Bloomington Progress, Volume 19, Number 14, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 June 1885 — Page 3
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Go to the Bee Hive Dry Goods Store for bargains, this week.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
MOIfON ROUTE. XMMMlIt, Nn Albany Ckieafo RailMtav Tram Tabu at fiMomaerw. Arrival, aoing -Sort: Chieag? Day Mall,... U!43a.m T Migfct Kxpree,.. 11;45p.m ArrWta. urine 8eth : LoatsYul Day Hall,... 30r 4o Micht KxproH,.. lee Ge.ral AdwtUing Card.
FoK Cultivators, Salky Bakes, Revolving Bake, alkiods Pcbk fnrit juices naed by Geo. BcBckart m his sods sy rupe. He prepared a h of pineappksM-nd last Week worked them op into syrup. Yo won't get any poisonous extracts at Benekarts. wkm Jost received a car load of Sash, Doors and Blinds; also a car load of Nails. McPheeters Hardware Co. Our Window Shades are finer than the finest and cheaper than the cheapest; to see is to be convinced. Call and examine. McPheeters Hardware Co. NiCB KBW styles of spring shoes for Ladies and Young Men,joat received by Blair. GET something good while yon re getting shoe. Call at Blair's and see the new styles.
aT All my Stoga Boots moat go
downgothe aarYoa will save money by taking in a pair of Frew Kip Boots, atft T5-Wr price $5 and S nwnair These eaJ be found
aT Prices reduced, on Winter
Goods only, to olean up stock, at W. T. Blair's.
plica of groceries are week by Wiubos,
fata iatha -Magic Yeast Cakes"
and tha "Empire Baking rowoer.
All tha novelties in groceries can b found in this house. All goods delivered fret of charge. Wasted Solicitors ; good wages d steady employment guaranteed. Must give a good bond. Address, wr call on T. J. Baiaen, Mitchell, Indiana. may37 BrKBAKK Potatoes for Seed, on ealeetl. Milt. Rogers, 1 mile east, on Sogers' Pike.
FBI
red eaeh
NOW THAT THE
COMMENCEMENT Season Approaches. AND LADIES ITV SEAR OH OE Kae Parasols, Fans, Collars or Ties, and
Newest
Style
Slier
ABE
OR OTHER FINE DRESS GOODS, . m Trrvwnei rptTT?
LOOKING FOR THE STOKE IktAL jvjto xnn
MOST COHFLETE STOCK, McCALLA & CO. EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL, ASKING THEM TO EXAMINE THE
CHOICEST STOCK EVER SEEN,
HEBE.
ElwilLinl New Natwear.
For Choice Groceries . or Cream Flour, James B. Clark, Grocer, Next to Poetoffice, Takes the lead in Bloomington. Cbbam Flour takes the lead in all the kitchens of the city. There is no soch word as fail, in breadmaking, where Cream Flour is used. Sold by J. B. Clark. Ckeam Floitb makes the sweetest, whitest bread. J. B. Clark sells it.
tx watch bo matter how COS'-
!- be expected to go when the mar -,.rtnS won't operite? Of course yon say -Ho cannot." .Yet thousands of people drag aloe miserable in tbat condition ; . . . . i a. . ... wilr with
vet mck mneo, out mi - --
If yon want to see some fun, go to Class Day, 2 o'clock on Tuesday. It k not generally known that nutmegs are poisonous, but Dr. Palmer writes to the American
Journal of Pharmacy detailing the
case of a lady who nearly died from eating a nutmeg and a half, and he points out the fact thai the toxic effects of the drug 8 re described in both the National and the United States Dispensatories. Dost buy a watch till you see my goods and learn my prions. The finest grado for tbe least raoncj. All man
ner oi repairing aone prompuy muranted. ilowo'a coruor. Commencement visitors "should
not leave town till they see Tobe Smltli'a vniwWfiil Raz.ir. It is a
.mfrt end energy. MkM.h r- " , . i
bottle or two ot ranters j.r.nic u!ogCT ttttng man Oioai targe ciuj tlmm all right. -Try it, and get batk !
your health "J ..pints.
