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RETURNING-Leaves South Glastenbury at 712 A. M., arriving in Hartford at 10 o'clock.
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WEST HARTLAND .- J. S. REYNOLDS.
Leaves from St. John's Hotel, Tuesdays and Suturdays, 6.30 A. M .; arrives Mondays and Fridays, 2 P. M.
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Package Expresses.
ADAMS Express Co., 6 Central Row, semi-daily, (Sundays ex- cepted,) to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and all intermediate towns, and to all the towns on the Railroads, connected with the Hartford and New Haven, and the New Ha- ven and New York Railroads, and on the Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill Railroad.
MERCHANT'S UNION EXPRESS COMPANY, 4 Central Row and Main st., to about the same places as Adams Express Co.
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E. DEWEY's Express to North Granby, passing through Tar- iffville and Granby. Leaves N. Granby, at 5 A. M. Wednes- days, and leaves St. John's Hotel at 2 P. M. same days.
HARLOW TOPLIFF'S Express to South Coventry, passing through Ashford, Mansfield, South Coventry, Bolton, Man- chester, Burnside and East Hartford. Leaves S. Coventry, Wednesdays, arriving at Hartford at 1 P. M. Leaves Hartford about 5 P. M. same days. Stops at Olmsted's in East Hartford.
DANIEL GROVER'S TO ELLINGTON, on Fridays, from 119 State st. at 9 A. M., passing through East Hartford, South Windsor, ( Wapping, ) to Ellington. Arrives Wednesdays.
J. C. BOND's to Thompsonville, Enfield, Hazardville, Scitico, Somersville, Somers. Leaves Brown & Gross' daily at 1.30 P.M.
J.P.&W.F.RORABACK EXPRESS TO CANAAN, and SHEFFIELD. Arrives Thursdays at 10 A. M., and leaves Fridays, at 12 M., from St. Johns' Hotel, passing through Avon, Canton, New Hartford, Winsted. Norfolk, Canaan, East Sheffield, Mass., Mill River, Mass., Ashley Falls, Mass. Leaves Canaan Wednesdays at 6 A. M.
WILLIAM BRYANT'S EXPRESS TO WOLCOTVILLE, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 312 P. M., from 9 American Row, passing through Collinsville, New Hartford Center, Bakerville, Torringford to Wolcottville. Returning, leaves Wolcottville Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5 A. M.
NORMAN S. GRIDLEY'S EXPRESS TO UNIONVILLE, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; arrives at 10 A. M., and leaves at 3 P. M., from St. John's hotel, passing through West Hartford and Farmington.
DANA L. PAINE'S EXPRESS TO EAST GRANBY, passing through Windsor, Poquonnock, Rainbow, leaves daily from 6 Central Row, at 1 P. M.
J. S. PHINNEY'S EXPRESS TO SOUTHINGTON. Arrives every Thursday, at 12 M. Leaves 354 Main, 11.30 A. M., Fridays.
KENNEY'S EXPRESS TO UNIONVILLE, on Tuesdays, Thurs- days and Saturdays at 2 P. M. from St. John's Hotel. Leave Unionville same days.
WM. BULL'S EXPRESS TO SHEFFIELD, arrives Tuesday morn- ings and leaves Trumbull house same day at 3,30 P. M.
minibuses.
WEST HARTFORD-TRI-DAILY .- Between Hartford and West Hartford. B. F. BISSELL.
MAIN STREET, THROUGH BUCKINGHAM AND WASHINGTON STREET .- Eight times daily, from State House Square. N. P. SEYMOUR.
City Railroad.
Cars will pass any given point every 10 minutes, in the city, and to Wethersfield every hour, passing the State House 12 minutes after each hour.
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ackmen and Public Carriages.
