The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-18
INDIANA NJ. E. CONFERENCE
The Rockport District to Be Chopped Up
and Parceled Out TO Others.
Bishop Ninde Will 0rdain Three New Ministers
To-Day - Western Yearly Meeting of
Friends in Session at PIainfield.

Speclhi 10 the 1nulanopolS Journal.
SALEM. Ind, Sept. lit is a p~retty-well
established fact now that the Rockport
district is to be abolished, thus leaving five
in the conference. This is because of the
feeling on the part of the Board of Bish-
ops that the districts can be made larger
and not damage the work, and in this
Bishop Ninde agrees, and Rockport district
will be divided among the New Albany
Evansville and Vincennes districts.
Bloomington district will getla few ap-
pointments from the New Albany district.
Sunday will pc a day of unusual interest
in Salem. All the churches will be occu-
pied by members Of the NJ. E. Conference
in session here. The following are the
preachers who will conduct services:
Presbyterian Church, III. A. Cleve-
s isDd; :. morning Ra5.;:. H dnnr,S Talbot;
Wilson, morning; r. r. Bryan, evening;
Christian Church, &. L. Bacon. morning;
=. Church. L. IL. Willis. morning. and
w. X. Halstead. evening. AT the Wler
Memorial, In the morning, will be the an
nual l0ye-feast. led by /. n. Thompson. At
1890. sermon by Bishop Ninde. followed by
ordination of deacons. At 8 p. NJ. memo
rial service aud ordination of elders. At
7:30 z. NJ, preaching service.
At 1880 A. NJ. to-day the bishop took the
chair aud called the list OF ~uperannuate
and those present made brief addresses.
The conference stewards then made q re-
port OF what amount was to be divided
among the benefciaries of the conference
Dett, +. Peterborough. c. +. Enyart,
=. 4. May. W.. A. Yager. J. Hick.
Stain. L.. +. Dimett. n. +. Denny.
7. q. Duvul. II. s. Headen, constituted the
ctaaa fnr u6misai0n inrn rha pnnfarenca
They were called TO the front seats and ad-
dressed by the bishop. The usuai dis
cipliuary questions were asked and On
swered by the class. VIM. Ii. Jennings
was transferred to the Puget Sound Con-
ference, and SO announced by Bishop
Ninde.
William McHester was appointed to oc-
cupy the chair this afternoon during the
absence of the Bishop, with cabinet. The
bishop appointed II. e. Clippinge to con-
duct the opening devotional exercises. e..
4. Asbury. STATISTICAL secretary, made his
report, from which Is gathered these facts:
For missions, 81, oSs; an increase OF $500;
paid for ministerial support. SU0. l49. an
increase of S3,9o4; value of churches, $685.
$50, an increase of 5000; value of parson-
ages, SlO9.cSO. decrease of S4,7l5;
paid on church and parsonage
4o,964. an increase of l95. practitioners.
2,4g7. a decrease of 81; 3,4O1 adults baptized
and 59S children, an Incrsaee of &c. 6. Z.
MoOre, OF GreenCaStle. w. Il. Halsteau, or
Bloomington, and G. w. DePauw. of New
Albany. were elected trustees of DePauw
University. W.. b. Collins and j. 4. Steele
were elected visitors. The report of the
temperance committee caused g lively dis.
cussion. A resolution was offered by q
member in addition to the report. looking
TO the committing of the con-
ference to a party, but the res
olntion was lost. The report of the
committee on education was received and
their recommendation that the alumni be
allowed the election of four trustees to
DePauw University, the three other con-
ferences of Indiana concnrring. was
adopted. This will be pleasing informa-
tion to the many alumni of this growing
and prosperous institution.
Rev. DE-. Vlgus was introduced and spoke
on the work of the American Bible Society.
The ~Freedman's Aid Society was to have
held lis anniversary conference tonight.
but as the secretary could not reach the
seat of the conference il was decided that
a men Der of the conference was to preach
instead of the anniversary service.