I -r ..11 i iL J
to borrow I you want to iook iu uie uu
' nftrTf voo want
-l,.,. .mtit lnwrpst rates, or
w oiure vnur Droperty, call Bloom iugtoi
M JSA8T CL JAHT"
W have a lull line of Oliver Chilled Plows and Repaint, McPheetan Hardware Co. Rakes, Hoes, Shekels, 8pades f-allTarieties. McPheeters Hard-
Co.
Wabaak Scratch, and Itch, cored as atiantem, by Woodford's SanHary Xtisa. TJsa no other. This sever fails gold by H. Lfodley, Praggw. aoria-y Tows SMITH, the indefatigable notion dealer, baa just returned from Cincinnati where be purchased 18.000 worth of goods, soch as
knives of all kinds, fancy cups, toilet soaps, silverware, statuary-
well there is no use trying to enumerate, it can't be done. Just go nod look for yourself, and be sure to take some money along, so yon can snatch op some of tbe bargains. It U a bigger-show than the New Orleans Exposition, and don't cost yon a cent. Fineat stock of Wall Paper ev-
rkentw the county. McPheeters
Hardware Co.
if vou'j dy line of fine shoes and slipyers of tv call ' Bloomington call on ED. WHIT-
iJELL, at tbe New YorkStore.
Bee Hive has the roast complete
line of Boots and Shoes in town.
A number of dead lish bavej been washed up on the beach at Long Branch. The theory tbat their death was eaused by Tennyson's poem whieh came over the cable a few days ago, seems plausible.
Liberal wool buyers are McCalla & Co. Take y jur wool to their house. Worthington Times: The worms are destroying the gooseber
ries in this section. ' Tbey eat the
leaves eleaa from the bosh, which
nes the berry to shrivel. The
only way to destroy the pest effect
ually is to spread a cloth under the
bash, shake the worms off. and
treat them to a bath of bot water.
Bbbao tbe great staff of fife is all tha better for health for being
extra good. Thai is the kind Benekart, the baker, bakes. Everybody that has eaten this bread
will eat it asaia. xttasn
C. eua SEcuedl; Horn.
BTM DEBTAKKB8
jud BKuaas m
Metallic Sarin! Caskets, Cases and Coftsns. Hearse and Carriages fur-
aiahed to order. Orders by tele
graph will receive prompt attention. Shop on College Avenue,
north end of W. O. Fee's Build
ing, Bloomiagton, I ndiana.
A Favokite Hotel is tha Or-
okard Hoom, tUoated opposite tbe depot.
Tbe baaaa ia large, eonTeniently arrangea, aad the rooms are comfortably furnished
Goad beds, a well suppl ied table all tbat sust eae orient deura, ere to be found
befe. Well arranged sample rooms are
atted ap in tbe OrehaM House, and um nereial traralen will find tbe Orchard i
good boose at which to stop. Meals supplied to persona at reasonable figures.
Orchard A sob are toe proprietors.
J. W. Dickson has 4 town lots oa Orant and Third St., wbieb Le desires o sell. He will also sell bis meat shop aa be iateada to go west next Hiring.
The Board of Pension Examiners petitioned for has been appointed, and are as follows: Dr. J. E. Harris, Dr. J. G. McFheetera, and Dr. Simpson of Harrodsburg. Buy your Parasols at Cravens' Banner store in the Fee Corner. Ladies will do well to examine theJParasol stoek at Cravens' Banbefore buying elsewhere. The average price of milk cows in Indiana is $35 ; in Illinois 35 ; in Ohio $36 50 ; in New Jersey $39 38 ; in New York $36 33
California $38, and Colorado $40-
60. The Average for the U ited
States $31 34 per head. There
are 13,501,206 milk cows in all the States.
White goods of every description at Cravens' Banner store. Produce of all kinds wanted at Cravens' Banner store. . In all the cities of the east arid
south preparations are being made against cholera, which is likely to break out in the United States, at any 'moment. In 1832 the cholera made its appearance in
Canada in June. Groceries cheap at the "Banner" grocery.
