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UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER-William L. Smith.
COMMISSIONERS, resident in Springfield, ap- pointed to take testimony to be used, and acknowl- edgements of deeds to be recorded, in the following named States-Illinois, George Walker; Iowa, George Walker, Maine, James HI. Morton ;
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Michigan, George Walker ; New Hampshire, George Walker; New York, George Wal- ker, E. W. Bond, A. L. Soule, William S. Shurtleff, S. R. Phillips; Ohio, George Wal- ker ; Pennsylvania, George Walker ; Rhode Island, James H. Morton ; South Carolina, James H. Morton ; Connecticut, S. R. Phil- lips ; Oregon, S. R. Phillips.
REGISTER OF BANKRUPTCY, Tenth Con- gressional District-Gideon Wells.
STATE CONSTABLES-Stephen C. Couch, Harvey D. Billings ; office, 431 Main street.
SENATORS-Hampden County, First Dis- trict, Timothy F. Packard of Monson. This district comprises Brimfield, Holland, Mon- son, Palmer, Springfield, Wales and Wilbra- ham ; 6,306 voters (census of 1865.) Second District, George M. Stearns of Chicopee. This district is made up of Agawam, Bland- ford, Chester, Chicopee, Granville, Hol- yoke, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield, and West Springfield; 6,024 voters (census of 1865.)
REPRESENTATIVES - Hampden County, First District, Monson, Brimfield, Holland and Wales; 1,102 voters, (census of 1865,) George L. Webber of Holland. Second District, Palmer and Wilbraham; 966 vo- ters, (census of 1865,) Ebenezer Brown of Palmer. Third District, first, second, and third wards of Springfield ; 2,099 voters, (census of 1865,) Emerson Wight and Jus- tin M. Cooley of Springfield. Fourth Dis- trict, fourtli and sixth wards of Springfield ; 858 voters, (census of 1865,) Gurdon Bill of Springfield. Fifth District, fiftlı, seventh, and eight wards of Springfield ; 1,281 voters, (census of 1865,) Joseph M. Hall of Spring- field. Sixth District, Holyoke, Chicopee and Ludlow ; 2,105 voters, (census of 1865,) Henry H. Harris of Chicopee; Charles A. Corser of Holyoke. Seventh District, Gran- ville, Southwick, Agawam, West Springfield and Longmeadow ; 1,676 voters, (census of 1865,) George C. S. Southworthı of West Springfield ; Silas Noble' of Granville. Eighth District, Westfield; 1,326 voters, (census of 1865,) Alexander McKenzie of Westfield. Ninth District, Chester, Bland- ford, Montgomery, Russell, and Tolland ; 917 voters, (census of 1865,) Lafayette Gran- ger of Tolland.
COUNCILOR-Eighth District, Sylvander Johnson of Adams. This district includes « five Senate districts, viz : First and second
Hampden, Hampshire, Hampshire and Berkshire, and Berkshire.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS-Tenth District, consisting of the counties of Hampden and Berkshire, Henry L. Dawes of Pittsfield.
U. S. Internal Revenue.
The Tenth Collection District of Massa- chusetts includes Hampden and Berkshire counties.
ASSESSOR-T. M. Brown of Springfield. Office, Pynchon House Block. Chief Clerk, Simeon Newell.
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS-First Division- Williamstown, Clarksburg, Florida, Adams and Savoy-William P. Porter of North Adams. Second Division-Cheshire, New Ashford, Hancock, Lanesboro, Windsor, Hinsdale, Dalton, Peru, Washington, Rich- mond, Lennox, Lee and Pittsfield-George C. Dunham of Pittsfield. Third Division- West Stockbridge, Stockbridge, Alford, Great Barrington, Tyringham, Monterey, New Marlboro, Sheffield, Mount Washing- ton and Egremont-Justin Dewey, Jr., of Gt. Barrington. Fourth Division-Becket, Otis, Sandisfield, Russell, Chester, Bland- ford, Tolland, Montgomery, Southwick, Granville and Agawam, except H. Porter & Co's distillery-Nelson D. Parks of Rus- sell. Fifth Division-Westfield-Dr. Jehiel Abbott. Sixth Division-Holyoke and Chi- copee-Oscar S. Tuttle of Holyoke. Seventh Division-Springfield, West Springfield, Longmeadow and H. Porter & Co's distil- lery in Agawam-H. M. Phillips of Spring- field. Eighth Division-Palmer, Mon- son, Holland, Wales, Wilbraham, Brimfield and Ludlow-Charles L. Gardner of Palmer.
