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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Lucius F. Thayer of Westfield ; Edwin Chase of Hol- yoke; Newton S. Hubbard of Brimfield ; Special Commissioners, Samuel A. Bar- tholomew of Blandford, Ira G. Potter of Wilbraham. Salary for all, $1,700, appor- tioned according to service and miles of travel. Times of meeting-at Springfield on the second Tuesday of April, and the first Tuesday of October and fourth Tues- days of June and December.
COMMISSIONERS TO QUALIFY CIVIL OF- FICERS-Springfield, William S. Shurtleff, Samuel B. Spooner, Robert O. Morris, James E. Russell.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS-Dr. T. F. Breck of Springfield ; Dr. Wilham Holbrook of Palmer; Dr. L. M. Tuttie of Holyoke; Dr. James Il. Waterman of Westfield.
NOTARIES PUBLIC-J. M. Stebbins, J. M. Thompson, Charles Marsh, Henry S. Lee, Frederick Il. Harris, Edward Il. La- throp, J. E. MeIntire, William S. Greene, Edward Morris, T. Alden Curtis, Stephen E. Seymour, Edward R. Stickney, II. M. Phillips, P. S. Bailey, William B. Rogers, Henry H. Bowman, William P. Alexander, T. M. Brown, T. Warner, Jr., Theodore M. Zinsser, S. S. Bailey, Alexander l'abke,
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George M. Stearns, W. K. Baker, John L. Rice, George Leonard, E. P. Bartholomew, J. P. Buckland, D. E. Webster, John A. Hall, H. M. Coney.
BAIL COMMISSIONERS - C. C. Spellman and Robert O. Morris.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER -Wil- liam L. Smith.
COMMISSIONERS resident in Springfield ap- pointed to take testimony to be used, and acknowl- edgment of deeds to be recorded in the following named States-New York, E. Bond, William S. Shurtleff.
REGISTER OF BANKRUPTCY, Tenth Con- gressional District-T. M. Brown.
SENATORS-Hampden County, First Dis- trict, Charles N. Gardner, of Palmer. This district comprises Brimfield, Holland, Mon- son, Palmer, Springfield, Wales, and Wil- braham; 9,483 voters (census of 1875). Second District, Henry C. Ewing, of Ilol- yoke. This. district is made up of Aga- wam, Blandford, Chester, Chicopee, Gran- ville, Holyoke, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Mont- gomery, Russell, Southwick, Tolland, West- field and West Springfield; 9,429 voters (census of 1875).
REPRESENTATIVES - Hampden County, First District, Monson, Brimfield, Holland and Wales ; 1,349, voters Pliny S. Spanld- ing of Brimfield. Second District, Palmer, Wilbraham and Ludlow ; 1,630 voters, Tim- othy D. Potter of Palmer. Third District, Chicopee, 1,686 voters ; Jarvis P. Kelly of Chicopee. Fourth Distriet, first and second wards of Springfield ; 2,589 voters, William Pynchon and T. D. Beach of Springfield. Fifth District, third and sixth wards of Springfield ; 1,481 voters, Leonard Clark of Springfield. Sixth Distriet, fourth and seventh wards of Springfield and Long- meadow; 1,455 voters, Rawson Hathaway of Springfield. Seventh District, fifth and eight wards of Springfield; 1,568 voters, Mareus P. Knowlton of Springfield. Eighth distriet, first, second, third, fourth and fifth wards of Holyoke; 1,592 voters, John II. Wright of Holyoke. Ninth District, sixth and seventh wards of Holyoke; and West- Springfield ; 1,463 voters, E. P. Bartholo- mew of West Springfield. Tenth Distriet, Westfield, Agawam and Montgomery ; 2,620 voters, Josephi G. Noble of Westfield, and Ilenry S. Stiles of Montgomery. Elev- entli District, Southwiek, Granville, Tol-
land, Blandford, Chester and Russell; 1,473 voters, Edwin Gilbert of Southwick. All the figures in the above are taken from the census of 1875.