Call on Soddy Carmichael, with Cravens' Banner store. "The silver dollar most go," sajs a bloated exchange. The one that we had went long Bgo. We
had expected to get hold of another
one before their coinage was stopped, but there is a great deal of uncertain ty connected with it. Goaport Reporter : Stinesville, the boys say has some of the largest suckers in it of any other town
of it size in the State. A sharp
passed through here Saturday selling soap. He would pot a five dollar bill and the soap in a.i envelope then he would sell it for three dollars, and there was three foolish
enough to buy, but when they opened the envelope, lo aud behold
the bIl was not there. V e are
sorry to say that two of them were
about the oldest men in town.
Call at the Hardware store of
The National house is being painted a dark red, which greatly improves its appcarauce. Sixty-three Democratic members of the legislature are applicants for Federal positions. Col. Charles Denby, of Evansvill has been appointed Minister to China. Another good appointment from Indiana. Public school examinations in Rooms 1, 2, 3, and i on Friday, June 5th, 1885, commencing at 9 o'clock a. m. In afternoon in Rooms 5, 6, 1 and 3, beginning at o'clock p. m. Parents are invited to attend. At colored school morning and afternoon. No one has a monopoly of dull times and poor trade; it is common to all vocations except the positions which pay salaries. It is even dull with eouuty officers and attorneys, but the prospect for a fine legal grist at the September term is unusually promising. It is said that peace is now as
sured between England and Russia. A war between two such powers j would have been no little affiiir, and the great Premier in averting war while maintaining the honor of England, has gained his greatest victory and earned the gratitude of all civilized nation. Gladstone js an honor to the human race the foremost man in all tbe world. The Young People's Temperance Union has been properly organized and the following officers
Farmers take your Wool to MoCalla & Co., and get the cash. The Directors of tlieMouroc
County Agricultural Society are preparing a premium list for the contemplated Fair next Fall. The artesian well force are inserting the iron tubing. The Bloomington well has been a losing investment for the contractors. The rushing up and down 6th street in front of the livery stable, of clumsy farm horses during the past two weeka, shows tbat the "boss trado" is opening briskly. A default was taken against Jno. C. New aud D.Aft . Browning, at Indianapolis, several weeks ago, in Juo. M. McGee's suit for libel. But so soon as the attorneys for defendants were notified; they had the default set asidti. . The salaries of city officers are as follows: Mayor200; Treasurer, $375; Clerk, $375; Attorney, $125; Marshal and Street Commiasioner, $600; Assessor, $50; Sexton of Cemetery, $25 ; Fire Chief $25 ; Couuciluien, $10. The election for County Superintendent came off on Monday af
ternoon, r rank Axtell being i
candidate for re-election. There
are 6 Democratic Trustees and 6
Republicans, and the Democrats
with Thrasher of Van Buren (Republican) voted for John B. Hazel
of Van Buren tp. Hazel is a Re
publican.
An incendiary fire occurred
elected : President, D. C. Stewart j three miles east ot town on Tuesday
Vice President, Minnie Howe; Secretary, Belle Maxwell; Treasurer, B. F. Adams, Jr. Executive committee on program, arrangements, Ac. Miss Minnie Howe, Chairman, Miss Ada Bluir, Miss Idelle Bieknell, Miss Lottie Faris, Miss Mollie Waidron, W. A. Rawles, Elmer Smith. The Progress will contain a full account of Commencement pro-
Iceedings, as heretofore. ihose
who .wish to send a report to their friends will do well to send the
night of last week, by which ,Mrs
Florence Miller lost her farm house
with its contents. The tracks of a supposed incendiary were discov
ered near the house. There wrs
$600 insurance on hoax and fumi ture.
Up at Stinesville, the other day, a half-dozen women with their
babies rigged out in white caps anc
blue ribbons, the little cherubs look
Jug as sweet as possible, met and
agreed to decide by vote who had
After ballotiuj
' .Via mftiuct llilllV
' . , . . . . I continuously for nine hours, tbi:
tO-daV. At will coiliam nil Jiiurn-ai- i . . x , . . caucus adjourned without an elec T ..-,4. a! t Vi nwnlt.ilCA, in T I Mill f
IIlK (HXUUU I Ul 1 tIC TAITIWWT, IH ".leva. 11 i , 11 ! . , . Ition, tins .ugliest vote each darling
OrulT, it rrjmiT. "I n"-'inr vi 1
the work of tbe Board of lri stces, and a full list of the visitors f the week. Persons who entertain guests will confer a favor by letting us know of it. The public are interested in knowing who our visi-
received being one on each ballot
Every woman went home mad, and declaring that the returns wew
fraudulent.