SPECIAL ASSISTANT ASSESSORS-Atlarge, Andrew Campbell of Westfield; for lega- cies and succession taxes, Lorenzo H. Gam- well of Pittsfield.
COLLECTOR-Edward R. Tinker of North Adams.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR-Henry Alexander, Jr. of Springfield, Second National Bank.
GAUGERS-Byron Porter and Simeon Newell of Springfield.
STOREKEEPERS-Isaac N. Weston and George C. Dunham of Pittsfield, and T. M. Cooley of Westfield.
The revenue collected in the Tenth Dis- trict for the year ending June 30, 1870,
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amounted to $663,999, of whichi nearly | L. Woodbury, Elias Merwin, C. P. Curtis, one-lialf was from Springfield.
Population of Hampden County.
By the census of 1870, the population of Hampden County is 78,409, and the number of inhabitants in each town is as follows :- Agawam, 2,001; Blandford, 1,026 ; Brim- field, 1,286 ; Chester, 1,253; Chicopee, 9,607 ; Granville, 1,293; Holland, 344; Holyoke, 10,783, (5,648 in 1865 ;) Longmeadow, 1,342 ; Ludlow, 1,133; Monson, 3,204; Montgom- ery, 318; Palmer, 3,631; Russell, 635; Southwick, 1,100 ; Springfield, 26,703 ; Tol- land, 509; Wales, 831; Westfield, 6,519; West Springfield, 2,606 ; Wilbraham, 2,111.
State Government.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT - Governor, William Claflin of Newton; salary, $5,000. Lieutenant Governor, Joseph Tucker of Lenox ; salary, $10 per day and mileage. Councilors, First District, Marshall S. Un- derwood of Dennis ; Second District, William L. Reed of Abington ; Third District, Henry G. Crowell of Boston; Fourtlı District, Jonas Fitch of Boston; Fifth District, John F. Harris of Marblehead; Sixth District, Jonathan B. Winn of Woburn; Seventh District, Elijah B. Stoddard of Worcester; Eighth District, Sylvander Johnson of Adams ; salary, each $5 per day for actual service and mileage. Secretary of the Com- monwealth, Oliver Warner of Northamp- ton ; salary, $2,500. Treasurer and Re- ceiver-General and Tax Commissioner, Charles Adams, Jr., of North Brookfield; salary, $3,500. Auditor, Chiarles Endicott of Canton; salary $2,500. Attorney-Gen- eral, Charles Allen of Boston; salary, $3,500.
Courts.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES -Holden in U. S. Court House, 140 Tre- mont street, Boston, May 15 and October 15. Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court, Nathan Clifford. District Judge, John Lowell. District Attorney, David H. Mason. Clerk, John G. Stetson. U. S. Marshal of the District of Massachusetts, Rowland G. Usher. Commissioners, Chas. 6
Jr., C. W. Loring, Henry L. Hallet, Wil- liam S. Dexter, Charles W. Tuttle, Charles Demond, Winslow Warren, Jr., Boston ; A. S. Cushman, New Bedford; William L. Smith, Springfield; Wendell T. Davis, Greenfield; E. M. Wood, Pittsfield ; J. H. Hill, Worcester.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES -Holden in the U. S. Court House, 140 Tremont street, Boston, third Tuesday in March, fourth Tuesday in June, second Tuesday in September, and first Tuesday in December. Special courts held every Friday afternoon. District Judge, Jolın Lowell. Clerk, Edward Dexter.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT-Holds a law term in Springfield, fourtlı Monday in Sep- tember ; nisi prius term, fourth Tuesday in April. Chief Justice, Reuben A. Chapman of Monson; salary, $5,500. Associate Jus- tices, Horace Gray, Jr., of Boston, John Wells of Brookline, James D. Colt of Pitts field, Setlı Ames of Brookline, Marcus Mor- ton of Andover ; salary, $5,000 each.
