Cuyahoga County, Ohio - Chapter 55: Evangelical? and Other Churohes, 1870

Chapter 55: Evangelical? and Other Churohes

Schiffilein Christi - Salem of Evangelical Association - Zion - Trinity - Zion of Evangelical Association - St. Paul's - Calvary of Evangelical Association - United German Protestant - Emmanuel of Evangelical Association - Zion German Evangelical - First German United Protestant - Trinity Evangelical - Friedenskirche - Trinity Evan. Prot. - St: John's - Anshe Chesed - Tifereth Israel - B'ne Yeshurun - Beth Israel - Chebra Kadisha - Anshe Emeth - First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth German Reformed Churches - EKbenezer Bible Christian Church - Bible Christian (Eighteenth Ward) - First and Second Churches of United Brethren - Church of God - First Reformed (Holland) - True Dutch Reformed - Free Dutch Reformed - The Friends - Church of the Unity - The Spiritualists - New Jerusalem Church - Miscellaneous,

Schifflein Christi Church

In the year 1834 there were but fifteen German families in Cleveland. .hese joined and organized the church then known as the German Evangelical Protestant Church. The organization was accomplished, and early meetings were held, in the old Bethel building between Water street and the Superior street hill. The meetings, with preaching by Rev. John Frederick Tanka, were conducted every third Sunday until May, 1836, when the society moved to what was known as the Third Ward School on St. Ciair street. In 1838 it again moved to an upper room on Superior street, between Seneca and Bank streets, but remained in this place only one year. In 1839 it removed to Ross Block, on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets, which was occupied by the society until August 1, 1841.

During the years prior to 1841 the society had purchased a lot on the corner of Hamilton and Erie streets at a cost of five hundred and fifty dollars, and erected thereon a church edifice at an expense of five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. The first services were held in this edifice in August, 1841, and the edifice dedicated as the ''Schifflein Christi" (Ship of Christ) Church. In the summer of 1877 the society dedicated the elegant brick church edifice now occupied by them on the corner of Superior and Dodge streets. This was built during the years 1876-7, and cost nearly thirty-five thousand dollars. The pastors since 1834 have been as follows: Revs. John F. Tanka, William Busey, Edward Allard assisted by Theodore Stenmear, William Schmitt, Frederick Poruss, Benjamin Fieth, Henry Schorsten, Charles Muench, Otto Telle. The church has one hundred and eighty members, and a Sabbath school of two hundred scholars under the superintendence of Rev. Otto Telle.

"There are fifteen churches in Cleveland, all German, bearing the appellation of '' Evangelical." They do not all belong to the same denomination, but there is a general similarity in their creeds, and we have found it impracticable to arrange them otherwise than under the general head of 'Evangelical.' They are the first fifteen of this chapter.

Evangelical And Other Churches

The Schifflein Christi is the oldest German church in Cleveland, and the one from which have grown all other German Evangelical churches in the city.

This church was organized in the year 1840, through the efforts of two German families, by the name of Schemerer, father and son. The first services were conducted by a circuit preacher named Stroch, and in the following spring Cleveland was made a mission. A house of worship was built near the lake and dedicated as Salem church of the Evangelical Association. In 1845 the building was removed to a more suitable location, the corner of Hrie and Eagle streets. In a short time the old church was torn down and the substantial brick edifice erected now inuse. Out of this, the mother church, have grown four others in the city, one a station and the others prosperous missions. 'I'he church has a membership of one hundred and twenty-three, and a Sabbath school under the charge of G. Konig.

The officers of the church are G. Konig, M. Lillig, ITenry Zimmerman, H. Koch (secretary), G. Knipple (treasurer), trustees. The succession of missionaries has been Revs. L. Hinsell, H. Heiss, N. Geho, - Trubel, P. Nicolai, C. G. Koch, G. F. Spreng, J. G. Zinser, J. Watz, J. P. Schuatz, Job Watz, John Bernbardt, L. Scheuermann, J. G. Pheuffer, G. W. Visher, B. L. Mueller, L. Scheuerman, C. Hammer, (. Theuer, A. Mueller, C. G. Koch, J. G. Theuer, C. F. Negele and A. Bornheimer.

Zion parish was organized in April, 1843, and D. Schuh called as pastor. In 1845, Mr. Schuh having 'resigned, August Schmidt became the pastor of Zion parish, and continued in office until succeeded by Rev. H. ©. Schwan, the present incumbent. This was in August, 1851. From that time the parish has continually increased, numbering at present over twelve hundred communicants.

The present large and commodious house of worship was completed and consecrated in 1867. It stands on the corner of Erie and Bolivar streets. Connected with Zion church is Zion chapel, corner of Superior street and Willson avenue, having a membership of two hundred and forty, attended by Rev. Paul Schwan. The present officials of Zion church are Rev. Henry ©. Schwan; Rev. Paul Schwan, assistant pastor.

Trinity parish was formed from Zion church in 1853, and I. C. W. Lindeman called as pastor. Early in 1864 the venerable Friederich Wyneken was chosen pastor of Trinity, which has since continued to grow in strength and influence. At present the number of communicants is over foutteen hundred. The large and handsome church-building, situated on Jersey street, between Lorain and Chatham streets, was erected and dedicated in 1873.

Zion Church Of The Evangelical Association

This parish was organized as a mission in the month of May, 1856, with eight members, among whom were M. Brodbeck, Barbara Brodbeck, Abram Stoller, Louisa Stoller, H. Peter and Mary Peter. The Ohio conference of the Evangelical Association established the mission, and appointed the Rev. J. Watz to do the pastoral work. In 1857 the number of members had increased to forty-five. In 1872 the old church edifice, previously used, was removed, and the present building erected, thirty-two by fifty feet in dimensions, at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars. 'The mission has at present fifty-five members. The Sabbath school has sixty scholars.

The following missionaries have had charge since 1856: Revs. J. Watz, M. Hang, R. Matt, C. F. Behner, C. Tramer, L. Schemerman, Wm. Schmidt, Geo. Hasenpflug, Fred. Zeller, J. G. Pfeuffer, G. Heinrich, J. D. Seip, C. Kimzli and C. Hammer. The present officials are Rev. C. Hammer, missionary; J. G. Koenig and C. Rehn, leaders; Jacob Emerick, treasurer. The same persons are also stewards.

