The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 05, May, 1896

by Various

OHIO, $421.89.
Akron. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. for Moorhead, Miss.
Akron. Missionary Society of First Cong. Ch., Box Bedding forTougaloo, Miss.
Amherst. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering	3.60
Ashland. J. O. Jennings	10.00
Bellevue. First Cong. Ch.	12.23
Bellevue. First Cong. Ch., Jubilee Offering	6.73
Berea, Strongsville, and Rockport. Cong. Churches, Union, JubileeOffering	17.00
Castalia. W. Story	1.00
Chardon. First Cong. Ch., 7.65; Y. P. S. C. E. of F. C. Ch., 3	10.65
Cleveland. Union Cong. Ch.	5.00
Cleveland. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Mrs. H. C. Beffenger, Bbl. C., forWilmington, N. C.
Coitsville. Geog. Hall Mission, for Student Aid, Talladega C.	3.75
Collinwood. C. E. Society, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	3.00
Columbus. Sab. Sch. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 21; Washington Av. Welsh Ch.,12; Mrs. F. W. Wallis, 1	34.00
Dover. Mrs. Arthur Weston, Bibles and Testaments, for Tougaloo U.
Jefferson. Cong. Ch. (1 of which from "A Friend")	13.05
Kingsville. Mrs. S. C. Kellogg, for Mountain Work, 10; Miss ElizaStewart Comings, 10	20.00
Mansfield. Mrs. J. Calhoun, for Indian M., Independence, N. D.	5.00
Mantua. Miss Caroline M. Davis	1.00
Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch., Jubilee Offering	56.00
Newark. Plym. Cong. Ch., 15.30, Jubilee Fund; L. M. Soc. of Plym.Ch., 20.20	35.50
New London. Cong. Ch.	3.43
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch.	27.14
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. Miss'y Soc., Blouse Waists for S. Inst.,Blowing Rock, N. C.
Oberlin. Wm. M. Mead, for Mountain Work	10.00
Oberlin. Mrs. W. P. Kennedy, Bbl. for Moorhead, Miss.
Painesville. First Cong. Ch.	25.05
Painesville. Miss M. Evans, for Macon, Ga.	5.00
Painesville. "Friends," Box C. for Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga.
Rootstown. Mrs. C. N. Seymour	10.00
Springfield. Lagonda Av. Cong. Ch., 2.50; Lagonda Av. Cong. Ch. L. M.Soc., 1; "Jubilee Offering," 1	4.50
Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Morris	2.00
Vermillion. Jr. C. E. Soc.	1.15
Wellston Cong. Ch., by H. Bevan, Sec., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering	1.30
Willoughby. F. A. Page	2.00
Windham. Ladies' Helping Hand Soc., of Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. and freight75 cts., for Pleasant Hill, Tenn.	.75
Youngstown. Elm St. Cong. Ch.	5.00
——. "Friend in Ohio" for Indian M., Jubilee Offering	1.70
Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Treas.
Akron. W. M. S.	20.00
Austinburg. W. M. S.	5.00
Brecksville. W. M. S.	3.00
Cleveland. Euclid, Y. L. M. S.	5.00
Madison. W. H. M. S.	15.00
Marietta. Harmar, W. H. M. S., for Indian Schp.	15.00
Oberlin. Second Ch. Sab. Sch.	7.50
Oberlin. First, L. A. S.	5.00
Toledo. Central Ch., W. M. U., 5; Busy Bees, 1	6.00
Toledo. Boys' Home	3.86
——— 85.36

INDIANA, $6.80.
Andrews. Cong. Ch. Lincoln Mem. Day Offering	2.00
Ridgeville. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch.	3.80
Versailles. Mrs. B. N. Rebuck, for Mrs. J. D. Nichols, deceased	1.00