SUPERIOR COURT-Civil terms holden in Springfield, second Monday in March and June, and fourth Monday in October ; crimi; nal terms, third Monday in May and first Monday in December. Chief Justice, Lin- coln F. Brigham of Salem; salary, $4,500. Associate Justices, Julius Rockwell of Lenox, Otis P. Lord of Salem, Ezra Wilkin- son of Dedham, John P. Putnam of Boston, Chester I. Reed of Dedham, Charles Devens, Jr., of Worcester, Henry A. Scud- der of Boston, Francis H. Dewey of Wor- cester, Robert C. Pitman of New Bedford ; salary, $4,200 each. E. B. Gillett of West- field, District Attorney for Hampden and Berkshire Counties ; salary, $1,500.
COURTS OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY- Judge, William S. Shurtleff. Register, Samuel B. Spooner.
Probate Court is holden at Springfield on the first Tuesdays of every month except August and October; at Westfield on the third Tuesdays of March, June, September and December; at Monson on the second Tuesday of June ; at Palmer on the second Tuesday of September.
The Court of Insolvency is held at the discretion of the Judge, according to the re- quirements of business to come before it.
POLICE COURT-Justice, James H. Mor- ton; salary, $2,000. Special Justices,
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Charles A. Winchester, Edward Morris. Court held daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 A. M. in the Police Court Room, City Hall.
MASSACHUSETTS, by the census of 1870, has a population of 1,457,351, of whom 1,104,032 are native born, and 353,319 foreign born; the colored persons and the Indians number only 13,189. There are 340 towns and 16 cities, and the total population of the latter is a little more than 620,000, three-quarters of whom are native born. In 1865, the cen- sus showed the population of Massachusetts to be 1,267,031; voters, 246,182.
The valuation of this state, by the cen- sus of 1870, is $1,684,000,000, against, $1,009,709,652 in 1865. The actual wealth of our people is, however, much greater. Allowing for undervaluation of property by town assessors, and for that exempt from taxation and so not reported, and the grand total must be over twenty-two hundred mil- lions, giving as the average for each man, woman and child in the State over $1,500,- larger, probably, than in any community of equal area in the world. And no where else, perhaps, is it so largely distributed to all. We have but few paupers, and most of those come from abroad.
United States Government.
THE EXECUTIVE-President, Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois; salary, $25,000. Vice President, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana; sal- ary, $8,000.
THE CABINET-Secretary of State, Ham- ilton Fish of New York; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Treasury, George S. Bout- well of Massachusetts; salary, $8,000. Sec- retary of War, William W. Belknap of Iowa; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Navy, George M. Robeson of New Jersey ; salary, $8,000. Secretary of the Interior, Columbus Delano of Ohio; salary, $8,000. Attorney-General, Amos T. Akerman of Georgia; salary, $8,000. Postmaster-Gen- eral, John A. J. Cresswell of Maryland ; salary, $8,000.
U. S. SUPREME COURT-Chief Justice, Salmon P. Chase of Ohio; salary, $6,500. Associate Justices, Nathan Clifford of Maine, Samuel Nelson of New York, Jureph P. Bradley of New Jersey, William M. Strong
of Pennsylvania, David Davis of Illinois, Noah H. Swayne of Ohio, Samuel F. Miller of Iowa, Stephen J. Field of California ; salary, $6,000 each.
Court meets first Monday in December at Washington.
United States Census-1870.
There are, in our country, 37 States and 11 territories. The population by the cen- sus of 1860, was 31,443,783 ; by the census of 1870, it was 38,549,534, as follows :
1870.