COUNCILOR - Eighth District, Tilly Haynes of Springfield. This district in- cludes five Senate districts, viz : first and second Hampden, Hampshire and Berk. shire.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS-Tenth District, consisting of the counties of Hampden and Berkshire, George D. Robinson of Chicopee.
The Tenth Collection District of Massa- chusetts includes Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Worcester Counties. Proba- bly three-fourths of the revenue received is from the city of Springfield and the towns of Westfield and Agawam.
COLLECTOR-Edward R. Tinker of North Adams.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR-William P. Alex- ander of Springfield. Office at 447 Main street.
GAUGER-E. M. Coats. Office at 447 Main street, opposite Court square.
STOREKEEPERS. Isaac N. Weston, J. R. Gladwin.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT - Governor, Alexander HI. Rice of Boston ; salary $5,000. Couneilors, First District, Joseph K. Baker of Dennis; Second District, Har- rison Tweed of Taunton; Third District, Francis Childs of Boston ; Fourth District, William W. Tucker of Boston ; Fifth Dis- triet, Harmon Hall of Saugus; Sixth Dis- triet, Joseph A. Harwood of Littleton. Seventh District, William Upham of Spen- cer ; Eighth District, Tilly Haynes of Springfield ; salary, each, $5 per day for actual service and mileage. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Henry B. Pierce of Abington ; salary, $2,500. Treasurer and Receiver-General and Tax Commissioner, Charles Endicott of Canton ; salary, $3,500. Auditor, Julius L. Clarke of Newton ; sala- ry, $2,500; Attorney General, Charles R. Train of Boston ; salary, $3,500. U. S. Senators, Henry L. Dawes, George F. Hoar.
Courts.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES -Ilolden in the U. S. Court Ilonse, 140 Tremont street, Boston, May 15 and Oeto-
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ber 15. Associate Justice U. S. Supreme Court, Nathan Clifford. Judge of U. S. Cirenit Court, George F. Shepley. Dis. triet Judge, John Lowell. District Attorney, George P Sanger. Clerk, John G. Stetson U. S. Marshal of the District of Massachu- setts, Roland G. Usher. Commissioners, Charles L. Woodbury, Elias Merwin, C. P. Curtis, C. W. Loring, Henry L. Hallett, William S. Dexter, Charles W Tuttle, Winslow Warren, Jr., Edwin HI. Abbott, Fisher Ames and John G. Stetson, Boston ; George Marston and Charles W. Clifford of New Bedford ; William L. Smith, Spring- field ; E. M. Wood, Pittsfield ; J. H. Hill, Worcester ; William Howland, Lymm.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES -llolden in the U. S Court Honse, 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, Jolin Lowell. Clerk, Edward Dexter. Clerk for Bankruptcy business, Francis S. Fiske.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT-Holds a law term in Springfield, third Monday after the first Tuesday in September ; nisi prius term, fourth Tuesday in April. Chief Justice, Horace Gray ; salary, $6,500. Associate Justices, James D). Colt of Pittsfield, Seth Ames of Brookline, Marcus Morton of An- dover, William C. Endicott of Salem, Otis P. Lord of Salem, A. L. Soule of Spring- field ; salary, $6,000 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- com F. Brigham of Salem ; salary, $5,300. Associate Justices, Julius Rockwell of Len- ox, Ezra Wilkinson of Dedham, John P. Putnam of Boston, Francis II. Dewey of Worcester, Robert C. Pitman of New Bed- ford, John W. Bacon of Natick, William Allen of Northampton, P. Emery Aldrich of Worcester, Waldo Colburn of Dedham,
William S. Gardner of Newton; salary. $5,000 each. N A Leonard of Springfield, District Attorney for Hampden and Berk. shire Counties ; salary, $2,000.
