Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 14 March 1894 — Page 1

THE REPUBLICAN PROGME 'Established 1835. BLOOMINGTOTsT, INDIANA, MARCH 14, 1B94. Price, $1.50 Per Year.

Ai vixistr a tors and Executor and those who have the advertising for Estates will do n special favor for the PROGRESS if they will always insist upon the advertising (WHICH IS KEOniRED BY LAW) to be done in the

PROGRESS. Rates are always reason able. SPECIAL NOTICE. Persons knowing themselves indebted to W. J. Allen, either on aeconnt or note, will please call at oh'CE ami settle, as I am compelled to collect and don't wish to put co3t on these parties, which 1 will have to do if you fail to come. I MEaK business. W. J. ALLEN. You don'twanttoorderdoors, sash or blinds till you call at W. J. Allen's hardware store and investigate the samples and prices. All manner of builders'' hardware of late style and at as low prices as possible. Have yon seen the display of China at Hemp. Wilson's 1 Well it is certainly something worth a visit. He has secured a large and well selected stock of this class of goods, and can sell them very low because his expenses are light. They deserve examination. . Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Hltfwst Award. Finest shelf hardware in Bloomington can be found at W. J. Allen's hardware store. He keeps only the best. Beatjtifcl ! Beautiful ! ! is the exclamation of every 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 are a great temptation to the people 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 but 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 lowestprices, at Souders' meat shop. Best meat, and at lowest prices, at Souders' meat shop. Call and see those barber chairs for sale at Ereuger's shop. A bargain for you. Fob Repairs or parts of any Sewing Machine, call at H. Lihplet's Sons. No MAS excels Geo. Benckart aa a Bread baker. His bread creates comment -wherever used, by its sweetness, richness, lightness. Try Hand be convinced. The National Hotel barber shop is a convenient, neat and cosy establishment, just east of the postoffice. Gas. Kreager is proprietor. Give him a cap. Taffeys made daily at Benckarts. Also his celebrated horehound drops try. them for a cough. Otstebs by the can or in bulk, at Benckart' a, south College Ave. Only the choicest oysters kept. Taffeys made daily at Benckart's. Also his celebrated horehound drops try them for a cough.' Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder A PpreQrape Cream of Tartar Powder. Prof. John Brown, V. C, Bhould be consulted now, before the weather grows warm. He is 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 WA60X at W. J. Allen's and you will always be satisfied with it. He sells only such as he i an recommend. BMf CDUPETITIDH. ARE THE PRICES WE QUOTE ON BOYS' ABB OHILDBESS' We Carry Twice as Many as Any Other House in the City no m m ittm Goes with every CH1LDS' SUIT from 1.00 lp.

Hemp. Wilson bought a box of choice, Imperial green tea last week which ho desires to introduce among tea drinkers here. To introduce it quickly he has reduced the price to 25o. jwr pound it is worth 1; Come and get some liefore it is all gone. Fob Studebakcr wagons, carts and spring wagons, call at W J AI.LES

Best meat, and at lowest prices, att Souders' meat shop. Money saved is money made. If you can save 75c. on a jound of tea it is worth looking after, is it not i Yon 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 Wobley can supply you with a buggy, phaeton, spring wagon, or anything else in the way of a vehicle which you may need. Yon don't have to pay him cash, either, as -he will swap for horses? or mule. Tie may be found at the bisr livery barn north of the square, on College- Avenue. tSfls it a wagon yon need i Then go straight to W. J. Alien's hardware store and secure it, for he carries the best line of wagons sold in the county. Do you want real nice tender beef, veal or pork '. Oscar Sonder keeps it at his new meat shop, corner College Avenue and 4th street. Give Souder a call. Charley Mobley, 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 bo secured at the ""Golden Rule" for less money than at any store in Bloomington. 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 bamsh 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. Louis, Kansns City and Denver. The parties will be carried in Pullman Tourist cars leaving Parkersburg' 3;00 a. m., Cincinnati 9:25 a. m., Thursday, January 25th, Feb. Sth and 22d, March 8th and22dand 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. B. Corner Fourth and Vine streets. Cincinnati, Ohio, or call on nearest ticket agent of the 11. & O. S..W. Kv. 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, sn:i yet are. alile to pay a&ddo oy lor the pood 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 the way of a building lot for from 50 to $2.50 per week. He can sell t-ou a lot in the Prospect Hill addition (the handsomest addition in the city) on these terms. It is not out in the eouutry, bu1 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. TtJBKEYS, chickcqs, oysters, celery, and everything that is good to eat, at Hemp. Wilson's new cash grocery. Better examine his China before you conclude to make a purchase. 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 and get u pound of Green Imperial Tea for 25c. It is better than some of the Tea you have been paying a dollar a pound for. Now goods constantly being received at the "Fountain Head" . hardware store. I W. J. ALLEN.

