, 1865-01-19
THE GREAT n. w. SANITARY FAIR.
Meeting Of Ladies, Yestcriay-stateneut Of
the Ntork-Church Conmlttees-Dlseus-
slon--ualf Million Dollars to be
Raised,

OF the Great Northwestern SanltaTy Fair to be held
In this city IL the coming eprne for the benefit Of
Northwestern Sanitary Commission and tho
Soldiers Home, was held in Bryan ua!l yesterday
afternoon. The meeting was we'll attended.
| At three O'Clock Mrs. Hoge called the meeting
to order. She briefly referred to the object Of the
gathering, and then stated the reasons Why the
Executive Committee bad decided to postpone the
Far until the latter end Of May. These were that
| the arrangements could not have been perfected
in tac time Intervening botwccn this and the esd
Of February and thst the weather would probably
be much better at the Inter chosen time. She
thouGht that 7 was not very cssy, natter to ex-
dieagrccabic wcsther. '''S
shs was harry t. be ssls to ino. tbs .
| the movement. The committee had held nc e.
ing and had indnced we'll known gentlemen to be-
tees. oflhesc there were fy to s1ty eThe iist has
been nlrcody published In these colnmus,1 The
committees I appointed were composed Of gentle
the Committee on Foreign Co.rcsuonicncn had
already sent oSer one hundred letters abroad fone
o. thenn 70 Qaeen NstoEial asking for aid in the
operations.
The var was now closing; the signs of tho ttmes
KAT ,crc sbau an 1daf direction was
raise funas for the care not ony Of solder in thu
field. but for The thousands Of cripples md inSa-
close Of the contest This Viii be The H. VI, u .a ~
thc grand series tnancnrnted at Chicago. and stncs
alled in With noble links in 50 many otber cics.
by parties called upon for Subscriptions, Tetsneh
cayiless be answered that the close Of The VII viii
Lea! !eaTe e. on @ our hands 10000 men to care for whom
me Fair vii net haffa million of do,,arz: sbr
Ead thouEhf best not to set too large q figure,
I'D noS ae d nn' n
chisaSo w's rs going to exert herse and not Chi
ego alone; ea. toe Whole Nosthwest-each Of the
entitled to the distribution OF the fund a raised
west; the Eastern States womb join, and even the
South, for the public there were now returnIas to
their allcgiance. and some Of them have alrssdg
Eignifed practically their lore for the Union and
s5mRds'hhy p With it. nEave de!endsEs Tho Fair
lines wonld be ntIoduecd Ai Who lore tha sol.
disT apd consider it. their duty and privilege to
come in on the one broad platform And thew
might cornt Largely On generous aid from the
public; She bad hccn somewhat surprised at the
hbcraslty with which gentlemen had come forward
to promise aid. The lumber men, the iron and
hardware merchants for instance were promIsine
them material for the construction oftne building
The churches too were moving, sewing societies
were forming where they had never before heen
organized; and we're coming In from all quartere.
e9s ees s a s[ E. E.
held, NC may bc oncc more united people.
Mrs sayres was appointed Secretary Of the
The Committee appointed to visit the churches
of the North Division, reported that they had yis-
ited al the Protestant eoncregations they ali had
committees to work In the several churches, Tie
Catholic churches eympathlzed in the movement,
huthad 20 much to do in their Own department Of
In the Fair. The following are the com,nlttees:
Fullerton aEenne Church: Mrs. DR.. Lord. Mrs.
Charles G Noble: Unity Church, Mrn. y. 4; Dewey,
tie Williams, Mis-. Cooke Illinois street Mission,
s1,n,ao Mrs; Mo0SEI; H. G5aef csM1seh H. E. Mrs 3.
Mis-. J. Flack: sedswick street Church. Miss Ma
honey, Mtss Pearson German II. T., Mrx, ]. e.
Lyman i; St Jamee will cooperate: North f,apusr.
Mrs. Hammond, Mrs, Grren. Nra. Cheshro. Mrs.
Herbert; Nor1h Presbyterian, will contribute
through !; y: c: A.: Ss5th stal, NJ Wren, M1s:
! Ana kim,ali; Scandinavian L4thcrali, Mrs. J.
| L7,ssen Mrs Olsen; Eyansellcsl Lutheran, Mrs.
As sssnn MIs 9anae @rs sa
| Mrs. Lind scanlinayinn n. e., Mrs Thorsern,
| Mrs. Nn.nen; Central Presbyterian, Mis-. Biakls
9ohn %sSaSsidse ~ Mss ,;as Waaswe,ta
| drew..
/. The committee from the West Division reported
that they had received assuranccs Of corporation
from nearly Ill the churches, and Tie following
rim, Mra: swszey, Mrs. Il. -Whit5ecE, MIS- Dr.
