Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 7 November 1894 — Page 1

REPUBLICAN a Established 1885. BXiO OMINGTON, INDIANA, NOV. 7, 1894. Price, $1.50 Per Yea?

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NO. 207

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BOOTS and SHOES ii- FOR

THE WALKER TAP SOLE J$4.50 BOOT FOR " " KIP 3.50 " " 2.75 " Tap Sole Kip 3.25 " " 2.50 KIP 2;75 BOOT FOR 2:00 If You Live in Indiana You Must Kmw What the Walks? Boot Is. SPECIAL P1ICIS on Ladios' Misssa' oad CMId:en&! SKQ&S. The Lowest Prices Ever Made on MENS' RUBBER

ALL ARE INVITED-:: NOTICE. For 30 days I can and -will sell for 25 per cent. less on all kinds of Fresh Meat, Beef, Veal, or Mutton. Cattle are low, work is scarce, and I want to giro a poor man a chance. Butter, Eggs, Chickens, Beans, &c, as low or a little lower than the lowest. O. SOUDER Relief in Six Houes. Distressing Liver and Bladder diseases relieved in six hours by the "Jiew Great South American Kidney Cure.", This new t&mei? i a great Surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving' pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages is male or female. It relieves retention of water and pain in passing it almost immediatelv. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by Fakis 11 80S., Druggists, Bloomington, Ind. July 4, '94 Or. Price's Cream Bakiag Powder A Pure Qrapa Cream ol TarUr Powder. Nones to All. All persona that owe us are requested to call at once and settle. We cannot give longer time. All accounts and notes msst be paid by December 1st, 1894. Campbell & Davis. k More meat for the money than anybody. O. Sotjdxbs. Makt people who take lunch at Benckart's never drink good coffee till they get it there. Benckart's coffee is the best in town. Otsteks served to order by Benckart, at bis restaurant, south College Avenue. Only the best grades of Oysters kept. Gcs. Keeugee's Barber Shop is two doors west of the National Hotel. When you desire a good shave or a neat "hair cut" g there. Kreoger has some second hand chairs to sell cheap. Fob your thboat get some of those hoarbound drops at Benckart's,8outh College Avenue. Try tho French Chewing Candy. Or. Price's Cream Batons Powder WortT Fair IBghtl A want. Fob Salb. A Union No. 12 con(solid tire) bicycle, in dition and at a very good reasonable price. Inquire of T. J. LOUDEN. Craio Woblbt can supply you with a buggy, phaeton, spring wagon, or anything else in the way of a vehicle which you may need. You don't have to pay him cash, either, as he will swap for horses "and mules. He may be found at the big livery barn, north of the square, on College Avenue. Evebt day George Benckart makes French Chewing Candy, Taffies and Hoarheund Drops. Anna Baker. Francis Woodward. VS" GRADUATE OPTHAIiMIC OPTICIANS. Diagnoses and relief of all Conditions of imperfect or painful vision dne to errors of refraction or eye strain. Having three years of successful practice in their profession insures the most perfect results. No charges for preliminary examination. All work guaranteed. Pit ICES EEASOXABLB FOR FIRST-CLASS WORK. CSTOffice ovar Collins & Karsell's. Hoars: 9 to 13 a. m. 1 to 5 p. m

IT HARDLY SEEMS POSSIBLE, BUT ITS A PACT! Prices for November on Dry Goods, Cloaks, Boots and Shoes, are the lowest ever known, and now is the time to buy, and the place is at Wicks'

Buy JKoio and Save Money.

SPECIAL SALE

REDUCING STOCK.

BOOTS for 30 DAYS.