AJJNOUNC'KMENTS.

COUNTY OFFICES Nominatinpr Convention, April II. C O M M 1 g $ I O N E It : am a candidate for Commissioner from the 1st district of tin? county, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. (KlI!i)K V. Fj.vrcuKH. t r e a s r it e it : 1S?I1. K. Thrasher will be a candi- ! date for the nomination for County j Treasurer, subject to the decision of ' the Republican no ninating' convention, i tS"Joseph S. Woodward of Clear i Creek tp. is a candidate for the nomij nation for County Treasurer, suujeetj to the decision of the Republican i-oun-' ty convention. tSTJohn V. Harroll of Clear Creek tp. is a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. CLERK . Eaf.Tohu 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. QfJoseph G. Mol'heeters will be a nnviflirln.ta fnr -lfrlt of Ihn Monroe Oir-..

I cnit Court, subject to tin- decision ii;"-' sei i the ttcpnldiuan count? eoiivontiou. j cxoe.lt lull

ttf v.-av r.. Taoi T.ion v'.Ub;-iii:i-! M iv'ii. .11. vi .'.ui .i.ji i eo.inrv sui-je !t to tins .ii'Ci.s.or of the Republican nominating convention. B2T. A. Faulkner, of Richland township, will be a candidate for the otHce of Clerk of the circuit court of Monroe county, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. SHERIFF. S3TWil.son Adams, of lllooniington township, will be a candidate for County Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. RECORD' : 11 . SSFMatucs W. Jackson, of JMooinington township, will be a Candida te for County Recorder, subject to the Republican convention. TRUST EE . 3r"I will be a candidate for Trustee of Bloomiugton township, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. Run Voss. County Commissioner, 3d. Dist. Ed. Pbogbess Jacob Carmichael, of Indian Creek tp., was defeated by but tnu vuua, ui. nie eiectiun ui iov-. ; John Sherlock, ar d the mnnv friends ! of Carmichael feel confident that he can be elected next fall if nominated at the approaching Republican county convention. Now we waut a man who will carry the ticket in that district by a good majority, and we feel stire that in Jake Carmichae l we have the man. Let his claims be presented. Mky Fiuexds. Wau Papers, such as you will find at Lindley's this year, are very handsome, and you should make an effort to secure some before the stock is picked over. George A. Benc kart & Son, in Benckart Block, south College Avenue, have the best facilities in Bloomington for making suits, which are made at from 1$ up. These men are practical tailors, have worked ar; the business all their lives, and so know what they are doing. A lit always guaranteed, and the best work insured

in every case, as Benckart & Sonnet fllu is ,10w a).le t(, fiu his nul-

are practical leave an order rush begins. cutters. Bettor now, before the For 2.50 per week you can secure a building lot worth $600. You can buy a $300 lot for about SI. 24 per week. Better investigate this proposition. Call on Henry Woolery, under the National Bank he will make everything plain. It is a great chance. Lindley's new Wall Paper room is now completed, and the new stock ready for hisj-eetioi'. Call and see whether you want to purchase or not. Don't paper till you examine Lindley's mammoth stock. The selection is so handsome and varied that any one, no matter how particular, can be suited. Bbown Cultivators at W. J. Allen's hardware store. You know tliey are tip top machines. Go and sec them. Or. Price's Cream Baking: Powder World's Pair Highest Medal and Diploma. The New York Store Established 1853. INDIAN APOLIS, LND. SPRING DRESS GOODS. Lovers of Pretty Dress Goods we are ready for you with the best line the foreign and domestic markets afford. New fabric and styles confined ex clusively to us. Usually the i choicest stuffs sell urst. Wouldn't vou like to be among tho early choosers ? Silk and Wool Novelties, Canvas Cloths, Crepe Cloths, Costume Checks, Melange Vigerennt. Fancy Granite Cloths, Granite Illurus Cloth. Covert Cloths, Etc., Etc. Samples will be mailed on application. I'kttir Dhy Goodk Co. P. S. Send for Part 1, World' Fair Portfolios, only 7c. by mail. The following !t parts will be sold at 9c. each part bv mail.

