Bloomington Progress, Volume 19, Number 31, Bloomington, Monroe County, 30 September 1885 — Page 3
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Arrives, Roitig North : Lafayette Accommodmtlen, 6:40A.M Cfeicico ly H:J3a.m j Might Exprau,-. ..... ll:3r.n Arrives, going 8uth : Mttehil Accommodation, 7.22F.M LoaUville Day Mail,... ........... 20f.m do Night Espross, 4: IOa.h 8m General Aivertwing Card.
For SaIB. House and lot near
new College building, on Henderson street. For particulars call on W. J. Bell.
Call at the Hardware Store of
VT. J. Allen, and see the Vanslyke
Kvanontor. the best in tne market
for the manufacture of molasses,
every one warranted to give satisfaction. Also examine the Booster Wheat Drill; it has no superior in the country, and will pay well the man who uses it. W. J. ALLEN. m Fall styles in gents' piece goods have been received by Ben. McGee, the artist tailor, on the, south side cf the square. -You who want something neat and stylish should go to his store and after selsoting the goods have him out and task yon a suit. McGee's suits an famous, deservedly so, and the wan who has one of them wears bis clothes with no small degree of satisfaction and pride. A Museum of wonders is the store of Tobe Smith, on the south aide of the square. There is no article in notions, toys or fancy goods, that cannot be found on his shelves or piled np on his central counters. Hs bays these goods in ear-load lots, and bv this means gets them cheap that he can afford almost to give them away, and be does it. He has the leading staples in fine watches and jewelry, and yoa need not go farther than Tobe Smith's for any article in his line. Summer goods must go. Call at Blairs. Wasted: Every body in need of low shoes aad toe slippers to call at Blairs.
Call at the Hardware store of
W. J. Allen, and examine the celebrated Buckeye Reaper and Mower, the beat machines' in the market. For light draught, ease of management, and durability they can not be excelled, and the Walter A. Wood Mower in store and for sale by W. J. Allen. All parties indebted to W. T. Blair, are reauested to settle ac
count'; at once; those failing to do
an a -
will oe nomoerca among uw
W. T. Blair.
so
"dead-beat.'
Ki" You will save money by taknir in a nair of French Kip Boots,
at $4 75 former price $5 29 aad $5 SO
nr pair. TbeM can oe louna Oil at W. T. BLAIB'3. Fresh supplies of groceries are Motived each week by Wilson,
the earner grocer. Among the latest is the "Magic Yeast Cakes," and the "Empire Baking Powder." All the novelties in groceries can
be. found in this house. All goods
delivered free of charge.
it was a fresh cut. He came to plant corn about two or three o'
clock that evening. The boy here
also eorrobrated Mr. Chap. May
and wife as to Chambers going toJ
sleep, tc.J Mr. Chap. May was recalled,and testified to having heard of the robbery on Saturday morning after the occurrence; to seeing Chesley Chambers in the evening of the same day and talking with him about the aflair, but with the exception Chambers feigned not to know where the farm of John Sherlock was located, through which the tracks of the robber led, when he had on a former occasion pointed out to witness some ot the land belonging to Sherlock, there was nothing of importance elicited from him, and Court adjourned for noon. M. D. Dillon said : I am engag
ed in superintending my farms in the southern part of the State, but reside here in the oity. On the
29th of April last I took the night
train at New Albany for Bloomiugton and rode in the ladies' car; saw
man nass through the car just af
ter we eot to Harrodsburg: I did
not know the man at the time, but he has been pointed out to me since
as Chesley Chambers; I see him in
the Court house. Witness nere pointed out the prisoner as the man.
May was next cauea :
Beside about seven miles south-west;
know defendant: saw him about
the time of his arrest; saw him on
Sunday after the robbery on his
farm, playing cards with two or three Tamer boys. He said i f I
would go to Bloomington witn mm he would pay the expenses. There
were present two lurner boys, bis
brother Bill, and one or two others.
John Green was next called ana
corroborated the last witness as to
the card-playing, but fixed the time at a later date. !
L. D. Roeers was next called:
"Am a member of the firm of Rog
ers & Wooiey; have known defendant three years; have had business dealings with him, loaning him money principally. He has paid to us since May, 1885, $600; fibout
$400 of this was paid in May, oa in July and $150 in August. The
last loan we made mm was iuu in March, 1885."
There was a great sensation in tut court
room over the call of
PETER WFBBER,
the baggage master of the tram robbtd.
