Bloomington Progress, Volume 3, Number 30, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 November 1869 — Page 3
BLOOMIHGTOH PROGRESS.
LOCAL AXD MWELLAXKOI X
L. -V. A. .J- CHICAGO RAILiOAlX T1MK TABLE AT lil.OOMIMiToX. Express Ot f! &.-ntn : Arrives t X:S1 r.M. Pi parts at 1:41 r.M Express 7c ((.' Xxrih : Arrives at 3:u" P.M. Depart it 3:1.") l'.M FraUtlit, gom south, arrives sit Mfl a.m Frei-'lit, going nortli. arrive it 3:lt P.M 3 St. SLOAT, Sl t'ESlN- KMENX.
Post qftlce.Tiiaie Tal&le. Time t-f ehulttf nutib, at R(oo;mHjton, !- iiicn't. 7W OJier, i.s a Jc llmr : JL.X.A. &0. K H. south, way, 12 iwi ' " : nortt , way 1 r.M From Dwn Whh.e Hal1., on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 11 a.m From U-.isl.vHle, ITnionvillo, Oak Farm. Spearville, Cleona j.nd Belleville, Satur
days at 1- i'-M From B'oomfi dd, Stanford, bVLberry, 1I..V linville, Park, l.intcn, Worthinirton, Pt. j Commerce, Jasonvitlo, Xovntrk. Silver Creek and Wright, Tuesdays and Fii- ! days, at ' C a.m J
From Bryant s Creek. Saturday?, nt 12 r.M 0?fr pm juriuii Lkr week, frohi o'chfi a.m. to f r.M., andvt &ktndj, from 9 to 10 o clock's M. J. GLASS McPH EETERS, P.M.
Egg-Loc JfoTios tkx cksts XJKE, VOR Kf.CU 1XSKSTIOS. "K
Cliips ami Splinters. Now comes T. J. Sharpc of E1--lottsville, with a gallon of Sorghum molasses, of Ins own manufacture, two sh ulcs lighter than any wo have jet sanpled. Mr. Sharpc runs l is aiolassas oil into wooden tanks, instead of pouring it into jars, as is practiced by the majority of mo losses m; kers, and he says it spreads over the bottoms of the boxes, is rapidly cooled, and is invariably of a rich straw color. Out of the cane raisee. on a fraction les.s than onethird of an aero, Mr. Sharpc made one hundred and one and one-halt" gallons of molasses or at the nte of 303 gallons to the acre. "W-.io can make a better showing? Bishop Simpson has been chosen to preside over the deliberations of Indiana Conference of the M. E, Church, which will meet in Bloomingijii. early in next September
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'White's Newspaper Files are advertised in another column. Every one who takes a newspaper, should file it for future reference. Heretofore the difficulty has been to get a'sei-viceable Newspaper File, and at the same tirae, a cheap one. For sale at the Postoflice, at 50c. each. I. Sant ers & Sons have a very large stock of the celebrated Seymour Woolen Goods at their larm bouse, which they will exchange lor Wool. They would call particular attention to an article of Overcoating, which they believe to be unsurpassed in this market. Also, to their Jeans and Flannels. These goods were awarded the first premium at the Monroe County Agricultural Fair. Sanders & Sons believe they can offer superior inducements to those holding Wool, and would at least solicit a call from the wool growers of the surrounding country, before tin y dispose of their clip. Wast -:d Fifty Young Men, at the Telegraph Institute, Indianapolis, India an, to become Operators.