By Hartford City By-Laws, published Oct. 9, 1862, the Hack stands are made "west of the west gate on the north side of the State House yard, and on the west side of the State house yard, the north side of the South Park (so called), and in front of the house of Engine Company No. 2;" and their prices or rates of fare shall be as declared by ordinance of 1864, viz ;- " for carrying one person, with ordinary baggage, to any place within the limits of the city, fifty cent's; children under four years of age, free, and between the ages of four and twelve, half price; for conveying two persons, both going from one place to one other place, seventy-five cents ; three persons, one dollar, four persons one dollar and twenty-five cents. Between the hours of twelve o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning, twice the above rates may be charged. For the use of a public carriage by the hour, two dollars; for a sleigh, two dollars and fifty cents; and in that proportion for succeeding fractions of an hour. For weddings and parties, three dollars; for funerals, two dollars and fifty cents, except when attended from church, when the price shall be three dollars. The pen- alty of overcharge is a fine of from $3 to $5.
Churches.
FIRST CHURCH EDIFICE ERECTED IN HARTFORD.
The location of the first church has not been accurately ascertained. It was nearly upon the eastern end of State House Square; and the burying ground was bounded east and south by Market st. and State st. It was a square building probably framed, and with a thatched roof. In 1640 it had a bell. In 1649 the old church was given by the town to Mrs. Hooker, and a new one built.
HOURS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
1. The morning service on the Lord's day, to begin through- out the year at 10.45 o'clock-bells to be rung at 10.30.
2. From the Second Sabbath in October to the last in March, inclusive, the afternoon service to begin at 2.45. From the first in April to the last in September, inclusive, it is to begin at 3.15.
3. The hours of evening services usually are as follows; from the first of December to the last of February, at 7 o'clock; from the first of June to the last of August, at 7.45; through all the remaining months at 7.30. Ringing of the bells in all cases fifteen minutes before the time for the commencement of the services.
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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN CITY OF HARTFORD.
The first Church organization in Hartford was originally gathered in Newtown, (now Cambridge,) Mass., and was duly organized by the Installation of THOMAS HOOKER as pastor, and SAMUEL STONE as teacher, October 11th, 1633.
In June, 1636, Messrs. Hooker and Stone, with about one hundred of their people, removed to this place, being the first Church established in Connecticut. This Church embraced the territory now occupied by the Churches of the City; of East Hartford; and of West Hartford.
First organization of the denominations in this city :
CONG'NALISTS, Oct. 11, 1633. EPISCOPALIANS, 1762.
UNIVERSALIST, June, 1823.
METHOD. PROTESTANT, 1842.
BAPTISTS, 1789.
ADVENTISTS, 1842.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, 1820.
UNITARIAN, July 27, 1844.
CATHOLIC, June, 1823.
PRESBYTERIAN, Nov. 4, 1851.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
No. 227 Main st. Organized Oct. 11, 1633
THE size of this edifice is 114 feet in length by 79 in width. There are 150 Slips on the lower floor, and 75 in the gallery, which will seat about 1200 persons. Spire is 185 feet in height. Officers of the Church .- Rev. GEORGE H. GOULD, Pastor; William W. Ellsworth, S. S. Ward, B. E. Hooker, George W. Corning, Collins Stone, D. W. Brigham, and JJotham Goodnow, Deacons; Jotham Goodnow, Clerk; S. S. Ward, Treasurer; A. R. Skinner, Register. About 600 members.
Sabbath School .- Rowland Swift, Supt .; Chas. T. Wells, Sec'y and Librarian; Joseph L. Blanchard, Assistant Libra- rian; Chas. E. Perkins, Treasurer; L. H. Bacon, Registrar.
Society .- Calvin Day, S. P. Kendall, E. Fessenden, Commit- tee; Charles Seymour, Treasurer; Nicholas Harris, Clerk; J. G. Barnett, Organist; J. T. Loomis, Sexton. Annual meeting in January.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 91 Main st. Organized Feb. 12th, 1669.
