The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-11
wINoNA PRACTICAL JoKERs
Have Fun with Mr.. KnOVvItOn, the
Purdue Graduate.

WINONA PRACTICAL
Have Fun with Mr.. KnOwItOn, the
Purdue Graduate.
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WINONA ASSEMBLY GROUNDS, Eagle
Lake, Ind, Aug. 10.--The most amusing In
cident that has occurred at Winona this
year was a huge practical joke played on
Corydon Knowlton the Winona pharma-
cist, who recently graduated at Purdue.
few weeks ago Mr.. Knowlton assisted in
playing a practical joke on another Pur-
due man, who concluded to get even. The
Purdue crowd learned to-day that the
fancee of Mr.. Knowlton, one of Buttons
society girls was to arrive on the noon
train. The unsuspecting pharmacist closed
his store and went to meet the young wom-
When the lovers arrived at the store
the young man turned white and the young
lady a rosy red. Hanging across the path
way in letters two feet long was the word
welcome" In the window wreathed in
flowers, were hung pictures of each Of
them, surround ed by notices in white
paint when you know the girl you love
loves you" etc. The young people for
moment tried, to brazen it out, and just
thcn the band struck up We're Going to
Be Married, ira la la la. Neither Mr.
knoWlton nor the young woman have been
seen since, and amateur photographers
have been busy all afternoon taking snap
shots at the front of the decorated drug
store
There has never been such a general
stirring up at Winona as has been brought
about by the stockholders meeting yester-
day afternoon. The present debt hanging
over Winona is nearly 100000, and while
this is covered several times over by the
real property owned by the association, the
debt has hampered the management not
little. Several of the directors have at
times declared their Willingness to take
the $4,000 worth of unsold stock, believing
it would be a good business investment 1t
has been pointed out in objection to this,
that the strength of Winona as q rallying
place for Presbyterians lay in the diffusion
of the financial interests of the associa-
ton through the churches as widely as pos
sible 1t seemed however, when the at
tempt was about to be made to sell this
remaining 100000 stock. to be wise for the
present stockholders to increase their hold
ng1 aS an hs nee % dd IN n t the
extent of $27 900. 1t is thought that there
will now be no difficulty in disposing of the
remaining stock. as the association has
demonstrated its ability to pay a per
cent. dividend on the full capital stock.
The greatest effort will be to place the
of people, Enormous profits can never be
realized as by the charter of the asso-
citation 25 per . cent of the met net
of Home Missions before a dividend is de-
clared. 1t is the constant care of the dreccc
speculation, and no director owns more
than two lots at Winona, and no one of
them receives salary for his work. The
fifteen, divided into classes holding office
for one. two and three years. The classes
were formed YESTERDAY, as foloWs
Terms expiring In one year-ReV. DR.. ;.
c. Dickey of Indianapolis; Rev. w. p.
Kane, D. D.. of BlQomington' III; p Reyy:
Rev Z. ID. Campbell, d. D., of Ada o. One
Terms expiring in two years-Thomas P. y
Haute: J. NJ. Studebaker, of South Bend;
E. F. Yarnele of Fort Wayne; F. l.. Mar
shall, of St. Louis a.. - y
Bey eFns of ef Roehester. Ind ?e G. w. Brown.
of Indianapolis; Rev. p. S. Scott d. D., OF
cage; Rev. j. l.. Lee, d. D., of East Liver
pool, o.
one Of Chicago's stable business men. and
is known throughout the Presbyterian
Church in the United States, The other
officers reelected are: F. w. Munson, first
vice president; J. E. Boyer. second vice
president; s. c. Dickey, secretary and gen
eral manager; E. S. Scott, recording secre-
tary; H. 2. Townley, treasurer Dr. John
NJ Coulter, principal of summer school;
DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman, leader OF the Biole
This morning was appointed as the time
for the Inauguration of the Winona Read
ing Circle, but on account OF me Fa 6afay
this matter for two weeks, when more peo-
pie can be reached. There are already as
surances of over one hundred circles in IN
diana. Ohio and Illinois for the beginning
of the work. H. S. Elliot, of the Presby
terrain Book House in Chicago, will have
active supervision of the reading circles
The devotional exercises were led this
morning bv Rev j. =. Hearst, and at IL
O'clock Mr. Leon II. Vincent delivered his
second lecture He took Barrie and the
Scotch School for his subject, and was
highly entertaining.
Tonight there was grand concert at the
auditorium under the direction of Prof.
Miles Mr. Gwilym Miles sang several bari
tone solos and the orchestra. rendered half
a dozen numbers feature of the enter
tainment was a recitation by Miss Kane,
of Chicago.
Miss Dora Bartholomew, of Indianapolis,
who is a guest of Mrs. G. w. Brown; Miss
Funice Curtis. Of Indianapolis, who is at
the Armine cottage; Miss Foster. of Terre
Haute who is the guest of Miss Pearl Fos-
ter: Charles and Percy ODDS. of Fort
WAYNE. at the cottage of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
c. Moffat; Mrs Charles McCulloch and
Mrs Breckenridge. of Fort Wayne, at the
Winona Hotel,
Miss Leo Long, who has pleased Winona
audiences with her singing in previous
years. is here to assist in the production of
the Messiah.
Other arrivals are Mr.. and Mrs w. III.
Eichorn Button; Rev. j. A. Patterson ana
wife. Benbon; Rev j. NJ. Boggs. d. D., and
wife of Fort Wayne; j. G. Watt and wife,
Columbus o.: DR.. J. G. Spohn, st. Louis;
Richard Lukens and family, Alexandra.
Ind; James w Davis and wife, Benbon;
Mrs. c. L. Lampson, Toledo; Mrs. G. S.
Cleveland Plymouth; Mrs. Fulton and Miss
Edith Fulton, indianapolis.