There are situations for all "who qualify. Send for circular. 4v $30 worth of sc rip, for sale at this office. Wantei. The public to know that the Bryant & Stratton Business College, at Indianapolis, is the only Institution of its grade in the State. Send for Circulars. 4w $30 wor;h of scrip, for sale at this office. --- 3gk.Tobe Smith says he will sell a genuine American witch, in coin silver ' cases, for .$15, and other
watches for 6 and upwards. He
has added new and improved machinery to his work shop, with which to do watch repairing, and he says lie can now'do it for one-half the amount charged by others says he puts in new parts, instead of repairing the works, so that a watch is as good as new, when it passes through his shop. For Tobacco and Cigars, remember to go to Shoemaker & Co's, on the south side of the public square. They liave the largest and most varied stock of Wall Paper ever brought to Blooinington, and triii It for purchasers. Don't neglect to examine the Rustic Window Shade, Bold by this firm it is neat, sub
stantial and pretty. Big stoek of Drugs received last week. "If the Court knows itself, and it thinks it do," the best place in the town ta buy jewelry, gold pens, &:., is at John P. Smith's, west side of the square. John has just received new goods, his agents have ransack
ed the Indies, a-ici. searched the country from Greer land's Icy mountains to Afrie's golden strar d, for the richest, rarest, and best goods. Go and sec what he ha-; added to 'ab stock of jewels raro. They are closing out a la 'ge stock of Boots ai d Shoes, at Je New York Store, and tell them cheap, to effect thai; object. An intense degree of intarest is manifosfccd by the ladies, in the stock oi' iieh I'nrs which has jeen received by Tuley & Co. All the choice Furs are represented in the Muffs, Viotorines and Gloves they now have in store. Go and examine; the Buttons, Xress Trimmings, Collars, etc.
company,
which exhibited at City Hall, kst week, stopped at Wabash, this State, not very long ago, and after incurring for hall rent:, license, printing, etc., expenses to the amount of 71, they took in as door money, the unparalleled sum of two dollars and a h ilf. As eight shows have been "swamped" at Wabash, and have .heir instruments and baggage in pawn for board, ic may.be considered a good town tor those who are in 'the profession" to keep away from Many papers in the
Sttte are hunting up their "old men," and making the most of them some of then even putting on airs over men f 90 years. Now, there is a man living about four miles south of Bloomi-igton, named William Ross, who was born M:.y 1, 1759. This is not an empty assertion ; tha old gentleman referrtd to is healthy and active, and can be found at home, when not squirrel hunting, by tl ose at all curious as to the statistics of longevity It is stated by some of the
invest .neut. To tli2 end then, that justice may be dor e our county, we suggest that our leaders make notes of all the facts that will enhance the value of the land, and magnify the importance of this locality in the eyes of people at a distance Ben. McGce tells a good story about how he "acted the We can't tell a story worth a pair of pants, but Ben. can. Ask him Hogs are in extraordinary demand in this market, Alex Suthor! nid is offering nine cents gross, with but few takers. John Blakely, who lives just south of town, has eight hundred head of hogs, for which we learn 1 e refuses
nine eents, believing the price will be higher still. As his hogs will average, we are told, about 250 lbs., a qur.rtcr of a cent r ise or fall, will make a difference of about four hundred dollars in the price of his entire lot. But what will the masses of the working people do, with pork at such figures for meat an out-door worker must have. Pork steak is now to be retailed, so a bu cher tolls us, at 20 cen ts J. L. Hughes, "Bock" for short, says he n jw has steady employment for an in definite period of imc; got a claim to collect. It will be "several lengths of period" before he succeeds in collecting it. Buy a P. O. money order, Bock An individual waxed eloquent, in our hear-
A DlFFKRKNCK OK OPIMOX. In speaking of a letter which came to our office, and to which we referred last week, our neighbor says ; 'Tliat lfttor was plainly direct.-d to T. O. l'ursfi ; it veiw taken out of the IVwtotBcc and op.-nod hv W. A. Gabo, and the ccntonts made public through hi paper." The facts are, that the letter was directed, "Mr. (and a something that looked like a worm struck by lightning,) and then "Progress Office, Bloomington, Indiana." The Postmaster deposited the letter in our drawer, because he could not make
it read anvlhing but "Mr.