THE dimensions of this building are, 96 feet in length by 63 feet in breadth, with a portico in front 42 by 12 feet, and a chapel in the rear 36 by 80 feet. The porch is 60 by 16 feet. The height of spire is 180 feet. This third liouse was dedicated April 11, 1827. The audience room is 60 by 77 feet, with gal- leries. There are 130 pews below, and 48 above, and is esti- mated to seat 1,100 hearers. The chapel room is 35 by 67 feet, and will seat 350 persons.
Officers of the Church. - Rev EDWIN P. PARKER, Pastor; Peter D. Stillman, A. W. Barrows, Thomas H. Welles, Charles T. Webster, Nelson Kingsbury, Deacons; Wm. Kellogg, Clerk. No. of members, 426.
Sabbath School .- H. C. Robinson, Supt .; ' eorge . . Hills,
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Assistant; C. S. Gillette, Sec'y and Treas .; Geo. S. Gilman and C. T. Webster, Librarians. About 1700 vols. in Library. No. teachers, 40; scholars, 300 Average attendance, 200.
Society .- Nelson Kingsbury, P. D. Stillman, G. W. Moore, Henry A. Cooley, Edward Kellogg, Com .; W. Blatchley, Clerk; C. W. Huntington, Organist; Wm. H. Conover, Sexton. Annual Meeting, 2d week in March.
PARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 170 Asylum street. Organized Sept. 23, 1824. New Edifice ded- icated March 29th, 1867.
This new and tasty edifice erected on the corner of Asylum and High sts., and fronting the City Park, built of dressed Port- land stone, with light colored New Brunswick stone for facings, has sittings for about 1000 persons without galleries, costing with land $150,000. A commodious chapel with other rooms for church purposes are attached to the rear of the main ed- ifice.
Officers of the Church .- Rev. GEORGE B. SPAULDING, Pas- tor; Thomas Steele, Ezra S. Hamilton, Augustus Morse and Thomas W. Russell, Deacons; Edwin B. Stillman, Clerk; L. M. Hotchkiss, Treas.
Sabbath School .- G. Wells Root, Superintendent; Miss Eliz- abeth Welch, Assistant; C. A. Griswold, Librarian and Secre- tarv. About 1000 volumes in the Library.
Society .- W. H. Post, H. C. Judd, E. H. Owen, Austin Dun- ham, J. S. Ives, Committee; E. Roberts, Treasurer; James S. Brooks, Cierk; Dudley Buck, Jr., Organist; Wm. C. Bodge, Sexton. Annual meeting, first Wednesday in March.
FOURTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Dedicated April 3, 1850. 509 Main st. Organized Jan. 10, 1832.
Ir is built in the Corinthian style of architecture, of brick, stuccoed to resemble stone. The spire rises to the height of 185 feet from the ground; size, 63 by 100 feet. The ceiling and walls are beautifully frescoed. The pulpit is of white Italian marble. There are 138 slips in this church, aside from the gallery slips. A lecture room, 40 by 48 feet, in the rear Annual meeting in March.
Officers of the Church .- Rev. NATHANIEL J. BURTON, Pastor; L. Olmsted, F. F. Barrows, M. Lewis, W. R. Loomis, John Hooker, W. H. Cowles, John Ross, Deacons; Rev. N. J. Burton, Clerk.
Sabbath School .- R. H. Gay, Supt. ; Chas. Taylor, Mrs. J. G. Parsons, Assists .; M. T. Russell, Sec'y; Erastus Phelps, Treas .; Chas. Childs, Lib .; Wm. P. Collins, Cong. Lib.
Society .- H. Kennedy, J. G. Parsons, J. P. Fitts, B. A. Bim- mons, F. B. Latimer, Com .; Richard H. Gay, Treas .; F. F. Barrows, Clerk; E. E. Sage, Auditor; J. Walz, Organist; I. Cambridge, Sexton.
