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

REFU PMOGRE Price, $1.50 Per Year. Established 1835. BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, MARCH 7, 1894.

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Administrators and Executors and those who hare the advertising for Estates will do a special favor for the PROGRESS if they will always insist upon the advertising (WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW) to be done in the PROGRESS. Rates are always reasonable.

SPECIAL JfOTICB. Persons knowing themselves indebted to W. J. Allen, either on account or note, will please calx, at okce and settle, as I am compelled to collect and don't wish to put cost on these parties, which 1 will have to do if you fail to come. I MEAN BUStNKSS. W. J. ALLEN. You don't want to order doors, sash or blinds till you call at W. J. Allen's hardware store and investigate the samples and prices. All mamier of builders' hardware of late style and at as low prices as possible. Have vou seen the display of China at "Hemp. Wilson's Well it is certainly something worth a visit. He has secured a large and well selected stock of this class of goods, nd can sell them very low because his expenses arc light. They deserve examination. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. Finest shelf hardware in Bloom -ington can be found at Wr. J. Al- ' len's hardware store. He keeps . onlv the best. Beactiful ! Beautiful ! ! is the exclamation of everv one who ' examines the China display in Jas Robinson's show window, west side square. The Havlin China is delicate and tastefully selected, and the setts of cups and saucers arc a great temptation to the peoile who stop for a moment to study the display. Robinson has a faculty of securing the best that comes to town, and it matters not how costly it may be there is always somebody to appreciate and buy it. You ought to notice those cute teapots, sugar bowls and cream jugs. Don't forget to look in as you pass by. Don't Birr hardware of any kind, or an agricultural implement of any character or a farm wagon till you have called at W. J. Allen's store, south side of the square and found -out what he can do for you. Best meat,' and at lowest prices, at Souders' meat shop. Best meat, and at lowest prices, at Souders" meat shop. C-aix and see those barber oh: urs for sale at Kreuger s shop. A bargain for you. Fob Repairs or parts of any Sewing Machine, call at H. Lis dixy's Sons. No VAX excels Geo. Benckart as a Bread baker. His bread creates comment -wherover used, by its sweetness, richness, lightness. Try it and be convinced. The National Hotel barber shop is a convenient, neat and cosy establishment, just east of the postoffice. Gus. Kreuger is proprietor. Give him a call. Taffets made daily at Benckart?. Also his celebrated horehoiind drops try. them for a cough. Oysters by the can or in bulk, at Benckart's, south College Ave. Qnly th choicest oysters kept. Taffets made daily at Benckart's. Also bis celebrated horehound drops try them for a cough. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder AParoOraaeCraam ! Tartar Pawder. Turkeys, chickens, oysters,celery, and everything that is good to cat, at Hemp. Wilson's new cash grocery. Better examine his China before you conclude to make a purchase. Prof. John Brown, V. c, before He is should be consulted now, the weather grows warm. fully and completely supplied with every appliance used in vault cleaning, and will do the work promptly and skillfully. Get ready for cholera clean up. Richest coffee in the town is served at Geo. A. Benckart's bakery, where can be secured a lunch that will specially commend itself to farmers and others. Get a wagon at W. J. Allen's and you will always be satisfied with it. He sells only such as he can recommend. Best meat, and at lowest prices, at Souders' meat shop. Oysters by the can or in bulk, at Benckart's, south College Ave. Only the choicest oysters kept. For Hardware and Building Material of all kinds at low prices go to W. J. Allen's. Next time you come to town go to Hemp. Wilson's awl get a pound of Green Imperial Tea for 25c. It is better than some of the Tea you have been paying a dollar a pound for. New goods constantly being received at the "Fountain Head"7 hardware store. W. J. ALLEN.

Hemp. Wilson bought a box of choice, Imperial green tea, last week which he desires to introduce among tea drinkers here. To introduce it quickly he has reduced the price to 25c. per pound it is worth $1. Come and get some before it is all gone.