Previous to 1857 two congregations professed the faith of the Evangelical United Church, and worshiped - one up town, and the other down town; in that year they agreed to make a junction and organize a church. The church was organized by Rev. Mr. Steiner, and attached to the Evangelical Synod of the West. Services were at first held ina public hall, but after a brief space a church was built on Greenwood street, which latter was in 1870 replaced by the fine brick edifice at the corner of Scovill avenue and Greenwood street, known as St. Paul's. The pastors of the church haye been Rev. Messrs. Steiner, Groemlein, Young, Bank, Zeller and W. H. Buettner. The latter was the pastor in August, 1879, when the congregation of St. Paul's included one hundred and twenty families.

This church was organized in the spring of 1862, under the auspices of the Pittsburg Conference. Rev. S. F. Crowther was appointed as the first pastor. The socicty was afterwards transferred to the Ohio

Conference. In 1862 a committee, appointed for the purpose, purchased a lot on the corner of Kinsman street (now Woodland avenue) and Perry street. In 1863 the present church edifice was completed; a plain structure of brick, with a basement and prayermeeting rooms. The building is forty-two by seventy feet in size. The parsonage is in the rear and on the same lot.

The society was duly incorporated in 1864, John Robertson, T. G. Clewell, John A. Worley, James Ward and R. Yeakel being named as trustees in the act of incorporation.

This church, now in charge of Rev. H. C. Fack, was organized about 1860, and includes in its congregation near one hundred and fifty families. The house of worship, a fine brick structure, is at the corner of Bridge and Kentucky streets, west side.

The early meetings of this society were held in a grove and school-house on the south side, from 1862 to 1864; then a chapel was built on Jennings avenue, twenty-cight by forty in size, under the charge of Rev. L. Scheuermann, pastor of Salem church. Soon after this, and during the year 1864, an organization was effected, with John Herr, Jac. Weith and George Becker as trustees. In 1866 Rev. J. K. Pontius succeeded to the pastorate, and remained until 1868.

In 1873 a new church edifice was commenced. The building was completed and dedicated January 25, 1874. The edifice isa framed building, in size fortysix by sixty-five feet, with a spire one hundred and fifteen feet in hight.

The.society numbers at present one hundred and forty communicants, and has a Sabbath school with one hundred and sixty-two scholars. Since the retirement of Rev. Mr. Pontius, the following have had pastoral charge of the society: Revs. George Hasenpfiug, Gi. F. Spreng, J. D. Seip, J. G. Theuer, M. Guhl.

Zion's Church, on University Hights, located at the corner of Jennings and Branch avenues, was organized in the year 186%. The church edifice, a frame, formerly stood on Pelton avenue, and was removed to its present location. The first pastor of the church was Rev. A. Baur, called in October, 1867, who remaived until August, 1868. Rey. G. Boohest was next called, who continued till November, 1871. Rev. O. Shetler served as pastor from then until Angust, 1878. The society numbers about four hundred familes, one hundred of whom are church members. Connected with the church is a Sabbath school, having an average attendance of two hundred and fifty. This church forms a part of the German Evangelical Synod of North America, Rev. Albert Klein is the present pastor.

First German United Evangelical Protestant Church

This church is located on the corner of Ohio and Erie streets, and was, in the year 1868, purchased by Nicholas Heisel, Henry Keller and John C. Wagner from the Erie Street Baptist society for the sum of $14,500. The First German church was organized on the 21st day of March, 1869, with Rev. Wm. Schmidt, pastor. On the 20th of October, 1869, the church was legally incorporated, the following gentlemen being named as trustees and officers: Charles Wabcl, president; Fred Hamm, secretary; John C. Wagner, treasurer; N. Heisel, H. Keller, J. G. Denzel, C. Koeneck, H. Schmidt, John Rock, P. Schuethelm, J. Hoffman and F. Burgart, trustees.

On July 1, 1871, N. Heisel, H. Keller and J. C. Wagner deeded the church, for fourteen thousand five hundred dollars, to the church corporation. At present the society numbers about two hundred persons, one hundred of whom are members. 'The following are the present officials: Rev. F. Lenschau, pastor (since October 25, 1874); John Rock, president; John C. Wagner, secretary and treasurer; C. Koebler, P. Hill, H. A. Heimsath, J. Witzel, G. Boepple, L. Schuerer, G. Fix, Gottfried Saal, E. Hill and J. Piper, trustees.

Trinity Evangelical Church

This church, at no time very strong, includes now twenty-eight members and has existed since 1872. The place of worship is on East Madison avenue. The pastor is Rey. 8. J. Gamertsfelder.

The Friedenskirche (Church of Peace) was organized as a mission in 1873, with L. C. Eggert as exhorter; Charles Fistler, class-leader; 8. Biel, C. Fistler and L. C. Eggert, trustees. A chapel, twentyeight by forty feet, was built in the fall of 1873, under the supervision of Rev. J. G. Theuer, and dedicated in December following. In May, 1874, Rev. Mr. Theuer was succeeded by Rev. W. W. Orwig, who remained until March, 1876, when Rev. C. F. Negele was called to the pastorate.

At the time of the formation of the Erie Conference, in 1875, this church was set off to that organization from the Ohio Conference, to which it had previ- ously belonged, and Rev. A. Bornheimer assigned to the pastorate. He remained until March, 1877, when Rey. J. D. Seip, the present pastor, was called.

is a flourishing organization, and has a fine house of worship at the corner of Case avenue and Superior strect. Rey. August Kimmel is the present pastor.

The members of the Zion Lutheran church residing in the vicinity of the Newburg district, desiring a place of worship nearer their homes, organized St. John's chureh in 1878, and directly thereafter built a church edifice on Bessemer avenue. The membership, which was at first seventy, had risen in a twelvemonth to one hundred and twenty. Rev. August Dankworth, who was called to the pastorate at the church organization, still occupies it. The deacons of the church are Oscar Schmidt and Frederick Huppensack; the trustees aro H. Bruns, H. Thies and H. Poesa.

This society was organized in 1840, in Farmer's Block, corner of Ontario and Prospect streets, with about twenty-five members. Mr. Seligman Stern was the first reader and minister, and the late Joseph Englehart was the first president. "The congregation, on account of rapid growth, found it necessary to build a heuse of worship. A lot was selected on Eagle street, between Erie street and Woodland avenue, and a synagogue was completed in 1848. Since then it has twice been rebuilt and enlarged. In 1874 the old prayer-book, used for centuries among the Israelites, was changed for another more in conformity with the spirit of the present age, though the Hebrew language is still, with but few exceptions, retained in the prayers, while the sermons are delivered alternately in German and English.