Nothing nicer for a wedding present than the China or Cut Glass to be had at LiINDley s. Best Oysters that money will buv are kept at Benckart's south College Avenue bakery and restaurant. Served in all styles. YorjXG, tender beef, good veal, and the best meats that can bo se cured, are always on sale at Soud er s meat market, south Avenue. Collego LnfDLETS sell the celebrated American Lamps, which received first award at World's Fair. -Get your old papers at this office 20c. a hundred to close out. Ca&e is taken to select the best cattle, sheep and calves, by Oscar Souder. His meat shop, south of Benckart's, has a reputation for fresh, tender meat. Fisb line of Cut Glass, Haviland China, &c, just received. See it at Lindleys. Shropshire Sheep, pdro bred, Rams and Lamb Rams for sale, 2 miles southeast of Bloomington. T. N. I'aris & Son. Prof. John Brown, V. C, should be consulted now, before the weather grows warm. Ho is fully and completely supplied with every appliance used in vault cleaning, and will do tho promptly and skillfully, ready for cholera clean up. work Get Programs, letter heads, note heads, bill heads, statements, and all kind of poster work and fine job printing , done in tho highest style of the art, at the World office, opposite the postoffico. Never get a job of printing of any kind done till yon come to our office and get prices, see specimens, etc. CRAVENS BROS. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma. Otffi of the most popular cigars placed on the market here is the "I. U." manufactured by M. H. Seward, east side square. The "L U." is absolutely guaranteed to be an all Havana filler, and Mr. Seward proposes to return the money in each caso where the smoker is not satisfied that the cigar is worth the price paid Fair, is it not ? Latest styles in Banquet Lamps, just received from the East at Lindley's. If j'ou need stationery of any kind, and especially stationery for commercial business, like envelopes, letter and notes, bill heads, etc., you should remember that a big stock has been brought on at the "World" office, opposite Seward's foundry. Cravens Brothers. Fob Repairs or parts of any Sewing Machine, call at H. Lindley's Soks. Hive.

NO. 207.

30 DAYS.

HALL BROS.

V ; . I mmm$ Consumer fckw! tacco A arewlns to r?au a iltlk mi im Is price (mm. fortn-3 ovulnmi trade tobaccos, will lad kmd superior to a!! olkis nmjti or iMiisnoNS, Sixteen ounces in every pound of meat bought at Solders. Look at our Lamps and look at our competitors. See who have the finest aud best lamps in the city. Likdley. World's Fair chewing candy, made fresh each day by Volpert, the expert candy maker, north side square. j ! Election of Trustees. There' will be an election of two Trustees ! for the 1st Baptist church on Wednesday., November 14th, at 7 o'clock p. m., in the audience room of the church. Fresh Pork Sausage made every day by a man that knows hew, and don't you forget it. O. Soxjders. Coewikg Candy, 'mighty nice, ' ' made by Volpert. Go to his shop and get some. Get a can or a quart of Oysters of Volpert, tho north side baker and restaurant keeper. Everything is first-class in his house. You should bi:h those Lamps at Lindley's. They surpass any stack ever before seen in Bloomington. Bread and Cakes of all kinds, made and sold by Volpert, the north side baker. Get bis Cream Bread. The only first-class Merchant Tailoring establishment in town is that carried on by Benckart & Son, south College Avenue. A complete and full line of late style piece goods, including Summer Suitings and Trouserings .are among those boiug received almost daily from tho wholesale house. The proprietors arc prac tical cutters, and are able to give satisfaction to all customers, both as to lit and price. Just now, while money is scarce and business dull you need to got the closest prices with the best fits, and you can feci assured of both at Benckart's merchant tailoring establishment. Call and get particulars. LOWEST PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE IN THE STATE. Overcoats AND ZTT Fall Suits. flii ""Stales." " fill Sizcs.jfr STYLISH 1 AND Lmbest iiSrrQUAL1TIEH. i i'i;k ks ''ARAXTEEJ MONKY ! UKFUMEP.

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KIAHN'S, South Side Swaue.

Twenty years ago the south-! Miss Maude Vanzandt is vislrn planters paid men to haul : iting friends at Indianapolis. aW1iy cotton seed and burn it. j prof. T. A. Wvlie and wife ; Now they get from S to b a ton h&A hwu married V,(! on

j if or t. Lawrence county people aro j iKom .winHU hv utrnmrnr irlio Ln ; .V!t i, runs a iiunuoi luvtinv xauij i 5i r.;i iho powder was common colored with pokeborry juice. salt, Tho summer is ended and winter nrmroacheth. and verilv.

vorily, we Bay unto you, "where j inK 1,er ,on J,m aud other relaare your summer's wages i" I tires ln Orleans. Has it been spent for beer orj Harley Coffey of Spencer iB bibles Perhaps for n-i-ther. (tuba player in the Si riunkard

A Louisville telephone com- j pany wishos to put in a plant here, j and claims that the use of an in-! strument will not cost to exceed I 2.50 per month. Telephone! t i . i i . jciiurges are iuu uigu in erory ciky in tno country ana some ettort should be made to reduce them. If a man desires to go faster than another who is ahead of him oil tho road he has a right to pass. If he is prevented by another and an accident happens oecauseoi me inner b imerierence, ; . l. i . . : ! . : . : 1. 1 .. 1 J! .1 1 .11 1 ! A-.J!