! A Mysterious Case. -On the.1

afternoon of January (ith, a young I ami comely woman, though shabily attired, took lodgings in the Owen school house, near Ellettsvillc, and during the night gave birth to a child. She was alone at the time Dow Woodall happened along, and, on discovering her condition, he hastened U. Ellettsville for a physician, but could get none. Ho then went back and did, as he stys, all in his power to alleviate the woman's. suffer ing, washed and dressed the child I as best he could, remaining with I his charge the eutire night. When ' the children assembled for school the next morning they were promptly dismissed, and the woman remained in the school house eight -lays. Finally some of the women in the neighborhood had her moved tome distance to an old unused cabin in the vicinity whore she remained sonic days. On the fourteenth day the child died, and was buried in a neighboring irravofll'il During all this time no medical attendance icn.Tenvl her. whh the '.;:'.:t. .viuii .1 physician froii !:!;:" . ' .v,i- to see iii. i. -h. U ooiuUi inrmsnttl her with food during her stay. After the burial of the child, a man giving his name as Harrison Wyatt, his residence as Indianapolis, and his occupation an attorney of that city, came and took the woman a way. The woman gave her name as Scott, but did ; not say where her home was or how she fame to be in this part of the country. Courier. I. V. Kahn not get it this time. Eugene Faris went to Chicago on Saturday morning last. Mrs. Lucindn Woodward of east 6th street is visiting relations in Indianapolis. Remember that Saturday, 24th, is the date of the Blooniiugton and Perry tp. conventions. The Democracy advertise for a Reform ticket reform with a , . "Iff A. T. Massey advertises all j hi nrmwrtv for'anln iiipln.linohi! interest in the grocery. ... .7 -J ti in ine iai.e. oratorical com est i at Indianapolis, Friday night,! Dimick of DePauw was awarded j first, Kahn of I. V. second. . x -I he schools in Bloomington in. win iio.u wten niomiis, or nil- i til the middle of April. " month longer than usual.

-rhe burial of Mrs Ute r-;Crct,k tp. helU a convention remains did not occur till Saturday jcontr for the of ,leIe. morning, as her son Andy had not; to the yari()US conventions. arrived on I nday. j A(Mre88e8 were delivered by A.J. Sam. Bulloubucher has vaeat- jLampkins aud John Gilmore. ed the middle room of Commercial , na M , . ,Mipap

Kow, the piace for the business. being too small Eld. Treat, who was seriouslv iniured in a runawav accident pit in Muncie. Col. East, the well known butcher, is the father af a daugh- j ter; born to E. R. Fletcher and wife, east 4th street, a son. Ira Dillman returned to Pennsylvania last week. He is still in the employ of the Ameri can Harrow Co. and is regarded as a valuable man by the company, The commencement exercises of EllettM-'illi- 1I school were held in the M.E. 'ehcreh of thai eity on F riday night, nates wore B. Harris Rav. The gra.Iand Carroll Over 100 tickets were sold i Friday last to persons w ho went I to the contest at Indianapolis. ! They went over the Big Four from Greencastle at a round trip rule ! from here of 1.85. j IVORY 50AP FOR CLOTHES. the pRoorcn a gamdlc co. enrn. GO TO & EDMONDSON'S KESTA CHANT, bVndy NEW In the MH-Jkh Room ash get Yll It DlXXKK, WHEN VOl aiu: is Tow.