For Stndebaker wagons, carts and spring wagons, call at w .1 AIXEXTS Best meat, and at lowest prices, at. Souders' meat shop. Money saved is money made. If you can save 75c. on a pound of tea it is worth looking after, is it not ' You can do that very thing at Wilson's cash grocery. Make your contracts now for building material at W. J. Allen's hardware store. Place your order so that you may have the goods early in the spring. Craig Worley can supply you with a buggy, phaeton, spring wagon, or anything else in tho way of a vehicle which you may need. You don't have to pav him cash, either, as he will swap for horses or mules. He may lie found at the bis liverv larn north of the square, on College Avenue. ISITTs it a wagon you need ? Then go straight to W. J. Allen's hardware store and secure it, for he carries the best line of wagons sold in the county. Do you want real nice -lender beef, veal or pork i Oscar Bonder keeps it at his new meat sjiop, corner College Avenue and 4th street. Give Souder a call. Charley Mob-ley, the only dry goods man on the south side of the square, has well supplied his store with every article that is usually called for, and no one need look further for variety or for lower prices. All the latest styles in dress goods, wraps, gloves, hosiery, and the thousand little articles that go to make up the sum of a lady's outfit can be secured at the "Golden Rule" for less money than at any stcreinBloomington. For proof of this assertion call at the store, examine the goods and learn prices. Ladies, those untimely wrinkles can be easily eradicated by the use of Woodbury's appliance and lubricant, now on sale at Faris Bros. The Woodbury Institute in New York and Chicago makes this class of treatment a specialty, and people should be eager to avail themselves of the opportunity to banish anything so marring to an otherwise pretty face as crows' feet or wrinkles. California Excursions. The well known Phillips -Excursion Company has arranged to run bi-weekly excursions to all principal California and other Pacific Coast cities, from all points on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway, via St. Iouis, Kansas City and Denver. The parties will be earried in Pullman Tourist cars leaving Parkersburg 2;0O a. m., Cincinnati 9:2. a. m., Thursday, January 25th, Feb. 8th and 22d, March 8th and 22d, and passengers will be booked through to destination. There are no Pacific Coast tours offering so good accommodations at less expense. For full information address A. Phillips & Co., S. E. Corner Fourth and Vine streets. Cincinnati, Ohio, or call on nearest ticket agent of the 1J. & O. S. W. Ry. Lindley's prices on. Wall Papers are in sympathy with the times. Low down. TO MEN WHO ADVERTISE. THE PROGRESS is read by people who went to the World"s Fair, and yet are able to pay and do pay for the goods they buy. These, of course, are the kind of people you desire for customers. You had better call on Henry Woolery, at his office under the 1st National Bank, and find out what he can do for you in tho way of a building lot for from 50c. to $2.;0 per week.- He can sell you a lot in the Prospect- Hill addition (the handsomest addition in the city) on these terms. It is not out in the country, bit is built up all around. Remember Lindleys carry the only line of Birges Goods in the city. The most artistic Wall Papers made. You should examine them soon. BELOV C0I.1PETITI0H. ARE THJB PRICES WE QUOTE ( N BOYS1 ABS CIULDP.ENS' We Carry Twice as Many as Any Other House in the City. i tin m itu imtt Goes with every GUILDS' SUIT from 1.00 Up.

ANNOUNCEMKXTS.

