The daily gazette., 1880-03-06
rFIETHAE EDtTIQAs(
Wilmington m. z. Conference

Wilmington W. Gs &oUfofouC0.
APPRoA CHINO SESSION AT DOVER
SOME INTERESTING POINTS.
The twelfth annual session Of the vii.
mington 81. L, .Cynference win assemble
IN tie NJ. q. Church az Dover, on Wed.
nesday, March l7th, aud will be COM
posed of 284 ministers and laytner.
Bishop Andrews will preside, and
Bishops Scott and Simpson viii also be
present. Homes have jbeen provided for
the inlnistefs during the session, and the
Wilmipeton djvhes and layfnen will be
entertained By the following named per
sohs;
RevJ HCaldwell with Hon ERSaulsi
bury.
Rev J l. Houston with w G Hazel.
Rev. Is Mann with Wilson l.. Can
Rev L c Matlack with REV r. w
Rev G NJ Pegg with 4 S Harper.
REV W J Stevenson With Alex Full
Nies A 4 Scs,tt with Mrs II Cowsill.
Rev q + Sheppard with I Steven
son. =~-r--y-r- -~rr-- --r- A
RevJM Williams with W @ Hazel
Rev j A b Wilson with Jno ID Bur-
ton.
Rev 7 + Plummer with Joseph
Tucker. ..-...
Rev L E White with Harry Kirch-
baum.
VIM II Biilany with Mrs II Cowgirl.
VIM H Foulk with PlHT Wyatt L
Alex Kelley at M E Parsonage.
X ii McDanel at Mrs Mullen's.
Eh hehdenhali with James L
Smith. %
Jr.
L F Riddle with Hon Geo p Fisher.
Geo W Sparks with G ii b Day.
Q II Sentman with DR. Edw Lewis.
"A ] Wright with Mrs r Mullen. I /
SKETCH OF THE coNrRRENce. - q
The General Conference of 1868 di-
vided the Philadelphia ConferenC Q
and organized the Wilmington Con-
ference. 1t includes the State Of Della.
ware and the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and Virginia. The Conference
received its name from Wilmington,
the largest city of the Peninsula. ,
The first session of this Conference
was held in Asbury Church, Whining
ton, March II, 1869, Bishop Simpson
presiding. The minutes Of that session
contain the following statistics
Members, 10, 68S 4, ,probationers, 3, :
300 local preachers, 122 CHURCHES,
sss 20 value, valued. at S9lo, Sa0 Sl5o; parsOnagss,
The eleventh session of the Cynfer-
ence was held at New Castle, Della
ware, 1879, Bishop Simpson presiding
and reported as follows
No. of members. .............. $3.50
No. of probationers.... ........ 4,l7O
No. Of, local prsaohers.. a...--.- Lar
NO. of Churches. ........ ..H.... VI BOG
froDabie vaiue.................. 81, 129, 800
NO. Of parsonages...... SO
Probable value..... ........... 1922 $50
sEssIoSs or rHE q oRFRRKScE- ian.
ssA~3 " = 90 oPs,. ne y A-@'-.
Frst-Asbury. Wilmington, Mar.17,
lSOO-Simpson.
.ss sseOsd1Post Deposit. Nd. March 49,
Third Dover, Delaware, March 8.
I87l-SGott
Four.h-'ilaurel, DeIawate. Feb. 2i +,
l672-AmeA.A ~ F - Z
.FElfth-Easton. Maryland. March 8.
1858 otL r c. -4r T IS
s!x'h-sai sbsry. Mary land, M arch
seventh.-Smyrna. Delaware, March
IL, 1S75-Jaues. I..[I '7T n i
e shth.Union. Wilmington, March
10, lS76-Scott tE
,slNin.hT Z Milford, Delaware, March a.
l8H-Ames. ~ s bNnF
sTsI!h-ohestertown. Nd, March 10.
lbfs--F ostar. y 40 &.@E n Er
Eleventh-New Castle, Del. March 10
Twelfth-Dover. Delaware. March II,
l6sO-A nurt W..
The FIRST "ElectrrAi Conferences oi
Laymen" was held in Laurel, Delaware
"a, 1872; the sec md Ia Wilmington,
Delaware, March II, 1875, and the tiiIru
VII he held In Dover, Della ware, MAtcn
10, 1880.
At the hrst session OF the Confetenc.
In 1863, one hundred and six travelling
pIeachers were reported. Ten years
later there were one hundred aud thirty
one.
.4t IN MEMoRIAM.
Ine tohowlng medlbeIs have died du-
ring he history Of the Conference =
John E. Elliott, Nov. 8. 1868; Thomas j,
oulgIsy, Oct. 10, 1870; Daniel Titio~,
feo. .. 1871; Amos A. Ewing, -;
Jas. a. MASSEY July y. 1872; John Bran
Irelh. Oct. 3, 1872; Thos. j. Thompson,
nov: ~, iSI4; Ropert Il. Kemp, March
y; 1873; Wesley Kenney, june "a, 1876,
Henry Sutton, March %, lS76sdeorge
A Campbell, Sept. Z, 1876; John W.
Weston, April 20, 1877; John d. CARTS,
July 20, 1877; u. K. Thomas, Feb. 10,
1878; IF: NJ Chatham, May ~, 1873;
Joshua II Humphrrs, Jan. 23, 1879: E. G
IRWIN, March ~, 1879; john Hougb,
March -, 1879; I. j. Williams. March,