Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 December 1898 — Page 1

THE

REPUBLICAN

PROGRESS.

ESTABLISHED 1835.

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, DEC. 27, 1808.

Printed Tuesday morning

lo.c.al Notices The best fruit cake, the finest doughnuts, the choicest flavored cakcs of all kinds, at Benckart's bakery. Candied lemon peel, candied orango peel, candied citron, choice olives, new Florida

oranges, choicest raisins, best , panied by his wife, spent Christ bottled goods ever brought to the i mas with relations in Greeneustle

tuwn at Kenrknrt's confection-1

ery, south College avenue.

John Flora of Mitchell, who killed Jesse Burton in ntiatako for Bent. Jones, has been sent to Monroo county jail as the Bedford jail is considered insecure. J. C. Wcntworth, thcefficieut superintendent of the "World"

I steam printing bouse, acoompan-

Want Lusch I Then go to

Miss Kate Solsberry, who haa been the guest of Mrs. Eph. Hughes, has returned to ludiuna-

Bcncfcarts. They always have!P"-

good coffee something

get nowhere else.

you

PARTIES: Desiring information concerning' the Great Gunnison fiold Fields should subscribe for the Gunnison. CoL. News. S2.00 a year; $1.00 six months: 50c. three months.

Persons who may wish to have the best Ice Cream manufactured for special occasions, from pure cream, shou'd leave orders at Benckarts.

Get best Oysters at Bcnckart's bakery, south College avenue. Always the freshest in town.

040 ! All manner of meat was exi posed to sale last week in Bloom -

uigton, among it venison, bear, bison, bacon and oppossuin. Miss Emma Edtnondson has been elected president of tuo La-

I dies' Aid society and Miss Winnie

JLayton vice president. Misses Nannie and Bessie Rice, of Orleans, are here the guests of Mrs. Margaret Bice, east Kirkwood avenue.

Best Oysters in town can be found at Geo. A. Benckart's confectionary and bakery, south College avenue. Benckakt, the Tailor, is now better prepared than ever to attend to your demands in the matter of a New Fall or Winter Suit or Overcoat. In addition to a large stock of piece goods hes carries a full line of samples of all the most fashionable and desirable fabrics, and will take pleasure in exhibiting them to prospective buyers. The neatest fitting gaiments, made under Mr. Benckart's supervision, arc turned out daily in his shop in the brick building opposite the postoffice on the same floor with the Progress office. No agency work, but all solid shop work, done by the best tailors that money can hire. Come an I sec ma. Henry Besoukt.

Wanted. Black Walnut Logs and Timber. Highest cash prices paid for same. Address Lesh, Sanders & Egbert Co., Goshen, Indiana. Yours truly, Sandebs & Egbert Co. Sept.97-10w. Fresh Fruits, Nuts, Candies at Jesse Howe's

son on im-'tis

A basket or box of Jesse Howe's fine Candies or Fruits makes a nice present.

Dr.

It is said that Bedford girls who cannot afford a silk underskirt produce the coveted noise by tying sandpaper to their shoes. Good scheme. Wm. I. Fee will have a $2,00 dwelling erected on his farm

just east of town, the work to be

pushed rapidly till completed.

Congressman Miers and returned from Washington Thursday last. Mrs. T. H. Simmons is proving in health, in Florida,

said. Mr. Simmons is here

close up some busiuess affairs. Hon. John D. Morgan has been visiting relations iu llliuois. Dr. Bruce Wylie will bo married on the 28th to Miss Ida Newby, an heiress of Indianapolis. Doug. Field baa been confined to his room a portion of the time during the past week with stomach trouble. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Freese, north College avenue, arc entertaining Miss' Rose Freese, of

Springfield. Sho is a sister of Mr. Freese. Supt. Farr has completed his inspection of the Bean Blossom township schools.

Miss Vonia Miller has be;n selected as delegate to the State

encampment of the Ladies' Aid society at Shelhyville and Mrs. Robert Campbell as the alternate.

People are trying to dodge

the grip, which has again started

on its regular annual trip over

I Some Funny ltuslness. i Tho city council chamber was : crowded with excited men, last i Tuesday night, men who had I von induced to come out becauso it ; was asserted that an effort was being made by some Chicago parties to unload, iu some sort of maimer, a debt on the city, with out the knowledge of the people.