Live at New Albany; am a married man wife and child; am 22 years ef age. Been railroading for four years, on rtvi L., N. As C. railway as brakeman, switchman
and bafgage master; been employed as
latter lor two years, un ingiit oi ;win oi April was in charge of baggage car. George Davis, messenger of the American Express Company, was in the car with me ; avis is about 23 years of age, and a single man,
llvine in Louisville, me car am no par
titionzhad a lisrht ruaof baceace. He ex
press company nan an iron saie, wnn a iiu like a chest: It weighed about 150 pounds;
lid half an inch thick ; there were si s doors
to the car. Alter we left warroas jnrg
Davis waslying down on bis safe auu cheat,
Uont Know wnetner ae was asiccp. muac myself a bed on some boxes to lay d-iwn.
Right after we let tbe tank, I feit a 'ilow on the head; thought it was conductor
1okin? with me. I arose up and saw that
man (pointing at cnamuers; standing oy ma with a stick in his hands. I thought
lie iooKa green or crazy, i rusneu si mm, and he bit me again with the club. I fell,
then he hit Davis, who jumped np and
reached up to the rack for the revolver
but that man overtnere (pointing at uaam-
bers,) shot him, and he fell to tbe floor
wttn a groan and never moved, mat man picked np Davis' pistol, and pointing both
fmr the Batty.
"What terrible affliction about the
Iwm ia a croat, crying baby! A young man on lb very edge of matrimony might aaily be frightened from bia purpose by harm too -nuch of that sort of marie at
the home cf hii married friends. Yet
bahiea cry commonly only whea they are -nek. One teaapoonfal of Parker's Tonic, gfoaa tin little one, will bring rest and
juap to too Dsoy ana aw in un imh Oaly SO oanta, at drugguU.
JaTTf yoa want to borrow
money at lowest rates, or if you
want to issure your property, call
B xSAOT & XtAST.
Wahash Scratches, and Itch, cured in aa mUutes. bv Woodford's Sanitary
Latin. Un no other. This never fails
fjId by H.Lindley, Druggist. iiQvl2-y
Bscad tbe great staff of life is
all the better for health for being tr rood. That is the kind
Beawkart. tbe baker, bakes. Ev
erybody that has eaten this bread
; will eat it again. It is sopero. O. Van Zand Sc Moat,
VNDEBT AKKS A3TJ DXALEKS IS Metallic Burial Caskets, Cases and
Cefiaa. Hearse and Carriages for
nished to order. Orders by tele
graph will receive prompt atten
Ron. Shop on College Avenue,
north end of W. O. Fee's Build
iog, Bloomington, I ndiana.
A Fatobtte Hotel is tbe Or
chard House, situated opposite the depot.
The home large, conveniently arranged aad the rooms are comfortably furnished
tJoad beds, a well supplied table all that ay ona might desire, are to be found bee. Well arranged sample rooms are Stted up in tbe Orchard House, and Commercial travelers will find the Orchard a good house at which to stop. Meals np.
Bed to persons at reasonable agni Oreliard A Boa are tbe proprietors.
Sa matter bu afliandsome or stalwart
mom bhw may be otherwise, nothing can
make np for a partially bald bead. Shining talents ara attractive, but a shining poll ig not. The cause may be sickness ot anv thin? else, yet Parkers Hair Bal
sas Will step the low of the hair and start new growth of glossy and soft hair so ainoklv as to sunwise von restoring the
oriarinal color at tha same time. Not
dye, not oily, delicately perfumed- Only
standard He dressing.
or SHAWLS
we have a handsome display.
and can suit toe taste and nnancia
condition of any customer.
Xdies, call. McCain Co.
