M. S., for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	3.86
Millburn. W. M. S.	5.00
Oak Park. W. M. S.	2.50
Poplar Grove. W. M. S.	3.70
——— 42.56

MICHIGAN, $1,233.38.
Agricultural College. Prof. R. C. Kedzie	10.00
Alamo. Julius Hackley	40.00
Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch.	37.50
Battle Creek. Mrs. H. L. Root	.50
Canton. Geo. R. Woodworth	1.00
Detroit. First Cong. Ch., 30.72; Plymouth Tabernacle, 9.86	40.58
Dexter. Dennis Warner	10.00
Eaton Rapids. Y. P. S. C. E., Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, ChandlerSch.	5.00
Gaylord. Rev. P. M. Crips	5.00
Milford. William A. Arms, to const. Albert Arms Bennett L.M.	30.00
Noble. Mrs. Mary B. Bogardus	1.00
Olivet. 3 Sab. Sch. Classes, Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, ChandlerSch.	2.00
Vermontville. Orlin P. Fay	5.00
Whittaker. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,Treas., for Woman's Work:
Allendale. W. H. M. S.	5.00
Alpena. W. H. M. S.	25.00
Benton Harbor. W. H. M. S.	5.00
Covert. W. H. S., for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill	5.15
Grape. W. H. M. S.	.15
South Emmett. W. H. M. S. for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch.	.15
———— 40.80
————
$233.38
ESTATE.
Ann Arbor. Estate of Dr. C. L. Ford, by E. C. Walker, Executor	1,000.00
————
$1,233.38

IOWA, $422.52.
Afton. Mrs. M. A. Clark	15.00
Atlantic. Bear Grove Y. P. S. C. E., for Student Aid, Beach Inst.	3.00
Cedar Falls. Cong. Ch., to const. Mrs. D. N. Hurd L.M.	50.00
Cedar Rapids. Mrs. J. C. Brocksmit	5.00
Chester Center. Cong. Ch. and Y. P. S. C. E.	7.42
Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch., Box Books for Selma, Ala.
Earlville. Cong. Ch.	8.20
Grinnell. Cong. Ch., ad'l.	8.75
Hampton. Pkg. Material for Sewing Dept. and Pkg. Literature, forSavannah, Ga.
McGregor. Cong. Ch.	110.10
McGregor. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. and 2 for Freight, for NewOrleans, La.	2.00
Montour. Cong. Ch., to const. W. W. Curphy and William Craig Le GrandL.M's	61.22
Muscatine. First Cong. Ch.	21.67
New Hampton. Jr. C. E. Soc., by Mrs. G. L. Hanscome, Supt., Box C.,for Savannah, Ga.
Osage. W. M. Soc., Box C., Literature, etc., for Savannah, Ga.
Postville. Cong. Ch.	7.30
Red Oak. Cong. Ch.	26.23
Rock Rapids. Cong. Ch., for Indian Sch., Fort Berthold, N. D.	1.67
Rockwell. First Cong. Ch.	10.00
Sioux City. Mrs. Penfield	5.00
Sioux City. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Pleasant Hill Acad.	5.00
Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas.,for Woman's Work:
Clinton. "L. M. S."	7.25
Danville. "L. M. S."	2.00
Davenport. Edwards Y. P. S. C. E.	14.64
Earlville. W. M. S.	10.00
Grinnell. W. M. S.	1.87
McGregor. W. M. S., to const. Mrs. Q. A. Sloan L.M.	33.10
Magnolia. W. M. S.	1.50
Riceville. W. M. S.	4.60
——— 74.96