Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-16
NOTES.

Dakota Churches, Clergymen
and Sunday Schools.
A new NJ. E. church is in prospect OF
Columbia.
Rev. Newton, of Egan. has accepted q
call from the Hurley Baptist church.
Rev. @. W. Collinge, OF Kidder coun-
ty, is a candidate for county assessor.
A Catholic fair will open at Grand
Forks the 23rd inst. and continue O
week.
The dedication OF the M. e. church at
Mellette has been postponed for the
present.
Rev. w. F. Minty closed q three
years term of ministry in Columbia last
Sunday.
Bishop Marty held confirmation SER
vices at Bathgate, Pembina county, the
I4th inst.
Rev. i. FL. Newton, of Brookfield, was
donated" forty dollars worth one day
last week.
Rev. M. Williams, OF Ipswich, will
take o professor hip in the Tower City
university.
A Sunday school was organized in q
achosl house near Onida. Sully county,
last Sunday.
The Catholic church at Elk Point is
to be supplied with two new affairs and
some new pews.
The Huron M. q. district contributed
$1,l0O to benevolent objects during the
year just closed.
Rev. j. w. Donaldson has been en-
gagged to fill the Sanborn Congregations.
al pulpit hereafter.
Rev. d. English, OF Grinnell, Iowa,
has been called to the pastorate of the
Huron Baptist church.
A reception was rendered Rev. j. G..
Dobson, the new NJ, E. pastor at Dead
wood, a short time ago.
Rev. Munroe is being petitioned to
continue his valuable services to the
Methodists at Bathgate.
Rev. j. +. Kemper, of Clark, preached
his farewell sermon to q large audience
on Sunday evening last.
Bishop Marty confirmed a class OF
young people at the Catholic church, at
Bathgate, on the 14th inst.
Rev. w. It. Minty has closed his labors
as pastor of the Columbia M. E. charch,
after three years faithful service.
The Baptists and Methodists of Brook
ings joined with the Presbyterians in
dedioating their new church last Sum
day.
About eighty ministers were present
at the annual session Of the Presbyte-
rian synod at Aberdeen which opened
the 10Th.
The new German Evangelical church
in the town OF Alban, Grant county, will
bo dedicated by f. 81. Sahr on Sunday,
OCT. 3lst.
Rev. Rowe delivered his farewell ad- !
dress ct Gary the 10Th inst. Mr.. Rowe
Iabored at Gary for three years. He
will locate at Pierre.
The good Baptist people at Webster,
Day county, presented the M. e. church
that place with an organ, and chairs
Tor seating the church.
Rev. John Morris held Episcopal
,huroh services at Parkston recently.
He also selected lots upon which a
,hurch will be built in the spring.
The annual conference OF the United
Brethren church of Dakota, convened
Fairv.e#@ school house, Clay county,
The 18th inst. Bishop CASTLE presiding.
The first Sunday in November was
designated as q day OF special prayer for
oreign mission work. in ell the Presby-
erian churches, by the last general as
Mrs. M. O. Ninde, corresponding
ecretary OF the womans' foreign mis-
ion society of the Methodist church of
Dakota, does credit to the position she
occupies. /
The dedication of the Presbyterian !
hurch at BrcokiDgs, Sunday, was par !
in by all the CITY ministers. /,
there was no debt to be cleared from t
he church. !
Webster Farmer: at the recent visit i
I Bishop Marty to this county, there t
'ere over a hundred oonfirmations. ! !
his shows hat the Catholic church is !
rowing rapidly in Day county. {
Rev. W. a. Spencer, Of Chicago, gave
song service a. Grand Forks, Thurs u
ay evening, he was formerly asso. t
lated with PIP. Bliss and Rev, Sankey, ?
nd 10 called one Of the "sweet singers
4 Israel" il
During the past six years in southern 7
Dakota q Presbyterian chusseh has been =
r9anized for every month, and a churci, n
'uiiding erected for every other month. Q