In fact, Mr. Batman, the city attorney, said that a couple of franchises or contracts had been sprung on him at ! o' clock Tuesday afternoon, tho first he knew of any scheme of tho kiud, and that he of course could not examine these

ontract-i in the few hours tiU -the

council was to moot at 7. There

was quite a flow of oratory during

the evening, and the further eon-

ideralion of the ordinances was

postponed till the next regular

meeting of the city council, to-

ni.jut a week. A Chicago specula

tor named Niver was present, and

he was accompanied by two Chi

cago lawyers though it is assert

ed not more than eight or ten

men Inew this till city attorney Batman found it out a little be

fore -1 o'clock. It is a very complicated affair so complicated that we confess we are incapable of giving a clear statement of it.

The best plan would bo for every

man who is interested "in what

sroing on" to be present ou

Tuesday night next.

urn

and Mrs.' Frank Coffin,

of Jeffcrsonville, arc tho guests of

Mrs. Caroline Coffin, north Col-

ege avenue. Mr. Coffin holds a

responsible position iu the Re-

formatory at that city.

Hoi. Woodward, Hairods-

burg stock buyer, has sold his

justness and will movo with his

family to Lebanon the first of the

year. He will continue in the

stock business and will continue to buy in this and adjoining counties.

O. F. Davis. Practice !

limited to disease s of the eye, car,

rnxittrtATit fr Cdtai-rh nivl -Ti-Kr. i UMJ twuulrJ

culosis. Glasses scientifically ad-1 The wife of Mayor Hadlcy,

iusted. Bloomimrton. Indiana, taking treatment at Dr. Eastman's

lO&i South College Avenue. j sanitarium, is slowly improving.

I lion. J. B. Wilson was at-

7n I "U ; tending to legal business in Ind-

tfeliawe man in tins vicinity to ianapohs and Martinsville last

open a small office and handle my week.

goods. Position permanent andj good pay. If your record is O. i

Kindly mention this per when to 8PeBd the w,ntcr

Mrs. Jennie Alexander has

; concluded not to go to California

writing. A. T. Morkis, Cincinnati, O.

other!

The city schools, on Friday, dismissed for a two weeks' recess.

James D. Moore of west

6th

Choice Taffies, and

candies, manufactured and on sale street, this city, and Moses bv Geo. A. Benckart each day. I Dnnn. of Bedford, have cone

, Mobile, Alabama, to remain for

vx.i u.cuu Y, 1 I several weeks, and other choice candies at Bene.

fcrt' a h mW thm froah Bedford Democrat: Judge

evnrv dav W- Martin left ou the morn

! ing train for St. Louis, having

Hoarhotjnd Candy is manufac- been called there on account of

tnred by Geo. A. Benckart, and the illness of his sister

be guarantees it. Good for hoarseness or deep-seated colds.

Dental work of all kinds is

done by Dr. Crain, whose parlors j Smith.

Dr. and Mrs. Frank Smith

are here from Kirksville, Mo. tho guests ot Mr. and Mrs. Ren

are located in the new block just south of the National Bank. Dr. Crain has had many years of successful experience in business here, and warrants all work.

There are men who pretend to know something about fitting glasses, whose efforts positively result in permanent injury to the patient. Such persons should be avoided. A thoroughly competent man, who can be found if wanted, is H. P. Tourncr, whose place of business is on south College Avenue. ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERYWHERE for "The Story of the Philippines" by Murat Ilulstead, commissioned by the Government svs Official Historian to the War Department The book was written in army camps at San r'ran.'isjo. on the Tahiti.; 4rith Ueneral Merritt. in the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hoag Kong', in the American trenches at Manila, in the "III5iii:ent.eamps with Ajjuinaldo, on the deck tff thJ Olympia with Dewey, and in the roar of battle at the fall of Manila. IJonaosv for aprents. Brimful of original pi !tnr3 taken by government photographers on the spot large book. Low prise. Big profits. Freight paid. Credit given. Drop al! trashy nnofrieia' war books. Outfit He:. Address, V. T. Barber, See'y., Star Insurance Bldg., Chicago. &or 1-1

THE

LAST DAYS

:OF:

MOST BE CLOSED JAJSr. lOTH, 1

mock is coiBDiete

A young fellow named Tin-

lall of Bedford, stole a mare from

John W. Fcltnar, one day last week, and rale it to this place.

