Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-07-03
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The contract for the United Brethren
church at Garden City has been let.
The Methodist parsonage at Chetopa
Labetti county has been finished.
The Congregational church at Stafford
Stafford county IS to be re-organized
Twenty -one accessions are reported t.
the Topeka church of the Good Shep
ard.
The new Baptist church at Anthony
Harper county, will shortly be ded.
icated.
The corner stone of new Episcopal
church was laid the other day at Wake
field, Clay county.
The Cumberland Presbyterians viii
build at $4,000 church at Wellington
Sumner county.
Work on the new $4,000 Methods,
church at Ell Dorado, Butler county
with commence at once.
The corner stone for a new Catholic
church at Shoengen, in Ellis county, wal
laid the other day.
The United Presbyterians are making
preparations to build handsome church
at Ottawa, Franklin county.
The Methodists of Minneapolis. Otta
wa county are about to commence the
erection of an $4,000 church.
The Congregational church building
at Great Bend. Barton county, is being
rapidly pushed to completion.
Five boys and twelve girls took thei1
first holy communion at the Catholic
church at Seneca, the other day.
The Baptists of Manhattan, Riley
county, Melted over 5000 from fair and
social they gave the other day.
A fine new Catholic church is now il
course of erection at Hays City, Ellii
county, and will soon be completed.
As a result of the union revival meet
ing at Kinsley, one hundred CONVEX
sions to the Christian faith are reported
The Christian denomination have or
gained a church at Wallace, Wallace
county, and will shortly erect house o.
worship.
Eleven persons were baptised at The
church of the Good Shepherd, North
Topeka, the other day, five of them
heads of families.
Initial steps have been taken for tine
construction of Y. M. G. A. building
at Wichita. Nearly $4,000 has beer
raised for the purpose.
The Methodists of Great Bend, Bar
ton county, are erecting fine, new
church ediGce and parsonage. The
society on the whole is in a very pros
porous condition.
The Christian Society of Glen Elder
Smith County, will erect neat house Of
worship in that place this summer, quite
large proportion of the means required
to build the same being already pledged
In the northwestern conference, Of
the Methodist church, are six cities that
allow their preachers not less than one
thousand dollars a year. These are
Salina, Concordia, Clyde, Jewell City,
Burr Oak and Solomon City. Several
others range from seven hundred to nine
hundred dollars per year.
Salina Journal The first year OF
Rev. G. d. Gotwald's ministry termin-
ates July LIST. During the year the
church has been raised from a mission
church to self sustaining church.
Forty new members have been added to
the roll. Also new library has been
placed in the Sunday school room.
Rev. DR.. Topper, of Little Rock, Ar
kansas, takes charge of st. Paul's E pis-
copal church, Leavenworth. His min
istry at Little Rock was very successful
In eleven years he administered bap
tism to 389 persons; presented for con-
frmation, $40; celebrated the rites of
matrimony for lat couples, and read the
burial service over 1873.