COUNTY OFFICES Nominating- Convention. April 1-1. lS'.'-l V OJIJII88IO N e r : Sf I nm a candidate for Commissioner from the 1st district of the county, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. Ukoihik W. Fi.ktvukh. t it k a s i: n k it : dTB. 1. Thrasher will be :i candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. "Joseph S. Woodward of Clear Creek tp. is a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the KepublieBii county convention. tSMohn V. Ilarrell of Clear Creek tp. is a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. : i. E it K . CS'Molm T. Woodward of Indian Creek township is a candidate for the nomination to the office of Clerk of Monroe county, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. lyjoseph G. MePheeters will be a candidate for Clerk of the Monroe Circuit Court, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. S"George 1). Thornton will be a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe county subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. It1f T. A. Faulkner, of Richland township, will be a candidate for the office of Clerk of the circuit court of Monroe county, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. S 11 E It I ' F . SSTWilson Adams, of i'.loomington township, will be a candidate for County Sheriff , subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. I! E C O R I) E R . ' BSP.lames W. Jackson, of llloomington township, will be a candidate for County Recorder, subject to the Republican convention. TRUST EE . '3FI will bo a candidate for Trustee of blooming-ton township, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. 15km Voss. Mrs. Sproull and children, who have been visiting relations here have returned to Bedford. A very large number of I. U. students will go to Indianapolis next Friday to witness the oratorical contest at night. Chas. Minett and wife of Bedford are the guests of Mrs. Minett's mother, Mrs. Thos. Martin of South Park. Mrs. Gilbert K. Perry of "Perry Place,'' north College Avenue, has returned from a protracted visit to relations at NashvihVj Tenn. George A. Benckart & Son, in Benckart Block, south College Avenue, have the best facilities in Bioomington for making suits, which are made at from $18 up. These men arc practical tailors, have worked at the business all their lives, and so know what they are doing. A fit always guaranteed, and the best work insured in every case, as Benckart & Son are practical cutters. Better leave an order now, before the rush begins. For $2.50 per week you can secure a building lot worth $000. You can buy a $300 lot for about $1.24 per week. Better investigate this proposition. Call on Henry Woolery, under the National Bank ho will make everything plain. It is a great chance. Lindi,ey's new Wall Paper room is now completed, and the new stock ready for inspection. Call and see whether you want to: purchase or not. i Don't i'aper til) you examine Lindley's mammoth stock. The selection is so handsome and varied I that any one, no matter how particular, can be suited. Brown Cultivators at W. J. Allen's hardware store. You know they are tip top machines. Go and see them. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder World'! Pair Highest Mcdci and Diploma. The New York Sf ore Established 1853. INDIANAPOLIS, IN P. SPRING DRESS GOODS. Lovers of Pretty Dress-Goods we arc ready for you with the best line the foreign and domestic markets afford. New fabrics and styles confined exclusively to us. I'sually the choicest stuffs sell lirst. Wouldn't y:i like to be among the early choosers Silk and Wool Novelties, Canvas Cloths, Crepe Cloths, Costume Checks, Melange Vigereant, Fancy Granite Cloths, Granite Illurus Cloths, Covert Cloths, Ktc, Ktc. Samples will Ik; mailed on application. Pkttis Din- (iooos Co. P. S. Send for Part 1, World's Fair Portfolios, only 7c. by mail. The following ! pin ts will lie sold at tic. eiicli pnrt bv mail.

Five Hundred and! Thirty-Eight.

THAT IS 'NIK NfMISBIt 1,I PKOriiE IX THE COl'NTY OF Who are Seventy Years old and Over, as Shown by the Lists Compiled by Senator 1'ulk. INDIAN CHEEK, l.'TIl ToWN'sinr. ANI I. AST This week completes the list of townships in Monroe county numbering among their citizens persons of seventy years and over. The list is larger than was gem-rally supposed, reaching an aggregate of 538. There is reason to believe .that many of these old men and women will have passed over to the silent majority before another year rolls around. AllUlltiiV. 1 CCJV I II. i'.iilv r I i iiiM . Mrs. Davit! Wright, John Koons, lndianCreektn. David W right,

Moses Worley, Mrs. Moses Wor-1 Henry Swindler of the Swindlev. Wm. V. Carter, Pleasant Iter & Graves restaurant, was mar-