u.c uwuucuusim ,1"BWUB,""'!eoufercneel M.

court. Dr. Jenckos, who prophocicd the end of the world and tho consequent ruin of tho soda water business, has ovidontly set his pegs a little further out in tho field, as lie is about to jump from the Episcopalian fold to the Metho dist pastures. The Progress will watch his next handspring into the "shaker" camp. When you see n long hair parted in

fellow wttaithe Williams estate.

the middle, his face smooth lv shaven, a wild haggard look out of his eyes as he i trots dovrii College Avonue and up Walnut street, don't imagine' that. h ic nn fiennoi! Innofu K(i he is only a simple harmless f oot-! ball player, out for exercise. He j wears his hair long because Samp-1 son's hung down his shoulders, j "don t yer know. The Progress makes no loud claims as "the Republican oran ! of the eitv and countv."" and vet 1 it is the only paper that has talked for the individual candidates, and : against the collective Democracy. fi a man is to ret no credit for ; his efforts, what is the use of niaking them at tho risk of creating business enemies? That's what the Progress wants to know. In less than two years the canvass of '9(3 will be on, and there will be j some Republican candidates again, j It is one ef the easiest jobs in the : world to publish a non-committal : papcr what kind of an "organ do these people want ( The Pro ,,,.,1 win i, ltr.;.,,..-..

g',!ao uuiKKOanu ner oroiuer were piaying wuu ; at the old stand, next campaign ! j tha fire, when a tongue of flame '

John Nugent has rented T. ! H. Sudbury's residence, and will; make Blooiuino;ton his home. i aiarr. uunean, a aerricK man a at tho "Star" quarry ws seriously hurt, last Friday morning. He was standing near a pile ef stone when one. of the blocks begun to move. Tho foreman, J.W. Voris, raat in liim f-n rafr awfiv pallmi three times, but the man seemed paralyzed, and as the etono slid! off it pinned him to the ground ; and broke his right log between ' the knee and ankle. He was atli- P erwiso bruised, but the most ious injury was tha fracture. Harris gave surgical aid. serDr. A large supply of chickens, ; dressed or alive, also butter and eggs at SeuDERs. The New York Store Established lHiiJJ. INDIANAPOLIS, - - IND. SrlMPLES OF THESE mailed to you freo on request. Send for them sure 9 for 'tis seldom one finds bar gains like these in Colored Dress Goods. 3fMnch all wool Scotch Cheviots in stripes and mixtures at iiiic. a yard. A good 50c. value. 4 8-inch all wool Camera Hair Cheviots at WWc. avard. Others have advertised them as a bargain at (50c. Silk nt its best and wool at its best in these beautiful novelty checks what a delightful combination but tho price is better slill 4ic. a. yard 42 inches wide. Double faced covert i lotbs, ! all wool, 52 inches wide and: sold everywhere at $1.00 a! yard, for ti!e. a yard. Think i 42 to 4(-inoh all wool fan- ; ey wears in good colors, j We have sold them for ?1 a j yanl7 price , low .il.c All Hill COV. -HIV IIIIIKIlCdj Henriettas at tit'e. a yard. I Pettis Dry Goods Co. I

! inlay last.

! Lmo UUUI rL r!i a Wash - i melon City to vote. His wife . . i has been here for some time. A large number of students have gone to their respective homos to rote. I Margaret Rice is visitia ' Work has been begun on foundations for some of the plant buildings, south of town a death fiein dirrfheria is i . 1 ported in tho vicinity of Stanford; a 3-year old son of Mrs. Mary : Dobson. I Mrs. Mattio Andree, sister oi: Mrs. Ben. B. Smith, died at Cincinnati, O., on Thursday last, i Mrs. Smith attended the funeral, ... . t V . W tl UW assigned to Greenville by Indiana h. church, has i been visiting his mother in this! I place, with his family. i Miss Strader of . v.artnago.