The congregation is at present in a flourishing condition, counting about one hundred and fifty members, with a Sabbath school of one hundred and twenty-five scholars. The following have been the rabbis since Mr. Stern: Rey. A. Lehman, until 1848; Rev. Mr. Fuld, 1848 to 1856; Rev. Dr. Kalisch, 1856 to 1859; Rev. Mr. Bing, 1859 to 1861; Rev. Mr. Liepman, 1861 to 1863; Rev. G. M. Cohn, 1863 to

This congregation was established in Cleveland, on orthodox principles, in 1854, by a learned rabbi, Rev. M. Kalish, the first minister. The early services were held in a hall on Superior street, until the society received a legacy from the late Judah Touro, of New Orleans, amounting to six thousand dollars. With this the society built the synagogue now occupied by them on Huron street. The congregation, organized with a membership of twenty persons, now numbers one hundred members. The successive ministers have been Revs. M. Kalish, Jacob Cohn, Dr. I. Mayer and Dr. A. Hahn, the present incumbent. This congregation has always been an ardent advocate of Judaism, and ranks with the most radical reform congregations in the country.

This congregation was organized about 1869, and, for a time, met for public worship in Halle's Hall, on Superior street. In 1877 a removal was made to No. 71, Michigan street, (the old German theater building), which has since then been used. 'The congregation numbers about forty members, but is composed ef poor people, and is far from strong. Rev. HE. M. Kline, who was chosen pastor in 1875, still serves, and preaches every Saturday. The church trustees are L. Berger and H. Sampliner.

Beth Israel Chebra Kadisha Congregation

This Hebrew congregation was organized in 1874 with but a handful of members, who have since increased to thirty-five. The place of worship ison Hill street. The trustees are J. Harris, L. Bialosky and B. Goldman. The pastor is Rev. Elias Rothschild. A division in the ranks of the Beth Israel Chebra Kadisha in 1876 resulted in the creation of a congregation known as

The First Reformed Church was organized in 1848 through the efforts of a lay member, Mr. F. G. Kaufholtz, and was served by him until his death in 1860. So great was his zeal for the welfare of the Germans around him that, although only a day laborer, he out of his own savings built a house of worship, the First German Church, on the West Side. The organization remained independent until the year 1860, when a call was extended to Rev. H. J. Ruetenick, who succeeded in uniting the church with the Reformed

Synod. Under his pastoral charge a new church was built in 1863. In 1870, Rev. F. Forwick was called to the pastorate, in which he still remains. A. Close is the present secretary; H. Wolfkamm the treasurer.

This church isa branch of the First Reformed, and was organized in the year 1863 under the pastoral care of Rey. HL. J. Ruetenick, of that church, on account of the rapid growth of his congregation. The present pastor is Rey. J. C. Young.

This society, an offshoot of the First German Reformed Church, was organized in 1868. The chureh edifice was built 'at a cost of one thousand and fifty dollars, at 194 Aaron strect, and dedicated October 4, 1868; the church having then but ten members. . The membership at present numbers one hundred and forty-five; the Sabbath school has an attendance of one hundred and fifty. The pastors have been Revs, Nathaniel Rutenich, 1868-71; Paul Schuelke, 1871-74; Carl Gustav Zipf, present incumbent.

The Fourth Reformed congregation was organized on the 10th day of December, 1872, at the residence of John Jacob Grebel. Rev. IL. Trautman was chosen president; Christian Diehm, secretary. John Jacob Grebel and John A. Scherzer were elected elders; Albert Pretzer, Christian Diehm, Chr. Saupe wid IL Rehburg, deacons. 'lhe same officers constitute the board of trustees. Rev. H. Trautman was chosen minister. On the Ist of February, 1878, two lots on Louis street with a house were purchased, to be used as a parsonage, at acost of two thousand eight hundred dollars. In the spring of 1873 a framed church edifice, thirty-two by sixty feet in dimensions, was constructed, at an expense of three Mhousand dollars. he building was dedicated August L7, 1873; the church numbering at that time forty-cight communicants. In 1875 the membership had increased to ninety-six, since which time there have been no material additions. The congregation is composed of Germans, and the service is conducted in their language.

The Fifth Reformed Church had its origin in the Virst Church in the early part of 1873, several families being dismissed from the First Church society for the purpose of organizing the church. The church edifice is situated on Higgins street, near Clark avenue. Rey. J. J. Weiss was chosen as the first pastor, and continued until succeeded recently by the present incumbent, Rev. W. Braun. The chureh is yet supported by the Board of Home Missions.

is on Henry street. The society was endowed with a neat chapel on Broadway by Mr. B. Sturm, and is under the pastoral charge of Rev. A. E. Schade.

Ebenezer Bible Ciiristian Churcil

This was organized in 1852, at the residence of Mr. Josiah Venning, on Orange street. In 1853 a small framed church was built at the corner of Irving and Orange streets, which was replaced by the present brick edifice in 1860.

The names of the pastors in the order of their service are Reys. John Chapple, Joseph Hoidge, W. R. Roach, William Ilooper, M. Pett, G. ILayeraft, John Pinch, J. Tl. Sencabaugh, W. Hodnett, W. C. Beer, KR. T. Courtice, 8. Jolliffe, H. J. Nott.

This church was organized in 1872 with twenty members, and for a while was obliged to worship in public halls. At length the Methodist Church edifice was purchased, and in that building services have since: been held. Rev. Wm. Hodnett organized the church; afterwards the preachers were Revs. John Ball, George Copeland, James Reece, Herman More and H. J. Nott. Mr. Nott is pastor of Ebenezer Chureh, on Orange street, and supplies the pulpit at Newburg in the absence of a regular pastor.

This was organized in March, 1854. William Krumweide, John Viets, Jacob Reese, Chr. Gutt and Peter Offermann comprised the original board of trustees. Services were held in the edifice of the English Church of the United Brethren until the year 1861, when a lot was secured, and a building erected on Lorain street. This edifice was dedicated during the same year by Bishop H. Kumber. In 1864 this property was sold, and another lot bought on the corner of Peach and Orchard streets, upon which a larger building of brick was erected at a cost of eight thousand dollars, to accommodate the rapidly increasing society. 'The following is the succession of pastors with their respective terms of service. E. Licht, from 1855 to 1857; B. Frillmann, 1857; E. Licht, 1858; H. C. Crom, 1859; C. F. Eckert, 1860 to 1862; G. Bueker, 1862 to 1864; C. Schneider, 1864 to 1866; H. Lorenz, 1866 to 1868; C.-Streich, 1868 to 1871; M. Bussdicker, 1871; A. Krause, 1872 to 1876; J. Earnest, 1876 to 1878.

The present church officials are Rev. J. Sick, pastor; Rey. J. Welti, local preacher and class leader; John Werth, C. F. Boest, John Lemnurmann, Fred'k. Reindfleisch and ILenry Reindfleisch, trustees; Fred'k. Poller, Sunday-school superintendent.