pistols at me says "Damn you ; get up and
open that safe." 1 told him l Had no i
He told me to take key out of Davis' pocket, which I did. As soon as I opened safe
he made me step back, and then while
pointing one pistol at me robbed the safe
wttn tne otner nana, i assea mm ii ne was going to hart me. He said " I guess
not," and then shot me in the head. My
3 were full of blood and 1 was so wean
I could hardly open the safe. The
robber put the money in his pocket. He
had an aim at me all the time and fired
after robbing the safe; the hall struck near
the left temple; the ball is now lodged
unoer toe law. wnen snot I fell, ana
urn pea up again, ne was then at the
door of die ear. I staggared toward him
and pulled the bell rope. He then went out the South door. I gave two pulls of the bell, the proper signal to stop. The
train stopped at once, I staggered idong
into tne smoaing car. me snot cuuni
to have any effect on me, only I bled
freely and was weak; my mouth and
throat were full of blood. When he was
robbingthe safe I was eyeing htm all the time. He had on a dark slouch hat, light
jeans pants, dark coat, a light mustache
tnat coverea ma upper up, naa mgn t neeK banes, broad face at upper part run down thinner toward his chin. I looked him
straight in the face all the time be was in the car, but I turned my head far a mo
ment when he ahot The whole thing was
done in three or four minutes, l was tan
en to Bloom ineton where my wound was
dressed and the ball probed for. I went horn on the early train-nest morning;
vomtted blood as I was going home. Felt
well after I eot home: was in lied until
the next next Sunday.; dldnt resume work
fortuity-two days. The next time 1 saw
the man that shot me was on the lilth of
May at the National Hotel in Blooming
ton. After dinner I went in the parlor
and was introduced to Wright; (the man who was first arrested for the robbery) there was a crowd of men there. I saw
that Wright was not the man who attsaulted mo. The real man soou came in, and his face turned red, and then pale, and his eyes cast to the floor, and shaking like a leaf. Capt Friedley talked to him for five
minutes, then tne roDDer went out. It oth
lag had been said to him about suspicioning him of the crime. I indentified him as he passed the window, and as he enter
ed the room as the man who shot ne. I
next saw him week before last when 1 came to co before the grand jury. T. recognized
him sitting in a doorway on the street. When at the hotel Iwas not expecting anv man to be brought in for mi to in
dent! fy; never suspected the defendant
ueiore. The . csoss-examination of Wabbar, by
Hon. Jason B. Brawn, was very searching, out his evidence was not materially shaken. He said that the second blow struck him
by the robber was on the arm, and that it
tell him to the noor. Keperts ot inter-
views, in the Cincinnati Enquire and New
Albany Ledger. In an Enquirer interview Webber was made to say that while in the car that night he saw only one side of Chambers' face. Webber said that one interview never took place, and the other did not strictly give the facts. An attachment was ordered for the Ledger reporter, and for the City Clerk ef Now Albany. Webber will be put en the stand again. FRIDAY. Additional evidence was given to the jury that defendant was in Mitchell on Wednesday morning,
April 29. The crirae was committed on the night of the 29th. This evidence tends strongly to show that Chambers got on the train that was robbed at Mitchelljand remained on till after the attempted murder and robbery, whan he sought safety by fleeing to hiti home, some five miles west of the scene of the crime. Interest in the trial seemed universal. The great crowds present attest this fact. On Thursday hundreds of persons stood up in the aisles and about the doors and windows of the court-house all day, and there was a jam everywhere from morning till night. Even the space around the stand of Judge Mires was crowded, and witnesses had to work their way to the stand through the masses. Dr. James Dodd an important witness, was called, and said he was a physician and resided three fourths oi a mile from defendant; that in January, 1875, be amputated the first joint of the great toe and most of the first joint of the second toe on Chesley Chambers' right foot. The witness also said it was four and a half or five miles on an air line from his residence to the scene of Jhe robbery, and three-fourths of mile further. The defense then introduced twenty-nine witnesses to prove the good character of defendant for peace and quiet, honesty and integrity prior to the express robbery, and Court adjourned for noun. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. At the afternoon session there was another jam. In the forenoon there bad been a falling off in the
attendance, but the prospect of the defendant being placed on the stand brought out the population in hordes.
Ladies stood up, wreclteu tneir
crinoline, and breathed the foul and stifling air of the court room with complacency, and were rewarded
for their heroism by an afternoon ol
stereotyped questions and answers
as to chaiacter.
Dr. Palmer, of Louisvi lle, having
arrived on the noon train, was plac
ed on the stand by the State to es
tablish the conoition of u-eorge Da
vis, the wounded express messenger,
The doctor said he had visited Da
vis a few days ago, and said, while
it was possible for him to be here,
it was certainly not advisable: tnat
his was a condition ot slow repair to
an injured brain; that his ability to
walk about was unquestioned, but that he had a sore brain, and must not use it.
The defense resumed their evi
dence as to character, and Chesley
Chambers certainly proved a good
character previous to the robbery. It was sworn to by fifty-one of the
best citizens of the county, including business men, stock men and farmers. The. most startling event of the
day was developed when Col. Fried-
ley broke Homer Chambers down on cross-examination. Homer is a cousin of tbe defendant, and swore that he loaned Chesley Chambers several hundred dollars on the 16th of last April, which he bad had in his possession since December. Friedley confounded him by immediately exhibiting to him his sworn list given to the Assessor April 1 last, in which Homer swore that he had no money on hand and only $120 loaned out. This is a
terrific blow to ths accounting of
defendant for his abundant funds after the robbery and attempted murder, and the cross-examination made the most of it. Tbe defense began their case with a cloud of witnesses touching the good character of the defendant prior to the crime.