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Mew Advertisements I8B3,
Progress Office," so he tells us, but t'ae Captain says?, it "was plainly directed T. C. Fund." Our faith i :i the Postmaster is unshaken, Cap. Attokkeys. N. Yam Horn, late of the firm of Harvey & Van Ilorn-of Tndiai .apolis, has located in Bloomington, f jr the practice of his profession. Mr. Ya s HoPvN is well known to many of our old citizens, having
been some years ago a member of
the Law School, at the State University, where ho graduated in the Spring of 1859. Since then he practiced in Tipfon county, and
i afterwards in Indianapolis, from
which place he removed to Bloomington. He occupies the law office C'f Judge HrciiiES, north of the public square, and has formed a
partnership with that gentleman, who contemplates resuming the prac-
Indianapolis papers, that a law was ciK.cted by the Legislature, last m inter, prohibiting the use of spring balances. The laws should be published in at least two papers of each county, so that he people may kne w when they are violating them and making themselves liable to prosecution Villainous weather we l ave had durhtg the past eight weeks snow, ie;: and rain, when we should have had the balmy
breezes anel voluptuous haze of
fndian summer but there's one insolation, almost everybody knovs
vvnen we nau just "sucn anotner spell;" or rather old Mr. Winter-, green does, t.nd it was along in the Fall of eighteen hundred and twenty, or thirty, or forty, or something. It is truly wonderful how weather will develop the memory Our correspondent at Harrodsburg,
is requested to let us have any well authenticated items of general interest that nmy come under Ins notice. These favors are appreciated We were somewhat hasty in moving Frank Braxtan up into Ilichland township, some weeks ago, from Lawrence county, but he is there now, at least he has ordered the Progress start to his address, which is pretty good evidence of his citizenship Congress will meet one week from next Montlay, that
being the 6th day of December Frank Fee sells n choice articlo of butter (when he has it,) at
35 cents for or e pound, but when he sells over two pounds, 85 cents' worth, he Lm t get a cent . Ask
Frank to tell the story there's a moral connected with it The census taker wil 1 make his visit to 1 he
house of every larmer, manufacturer and mechanic, in 1S70. This important individual calls upon the
! people but once in ten years, aiid
cnd!avors to got a correct statement
of the number of head of stock ar.d value, the yield of different cror.s, number of acres cultivated, average yield per acre, etc.; and to the censas reports, persons refer when endeavoring to ascertain the standing and resources of a county. If a well informed farmer of Ohie, sells his land for ten or fifteen thousand dollars and desires to re-iuve&t in Indiana, at some; point where he can buy all the land ho may need f jr fiye thousand dollars, and still have a surplus to make hiru an income, he looks at the census report, and if Monroe county makes a favorable showing, we doubtless secure a good citizen, and bit makes a satisfactoiy
ing, yesterday, over a quarter ecc- j tice Qf his profession in Monroe
tion he had recently bought, out in j county, at an oarly day. We call "Mi.-zoo-rce," anel was counting attention tc their card, in another
sixtr-hvc oushels of wheat to the, column.
acre, corn four barrels to the hill, and so on. An old man who stood near, listened 'till the western fever had run its course, ami then gave his acquaintance a chill, as follows: "Oh, yes, you just wait 'till neixt February, wh.en the wind is blowing across them prairies with a. force of two hundred horse-power to the square inch, and the snow drifting forty feet deep, and you'll wish yourself in a patch of Indiana beech timber. I've been thar!"
SHERIFF'S
kt
isy virtue of a certified coiiv of a decree
to me directed from tha Clerk of the Monro) Circuit Court, in a cause wherein William Illakelv is plaintiff and John Scholie
ind Kosana .Schobel ara defendants, requir
ing mo to make tlio sum ot seven Hundred and forty-live dollars and seventy-five cents with interest on said decree and eo.ts,
I will expose at public sale to the hii'hest
bidder, on
Saturday, December Ifith, 18G9,
between the hour) of 10 o" clock A. M., and
I o clock V. M., ot said l.iv at. the door of
flic court hou.-e of .Monroe county, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding
ven years, ot tho following described real
estate, to-wit :
Part of out-lot No. sixty-throe; that por
tion of it beirinniii!' at t')0 north-east cor
ner of said Lot si.',y-threo ; thence wot to flic creek; lln ni-u with said creek to Schobol's line; thence east tc tho street - thence north to the beginnin.?, containing one acre more or lesa, with tho buildings and improvements. If such rents and profits will not sell for a suliieieiit sum to satisfy said decree, interest and cost-, I will, nt ti e same time and place, expose to public -;:ile the fee simple ef gatd real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree, interest and costs.