A new time table will go int
effect on the L. N. A. & C. next
Sundav. June 7th. 1885, Th
tors are
Saturday, the dOth, was not a ti -f the dav trtting NoSi l and
fair day for the memorial exercises in honor of our dead soldiery. Yet
a large crowd of people were in the city, and the exercises uncler the
will be materially shortened, eacl
arriving here from one half t
three quarters of an hour earlier
On these trains will be run Pull
auspices of the G. A. R. were ap-, man Chajr (jars between Chicago
Bill Nye was recently written to by a democratic friend inquiring how he enjoyed tbe journey up Salt
River. William replied that "the progress of the Republican party
p Salt lliver is being seriously im
peded just at present by the great
swarms of suckers coming down
who went up twenty-four years ago." j
-A Michigan man claims to V 1
iiave been nuracuiousiy cureu oi
rheumatism which had made him
Helpless for many months. His Hired man was carrying a hive of
bees through hi -room and dropped
The patient is now an active
member of society, and says be is
thankful to an inscrutable 1'rovi-
uence.
English consols, which have
of late been the most watched quotation on the markets of the world,
amount in value to 3,500,000,000, on which the annual interest is $145,000,000. They constitute a perpetual'obligation of the United
Kingdom, bearing 3 per cent. n-
terest and representing an irredeem-
ble principal. For seven years
back they have not been quoted as,
ow as at present, their fluctuations
being confined to between 90 and
100. The idea oi the coosol, and
wherein it differs from our nation
al debt, is that the principal may
vary in amount, but the interest
never, lne word consul, oy-tue
way, is an abbreviation of "consol
dated annuities."
Fresh and New. ALL THE CLOTHING A T
13 CORNER
Fi0 Moth eaten or . damaged Goods. snide or shoddy shelf-worn good for auction pnrpoMS. RUT tn verJ 'utcst designs! a styles and patterns. OUR. prices MUST be lower than anybody's.
TShONE PRICE c,0"KS
18
the
CiOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE.
It 3jr
fe4 'into
Pktkbsos's Magazine. We have before ua the curreat number of this well-known favorite of the ladies' monthly. It U a aplendid number, with . mrf. nlaxr of steel-enKraviDn, eel-
l feahWm-nlatae. colored pattern! for
the work-table, tale, poetry, etc. UaaWmIIv. Peteraon" ia not only tbe
bat, Int tbe cheapaft magaaioe of Ha kind, being but two dollars year to afcta . Ft ft .sla.lk It im all II.IIM
.till wtth crest inducement to toeae cat-
tine P eloba. Subaeribe to no magaaioe uatil too have aern a eopr of "Petaraoa."
Hueeiinna are east gratia, if wrfttoo for tnporaoaawkowwhtogetapclttba. Ad,bi ObarbH J. Pcterton, 3as Cbeitmit Wreat, rbilaleljhl Fa,
DO TOU WANT THEM? "We have
tbnw baadaome building lots, lying side bv side, on west 7th street, which will be
sow ia a way, juwaan a r wiu.
Tod ought to examine the new
u of tawrirv at Henrv Xouraer.
Some of tbe most bancUom goods in tbe
nuurkot at bis store.
Artie.es of Jewelry for Com
mencement ought to be sought al
ter now. Henry Tourner in Howe's
corner, has an entirely new selec
tion. Go and see it.
What fe termed the "latest
swindle" is thus exposed; Two
men called on a farmer and repre sent themselves to be photograph
era. xney agree to iurnisn me tanner with a photograph of his bousefor 50 cents. Tbe farmer signs an agreement to receive tbe photograph at the price named, which agreement turns up in due time as a promissory note for a goodly sum. A immense display Commencement goods at Bee Hive dry goods store this week. Gom rimmed spectacles and eyeglauMK in altstyles, at Henry Tourner's Jewelry store, in Howe Corner.
Columbus Republican: Col.