OVERCOAT
IN THE STATE FOR $3:50, AT THE MIR.
erest on Monday was that given
by Chesley Chambers, the defend-
nt. lie said he remembered tne
fikidmore boy coming after him to o to plant corn. Said he wan at
tome the night ot the robbery ivta ,
April), and staid at home tne
light before j was not on the train he night the robbery was commit-; ed and had nothing to do with it. )n the morning of Thursday (the j
ay he went to May's to plant corn)
Ike was piling brush ; was carrying
load, feet caught, tell andscratcn-
itd and bruised his face and hands
In the snags. Said when he went
o Chesley Woodward to get mm o go on a note for him Woodward aid he might siirn his name when
lot convenient to find Woodward.
The father of Chesley Chambers
tiid that Chesley was tuakin'g fence n Tuesday aud that Chesley went
jo bed as usual that night at home.
An effort was made by tbe btate
o introduce some evidence sli owing
hat Chambers had been engaged in he sale of obscene pictures, but
udee Miers ruled that it was not
lertinent to the cause on trial.
On Tuesday morning Taylor
Wose was recalled and contradicted
statement made by Chambers as
o bis sore face. Several other wit
nesses were put on iu rebuttal , but
nothing of general interest was iekeloDed. At 10:40 o'clock the evi-
lence on both sides was closed, and the attorneys announced that the argument would begin at 1:30 p.m. Prosecutor Henley begun the ar
gument for the btate.
"Whatever the result, no one can
Bay that the attorneys on both sides
have not made a stubborn, deter
mined fight, all through the case.
Conjectures on the result are
kmmon, and the majority of the
guesses" are that the jury will not
be able to agree upon a verdict, but that if an agreement is reached it
will be adverse to the defendant.
The case, it is believed, will not
be given to the jury before Thurs
day evening, as the arguments
will be lengthy and exhaustive.
Col. Friedley will have the closing speech for the prosecution.
It is a notorious fact that at
torneys seldom make good witnesses. They get tangled up as badly as
they are famous for tang ing wit
nesses who are beiug badgered by them.
The State had an advantage
in the systematic preparation of their evidence and the evident drill of their witnesses, while the wit
nesses for the defense did not seem
SATURDAY.
Another multitude crowded tho court, room, but Judge Miers so manipulated the men as to seat tbe In 'ger portion of
the ladies in attendance. The major por
tion of the forenoon sasaien wag devoted
to proof by the defense that Chambers' wounds about the time of the robbery, or
shortly after, were of n considerable -. 1 i . . . .1 . 1. ...
niairaiiuua. oeverai witnesses nawu turn
they saw no scratches, bruises, or marks
at all, while others testiflid that tbe one
scar they noticed was small.
Fink Moore, formerly of the Chambers' neiehborhood. but now of Edgar county,
IIU testified that he waa on the robbed
train from Mitchali to H&rrodsburg, but
did not see Chesley Chnmbers in thd
smoking car, in wmcn hj was riaiug u
HarrodsDurg.
He did not see a tall fellow, dressed irJ
ligbt clothes, come in tnat car at .Mitchell in company with a man who was still in the car when witness go-; off tho train
and that the former sat down in tbe same seat witness occupied, although there were some vacant seats ia tbe smoker. The
fellow. Pink says, engage! him in a can
vernation, and bad a hickory stick with
the bark on, but he thoug ht tbe stick exhibited and identified by other witnesse;
as being the one used on Webber ana
iMvis, was not tne cue ne men saw. l n
one be saw was longer, ard free from thil
knots found on the identified stick.
A relative of the accused, Sir. "Bud'
Turner, testified to seeing Chesley Cham
bers at home some seven or eight hour-
before toe crime.
ilia. H. C. Duncan testified to being oi tbe robbed train. Hhe raised a windov
when tho train stopped above Harrodsburg
and upon looking out saw figures behinc
and at tne side of what it Known as "ln
big rock." She alio said she did not se any one go through tbe car at Harrods
burg, one was awake ail tne time.
One of the important bits of evidence for the Slate, was that of Taylor Voas who testified that lie hail cut Chambers hair on the Wednesday before the arrest
and upon the cay ol nut laentincniion t; Webber, he (Vossi shaved Chambers, a
which time Mr. Vobb noticed that sine)
his former visit to hiii shop somebody ha
trimmed unmoer musiaono on, or is
Chambers had trimmed it himself. Ht
also noticed a sore a scitb on the side o
defendant's face. Various members of tho Chamber:
family testified in a slow, tedious way t tlio whereabouts of Choslny, in support o the alibi. Wm. Chambeis, elder brolhci testified as to the (hock his brother's ai rest had given him, etc. So far as the e idence of the family went, tbe defendat:
was at home when the crituo was con milted. MONDAY. The principal evidence of ii!
Examine my line of fall Boots and shoes. I can and will Have you money in this line. Kemeiuber the place, Ed. Whetscll's, south side of square, "Red front."
