he following report was
submitted by the State Committee:

The committee re-appointed by the convention held at St. Albans
last June, to raise money for the school for the freedmen in
McIntosh, Ga., desires to present the following report for the
year:

FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 1885.

Total contributions $848.86
Expenses of postage and printing 11.16

Remitted to H. W. Hubbard 837.70
Add balance on hand May, 1884 259.28
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Total $1,096.98

Estimated expense of school this year $856.00
To apply on new building 240.98
-------- $1,096.98

Acknowledgment was also made for barrels and boxes of clothing,
papers, books, toys and materials for sewing school, with money sent
to pay freight. Additional contributions are expected before Sept.
30, to apply on the new school building.

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At the recent meeting of the State Association of Illinois, held in
Rockford, the ladies organized the "Illinois Home Miss. Union." The
constitution adopted embraces all home causes as embodied in the
following form:

ARTICLE 1. This Society shall be called the Woman's Home
Missionary Union of the State of ----. Its object shall be to
promote missionary and evangelistic work in all parts of our
land by forming auxiliaries in the churches of the State, and
through them collecting money for the various existing societies
of the Congregational order.

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A TRUE INCIDENT.

At a little junction in Wisconsin, a score of passengers alighting
from a train were told that the one they wished to take was four
hours behind time. A big washout had swept away a bridge or
embankment. There were a few exclamations of dismay and impatience,
as that four hours delay meant the losing of other connections, the
failure of many plans and appointments. It was a cold, rainy day,
with a raw, penetrating east wind that speedily drove them all into
the close, dismal waiting room. One woman, taking writing materials
from a satchel, which she contrived to use for a desk, became utterly
oblivious to everything