Matn has again endeared himself
to the shiiis of this district by
having the entire pension board a
Martinsville changed. The old board had two ex-soldiers and an
other 'mcient physician. The change
was made over the protest of the
r. A K., of soldiers generally and
of tlie chairmnn of the Democratic county committee, who wrote Matson urging ln;n not to make the change. i'lip soldiers of the Filth district are a good while learning what a lYuurt Col. Msttson is but rhv arc learning if HfWually.
nrooriatelv carried out. After the
a parade of the boys in bine on the public square was over, the crowd assembled in the court house where the exercises were held. Capt. Allen presided and announced uhe order of the day. After music by the martial band and singing by tbe
choir, Comrade Fuller read the Roll,
of Honor. After which Maj. Furgeson of Martinsville delivered tbe oration of tbe day, an eloquent, fervent and patriotic tribute to his dead comrades, and an injunction
117 1 A 11am nA MoMiiui tno ulo- o I ho lain miu hnff t H r WnvnP WfiS
. . " . ! .i r l. .1 :,. ..A f .
brated Buckeye RcajJer and Mower, ey 'ouK.u ..u u.eu. . u- , j ever hp( jn Uje gtat).
the best macnines in me marivei. urtss iunj. j?urgvevu cwi.to h For light draught, ease of manage- thanks of our G. A. B. post and of
ment, and durability tney can not OHr cjtlzen8 Such occasiions are
and Louisville, and Crawfords
ville Junction will be the diuin
station. Tbe new accommodation
train from Mitchell to Lafayett
and return, will arrive here abon
6:40 a. m., and return at 7:15 p,
making close connection at Greencastle Junction with the moruius.
and evening trains both to anj from Iudianapolis and to and Iraii Terre Haute. The next annual Convention of the W. C. T. U. of Indiana will
meet in fiioomintrton next May
-The wife of Wm. Stuasf, tbe
retired hardware merchant, is visit
ing relations in Iowa.
- Mrs, Fawcett, of Sioux City,
Iowa, is the guest m Bloomington
of Mrs. Carter Perring.
Osman Mulky made a flying
trip to home and friends last Friday, returning to Chicago on Sunday
night.
Elam McCord, Esq., a leading
attorney of Martinsville and prosecuting attorney for his district, was
in town Monday on legal business.
Rev. T. B. Stewart of San
Francisco, Cul., will preach in the
U. P church next Sabbath morning
and evening.
The Leonard Mill is now the
property of J. M. Rice, the wagon
maker. The mill is a good piece
of property.
Jas. Sexton's futher and moth
er of Texas, are visiting their son in this county. The couple are each over 80 years old. The grand daughter of Mis! McQuistiou, who visited here during the past winter, died as her home in Paxton, 111., last week with scarlet fever. Callis of the Martinsville Gazette has been given the postoffice in that town. Kow Feltus of the
Kinuminti.n "onrhv t-houlil be
n , permitu-il to .sign (' name- P. M.
Mrs. Orrie Allison
mother of a fiue boy, The Seward Bros; are putting an iron fence around the residence of W. O. Fee. Judge Miurs after spending last week at home, opened court at Paoli yesterday. W. F. Browning and John W. Buskirk wore in Indianapolis last week on business. Mrs. K. C. Greeves and little daughter were visiting Mrs.G reeves,
mother iu Blooiufield, several days j
of last week.
Frank Lee has secured a posi
tion as express, messenger, on the
same road Frank Arnott is on, be
tween Decatur and Greenup, IU. Mrs. Sarah Akin, of Carlisle,
Ind., and Mrs. Mary Thornton of
Robertson -Broth-rs, the popular grocers, corner cast of the :.oBtoffice, have a choic, fresh stock and invite the enttre population to. visit them. (Bring your fkroiiics;) AH the newest articles in wgcttb.es, in seasonable fruits, choicest canned goods, etc.,. al ways "-on sale. James Ryan has for sale at his shop some line two horse wagoan, only sixty dollars each, spring wagons, buggies, phaetons, &c, all ready to bitch to. He proposes fo sell them as cheap a they can ie bought anywhere, and he warrants
them put up in a durable style. Ctsll and inspect these vehicle)-, opposite the county jail, befbre you buy. Job work and horse shoeing done promptly.