J. W. Brigham's ham! made French Kip Boots,also his Calf and Kip shoes for Women, Misses and Children. They need no recommendation ; they speak for themselves. Found only at Ed. Whetsell's, as he has the exclusive sale of them in Monroe county. Remember the place: "Red front," south side of square.
The Trustees that have left Uioir constituents in the lurch and gone to new pastures and greener fields, are a: follows : Arista Glover, Mill Creek township; Fountain county. John B. Clawson, Logan township. Warren county. Charles H. Brown, Washington township, Daviess county. John Grimsloy, Steele township, Daviess county. John Clark, Barr township, Duviesii county. Henry A. Thorpe, Morgan township, Harrison county. Walter B. Kodman, Monroe township, Washington county. Korman S. Jones Liberty township. Parko county. Kobert N. Martin, Owen township, Jackson county.
Union vllle Old Settlers Meeting. The third meeting of the Old Settlers of Monroe and Brown counties was held on Sept 26th, at Unlonville. The day was bright, and so wore tho faces of nearly 2,000 persons there assembled. Order was called at 10 o'clock by Wm Peterson, President. The large stand.beauUfully decorated by the ladies of the vicinity, was soon filled with venerable citizens and speakers. Scriptures were read by Kid. J. W. Kagsdale, of Morgantown and prayer offered up by Eld. A. HuUon of Spearsvills. The Prebident then introduced Wm Waltman of Georgetown, who made such a welcome address as only thos,e having the good of such meetings at heart can. Kid. A. Hulson followed with a goad speech, aftor which "the dinner call was given by EW. J. B. Vox, o'iciting a hearty response from the audience. Ample justice was done to well stored baskets of provisions, the lemonado and candv stands, swing, gallery and other innocent amusements not being slighted in the meantime Owing to tho number of good talkers; present, the time of the atternoon speeches; was necessarily limited. Bach of these, however, was replete with reminiscences of pioneer life The speakers were ns follows : Elder J . B. Cox, Archibald Floener, Thus. Y. Bad -or. and J. M. Barrow. Hon. James Cox, of Mnrtinsvillo thcr. gave a brief interesting address. Dr. J B. Campbell in one of Iiu happ-eat efforts presented the following gifts. rSttek of flour to Kid. J . B. Cox, father of largest number of children ; Cane to Mr. Gould, oldest man present; Bible to Susie Voung,oldest woman present. Eld. J.W. llag-idiilc, so well kuown anil
beloved in this part ol tne ouito, inaue ia
"The Bee Hive Boot," Bloominglon, hid., Sold by Wicks & Co., is the best Boot for the money. It is all solid sole leather, counters, soles and heels, aud of good full stock. Mens' and boys' sizes at prices cheaper than some other split leather boots are sold for. At a meeting of the Ladies Ilome Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, on Monday afternoon, a reorganization was perfected, and steps will be tiiken to socure funds for helping the poor during tbe coming winter. A series of entertainments will be given, flrst of whioh will bo a lecture by the Pastor of the Church, on Thursday evening. Oct. 13th, entitled William Prince of Orange " Tho cause of tho poor ommonda itself to the sympathy of all our citizens. Meadows Ai Payne have estab
lished a Meat Sbon in the rear of
the grocery store, Walnut St, Hotel building, and will keep the best meats the country affords They have on hand nearly always, Beef, Mutton, Veal and fresh Pork. To sell good meat at reasonable prices will be our effort. MEADOWS & PAYNE.
, i . . j i c iK-im? SDetca. ana wren me song nun
to understand wnai was espccteu oi . . . tne faco of tb ,
them.
Many persons seem to think
that this 'lawsuit' is between Brown
and Friedley, and expect a verdict
to be brought in against oneof the gentlemen. This is a m istake it
is Mr. Chambers who is defendant in this ease.
The calm and collected manner
in which Chesley Chambers testified in bis own behalf was a surprise
to those who had prophecied that
he would break down; in fact we doubt if there is an attorney in the case who would have made as cred
itable a witness.
venerable Eider and many others, were lit
up with a bright prospect of a happier reunion in tho future. Good order prevailed durin the day. The next mooting will ba on the samu grounds, the 3d Thursday of August,'86. Lawyer "You said you mack an examination of the premises. What did you find?" "Witness "Oh, nothing of consequence ; a beggarly account of empty boxes, as Shakespeare says." Lawyer "Never mind what Shakespeare said. He will be summoned and testify for himself, if ho knows anything about the case.