Ills., a former teacher of thei i ... , , . . , , 7 . .. : ileed cutters are responsible for B oomniijtoii schools is visiting , ,. 1 i i 4k- i st' 1 many sevored lingers, her fnond in this place, Miss Mc-: Deruiett. The firm of Mandel Bros., . T ,. . .... ; Chicago, pav out annually for An Indianapolis architect is i i i j - , . 7 i newspaper and book advertising preiiariug plains for A. M, tang ' ' . 81 Mf; 1 i i . . , , : the enormous sum of la;,000,

.i i . .i - ii a : I the lot on south College Avenue t . , 1 . J . . . j recently j?uieuau ny mm irom Judging by the manner in which peoplehouse tow in crja6od tw (,M00. It is said that Cal. Worrall went to Indianapolis and returned with "great wads" of monev, ! furnished by the Democratic State ' ' S- a 1 1 j j ttrt . i. , i t-enirai Lommiuee. net uia ne ! do with it .there was a lecture in old college chapel, Friday night, end a Democratic meeting in the court houso. At the same time a cold storm was holding an open moeting generally out-doors. It was n leant night for public gatherings around a fire-place, The four-year old daughter 0f Andrew Johnson (colored) was terribly burned, Friday, while playing with fire. Tho child's ,,it had been washing clothes, nd boiled them out-doorp. Af- ; ter completing ner wora sne went ; . : into tht lioiist' and the littln crir) i i . , i. ... . -.I ! darted out and ignited the little mvl'a elnthimr Thu nmtliar f the child smothered the flames ': with hnd rlothincr but the f.hild ; was sererolv burned and inav die. ! From Tuesday afternoon till Thursday evening there was no county clerk. John W. Cravens placed his resignation in the hands of the couuty commissioners on Tuesday; they appointed Walter - :iflrk "f th? la"er's bond, etc were sent to the Secretary of State i

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whenever a show comes to'- , , rrU " .:ii

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on Wednesday morning. His : ranroau norm oi iowu. jiieprucommission did not arrive till 4 : ducts of this factory are shipped . ' . : .... Ct-A.. 41...

in iiirsilaT. 1'Onsnnnant v : there was no one who eould legally perform the duties of the office in the interim. It was fortunate that no ono was hurryinr up a a marriage license, or had pro. parod a marriage feast and had then gone to the clerk's office to procure i or ly a marriage license. 1 ho ; way out of the dilemma ! would have boon to "date back" j j when the clerk's commission did arrive. i

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I r j plant hrst-dai MoneypT? J Miss Bea

r-i tit i . SnOlUd De invested in Rpnannrhlo TT"NT ! wviuiuuuh ti.w way DERWEAxC, Or Your Lift May be endangered The be-t line of UNDERWEAR ; ..ii Y.i.i.a :. ..i. ....... i... in) i ' m."

in i jii4n-i, n i-iit'ii i, u v vjj . m ma i.iuuiu ox iiuaiooa hid mtux- & M GARY. A complete line of .esting: There are in the Univerthe new "POOLE" OVERCOAT year 91 students who

just received. They are the proper THING & Jhfm at HMtlMR s.

A "sore-eye" was ono of the attractions in fun-loving circles last Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Eph. Hughes

have neon relations ! rora Baltimore and Indianapolis. Af tor a three weeks absence i in South Carolina, Rev. Lyons i reiurueu 10 niooiuingion. I . i. .l 111.. . . A j Frank Mulky, now a citizen lof Hcdford, had "a son born unto him ' last week. j If a "quail attempts to bite j you" perhaps you would bo justitied in smiting it. Otherwise not t511 Nv. 10th, bo says the law.

! Co. Clerk Parka is selling tho jinarriago licenses at a great reice jduction to close out a lot on hand when Cravens was elork. Better j buy one for future use.

Iho Acorn" restaurant has Deen y Helton & Kail of this place to Wingert & Williams of Danville. The new tirm win take chargo some time this week. i Joseph Hunter, the wail j known pensiwn agent at Washing, i ton City, was in town last week (ien. M. j xr,irifer A 10-year old sen of Jaceb had three i ratton, east ot town, ! nngers sonousiy mangled in a ; ... ,,.,. .. i. and get very large returns far the .,?t,A. ' jlUTl - .LLUCUb. There is to be an I. U. excursion to Chicago on the night of the 9ih, in order to give the stu - the! jje i i Miss Gussifl Buakirk, who has k. ;.i; ; a .i,. V(OU A tJlU 1 1.1 1U A.fciiA Ind., for some time is visiting relations in this place. She is the i - .if "II K. There are said to be more; quails this year than lor many vears past. The mild weather of last winter and the dry weather .. ( 1. . . . ...... Kit.T n'AWrt

t . ' i . . i t iremoved to this place from Brown hesnininr to run about, is said to' , . ...