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PEARL STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
20 PEARL STREET.
THIS edifice is built of Portland stone. The corner stone was laid August 2d, 1851. It is 138 feet in length by 68% feet in width. The audience room is 97 feet by 642 feet. The lec- ture room is 57 by 35 feet. There are 136 slips on the floor of the house, and 36 in the galleries; seats for 1000 persons. The spire is 212 ft. in height. The building was dedicated Dec. 1852.
Officers of the Church .- Pastorship vacant. Wm. W. Turner, Thomas Smith, Olcott Allen, Joseph E. Cone, Stephen C. Brow- nell, George W. Williams, Deacons; H. W. Taylor, Clerk. Number of members 407.
Sabbath School .- Caleb M. Talcott, Superintendent; Henry P. Hitchcock, Assistant; Henry T. Sperry, Secretary; L. F. Dow, Librarian ; 1100 vols.in Library; Teachers' Library, 335 vols
Society .- John B. Corning, J. S. Woodruff, Henry T. Sperry, H. K. W. Welch, Leverett Brainard, Committee; J. B. El- dridge, Treasurer; A. S. Hyde, Clerk; W. J. Babcock, Organ- ist. F. P. Colton, Sexton. Annual meeting 2d week in Feb.
ASYLUM HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 276 ASYLUM ST., BETWEEN SUMNER AND SIGOURNEY STS. Society organized June 25, 1864. Church organized March 23d, 1865, with 114 members-45 males and 69 females. Edi- fice dedicated, June 15th, 1866.
The Church edifice is built of Portland stone. The corner stone of the main building was laid May 5, 1865. The extreme length of the Church and Chapel is 184 feet. The dimensions of the Audience Room of the Church are 112 feet long and 68 feet wide, and 186 pews and seats 930 persons on the floor of the house. The pews are of chestnut decorated with black walnut, finished in oil. The Chapel is 65 by 42 feet, and seats 350 persons.
Officers of the Church .- Rev. JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, Pastor; Erastus Collins, Jared A. Ayers, Samuel M. Capron, Christo- pher C. Lyman, Newton Case, John R. Keep, Deacons; Rod- erick Terry, Clerk and Treasurer.
Sabbath School .- James S. Tryon, Sup't; E. J. Cutler, and Mrs. Maria E. Strong, Assistants; C. J. Burnell, Sec'y. and Treas .; James B. Stone and A. L. Hunt, Librarians.
Society .- Henry J. Johnson, Newton Case, Erastus Collins, A. J. Hammond, Committee; Roderick Terry, Clerk ; James S. Tryon, Treasurer; J. B. Stone, leader congregational singing. John Rodney, Sexton. Annual Meeting last week in March.
TALCOTT STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
THE Talcott Street Congregational Church in Hartford, was organized on the 28th of August, 1833. Dr. Hawes, pastor of the First Church, and the Pastor of the Second Church officia- ted on the occasion. The Church was at first composed of seven
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members, who came by letter from the First Church in Hart- ford, and other churches in the vicinity. The Church, since its organization, has been supplied by Reverends D. T. Kimball, John A. Hempsted, E. R. Tyler, Dr. James W. C. Pennington, and C. W. Gardner. Present number of members, 80.
Officers of the Church. - Pastorship now vacant ; Isaac Cross, Wm. Mitchell, James C. Patterson, Deacons; Isaac Cross, Clerk; Alfred O. Clegget, Ralph Mitchell, Jas. C. Patter- son, Committee of Church.
Sabbath School .- M. Porter Snell, Superintendent; George At- wood, and C. W. Lawrence Librarians; about 500 vols; 20 Teachers; 144 Scholars.
Society .- E. C. Freeman, Alfred O. Cleggett, J. C. Patterson, Committee; John M. Daniels, Clerk. Isaac Cross, Treasurer. Annual meeting in January. 30 Talcott st.
WARBURTON CHAPEL, 61 Temple street.
A substantial convenient and tasty structure, erected by Mrs. John Warburton. Dedicated June 28, 1866. Committee .- George P. Bissell, D. W. Brigham.