COURTS OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY -- Judge, William S. Shurtleff, office in Court Honse. Register, Samuel B. Spooner ; sal- ary, $1,600.
Probate Court is holden at Springfield on the first Tuesdays of every month except August and November ; at Westfield on the third Tuesdays of February, May, Septem- ber and December; at Palmer on the sec- ond Tuesdays of February, May and Sep- tember, and fourth Tuesday of November.
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United States Government.
THE EXECUTIVE-President, Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio ; salary, $50,000. Vice- President, William A. Wheeler of New York; salary, $10,000.
THE CABINET-Secretary of State, Wil- liam M. Evarts of New York; salary $10,000. Secretary of the Treasury, John Sherman of Ohio; salary, $10,000. Secre- tary of War, George McCreary of Iowa ; salary, $10,000. Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson of Indiana ; salary, $10,000. Secretary of the Interior, Carl Sehurz of Missouri; salary, $10,000. At- torney-General, Charles Devens .of Mas- sachusetts ; salary, $10,000. Postmaster- General, David M. Key of Tennessee; sal- ary, $10,000.
U. S. SUPREME COURT-Chief Justice, Morrison R. Waite of Ohio ; salary, $10,500. Associate Justices, Nathan Clifford of Maine, Ward Hunt of New York, Joseph P. Brad- ley of New Jersey, William M. Strong of Pennsylvania, Noah H. Swayne of Ohio, Samuel F. Miller of Iowa, Stephen J. Field of California, James M. Harlan of Ken- tucky ; salary, $10,000 each. .
Court meets first Monday in December at Washington.
Springfield in Detail.
Banks.
AGAWAM NATIONAL BANK-New gran- ite block, 237 Main street, corner Lyman street-Capital $500,000. President, II. S. Ilyde ; cashier, Frederick S. Bailey ; teller, Samuel S. Bailey ; discount clerk, W. M. Willard; book-keeper, J. C. Griswold ; assistant book-keeper, L. E. Davenport; directors, Marvin Chapin, Jolm HI. South- worth, C. B. Holbrook, T. M. Brown, Peter S. Bailey, L. J. Powers, H. S. Ilyde, Charles O. Chapin, D. R. Smith.
CHAPIN BANKING AND TRUST CO .- South corner of Main and Lyman streets- Capital, $500,000. President, C. W. Cha- pin ; vice-president, William K. Baker ; sec- retary and cashier, James D. Safford ; teller, William F. Callender ; book-keeper, C. M. Shedd ; corresponding clerk, Henry H. Skinner ; clerk, George R. Yerrall ; direct- ors, C. W. Chapin, W. K. Baker, D. L. Harris, C. O. Russell, John B. Stebbins, Ethan S. Chapin, J. M. Thompson, HI. S. Lee, J. A. Rumrill, George C. Fisk.
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-keepers, Edward Pynchon and Charles L. Seeger; clerk, Myron E. Chapin; di- rectors, Henry Fuller, Jr., J. D. Brewer, Horace Smith, H. S. Lee, V. N. Taylor, A. J. McIntosh, C. L. Wright.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK-NO. 455 Main street, opposite Court square-Capital, $400,- 000. President, James Kirkham ; cashier, D. A. Folsom ; teller, F. L. Safford ; assist- ant cashier, J. W. Kirkham ; assistant book- keeper, Charles P. Johnson ; elerk, Sanford Hamilton ; directors, James Kirkham, Hen- ry Morris, O. II. Greenleaf, George E.
Howard, J. H. Appleton, E. Trask, W. H. Wesson, Jolin Olmsted, Tim Henry.
JOHN HANCOCK NATIONAL BANK-NO. 288 Main street, Fort block, corner Main and Fort streets-Capital, $150,0 0. Pres- ident, R. S. Moore, cashier, Edmund D). Chapin ; teller, George K. Tapley : book- keeper, Willis E. Frost ; clerk, W. C. Bliss ; directors, R. S. Moore, Elisha Gunn, A. L. Soule, W. II. Wilkinson, John Kimberly, James M. Thompson, E. C. Rogers.
