The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-20
STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Murderous Shooting ARRAY at a Pic
mic Near Evansville.
Threshing Machin Engine-Notes
and Gleanings in Two states.
INDIANA.

Murder at a Picnic Near Observation-Disclosures
Cases Awaiting Hearing.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Aug. 19.-This morning, be-
tween 1 and . o'clock, Adam Lipknight, a
notorious young rough, shot and instantly
killed Joseph Skeets, at a picnic, about eight
miles from the city. The picnic was gwen
by a cousin of Lipknights, and the latter
had a beer a refreshment stand. During the
afternoon two young farmers asked for and
obtained two sandwiches and three glasses of
beer, for which they refused to pay, Lip
knight and his younger brother John tried
to obtain the value of the articles by pun
ishing the farmers, but only succeeded in
exciting the crowd. No outbreak occurred,
however, until at the time mentioned,
when Lipknight, his wife and brother
and a prostitute were leaving the grounds,
in a barouche. The ere wd gathered around
the vehicle, and Lipknight says that, fearing
injury, he, to intimidate the crowd, fred two
shots from his revolver. One of the shots
took effect in Skeets's right side, causing in
slant death. The other shot was harmless.
When Lipknight's party left the grounds,
Immediately after the firing, they were not
aware of any one being killed; the informa-
don was telephoned to police headquarters
and Lipknight was arrested and placed in
Jail to answer to the charge of murder. His
wife and brother were also arrested. There
are four alleged murderers in the county Jail
awaiting trial. The grand jury has been
called in special session a month in advance
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If the crimes.
ieneral Christian Sunday-school Conven-
.tion.
ipecal to the Indianapolis Journal.
ISLAND PARK, Aug. 17.-At q business
p~eeting of the General Christian Sunday
chool Association, the officers of last year
see yesterdays report) were reelected.
Love H. Jameson. of Indianapolis, ad-
3ressed the association on The law Of lib
Gty, as related to public and private wor-
snip" The Christian is the highest style of
man. Any act or series OF acts appointed by
Cod or determined upon by men to be per-
formed by man respective to God, should be
considered as worship in the s~trictest sense
o! hat term. Place is a matter of no consid-
eration-an Invisible rather than a visible
worship, a free service, u-nincumbered by
rights or ceremonies as necessary thereto
but Acceptable if done in spirit and in truth.
The generally received opinion as to the sac
rifcial form of worship is hat though ac-
ceptable to God it was of human origin, and
was superseded, in the minds of all Christian
believers, ever since the advent of our Sa-
vior. Everything of a liturgical character is
omitted from the New Testament. Every
thing i'll the shape of a form of worship is
utterly wanting. The Lords prayer is not a
form of prayer but a model prayer.
@. G. Cline, of Kentucky, conducted q
symposiac on the topic, wherein does the
t%eachingof the modern Sunday-school differ
from the teaching lone in the primitive
ehurchP'
AT night ]. H. Wright, of South Bend, de-
livered his lecture on THE life of our Sa-
vior," illustrated by dissolving views brought
out on canvas by the powerful drummond
light.
DIR. David Walk, of indianapolis, is to
preach one of the sermons next Sunday.