Religious Services every Sabbath morning in German, and every Sabbath and Friday evenings in English.
WOOSTER STREET CHAPEL, 35 Wooster st. Edifice dedicated April 19, 1867. Services on Sunday after- noon.
TRINITY CHURCH-EPISCOPAL. Sigourney street. Organized, Sept. 12th, 1859.
The corner stone of this edifice was laid Thursday, 27th Oct., 1860; and was dedicated in May, 1861. Its extreme length is 85 feet (with vestry room on the rear of 16 by 25 feet) and width 65 feet. The height of tower from the base to the top of the pinnacle is 130 feet, and is 24 feet square at the base and is reduced to 16 feet at the top. Built of brown Portland stone. No galleries in the interior. No. of Slips, 108.
Annual meeting, Easter Monday.
Officers of the Church-Rev. FRANCIS GOODWIN, Rector; Edward Goodman, Henry Corning, Jr., Wardens; George B. Barnes, Treas'r and Organist; John T. Peters, Clerk.
Francis J. Huntington, Jas. Dixon, Samuel H. Huntington, Elisha Johnson, Aaron Keeney, James Bolter, Geo. B. Barnes, Thomas T. Fisher, John Hatfield, Charles R. Chapman, G. T. Wiley, A. B. Redfield, Henry A. Welton, H. S. Jennison, Ves- trymen. Sunday School-Rev. Francis Goodwin, Sup't.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. - EPISCOPAL. 61 Market street REV. CHAS. R. FISHER, Rector and church city missionary. Samuel Nott and Thomas Sumner, Wardens; Windsor Puffer, Chas. H Skinner, H. H. Didier, J. H. Pyncheon, Robert Braba-
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zon, Vestrymen; J. H. Brainard, Clerk and Treasurer. Geo. Hebard, Organist ; J. G. Otto, Sexton. Annual meeting Easter Monday.
The corner-stone of this edifice was laid by Bishop Williams on the 25th of July, 1854, and the church completed in April, 1855. The church is 74 feet in length, and 47 feet in width, exclusive of the chancel, which is 6 feet by 20, and a vestry room, 9 feet by 16. It contains 94 slips on the floor, and has a gallery only for the organ and choir. It contains, also, a large lecture room. It is built of free stone, and cost a little more than $9000. Since the first Sunday in April, 1862, this church has been sustained as a Free Mission Church, by the Church City Missionary Society.
Sunday School-Rev. C. R. Fisher, Superintendent ; Joseph McFarland, Jr., Ass't Sup't; E. Eliot. Librarian; Teachers, 27; Scholars, 200; Volumes in Library, 600.
CHRIST CHURCH-EPISCOPAL. 413 Main street. First Organization, 1762.
THE present edifice of Christ Church was begun in 1827. The corner stone was laid by Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell, on the 13th of May, 1828. The Church is built of free-stone, and its extreme length, including the tower and buttresses, is 121}2 feet ; and the extreme breadth 76 feet; the tower, (which is of stone,) is 135 feet high, and 22/2 feet square, fortified by double but tresses at the angles. This Church was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Hobart, on the 22d of December, 1829. Their Chapel, situated in the rear of Church, was erected in 1836.
Officers of the Church .- Rev. ROBERT MEECH, Rector elect; Leonard A. Dickenson, Francis W. Burr, Charles H. Northam, Chester Adams, Wardens; Walter Keney, Z. Preston, B. F. Ellis, Daniel Goodwin, Julius A. Case, Newton Carter, F. A. Brown, C. C. Kimball, S. G. Farnham, Jr., Geo. E. Hatch, Jo- seph Hall, Vestrymen; Charles J. Hoadly, Clerk ; J. W. Beach,' Treasurer; Daniel Goodwin, Auditor; Henry Wilson, Organ- ist; Henry J. Eaton, Sexton. Annual meeting, Easter Mon- day.
Sunday School .- Rev. Robert Meech, Sup't.