The Second is an outgrowth of the First Church of the United Bretbren, and was organized in 1874. The society soon erected a church edifice of wood at the junction of Elton and Dudley streets, west side, which is so constructed as to contain a pastoral residence in the rear part, and cost two thousand five hundred dollars. This church was mainly supported by the society of the First Church, and was attended by its paster and local preachers until the conference of 1877, when it was made independent. Rev. Jacob Scholler was assigned to the pastorate by the conference at this time, as a missionary, and still continues as such. Benjamin Seifried, Jacob Welti and Michael Prechter are trustees. The Sabbath school, under charge of Benjamin Seifried, has eighty

This congregation (professing the faith that all people should be of one church and that church the Church of God,) was organized about 1860, and from that time to the present has worshiped in public halls - its present place of meeting for devotional purposes being at the corner of Case and Woodland avenues. The membership now numbers seventy, the elders being L. C. Cattell, John Jones and J. A. Morgan. The church is at present without a pastor.

The society just named was organized by the Classis of Geneva June 16, 1864, at which time the church membership was fifty-six - the rules of government being the constitution and general rules of the Dutch Reformed Church in America. The first house of worship was erected on Scovill avenue; in 1875 it was succeeded by the present church building on Blair street. The first minister was Rev. A. K. Kasse; the present one is Rey. A. Wormser. The membership numbered about two hundred in August, 1879.

Tue True Dutch Reformed Church

on Calvert street, east side, was organized in 1872, by seceders from the First (Holland) Reformed Church on Blair strect. Its memhership is forty, and its preachers are supplied by the Reformed Church of Michigan.

The Free Dutch Reformed Church

This is another congregation of Hollanders, which. was organized in 1875, and has now a membership of sixty. It meets on Waverly street on the west side. Pulpit supplies are provided by the church in Michigan.

Other Churches. Q77

The first members of the Society of Friends, known to have settled in Cleveland, were James Farmer and wife, who came in the year 1856. For several years they observed the usual hour of worship in the parlor of their house. Other families of like belief coming to the city, a chapel was rented, in which temporary services were conducted in accordance with the orthodox principles of the society. In 1874 a house of worship was built on Cedar avenue near Sterling, ata cost of ten thousand dollars. Meetings are held there each Sunday and Wednesday. No regular minister isemployed, but the society has four resident preachers, three of whom are women. 'They are David Tatum, Meribah Farmer, Theodute 8. Pope, Hannah B. Tatum. The elders are James Farmer, Albert French and Mary Stackpole.

This, the only Unitarian society in Cuyahoga county, was organized February 1, 1867, after earnest and protracted efforts. At the first meeting thirtyfive persons took part, and with such interest that, although its adherents were few in number, the success of the project was assured. The trustees elected at the organization were Rodney Gale, 8. A. Jewett, B. F. Robinson, George O. Baslington and John H. Underwood.

Rey. 'T'. B. Forbush was secured as the first pastor, and services were held in Case [all every Sunday. The society prospered fairly until 1875, when it languished, and for three years no public worship was held. In 1878, however, there was a strong revival of interest, and the society set out upon a renewed career which has led thus far to bright and cheering results. Weisgerber's Hall, at the corner of Prospect and Brownell streets, is now used as a place of worship, and near there the society is erecting a commodious stone church edifice which will cost about ten thousand dollars. Rev. F. L. Hosmer, the second pastor of the church, has been in charge since 1878. The society is now in a condition of health and strength, the church attendants numbering about two hundred. The trustees for 1879 are Thomas Kilpatrick, Thomas H. White, E. Sowers, George R. Gale, Bushnell White and James Storer.

The First Religious Society of Progressive Spiritualists meets each Sunday at Lyman Hall, on Monumental Square. Connected therewith is a Children's Progressive Lyceum.

This church was organized March 22, 1868, with twelve members, who called Rev. C. D. Noble to be their pastor, and appointed A. O. Blair, M. Carson and G. W. Barnes members of the church council. A small chapel was at first engaged as a house of worship, and in 1874 the one now in use on Arlington street was built. The pastors have been Revs. C. D. Noble, L. P. Mercer, J. S. Saul and G. F. Stearns. There are now about forty members; the present trustees being M. G. Browne, George Judson and A. H. Cline.

Miscellaneous

Among the numerous missions, chapels etc., in Cleveland, which are used for occasional services, and which can hardly be assigned to any regular place in church history, may be mentioned St. Joseph's Chapel (Roman Catholic), corner of Chapel and Hazen streets; the Armory at Hast Cleveland; Cottage (Methodist Episcopal) Chapel, corner of Willson avenue and Prospect street; German Baptist Mission, on Payne avenue; Germau Methodist Mission, on Purdy street; Lake Shore Chapel, on Lake street; Pear] Street Friendly Inn; River Street Friendly Inn; Temperance Chapel, on St. Clair street; Central Place Friendly Inn; Union Mission, on Erie street, Olivet

Chapel, on Hill street; and the Ontario Street Tabernacle, which last structure was built on the occasion of an anticipated Moody and Sankey season.

Benevolent Institutions Charity Hospital

Ir is to the zeal of Bishop Rappe that Cleveland owes its first public hospital. In the spring of 1852 he had a framed building erected on Monroe street, West Side, on the same lot on which St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum now stands. Owing to his very limited means, the bishop could not fully carry out his long cherished plan of erecting an asylum for the sick and injured of the city, the building being small and the sisters in charge - two Hospitaliers of the order of St. Augustine and two Postulants, who came from France the year previous - few in number. Yet the good sisters kindly received all applicants and cared for them as best they could, though laboring under many and great disadvantages.

During the late war, when many of our soldiers returned to Cleveland either sick or wounded, and found no place where they could get the tender care of trained nurses and skillful physicians and surgeons, Cleveland fully realized the necessity of a hospital. Bishop Rappe, ever ready to promote a good work, and seeing a near realization of his plan, offered to build a hospital, and provide nurses, and surgical and medical aid, if the public would come to his help. {lis appeal was not in vain. All citizens, without distinction of nationality or creed, came to his aid. He purchased twelve lots on the east side of Perry street, bounded by Garden and Marion streets. In the spring of 1863 Charity Hospital was begun. Aided by the generosity of the citizens of Cleveland - their contributions at a fair and by subscriptions amounting to about twenty thousand dollars, one gentleman alone giving the princely donation of ten thousand dollars - the building was opened to the public in the fall of 1865, and cost, as it then stood, upwards of seventy-five thousand dollars.

