Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 15 August 1894 — Page 1

THE refuel: Price, $1.50 Per Yesgf ESTABLISHED 1835. BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, AUG. 15, 1894.

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Wicks' Bee Hive.

Have You been to the August Clearance Sale

Wicks' Bee Hive. There are some good bargains there for you.

Wicks' Bee Hive.

Brick Ice Cream is manufactured by Geo. Benckart at his establishment on south College Avenue. Orders filled for families or parties, on short notice. Just received at Wilson's grocery, a new supply of that handsome China ware. Every lady in town admires it and many have purchased liberally of it. Examine the nev patterns. Belief in Six Hours. Distressing Liver .rad Bladder diseases relieved in sis hours by the "New Great South American Kidney Cure." This new remedy is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving- pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passages in male or female. It relieves retention ef water and pain in passingit almost immediately. If you want quick relief and care this is your remedy. Sold by Fakm Beos... Druggists, Bloominglon, Ind. July 4, '94 Choice Ice Cream at Benckart' s confectionery, south College Avenue. Don' t purchase till you know something about Benckart' s. Brick cream made to order. Go to Wixson's if yon wish tc secure the choicest and best in the grocery line. He is receiving goods almost every day. The new things in China ware are wonder -follv beautiful. Souders' Ice Wagon makes regular trips to all parts of the city, and makes it a special point to accommodate the people. Leave your order with the driver, or call at the meat shop and leave it" there. Attend to this. Nevek Bet Groceries, or any article kept in a grocery store, till you have investigated the inducements held out by James C. Bobinson, the west side dealer. He has no superior as a buyer, and thus gets goods so low that he can sell remarkably cheap, j His stock is one of the largest in ! the city, and is so varied and fresh that every one may be suit- i d. He makes a specialty of sup-; plying families with everything j they need. Kemember to go to Robinson's grocery, west bido of the public square, and you will be suited. Best Soda Water in Bloomington, with pure fruit extracts, can be had at Benckart s confetionery, south College Avenue. Try it and be convinced. Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Award. Save hojtey by getting W. J. Allen to figure on your hardware, sash, doors, etc., for the new building you are about to erect. B'oa Repairs or parts, of any Sewiog Machine, call at H. Lixdt.kv "s Boss. n. D?e.r r... . - o-7.:.- r j . I a rmftwcnm t Bcttkr that conies from Hemp. I Wilson's new refrigerator is as ! sweet a the refrigerator is clean. Get vour butter at Wilson's if you wrat something i-eally good. HATS AT KAHNS. During balance of July all of our $l."a0, and $2.5' Stiff Hats at SI-ITS AT LESS THAN CST OF MANL'FACri'KE. SOUTH SIDE SOU ARE.

Coffees, teas and tobaccos, the best in the place, at Hemp. Wilson's grocery. Texdek beef, veal, or the choicest lamb, can always bo bought at Oscar souder's meat shop. Try him.

Yon should "go to Hemp. Wilson's grocery far sugar to pnt up berries, etc. He has the best grades i'or the purpose and his figures are extremely low. At the corner of ith street and

College Avenue is Oscar Souder's Arthur Hadley, who has meat shop. There yon will find j bcen ack seVeral weeks with tythe choicest cuts of beef, pork, p,0y fever at the homo of James

veal, etc. uams, snouiaers ana . oacon always on nana. Xoke of tho profession can do a better job of hair cutting than John Hartman, who is employed in Gus. Kreuger's barber shop, near National Hotel. Gus. does seme work, though John is the leading attraction. Kreugcr has some second hand barber chairs for sale cheap. , j,...-, jries, most desirable groceries in; ceries, town, are those sold by A. H.