PYNCHON NATIONAL BANK - NO. 486 Main street-Capital, $200,000. President, II. N. Case ; cashier, Charles Marsh ; teller, George R. Bond; book-keeper, Sanford Lawton 3d; elerk, William C. Marsh; di- rectors, H. N. Case, Homer Foot, E. W. Bond, Willis Phelps, N. W. Taleott, James Abbe, Lawson Sibley.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK - (formerly Springfield Bank)-No. 405 Main street- Capital, $300,000. President, Henry Alex- ander; cashier, Lewis Warriner; teller, Ilarry P. Piper; book-keeper, G. W. IFub- bard ; assistant book-keeper, F. R. Shedd ; clerk, W. R. Holt; directors, Henry Alex- ander, William Gunn, Alfred Rowe, Horace Kibbe, Gurdon Bill, Hinsdale Smith, A. D. Briggs, A. T. Folsom, H. M. Phillips.
THIRD NATIONAL BANK U. S. DEPOSI- TORY-Third National Bank block, No. 349 Main street -- Capital, $500,000. President, Joseph C. Parsons : cashier, Frederick H. Ilarris ; assistant cashier, Frederick Harris; teller, E. W. Seeger; clerk, C. C. Haynes ; directors, J. C. Parsons, Aaron Bagg, Joseph Carew, Clark W. Bryan, James II. Newton, II. A. Gould, N. A. Leonard, C. L. Covell, and J. S. MeElwain. The bank occupied their new iron front building, corner Main and Hillman streets, March 1, 1876.
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izel March 25, 1873. All the banks of Springfield members. Officers-president, Lewis Warriner, cashier of Second National Bank ; secretary, Charles Marsh, cashier of Pynchon National Bank ; manager, T. War- ner, Jr., cashier of Chicopee National Bank. Clearings daily at Chicopee National Bank at 11 A. M.
HAMPDEN SAVINGS BANK-New granite block, corner Main and Lyman streets, op- posite Massasoit House. President, Elipha- let Trask ; vice-presidents, Chester W. Chapin, Marvin Chapin, H. S. Ilyde, F. S. Bailey ; trustees, Lewis J. Powers, O. H. Greenleaf, C. O. Russell, John Mulligan, W. K. Baker, John M. Stebbins, T. M. Brown, William H. Wright, J. A. Rumrill, Arthur I. Bemis, Hinsdale Smith, I. B. Lowell; secretary and treasurer, P. S. Bai- ley ; clerks, J. A. Loomis, H. N. Eaton. Deposits $1,600,000. Hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Interest commences on deposits the fifteenth day of each month.
SPRINGFIELD FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK-No. 427 Main street. President, Joseph C. Pynchon ; vice-presidents, Willis Phelps, Aaron Bagg, A. W. Chapin ; trustees, Ephraim W. Bond, HI. Fuller, Jr., T. War- ner, Jr., William Rice, Charles Marsh, Wil- liam L. Smith, James E. Russell ; secretary, E. W. Bond; treasurer, D. J. Marsh ; book-keeper, W. F. Hetherington. De- posits $1,100,000. Business hours from 9 o'clock, A. M. to 1 o'clock, P. M., and from 2 o'clock to 3 o'clock, P. M. Deposits re- ceived from Five Cents to One Thonsand Dollars ; interest commences the fifteenth of each month.