He was arrested here and horse

and man returned to Lawrence

couuty, where the' are down on

hoss thieves.''

Cards have boen sent out an

nouncing the marriage of John

Bright and Miss Bertha llanna, Wednesday, Dec. 28tli, at 2:30

o'clock, at the home of tho bride

on 6th street. Miss Hanna is the

aceomplishe.l daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. bamncl 1. llanna. Mr.

Bright is the proprietor of Bright 's

cab lino.

in every uepanmem.

Not Just one line at a bargain, BUT EVERY LIME, REGARDLESS

COST!

'Ntthsr New Uallroad. Blooming-ton in building another rai road in thn same old way on p iper. The latf .il is the Colmulmu, IJ'.ooinin'rton and Terte llauti! railroad, t j te built by the Big Kour. If B irminyton liad all th-j railr.iadf that hav.; been built through theri! on pao-r it would be the largest raiir jad wtster in the country. Baas it is th.s Monon

easily bandits all of the business n.tj and out of Kloomingtou. Bedford Democrat. Right you are, sonny. There have been at least twelve railroads projected and surveyed through

this county during tho past thir

ty years. In some portion of Monroe county it haj been found necessary to abandon the cultivation of the land because of the inconvenience of plowing among the stakes that bad been driven by railroad surveying corps.

i .hk.

! A,

l'HE LUCKY MOSON. On Tuesday mcrii ig l.:6t

Secured e,:t a Oiat Expense.

A great may 1..

uepot ouuuay i

week, and Jor the

beneut of such we

here present ja

composite nieturo of this famous Kisser after he had hoishod slobbering over those silly females in the Auditorium at Chicago. It looks vory much liko him, even to the crookedness of his.necktio after oue of the damsels had gra,bbed"' liitii iu a "rude and ,inio lent" manner.

CaU-vc Dat 'Poss im an WaSji l'er tie Cwke. Thn cake walk, at the armory last Wednesday uight, was "a hot

tainakt." as the sport? declared

bridge over Salt Creek, south of i Seven g-iy couples of lovely col

Harrodsburg, on the Mouou col ored I a. lies and gentlemvn "ob.-...!c lapsed, and fell into tho th.ism. dahselvcs" and floated sroond the taking down thrco carloads of ; circle in tho big room to toe sestono that had b?oa pulled onto it ! ductivn music of tho mandolins, to hold it down. The passepger ; while six hundred white and coltrain from Chicago had just gone 'ored jraoplc looked on and apover, and the lu-ulgo fell as thejpl.uided vociferously. The rc cars left it. This was au extreme- ceipts of tho evening were $100 ly lucky accident, for if the bridge which is to bo usel for the benefit

was going to collapse, no belter , of the colored-Odd Fellows. The

over tho the perNo ac

tinic thau after a train had passed

could have been select etl. The bridge had been wrecked by a gorge of ice, and the accident could not have been possibly fore-Been.

Several persons lwl narrow e.v rapes during the lire in Mrs N. li Duzan's boarding hou--e, 429 N. I'eniv

sylvauia-st.. Friday. Mrs. l-'aui." Vau-

whites seemed as crazy

monkey shines cut by formers as tho blacks, coaming for tastes.

The Pocahontas council gae a public oyster supper Friday eveniug at the elegant home of Mrs. John Dressel, east Kirk-

woo t avcuuo. ihe ladies beeuu

nata and 10-years-old danffhter dro,- j s.,, vn al 5 o'cloek and there was

pcu li'om a se-'ou.i Htory wl.ujw, iu ;

Every article in the House at a Bargain. Consider what it means to close out a stock of

their niirht clothes, and were eaught by Ce.irge Elliott (colored) janitor at Tomlinion hall. Inti:aaapail-s Sun.

George Llliott will tie remem

bered a member of J. U. East's colored -Democratio glee club, and Websterian orator, during the first Cleveland campaign.

fedliott has evidently got somji

good stuil iu him.