1860.
Alabama,
996,175
964,201
Arkansas,
473,174
435,450
California,
549,808
379,994
Connecticut,
537,417
460,147
Delaware,
125,015
112,216
Florida, .
189,995
140,424
Georgia, .
1,174,832
1,057,286
Illinois,
2,529,410
1,711,951
Indiana, .
1,655,675
1,350,428
Iowa, .
1,181,359
674,948
Kansas,
379,497
107,206
Kentucky,
1,320,407
1,155,684
Louisiana,
734,420
708,002
Maine,
628,719
628,279
Maryland,
790,095
687,049
Massachusetts,
1,457,351
1,231,066
Michigan,
1,184,653
749,113
Minnesota, .
424,543
172,023
Mississippi, .
842,056
791,305
Missouri,
1,691,693
1,182,012
Nebraska,
116,888
28,841
Nevada,
42,456
6,857
New Hampshire,
317,710
326,073
New Jersey,
903,044
672,035
New York,
4,370,846
3,880,735
North Carolina,
1,016,954
992,622
Ohio,
2,652,302
2,339,511
Oregon,
90,878
52,465
Pennsylvania, .
3,511,543
2,906,215
Rhode Island, .
217,356
174,620
South Carolina,
705,789
703,708
Tennessee, .
1,225,937
1,109,801
Texas,
795,500
604,215
Vermont,
330,582
315,098
Virginia,
1,211,442
1,196,115
West Virginia,
441,094
400,203
Wisconsin, .
1,055,501
775,881
TERRITORIES.
Alaska,
Arizona,
9,658
Colorado,
39,681
Dakotah,
14,181
Dist. of Columbia, 131,706
Idaho,
14,882
Montana,
20,594
New Mexico, .
86,122
93,516
Utah, 70,000
Washington, 23,901
Wyoming,
9,118
Springfield in Detail.
Banks.
AGAWAM NATIONAL BANK-New granite block, 237 Main street, corner Lyman street -Capital, $400,000. President, H. S. Hyde ; Cashier, F. S. Bailey ; Teller, S. S. Bailey ; Book-keeper, H. K. Simons; Assistant Book-keeper, A. L. Thompson ; Clerk, W. M. Willard; Directors, Marvin Chapin, James A. Rumrill, D. L. Harris, T. M. Brown, Arthur I. Bemis, L. J. Powers, H. S. Hyde, Charles O. Chapin, Wm. Whiting.
CHICOPEE NATIONAL BANK - Corner Main and Elm streets-Capital, $400,000. President, Henry Fuller, Jr .; Cashier, Thomas Warner, Jr .; Teller, A. B. West ; Book-keeper, C. H. Churchill; Assistant Book-keeper, Charles L. Hubbard ; Clerk, J. P. Frost ; Directors, Henry Fuller, Jr., J. D. Brewer, Gad O. Bliss, Horace Smith, HI. S. Lee, E. Dickinson, G. L. Wright.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK-NO. 455 Main street, opp. Court Square-Capital, $400,- 000. President, James Kirkham ; Cashier, J. D. Safford ; Teller, Dustin A. Folsom ; Book-keeper, F. L. Safford ; Assistant Book- keeper, William Wallace; Clerk, Arthur Rice; Directors, James Kirkham, O. H. Greenleaf, Henry Morris, D. B. Wesson, W. K. Baker, E. Trask, Geo. E Howard.
JOHN HANCOCK NATIONAL BANK-NO. 288 Main street, Fort Block, corner Main and Fort streets-Capital, $150,000. Presi- dent, R. S. Moore; Cashier, Edmund D. Cliapin ; Teller, James A. Bryan ; Book- keeper, Arthur H. Dunbar; Clerk, George K. Tapley ; Directors, R. S. Moore, Elisha Gunn, A. L. Soule, Abijah W. Chapin, W. H. Wilkinson, John Kimberly, James M. Thompson.