Go to McCtlla & Coa for vut Straw Hits. The latest and most fashionable styles.
Jusr motived, at MiCallas, ttpw
rrsls, Sun UnilillHS, Jfns, h-
stvle
Bedford, lud., were the guests ot i noes, uann batchoi, iivt-s, rj...v:frv, , i c i 1 1 Nockware, ltibbons, Laces, and ten tiiousMrs. Braxton several days of last ; an(l othcr articlc8 '
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, parents of Dr. Jordan, have returned to their borne at: Gaines ville, New York,ailer a pleasant visit of several months. Frank Moore spent Sunday of last week with friends in Bloomington. He has been promoted to cashier in the general freight office, at Chicago, of the L.N.A. & C. R. Mrs. J. G. McPheeters, Jr. re-
CASII 1 CASU J CASH ! I want my cash for those Boots and Shoes you purchased on time, W. T. BLAIR Nxst l.AULt is now withKirgan, in the Progress Block met shop, and invites all his old frieuds and customers to call, and. he will guarantee satisfaction. in all particulars. One Bottle snst.:d of a Dozen. "And it took only ona bottte to oo it,"' sh.I a g?nt'on-.an, p a'cing of P.rker's Huir Balsim. I hsd t run ot fever, a .1 when I eot. well of tht my Imir bfnn ti ii ? - : i it..
ceived a handsome present aiew didn t kn(lW what to do, until one dv days ago, whieh she will JSJgi ure in showing to any of her lady . prjscti me wns the fact that one bottle w-h , , ii I enough. I exppected to uaaup a doa.-n.' friends who may call to see it. j cl(jji high,y rrrrumo, mt' lw, m Rev. Stewart and wife of San j dye. Bcstoras original color
Francisco, California, are visiting
friends in the cily, and expect to remain most of the summer. Mr. Stewart's class holds a reunion this Commencement, Lou Wylie has returned from Greeley, Colorado, to spend tbe summer at home. He was much pleased with the country, and may possibly return in the Fall. Lennie, a five year old sun i.f T,.u Fields ft1! from the
i hor-so bl'4 iu front of E. P. Ad
ams
On tbe i:yth of A .:'it Indiana 'on let mice will met in u'ltcer..
Rev. J. E. rnn; h.-n bc-u in i low
B!mmington throe var, ami flii
be assigned to another charge, un-j in
grocpry store a few days ago, i woke Ui riglit arm at the el-
Ot? Boots and Shoes wc carry as large and p-rfcrt a Jtot-k as any exelusivo boot and nhou house in ,the town. Very cheap too. M-0ALLA & Co, Students attestion! A m?w lot of latest style hats and furnishing goods at Mose Kahns, just arrived. MoSE Kafth was in Cincinnati last week and the result is, another bit of elegant spring suits, undfrwear, and all sorts of clothing. Call on hinu M'an't be eqiraloij any where,' sav 1h Ladies who eximin' SlcCalla tfe G.v dip' iy of u -ug goods, trim niagiv h k ("Vfam ot Benckart's. Tft
Cablo aclmrm-'ii i dl-.ininStOP, too.
be excelled, and tbe W alter A. Wood Mower in store and for sale by W. J. Allen. For good things to eat, and at the lowest cash prices, go to Robertson Bros, grocery and provision store, northeast corner of square. Greencastle Banner : At J. C.
Wentworth's his sister Mrs. E. F.
Ten nan t, and her friend. Miss Florence Williams, Bloomington,
The latter was an engrossing clerk of tbe late Legislature, and expects to receive an auDointinent from
Washington, being a relative of
Senator Voorhces.
Have you been in Robertson
Bros, grocery, lately? Well, they have tbe very choicest stock of new
eoods ever exhibited here. It is
O . n . f
very attractive, uet some oi your
Commencement groceries mere.
The Mal'ical World reports a
case, now unuer ousurvanuu, iu
whieh the jMtient's hair which bad become prematurely gray is
slowly return ing to its original col
or under tins internal auminisiration of nhosuhorized cod liver oil.