To the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine was committed the care of patients and the general management of the institution. The medical and surgical work was confided to Charity Hospital College, now the Medical Department of the University of Wooster. Owing to its able surgeons and physicians and faithful nurses, Charity Hospital soon ranked among the first in the country, patients coming for treatment from all parts of the Union. 'The yearly average number of patients from 1865 to January 1, 1879, was four hundred and forty-one; whole - number of patients treated, five thousand seven hundred and thirty-five; whole number of free patients, same period, two thousand two hundred and forty-six.

During 1873 and 1874 improvements were made and additions built by Bishop Gilmour at a cost of forty-seven thousand dollars, viz: clinic and lecture rooms, mortuary, steam-heaters and elevators. 'The wooden staircase at the main entrance was replaced by a fine stairway of stone, of easy ascent, and the the Charity Hospital ranks second tv none in the country in point of modern conveniences, and appliances to lessen the pains of the sick or wounded patient. The medical staff, of which Dr. W. I. Scott is president, is now composed of nine physicians. There are sixteen Sisters of Charity taking care of the sick. Sister Alexis is the local Superior.

In this connection might also be mentioned the establishing of the House of Maternity by Bishop Gilmour, in 1874, in the rear of Charity Hospital, and under the care and management of the Sisters of Charity; Sister Martha, local Superior. The building is forty-five feet wide and seventy-five in length, three stories high, with large, well ventilated rooms. To unfortunate women who become victims of sin it affords shelter during the time of their confinement; and helpless infants, abandoned by their heartless mothers, find there a home and a mother's care.

opathy, and is now, as it always has been, carried on as a private enterprise. The first hospital building was located on Willson avenue about 1860, but, after a few years, the Homeopathic and regular schools joining in the conduet of a union hospital, the Willson avenue institution was discontinued. The union was, however, short-lived and the Homeopathic hospi- tal was revived in the buildings-of the Humiston Seminary on the Hights, where also the Homeopathic Hospital College was located. When the college was transferred to Prospect street the hospital was located on Huron street, near at hand, and continued its active functions until March, 1879, when the building was removed to make place for a new hospital edifice now in process of erection, and so far advanced toward completion that it will be occupied about the beginning of 1880.

The new hospital building is of brick, and a remarkably handsome and striking piece of architecture. It will contain sixty beds, and will be supplied with the most perfect of modern hospital appointments. Itis aimed to devote the institution to charity so far as may be found consistent with the design to make it self-supporting.

Cleveland City Hospital

The early history of this institution was somewhat experimental and changeful. Its real work in the care cf the sick and destitute poor commenced in 1869, in a small framed building at 83 Willson street. The president from that time has been Mr. H. B. Ilurlbut, whose unfailing interest -and generosity have contributed much to the life and growth of the work.

During the first year one hundred and two patients were treated; the number of days of treatment being five thousand and thirty-eight. During the year 1878 four hundred and forty-six patients were received, and the number of days of treatment was fourteen thousand three hundred and fifty eight. Under the pressing necd of larger accommodations, in the autumn of 1875, a lease of the Marine Hospital and grounds was procured from the United States government, and here the Cleveland City ILospital has since had its home.

The building is of stone, three stories in hight, one hundred and ten by ninety feet, and stands in the midst of spacious grounds (five acres), handsomely laid out in lawn and terrace.

The arrangement of wards and rooms provides separately for each department - the charity and the pay patients. The private rooms for paying patients are in the second and third stories of the east and west wings. They are furnished with taste and elegance, and contain all needful articles and appliances for the comfort of the sick.

On the 10th day of May, 1876, the hospital officers and managers became a body corporate; Joseph Perkins, president; E. C. Rouse, clerk, and seven trustees, M. B. Scott; George B. Stanley, Henry Chisholm, William B. Castle, W. J. Boardman, H. C, Blossom and G. W. Whitney.

in 1877, thirteen thousand five hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; in 1878, fifteen thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars avd thirty-six cents.

The Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum

chairman. Rey. Dr. Aiken introduced a resolution that, <'In view of the wants of this city, it is expedient to organize an orphan asylum in Cleveland," which was unanimously adopted. Messrs. John A. Foot, J. A. Briggs, B. Rouse, J. M. Hoyt, T. P. Handy and others were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of organization for such an institution. This committee reported at another meeting held in the same place January 29th, presenting a plan which virtually placed the responsibility of further arrangements in the hands of a board of managers, consisting of the following ladies: Mrs. Elisha Taylor, Mrs. Rouse, Mrs. Philo Scovill, Mrs. 8. J. Andrews, Mrs. J. K. Miller, Mrs. Henry W. Clark, Mrs. Stillman Witt, Mrs. M. H. Severance, Mrs. Geo, A. Benedict, Mrs. B. Stedman, Mrs. J. A. Harris and Mrs. A. H. Barney.

These ladies went immediately to work to arrange the details of an asylum household, and in April, 1852, a framed house on the corner of Erie and Ohio streets having been leased, the asylum began its work of providing a shelter for orphan and destitute children, eleven of whom, none of them over eight years of age, were at first received into its care.

Miss Sophia, L. Hewitt was placed at the head of the household as both superintendent and teacher. These offices she continued to fill for two years, mak-

The City Of Cleveland

After a short time it was thought best to obtain an act of incorporation from the State and reorganize the association. A new constitution was prepared by acommittce of gentlemen appointed for the purpose. This constitution was accepted at a meeting of the socicty, February 22, 1853, and the asylum was regularly chartered as an 'association incorporated for benevolent purposes."

Under the constitution the following officers were elected: Hon. 8. J. Andrews, president; Philo Seovill, B. Rouse and Henry W. Clark, trustees; T. P. Handy, treasurer; Geo. A. Benedict, clerk. The board of managers who had been previously acting were reelected.

The constitution provides that the officers of the asylum shall be: chosen from different denominations of Protestant Christians, so that no one of them in particular shall have a preponderance in its councils. In October, 1875, a new and revised constitution was adopted, by which several important changes was made in the organization, and the word Protestant introduced into the name of the institution.

In 1853 an acre of land was donated by Rev. E. N. Sawtelle, on the corner of Kinsman street and Willson avenue, for the purposes of an asylum. A building was soon commenced, and was so far advanced in June, 1855, that the asylum family was removed to it from the dwelling house which it had for three years occupied. The reversionary interest in the land was subsequently released to the institution. An additional acre adjoining was afterwards purchased by the asylum.

