Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-08
STATE ITE rs

-DoElins's Hall. al Tere Hsnto. siil be
opened neEt Thursday night The occasion will
be festival under the superintendent OF the
ladies Of the Episcopal Church Of that city. AID
il promises TO be a 6ne affair. The hall vss
erected 10y Col. Dosing. and We are not advised
whether he will chris,en il Academy Of Music. /"
Opera House - Prairie City Hail." Concert
Hail. or "Dowling's Ias,itu,e." bot w whatever
name il mag be known. il will be the best ar
ranged and largest room 10 the State for public
exhibitions Ia light ventilation. sound, and all
the convenienees OF public hall. II is unsur
adapted for its uses The drop curtain and
scenes. all gotten up in the highest style Of art.
were painted by the arts, OF the Metropolitan.
Mr. Closing. and they reflect credit upon bis
genius anu skill The hall will comfortably seat
twelve hundred people and by placing chairs in
the alcoves. recesses and aisles fourteen hundred
can be accommodated Col D. commenced the
erection of this 6ne building last spring, and
notwithstanding the predictions that he would
not be able to complete IL this season, his well
ALONu cArt ~ perseverance, nave OftFCotuo
all Obstacles aud in few days he will have it
ready for occupancy.
The Methodist revival in Terre Haute 10
still in progress An average of eight or ten
join every night
A festival for the orphans in Vincennes. last
Thursday evening, Melted $3.50 60
number of ctnlopf~ in aftaD1a ma ,,or,
the public schools at New Albany is about 500,
and the progress they are making in their studies
is most satisfactory Over s. 900 have been ex-
pended in the repair and improvement of the
public school buildings of that city.
-Vigo county now pays out at the rate of
$50 900 per year for the relief of soldiers fami-
lies
The farmers around Terre Haute pay 81 80
per barrel for salt.
The Vincennes Sun pays the following 1e
served compliment TO the new proprietor of the
Bates House:
Col Robert Bell. late of the Gait House, Lou
isville. has purchase be lease and fixtures Of the
Bates House, Indianapolis Col. is one OF
the most accomplished and popular of men, and
under his auspices the Bates will outstrip all ri
valry.
--Chsuncy Carter, an old and highly esteem
Ell citizen of Logansport. died at bis residence in
that city on Sunday morning last.
The population OF Madison Hospital now
numbers 2 800 sick and wounded soldiers
There are fifteen churches in Madison, and
one in process of erection. Six of these. inciud.
ing the one. Methodist. three Presbyte-
ran two Baptist, two Roman Catholic, one
Christian, one Episcopalian anl ono Lutheran
Besides there is congregation Of Israelites
North Madison contains one Baptist. lone
Presbyterian, one Catholic. one Methodist and
one Christian" meeting house; and Fairmont
North of this city. one Methodist church.
There il no truth whatever in the repor,
originating in Republican sources. that the Hon
D. W. VOORHEES, csntemplates removal to
now York city and an abandonment, Of his con-
gressiosal seat to Col. Il D. Washburne, the
contestant
-Four hundred aud fifty dollars have been
contributed to the Christian Commission, III
agency for toe relief aud comfort OF our brav,
soldiers
"A new and large building. to be used as
county asylum for the poor is being built il
Jackson county.
The Provost Marshal of this district, Col
kerriwether IA posting notices calling on al
those who by homage. aiienage, or permanent
physical disability are no, liabe 10 draft TO com,
forward and establish that fact, that the en-
rollment lists may be corrected and perfected
This looks very much a if we were soon 70 have
another draft
Tho typhoid fever prevails a considera
bic extent and of a very malignant form in New
Albany and the surrounding country. a mum
Der of deaths have lately occurred from it.
Over seven thousand acres of land have beer
leased in Perry county, Indiana, by wealthy
Louisville company for the purpose of operating
in the oil business. Operations on Little Blue
river, Crawford county, are also going aheaC
with every promise of success. We likewise
lean that several leases have been taken in the
southeastern portion OF Harrison county for thu
same purpose. Persons acquainted with the sub
ject have no doubt that oil may be obtained il
large quantities in many places along the south
ern border of the State. and that in a few years
large business will be done in that line.-New
Albany Ledger
Orr Orr III il many years since | fall II