Said sale will be made without any relief
whatever from valuation and appraisement laws. LAWSON E. MeKINNEY, nov24 Y.O yr'.i Sheriff Monroe CO.
FALL TRADE. I
Headquarters for Boots and Shoes.
Chased Co.
I32f.3. SnRYEK On Friday, October !!0, 1869, Lou is .v, wife of L. O. Shryer, aged 71 years on the day of her death. 0 Harrier's Weekly, tho leading Pictorial Paper of the country, is advertised in another column. No better Family Paper can be found. o oFop. Sale. Any young man intending to go to the Indianapolis Business College, can buy 30.00 worth of Scrip at this office. -tm Dixon Stewart of Lost Creek township, is oue of the heavy tax iiayers in the county. Dixon has a
icoioreei stun, out nc is aoout as near j right as the majority of white men. He is an excellent farmer, and at- ! tends to his own business. Tcrre Haute, Journal, Democratic. j Talk sweet about him, Journal,
r -l t : i-Ufilf 1 V -L MUY It) Witt lll LW U.lt -Monday was a busy I , ;
ay with our business men those m 0l that had bills to make out, or loafers Judge Hughes left Bloomtc talk to. It rained, it snowed, it . ington for Washington City, on last
hailed, anel by way of variety, we Monday.
had thunder and lightning it was
lovely day for business
What should be done to a man who wo.ikl hitch his hcrsc out in a storm like that of Monday ? "Cruel," is not sufficiently expressivo to use as a term for such treatment The "sensation'' of the past week, hafi been the announcement of a fashionable marriage, to take place to-morrow, at the First Presbyterian
Church
Since November 1st, the following
parties have been granted license to many: Cornelius Hurley and Sarah F, Helms, W.B. Shipman and Sarah Back, W. X. Matthews and Ada H. Johnson, P. Reeves and Priseilla Jones, Oscar Souder and Sarah Gordon, Newton Tetcr and Susan Adkins, John M. Weaver and Mary E. Vandevender, Jos. Friel an;l Nancy J. Speers, John Gosncy and Matilda Byers, W. T. Lemon ami Annie E,
Howe, Wra. B. Hadd and Margaret Ayers, Milton V. Saddler and Minnie Smith We met Ivoon, the hoop-skirt man, one day lost week, in company with Chas. Coulter, of Indianapeilis, in furious search of a man. There was some talk of a chip being knocked off of a chap's shoulder, &c. But Koon" tells tha story Bunger & McKinley , both Bloomington men, have sold out their4?ardware store, at Gospor;, and, it is rimoieel, will go into business in thi.l plae;c. . - . mt -pi If you have a discharge from the nose, oflensivc or otherwise, partial loss of the sense of smell, taste or hearing, eyes watering or weak, feel
dull and .stupiel or debilitated, paiu
"Co to lio "flSoomisigtfon MILLS," ttnd get a barrel or sack of "The Ladies Favorite" White Wheat Flour, Their Flour took the First Premium at our County Fair, over ell other Flour. tf
QIIEIUFF'S SALE.
Ilv virtue of a ccrt' f d copy of a decree to
me directed from tbo Clerk of the Mon
roe circuit court, in a cause wherein
Thomas Moore is plaintiff, an 1 Mary Ann Kerr and Isaac Adk'ms are defendants, requiring me to make the sum of eleven hundred and five dollars and five c nts, with interests on said decree and costs, I will expose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on Saturday, December 18th, 1809, between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m., and 4 o'clock p.m., of said day, at the door of the court house of Monroe county, tl o rents and profits for a term not excelling seven years, of tho following described real estate, te-wit : Commencing ixty-si:c feet, west of tho southeast corner ...f Out-lot No. twenty-eight of '.ho town of Jlloomington ; thence north one hundred and thirty-two feet: thence west seventy-seven feet ; thenco south one hurelred and thirty-two left; thence east eight-four feet to the place of beginning. If such rents and prulil will not sell for a sutlicicnt sum to fatlify said decree, interests and costs, I will, at the same time and place expo;o at public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sullleient ti discharge said decree, interest end costs. Said sale will be made without any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement I- A WSON E. M rrCTNNKY, nov24 lSOn ;u Sheriff Monroe Co.
