Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-07
Baltimore Conference Of the African
-. T.. Church.
THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE DISTRICT OF

The Baltimore conference of the African NJ
+. church Yesterday closed It's sittings in Balti-
more at Bethel church, Saratoga street, Bishop
Campbell presiding. The committee On educa-
ton made a report yesterday, congratulating
the eOlOred people on the many agencies for
their education set on foot by the general gov
eminent. The report recommends that parish
schools be established wherever practice able
and one evening each week be devoted by the
pastors TO instruction of the pupils.
Rev. ID. Draper presented delegation of the
Daughters OF Conference from Union Bethel, OF
Washington, ID. e. The delegation were INTRO
duced to Bishop Campbell, and made hand
some donation TO the conference, for which a
vote of thanks was rendered them.
The conference adopted by a risinA vofa a
preamble and resolutions oiier~(, nv Rev. lanes
a, Handy and j. " SSowser. thanking john
Hopkins, esq, for purchasing grounds anu
erecting thereon suitable buildings for educa-
tional and hospital purposes, and providing
that the right of admission into said hospital,
college and asylum shall not be abridged by
sect, color or previous condition of servitude.
Rev. j. A. Handy moved, and it was adopted,
that the city pastors be instructed to walt on
MIR. Hopkins with the above resolutions.
The Daughters OF Conference OF Waters
Chapel were presented to the conference, and
made a donation OF S5i. Also the Daughters OF
Conference of Bethel Church who donated s lO5.
The committee on Union Bethel reported that
the cost OF the building was 81 100, OF which
IS 500 was still due the contractor.
The appointments for the year were then an
nounced, among them being the following for
CHuTCn, 81. NJ. MItcnell,
Union Bethel, ID. Draper; ST. Paul, Joseph s.
Thompson; Ebenezer (Georgetown), ID. p. Sea-
ton; Good Hope, j. W. Bowser. Left unsup-
plied-Baltimore City Mission, Stemmer's Run,
Pisgah Chapel, East Washington, Bladensburg,
Denton, Church Hill and Miles River.
When the name OF Rev. G.. T. Watkins was
announced as pastor of Bethel Church, in Bal
timore, there was burst of applause from the
cDngreg CATION, a majority of whom were OF the
female sex. The Conference then adjourned,
10 meet in Cumberland next year.
REAL ESTATE SALEs.-The following sales
have been made since our last report:
MeSsrs Lsiimer Cleary, auctioneers. cold yes
terday the ioo wing al Part lot O. in square
u, frcrtIug Pennsy lyania enue on street be-
tween 18th and Ii h, Star buildings cont aiming
2u0square feet 90 Geo L. Sheriff, at IS 20 per
sGuarr foot-so 500; western l9 feet of 1os "a, in
impTOye ID by three story brick DWELLING 10 s. A
E.sCu. for S5.42S. also, brick dwelling on q street
between 9Th and sth being part OF lot s. OF sinh ol
lot in square Ills, to j. III. Crossman, for $3.50
John sfearns, all Of square l53, bounded by New
Hsmpshire avenue, 18th, b and streets northwest
for $3.50.
BUILDING PERMITS were issued as follows To-
day:-,Joseph Redfern, three story brick, 1
street, between 18th and 18th northwest; Rob't
Hatton two two-story frames, 2lst, between L
and Nj northwest; +. Medler, two-s.ory brick,
18th, between l. and NJ northwest; II. Fitzger-
alb. two-s,cry frame, H, between Delaware
avenue and % street northeast; John A. But
Ter, two story brick, C., between 1st and 2d
southwest; +. Bates, four twO-stOry frames,
u dye street. between NJ and y and ith and 9Th
northwest: James Grace, two-story brick, LIST,
between X and l. southeast.