" . , ? i ' .1. : Ul'UUIIl till UlU 1IU CUIIS1 LlllO season. i xiiu Biitei rittmu uj. aui j.vcTu. -:i ..t u. r

han, the Montana exhibit at the , ' vt""'" v , V T a- : 1 1 t? i i u dence, south alnut street. His ! World s I air, passed through in . '. , .,, . . . , . ' 1 . x ! old patients will welcome him back ; an express car on its way to Lou- .A 4. :. .., , , . , T. i to the practice. ; isville, one day last week. It was j r jwith the greatest difficulty that ) A number of parties were I the reporters for the various I held on Halloween night, among ul j'iIIoj'' in tYiia fittr nniiM Ko : others ftnn hv tho (Virwinn Olnh.

UHlllfl AU IUIO 1 . f VUUIU MJW nraTl(nt.j from -haokinff off an arm. H. V. Eagleson, by East & Miller, will bring suit against the two Crawfordsvillo hotel keepers refused to entertain his son recently while en a foot ball expedition to that city. He is a member of tho I. U. team, and wuen the hotel koepers found that a colored boy was of the number he was refused entertainment Tha Pedigo washing machine factory, a building 40x70, is belag removed Irom xlarrodsburg to this place, and is located near the w minis "i tuiv mure 111 1110 Union, and to secure better rail road facilities the manager, Berry Butcher, thought it best to remove tho plant to Bloomiugten. Active work has begun on tho water works improvement. j The reservoir is to be deepened three feet, the embankments made higher, the bottom of tho reservoir worked over, the misfit hydrants are to be supplanted by new oiiob,. and it is stated that evorything possible will be done te make the plant first-class in all particulars. claimed will involve a tpondituro of $15,000. Beatrice Satterwhito of Martinsville recently eloped with a yoUDg man of Dayton, O., nametl Frank Rudy. Tho young lady i . ,, i:, ..i I . T.l,. anou, O., where her grandparents reside. Of course her family is j j quite wealthy that's where the j "elope ' cornea in. If the family had been poor they'd no doubt ; only be too glad to have gotten I j tbe y0"" n,an m th0 f8imlrI The following figuics from :Dr Swain's forthcoming report; i . . .u.. i .i ..c . i ! have come irem other institutions I of higher learning. Last year , jthoro were but 07. The State I Normal Scheol heads the list with ; '2D, Leland Stanford sonde 7, Earlham 4, DePauw 3, Turdue 3, and Oberlin 2. The University of Michigan, Lake Forest, Cornell, Harvard, Butler nnd Uni versity of isconsiu and many j other well known institutions all over the country aro represented by ono each. Tho total atteadanca at tho fall meeting of the trustees in ISM was 47i; 50'; and iu I'.'tii, (U4. mlSM, :

A New Campaign Is On. This is a money making campaign to every person who buys their goods at the

During November and December. Most of these goods were bought last week and at the lowest prices ever known. Manufacturers needed money. . THIS EXPLAINS ALL. WE PUT ON SALE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7tD :

4,000 j-ards Best Fancy Prints, 4c. yard

5,000 uress uoods at 1,000 2,000 1,500 1,200 All Silk Volvet,

All wool Plaid Flannels, value 25c. , Canton Flannel, 4c. yard.

Bleach Cotton 800

?00 " Heavy Linen Crash, value 10c, at 7c. yd. 50 dozen Ladies' Wool Hose, samples at J price.

35 " Hoods and Fascinators, samples at & price. fi5 " Ladies Misses and Boys Gloves, samples at Ipriea. 40 Ladies' Cloaks, samples at -k price. 75 Misses and Ladies Cloaks, last season's stvles, value 8.00 to $15.00, now $1.50. BEST VALUES IN BOOTS AND SHOES AT THE BANNER. Always remember if there aro any bargains you'll always fiud them at the BANNER. N & CO.