The old Miller farm, owned
by Ab. Ketcham, has been sold to
Thomas Burke for 1,000 Rev. Geo. W. Pepper, the eel
ebrated Irish Orator, at College
Chapel, Tuesday night, Oct. 6th
John A. Walker and family returned to their home in Ventura, Cal., on Monday. Jos. Hooper, after a residence of three and a half vcars in Salt
Lake City, is at home on a visit to ' addition
relations and friends. The slow penetrating rain, that begun Monday, will have a salutary effect upon wheat, turnips and pasturage. On next Saturday night the po3toffice fill be removed to the Bollenbaeher room, south of the Howe corner. The regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held in the Christian Church on Monday evening, Oct. 5th, commencing at 7 o'clock. Rev. John Watters and wife, and Mrs. Dr. A. K. Mccaskey of Northwestern Ohio, are the guests of their daughter and neice, Mrs. Dr. Bowman, College Avenue. Next Monday the county commissioners will meet to receive the Wylie Pike and settle with the contractors. Persons who are interest ed may attend. Cards are out for the marriage of Frank R. Woolley and Miss Angie Garner, which will occur on Thursday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, in the Christian Church. Howard Maxwell, the popular aud successful grocery salesman,ha:? determined to quit the road and establish a wholesale business for hiix-
self in Indianapolis. Goslee's War and College Song Concert Co. will sing in Mendelssohn Hall, on Friday and Saturday nights, Oct. 9 and 10. Tbe papers everywhere speak of the company in the highest terms of praise. E. E. SIus3 i.s the only auth
orized agent to sell in Bloomington
It is claimed that Senator Teller, of Colorado, recommended a hnrsfi ibief for annoi n talent to office.
The report,given m the Progress, He probably reflected that the re-j townsliip the personal memoirs of
oi wie uaiuucra iriui, is uui mo commendation was suuiraseu 10 n biased views of any one individu-1 Democratic Administration and he i . ; .:,, ti.a ,. .iil, ! knew what kind of men were waufal. as is sometimes tne case witn i , , XT , -, T, , , ... i i ed. Seward (Neb.) Blade, such reports, but it has been pre-
pared specially, and "on purpose," j )Cau j, me ,itt!e? t .i i i i. : o .... I J . ,
oy tne oesi reporters m ouutau . 8a,d a tramp. "1 am hungry and
can't get any work at my trade."
"What is your trade V" asked the
Indiana, viz: Messrs. Sptueer, Graham and Feltus.
. , . t gentleman.
mere win te six sneucnes. tue- t i.
, . w .. "i am a glass woiaur. prosecution and defense alternating. w . ,f, f , ker y,
"Beer glass worker." "Here is a penny for your frankness." "Thank you sir," said the tramp, gratefully, "I'll put part of it in the bank."
Cyrus Reed arrived home from
his trip through Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas, on Tueeday. While away be sold 910,200 worth of bedsteads for Showers Bios.
Wiley Browning, who for a num
ber of years has been employed in
Bamberger, Bloom & Co.'s Louis
ville wholesale house, was in town
this week, looking up the chances
for a profitable investment in a dry
goods store. If he concludes to come, he will occupy the room va
cated by C. R. Perdue.
Grand Excursion. Tickets at all Stations on the Term
Haute and Logansport division of the Vandnlia Line, to tho Indiana State Fair, held at Indianapolis from !5ept. 24th to
Oct. 3d, inclusive, at tho extremely low rate of one fare for the round trip. Remember our short mileage unable us to
make an extremely low rate via of Colfax.
Tickets on sale from stations of the Var,dalia Main Lino, good up to and including Oct. Sth. The diaplay at the citato
Fair promises to surpass mat ot any former year, and as the unprecedented rate of half fare has boon made, you
should not fail to attend.
CLOAKS! CLOAKS! The largest assortment ever seen in Bloomington, Has been received by MeCalla&Co. No Lady should think of buying till this stock is examined. All styles and sizea, and in price from $5 tc f 75.
A colony of Indiana people left this morning for California to locate in the vicinity of Los Angeles. The party numbered about thirly,and will be known as Brown's Quaker Colony, as they consist
largely of friends of James P. Brown, of Clayton, Hendricks co. Arrangements for their transit have been made by V. K. Morris, of this city, who accompauied the party as far as Kansas City. Another
colony will leave- this city for the
same point about a month hence. Indianapolis Minute.
John B. Gough, being asked the other day if he noted any ioi-
provement in maukind in the matter of intern perance,replied : "Why, yes, every way; things arc nothing like so bad as they were when I was a boy, and they are going to be better yet. Senators Beck of Kentucky, Call of Florida, and Eustis "oi liOuisiana are agreed that t he President is not much of a Democrat, but they say he is not only alt they have but the first they have had fur a quarter of a century and tluy should not complain. They remind one of the sensation felt by the Arkansas man who stole a large watermelon and carried it five miles to his home only to find that it was a green pumpkin.