vvuson, nearly opposite i ne rro- jopiuei, m uus pwce. ! gress office. Every day he getSj A new firm has begun bu si-1

consignments or tresn goods irom ': the wholesale cities, and lie has (i arrangements by which ho secures ' the newest articles that are placed ! on the market. If vou are not familiar with Wilson's grocery j ask for it when you come to town. I uuxdt t n.ijiuusoN arc proprietors of the "Central" restaurant, south sido of tho square, opposite the court house. -This restaurant is a favorite resort for people who desire a satisfactory meal at a reasonable price. A great many people take dinner ! here in preference to building up j a roaring nro m the kitchen stove, and thus making the entire house rod hot. Where a family is small it is certainly cheaper ( to say nothing of the labor saved) to take your meals tit the restaurant. The restaurant people deserve the thauks of the public for preparing a place at which a family may take dinner in a quiet comfortable manner. Summeb Thips. If yon are eontemp'iatiiiff a trip this summer to any point on the Great Lakes, ti. Lne ChaaoftKU Ni-ai.a png) st. Law "Clice hirer, or to the .Mountain nllt BtWU tl tne Hast, write for full inforruat5on,f1eeriptive pamphlets, ratei on routes to E. O. McCormiuk. Passeng-er Tnifiic Manna-er. or P. B. Martin. General Psssengrer and Ticket Agent, nig Four Koute, Cincinnati, O. EvKity DAT Hemp. Wilson is receiving new goods in ' the groeery line. His cxperieiKte is of e2neinl vnbir to him hi ihe tiiir. chase of goods, iNanso he knows i"'!" U) & whereto pro c,irc ltWilson's grocery for all man-i nut in -mie;i i eu, i 1 : . , enoice l.ottees, popular brands of tobaccos, and i lie newest novel-' ties in Crackers and fine cakes. j Dr. Price's Cream 2ak3n& Powder j World's !"c!r Kiiicst ." icJul eniS Diploma. ICE ! ICE ' Norman will .sup ply you with ice thi' summer, j Best ice in town, and prompt scr- j vice. Leave orders at the drug store. Ki'inciiiber to go to Norman's for Ice it is the best, and the best is not too good for his cust nmfcrs. Prof. John Brnu, should be coiuulted now the weather grows warm. V. C. before He is fully and completely supplied with evi-ry appliance used in vault cleaning, and will do the work promptly and skillfully. (Jet ready for cholera clean up. Nrvkr buy old tough blue beef when you can get something really choice at Souder's shop, corner J th st. and College Avenue. Anothkk invo'ne of that pretty China ware just received by Hemp. Wilson. I lis tea at 25c. per pound is a great Keller. Better buy a pound.

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ico awe. a nunurai to ciope oui. Miss Mamie Bonckart is visiting relations and friends in Louisville and Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Hinckley of cast ith street will remove to Mt. l ark, Maryland, to reside. Tbfl water mmr.lv at the i reservoir and pend is said to be j quite low The Keeley graduates hold their reunion to-day (Tuesday) at Plainfield. Tho Adams Bros, are moving into their new dwellings on south College Avenue. Mel. Faris has gone to Petosky, Mich., to remain a week with his brother Eugene. -Mrs. Margaret Gregory has jbeen spending a few days at letn- j : any I rk as the guest el Airs, cunning. The tvorton quarry cempany i will furnish the stone for the now : Lafayette car works of the Monon j railroad. j John Stipo and Wm. ,Tohi, , j;i,;w i cinai waters of Trinity Springs, Martin county. The school at tho Whisnnnd school house, northwest of Bloom inglon, will be taught by Robert j Northcott, a teacher ef experience. Mort. Nichols, a salesman in a clothino- stare in the Bates house ; block, Indianapolis, was visiting his tnther in this place Iat week Clark, i reported bettor. Mrs. Betsey Sutton died pn i Thursday last, at the home of her brother, north of town, ill her 70th year. To reach tho better class of farmers in Monroe county, and the best families in Bloomington, you should advertise in tho Progress. Thos. Spicer of Aurora, 111

superintendent of water tanks onjg,H) Will rebuild the C. B. & Q. railroad, is visit-(- 1.,, aud cont,llts'n.ionglll