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH - EPISCOPAL. 178 Main street. Organized March 18th, 1841.
THE corner stone was laid July 14th, 1841, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Brownell, was consecrated by the same prelate, to the glory and worship of the Most Holy Trinity, April 20th, 1842. The whole length of the Church, including tower and chancel, is 112 feet. The spire rises to a height of 190 feet from its base. The ma- terial of the chancel is brick; but the nave and tower are of free stone, from the Portland quarries. The nave contains 136 pews, besides galleries, affording sittings for 850 persons.
Oficers of the Church .- Rectorship vacant; Edwin Taylor,
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and Henry Pease, Jr., Wardens; John A. Butler, Thomas Bel- knap, Wm. Hamersley, G. W. Woolley, G. H. Eaton, R. D. Hubbard, Jacob Knous, Joseph Breed, C. M. Beach, S. R. Mc- Nary, G. W. Bartholomew, Z. K. Pease, Vestrymen; Samuel H. White, Treasurer; John S. Robinson, Auditor and Clerk ; James Breed, Parochial Librarian. About 800 volumes in the Libraries. B. F. Leavens, Organist. Joseph Harris, Sexton. Annual meeting, Easter Tuesday. About 350 communicants.
Sunday School .- Geo. M. Bartholomew, Sup't .; Mrs. Russ, Assistant; Jas. Breed and J. Butler, Librarians.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPARD. Organized, 1866.
Services in Chapel in Charter Oak hall building, corner of Charter Oak and Huyshope avenues. Edifice will be built this season on the corner of Wyllys and Hendricksen avenues.
Rev. H. W. NELSON, Jr., Rector; Henry J. Huxham and Robert Price, Wardens ; S. Coburn, J. Ingersoll Barry and Sam- uel G. Tracy, Vestrymen; J. B. Chapin, Clerk; Samuel G. Tracy, Treasurer; Geo. Barr, Organist; John Hewitt, Sexton.
Sunday School .- Rev. H. W. Nelson, Sup't; John Harlow, Librarian; J. B. Chapin, Parish Librarian; Teachers, 12; Scholars, 95. Library contains 675 volumes.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. 420 MAIN ST.
The first Baptist Church in this city was organized in 1789, and in 1798 erected the building on the corner of Market and Temple sts., which they occupied until 1831, when they erected a new house of worship on Main st., now occupied by the " Congregation Beth Israel," and known as "Touro Hall."
The present structure of trimmed Portland sandstone was dedicated April 23d, 1856. The audience room is 107 by 63 feet, and 45 feet to the crown of the arched ceiling. Pews, 160 on floor, and 44 in galleries: seats for 1,100. The Chapel is 56 by 37 ft. and 27 ft. high. The Vestibule is 37 by 32 ft., divided into central passages and aisles by couplar columns of Caen Stone, with carved capitals. Present number of mem- bers, upwards of 700.
Officers of the Church .- Rev. ROBERT TURNBULL, D. D., Pas- tor; Chauncey G. Smith, Jas. G. Bolles, John Braddock, James L. Howard, Deacons; D. D. Erving, Clerk; C. G. Smith, Treas- urer. Annual meeting, January.
Sabbath School .- W. S. Bronson, Supt .; C. G. Munyan, and J. B. Underwood, Assists .; E. G. Barrows, Sec. and Treas. ; William W. Bronson, Frank A. Thompson, Librarians; Edward W. Marsh, Joseph Barlow, Assistants; Frederick Ford, Col- lector. 1,100 vols. in library.
Society .- C. G. Munyan, R. M. Burdick, Wm. Wallace, F. R. Pease, Geo. E. Martin, Com .; C. G. Munyan, Treas .; J. D. Williams, Auditor; Wm. B. Clark, Clerk; L. Barker, Or- ganist; Hiram Faxon, Sexton. Annual meeting in March.
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SOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH, 125 MAIN ST.