Reail lEstate Transfers, For the week ending Nov. 20, reported by V. II. Jones, lletforder: Phelse llaidisrjc to John Scott, ton acres of Land in Clear Creek township, S'JOO 00. Anthony Sjngley to Klla A. Taylor and Carnline A. 1 road well, ninety acres of Land in Indi jn Creek townsliip.!?:i00 01). Peter Uolenbncher to Sarah .lane Campbell, parts of jji-loUWi and 07, in the Town of 151o'inint;;on, $0f0 00. Andrew A. Ali son to" Henry Henly, 40 acres of Land in Marion township, $800 00. Lawson E Mci.vinncv. Sheriff, to J. W.
Archer, a small portion of Land in Bloomington township, $96 00. A. Ketcham sold a Chester White hog to Is. Aelkius, on Tuesday last, wUich weighed seven hundred and forty -five pounds gross, at 9c. per pouuel $07:05.
Toms Smith has nice presents for every child in Monroe county. Notice to IVon-fiiesidcuts. The State of Indiana, Monroe Co., in the Circuit Court, May Term, 1870. Alex. Nicholson tw. John Kerr, Mnry Ann Kerr, Tho.nas Mooro nnd Isaac Adking.
Now romiM til l plaintiff, by Hughes S; T-r ..... ... -1 1.:."
QIHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of n certified decree to mo directed from tho Clerk of idio Monroe Circuit Court, in a oauso wherein Em.dcy McDowell is plaintiff, and Horry Owens and M.irgarot Owens r.re defendants, requiring m . to make the sum cf two hundred and ninety-eight dollar. and cents, with interest on said decree, and costs, I will expose at public jalo to tlw highes-t bidder, ou Saturday, December 18th, 18C9, between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M. of said day, at the door of tho Court House of Monroe County, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, thj following described real estate, to-wit: The northeast fourth of tho northwest quarter of section twenty-five, township seven, north of range two west.
If such rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, inte
rest anel costs, I. win, at .he same time, and place, expose to public falo tho foe simple of said real estato, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree,
interest ami cets.. Said sale will be mnde without any relief whatever tVom-valuation or appraisement laws. LAWSON E. Mc.KINNEY, novlfi 'oy-'ifw Sheriff Monroe co.
West Side of the Square, Are Now Opening the Largest and most complete stoek of Boots and Shoes, ever brought to this Market. BUYING IN THE BEST AND LOWEST MARKETS FOR CASH,
THEY CAN AND WILL SELL AT THE Lowest XojssITdIo
THEY RENEW THEIR OFFER TO NEAR BY COUNTRY MERCHANTS, To Duplicate any Cincinnati Bill. Having been in the market at the time of the lateHnpreeedentcd competition between the through freight lines, THEY WERE ENABLED TO SECURE THE SHIPMENT OF THEIR GOODS AT ONE-FIFTH THE USUAL RATE. This, with other advantages they possess, enables them! retail their goodn at WHOLESALE P&ICES.
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.t i l.i i i i Van Horn. Attoraevs. and files his comor pressure m the head, take cold jlllllinl u;Qin togethe-r with an afidavit. vjasiliy, you may rest assured that j that said def;ndimt, John Kerr, is not ft ; ,, . , -1 resident of th; Stato of Indiana. you have the Catarrh, thousands! ifotico h tiiereforc hereby given said doannually, without manifesting half! tnflt ,.'n,Uss h:!.bo &m"MTO) J ' " ii,., J i-.r flir nflvf. form ff Ai t ..i ft? nit.