ing his father, Uncle Tommy ne8g in a room 0vcr Hall Bros. I dry goods store, Ott Anderson .'a va Aif.fiPa. Thov will conjuct tne merchant tailoring bus- i mess. A "familv erocery what tt... v.k, ;,.i v.,.,.o ! i:eeps, a who desire pomethinsf nice in the! come to hU cstabiishment: To , t .i. variety of poods Unit may b;i crowded into a room of ordinary dimensions till this one is exrunined. Mr. Wilson is an experienced i (grocery man knows what you! are likely to need, and keeps eomplcl'.! stock lie keeps the best butter in town there is no donitt about it. At the Central Restaurant every thing is iioat and clean as soap, w ater and hard work can make it. The btist is always sup - plied to the well pleased customers of this popular restaurant, a", the waiters, cooks an a,i omyloyes hei' wiilwl ia their various evcrythinc v nke clockVrr;r.T. Families can get single meals, or board by the week. Ladies need not hesitate to s; to the 'Central" for every detail is i conducted with tho moft jealous j care and strict decorum. Cbaio Voiu.ev can supply you with a buggy, phaeton, spring wagon, or anything else in the way !l v,('i,,.'1'' wllich 'on lu't",1 You don't have to pay him cash,! eithr, as he will swap for horses ! and mules.

He may be found al!easl 01 l?wn was severely inj urea

the big liverv barn, north of thc,one day last wcou oy being struck

- . . I square, o") t oii-'ge Avenue. it you need stationery ot any kind, and especially stationery for j con nucl ei :il iltlSlllCSS, and notes. like !- j letter .ill ilOildS, i et.-.. yon snouKi i-esncnmer mat a j ii k ! , I ''lg i the bi-i-i office, omi ) oroii'rm on ai.: , . j wtu! Hlll'M-' ' ( :avi is iitorfu:;Ks I lunch at good eofM vs people who ia BciK ksii-t";:', never drink i fee till thev :rt it t!a-r lieileI.OWli. art's loiJec i:; ' he b Tub oxi.y livst-eh.ss Merchant j f.,;i,.:., ,. .t.,i.i; ,.!,,...,. :.. : . ' jthat cal"ieti on ),y licnckai-t & i complete and full lino of late style piece goods, including Summer Suitings and Trouserings are among those being received almost daily from tho wholesale houses. The proprietors are practical cutlers, ami are able to give satisfaction to all customers, both as to fit and price. Just now, while money is scarce and business dull you need to get. the closest prices with the best fits, and you can feel assured of both at Benckart' s. merchant tailoring establishment. Call and get particulars.

Small Town.!

StlnesviUo Sutlers Severely. LOSS AliOCT $ll',000. A fire started in the barn owned bv Millard Kaston at Htinosvillc this county, at about 1 o'clock last Tuesday morning, and before it was gotten under conttol nine! structures were destroyed entailing a loss of about twelve tiions. and dollars, with $5,fi00 cf insurance. There was no wind the flames and smoke rising perpendicularly nnd to this may be attributed the fact that every building on the cast ide of the railroad track was not destroyed. The lire leaped from one building! to another in a leisurely kind of way. as though the work had been iZf KynnV sto. - j .v)ie;i there -v.u, no contiguous; i, .ij: t .nnilim(. There is no question but that it was the : work of an incendiary, as several j attempts have been made to de- j stroy property in Stmesville dur- j ing tho past twelve months, in tho j o past twelve months, in the j si; im. J.he K. 1 . hall was i same town wor -IK, en tnom. J iie iv. v. nan was i saved by the best of work but tho I fJA T. .1 1 ... t:.Ii if ,inf,i! I was licked up by the roaring flftDlc The losses can be summed up ns follow Odd Fellows building, furnitnrc, charter onci entire contents destroyed. I.ob ?2,000, insurance 1,500. Will not rebuild on th8 site. Frank Moore, five room residence, carpenter shop and coal shed. &c. Saved some of the house furniture, but in a damaged condition. Carpenter tool? and; all material burned. Insurance i ?600. Loss 1,600. Moore will rebuild. Millard Easton, barn, crib and contents, with poultry houses, i ; burned. Loss, 1,500; insurance; m00. The east wall of Mr.j ' Easton s store room was seriously ! j damaged and will bo torn away.! Loss on srooas ana store -.oom llglllg 10; Charle s Dunn was also (testioveci. : Loss 100, no insurance rebuild. Will , Restaurant of Mrs. Watt located i n building of J.S. Williams, bnrnwl to building 300. oe locaieu on tne secono noor. Groccrv store of John Easton.

t in v..itoi.i.ni,t a-t.i town.

