The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-17
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Interest and Attendance at Island
Park Increasing.
A st. Paul Baby Clicked to Death-Two
Fatal Train Accidents-Damage by Storm
at NOblesvilIe and Lebanon Notes.
INDIANA.


creasins in Interest.
! Special to the Indianapolis journal
| ISLAND PARK, July 16.-The fifth annual
session of the Island Park Assembly, which
opened on the 10th inst, is growing in inter
est daily. Tenters arrive on every train, and
there is every indication that the session
will be far ahead of any of those preceding.
The grounds and surroundings of the Assem-
/ bly, are most beautiful Island Park is
grove of nearly twenty acres Hastily laid off
in walks and drives, and ornamented with
rustic bridges, fountains, hower-beds etc.
The island is washed by Sylvan Lake, a clear
body of water over seven miles long and one
wide. It's banks are high and shady. The
lake abounds in fish, and the sweet-scented
water lily is found in all the retreats of
water, Good facilities are offered for boat
ing, and every day and during the moonlight
| evenings two hundred boats ply the waters.
The programme for this week is attractive
and embraces lectures by men of wide repu-
tation, among whom are Rev. A. A. White
Boston; Prof ]. c. Coulter, of Wabash Col
lege; DR.. A. Marine, of Asbury University;
Rev. J. S. Hurlbut, Rev Arthur T. Pierson,
Bishop Henry w. Warren, of Atlanta, and
many Others. This may truly be called the
Western Chautauqua," and Wednesday and
Thursday of this week are designated as
special c. L. S. G. days. and an elaborated
programme is announced Thursday even
ing there will be an illumination of the lake
and island, and afterwards the campfire and
banquet of the c. L. S. c.
Music is made prominent feature during
the Assembly, and concerts are given on both
the island and lake, the music being fur
nished by the Assembly choir, the Rogers
SeXtette Band, the Kendallville band, the
WHEREFORE Concert Company, and num-
Der of accomplished Instrumental and vocal
soloists
Central Indiana is we'll represented here.
| W. A. Bell, editor Indiana School Journal,
and family are comfortably quartered at
Spring Beach Hotel. Rev. DIR. Arthur T.
Person, J. NJ. Olcott of Indianapolis, and
others are visitors,
Misses Eta Holdsteck, Pima Edwards and
Ada Anderson, OF Greenfield; Miss Nette E.
Reed of Greensburg, and Manville H. Cant
George II. Cooper, of Greenfield and Rev
| Mitchell S. Marble, of Lewisviile are tenting
on Park avenue.
Misses Flora Carpenter, Mickey and Mitchell
lead large party Of young people from
Muncie.
Mr.. Harry J. kellogg the painter OF South
Bend, was here to-day and gave an exhibit
ton OF rapid painting His skill with the
brush is a wonder He painted a large panel
picture complete in seventeen minutes
amid the applause of over one thousand en-
| thusiastic admirers.
A Tornado Does Much Damage in and
| Around NobIesviIle.
| Special to the Indianapolis JouTnal.
NoBLESvILLE July 16-Quite a cyclone
passed over our town this evening. at 615,
coming from the southwest and travelling
northeast from here All trees in its path
were torn up by the roots. Booth & Booths
iewelry store was unroofed, the roof of
Thompson's tin-shop was blown entirely
across the street, the Westinghouse of Evans
and Loftin's pork-house were blown fiat the
Independent office had one whole side blown
out and several other buildings were also
damaged, but no lives were lost.
An Industrious New Albany Mechanic FouIIy
Murdered by Drunken Eoughs.
New ALBANY, July 16.-Phiiip Oberhauser,
a cabinet-maker at Klerner's furniture fac
tory, while on mis- way home, near midnight
on Saturday night, was set upon and muir
dered by two notorious hoodlums, Jack
Rourke and Thomas Luecke, being slUng-
shotted above the right eye, his nose broken,
and the back of his skull fractured. He
died in ten minutes. There was not the
slightest provocation for the murder Ober-
hauser was respected, quiet, temperate in
! dustrious citizen, and did not know either of
| his murderers
Rourke and Luecke were arrested ar
| raigned, waived a hearing, and went to Jail
! without bail. The coroner returned a YER
dict against them for murder in the first de-
gree. There is much excitement over the
cold-blooded murder, and talk of lynching
| Oberhauser leaves a wife and six children,
and his wife was prematurely delivered of
another child to-day from the shock caused
by the murder, and is not expected to sur
| vive.
| The Storm at Lebanon.
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LEBANON, July 16-A terrific wind and
rain storm passed over this section at 6
o'clock this evening. Considerable damage
was done to shade trees and outbuildings in
this city, and two men employed at Lewis's