Clothing

and Gem's Furnishing; Goods

MIERS WICKS. Invitations Have lieen issued an-

nonnring' the coming1 marriage of Iiu-

lel Kirkwood Micrs to Miss Ulan. -lie Wieks, Wednesday, January 4th. 1S3'.i.

Iho ceremony will be performed in

the College Avenue M. K. church, at hiffh noon, tho Rev. Ur. Doddridge officiating. The bride is the younpest daughter of M r. and Mr. W. W. Wicks, and is a talented younff lady greatly admired by her numerous friends.

The groom is the only son of Congressman and Mrs. R. XV. Micrs, and is a thoroughly educated and extremely popular young- man, lie i private secretary to Congressman iliers. and is a lawyer by profession. The dis

tinguished yonng couple will be. at

nome alter ueoruarv 1st. m Washing

ton City, their future home. World. Handsome Reception lor Miss Marie Fulk. The Sia-ina Su chapter house on

south Walnut straet v.'as a tceUfl ot

praiety Wednesday evening- fro:u S to 12 gM Jvjk. The event was a happy reception riven in honor of Miss Mark- Fulk

of Lafayette, by her friend. Miss Edna

swtnfller. Seventy-five invitations were extended and nj regrets were received making a large and jolly assemblacru o!

younff people.

i swindler and Miss Fulk received the guests at the door and gave all a warm welcome. The entertainment starte l ut once and there was plenty amusement for all. The card room whs occupied all the evening and inter the parlors were cleared in preparation for the dance. The merry whirl of the light fantastic was kept up until the midn'jfht hour had come, the music, being furnished by Mr. Carl Willis. liefreshinents of punch and cake were served.

$10,000 IN 25

DAYS. a 1 36

6 bALtd.

immens

Nothing can accomplish this but ENSE BARGAINS. FRIGES SLAUGHTERED. Hill Ulltl! OFFERED II 1 EMU SltHIEIEE ---

Under such conditions people will buy NOW for the Future

Mrs. Edward Woodward of

Chicago is the guest of Mr. and

Mrs. Will Dodds, cast th street

In Illinois Saturday there

was ten inches of snow; in Bloom

ington the weather was liko June.

We live in the Italy of America. I Sweets for the sweet at Jesse Howe's. Miss Irene Swearcngen died en Friday after a week's illness with spinal meningitis. Deceased was li years old and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swearcngen, east 7th street. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Carmicbael, Howest., a daughter. W. W. Spanglcr is a resident now of Indianapolis, and is married again. " Prof. Grant Stull of Bedford spent Christmas with his mother on west 6th street. Postmaster Buskirk and his : 'fficient force of postoffico workers were kept, busy a good portion ; of several uights last week, assorting mail, there being at one time nearly 3100 sacks in the office

New York Store,

1853. 1

?INIIANAPOIilS, -

iVou Will

iMake Money

This Store Rent January Air Our Store

Room will be for

lOth, 1899.

Fixtures For Sale.

Conditions aue Different.

Wm. I. Murrav, St Lotvi ,Minn.,

a graduate of the university here

in 1849, bar. written a letter telling of conditions in carlv davs.

Murray was a member of the Minnesota consiitutio.ial convention

and 11 vcars a member

of the legislature. Murray was

born at Centerville, Ind. He

a large attendance of members of tho Order. .Rverybody - unt away feeling we! 1 repaid for their visit to the hospitable home of Mrs. Drcssell, who is ono of the iiK)it accomplished cf hostesses. The raging waters carried away the new iron bridge near the Alexander Duncan farm last Mon lay a week and at this hoar not n particle of it has been found. The bridge h-id been unloaded from wagons only a few days ago and had not been placed in position NafchvilL Democrat.

