# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S73
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D. Visitations made:

by our vice-president: the congregations of Pastors Jor, Schlesselmann,
Dautenhahn, Cämmerer (together with Pastor Schumm), Schöneberg, Steger,
Weyel (together with Pastor Wichmann), and the schools of Teachers Mösta
and Bergmann. He also took part in the Auglaize Conference of the
venerable Ohio Synod;

by the visitor for southern Indiana, Pastor Wichmann: the congregation
of Pastor Polack, on account of a call matter. (The visitations for this
year are still pending.)

by the undersigned: the congregation of Pastor Sallmann in Independence
and that of Pastor Husmann in Euclid.

H. C. Schwan,
President of the Middle District.

6. Annual Report of the Western District
from mid-October 1877 to mid-May 1878.

A. Entered the Western District:

a. from our preachers' seminaries:

1. Candidate U. Iben, called by the congregation at Farmington, Mo.,
was ordained and installed there by Pastor G. Link, assisted by Pastor
Bremer, on Quinquagesima [*Estomihi*] Sunday, 1878.

2. Candidate S. Meeske, called by a congregation in Fillmore County,
Nebr., after passing his examination was ordained by the undersigned on
Misericordias Domini Sunday, assisted by Pastor Lentzsch, in the latter's
congregation, and was installed in Fillmore County by Pastor Dornseif on
Jubilate Sunday, 1878.

b. from the Illinois District:

1. Pastor C. Meyer received a call from the congregations in Webster
and neighboring counties, Nebr., and was installed there by Pastor
Biedermann on the 3rd Sunday of Advent, 1877.

2. Pastor J. L. Hirschmann has accepted a call from Hope congregation
in Wet Mountain, Colo.

3. Pastor G. H. Hörnicke serves a congregation and several preaching
stations near Pleasanton, Cal.

c. from the venerable Ohio Synod:

Pastor H. M. Kreuter, called to Gordonsville, Cape Girardeau Co., Mo.,
and installed there by Pastor G. Polack on Easter Monday, 1878.