[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] terhood of St. Mary is an incorporated society be-longing to the Protestant Episcopal Church, whose members devote themselves to the education of young ladies. They have additional schools at No. 8 East Forty-sixth Street, New York, in Memphis, Tenn., and in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Only part of the teach-ing in St. Gabriel's School is done by the Sisters, ex-perienced teachers from outside being provided to in-struct in the German and French languages and in the English department. During the summer the place becomes a retreat for such of the members of the order as can be spared from their work in the city. The number of Sisters in Peekskill accordingly varies from twenty to thirty. During the school year of 1883-84 St. Gabriel's School was attended by fifty-four young ladies. Academy of Our Lady of Anoels. — A con-vent of the Missionary Sisters of the Order of St. Francis, was established in Peekskill, on the hill southeast of the railroad depot, iu the early part of 1X69, and the Academy of Our Lady of Angels was opened by them for the instruction of young ladies in April of the same year. There are about seventy-five Sisters of this order in the United States, of whom about forty are stationed in Peekskill. In 1884 the number of scholars attending the academy was about thirty. A Home for poor children was established in 1871'. The number of children intrusted to the care of the Sisters became so great that in 1882 a four-story brick CORTLANDT.