THE Indiana put up more canned goods this yaar than any other State in the Union. Mrs. Hiram Lindley has been visitin? relations in Paoli mini vicinitv j . , . j, " lu Biv.a, jji i.ia icbjucucv, south College Avenue. Charley Weir will vote, and 1 A A . I J 1" a "V1 - I "u," 1 f.u U1S SI " .umo meuicai college at Cincinnati W. T. Hicks and family have been spending a few days with their relatives and friends in Paoli. Mrs. Davhoff. mother of Mrs. Wm. M. Zaring, died at . Salem on Sunday last in her S6th year. S. F. Hines, an attorney who i county, is reportea m witn ma. I , I . i la rial fever, i -Dr. li. A. McGee, Dentist, , . . . . . - J . - -v...... ! Kappa Kappa Gamma. Kanna Aipua tneia, rni ueia rni, etc. The young people enjoyed the occasion hugely, and are already planning for a year hence. John R. Walsh, tho Chicago capitalist, has taken charge of the ; Bedford Quarries Co. 's and the i Bedford Belt Ky. Co.'s offices with a new force of managers and book-keepers. This it is understood is an end of the BreyfogloWinstandley ownership in these valuable properties. Detectives arrested John Kehoe, Saturday evening a woek at Milwaukee, and teok him to Bedford, Ind., where ho is wanted for entering a "ringer" in horseraces last September, winning about $10,000 in prizes and bets. The National trotting association ia pushing the prosecution, and they seem to be in dead earnest. A Hallow'een party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crutcher, south College Aveuue,for their little daughters, Ada and Virgie. It was a highly enjoyed occasion, attended by many of the young friends of the Misses Crutcher. The following were present: Gertrude IlnrI bison, Hattia Smith, Bessie Sear, Blanche Pedigo, Edna Swindler, Ruby lollenbacher, Clyde Lowder, Lillie Lowder, Alice McGcc, Ethel DeMos's, Lillian Hite, Anna Benckart, Iona Whetsoll, Ruby, iv: : j j- "i...l Sutphin, Will Schultz, Herbert Orr, Will Hodge, Parley Millor, Jim Kelly, Roy Frazier, Shellie Hutton, Rodney Brandon and Leon Whetsell. .l. i..l. - A WARDKD Uigtoest Honors World's Fair CREAM MOST PERFECT MADE A pun Grap Cream of Tartar PowJer. Free torn Ammonli, Alum or any othaduHnwt!

40 YEARS THB STANDARD.

a price.

value $1.00, at 59c. yd. at 16fc. yd. Crash, 3-4-c. yard. Mrs. Arnott is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Craig, at Noblesville. Mrs. J. B. Mulky is at Indianapolis, under the care of a. physician. Mrs. Clarence Bicknell and children are visiting the family of E. E. Sluss, west 6th street. Breeden has been in Chicago again buying new goods, and the green bundles are going out thicker than over. The M. E. church at Salem is being frescoed, and Gee Adking has secured the contract foi' doing the work. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. M, D. Wells, west 6th et., died Thursday morning at 6 '- clock after a brief illness.. The funeral services were held at til residence on Friday morning. At Martinsville the rowdies took Uncle Hiram's bicycle aad left it three miles from town. They didn't steal the show, however, as they knew when they had enough. The Farmers' Institute will be held in the court house Decem i r. V ber 21 and 22. The speakerswill be James Ri ley, ef Thorntown, nd. , and D. B. Johnson, of Mocresvillc, Ind. The opera house has been leased by Wm. Leas, who will have personal charge of it. It ia his intention to overhaul the stablithment and make it a desirable and comfortable place at which te pass an evening. Three-tenths of tbe school children you meet now-a-days are. gazing owl-like through spectacles; and one-half the number have aa much real need of them as a healthy man .has for three eyes. Whose fault is this? Indianapolis. Sun. On tha farm of J. B. Lucas who lives in Salt Creek tp., at black gum tree was struck by lightning the latter part of June. It burned about twenty-four hours and apparently went out. But on the third day of October it was discovered on fire, and burned off about twenty feet from the ground. Champion. The usual vandalism was indulged in by half-growa boys, Hallow'een night. Gutter crossings were removed, pickets torn from fences, wires stretched across pavements, etc. The eity marshal located a number of the boys and kept them busy repairing the damage on Thursday morning. Mrs. J. G. I'rniey is visiting her sister, Mrs. Newt. Bennett, in Indianapolis. Ethel DeMoss celebrated- her llth birthday, on Saturday afternoon, from 4 till 8 p.m. Thirty of her young friends were present and en joyed the occasion with her An eleant ropast was served, and Miss Ethel was the recipient of many handsome and valuable gifts, Kirkwood hall, that is now almost completed, will be dedicated Jan. 18th, and it is the hope to make it one of the mo-it interesting occasions iu the history of the institution. Foundation diy is tho 20th, and it is tho intention to celebrate the two occasions tho same day. Gov. Mhtthews has been invited and there is every reason to believe that he will be hero to make the address. An urgent invitation will also be extended to ex-Pres".dent Harrison to attend. A special program ia to ho prepared the Universii v.