The World had previously noted similar restorations under the same treatment. Fob fivb cents you can get a glass of soda wter at Benckart's with ice crtam in it. Five cents pays for all ; no extra charge for the cream. Do you understaud ? Kearkey Buskirk would be
gratified to meet his many friends . .. ..a .u VI..Il,ui,
at i no siine vi m "
Hardware Co, See the new riblwns at Mc
Cilia Co.'s. All latest shades.
schools of patriotism for our youth,
and the .orator of the day seemed to appreciate .his responsibilities and duties. After the oration the soldiers marched to the cemetery and strewed the flowers on more than a hundred graves of their d?ad comrades. The day was a success. We have had greater days than this
for our National Decoration, and we will have greater ones again. The day will not be allowed to die.
If it does die, it will prove that all high and holy sentiment have died from the hearts of our people, and and we will deserve no longer lo live or to have a country.. Are so
many of our people dead to senti
The next meeting should be still
larger, and the W. C. T. U. of ou r city, should he found awake to the
responsibilities for the coming year. This convention will be one of tbe most notable assemblages that ever met iu Bloomington. Noted women of the State and Nation will be here. What impression of our city and people shall these Chris
tian women take away with them?
The usual Summer School will
be held in Bloomington, for five
weeks, beginning the last of July.
If some teachers who are hot pre
pared for their work, and those
who are expecting to teach for the
first time during the coming winter, will attend this, school they
will be greatly benefitted. There
still teachersf?) in Monroe
mntfl nf n.t,;ni;.m9 The CI A J a iu wacnersi.-i in
R will ,r th. e-r.rtt...l.of thr:uoty wh do,,,t kn0VV boW t0 atlJ
country by keening alive in their factions, and who think "the me-
own hearts and in the hearts of tho j lrof0, f f 100,8 n, wl. i .u .ii. a .. 1 aud rye." superintendent Axtell tnAiilo that ertiHtt gt ItlAnit o iiii 11 n- , J a
ion, and country. Let us awake all PP o advance the standard, ik. nM.nl tntb.rltv nrl nleasme. I intelligent young men aud wo-
,rl nntrinlln iv ,f I rrmit D.icor- U 8tttnd the " chanCtS 0
1 J ... .1 I to
I hard study in review, under goot
DON T BOY BA KB IM Oil wjU bp ft great hejp to H
., i . i j who will anoreciate and improve
nn t.iirce inrs an ii poi-iipi'. iiHna- .
J . ... . ' . , ' .!...: ..,..,,.; Tl.:,. s!,,mmr
soraelv shadeil on the cast anu "i'r,"vu"""'
Q.,iiih hv Rtat.'lv rim irmm. and ; School has ari'own from year to
well set with apple, pear and chest- year, and this year there seems to nut trees. It will take twenty be ealcr Jeuillu for it tism w.
veiiro IU glUW DUVII itVVD (AO MfMK j
a bare lot
Call on ItOUEUS & WOOJjLKY . A laree-size Veloeipede for
sale. Almost as good as uew. ijuire of Hairy Ii. Gabe.
cr
der the rules of the cljurch. C,
i D. Eckley Hunter has resigned his position as Superintendent of the Washington, lud., graded schools. It is probable that he
will be induced to withdraw his resignation, by the offer of a larger salary.
Samuel Gordon returned last
week from a visit to Paxton, Illi
nois. Mr. Gordon renews his youth wonderfully for an octogen
arian. Many a young fellow would
be clad to have, the vitality and cn-
irfv of the old man. He is one ot
o.