01 the above Bymptoms, terminate Court, to be l.oldei on the first Monday of
in consumption and end in
grave. No disease is so common,
more deceptive or less understood
11. 11. Campbell Seelye's Catarrh
Remedy a perfect Specific for Catarrh, "cold in the head," or catarrhal headache.
by physicians.
is Agent fur
1,,, May, A. v.i iiv, at uio jmm iiouse in
lilOOmillglOn, III sn:l i."iv, ami unit.-, and answer oi." demur to said complaint, the sit mo will bo heard nd determined in his absence "YVitnesfi, mv nan'.e, nnd tho seal of said Court, affixed "at liloomington, this 23d day of November, A.. 1) iao. KOU.K1.T C. FOSTER, Clerk. Bloomingtcu, lad., Nov24w3
Millinery. Miss M. A. Roliinson han opened a stock of Millinery Goods, in the room formerly occupied by Mrs. McCollough, and in a card in to-day's paper, invites the ladies to call.
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cook:,coburn&co. Advertising Agents, Chicago,
mrtUt for w t par ft our . oriitttrf. Jgatt fir all Xwnpn f in tiie U. S. 'Wd Jyritmifs.
VERTISE
BR. WHITTBER.
A Regular Graduate of Medi-
icinc, as diploma at otlico will show, Inv
bc'-n longer cneagetl in the treatment ot
Vcneral, Sexual and Private diseases,!
than any other physician in bt. Louis.
Syphilis, tconorrhca, bluet, btneture,
jOrchitis, Hernia, and Kupture; all Urinary Diseases and iSyphilitic or Mercurrial
Atle.'tiona ot the Threat, bkin, or Hones'
are treated with unpirrrJlulcd success.
Wpermatorrliea, bexual XJeuility ana impotency as the result of self-abuso inl
vouth, sexual excess in mature years, or
other causes, and winch proilueu some of
itho followiriii effects, as ntcturnal emis-1
sions. blotchjs, debility, dizziness, dim
ncss ot sight, confusion ot ideas, cvili forbodings, aversion to society of females,
loss ot Memory ana sexual power, and
rendering marriage improper, aro per
mancutly cure:!.
IDr. "VVhittier piblishes ft Medical,
Pamphlet relatini; to vcneral diseases
and tho disastrous and varied conso-H
iim.n.rc rP f'-tilii 14 '. that, will )ii nlll
Hto any ntklrcsn in ft sealec. envelope toi
iwu i:iiiips. iiaii i.niii. iiiiis imivuncr
patients to the doctor after reading his medical par iphlet. Communication coa-
tiitentiiu. A mer.c.iy talk will cost you nothing. OlBco central, yet retired J
ao. 01 7 St., Charleston st., bt. Louis, Mo
Hours, 0 a. M. to 7 S. M., Sundays 12 to
1. M.
jiovlw4.
9ESBEBI DSSBBa
$15 to $2$Q per month euaranteed. Sure pr.y. Salaries paid weekly tc Agents everywhere selling our Patent Em-tas'ht; iPftitz V'ire Clothes Line. Call nt, or write for particulars to the Girard Wire Mills, 201, Forth Third H' ., Philadelphia, Pa.
S Si o e Shop, KEIVIIY Jj. IJIEWSO.V, has opened a Shop, ovoi yinuHi Kuhn's storo room, on tho west side of Uio public sipiare, and is now prepared to manufacture Calf and Kip Boots, to order, in tho most workmanlike manner, and at reasonable prices. Repairing promptly attended to. 8" 'Rcniembcr tho place over Simon KaidisJ store room. Uloominj;ton, ind., sopt. 1, 18G9.
"Posters done, on white or colored paper,
Jl
at the l'rogr oaf. office.
60 TO THE
SHOEMAKER & CO.
For
Wall Papeb (HEADY TRIMMED.)
Tobacco and CIGARS.
Bo Carefully YUlti.
CIRCULARS,
HilNIEO CHKtPLY, AT THIS OFFICE.