The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-07

property or the New IOrk EaSC con ference was $95692S. In 1887 1t was $902 180, and the church and parsonage property was valued at only S5,124,950. In twenty years, therefore, the indebt- edness has increased only $54,00O, but the value of the church property has increased $2,OOO,OoO, The showing of the New Haven church district Is as follows: Seventy-five churches, of which forty are free from debt; entire debt of the district, $191,S19 value of church property, $1,512,o0O.
 The proposition to remove the burden of debt by placing all liabilities in the general budget was not deemed feasi- ble owing to present financial condi- tions.
 The Ashton case was brought up for the second time and as it seemed nec- essary to do something about it committee of eleven was appointed as counsel for the church. The committee is composed of Revs. w. A. Layton, W. w. Wilson, J. D. Adams, George Adams, J. T. McFar- land B. F. Kidder, w. T. Pray, A. H. Goodenough, H. c. Judd, J. w. John ston, A. c. Hoag.
 | The Rev. c. S. Wing was appointed counsel for the church. The Rev. T. l.. Poulson will act as counsel for the de- fense The Rev. A. A. Jordan is chair man of the committee, and the Rev. A. | N. McMillan, secretary; w. T. Estes, treasurer of the conference, reported as | follows:
 | Received from missionary society, | $43,0S Church Extension society,$1, sos; Sunday school union, $1,22S; Freed mans Aid society, $S,1O2; pastoral aid, $33056; Episcopal fund, s3,170; Tract so- l cietX, $1 LOLA; conference claimants, $10,- S77. Total of these figures show a de- crease of $30S over that of last year.
 Rev. G. S. Eldridge, who has been as- signed as pastor of the First Methodist church in place of Rev. Dr. Chapman, is an eloquent preacher and comes here from Waterbury, where he had had charge for four years of the First church. The church there has prosper ed greatly under his charge, and re- grets much to lose him. While in Wa terbury he had been especially active and popular in the social work of his church.
 Rev. MT. Hannah of Meriden, who was talked of for the First church l here, will fill the place left vacant by the Rev. G. S. Eldridge in Waterbury. Rev. J. Wesley Johnstone has been assigned to Rev. MT. Hannan's old church in Meriden.
 Some of the former New Haven men will take positions as follows:
 c. S. Buck, who had two pastorates in this city, one at the St. John street and the other at the First church, goes to Cheshire.
 George street church, is continued at the First church, Hartford. He is still seriously i'll at his home 1 D. N. Griffin, formerly of the Ep- worth, is continued at the North church in Hartford.
 J. c. Munson goes to Middletown. | J. w. Eggleston, formerly of Trinity church, goes to Naugatuck c. B. Ford of the old George street church and later with the Howard ave- nue church, goes to Middletown.
 William McNichol, late of Westville | church comes to St. Andrews, and his brother, R. T, McNichol of Ansonia, comes to East Pearl street church, Fair l Haven.
 Revs. Messrs. Chadwick, ripple and Kastendeick are returned.
 Rev. w. H. Burgurn comes to Sum- merfield church in place of Rev. Bal four Smith.
 George l.. Thompson, formerly of this city, goes to Shelton.
 John W. Beach, former pastor of First church, is made presiding elder of the New York district.
 Rev. D. M. Adams, formerly of the First church here, goes to Bethel.
 Harvey E. Bumes, a native of this city and brother of Mrs. James E Northrop, of this city, goes to the First church in Bridgeport, an important charge. He was member of Co. I Fifteenth c. ", in which were Chie1 Engineer Hubbard of our Fire depart cent; James A. Church, the builder; Captain Minott A. Buttricks of the pos. tai service: Assessor Oscar P. Ives and many other well known men of the city.
 w. H. Wardell, we'll remembered here, goes to the First church, New Rochelle.
 A. w. Goodenough, formerly of Fail Haven, goes to St. Johns church, New Rochelle.