SPRINGFIELD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS -New building, corner of Main and State streets. Incorporated 1827. President, James M. Thompson ; vice-president, John B. Stebbins ; board of managers, James M. Thompson, J. B. Stebbins, William Gunn, Henry Morris, George Dwight, Charles Marsh, J. H. Appleton, Lawson Sibley and Henry S. Lee ; auditors, Homer Foot, James D. Brewer, J. D. Safford ; secretary, Wil- liam S. Shurtleff; treasurer, Henry S. Lee; tellers, W. II. Hawkes, Henry II. Bowman, William F. Ferry ; clerks, W. N. Cald- well, J. C. Booth, J. W. White. Deposits $6,100,000. Business hours from 9 A. M. to 4 r. M. Deposits commence interest the first day of each month.
Insurance Companies.
MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY- Incorporated 1827. Cash assets, January, 1878, $100,614.92. President, W. C. Sturte- vant; secretary, Frank R. Young ; direc- tors, W. C. Sturtevant, Henry Fuller, Jr., Henry S. Lee, Elijah Blake, Eliphalet 'Trask, Henry Morris, Charles L. Shaw, Alfred Rowe, James Kirkham. Office over Chico- pee National Bank, 470 Main street.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1849. Cash capital, $750,000. President, Dwight R. Smith ; secretary, Sanford J. Hall; treas- urer, Andrew J. Wright ; book-keeper, Hen- ry M. Gates ; clerks, T. W. Coburn, George R. Harrington, Loyal L. Rogers, W. D. Bigelow, E. Bigelow, A. A. Chapin, Charles B. Patch, A. II. Hooker; directors, Chester W. Chapin, Daniel L. Harris, Marvin Cha- pin, William Birnie, James Brewer, N. A. Leonard, A. D. Briggs, Henry E. Russell, C. L. Covell, F. II. Harris, Dwight R. Smith. Office in Fort block, 292 Main street.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY-Incorporated 1851. As- sets, $6,257,767.21. President, E. W. Bond ; vice-president, Henry Fuller, Jr. ; secretary, Avery J. Smith; actuary, Oscar B. Ireland; medical examiner, David P. Smith, M. D. ; assistant medical examiner, Charles P. "Kemp, M. D) .; clerks, George W. Bates, E. II. Beach, E. D. Capron, Thomas T. Da- vee, George P. Hammett, C. II. Ling, Geo. D. Lang, H. II. Leonard C. T. Merrill, W. C. Robinson, Charles T. Safford, John A. Schlesinger, E. S. Whittemore, N. A. Wi- nans; directors, Ephraim W. Bond, Henry Fuller, Jr., Gideon Wells, W. C. Sturtevant, James Kirkham, Clark W. Bryan, David P. Smith, M. D., Homer Foot, Dwight R. Smith, Julins HI. Appleton, Lewis J. Pow- ers, Henry S. Lee, Avery J. Smith, Alfred Lambert, M. D., of Springfield ; Otis Childs, Newton ; J. Arthur Burr, New York ; Wmn. A. Tower, F. A. Brooks, Boston ; William Bross, Chicago, Ill. ; J. L. Erringer, Benja- min B. Comegys, Philadelphia, Pa. ; John W. Newton, St. Albans, Vt. ; John S. Kid- der, C. W. Stanley, Manchester, N. H .; Chas. P. Kimball, Chicago ; George C. Kim- ball, Grand Rapids, Mich ; Robert L. John- son, Albany, N. Y. ; Martin A. Knapp, Syra- cuse, N. Y. ; J. R. Redfield, Hartford, Conn.
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Office in Company's building, 413 Main street.
John A. Hall, general agentfor Western Massachusetts. Office in Company's build- ing, 418 Main street.
Churches.
Location - Pastors - Time of Meetings - Membership-Historical Facts.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST -- Court square, between Elm and Court streets. Founded 1637. Rev. E. A. Reed, pastor; settled June, 1871; salary, $4,000. Residence, 97 Spring street. Deacons, Benjamin Eldridge (retired), John R. Hixon, Roderick Burt, Samuel R. Newell, Henry Morris, Austin L. Leonard, Joseph L. Shipley. The pas- tor is ex officio superintendent of the Sabbath school and Bible service, with William H. Haile and William B. Parker as assistants.