PYNCHON NATIONAL BANK-No. 486 Main street-Capital, $200,000. President, H. N. Case ; Cashier, Charles Marsh ; Teller, Wm. C. Simons; Book-keeper, Wm. F. Callen-
der ; Directors, H. N. Case, Homer Foot, E. W. Bond, Willis Phelps, Benjamin K. Bliss, N. W. Talcott, R. M. Cooley, James Abbe, Caleb Alden.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK (formerly Springfield Bank)-No. 405 Main street- Capital, $300,000. President, Henry Alex- ander, Jr .; Cashier, Lewis Warriner; Tel- ler, Frederick Harris ; Book-keeper, G. W. Hubbard ; Clerk, Frederick O. Wells ; Di- rectors, Henry Alexander, Jr., Benjamin Day, William Gunn, Alfred Rowe, George B. Morris, Horace Kibbe, Gurdon Bill, Hinsdale Smith, A. D. Briggs.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK-Barnes' Block, No. 394 Main street-Capital, $500,000. President, George Walker; Cashier, Fred- erick H. Harris ; Teller, F. S. Bacon ; Book- keeper, William G. Twing; Assistant Book- keeper, Edward Seeger ; Clerk, W. J. Coop- er, Directors, George Walker, John L. King, Edmund Freeman, Clark W. Bryan, George W Prentiss, Joseph Carew, J. C. Parsons, Aaron Bagg, James H. Morton.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-New granite block, corner Main and Lyman streets- President, Eliphalet Trask; Vice-Presidents, Chester W. Chapin, D. L. Harris, Franklin Morgan, F. S. Bailey; Trustees, Marvin Chapin, Lewis J. Powers, O. H. Greenleaf, C. O. Russell, H. S. Hyde, W. K. Baker, John M. Stebbins, T. M. Brown, R. F. Hawkins, J. A. Rumrill, Arthur I. Bemis, William Melcher ; Secretary and Treasurer, P. S. Bailey. Deposits, $1,000,000. Busi- ness hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M Quar- ter days, the third Mondays of February, May, August and November. Deposits draw interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENT SAVINGS BANK -Hampden House Block, No. 10 Court street. President, John C. Pynchon ; Vice- Presidents, Willis Phelps, Aaron Bagg, A.
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W. Chapin ; Trustees, Ephraim W. Bond, ; Hull, Dwight R. Smith. Office Fort Block, HI. Fuller, T. Warner, Jr., William Rice, 292 Main street. Charles Marsh, Wm. H. Smith, George B. Morris, William L. Smitlı, James E. Russell ; Secretary, E. W. Bond; Treasurer, D. J. Marsh ; Book-keeper, C. H. Booth. Depos-
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1851-Sur- plus, exceeding $3,500,000. President, Caleb Rice ; Vice-President, E. W. Bond ; its, $1,032,137. Business hours, from 9 A. Secretary, Charles McLean Knox; Actuary, M., to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 3 P. M. De-' James Weir Mason ; Medical Examiner, posits received from Five Cents to One ; David P. Smitlı, M. D .; Assistant Medical Thousand Dollars.