Vossott. Pollev Fossett. John G. J. Smith, Mrs. John G. J. Smith, Jacob Tagne, Win. Bow en, Kchcc e.i Bowcn, Sarah Conoler, A. B. ll w i. k an , Sare, Acha Sure, L t f t. is -!.....1. Sullivan, Patsev Graves, Kachaet j tj,. i... w;ii.,.hw ii,i.u, John Davenport, Samuel Fergu-! M ill lllH4ii"f II 1 1 1 wni;ii jitiiiftiM son. James Caimichnel, Ginc.v ... East, Mrs. Joel Burch. Mrs. Hen ry Crumb, Hiram Hazel, Celia Smith, Elendcr Sparks, David Crumb, David Dcekard, Mrs. Samuel 1 oho, Mrs. Sexton Long, Daniel Linthicum, Geo. W. Cun ninghnm, Mrs. Thos. Carter, Kcbecca Sare Malissa Koons, Jane Bennett. Total ii. Simmons Tuesday Jas. W, and II. T. went to Cincinnati on morning last, via the Monon and O. & M. This is far the most convenient way to make the trip. You leave Bioomington on the accommodation train at fi:30 and if on time reach Mitchell just two minutes before the O. & M. accommodation train pulls in, arriving in Cincinnati at 12:30 in time for dinner. Monon conductor. The obliging Mr. Nugent" ! will telegraph the other train, and; it will be held for passengers east. ; A great many people would take ; this train for Cincinnati and buy j their own goods rather than buy j rrom drummers, it they unuerMUUll till' tviui.1 tlx mm- u iiiaivvn. t , , .. . i ;,.;.,; hen a man starts tor Cincinnati : ... .!....; .... i,. i 1 4 ...... i .....1-....

goeaonlheVan to Indianapolis, i'0 .w1l1 rdt" on Jlf ,,nclc s then takes the C. H. & D. for ; fa" nht imlosi east oi townCincinnati, the time seems twice; John Matthews has withdrawn as long as it really is, and it is a ; as a Democratic candidate for big contract for any one, but when Marshal, and Berry Butcher, a vou eat an oarlv breakfast at home prominent manufacturer of Har-

nnil tiil-K vr.nr limni- in ( 'inirin- ! nati it don't seem a loner trin. - .. : .. . Gus. Davis and family have been entertaining Mrs. John ! Mitchell anl Mrs.' Thos. Priest of nf Redfnrd I T,. rt;.,ui ,1,:. .,i....

also Ralph Rhorer, are among ! Frank Woollev was at lndthose mentioned in the Martins- j mnapohs last week, getting posted ville iwpcrs as guests of the sani- 0,1 huilding association work and tariums. . ! attending the State league. By ,, ... .. i tho way, few men understand the Ml'f;. "ine ,K'"scl'- , i building association business more 1'i-ank Kmser aul Mrs. D. J-jfuiv tlmiI Frank. Kmser, of Harrodsbiirg, were , , , the guests of Mrs. J. G. Urmey ! -J" Sewal has been on a and Mrs. R, N. Bennett, last week, j VMt io nsas C.ty, and was ae-

Showers Bros, have several machine wood carvers who came herefrom Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is said they are .expert workmen. Dr. Robert Rogers, who j practiced medicine in Pratt, Kan- j sas, for some time, and then went to Oklahoma and took a claim, is at home. The 'Standard" sewinw. ma-1

chine is the best now made. In- i W11 I)rti- L'owder, Rogstead of gilding and fancy work : t--rs and Win tied took part iu the on these machines this extra ex- j interesting discussion. Re.-olu-.U:...... ....l :t. it., e

nensv is put into the best steel j and workmanship. It took a world's rair lireniium. it is light running as a race horse,- and j does not break thread like other ; machines. The deficiency in the revenues for the present month will be over 10,000,000, and the people are expected to console themselves with the reflection that it isn't as large as it. is likely to be next month. Villon declared the income lax to be unconstitutional, and resisted the payment of his share of it to the last extremity, for which the Democrats loudly applauded linn, nut i iiui.-ii i.- in in.-. :ai-

now, and .the Democratic party is',,,,,. f n,c mt)il m.tive ,ut.,i.,-s f "agin" his view of the matter. ; t10 w.ntral committee from Rich-

GO TO i;M)i & hi M . 1 'bUN 5 : NEW RESTAURANT. In tiik M:Gkk Room ash ;kt YlH li DiNXEK, WIIKS Vol .Mil-: IN ToN.