During the first ten years of its existence the asy- Jum was mainly dependent upon collections in small amounts solicited by the ladies of the board personuly, from door to door. A small permanent fund was contributed by benevolent gentlemen of the city. In December, 1863, came the noble bequest of Captain Levi Sartwell, a gentleman who, in the course of a long residence in Cleveland, had by frugality and in- 'dustry amassed a competence, and who bequeathed his whole property to the asylum.

In 1877 and "78, Mr. Leonard Case donated veluable tracts of land, together amounting to four and one-fourth acres, on St. Clair street, as a site for a new asylum building, but the officers were, until 1878, in doubt as to the feasibility of incurring the expense of crecting a new building, when Mr. J. H. Wade generously donated to the socicty the sum of forty thousand dollars for that purpose. Plans were carefully prepared, and on the 30th day of September of that-year the foundation was commenced. The work of building the new asylum is rapidly progressing, and when completed it promises to be one of the most elegant and convenient buildings of its kind in the country. The surprise occasioned by these donations had hardly passed when another gift was announced from Dr. Alleyne Maynard, as a memorial of his wife, for the purpose of fitting up and maintaining the hospital department of the asylum. The bequest of Captain Sartwell, with the smaller gifts alluded to, constitute a permanent fund which is held by the trustees as a sacred trust, only the income of which is used for the current expenses of the asylum, and which is expended by the managers with watchful economy.

The scope of the work at this institution embraces not only the care and maintainance of the orphans, but the provision of homes for them later on, among families into which they are received as adopted children, and in which they are moderately certain to push forward the work, nobly begun by the asylum - the work, namely, of fitting themselves to become useful and valued members of society.

The first president of the board of trustees was Hon. 8. J. Andrews, who served in that capacity until 1869, when Mr. Philo Seovill was elected to that office. On the death of Mr. Scovill, in 1875, Mr. Joseph Perkins the present president, was.elected. The ofticers of the asylum are as follows: Henry Chisholm, Joseph Perkins, J. H. Wade, board of trustees; officers of the board - Joseph Perkins, president; Dan. P. Eells, treasurer; A. H. Shunk, clerk.

The officers of the managers and asylum are Mrs. B. Rouse, president; Mrs. S. M. Hanna, vice president; Miss Annie Walworth, secretary; Mr. A. H. Shunk, superintendent; Mrs, A. H. Shunk, matron ; Miss M. J. Weaver and Mrs. O. R. Wing, governesses; Dr. E. C. Thomas, physician.

St. Vincent's was founded in the fall of 1852 by Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe, bishop of Cleveland, who, feeling the need of an orphan asylum in his diocese, called on the Sisters of Charity (Mother Ursula being then Superior) to take charge of the orphan boys. Very Rev. L. DeGoesbriant, vicar-general, entering warmly into the views of the bishop, made an apneal to the Catholics of the county in behalf of the orphans. In the city, a fair was held for the same. purpose.

The efforts of the worthy bishop and his vicar were blessed with success. A framed house, of two stories, was erected near the dwelling place of the Sisters of Charity, and on the 20th of May, 1853, the first orphan boy was received in the new asylum. He' was soon joined by others, but owing to the want of resources only eleven children were received previous to the Ist of January, 1854. During the ensuing year, however, forty-six were admitted. Four years later the number of children had so much increased that more accommodation was required, and in 1858 a large brick building was begun in the same location.

The new asylum was occupied in 1859, although not entirely completed; in fact, the right wing was not put up until 1865. In 1867 an addition was made to the main part in the rear of the chapel. The total cost has been a little over twenty-two thousand dollars. A large debt was incurred, but through the generosity of the Catholics of the diocese it has been entirely paid. The orphans received and cared for in this institution, down to January, 1879, numbered one thousand two hundred and seventy-two. At the present time one hundred and eighty boys are sheltered beneath its roof. They are supported chiefly by annual donations from Catholic farmers, increased by the proceeds of fairs held yearly in the city in behalf of the orphans.

Jewish Orphan Asylum

This institution was opened for the reception of orphan children September 29, 1868. The buildings and property formerly used asa Water Cure, on Woodland ayenue, were purchased, at a cost of near thirtytwo thousand dollars. At the expiration of about six months the building used for worship and school purposes was enlarged, to meet the wants of the rapidly increasing number of children in the asylum. The first officers of the institution were as follows: A. Aub, president; A. Weiner, vice president; J. Rohrheimer, treasurer; William Kriegshaber, secretary; Henry Greenbaum and Isidor Bush, trustees; L. Aufrecht, superintendent; Mrs. L. Aufrecht, matron.

The number of children received during the first fiscal year was one hundred and thirty-three. The present number of inmates is two hundred and twentyseven. These children coming from the districts two, six and seven, I.0.0.B., represented, in 1878, the following States, according to the number appended to each: Ohio, fifty-eight; Michigan, fourteen; Wisconsin, eleven; Minnesota, two; [llinois, twenty-nine; Indiana, seventeen; Kentucky, seventeen; 'Tennessee, twenty-six; Alabama, four; Mississippi, seven; Louisjana, three; Arkansas, three; Kansas, three; Missouri, twenty-six. There is now in course of erection a large and convenient school-building, sufficient to meet the necessities of the institution for many years to come. 'This building will cost, when completed, about twenty thousand dollars. The financial situation of the asylum is highly complimentary to those having charge of its affairs. The entire funds and investments of the institution amount to ninety-three thousand four hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-three cents.

The present officers are as follows: A. Aub, president; A. Weiner, vice president; Jac. Rohrheimer, treasurer; Dr. S. Wolfenstein, secretary; Abram Hart, Gustavus Levi, David Adler, H. 8. Ottenheimer, Lazard Kahn, M. Seelig, M. Ullman and L. A. Moss, trustees. The superintendent is L. Aufrecht; the matron is Mrs. L. Aufrecht; the physicians are Dr. M. Rosenwasser and Dr. Th. Parker.

Home For The Aged Poor

This institution, the ninth of its kind in this country, was founded by Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe, first bishop of Cleveland, in the year 1870. The Home is conducted by the members of the society of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The work of the "Little Sisters" began at St. Servan, a small town of Brittany, on the western coast of France. Their labors are carried on in this country precisely as they are in Europe. Every day the sisters call at the various hotels, restaurants and private houses, soliciting alms and collecting cold victuals, coffee-grounds, tea, old clothing, etc., all of which are turned to good use for the benefit of their aged inmates. There are at present one hundred inmates in the Home on Perry street, in this city, under charge of Mother St. Joseph, superior.

The House Of Maternity

This is located on Marion street, and is conducted by the Sisters of Charity, of the Order of St. Augustine. Sister St. Joseph is the superior.