ILLINOIS, $694.89.
Albion. Mrs. James Green, 3; Mrs. P. W. Wallace, 1	4.00
Aurora. New Eng. Cong. Ch., 17.60; New Eng. Ch., W. M. S., 29.78	47.38
Aurora. First Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., for King's Mountain, N. C.	18.00
Champaign. First Cong. Ch.	43.36
Chandlersville. Cong. Ch.	52.96
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., 57.11; South Ch., W. H. M. U., 49.40 (30 ofwhich to const. Mrs. J. L. McKeever L.M.); D. S. Munger, 10; Ch. ofthe Redeemer C. E. Soc., 5	121.51
Chicago. Mrs. F. E. Cutler, 4; Miss Susan R. Cutler, 4, for Theo.Student Aid, Talladega C.	8.00
Chicago. Prof. F. R. Nichols, for enlargement of building, Memphis,Tenn.	5.00
Chicago. Bundle Blankets for Moorhead, Miss.
Earlville. "J. A. D."	25.00
Englewood. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Y. P. S. C. E., for Student Aid,Williamsburg Acad., Ky	10.00
Englewood. North Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., etc., for Beaufort, N. C.
Forest. Cong. Ch.	9.66
Geneseo. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Griggsville. Cong. Ch.	9.31
Hyde Park. Mrs. H. C. Gould	.50
Jacksonville. Woman's Miss'y Soc., for Macon, Ga.	14.00
Jacksonville. Mrs. George L. Roberts	5.00
Lawn Ridge. By Geo. M. Sims, Treas., Cong. Ch.	.75
La Salle. Mrs. F. X. Kilduff. Box C. for Tougaloo, Miss.
Maywood. C. E. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Tillotson C.	10.00
Metropolis. Trinity Cong. Ch.	2.65
Oglesby. E. T. Bent, 10; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bent, $15, for StudentAid, Tougaloo U.	25.00
Ottawa. Sab. Sch., Cong. Ch.	5.90
Paxton. Mrs. J. B. Shaw, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	5.00
Richmond. Cong. Ch.	3.97
Rock Falls. Cong. Ch.	7.28
Saint Charles. Cong. Ch.	11.00
Summer Hill. Cong. Ch.	4.00
Sycamore. Hon. Henry Wood, for Austrian Crown, given by littleMarie Kuchera, of Bohemia	10.00
Waukegan. German Cong. Ch.	5.00
Woodburn. A. L. Sturgess	10.00
Yorkville. Cong. Ch., 6.76; Cong. Sab. Sch., 1.68	8.44
Yorkville. Miss Elizabeth J. Lane, Jubilee Offering	5.00
Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. L. A. Field, Treas.:
Atkinson. W. M. S.	20.00
Champaign. Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., for Central Ch., New Orleans, La.	10.00
Chicago. New England W. M. S.	20.00
Chicago. Lincoln Park W. M. S.	5.25
Chicago. Bethlehem W. M. S.	2.00
Evanston. W. M. S. (10 of which Bequest of Mrs. Chloe B. Wells)	28.00
Glencoe. C. E. Soc.	17.15
Jacksonville. Jr. C. E. Soc., for Hospital, Fort Yates, N. D.	2.50
La Salle. C. E. Soc.	5.00
Marshall. W. M. S.	2.00
Oak Park. W. M. S.	9.20
Odell. W. M. S.	10.00
Rockford. Second Ch. W. M. S.	33.10
Rockford. First Ch. W. M. S.	21.46
Waukegan. W. M. S.	10.00
Waukegan. C. E. Soc.	1.36
——. Clara and Edward Doocy	.20
——— $197.28

MICHIGAN, $554.69.
Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch.	43.35
Calumet. First Cong. Ch.	61.33
Chassell. Cong. Ch.	11.00
Clinton. Y. P. S. C. E., by E. A. Carney, Treas.	12.50
Detroit. First Cong. Ch., Ladies' Soc., Bbl. C. for Greenwood, S.C.
Grand Haven. Miss Margaret Lewis, for furnishing new hall, TillotsonC.	4.25
Greenville. Mrs. R. C. Ellsworth, 10; "A Friend," 1	11.00
Marshall. Mrs. J. S. Stout	5.00
Olivet. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., 15; Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., 5, forStudent Aid, Talladega C.	20.00
Olivet. Y. W. C. A., for Student Aid, Lexington, Ky.	4.00
Port Huron. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering	10.00
Ransom. Cong. Ch.	4.48
Scio Centre. Sab. Sch., by Robt. G. Lyon, Sec.	2.76
Stanton. Jubilee Offering, by Rev. W. C. Burns	4.44
West Bay City. John Bourn, for Alaska M., and to const. Rev. J. G.Grabiel and Thomas R. Shaver L.M's	100.00
Woman's Home Missionary Union of Michigan, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,Treas.
Allegan. W. M. S.	2.50
Armada. L. A. S.	.50
Benton Harbor, Y. P. S. C. E., for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch.	4.00
Cheboygan. W. H. M. S.	3.50
Kalamazoo. Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch.	2.50
Lansing. Plymouth, Y. M. Guild, for Student Aid, Santee Indian Sch.	4.18
Manistee. Young Woman's Guild, for Indian Schp.	25.00
Maybee. L. A. S. and W. H. M. U.	.15
——— 42.33
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$336.44
ESTATE.
Niles. Estate of Dr. James Lewis	218.25
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$554.69