Examiner, Nathan Adams, M. D .; Clerks, William Andrews, George C. Andrews, E. D. Capron, C. T. Merrill, John A. Schles- singer, N. A. Winans, H. H. Leonard, Chas.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS -New building, corner of Main and State streets. Incorporated 1827. President, Jas. M. Thompson ; Vice-President, John B. T. Safford, W. C. Robinson, C. H. Lang, Stebbins ; Board of Managers, Benjamin E. F. Holway, W. C. Miller, George P. Day, James M. Thompson, J. B. Stebbins, Hammett, Thomas T. Davee, William H. William Gunn, Henry Morris, Geo. Dwight and Henry S. Lee; Auditors, Homer Foot, Edmund Freeman and J. D. Brewer; Sec- retary, William S. Shurtleff; Treasurer, Henry S. Lee; Teller, W. H. Hawks; Book-keeper, Henry H. Bowman ; Clerk, William F. Ferry. Deposits, $4,549,567. Business hours, from 9 A. M., to 4 P. M. Receives deposits and pays interest on all sums from One to One Thousand Dollars. Deposits made on or before the first of Jan- uary, April, July, or October, will draw in- terest from those dates. Powers, E. S. Whittemore ; Janitor, Patrick McInery. Directors, Caleb Rice, Henry Ful- ler, Jr., Edmund Freeman, Otis Childs, W. C. Sturtevant, Samuel Bowles, Eplıraim W. Bond, James Kirkham, Joseph Stone, Clark W. Bryan, David P. Smith, M. D., Homer Foot, Springfield ; Alfred Lambert, M. D., J. Arthur Burr, New York; A. I. Benyon, William B. Sears, Boston ; William Bross, Chicago, Ill .; J. L. Erringer, D. C. Whar- ton, Philadelphia Pa .; Gen. George J. Stan- nard, Burlington, Vt .; John S. Kidder, C. W. Stanley, Manchester, N. H .; James M. Churchill, Charles P. Kimball, Portland, Me .; George C. Kimball, Flint, Mich .; Robert L. Johnson, Albany, N. Y .; Merritt Insurance Companies. Burt, Cleveland, O .; George Mendenhall, M. D., Cincinnati, O .; R. P. Elmore, Mil- waukee, Wis .; L. W. Hale, Syracuse, N. Y. Office in Company's new building, 413 Main street.
MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY- Incorporated 1849-Cash assets, January, 1871, $75,000. President, W. C. Sturte- vant; Secretary, L. A. Tifft; Directors, W. C. Sturtevant, Henry Fuller, Henry S. Lee, Elijah Blake, Joseph Ingraham, Roderick Ashley, Alfred Rowe, James Kirkham, Benning Leavitt. Office over Chicopee National Bank.
Churches.
Location-Pastors-Time of Meetings- Membership-Historical Facts.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSUR- FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Court Square, between Elm and Court streets. Founded 1637. Rev. E. A. Reed, pastor ; settled June, 1871; salary, $3,500. Dea- cons, Benjamin Eldridge, (retired,) John R. Hixon, Roderick Burt, Elbridge Brigham, Charles H. Smith, Samuel R. Newell, Henry Morris. Superintendents of Bible Service, W. J. Holland, Nelson C. Newell, and A. L. Leonard. ANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1849-Cash capital, $500,000. President, Edmund Free- man; Vice-President, Dwight R. Smith; Secretary, Sanford J. Hall ; Book-keeper, A. J. Wright; Clerks, H. W. Royce, Henry M. Gates, Loyal L. Rogers, R. W. Day ; Directors, Edmund Freeman, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Chapin, George S. C. Southworthı, William Birnie, William Stowe, James Brewer, George Meetings-Sunday, at 10} A. M., (with Walker, Lombard Dale, A. D. Briggs, preaching,) 214 P. M., (Bible service and Henry E. Russell, C. L. Covell, George A. i Sunday-school,) 7 P. M., (Prayer.) Mon-
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day night, young people's prayer-meeting, 712 P. M .; Wednesday night, teachers' meeting, 71% P. M .; Thursday, female prayer-meeting, 3 P. M., and church prayer- meeting at 712 P. M. In summer, the eve- ning meetings begin half an hour later Sun- day, and a quarter of an hour later other nights.
This is our oldest church, and but one year younger than Springfield. It has had few pastors, those preceding the last one having averaged a term of thirty-six years each. The former pastors were: Rev. George Moxon (1637-1652), Rev. Peletiah Grover (1661-1692), Rev. Daniel Brewer (1693-1733), Rev. Robert Breck (1736- 1784), Rev. Bezaleel Howard, D. D. (1785- 1809), Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D. (1809- 1862) Rev. Henry M. Parsons (1854-1870).