-Jacob Baker and Jas. Wha-

ley go from Van Bnrcn tp. to linois soon to work on farms. II Dr. S. K. Khorer left last Thursday evening on a visit to relations in Kent tick v. Emmett Harris, it is stated, will remove this spring to a farm near EUettsville. John P. Harrell has moved to the John Dilluian farm fori which he traded last fall. j Mrs. Fish of Bedford is the j guest of John Nugent and wife.! west 'ith street. Ed. Zaring and gone to housekeeping wife have in Ellettsville. -Bloomington has a new at torney in the person ot . r. Hinds of Brown county, who has remo"ed to this city. In the ease of Michael Fleen- j er vs. Man' Hadden. demand on ! not i', a judgment for $2-8.o8. was rcudered i

lugRcs..iatner or immi. tn.t .-.f ' dm. stoiv, where Kuglu-s, is fUing in health rapid- ,jle Mi-)t ,op$ were located. I v. lie has .jot been very well all!

winter. Tie is ill hi., 7i)th vear. It is stated that E. T. Hancock and John Gilmore of Salt Creek tp. have some of the finest Poland China Hogs in the county. Who aro to be sacrificed by the citv Democrats as candidates : for Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer and ftiarsnai : i.nev promise 10 seled a ticket to-dav.

i About forty endowments, i h" fl,t,,or' E,UK'h FuIIer' west letters of, and endorsements for i bth street. ; candidates for State offices, have ' Why don't you buy some of j gone into t he waste basket in this i that Tea at Wilson's grocery? i office during the past mouth. I It will only cost you iJoc. a pound, i -The township trustees will !iU,(l 5s f a fln' 1hat yu j appoint road supervisors, so that'll' a tlollar for-

aspirants will not be required to pay out $500 each to secure an election this spring. Johnnv Alexander is erecting a store room on Walnut and 3d streets. Eph. Hughes is doing all he can to hurry John along so that he may "let up on him. ! Two funerals at Harmony irravoyard, west f town last week in one day: Mary Carmichael from Greene co., and Isabel Smith from Itlnim i titri i til Thuisday afternoon Owen-Rbertsen case, a suit note,, was begun. This is third trial of the case. John AIexandeP of Bedfor1 acted th on j the j D. ; as ver- - Th r)l,..nw1 .. diet for Owen. ti. u.,i". c.,n was found dead in itR stall last Friday morning. In some W : the animal became entangled in the woodwork, and falling upon a sharp piece of timber it was disemboweled. -Smith's display window is filled with attrac tive marbles, and the bovs are buying liberally. Gorge Riley bought a pocketful last Friday, and is ready now to challenge any of 'em to "plump for keeps." Morey Dunlap is a Republican candidate for Mayor, at Anderson, Tobe Hort is after a similar position at Brazil, while Hcnrj-j ' P. arson, a t-.rnuv student hero, i is likely to be nominated for Mayer of Bedford. ; Fish aro said to bo so plentif,ul 111 Whjte Ri"'r near frwprt that, wh,eu a fishmnan stops on fhe .ban.k ud io ,ms , nsn wwa cn otner j out of the water in their efforts to attract his attention. j A number of ladies enjoyed the hospitalities of Mrs. Wm. and Ben. Adams, at their homes on west sth street, Thursday afternoon, the occasion being an elegantly appointed reception from ! '2 to ;. ! j About the only man in Bloom -j ington who has no competition in jhis business is the postmaster. Ho sells stamps as high as ever, and when a patron threatens to go to Smith ville to make a purchase he never knocks off a cent. It is nip and tuck lietween the two daily papers hero at present, or will be till the Progress gets started. Nip is looking back j while tuck is coming hand over hand When they get melt and ! neck there is likely to be an ex- ! plosion. The Tel. runs by electricky and the Cour. by water. ! "Yah vah! let 'em out.'"' There is no place that an oilyt ongiicd stranger with a "specially" can work more successfully I than Hloomington, especially if he i ean enlist the church and temper jance people in hi scheme. Luth jer lSenson was the last one to proi fit by this peculiarity of some of jour people. He carried away (about 150, while many men. stood around "'waiting for work" at 50c i per diem. Hut they have no back I number books to sell, nor stale i stories to tell.