Cleveland Bethel Union

The society of the Cleveland Bethel Union was incorporated January 31, 1867, for the purpose of carrying on benevolent and mission work in the lower part of the city, and of establishing a home for seamen, railroad men and other transient sojourners, where reasonable accommodations could be offered at avery moderate compensation. In 1868 the society purchased the building and premises on the corner of Superior and Union streets. This location is central, and the building and surroundings are admirably adupted to the charitable work of the union. The incorporators were eighteen in number, from whom nine trustees were chosen, viz.: Loren Prentiss, W. B. Guyles, W. B. Castle, Horace Benton, E. OC. Pope,

The yarious departments or branches of work under control of the union, and directed by sub-committees of the general organization, are: First, relief, under the management of the Bethel Relief Association; second, the Sunday school and mission work; third, the Bethel Home.

The department of relief work was at the outset limited to the lower part of the city and to provision for transient cases in the Home, but the public became so accustomed to sending applicants for help to the society that in March, 1873, this work was made to embrace the whole city; aiming to dispense with some of the many relief societies by haying one central organization, through which all distributions should be made. 'This branch was accordingly placed under the charge of a large committee of ladies and gentlemen, with visiting committees for each ward, and a sub-committee having charge of the work in detail.

An employment office has also been opened, and every effort is made to provide situations for all worthy applicants. A temporary home for women and girls, and free bunk lodgings for men of worthy character applying for shelter, have been provided. The relief department is under charge of Samuel Joh, superintendent, who has acceptably filled that position since 1873.

This work of relief is confined to the worthy poor, not otherwise provided for, who through sickniss, aceident or other misfortune, require temporary - ssistance. The plan and prineiples acted upon have proved eminently successful, and the results are acknowledged as examples of efficient and well-directed benevolence.

The principal mission work of the Union is devoted to a Sabbath school, gathered mainly from among the poor, having an average attendance of about five hundred. A committee of ladies hold weekly meetings during the spring, fall and winter months, and distribute clothing to the needy children of the school. A girls' sewing school, with an average attendance of about one hundred, mects every Saturday afternoon during the winter. In addition to these, and as a part of the mission work families are visited, devotional exercises are held at the Home at least twice each week, and the subjects of personal religion, temperance and uprightness are earnestly presented.

The Home department comprises the general management of the Bethel building, on the corner of Superior and Union streets, under the superintendence of Thomas Braggins. The revenue derived from the rent of the lower portion of the building is used for the purpose of the Union. The dining-room department is more than self-sustaining. A library, with a moderate supply of books, has been provided for the use of the patrons of the home.

About 1850 a Young Men's Christian Association was organized in Cleveland, and fixed its location .on Superior street where commodious reading rooms, a valuable library, etc., offered many advantages to the rising youth, and conferred numerous benefits on the community. The association flourished until the breaking out of the war for the Union, when, as nearly alLof the members entered the military service, the society lapsed into inactivity and finally became de-

Soon after the close of the war, however, in 1866, the present Young Men's Christian Association was organized, and occupies to-day a yery prominent place among similar organizations in America. In 1872 the association purchased the building No. 79, north side of Monumental Square, and has occupied it since that time. It is neatly and conveniently furnished, with chapel, reading rooms and music rooms, parlors, committee rooms, etc. There is a free reading room for the public, as well as one for the members. Union prayer meetings are held daily at noon, and young men's prayer meetings every Saturday evening.

This association was the first one of its kind to engage in special work on behalf of ra:lway employees; in 1872, it opened in the Union Passenger Depot at Cleveland a railway reading room, which still serves many valuable purposes. Connected also with the association is the Newsboys' and Bootblacks' Home, where these youthful laborers are not only lodged, but taught in Sunday and night schools - a most worthy and commendable work. The officers of the association for 1879 are J. B. Meriam, president; C. J. Dockstader, corresponding secretary; G. W. Crozier, recording secretary; T. M. Irwin, registering secretary; O. H. Fuller, treasurer.

On the 20th of October, 1868, at the close of the State convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, the president, Mr. H. T. Miller, issued a call requesting the Christian women of Cleveland to meet and form a society ''which should do for women as the Young Mcn's Association was doing for men." The response was general and hearty; so large was the meeting that the old hall at the corner of Superior and Seneca streets was crowed to its utmost capacity. Three weeks later an adjourned meeting was held, at which the society was formally organized.

In April, 1869, the Association was regularly incorporated under an act passed March. 30, 1864, entitled ''an act for the relief of benevolent and charitable associations managed by women." In 1878 the

The first practical work was the organizntion of a committee for missionary labor. This committee now numbers twelve ladies, toeach of whom special duties are assigned. One cares for the Sabbath visitations at the City Hospital, and another at the Huron street Hospital; two on alternate Saturdays visit the Workhouse, where prayer is offered, hymns sung and Bible lessons explained. Three members make semimonthly visits to the Infirmary, to read the Bible and give religious instructions. Two others conduct weekly prayer-meetings at the Retreat. A mother's meeting was established in February, 1876, and is held each Friday afternoon in the chapel of the Young Men's Christian Association. Here garments are made and sold at a low price.

The establishment of a Provident Fund is one of the recent measures adopted by the association. Hach poor woman is encouraged to place, each week, in the hands of one of the ladies, such a sum as she may be able to save from her earnings, of which an account is kept, and the amount is held for her benefit in case of need. ;

The Boarding Home. - Karly in the history of the the association, the conviction was forced upon its members of the necessity of establishing a boarding home, where respectable young women, dependent upon their own exertions, could find shelter, protection and the influences of a Christian home. The committee for that purpose, in the winter of 1868-9, made temporary arrangement with a woman on Lake street, to receive such girls into her house at a moderate compensation. In the spring of 1869 Mr. Stillman Witt purchased for the association property on Walnut street, for the purpose of a home. Other citizens contributed liberally, and the building was enlarged, repaired and adapted to the uses intended. Churches and individuals provided for its furnishing, and on the 11th of November following it was ready for occupancy. In the spring of 1872 Mr. Witt purchased the lot adjoining, and by the erection of a new front the capacity of the building was increased from twenty to more than forty. These apartments are conveniently arranged and neatly furnished. The price of board ranges from three to four and one-half dollars per week.

The Retreat. - Another institution maintained by the association, is the '' Retreat," which was opened in June, 1867, at 267 Perry street, where it continued four years. The rent of the house was paid during these years by Mr. Joseph Perkins. In August, 1872, Mr. Leonard Case presented to the association a large purposes of a Retreat than the Perry street property. For the purpose of constructing a substantial building, Mr. Perkins then contributed ten thousand dollars. By means of this gift, and by the assistance of other generous friends, the present healthful and attractive structure was erected, being presented, free of debt, to the association in November, 1873.