The number of resident members is 602 ; and the average attendance at Sunday morning service is over 600; benevolent contributions the past year, $2,900; total raised for church purposes, $7,500. The Sunday-school numbers over 525, with an average attendance of 350; contribu- tions from its members the past year, $800. None of this sum was used for expenses, but a Sunday-school commissionary in California received $500, a gift was sent for the " Morning Star," and poor children at home were clothed and cared for, as is also done by the other churches.
The First Church Annual is to be pub- lished early in each year, giving the pastor's New Year's sermon, a resume of church work, the Sunday-school reports, and other matters of interest.
OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - State street, opposite Armory grounds. Founded in 1833. Rev. L. H. Cone, pastor ; settled in 1867; salary, $2,500. Deacons, William A. Spooner, B. F. Quinby, E. A. Hubbard, George Dillingham. Sunday- school superintendent, B. F. Quinby ; as- sistant superintendent, Homer Merriam.
Meetings-Sabbatlı, 1012 A. M., (Bible service and Sunday-school;) 212 P. M., (preaching ;) 7 P. M., (prayer;) Monday night, young people's prayer-meeting, and on Thursday night, church prayer-meeting, at 712 P. M. in winter and 734 P. M. in summer.
This churchi is the second in age of its denomination in the city. Of the nineteen
original members, but five are now living, and only three are still connected with it. The present membership is 266, of whom 239 reside in Springfield. The contributions for benevolence the past year were $1,141, and $1,000 was raised for recarpeting the house of worship and vestry.
The Sabbath forenoon is given to the Bible service, (Sunday-school,) in which the pastor takes an active part. This is well attended, especially by the young, numbering 355, and averaging 205; and many of the older people, who are neces- sarily kept at home in the morning, are accommodated by the afternoon preaching. The average congregation is 400.
A temperance revival commenced here last year, and spread to the Union street and Florence street churches. Several Christian women, sympathizing witlı one of their number in trouble, presented a petition to the officers of the Olivet church, signed by 117, asking help to save victims of intemperance. In response to this ap- peal, the Springfield Temperance Union was organized. It aims to work in a Chris- tian spirit, and has met with gratifying suc- cess. Inebriates have signed the pledge, and kept it. Homes bare of comfort and blighted by strong drink before, are now gladdened with abundance and bright hopes of the future. Mothers are less anxious, whose boys have promised "never to use any intoxicating liquor as a beverage."
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Bliss street, near Main. Founded in 1843. Rev. S. G. Buckingham, D. D) , pastor; set- tled, January, 1847; salary, $3,000. Dea- cons, Erastus Hayes, Henry A. Robinson, A. F. Cowles, O. W. Wilcox. Sunday- school superintendent, Rev. J. L. Graves.
Meetings-Sunday, at 1012 A. M., witlı preaching ; 21% P. M, in winter, 3 P. M. in summer, Sunday-school ; 7 P. M. in win- ter, 7% P. M. in summer, missionary con- cert first Sunday of the month, Sunday- school concert second Sunday of the month, and prayer meeting on other Sunday even- ings. Thursday night, churchı prayer meet- ing, at 71% P. M. in winter, 734 P. M. in summer, followed by a teachers' meeting.
This church had but one pastor before the present one, Rev. Noah Porter, who was dismissed in 1847 to accept a professorship in Yale College. The membership is 383 ;
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average attendance on the Sabbath, 350; benevolent contributions the last year, over $8,000. The Sunday-school numbers 230.
The mission Sunday-school gathered by members of this church, near corner of Union street and Eastern avenue, numbers 250, with an average attendance of over 200. Hope Chapel, its house of worship, was completed last year; the library con- tains 700 volumes ; and H. S. Lee is super- intendent, Hubert Haskell, secretary, and Frank Homer, librarian. There is also a meeting here, with preaching by different pastors of the city, at 6 P. M., every Sun- day evening but the second in the month, when there is a Sunday-school concert; and a prayer meeting is held Wednesday even- ings, at 712 P. M.
The Long Hill Sunday-school, number- ing 90 members, with S. D. Burbank as su- perintendent, has aid and a majority of its teachers from the South Church.
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