U. S. Grant, written by himself. Any other iersou ofteriug a work in said township purporting to be Grant's, will deceive the purchaser. The Monroe County Fair will begin next week, and if the weathis propitious, it will doubtless be a success. The fiae stock for which
Monroe county is famous will be there; the .agricultural products
will be piled up in agricultural
hall, and crowds of people will be
present to see the show. Don't
j forget that Tuesday is entry day.
Craig Worley has his new liv
ery stable, on the east side of the
square, almost ready for occupancy
It is built in the eld English cot
tage style of architecture, so much
admired (by some persons) in the construction of churches now-a-
days. Stephen McPhotridge 13 th architect. Craig Worley has al
ways kept a neat, well appointed livery stable, and the public have reason to expect something nice. At a meeting of the Christian Church in Bedford, last Wednesday night, Sept. 23, liiSo, the following proceedings were had :
Whereas, C. V. tlendershut, pastor of
this cimrcli for tin' past tltreo years, has
been guilty of an uuspeakttblo erime with some of the young men and boys of tho congregation, mid has confessed his guilt, therefore, bo it unanimous' y ltesolv.nl. That the i-Iiur -h hereby withdraws its fellowship from him. Resolved, That, he has forfeited nil
claims to morcy by 1th continued persist
ence in crime, and wo consider it our duty to warn all congregations of the brother
hood and the com nunity in genonil of his character ; therefore, llesolvod, That these rusnlutions be published in our rhuroh pap-trs. Done by order of tin cimroh. J. V. MAT1IKS, Clork.
Hunters report an abundance of young squirrels. Miss Lena Woodward will teach at Smithville this winter. Rev. Geo. W. Pepper, at College Chapel, Tuesday night, Oct. 6. The katy-dids have been singing their ' frost-inducing" songs for some time. Lieut. Walter HovtC) U. S. A., is in town. His family will go to Minnesota about October 10th. Miss Leafy Lucas has been visiting Miss Cad. Mitchell, in Bedford. Mrs. Calhoun of Vincennes, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Cherry, Jos. Cron will build a twostory addition to his west 6th street resilience, this Fall. There was a slight frost on Thursday morn ing,a gentle reminder of the .ero weather soon in store for us. Don't fail to hear Geo. W. Pepper, at College Chapel, Tuesday night, Oct. 6. Subject : "The Ireland of to-day." Vinson Carter, of the Indianapolis Bar, was in town Thursday and Friday, looking after some business in Monroe circuit court. A contract was let last week for another house in the west side
It will front 5th street,
and is to be built for a Mr. Phillips.
The township trustees who are now hiding in Canada are all thoroughly vaccinnated. They snap their fingers at small pox. You sau attend two old settlers'
meetings each day, now, if you are so disposed. Why not hold a
young settlers' reuuiou.
There should be a determined
effort made to build a good walk to
the new College before the bad
weather makes a trip to the grounds
laborious and dangerous. R. A. Fulk, one of the most genial of the members of the local Bar, has been confined to his room during th 8 greater part of the past fen days with congestion of the stomach. The will of the late George Bollenbaeher gives his interest in the spoke factory to the sons of deceased. The widow is named as executrix, aud is given a life interest in the real estate. Dogo seem to have increased wonderfully, since the "census" was taken. thin spring they suap, snarl and yelp at every turn and corner, and seem suddenly to have emerged from their hiding places to as
sist in the moonlight concerts given by our loal bands. The Earl Combination played to large audiences in Mendelssohn Hall, last week. A great many "needy" persons who are needing
boots for tho approaching winter, spent enough money going to the "the-ater," as they call it, to buy comfortaLiIe covering for their feet. They will visit tho township trustee when the snow falls. Tha L. N. A. & C. R. Company will sell round trip tickets to the State Fair at Indianapolis, at the low :-atc of 2.20. Tickets good going from Sept. 25th till October 3d, and returning will be good till Oct. 5th, This is a very favorable rate, and the time is quite liberal. Doubtless many persons will avail themselves of the opportunity pieseuted. Though disappointed time after time the Adveutists come up smiling after each failure, ready to predict u final day. October tho 1 lih is now fixed upou by them as the day upon which we will "all go home." There is oue consolation about this, however, viz: the Monroe Courty Fair will have been held by that time, and the roses will
have fl'lt the chilling breath ot the
autumns frosts, so th-it aside from
a reluctance to go where they never
use Bsuckart's bread, the average
Bloomington citizen will be pretty
well reconciled to his departure. The Indiana Farmer publishes the Ksult of special inquiry into the condition of the crops. It places the wheat product of Indiana for 1385 at 2,500,000 acres and 28,1(59,900 bti.hcle. The oat crop is
Nothing shoddy about Robert son Bros, stock of Groceries everything new, fresh, aud prices low.