the land marks of Monroe county
Mr. James Arnott, of Paxton,
Ills., brother-in-law to Mrs. M. H
P. Arnott is visiting friends and
relatives here. Mr. Arnott is i0
years old, and is feeble Irora lame
nesF. For so old a man to venture from home shows indeed an anxious
desire to see his brother's family. Miss May Oliver, of Terre Haute, is a guest of Ewing Batterton's family, and will probably
spend the summer in Bloomington This will be pleasant news to her many friends in the cily, and es
pecially the young beaux of the neighborhood. Miss Cliver has
hocn teaehiusr near Greeucastle
during the past year, having grad
uated with bieh honors from the
Terre Haute High School a year
ago. She is elected to a position in
the Terre Haute schools tor iifxt
year pro merito, as is lhe custom in
the schools of that city. What
is the matter with a hundred snob
Misses: Min.tit
, voung ianv of Washington, P. ! Skvkba good town . tot
and ihim! uauuun ouc oi tut
. S girls coming to Indiana University The best ice cream, cakes nnd ;
'nllior dcliciif ies will be found t t-ico. II. !,..,!'., If v.m inlimH lii ,ri VII H riHT- I Tim I'ftlllllv ( .4) 111 111 ISSlfllllTS
i a i . 11. .v.. ww. -. t, .... ..... .... ... e - . i . n"itv go 'o him for nsjures on anythin.; in 1 . . .. . '..,, . u "uo. IU btet i-the v:.o iuui. are holding .m nnporlanl eeiuo.
belles of Bedfordj are the guest3 of
Miss Mollie Waldrou and will remain till after Commencement.
Kearney Buskirk of the Me-
Phceters Hardware Co., has been
iu Indiannpolis, and did not see
while there a finer room, or a handsomer stock than is kept in that firm's house. W. Hi Jonesj tlie veteran so licitor, is selling a valuable Dictionary by subscription. Mr. Jones is reliable and responsible, and will
not recommend a work that is not
good.
Mrs, W. O. Fee gave the most
elegant lunch of the season, to a
number of lady friends, at her hand
some residence on north Walnut
street, last Thursday afternoon
Mrs. Fee and her accomplished
daughters uuilerstand the art of en
tertaining to perfection. Mrs. J. H. McMillan, of Xmi
ia, utno, is visiting ner momer c family, Mrs. Woodburn. She will spend Commencement week, being interested in a sister who graduates,
just ten yenra after she gruduated
herself. W. H. Byerly has sold his house on third street to a gentleman from Kentucky, a relative of Mrs. Gus Holtzraan, and has purchased from Ren Smith the lot ofl the end of M rs. Ivf IWy's proiietty
on the same street, and will build at once. David Adams died at his home 0 milea sor.th of lt'.omrjington, on last Wednesday of Bright' diwa He is a brother ol Mrs. David Johnson, who lives just south ot town, iinl Mr. Joe Adams, well
jkiiown iu Hiooniing.on.
reasonable i.c:'iU3.
Fine building lots inside the corporation limits, will bo sojj in a Wly or singly. For particulars see John Blair. Get Dress Trimmings at Mc
Calla & Co."s dry goods house, 'west ude of the public square. The ttaestline in the county . .
Best produce always boBght by
Hemp. Wilson, the grocer, t ou
can get good butter at his store aa
well as all the choicest groceries.
He makes a specialty of floe teas,
coffees, cigars and tobacco.
Akvttso von want and don't
see in We(.'ll Go 's ton .vou hW
Hk for. The stock fa very lare ana includes 1 most everything ic the best grade of goods
FixssT stock of Dress Good.? in tho towr.. just recoiyed by McCalla & Co., the west side dry goods nteft; : Dos't make a purtshase of hoots Bid shott i or any article of res TrUnmincs or Diws Goods, till you buve examined atetVilla Oo' stoek, Axxiors as thry are fo seli vU McC'a'.lft .fc (' uro willing t devote a portion of tl ir time to th -olli uWiMi of counts iiK' them. Yosi'd btt'r pay ttf .
i.aiy -an atlord t oiiv a . or on.-tiioeiH dress witlfHit t'rst
n w silk
calling !
amming
Mi (' iIU & .'..
utore mid ex
"Goi-CftN Rous." The neateal and most varied stock of cold weath er goods in the town, may be found on the shelves of Chirlcy Mobley'a store. So long ha Charley Won in the business here, and so intimately Is he acquainted with aut3 of the" people that he can ataaysseleet a stock that will meet the re quiriMiirats of his customers. It
won't take all the money yov can raise to buy your winter Rxiocs at MobW'a, but ho sella Very-low, yet strictly for cash. Hemp Wj icon's stock of qiwcnsware and glassware is wry v- niplete. He buys from 8ntt.ini udt and so can give stmie unheal il f bargains to tho.e in mt'itf this
i tUss. of giiods. Gott&aib$pK