Now wait for the Dailv Pro!

gress --morning, noon and night, lias been dangerously sick with with Sunday extra." pneumonia, is now on the road to .--March was in tho 'lamb'' I ruPil1 recovery, business this time. licautiful as I -A number of Hloomingtoii June. J Odd Fellows attended the funeral Bioomington now has '2U law- jof Wesley Gillaspy at Klletlsville vers -don't know just how many'"' wt-ek. physicians. - --Seventeen colored converts Township Trustees are elect- hu'le baptised in the Dillon pond, ed in November, just as State and j Sunday a week, by the pastor of county officers arc elected. duu. A Mitchell barber is nionopo-1 - " Sunday, March M, Bishop liziii" all the business because '-a j Kmckerbaeker will administer the shine" goes with every shave. "f?"1 uf eontinnatioi. in the Epis

; Mrs. Jacob Hunger went to I Indianapolis on Saturday, on a visit to her daughter, Mrs, Emsley Wood. David McGinnis of Franklin, a former - resident of this place, was in town last week. Dave is a No. 1 judge of a horse. Luther licnson at the Ckris- ! tian church and Mrs. J. K. Heck at the M. E. church, lectured on . I . , . i i tomperanoe last Mmday night. i ried at Spencer last Thursday to Miss Anna Porter. The Monon railway company

!'? ,mv,m? '" 8b 8;locatod in his new quarters on 4th j there are titteen suits acamst it i ...i 1 :u :

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Showers Bros, are represent-'Faulkner

ed at the exhibit (d furniture man"ac.ure,,, now ... prog. at ( Cincinnati. Miss Ethel Cruteher of Lexj ington, Kv., is the guest of Wal-1 j tor C ruteher s family, on College Avenue. , Died, on Thursday last. Miss Lulu Peterson, at the home of her 1 T i. I j.I i J i .... I

urouier, uiree umts east oi uwn,;8ut calwl on Tuesday af-

ageu years, wuu consumption

I Miss Lillie G reeves has re-jtion to the Progress, something turned from Kansas where she has! he has done with marked regularity ! hoon visitinir relations for some since Mav. 1807. when the uaner

tune. Miss Anna Woollev. without whose presence the Smith bazar ! seems gloomy, has been sick duri ing the past week. Buy a lot iu the Prospect Hill addition, then borrow money out of the Bioomington National Building Association and erect a goI home. flight 4;Ut in wages has ,opn ,.,,(, in tl, H,)nter ouo ,I!U.rv district. The men are j,ai(1 f,v the nom.f Tj,cl.e aro four qU.irries in operation at present. (, , ' ,, ........... - ...., .. , . . . . - on ednesdav night last to ., , , -tta Rah I of Salt Creek tp. Mrs. The rodsburo- bus eomen.it. in his sti:id. i i ! j iiiuuuei tu uic units' lieuLi : i .1 lnK cnjucu tin ctcniug sjjeiu uu Harry Orchard and wife souther st t n last week. There was music, dancing, feasting, and a IS00""1"0 icneraUv. his son William, who will visit friends here for a short time. It has been a long time since Win, Seward visited Bioomington so! I long indeed that he had been al"l lorgotten iy many. j The Monroe County Medical i j Society met at the office of Dr. U. ill. Hon. in this city, Wednesday j night. Dr. Hon read a paper on diseases of children as compared 111 . '"I""".1 I'111 , i ccr m tlie itiss of his wife were ! itlltlllt"U. On Saturday .last ("albert Gregory started for Oklahoma. accompanied as far as Chicago by Thos. Braxtan. Culbert will stay w ith Rev. Martin's family till July, whon his mother, Mrs. Margaret j Gregory, will stop for him on her ! way to Los Angeles, California, i where she will go to make that city her home. ! . T. A. Faulkner of Richland tp. is announced in to-day's Pro. 'gross as a candidate for the office jof County Clerk, subject to the decision of the Republican nominat- ; ill"- convention. Mr. Faulkner jms lor a number of years been iano tp. anti nasal ail limes uccu ready with time and means to do his duly to his party. He is a -popular ana Honorable business man. thoroughly competent- to fill ; the office to which he aspires, and i if nominated will make a race of j which his party w ill be proud.. He is a good mixer, and w ill b 'generally known before tlie d;iv the cunvekition.

