Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-20
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
Dakota Churches, Clergymen
and SUNDAY Schools.

"A oouoay sCuoOl was ORGANISED at
Forest City recently.
a series of protracted meetings are
being held IN Canistota.
The new Catholic church at Cavour
was dedicated March 18th.
Revival meetings are in progress at
Alpena, Jerauld county.
Fairhaven, in Dawson county, has re-
organized its Sunday school.
A Sunday school has been lately or
ganized at Harold, in Hyde county.
A Catholic school and convent are
soon to be established in Mitchell.
A great and glorious Methodist re-
vivel is in progress at Centreville.
huron churches were never SO well
attended as during the past three
months.
Edgerton, in Charles Mix county, has
organized church of genuine Dutch
Hollanders.
Dell Rapids revival meetings con.
Time. Converts are not numerous the
papers say.
A series of revival meetings have been
commenced in the Grand View Meths.
dist church.
The Sunday school territorial conven-
ton will be hell IN Pierre June 10th,
l1th and 18th.
Father Mahoney, of Huron, assisted in
dedicating the Cavour Catholic church
last Wednesday.
Rev. B. T. Humphrey, a Kimball
evangelist, is conducting revival meet
ings at Dell Rapids.
Active steps are being taken toward
the building of Holland church and
parsonage in Grand View.
Rev. Woodford, of Iowa, is assisting in
the revival meetings now being held in
the Elk Point Al. E. church.
The Presbyteriaus built the first
church at Mitchell and are now de-
sirous of building parsonage.
The building of an Episcopal church
has been commenced near Fort Hale
under direction of Bishop Hare.
A series of revival meetings are being
conducted by Rev. Carson, of Alcepter,
In country school house near that
town.
Missionary sermons will be preached
by the pastor of the Valley Springs
Congregational church on Sunday, the
2lst inst.
The Vermillion Baptist Sunday school
gave Rev. Mr.. Ellis twenty-five dollars
for his assistance at the recent revival
services in that city.
A series of special services are in
progress in the Sioux Falls Calvary
church. Bishop Hare is unable to be
present on account of sickness.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
society IN Edison township, in Mime
haha county, has raised $1,000 toward
the building of church edifice.
Mr.. s. s. Weed, now of Minnesota
formerly of Union county, organized the
first Sunday school and the first q. b.
Sb I'LL OfOi Va Al Inat
The best effort of Rev. Mr.. Chubback,
who is now doing revival work at Mitch.
ell, WAS his sermon about the unpar-
donable sin. So says the Republican.
Rev. MIR. and Mrs. d. l.. Chub back
are doing great revival work at Mitchell
The meetings are held in the court
house and the room is packed every
night.
st. Patrick's day was celebrated in
Mitchell with special religious services
in the Holy Family church, which were
attended by large number of neighbor.
hood priests.
Huron's Congregational church So
ciety numbers one hundred people and
was never more prosperous. Rev. A
| A. Murphy will soon be installed as
regular pastor.
| The Congregational society at Huron
has decided to receive no more ai6
from the home missionary society, anC
has tAus become self-supporting. The
church has not yet been organized two
years, bnt bas been remarkably pros
porous from tn. first. A church build
ing was erected lsst summer at a cost o
! $4,000, and dedicated without debt. Th,
membership is about seventy, and is on,
OF four selisupporting Congregations
churches in Dakota