Oscar Rush has removed with

his family to Mattoon, Ills. i Jas. O. iiaxter of Salt Creek ; tp. is reported dangerously sick ; with pneumonia. T. J. Clark and daughter have gone to Iowa on u protracted visit. -John Murdock and family Greene have removed to Lyons, county. . .Indiana, frangipani, skini medieki, rip-rap, set 'em up ugh rah.'' -Three telephone companies are now asking for a franchise in Blooniiugton. Bart. Acuil, an old and well known citizen of Richland tp., is very ill at ins Home. David Allen, whose farm lies two miles west of EUettsville, is reported to be dangerously ill again. j -..-Walker & Grifl'y will proceed ai once 10 tear out tne uuuuingrs I M-!l 'Jutinan ot the Jimipire i stone quarry company was in II- ' ! tj t 1.1? tfi. . unois last ween, looKing airer a stone contract. The public square will now be an ideal place to spin a pneumatic tire. Shall there be a race on the 1st of April The wife of Dr. Gray of ; Spencer is visiting the family of j Work is being rapidly pushed on the Fee corner store room, Jit will be very handsome when ! completed, as the room is much wider, there will be a plate glass front, etc. The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago earned., ffross in Febrtiary, $li2JU), a decrease ot 47,326, as compared with February, 1S93. ti. l mbargor has secured the contract for keeping tho poor asylum during the next twelve months. I'mbarger has made a very acceptable officer. There are 33 inmates in the new poor house. Prof J A. Woodburn aud wife left on Thursday for De Funiak Springs, Florida, where Mr. Woodburn will give a course of lectures on American Political Histjry. They will begone about ten days. The lecture of Rev. H. V. Givler, at College Avenue M. E. icnurcn last j.nursaav nignr, was an able effort. The topic: "The Bread Winners of the 20th Century," gave the reverend gentleman full scope for his oratory. On Wednesday next at 10 o'clock, the Monroe Co. Horticultural Society will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Perring, west 1st street. The ani nual election will take place then, j It is requested. that the members carefully examine the fruit huds, so that thev may make an intelli gent report of tho damage done thus far, bv the. recent winter. o U R BABSAB CfOUHTIB IS JUOADED WITH -A 10 if" TH6 6A5L6. J. W. SIMMONS & CO. West Side Squake..

Miss Ada Kendall of Lafayette was the guest of Chas. B. Mitchell and wife. A vacation of one week will begin in the schools and college on the 23d. A drove of tine cattle was sold to Lawrence co. )v,irtirs by Ciav Hoard ot' this ofruuty, rc.-cnt-l. The widow of Dr. C. D. McLahlan was the guest of W. B. Hughes' family on west 5th ssreet, hist week. Mrs. Ida Brown aud Mrs. Ada Dickerson of Monon, Ind.. have been visiting L. S. Fields' family.

Miss Liz;;io Gonrley, who has been teaching a school at RussellviuY Ind. , is at home, her school term having closed. Omer Buuger, Elmer Buzzard, Dow EHcr and Wm. Neill are candidates tor Trustee in Van Buren tp. Miss Leslie Sears died at her home near Ilarrodsburg on tho 6 th instant with consumption, aged 49 years. Grant Johnson, a former well known young man of this place, died in Chicago recently, from injuries sustained in a wreck on the Monon a couple of years ago. Jas. 11. lace is a candidate jfor re-nomination to the office of justice of the peace for Perry tp. ; Mr. luce is a AO. 1 man in every ivsiv. nnd n TJunnhlieim on whom there is no discount. Miss Wvona Smith of east 6th street was married on Tuesday morning last to Carl H. Bell of Talula, Ills. Mr. Bell is a traveling agent for the McCormick Machine Company. Archibald Lane, who is now postmaster at Blossom, contemplates coming back to Bloomington to reside. It is difficult to remain away from the center of the universe once -you have resided there. Jacob Carmichael, one of the best men in Indian Creek tp., is spoken of for Commissioner. He was only defeated by two votes in 1892 and in 1894 can, if nominated, lie elected by a good majority. the trance-workers who created a sensation in the vicinity of Mt. Ebal a year ago, are now op erating; in Putnam county. The Greencastle Banner says the names of those working in the cause are John and Charles Scott of Monroe ceunty, and a Mrs. Huffman of Illinois. The tools belonging to old man Jeffries, who works in Sam. Gilmore's wagon shop, were gathered up one night last week, thrown into the stove and burned. It is hard to understand how a man can be so depraved as to thus injure an industrious aud inoffensive old man like Jeffries. Some thief entered the residence of James Borland, Sunday a week, and appropriated an overcoat, a pair ol pants and a number of small articles. Considerable thieving is going on in tho country where people do not fasten doors securely. It is remarkable that there should be sale for cane fishing poles in this place when it is known that there aro not fish enough to supply one-tenth of the tishernicu, who go forth l:o fish; yet a great l many are sold eacii year, and some ot our hsliermen can no as elaborately as those who reside on the banks ef the Ohio, where fishing is good. Tho People's party met in Salt Cre-,'k tp. Saturday a week, and nominated tho following ticket: Trustee, Johu Knight; Assessor, Joseph Hensley; Justices of the Peace, Perry Butcher and Chester Ingalls; Constables, Ira Kent and J. M. Chandler. There were "2 votes east, and Knight wus nomi nated over Jack Lampkins, for trustee, by S majority. Improvements still go on in the "Acorn" restaurant room, Allen block. It is now as neat and as well arranged as any establishment of the character you will find in the larger cities. The bill of fare is in keeping with the market, and the most fastidious will be suited. Go and tako dinner at the "Acorn," and you will bo well pleased.