wb copal church of tins city. Showers Bros, are getting ready for the summer's business by having the roofs of their factory buildings covered with gravel and pitch. Samuel Watts, an MS year old citizen of White Hall, dropped dead on the evening of the 2tith. Ho was iu his usual health up to the hour of his death. A line mare was stolen from the barn of Frank Skirviu, east of town, one night last week. The animal was ridden to Kent's mill on Salt Creek, where it was turned loose. F. M. Faulkner is now nicely sircei. n utile in: nut eituuu jlhp l)OU1.unjv house business. knows just how to do that, too. (iive lii tit a call. The "State Oratorical Contest" will take ulace at English's (),M.ra House. Indianapolis, on Fridav night, March !,

-Rev. J. II. Garrison,

outhjTho inter-State contest, this year,

1 will lie neiu ni me same jnace, 1 May 10 is the date. Wm. II. Jones who is in his ternoon last to pav his subscrip- ; passed into the hands ot the pres- ' "nt proprietor 27 years ago next Mav. While one of the Showers factory hands, Ellis Shaw, was at work at the sand-papering machine the sharp handle of a tile was forced into the right hand between the two lirst lingers to a depth ef three inches. His injuries were dressed by Dr. Joseph Rogers. Geo. P. Thornton, one of our most popular young Republicans, is to-day announced as a candidate for nomination to the office of Clerk of Monroe county. Mr . . . - Thornton is an active Republican and has the record of an effective worker. For a number of years he has been employed in Showers Bros, factory, and ho is popular with workingmen generally. Thornton is a young man of education, also, and is competent to till the office with satisfaction to all. Mrs. Isabella Smith died at ., , the h lome of her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Brandon, east 3d street, on Monday, 2(ith ult., in her 84th : year, ttie remains were taken t j llarmony, six miles west of town, ifor burial. Mrs. Smith was the mother of Dudley Smith and Mrs. G. L. Brandon, of this city; Mts. Lncia Wolf, of Sullivan, Mrs. Minnie Saddler of Spencer, and the step-mother of Addison Smith of this city. For many years she has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Brandon. () U II SABBAQ is LOADED -WITH i0 TH6 6AQL6, j J. W. SIMMONS & CO. W ET SK Syt'ARE.

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Mrs. M. A. Adkins is at Yellow Springs, ()., on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Ella Linn. Mrs. Braxtan and her .son George left for Chicago on Tuesday night of last week. Henry Gentry arrived at home on Wednesday last, direct from Mobile, Ala. II. J. Colpitis of east 7th street has been quite sick and confined to his house during the past week or two with heart disease. Tho wife of Dr. A.C. Spencer died at her home, 11th ahd Rogers street, Wednesday morning, with hasty consumption. The Y. M. 0. A. convention was in session in Michigan last week, and Will. Wylie of this city was in attendance as delegate. The- "Reed" quarry, near Smitltville, is being equipped with new machinery and the company hope to have a good season's run. The public join in this hope. A recent poll of the students shows that out of 538 now on the rolls 192 are members of fraternities and 36 are "barbs," or non-fraternity. Mary Catherine, daughter of a well known colored man named Hill, was married last Thursday night to Ted. Barnes. The happy young collide received the eoni grain lations or a myriad oi menus. The trial of Mrs. McAfee (colored) on the charge of killing Wm. Meadows, begun in circuit court to-dav (Tuesday). Judge Miers is anxious tint it be off the docket. gotten Walter Robertson and family of Bedford spent several days of last week in Bioomington. Wal ter may conclude to return to Bioomington the Chicago of Southern Indiana. The Central stone company has sold one of its channelers to the Star stone company and a derrick is to be erected, engine and boiler set and the work of development will be begun as soon as possible. On Tuesday night of last week a reception was given by Miss Lillie Howe to a number of her friends, at her home on south College Avenue. It was one of the most enjoyable social events of the season. Warren S. Fnller of this city and Miss Louise Burks of Newark, Greeno co., were married at the home of tho bride's parents last Sunday. The young people will reside in Bloomiugton. The Progress extends congratulations. Bedford Democrat: Airs. Mark Shrum, nee Lute Helton, has arrived here from Louisville. Her husband, Dr. Mark Shrum, will follow in a few days, an will locate in this city as a practitioner of medicine. A venire of forty men has been drawn for the I'nittsl States court: at Indianapolis, from which to seleet juries to try the Indianapedis National Bank cases. Among the names are those of George Find Icy and John A. Parks of this countv. one of ('lias. II. McPheett our best known business men, has been secured as a traveling- agent by the Indiana. Oil Tank Line, lie w ill go on the road about the i loth. Charley it one ot our best ! known business men, and we be ! lieve w ill be popular in his (position. new I Jas. Baker of Maple Ilights tried to comm unit suicide one calm rning recently. At 4 aiiatti morm a. in. he went to the family wood-; shed, placed a truce chain about ! i his neck and swung off into the; j thick air. I hit it hurt "mi, and! I he groaned, and he was rescued, j and he is alive, and he is glad of I '' it. Domestic infelicity. j Business is beginning to' "whoop up" iu Bioomington. In i a room 12 feet v ide and' about j thirty feet long, jti.st north of Axtell's, there are throe branches of ' business rcpresenttd. In front is! i Scott Pauley's jewelry store, next jis Sam lloilenbachors fancy goods! I and novelty store, w hile- ki the j rear is r rtuik ltoituzer s tailoring establishment :i distinct branches of busuiess represented in one nar- j row room. The young men are ' "H ,Wv'",J? - ,1V,,,V 1 ,,v'