IOWA, $392.01.
Algona. King's Daughters, 10; Mrs. H. E. Stacy, 6, for Student Aid,Fisk U.	16.00
Atlantic. Mrs. W. Sanford for Student Aid, Fisk U.	25.00
Belle Plain. Mrs. Winterstein, Bbl. of C. for Marion, Ala.
Burlington. Cong. Ch., 111.50; Miss Mercy Lewis, 50c.	112.00
Cedar Rapids. Mrs. J. C. Brocksmit	5.00
Cedar Rapids. "Willing Workers," for Student Aid, Beach Inst.	2.00
Corning. Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Beeman, for Student Aid, Fisk U.	25.00
Davenport. Mrs. E. J. Rowell, for Indian M., Independence, N. D.	5.00
Decorah. First Cong. Ch.	22.48
DeWitt, First Cong. Ch.	5.25
Eldora. Rev. and Mrs. Evarts Kent, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	5.00
Eldora. C. M. Duren, Pkg. Sewing Material for Beach Inst.
Fort Dodge. Cong. Ch.	26.00
Garner. Cong. Ch.	8.55
Grinnell. W. H. M. U., for Student Aid, Talladega C.	10.00
Grinnell. Y. P. S. C. E. of Cong. Ch.	1.00
Independence. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Independence. S. S. Class of First Cong. Ch., 4, by Miss GracePotwin; Mrs. E. M. Potwin, Pkg. Sch. Cards, for Student Aid, BeachInstitute	4.00
Le Grand. Miss L. M. Craig	9.07
McIntire. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., for freight to Savannah, Ga.	1.50
Postville. Jr. C. E. Soc., for Student Aid, Beach Inst.	2.00
Postville. Bbl. C. for Meridian, Miss.
Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas.:
Cedar Rapids. First, W. M. S.	5.25
Central City. W. M. S.	5.00
Charles City. Y. P. S. C. E.	20.00
Creston. L. H. M. Circle	10.00
Des Moines. Plymouth, W. M. S.	4.15
Earlville. W. M. S.	10.00
Eldon. Y. P. S. C. E.	1.17
Grinnell. W. H. M. U.	21.59
Magnolia. W. H. M. U.	3.50
Ottumwa. Jr. C. E.	3.00
Tabor. L. H. M. S.	3.50
Victor. W. H. M. U.	10.00
——— 97.16

WISCONSIN, $324.33.
Appleton. First Cong. Ch.	7.00
Delavan. Cong. Ch.	29.42
Genesee. Cong. Ch.	7.50
Hartland. Mrs. Mary LeRoy, Box C. and Papers for Tougaloo, Miss.
Ironton. O. C. Blanchard	5.00
Kenosha. Thomas Gillespie, M.D.	10.00
Liberty. Cong. Ch.	2.50
Menasha. Rev. S. T. Kidder	5.00
Milwaukee. Sab. Sch. North Side Ch.	2.00
Milwaukee. Robert P. H. Millard, for Moorhead, Miss.	1.00
New Richmond. First Cong. Ch.	40.45
Norrie. Cong. Ch.	1.71
Peshtigo. Cong. Ch.	5.00
Pine River. Miss Mary B. Spencer, Jubilee Offering	5.00
Raymond. Cong. Ch., for Cal. Chinese M. Building	1.90
Ripon. Mrs. C. H., for Moorhead, Miss.	.50
Spring Green. L. H. M. S., by Mrs. C. B. Pearson	6.25
Washburn. Cong. Ch.	10.00
Wausau. Jr. C. E. S., for Moorhead, Miss.	1.65
Whitewater. "Friends," 117; State Normal Sch., 35; "Friend," 15. forenlargement of building, Memphis, Tenn.	167.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch.	15.45

MINNESOTA, $64.78.
Ada. Cong. Ch.	7.14
Chowen. Rev. E. E. Rogers, for enlargement of building, Memphis,Tenn.	2.00
Graceville. Cong. Ch., Lincoln Mem. Day Offering	5.50
Minneapolis Lyndale Cong. Ch., 15; W. H. Norris, 15; "Rodelmer," 2.50	32.50
Minneapolis. Jr. E. Soc. of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 5; A. B. Brickett,2.10, for Indian M., Independence, N. D.	7.10
Minneapolis. Como Ave. Ch., for freight to Fort Berthold, N. D.	2.00
Minneapolis. Willing Workers, Park Av. Sab. Sch., for Marion, Ala.	1.00
Northfield. Carleton College, Box Pictures for S. Inst., BlowingRock, N. C.
St. Charles. Cong. Ch.	2.69
Sauk Center. E. A. Smith, for Student Aid, Fort Berthold, N. D.	2.00
Stillwater. Grace Cong. Ch.	2.85

