The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28

w. G. Carr; r., John Nicholson, ST.; trustee G.
A. Miller
A. f. Ramsay attended the commencement ex
ercises at St Mary's, Notre Dame, this week
His daughter Hepsey was ono of the graduates
Judge w. p Britton yesterday called an extra
session of court, to convene on July l. for the
hearing of the supplementary motion for new
trial for James Dennis.
The following is the list of last weeks mar
rage licenses: John c. Everson and Laura A.
Alfred A. Morris and Ella K. Farr, Charles +.
Peters and Mary E. Sullivan, Charles S. Darter
and Anna Price.
President Tuttle, of Wabash College, is in Ma
rietta o.. to day, where he delivers an address
this evening on the two first presidents and fac
ulties OF the college there. This is the semi
centennial of the college, and is where President
Tuttle graduated.
Visitors returned home: William Hoult to
CHAMPAIGN, H., on Monday; Mrs. Ella Chase,
to Chicago, on Monday; Albert Miller and John
Ensminger, from Paris, KY, on Monday night;
Miss Minnie Brown, from Ladoga, on Tuesday;
p. c. Somerville from the West; Mrs. Jerry
Keeney, from South Bend.
At the Episcopal Church this morning, the
subject of the sermon will be .'The Law of Truth
fulness." This evening there win be IA childrens
service with a sermon on she children's crusade,
from Timothy l., 3. A banner will be presented
to the class which has the best record for the last
floral devices, besides other floral decorations.
The Oldest member of the Charlottesville bar
is Joseph h. Brown now in the clerks Office at
indianapolis. He was admitted to the bar in
March, 1872. He went from here to Louisville
thence TO Washington, d. c., where he was pres
Ident OF the gas company, and held several
positions under Abraham Lincoln during the
war He moved to indianapolis about twelve
years ago, and is a brother of r. T. Brown, of
the same city.
A good story has been told on a prominent
church member, and a very wealthy man. He
lives outside the city limits, in seIf-incorpor-
ated town. He is said to gather every stick of
wood along the road as he passes to and from
town in his buggy The story is that some time
ago a telegraph boy, now dead took an i'm
portant dispatch out to his home, over q
mile from the Office, and out of the city, near
midnight When the message was opened and
read, he thanked the boy and asked him If ne
expected something for coming out a. such late
question went to the sideboard and got slice of
cake and gave it him. The boy never went out
there again.
Louis Wesley Jones, aged ten years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs John S. Jones, of indianapolis, is
the author of the following, which appeared ia
the Charlottesville Journal of yesterday:
boy asked his father one evening
About the great writer Boz"
Now why in the world do you want to know?"
Said the boy to his father, Because"
'Now, why" said the boy, do bad men STEAL
And are always breaking the lawsa"
The man looked at his boy and said,
Because my boy, because"
If you want to get out of something
And have to stop and pause;
There is one little word that will fill in the blank,
And that little word is Because"
Our folks visiting abroad: Tutor Harvey
Thompson is at Paxton, H.; c. III. Tuttle and
wife, at Elyria, O.; Mrs Lee Cannon at Indian
apolis; Misses Nellie Scott and Lizzie Barter. at
Lafayette and Delphi; Cass Sherman is at Dixon,
Wy. t.; Claude Travis is at Champaign, H.:
Mrs. Jennie Blackwell and little daughter, ac-
companied by Miss Ella Webster. left for Beth
any, Mo-, on Tuesday evening" Mrs. g. w. Had
ley is at Sandusky, o.; Mrs NJ. c. Kline and
daughter are in Muncie; Mrs. d. G. Smith and
two daughters left on Thursday evening for
Lincoln, Neb., to visit for the next two months;
Mrs. F. l.. Snyder is at Mddetown, o., and
Mr.. Snyder will also go there in few days, and
they will then visit at Northport, Mich. Miss
Allie Luse is in Chicago.
Social events Of various kinds Miss Sallie
Newton and VIII Martin won three straight
games of lawn tennis in Elston Grove, on Mon
day evening, from Miss Elsie Insey and O. M
Lacey. Harry Naylor and bride were serenaded
by Schweitzers band on Monday evening Mas
cote Dancing Club gave dance at the skating
rink on Friday night. The Episcopal social was
held at the residence of V. @. Irwin on Thursday
night; receipts $l2. Charley Peters and Miss
Mary Sullivan were married on Wednesday
evening by President Tuttle. Jacob JOEL of this
city and Miss Gussie LESSER were married last
Wednesday evening at Buffalo, N. Y. The n
S. A. club held a business meeting last Friday
evening at the home of Miss Ida Cox. John
Coyle and wife gave a party on Thursday even
ing OF young married folks.
Visitors here during the past week: Ed Nc
Vey, from Paoi; Rev. r. F. Coyle and wife, of
Chicago--at his fathers; Charley White. an In
dianapolis shoe elerk-over last Sunday; Miss
SuS r. Of &c x,;cit; har
aunt, Mrs. ]. F. Tuttle-Miss johnson is the
principal of the Steubenvile, o.. Female Sem
mary; Mrs. A. S. Longley is at her daughters,
Mrs. T. q. B. Mccain; r. G. Ingersoll, of PEORIA
Chicago-on Monday; Miss Mamie Wilson, of Co.
lumbus O., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. P. S. Ken
nedy; Miss May Davidson, of Lafayette, is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. George Rice; Mrs Kate
CARRIER, OF Frankfort, is visiting her parents,
Jones, Champaign, Ill, is visiting Miss Jennie
Fuqua; Prof. G. A. Mcclure, of the Mitchell
public schools, came on Friday j. A. Hetrick
of Sulphur Springs, O., is at his uncles, Doctor
Hetrick.
Last Sunday evening Elder W. D. Owens de-
livered very interesting lecture on What
O'clock Is Itl' He had the face of clock drawn
upon blackboard and took each five minutes
mark upon the dial as explaining sections of his
subject. Each FIVE minutes represents 500 years
He began with the creation of Adam. and the
figure l was at the translation of Enoch. the
first 500 years. Adam died at the age of 900
years. At the figure III came the food. At III
Noah's three sons possessed the earth At w
Abraham was born. At V the children of Israel
entered the promised land At vi the temple
at Jerusalem is built by Solomon. At VII the
second building of the temple; Rome began to
rule the world. At VIII Christ was born. At
TX the Bishop of Rome was given power to make
people bow to his will or be put to death. AT x
William the Norman conquered England AT
XI Martin Luther began the reformation, and
he held that at XII the end of the world would
come, lis years from the present time; and as to
the l 900 years of the Millennium it may be only
one day, because "a 900 wears are as one dayf