Mrs. Enoch Fuller has been quite siek during the past week. The Bedford Bank is paying a ten per cent, dividend to its depositors. It is probable that Smith & Waldron will make some decided

'improvements in the ocra house ! ibis Kiinintpr It will be worth a visit to" Bloomington just to see that handsome soda fountain that Lindley has bought. Mrs. Mariah H. Baskirk, who now resides with her daughter in Anderson, is visiting the family of her son Thos. B. Buskirk, in Paoli. The heirs of Wm. Stone will take an appeal to the supreme court in the case of Briscoe for whom a judgemnt was given for $8,000, as a new trial has been refused by Judge Miers. Webb Parker, W. C. Winstandley, and several attorneys from Bedford and Chicago were in town one day last week, having come here to have some sort of proceedings heard in which the Bedford bank is defendant After all the evidence was" given to the jury in the McAfeeMeadows case the attorneys agreed-' to submit without argument. Tha judge charged the jury at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday and they retired to their room. In a half hour they returned to the court room with a. 'not guilty. The stockholders of Creek Stone Co. elected meeting Monday night board of directors as the BUj at their the old follows; President, C. C. Dunn; Socretary and Treasurer, R. C. Greeves. Directors John H. Louden, Dr. R. M. Weir, B. A. McGee, A. H. Wilson, T. M. Duggar, Nathan C. Gray, Geo. W. Bollcnbacher. The Prohibitionists held meeting to appoint delegates, one day last week. The delegates selected for the State convention, to meet at Indianapolis the 15th arc: Dr. V. Galloway, EUettsville; W.A.Terry, Stinesville; J. C." Hunter, Jas. Ransom, Oscar Fulwider, Bloomington. The dele gates for the congressional convenhon, the 14th, are: Knipp, C. L. Simmons, Mrs. D. M. Beck, Bloomington; J. H. Shook, EUettsville, and Alonzo. Botts, Stinesville. Mrs. Nancy Cates of east 24 street died on Wednesday afternoon last with neuralgia of tho brain and lungs. Mrs. Cates was the mother of seven children, four of whom arc living. Mrs. Cates was a good Christian woman, a member of Walnut St. Presbyterian church, aud a faithful, affectionate mother, whose principal object in life was the welfare of her children. Her husband, who was a soldier in the late war, died; some years ago, and Mrs. Cates has licen receiviug a small pension. The funeral took place on Friday. Luther Benson delivered lectures in the old college chapel on Monday aud Tuesday nights, to crowded houses. He told his experience as a first-class drunkard, and sold a wagrn-load of his famous book entitled "Fifteen Yearsin Hell." He telb a story on one of his friends who was about to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his marriage, and as Lutherhad an invitation, he cast about for an appropriate present. He finally concluded to send a copy ef his book as appropriate, and he never could understand why hia friend's wife would never speak to him afterward. A W A I! I K 1 Highest Honors World's FairCREAR1 MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Frar from Ammonia, Alum or any other aduatsnaV 40 YEARS THB STANDARD.