Meetings-Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., with preaching. Sabbath school and Bible ser- vice at 2.20 P. M .; evening service in win- ter at 7 p. M., and in summer at 7.30 P. M. Monday evening, young people's prayer- meeting at 7.30 p. M. in winter, and 7.45 P. M. in summer. Thursday evening, regu- lar church prayer-meeting at the chapel at 7.30 p. M. in winter, an 1 7.45 p. M. in sum. mer. Neighborhood prayer-meetings are held in different parts of the city Friday evenings.
The former pastors of this church were Rev. George Moxon (1637-1652), Rev. Peletiah Grover (1661-1672), Rev. Daniel Brewer (1693-1733), Rev. Robert Breck (1736-1785), Rev. Bezaleel Iloward, D. D. (1785 -- 1809), Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D. (1809-1862), Rev. Henry M. Parsons (1854 -- 1870).
The number of church members is about 780, of whom a full score are over 80 years of age, and about sixty are non-residents. The average attendance at the Sunday morning preaching services is about 600. The Sabbath school has a membership of 603, and for the first half of the present year had an average attendance of nearly 475. The benevolent contributions of the church for the year 1877 were about $4,000. The ladies of the church and parish have a be- nevolent society, which meets fortnightly, except during the summer months, and which during the past year has furnished
many needy families in the parish with clothing, besides sending a generous supply of clothing and family supplies to a home missionary at the West, and doing consider- able sewing for foreign missionaries in Ans- tralia and Micronesia, whither two members of the society have gone as missionaries during the past year.
The parish committee for the current year is J. L. Johnson, N. C. Newell, II. B. Lane, W. Il. Wilkinson and E. C. Rogers. The sexton is Oliver F. Perry, who is also parish collector and reuter of seats. His office is at Draper's drug store, Haynes's Hotel block.
OLIVET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH- State Street, opposite Armory grounds. Founded in 1833. Rev. L. H. Cone, pas- tor; settled in 1867; salary, $2,250; re-i- dence, 82 Walnut Street. Deacons, Wil- liam A. Spooner, George B. Kilbon, S. D. Brooks, Chauncey K. Camp ; Sunday-school superintendent, W. A. Spooner; assistant superintendents, F. W. Anderson and A. B. Forbes. Clerk, Frederick W. Harwood.
Meetings-Sabbath, 10 30 A. M. ( Bible service and Sunday-school) ; 2.15 P. M. (preaching) ; 7 p. M. in winter, 7.30 r. M. in summer (prayer). Monday evening, young people's prayer-meeting at 7.30 p. M. in win- ter, and 7 45 in summer. Thursday night, church prayer-meeting at 7.30 p. M. in win- ter, and 7.45 P. M. in summer.
This church is the second in age of its denomination in the city. Of the nineteen original members, but five are living, and three still connected with it. The mem- bership is 321; average congregation, 400.
The Sabbath forenoon is given to the Bible services (Sunday-school), in which the pastor takes an active part. This is well attended, especially by the young, numbering 300.
Parish Committee-Dr. S. D. Brooks, Benjamin Hannis, Edward R. Lee, William M. Gray, Alexander B. Forbes. P. H. M. Brooks, clerk; George W. Reed, sexton ; Edward R. Lee, collector. Apply for seats to J. W. Hitchcock, 441 State street. Com- mittee on Music, Alexander B. Forbes, Wil- liam M. Gray, Dr. S. D. Brooks.
SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Cor- ner Maple and High streets. Founded in
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1842. Rev. S. G. Buckingham, D. D., pas- tor ; settled June, 1847 : salary, $3,000. Residence, Mill street. Deacons, E. H. Patch, Charles Marsh, James Brewer and George H. Deane. Sunday-school superin- tendent, Rev. M. C. Stebbins; assistant superintendents, E. HI. Beach, Miss II. T. Buckingham, Miss Ellen T. Palmer. Sec- retary and treasurer, J. S. Kirkham.