Catx at McCalla & Co.'s before you buy Jeans, Yarns, or Flannels. Everything new and desirable.
Don't buy groceries till yoa call at Robertson Bros. They do have the choicest line of goods we have ever seen.
I HAVE FOR SAXE a lot Of OrCC sows and pigs, from six weeks tot'.vo months old, and of the Berk
shire ana foiand Utuna breeds.
They are very desirable aud you
should apply early if yon want one
or more.
I. MILT. ROGERS.
Dress Patterns, the finest in the city at McCalla & Co.'s store, and hundreds of patterns have been sold since the new fall stock was received.
New York Counts, the finest Oysters in the land, are rjceived daily by Geo. Benckart, at his popular restaurant, aud they are served in the best manner and ia every style. South College Ave. Hobeetson Bros, have all the best brands of Flour, and deliver all goods promptly. Ask to ace new arrivals of Tea and Coffee. McPheeters Hardware Co. has just received a car load of Wall Paper aud" Window Shades, which they will sell lower than ever. You should call on McPheeters Hardware Co. and examine their line of Buggies and Spring Wagons You can buy a buggy of this firm j'or one-third less money than from any ether firm in the city. Thef are all fully guaranteed. EtI.4NKETSw the greatest variety, antt of the best grades manufactured, now in slock at McCalla & Co.'s. Better spend that good money with me till you settle that little balance. W. T. Bi,air. Ir you need a wheat drill this Fall, call on the McPheeters
Hardware Co. They dan sell you a drill for $40 and upwards no better drill made. All arc sold on a guarantee. James Ryan has for sale at hii shop some fine two horse wagons, only sixty dollars each, spring wagons, buggies, phaetons, &c, all ready to hitch to. He proposes to sell them as cheap as they can be bought anywhere, and he warrants thorn put up in a durable style. Cull and inspect these vehicles, opposite the county jail,' before yon buy. Job work and horse shoeing done promptly. CO FORTS, well made, and of good material, just received by McCalla & Co. Wo have just received a large stock of Wall Paper and Window Shades, which we will sell lower than ever before. Please call and look through our stock and learn our prices. McPheeters Hardware Co, Ice Cream at Benckart's. Th best so Bloomington, too. CASH ! CASH I CASH !
1 want mv cash for those Boots
and Shoes you purchased on time.
Our line of Heating Stoves is, immense. Come and see them. McPeeetbrs Hardware Co.
Best produce always bought by Hemp. Wilson, the grocer. Yoit can get good butter at his store as well as all the choicest groceries! He makes a specialty of fine teasj coffees, cigars and tobucco. For an Oyster Stew, fry ot broil, go to the Benckart Restaurant, South College Avenue. The clioiecst Oysters are always, kept; and there is a neatly furnished room' to cat them in. Street entrance.
Quiftlv but sorely Charley Mobley is getting in his Fall stock of dry goods aud notions in his store room on the south side. Charley Mobley's name is almost a household word, so closely is it associated with bargains. In the country, when p.ople are going to town in soareh cf bargains, they are always directed by their friends to "be sure and go to Mobley's," And lhey go, securing many bargains in the latest novelties and choice staples:
I EMi' Wilson's stock of rjweensware and glassware is very cotnjilete. He buys from first hands; and so can give some unheard of bargains to those in search of this class of goods. Goods delivered Important. People who desire to have neatly fitting .business suit.-, cut and made should waste ni time, bit hasten to Ben. McGee'a merchant tailoring establishment south sMe public square, where choice line of French and Enclish
DOMESTIC'S, the largest stock and most complete line ever brouebt to Blnomingtwi, uow at McCalla & Co.'s.
e?limt.te:l al 20,000,000. The coru
crop is couecded to be the largest ; piece goods arc kept in ttoclc. Ko
ever raised. The Farmer's figures! Httb taste is displayed by Mr. Me--are 7 pw cent, under the estimates j Uec tbo selection of lusss mods, . ,i ... . o i c i. 'the taste and uidgment exhibited ot the .Mate Board of Agriculture. . . ,. . - . . . , y turn in the fashioning of them Secretary Heron, of the board, nnt0 garments is the surest tast of thinks tho corn crop will reach, and th finished artist. Many a mart possibly exceed, 140,000,000 bush- we.i his respectable appearaucc to els, or an avoarge of thirty-oight he skill snd taste of his Tailor, . , , r ,, ,ri nd such being the cas?, we can bushels for o,4oO,6hO acres. Jhe,ot but pronince Benj. IoGee corn is maturing well aad is out of, true philanthropist, as well as a daugar from frost uhoiough artist and gentleo n.