jMr. WrJia:R.-.v..i u. lxl:vr: i.:calii!ll point, to an at- '"l v """'V mil" i' ihe ia , w iTdoTS ihiTboth (some two-story building on the i tendance of 800 students at the jw ere 1 lU 5' sCt- ! c-tUen and dealer receive th protecj lot. The Odd Fellows hall is to ! fall term of Indiana University I If all the prominent business : tlon the? deserv- There re not as

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i b ; inneeois buildiu .V tOM, on con-: tents !i -.K. Jjoss cot'i'. ;ir. . Kaston moved hi ock to his' building on the north side of the . 1Hardware store or leuar i .as-, ion. cements u- uoyea. xne xistomco was locatotl in tuis buiidiui;. Krervthiug saved, and j taken to the building just south: of the lia-.ton hof-! Insurance j on building C'l,00, stock 1,000. j Loss 4,000. Easton was a heavy j loser. He had just bica' on "H ; large stock of goods and all were i0Si. IIo will not rebuild. The office of Dr. tansifur dama- -jy insurance $C00. The ware room, ice house and barn ot bteve teatkowski s, saloon keeper, was consumed. insnrance. Lss Co. Jus house and saloon damaged a.)out 200. Inmranc on both $l,yQ0 will rebuild. He -Mrs. Jas. s. r. Mortrau is at Letuauy lark tor a week s stay. Mrs. Lon. D. Rogers has re - i rtl-,wwi .. i,rtn..- i fVnr.criiu ij ,. . iae W,M 01 1 , ,,.ul.cu0l - j-- "-v" hv fl roi whir- l hofj hnon nrtm roui n icucc o.y n ieiu norso. K,litir r-lm f t.h !om-'r! ;g securiu needed rest and rccre-' ation from his tixhausting labors ;n flfl T. i.ii nnvibw having left 1 ft T!, rT to I -.V - ATlf -. r. - T u i.. la. iv . i i .1 i only way possible . ..... for a of his July l'ntl y ' editor to dispo.s-' urnliis !ve ftt;r his 1,ttV0 '!,,lllI1''coupons - V W A IM I; Kail MOST PERFECT MADE. A piiM Grape Cream of Tartar Pow.ler. Free fiom Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THg STANDARD.

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BARGAINS DURING AUGUST IN

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100 degrees in the shade was no uncommon record in Bloom-i ing'ton last week. Tne fpniily of A. B. Guthrie of Salem will occupy the Tulev praperty, ecu theastern portion of Iter, the crack pitcher with j $L. WeUer orJT "r ' hc.o aie lew bettei or more re - - I'nw.i.. r"-vc nuiu v. nc. R. W. Mieis & Son's fine j stallion, Richard III. who had a : . it ,. , mii , recora or s:'J, uiea on lliursuay froni hemorrhage, the result of a surgical operation. j -Worthington Sun: The new! hotel at Bloomington, now bci'. 3 ltr) "5l! .. tjA K.. T',-., 1 '. iijiuooui m egimcni oj more than fSo.OOO. Prof. n,.ntrv mixln liia iiinnpv liv riiniiinir do w show, and of cour- 'ue jntenJs t nave a MUg-g0u d" good hotel. j a - Tlin W'lw.t.ll brieade has been newly equipped with lovely : red chairs, , new v seated, and the meetings, which hav ben ad jounied freiiuently of lato owinsrl -to scarcity of iim.ilDiHli'ii-l .itirtiii! : will now be held with a healthv : rnmilanttf which their inmnrtnnee ' ileinands. ax the last ctated meetinsr W. P. Bollenbachcr was

No insurance. I T?Srir Rotes iv tb il i-v-! CXWUlcd du ty dunces 011 the Streets ! thev are always sod) and then enforce

..v, ....jj . a...v..v elected Senior rautrler: H.Hitc. : when the weanou was utiaccount -

.Chaplain; II. r.akin, Warden; ! Joe Smith, Treasurer; Ed. Whet- ; sell, Worthy Host; H. J. Pelt uc, j Keeper ot tne Rolls; Jas. Uoop - i er. Expounder of tho Truth, and Koland Perdue was made Chairliian of lieception Comuiitlce. .j stosk of tlli3 ndW ' , , , , , . , tier nrs ueen piacea at two million uJoUurs, -Some of the -bovs of this place seem to regard every garden - a- 1. ; uii.i. :v:ii;iui 11 ink 11 t-ua uo jjuone property, or as tneir especial property, and the di-preiate up - - , the' a 'kt bolilnc-s ; ert-v owners. After tii,c HI . uZiMl aill.il to. prop - o" t . !A . . .