Meetings-Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., service with preaching ; 2.80 p. M., Sunday-school and Bible classes ; Sunday-school concert the third Sunday evening of the month. . The other Sunday evenings, usually preach- ing at 7.30 o'clock. The weekly conference and prayer-meeting in the chapel on Thurs- day evenings, at 7.30 p. M in winter, 7.45 P. M. in summer. 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, of which he is now President. The membership is 430. The Sunday-school numbers 825, with an average attendance of over 200.
This society has recently built a new house of worship, at a cost of $145,000, which is a model of beauty and conven- ience.
Parish Committee-E. W. Bond, W. L. Wilcox, J. Brewer, D. R. Smith, V. N. Taylor. Clerk, C. E. Booth. Treasurer, James W. Kirkham. Sexton, J. N. Howard. Apply for seats to HI. & J. Brewer, 463 Main street.
NORTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Sa- lem street, opposite Elliott street. Founded in 1846. Rev. Washington Gladden, pastor ; salary, $3,000; residence, 242 Pearl street. Deacons, Ephraim G. Norton, Oliver D. Morse, L. Stearns Stowe, Samuel K. Foster. Clerk, Harlan P. Stone; Sunday school superintendent, O. D. Morse.
Meetings-Sunday, 10.30 A. M., 7 P. M., from October to March, inclusive, and 7 30 P. M. from April to September inclusive- with preaching. Social worship in chapel Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7.30 P. M. from October 1 to April 1, and at 7.45 P. M. from April 1 to October 1. Sunday- school at 12 M., at close of morning service. The communion service takes the place of morning service on the first Sundays of Jannary, March, May, July, September and November.
This church was organized in 1816 with 22 members, and held meetings at first in Frost's Hall, on Sanford street. The pastors preceding the present were : Rev. Raymond II. Seeley, D. D., 1819; dimmissed 1858, to take charge of the American Chapel at Paris, France ; Rev. James Drummond, 1858, removed by death, 1861; Rev. L. Clarke Seelye, 1863, dismissed to accept a professorship in Amherst College, 1865; Rev. Richard Gleason Greene, 1866, dis- missed 1874. The present pastor was in- stalled September 21, 1875. A colony of fifty-five members from this church, was organized as the Memorial church, October 29, 1865.
The membership of the North church, May 1, 1878, was 445. The number of sep- arate families represented in the parish is 200; parishioners, regular or irregular in attendance, about 900; usual congregation, about 550. The Sunday school numbers 300. The annual expenditure is not far from $7,500.
The North Church Benevolent Associa- tion was organized to proseente the chari- table work of the church, to promote ac- quaintance and to furnish social and literary entertainments. Its president is Mrs. Mary S. Goodrich; its viec-presidents, Mrs. W. C. Warren and Mrs Washington Gladden ; . . and its secretary and treasurer, Miss Flor- ence E. Carr.
The mission Sunday-school, on South Main street, has its superintendent, James M. Cowan, from the North church, and some of its teachers, with others from the First and the State Street Baptist. It meets at 2.15 p. s., Sunday, and numbers about 100.
Parish Committee-P. P. Kellogg, W. M. Pomeroy, S. N. Heywood; treasurer, Wil- liam C. Warren ; sexton, Francis Miller.
HOPE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Cor- ner of State and Winchester streets. Found- ed March 15, 1876. Rev. Charles L. Mor- gan, pastor ; settled March, 1876; residence, 675 State street, corner 'Terrence. Deacons, A. J. Plumer, Horace E. Bugbee.
Meetings, Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., with preaching ; Sunday-school at 1.45 P. M. ; evening service at 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school concert on the first, and preaching on the last Sunday evening of each month, the
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other evenings being devoted to praise and Bible services. Thursday evening, regular church prayer-meeting at 7.30 P. M.
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