The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-10-29
Snrinu6eId Illinois.

Mrs. Lizzie Morgan of Chicago is in the
city visiting her parents.
Rev. HI. Brown left for Milwaukee last
Wednesday.
Geo. Beard of Chicago formerly on the
ConservatOr, was in the city last week.
John King of Springfield Mass. was in the
city last week and started for home Sunday
night.
1t is rumored that Miss Sallie Williams
and Henry Clark will be married Nov. %.
Miss Josie Coleman aud Jordan Murray will
act as attendants.
J. H. Mosley of this city goes to Bloom
ingtOn to spend few weeks with his mother
and friends.
Moses McCloud has stepped down and out to
give away for Murray who has returned from
ST. Louis after visiting his girl.
Miss Nettie James of Mo. is in the city the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Whitfield.
Miss Laura Joiner is in the city and her
smiling face was seen at church last Sunday.
On last Monday evening the young ladies
| and gents rendered Miss Clara Duff a very
enioya surprise party. A goodly number
was present and with their voices lent merri-
ment to the evening; everything passed off
pleasantly and before the crowd retired Miss
Clara was presented with very handsome
| picture case by the party in testimony OF
| their love and esteem. Those present were
| Misses Alice Dulf, Nellie Adams, Anna
Head, Anna Oglesby, Allie Killion, Lizzie
Lee, Alice Taylor, and Emma Duff; Messrs.
G. w. Grubbs, Henry Sappington, ]. Mosley
g. Bates, H. Taylor, J. Jones Geo. McKin-
ney, W. Taylor, W. Oglesby, and c. Murry.
| There was Sabbath school class formed
last Sunday to be known as the Leland Ho-
tel class, consisting of Leland boys. Just be
fore completing organization the question
was who shall act as teacher and shall he be
Leland boy? They soon concluded to Sc
lect a hotel boy but the great question was
who should it be. The first person spoken
of was Geo. Mckinney, our committee await
ed on him and he said Scents you know
am president of society here and think i
/ accept this inferior position / will lost
their support" and there upon we left him
Henry Sappington next spoken tC
who said 81 cannot teach and play my quit
ar too, so | must refuse" Jordan Murray
was next called upon and told us he likeC
"Molly Bawn", "Kiss We quick, "shoo fly
and those kinds of songs, so he could not ac
cept The next person waited upon wa
Dudley Stevens who told us that he must de
| vote all of his surplus time to Miss S. S. 81
We were compelled to leave him, just the
Ben Sea came up every person knows he is
, lover of christianity and we were almost sur
he would accept we inquired of him if h
would and to our dismay his only excus
was that Ben +. his roommate was such
{ sinner he would not let him accept. Gu
7 hopes were again darkened but We pushe
: on until we came to Robert Wright VIII
). said can't lay bown this "full'' to teach
, class, he was called and before we left h
l was wishing he had laid it down. No pei
: son yet out of all this crowd; Wesley vii
: Jams we saw next, he said he would like
: accept but did not feel worthy of the positio
| Wilson Grpbbs we then waited upon; /
said on account of my recent discharging
Johnson cannot possibly accept as my H;
Y vanas demand al of my attention. Ju,
! then it began to rain and he disappeared
i some of the boys remarked that he had gon
to take his 'snipes" in out of the wet. job
Mosley said he thought too much of the \
ton bridge to teach Sunday school elias
Geo. Bates said / like to cross my feet t
well to instruct the boys "pards." Ru
Hamilton said he couldn't watch Jones al
+ teach class SO he must refuse the latter ,
# left him to watch Jones and started towar
le John Howa John is a very silent fellc
Is he shook his head and We turned away
r. despair. We then spoke of Barney Cleal
" when some person remarked that he W
N about to be married fo Miss Jackson, SO
d did not disturb him. Well we then spoke
a Mr.. Naylor, who directed us to Mr.. Hea
ID waiter Young. That gentleman directed
n to John Smith, distant relative of I
e. Captain of that name. He had girl nam
Pocahontas too. He signifed his willingn