land then see a small c-rop on the1"' hv. "h ot hc :1,n! Itrarefullyimrlurcd branches it iv J,ni .Ua'!;,rt rwJd ha3 IdUlicult te look on calmly while i l'fn dcf- '

...... .1.1 ,.i ' t l i i predatory nunc:?; ot lawless bow - ii-.r. ii... .... i l 1J. I1V I'l Jl .11. llll't Hi 1 ;uftcii bie:k the braiiehes in a ! spirit of wantonuess. A subI scribor on west tith strcot tells of

a half-dozen boys of an average : liioriiing, uskiug for asisti-iu c iu age of 11 or 15 years who on j lighting the tire, .aid train dinSuixliiy morning a week climbed ; patchcr Chupniaii ln;incdiaU.!y gave

over into tho yard and were help ing thei!isnlves deliberately to fruit, and when told to leave turned upon tho lady and delied her. Some of the boys encouraging the others to stay as long us they wished, saying: -Toi,'t leave she don't dare to btrikc von. We c:;n have her tin..!' i Now hit i.s wont your1 eh-. V J" ) lwa.-am i-u.ie ot annir. j Some of thc-e boys have respect 1 'lbu' purents It is hoped.

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Dry Goods and Shoes. J

200 pairs of Shoes , -, - j . ULXlav U bUlU UUS , , are every one a Gooes

R . now no you like t 1 i! 1 lovely style of hair cordless o Valiiejs

if You Want Michael Fle-'ncr has been do clarod of unsound mind and an

i- . ,it i w in'ii ti inner nunt was oeinir maae I application was made last weck:apainst the .SiiUm keepers and the

I for his admission to the I asylum for the insane. central Several dirty hare-foot Turk - ish women, with dirty monkeys. rieonle ot oth?r towns coma her tj,at threaten to do so, there will -i. j-. two or lsUndred hWim fau. this -Everybody V goes to llson S crocerv to trot cood butter, for he certainly lias the best in town. , . . . . ana lie keeps it m a new cloan refrigerator, so that :t is. as sweet as a nut kerr.:u. Mrs. Harry Turner went to indiauapelia last Wednesday to i.u ( 1,.. -ufi. Irj I'.ivo (..(id v,;"1 i,"v : " vv...i..i...vv. . -j iuviuv... ; Mrs. CarmichaeL ff c " .V i ..Kin itrM i ir B'' ! ;n die yrocerv line can bo .secured at ,Hemp. Wilson's. He buys K,K1S 1 q""ies ana Pro- ! IU1" a" . 'bi ! to ste his Ohi na ware. It i beautiful. -Miss Mareia Lane of French I I Lick, d-uvhter of Conducfof Heni rv T.nne. sii.it lurself in tiip lmr.il i a lew days since, tone was load- ! inir a revolver to shoot at a hawk ; ; ably di. charged, indicting a pain - ful though not serious wound. ! Uu papers will get a lively ; iloai so.ne oi tr.ese days trom one! j of the crossings of the railroad in town. i'coplo grow careless with iiuiiuinity from accident, and ev - ,;i-.'Prv iav .me one is noarlr caught . . . . iy a tram at nie nrn si. cross. rig. A prize was awarded to the classintheM.lv Sunday school raising the largest average collcci: uu'i inr ii.:mu'..ui y I 1 ' I duii lay a wcok, ana tne imnncr : was carried oh' by Alf-cd Iliads ciass, it having contributed $3:01 1 i, , , , ; -MiMi lo innUi u aliov road rrom 1 ' ..mcsms. i i ii e-ui'i , iviH.ui '. nun ; ;.. , .... i i l aiilev nave decided luut .t was. i . ... (JJ1 .'I ,il..l. I -Partic . at Stinesvillo tele- . graph, d to Bhiomington Tuesday orders to i'arduiastcr Jom-s t:t!:e mi engine and t!at ear to KitkHoo.i Aveiii.e re.iii ii to haul tlm utcaiiier and company from this place to Siiec- ville. It was thoii'iht to be advisable, however, uii f oiisiiliiiiion, to hold the maeh'no ai-. I eotnpany here, ts the ii: k from tire W very great during tin extremely dry season, and it would be surcidal to leave Itloomii.gton wiihoi't any 'in; protection uhatcvei,