THIS edifice is of Portland stone. It is 160 feet long, and 80 feet wide. The south tower is 80 feet high ; the spire is 226 feet. The main audience room is 97 by 60 feet, and contains 178 pews, besides the galleries around three sides of the room. It will seat 1300 persons. The chapel, which is in the transept, will seat 400. The house was dedicated April 23, 1854. Num- ber of members about 650.
Officers of the Church .- Rev. CEPHAS B. CRANE, Pastor ; Al- bert Day, J. Winship, H. E. Day, and E. W. Moseley, Deacons ; A. M. Smith, Clerk; Thomas Sisson, Treasurer.
Sabbath School -A. Day, Supt .; H. J. Morse and Mrs. T. M. Lincoln, Assists .; John W. Overand Librarian; B. Good- rich, Clerk.
Society .- Benj. Bliss, W. H. Richardson, R. S. Lawrence, Committee; Charles G. Day, Clerk and Treas .; Leroy Hun tington, leader Congregational singing; Geo. Robinson, Sexton. Organized Oct. 21, 1834.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 129 Asylum street.
This church was organized, and a house of worship erected, in 1820, on 136 Trumbull st., and enlarged in 1829. The new edifice is built of brick, with basement of Portland stone. It was commenced in May, 1859; finished and dedicated April 4, 1860. The whole building, from front to rear, aside from towers, is 95 by 65 feet in width. The audience room is 73 by 622 feet. The walls and ceiling are finely frescoed. Audience room floor contains 134 pews, and will seat, including gallery, 1,100 persons. The east tower is 12 feet square, and 66 feet high; the west tower, an octagon, 16 feet in diameter, and 108 feet high. There is a gallery, back of the preacher's desk, for the choir. The audience room receives its gas light from the ceiling. The basement has a fine lecture room 40 by 62 feet, and 4 class rooms, and a parlor 40 by 18 feet. The whole cost of the edifice, including land, about $34,000. The pres- ent number of church members is about 400.
Oficers of the Church .- Rev. C. E. GLOVER, Pastor; J. F. Judd, D. K. Owen, Thomas H. Holaday, Wm. Boardman, Coleman Townsend, Galusha Owen, Edward S. Pierce, Geo. W. Newton, Normand Smith, Trustees; J. F. Judd, Clerk; D. K. Owen, Treas; Lucius J. Estis, 43 Ann st. Sexton.
Sabbath School .- John M. Parker, Superintendent; George M. Bowen, Assist .; Miss N. B. Stevens, Female Superintendent; Albert L. Burke, Secretary; C. C. Munsell, Librarian; D. A. Speare, Assistant Librarian. No. of vols. in Library, about 1000.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. 83 Church st. THIS Church was first gathered June, 1823, in Talcott st. Their present edifice was dedicated Dec. 14, 1851. The length,
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from the outside of tower to the outside of chancel, is 160 feet ; and the breadth is 80 feet. The height of tower and spiro from ground is 200 feet. The Church floor contains 264 pews, and the galleries 98, and will seat about 2,300 persons. It is built of Portland stone, and cost about $40,000. The congre- gation numbers 5,000. Very Rev. JAMES HUGHES, Pastor, assisted by Rev. J. T. Rogers. Thos. C. Smith, Sexton.
Sunday School-Very Rev. James Hughes, Sup't ; and in charge of the Christian Brothers and Sisters of Mercy.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC MALE SCHOOL, 6 Franklin Street. under charge of the Christian Brothers ; total number of boys, 425. The female department is under charge of Sisters of Mercy, and numbers 350.
ST. CATHARINE ACADEMY .- Connected with the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy is a young ladies' academy which num- bers 120 pupils. Two orphan asylums, about 100 girls and boys, their community of mercy have the supervision of all the schools and institutions under the immediate charge of Mother M. C. Pauline, lady superioress.
Institute of the Christian Brothers, 84 Church st. Brother Symphorian, Director.
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