Gongrceation, Nrs. eDr. Mott, Mrs. J. s. Page;
United Prcsbyterin Will cooperate; Jesults'
Park Baptist Mrs: Manning, Mrs. stoushton, Mrs.
Driscoll, Mrs- Randolph; Edwards Church,
not 5cce!Eed; ); Refe,nea Lutheran, not r.
M1s Sess!te. Mis- III Es .fIaai ftz GeSon asea s.
Johns. Ars. T. n. Bishop, Mrs; T, Peicher;
Ghq5ch g! TIC Redtgner. Yn. Mn J. II. Tut'ls, Arz:
Wheeler, Miss A. Taylor, Miss H. Henderson !;
yedsrson street y; 3, MEs. =. n: Boring, liz.
beenIanes M III sac7 III
BereGn Baptist, Mrs McI5eth, Mrs. Carver, Mrs
4. 4. Kenyon; Second Baptist, Mrs: Tapncn, Hrs.
Tie eoi1tee ior tile sour o. t. pirision sn leported
that ell the churches had been visited, and a had
promised to give aid. Committees had been ap-
pointed IN each church, butthe committee did not
1hc reports were accepted and adopted. The
conNaitte Of the South Division was instructed to
procure nc nancs ot the church committees for
The snme committee then reported special as:
two jewish congregations.
The question then rscnrred on the saviaasl1ity
ef she aftirnt cAu'cncs 1alz'ns separate tables at
Mrs. Hyesuore said 1t would be rather Barass
thaL Fair, in which there xonld be distinct de-
Eastm<nts; % agricultural, mechanical, SC. Ths
Tie Philadelphia Fur. She expected that VII.
consin and Michigan would each raise *50,090 aud
other States would do largely. Perhaps it would
1
tnation, though ehe would have personal objcc-
tons TO denomtnational distinctions. But any
church here which WAS disposed TO move heartily
in fthc fmatter, coufd STIR up the synp3th1es Of
congregations throughout the country, and might
Get larger contributions In that way than in any
Wahssh ayenne II. E. Church sent in request
That the Indies Of that congregation should n4ve
one taIls to ise1 o. Il That be n2t possible they
Mrs. J. S. Fuller asked where the contributions
/ OF n0 church people would be displayed.
The Chairman suggested miscellaneous de-
It was mentioned TINT the Good Tcmpl1rs.
Soldiers Aid Societies. L7yal Leagues, &c, would
want separate divisions. -.
be deferred to smother meeting and that the DIFF
fcrent church committees be Instructed to inquire
as to the feelings Of the churches On The subject
Carried.
Mrs uvcra.orc moved That the first lady named
I on each church committee b. charged with the
duty Of aseertainlrg the mind Of the churches On
the E1ejcct and report to IN adjourned meeting to
cnt meeting. Carried.
| The Chairman said that it must be borne in
asked to eonF5ne giving one dsys labor Of IL
result. The ladies' must get themselves in rcadl-
nees to ask every one; nobody must be missed.
a1an porfer neWsboy Wass tne
IN Philadelphia So oo0 vus raised in Ibis way in
diys ns 81 prsas lsss
worth Of goods from her schools besldcs money.
The 1adiss ,nsa mnst t9 wor for the gentes
eclipse them unfees they made large eIerdons.
She would call their attention to another phase
OF actyity; In Philadelphia one lad5 g1re party,
iseucd eix hundred tickets at five dollars each,
giving the music, ice cream. and cake, from her
own purse; the Entn Of $3,0JO was thus nettcd.
others gaze parties charging one or two dollars
The Indies thonld work In this way according to
their means. Let them get up parties, lectures.
any thing. Let them make 1t thciz business aud
amusement to mise money for the Fair. md the
result would be pile OF money wh2cn all would
! rejoice to sec. She wished them also to remember
| that they would hare to feed ten thousand persons
| daily st the tables. 1t was time to get ready for
this. During the nczt four mouths every foot Of
Illinois eo1 ehoutd be eanyassed for provisions 10
be furnished at the Far.
The meeting then adjourned TIL Wednesday,
F. b1usry 1st 1T the rooms Of the Sanitary Com
mission, No, CO Madison street, at O'Clock.
mT1S, ANN HUnGETT.
Tier Collections for the Old Ladies'
Observation-Disclosures on t.1c
Chrrce OF Ernud.
The case OF Hrs Ann Bn1gets, charged with OBJ
timing money under fraudulent preteaces, came
up before Juetice Brown yesterday. The case, as
our renders are aWprc, had Its origin in the fact
fbat Mrs. Bureett had visited a number Of our
leading business men, soliciting donations for the
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