IT IS GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT The lianks of Bloomington exhibit a hualtliy i-ondition, aR shown by their reports. This happy state of affairs is brought about to a great extent by the large dop'its thoy enrry and very few persona know, or neen to know, to what extent tho banks tire indebtedto the lu'wsrarmr offices for these rloposite.

" It is stated Hint some of the daily pai pen, eoiiire.t lens man 5i,2 on .Satur day through their earners, and as this is in exoes-t of the pay roll, tho residue is deposited. See ? The llloomington town clock is on institution to be proud "of. Our people attend church by it; they po to their . iiivaii, lb, iuuiii;i i'y JLIf ilUU 3 I newspaper ....,... tiivw .nv: 11- .1 ta iuuv.1. look at the face of the town to wind up your watch, and much cheaper (if vou are a r man) than to own one. By tne way did you ever notice how freiri:Zit; ! turn thorn with n self-satisfied snap. j SmLSm i ia "il. to answer until he ofam consults the face of his watch. Qu.3er, isn't it ? Do you remember what a sensation was created by the "Smoke Balls" that wei-e sold everywhere some ten yaars ag-o, and that were advertised in the newspapers generally ? No ono hears of this -'sure cure for catarrh now," as the projectors no loufrer advertise it. It. is just so with all the well known patent nostrums when the advertisingceases the sales stop people look in another direction for their cure-alls. How do you like the new, novel and dvessincr, adopted most pallant and buauour city that of ft in front, aomhingf it up in a wild, woolv manner, and i then placing- the hat or cap on the back A clothing-dealer said: "It will not be more than two months till we will have daily applications from men to credit them for a suit or winter overcoat, when if these persons would use a little judgment and lay by the inr.nev they usually expend each week for beer j and tobacco they could soon accumuj late enough to pay for their winter I clothing, as some of theso people spend from 25 to 40 cents per d"ay in j this way an average of 82 per week. : SUS will buy a very neat suit of clothes now. ana tnere is no excuse for a man who has steady employment to nejflect to lay up the requisite amount." Since license has been granted to men to sell liquor. ;;d they are held to a strict accou'itability for the conduct of their place i of business, vou seldom ' hear of '-trouble on the levee." Hut : wen who drink had to sneak around j the alleys in order to procure the whisj ky which it is known thev always g-et, : th, ro. was a constant turmoil in that " "LT ., .i .i . u. , . I to violate the law, an the fsllows who p itronized t) 'ZZZ17 ETrJS&d wavy ii.:ooM they wa tch the S III I'll -,,'l,n n..,.,. a u.! away pay a heavy lii-onse thev . violators men who atteiunt to sell W ithout lieen . ...ill, n L-.,..n intAiviflt ; that makes -.heir iileintimate business : .-sotnewhut risky. - : .' - fT tt r. ii , i . xt. oiiuoury suepn?w ana 1 ueca of Jsewark, U., havi been mi is guests auiiug tlio past week. j Daniel Barrew lost L'ia home, near Dolan, ons Siorht lass week l.ir NT.4' : J j 'Vvumg savcu. T v u.w swue ct.mpauj win prooaoiy piaco a traveler ' ii i i . a l in their quarry at a cost of i?3,000, Mrs. Volport and two nieces were visiting friends in Salem last week. Mrs. Helton of norih College is i Avenue has gone to Chicago to visit her son. Ollio Carter. Get your old newspapers at the Proirress office. Thev will be stilrl ill iil'l,. nor hundred to close out the sto-'k. Mrs. Mattio Sinitli and chile 1 :t .i t...i .. . . !o ,;ri,, mr,,t l Milt j Rog,, UB,i wife. east of town, a. .sl. nana oi xerre xiaute. father-in-law of iL J. ieltus, arI rived from Ter re Haute last woel ! on a visit. I Th ..... .;' Im. hr pat on th,. rod again, which I ' " -v i the best indication of tho increase j of t rade in that line Tho S.JW n)iU of ,rannam & i llrailll'im north of town, was burned one night recently. Los;i small, and no iiiouraiieo. BE5T TOR 5H1RT5.

