# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S72
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No reports have yet come in from the visitors; they will follow next
year. May Jesus Christ further His kingdom everywhere. Amen!
O. Fürbringer,
President of the Northern District.

5. Annual Report of the Middle District
from August 1877 to May 1878.

A. Departed from the Middle District:

1. Pastor C. A. Frank, by accepting a professorship at Capital
University in Columbus, Ohio.

2. Pastor H. Maack, by transfer to the Western District.

B. Entered:

I. From another synod:

Pastor E. Mahlberg. Having obtained release from the venerable Ohio
Synod, he was called to Purcell Station, Knox Co., Ind., and installed
there on Reminiscere Sunday, 1878, by Pastor Tramm.

II. From other districts:

1. Pastor E. C. Georgii. Until then a member of the Northern
District, he was called to Michigan City, Ind., and installed there on
the 1st Sunday of Advent, 1877, by Pastor Niethammer.

2. Pastor O. Kolbe, called from the Eastern District to the
congregation at Independence, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, was installed in his
office on the 4th Sunday of Advent, 1877, by the undersigned, assisted by
Pastor Niemann.

C. Transferred within the district:

1. Pastor C. Sallmann, from Independence, Ohio, to Sugar Grove,
Fairfield Co., Ohio, installed on the 22nd Sunday after Trinity, 1877,
by Pastor Frank.

2. Pastor R. Eirich, from Purcell Station, Ind., to Jonesville,
Bartholomew Co., Ind., installed on the 2nd Sunday of Advent, 1877, by
Pastor Jüngel, assisted by Pastors Nützel and Fischer.

3. Pastor Th. Fr. F. Hahn, from Vallonia, Ind., to Monmouth, Adams
Co., Ind., installed on February 14, 1878, by Vice-President Stubnatzy,
assisted by Pastor Evers.