The Earnest Worker. - In the spring of 1874, the Committee on Ways and Means decided to publish a monthly paper, having in view two objects: To establish a medium of communication, which the growing work of the association demanded, and to secure a source of revenue.

The first number of the Harnest Worker accordingly appeared in June following. A brief notice of it will be found in the '' Press" chapter of the general history.

Home for Aged Women. - Another important work conducted by the association is the management of the Home for Aged Women on Kennard street. In the latter part of 1876 a commodious building was erected by Mr. Amasa Stone, and conveyed to five trustees, to be used as a home for aged Protestant women, The management of this institution and-an annual income of one thousand dollars, also provided by Mr. Stone, were offered to the association and accepted, An executive committee of seven ladies, from as many Protestant churches, was appointed to take general charge of the Home. This house like the others has been beautifully furnished by churches and individuals. It was formally opened July 14, 1877.

This truly benevolent society was organized on the 13th day of March, 1874. The purposes of the League are very appropriately expressed in the pledge adopted by the organization, which reads as follows:

'We, the Christian women of Cleveland, feeling - that the use of intoxicating liquors has reached a degree no longer to be endured, do promise, by the help of God, to use our utmost endeavors to banish this evil from our midst, and, in order that our work may be more thoroughly done, we form the Women's 'Temperance League of Cleveland. And we hereby pledge ourselves to discourage, in all possible ways, the use of anything which can intoxicate; and, in order to strengthen our influence in this regard, we promise not to use wine, beer, or any distilled liquors, as a beverage, and not to furnish them for social entertainments. "

First in order of importance are the three Friendly Inns, under the control of the League, besides which there are three others which are conducted independently. All are located advantageously for the work. Connected with five of the six are restaurant and lodging departments, where needy or intemperate men, desiring to reform their lives, can find good meals and comfortable beds at low prices. 'The Inns under control of the League are the River Street Friendly Inn, organized April 24, 1874, by the River Street Praying Band; the St. Clair Street Friendly Inn, organized June 15, 1874, by the ladies of the Fifth and Seventh Ward Praying Bands, and the Central Place Frienly Inn, organized September 7, 1s74. Auxiliary to the League, and direetly and indirectly connected with it as the increase and outgrowth of the League work, are the following organizations: The Hust Cleveland reading and morning prayer-meeting room, established April, 1874; the Collinwood chapel, organized with w Sabbath school May 5, 1874; the Kast Madison avenue chapel, built during the summer of 1875; the Ontario street tabernacle, built for promotion of the temperance work by W. IL. Doan; the ' Doan Guards," a military temperance body, organized in 1874; the '* Highteenth Ward Friendly Inn, organized in 1875; the South Side Friendly Home, opened January 1, 1875; the Pearl Street Friendly Inn, organized February 17, 1876; the '' Society of Yoke Fellows," '' rescued," as their constitution says, ''from the vice of intemperance, through the mercy of God and the prayers of Christians," which was formed in March, 1877, and now has a membership of one hundred and twentyfive; the '"*Open Door," an institution founded by several ladies of the Central Inn Committee, July 3, 1877, whieh grew out of the necessities of temperance work among the wretched women of that neighborhood, and in which, since its establishment, one hundred and seventy-five of the neediest class of women have received temporary help and shelter.

The following are the present officers of the League: Mrs. J. 8. Prather, president; Mrs. Horatio C. Ford, Mrs. George Worthington, Mrs. E. II. Adams, Miss I'. Jennie Duty, vice presidents; Miss M. KE. Ingersoll, recording sceretary; Miss F. Jennie Duty, corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. IL. Potter, treasurer.

Convent Of The Good Silepherd

The monastery of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd of Angus was founded July 31, 1829, and was established as a generalship by Pope Gregory XVI.

July 9, 1845. The convent at Cleveland was founded by Rt. Rev. Amadeus Rappe, bishop of the diocese, on the 23d of July, 1869. For the first six years its work was conducted in a dwelling house, No. 397 Lake street. In 1875 the large convent building on Sterling avenue was completed and occupied.

The institution is intended as a reformatory for women and a protectory for children, under the government of a superior and thirteen cloistered and seven out-door sisters. The inmates at present number ninety-eight, of whom thirty-seven are in the children's department; forty-seven are in the reformatory and fourteen are magdalenes. The cenvent is maintained by the industry of its inmates. Mother Mary of St. Alphonse is the present superior,

During the month of February, 1868, a meeting of the Cleveland Fire Department was called at the chief engineer's office, having for its object the better protection of its members against accident or sickness. The members had tried for several years the plan of accidental insurance, which only protected them against accident, while the life of a fireman is not only one of constant danger and severe toil, but one which in a few years breaks down the hardiest constitution or produces early 'death. After several preliminary mectings a plan of organization was arranged, and a constitution adopted for the government of the society, which was to be known as the Cleveland Firemen's Relief Association. At the organization sixty members of the department signed the constitution and became members of the association. James Hill was elected president; Edward Lindsay, treasurer, and Samuel Brown, secretary.

By section seven of article four of the constitution itis provided that the proper officers shall visit and attend to the wants of the sick members, and report to the president, or im his absence to the vice president, who may cause a weekly order to be drawn on the treasurer to the amount of ten dollars per week, for a period of twenty six wecks, or until recovery, provided the claimant furnishes a certificate from his attending physician, or from the surgeon of. the association (if demanded by the president) to the effect

Section one of article six provides that the officers are authorized to grant relief to: widows or children of deceased members when the finances of the association will warrant it.

Section two of the same article says: ''On the death of any member, the association shall appropriate a sufficient sum for burial expenses."

The present officers of the association are as follows: John A. Bennett, president; Warren P. Knowles, vice president; Frank A. Mears, secretary; Charles T. Girard, treasurer.

The Masons

This benevolent institution (located on Harmon street) was founded about the year 1851, and is under the immediate charge of an order of nuns known as the Sacred Ieart of St. Mary - Miss Mary. Le Masson being the superior. The asylum building is a threestory brick structure with accommodations for about one hnndred inmates, which is the average number provided for.

Children between the ages of five and sixteen are received, and trained in school studies and household dutics. When arrived at the proper age, they are placed in comfortable homes where asylum experience fits them to maintain themselves.

on Woodland avenue, is an adjunct of the Harmon Street Asylum, and is under the same management. The ages of inmates received here range from two to eight years, and being instructed and carefully reared there are, at theage of nine, transferred to St. Mary's Asylum. Both institutions, it may be observed, are supported by public donations and theearnings of the inmates of St. Mary's.