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The tne-yard is now well supplied with muscular workers. There are 1,932 Chinese ia Chicago, 15,251 Russians, 14,194 Italians, 7,413 French. Frank Andrews and his sis ter, Mrs. Birdie Headley are at Jeffereonville, visiting Mrs. Murphy. Rev. John Coffin who has a charge in Greencastle, was in Bloomington last week on a visit to his mother. Now Jersey parties are buying sheep in this county. Sheep are cheap hero, but are !.n good demand in New Jersey at fair prices. Frank Kinser, who wants to be Co. Treasurer, was in town last week. Frank is a jolly, clever fellow, but he's on the wrong ticket. Lectures on "bee culture" are delivered at Unionvillo, this county, each Monday evening by James Chitwood. He is said to be authority on tho subject. Ike Strouce, jr., traveling salesman from Baltimore with fall suits carries fifteen truukk. His traveling expense each day is $ 30. At the meeting of the members of Walnut St. Pres. church, held last Saturday, Rev. W. B. Dunham of Indianapolis was selected as their pastor. Reddy Austin, the confidence man who "worked" John Stipp for $4,000 has been released from jail at Pittsfield, Ills. He was under a 5,000 bond which was furnished by some of his gang. A rabid dog bit the little daughter of M. D. May, At Smithville, en Friday a week, and the parents of coarse are greatly alarmed. The child was taken to Torre Haute to have a mad stone applied. At least twenty-five families are making preparations to inov to Bloomington within the next thirty days. Many of them come no doubt to take advantage of the inducements held out by the water works company. Frank Simmons and wife ot Elwood, Ind., were visiting friends in Bloomington last week. Mr. Simmons is engaged in business in Elwood, and is doing well, his myriad of friends will be pleased to learn. Re?. Telfer of this city has had ehararo for several weeks of

ru v nuct no in tb M PL ! church at Bedford and nearly an I hundred ereion8-ha T th! result. ro impression has as yet t - J 4-U .XrtH am been or "Democrat" men, we regret to learn. James M. Campbell, J. C. Allen and Theo. Treadway resigned from the fire company, and Wm. Campbell, David Wajnpler and Phillip Carr were appointed in their stead. Wm. Hutehinga is now forman of the hook and I ladder truck. The fellow wno rode the horse from G. P. Beeves' liverystable had a preliminary hearing before Mayor Buskirk, and was bound over in the sum of 500 for his appearauce at th fall term of circuit court. He is now boarding with Sheriff Adams, and hac joined the choir. Miss Ollie Hall died on Wednesilnv lust at her hama in Whita i Hall Shr had hetat mrlfhriniy some time with an abdominal abcess, and an operation was performed two weeks ago which gave her some relief, but death came j unexpectedly. Deceased was in ner uist year. The town man is apt to think all a farmer has to do is to sit out lin the shade and watch things -n Jl i, i to do is to sit behind the counter ,1U1U13 an iui mi. ivnu mon uaa and rake in the money, every dei lar being his. That is the reason every farmer wants to move to town, and some business men envy the farmer. Postmaster East has been going about with a swelled jaw for soveral days. It came about in this way: In the absence of the ! general delivery clerk Marxson,he j waited on the patrons in that deIpnrtmont last Saturday, and thty j talked his jaw teeth loose answerj iug foolish questions, such as "why don 1 1 never get no lettorsi" "Anything for Smith, Brown, Henrv, Peters, the Jones', etc?" "Why ain't they ?" The County Institute ha been attended by an extraordinarily largo number of teachers, who have takon great interest in the proceedings and who have doubtless been very much benefitted. There were many teachers from other counties here, because, as they stud, it was reasonable to suppose that the seat of Indiana I uiversity would furnish souiej thing superior iu the way of an 1 institute, aud they were not disI appointed. Monroe county givW -! employment to 181 teachers

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