Henry Nuckols is employed by a packing firm at Chicago. The widow of the late Henry Clay Jacobs has secured a position in the Spencer sanitarium. Wm. Anderson, an old and well known citizen of tho south part of the county, died last week Hon. M. F. Dunn, who has been so seriously sick at Brownstown, is convalescent now. Mrs. Ed. Whetsell was at Bedford last Wednesday on a visit to her father, C. R. Perdue. Rev. Telfer is holding revival meetings at Bcdf jrd, in the M. E. church. Last week was what the boyswould call a "bute," and a large quantity of maple molases was made in the county. Chas. Richards, brother of Mrs. J. W. Simmons, has been on a visit to relatives here. He resides in Lincoln, Illinois. W. T. Kendall, the new "Banner'' clerk, has been quite sick at the home of Wm, T Breeden, on west 6th street. They do say that Newt. Bennett has his weather eye elixedona clerkship in the pension office at Indianapolis, and is "likely to get it." Some of the Republican weather that had leen left over from the Harrison administration visited this locality last week. It was good, of course. The Bar Docket for circuit court was printed at tho "World" office, ami it is a very handy affair. The "Progress" has all its best job work done hy Oscar Cravens, and can recommend him as the best in the business. One Monroe county postmaster was appointed last week: John Gilmorc, to handle the mails at Gent, Polk tp. Mr. Gilnioro was postmaster under Cleveland beforej. and he is also proprietor of a store

at that point and sells a many goods. great. Some of the choicest of the Prospott Hill lots have been said recently to first-class citizens who. propose to erect elegant residences. Mr. Fulwider bought two lots last last week upon which he will erect fine residences at an early date. Dr. Warren of Smithville was bitten by a pet dog several! weeks ago. In a few days the dog showed signs of mad and was killed. - The. doctor w&njtm to Torre Haute and had the mad stone applied, but it would not adhere. Clav Ik-e has brought suit against the Monon railroad com pany laying his damages at f 10,000 for tho death of his little boy, who was run over and killed by cars near the south end of the depot last fall. There was a high board fence near the track which obstructed the view of the engineer tnd the pedestrian, and it will le charged that the road was negligent m uot having this cleared away. A bold thief threw a Inuilder through one of Bruce 5L McGary's, show windows, Wednesday night (at about 1 3 o clock, breaking a ne:lv.V plate glass, and seizing four ' pums unit two raj is, ni.uie ins escape. ine owner ot tlie building, Peter Bowman, sleeps, over the store, heard the crash and then the rapidly retreating footsteps. Entrance was also efi fm-ifvl (- I jiintilull llivk h-ilvt. ware- sUire. where some kiwvijti, a revolver, etc. were carried off. j The thief secured entrance throught the tin shop in the rear. 2 . V W Attl) K l Itifrliost Honors--World's Fair CREAM mum MOST PERFECT MADE, A ,,Ure Grape Creamxf Tartar Powder; Pre from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 49 YEARS THE STANDARD