MISSOURI, $532.71.
Cameron. Rev. D. E. Todd, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.	5.00
Kansas City. Clyde Cong. Ch.	24.82
St Louis. Hope Cong Ch.	8.80
Sedalia. First Cong. Ch.	27.93
Woman's Home Missionary Union of Mo., by Mrs. K. L. Mills, Treas.:
Bevier. Cong. Ch. Jr. C. E. S.	1.00
Bonne Terre. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	10.00
Brookfield. Park Ch. L. H. M. S.	15.00
Brookfield. Park Ch. Y. P. S. C. E.	5.00
Carthage. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	31.75
Hamilton. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	6.75
Joplin. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	10.00
Kansas City. First Ch. Y. P. S. C. E., for Student Aid,Williamsburg, Ky., 7.20; First Ch. Y. L. M. S., 25; First Ch. Ladies'Union, 7	39.20
Kansas City. Clyde Ch. Ladies' Union, 52.35; Clyde Ch. Y. P. S. C.E., 11.35; Clyde Ch. Sab. Sch. (two classes), 2.50	66.20
Kansas City. S. W. Tabernacle Y. P. S. C. E., 10; SouthwestTabernacle L. H. M. S., 14; S. W. Tabernacle Jr. C. E. S., 5	29.00
Kansas City. Olivet Ch. L. H. M. S., 5; Y. P. S. C. E., 2.50	7.50
Neosha. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	6.00
New Cambria. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	6.25
New Cambria. Cong. Ch. Y. P. S. C. E.	5.00
Nichols. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	5.00
St. Joseph. Tabernacle Ch. L. H. M. S.	12.50
St. Louis. Central Ch. L. H. M. S.	26.00
St. Louis. Plymouth L. H. M. S.	16.50
St. Louis. Pilgrim Ch. L. H. M. S. (30 of which to const. Mrs. JohnMcCullogh L. M.), 62.85; Pilgrim Jr. Y. P. S. C. E., 15	77.85
St. Louis. First Ch. L. H. M. S., 21; First Ch. Y. L. M. S., 45.32	66.32
St. Louis. Olive Branch L. H. M. S., 2, and Y. P. S. C. E., 1.50	3.50
St. Louis. People's Tab. Y. P. S. C. E.	2.50
Sedalia. First Ch. Ladies' Union	20.86
Springfield. First Ch. Y. P. S. C. E.	10.00
Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. L. H. M. S.	11.00
———
$490.68
Less expenses	24.52
——— 466.16

KANSAS, $164.72.
Clay Centre. Clarence Eastman Cong. Mem. Ch.	5.35
Kensington. Cong. Ch., Jubilee Offering	7.00
Paola. Cong. Ch.	11.00
Paola. Cong. Ch., Box C. for Saluda, N. C.
Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ	3.50
Woman's Home Missionary Union of Kansas, by Mrs. E. C. Read, Treas.:
Antrim. Lena Gibbs and Sister	2.00
Atchison	5.00
Centralia	5.00
Chapman	5.00
Douglass	2.00
Dover	5.00
Emporia	10.00
Kansas City. Pilgrim Ch.	3.00
McPherson	3.50
Olathe	2.00
Ottawa. Y. P. S. C. E.	2.50
Ottawa	5.00
Paola	12.50
Parsons	5.00
Russell	5.00
Sabetha	5.00
St. Mary's	6.00
Sedgwick	5.00
Seneca	15.00
Smith Center	4.00
Topeka. Central Ch. (16.50 of which Thank offering)	26.68
Topeka. First Ch.	1.00
Wellsville	5.50
———
$140.68
Less expenses	2.81
——— 137.87

NEBRASKA, $25.10.
Ashland. Cong. Ch.	15.40
Kilpatrick. Cong. Ch.	1.65
Maple Creek. Cong. Ch.	4.05
Santee Agency. Miss Edith Leonard, for Laboratory, Santee	3.00
Santee Agency. Jr. Endeavor Soc., by Grace Lawson, Treas.	1.00
Tecumseh. Mrs. L. S. Chittenden, Pkg. Sewing Material for Lexington, Ky.