Tho contract for furnishing statiouorv and sunnlics for the

01 1 various county offices, for one

year, was awarded to the Sentinel printing company, of Indianapolis,

took a stage coach to Indianapolis; at 15(35. Burford & Co. have

in order to get . to Blooimngton. j be.e:i sunulviisa this countv for

Tln-rn -! llwn .luit. .asm 1'iiibs.iujl ! .1 t- . 1 imi 1

tn me oiaio. jii iminuii una t;ns t;me was i,a4.oM. rreiry

1 ..i - 1. . .1 !.. 1... M ..'.. I .

sioppeu Ut a UlH;!l ll-pi uj, Ul i:u , close

M. Kay three davs, t. wait for a

coach going to Bloomingto:i a coach made of an old wagon with three seats in it. Robert Mil-roy of Delphi, ioined him at Iudiana-

Hoy Feltus has arrived from Houston, Texas, on a two weeks' v.iit with his parents. Boy is ou.; of the ad van jo men with the

polis and the two roomed together' '- Gentry show, and has closat Hlonmineten, getting board , Cl1 contract for his 5th esc

and bed for ?1.25 a week. Mur

ray's law teacher was David Me Donald, afterward federal judge in tho Indiana district. He write? that many of the students wqtj cow hide boots and jeans, and wore suits of clothes that Hi I ut cost $3. Now a student is expected to pay $3 to take "his girl" to a gleo club concert iu a city cab.

work.

All the churches held Christ? mas celebrations of various kinds during the past week. At soma the preparations were elaborate, and the performances giveu by the children were of :noro than qrJiuarv interest. Christmas, it seems, is observed more and mora, an I our business men look forward to tho Christmas trade with greater interest each year. TfW trad. during the past week itii tie teoitimrn!y good, and dftr merchants have reason to be well

satisfied.

Gillmoro Uidge, son of James Kidge, northwest of town, had tho thumb if Ul Jttft hairl-Titmost severed with an axo a few days a o while chopping wood.

-Born, to Mr. and Mrs Chris-k ,7Ih Cartfr' of, thc Umpb$l nnh..v n...,ii tht drm,i .,! Co. store, is to bo married dm

daughter; u. I.ce Stewart and j ThdaV "ext at Axtcll Kansas,

.110 jiims c iu. .1 rui iur. air. v.r-

NOTICE. ON ACCOUNT OF THE NATUKE AND CONDITION OF THIS SALIC WE CAN NOT LET GOODS OUT ON APPROVAL.

NOTICE. WE WILL TAKE NO MORE OF THE AMERICAN ADVERTISING CO. TICKET'S.

Bv COmillJ? to Indinnn. !

polis eariy in January andfe i WMfiM lMMMMMfiMMwM

uiKing advantage of 'groats January '

ISales of

binen and Muslin

jUndcpwear

T . . I- 1.

xiie. inuianapous papers,:

will bo full of particulars.

Mail orders carefully atTcled to.

Pettis Dry hi s Co.:

AGENTS FOE BUTTUBICK .'-rATTUrfS

1 NOTICE. 1 ALL PERSONS KNOWING m ,g THEMSELVES INDEBTED TO Til IS FIRM WILL PLEASE SJ CALL AND CLOSE THEIR & ACCOUNT EITHER BY PAYMKNT OF SAME OR BY m N0TK' 0

wlfu, cYist Till street, . a son; George Clinton and wife, west

the city, a son. Miss Fannie Belle Maxwell of the faculty of Lake Forest university, is spending tho holidays with home folks. Shu is professor of German iu L:ikc Forest. Mr. anl Mrs. II. N. Bennett and two children of Indianapolis are visiting the farirUicj of J. G. Urmey and W. F. Kinser during tho holidays. Newt, is a clerk in the Pension office. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Cutrcll left last weok for Lafayette- to iiiaUe their future home. Grant Cox, who his been traveling through the southern stales for tho American Harrow company the past two years, i at home. Claude Malott is now fii the law rlice of Henley c Wilson, and after his graduation from law school in Juuo may conclude ti remain here. Mrs. Len. S. Field entertain

ed tho Wednesday Ciu'n at 1i-t eleg.mt homo on cast Kirkwood avcuiit!, last week. Salt Creek has 1 c?n uncommonly high during Ilia past t h days. Fencing has been swept away, cornfields! 'Dined and bridges destroyed. Ono of tho ico wagon drivers Bafford by name, fell from an ice car last Wcducsday and injured his back seriously. Miss Floreneo Hughes, of tho I. U. library, has accepted a position as cataloguer' in Lchmd Stanford University, and will -leavo for Pnlo 1to iii -. ' - -i.vn'

tor became a-quainted with tho young lady while in the west last summer. Tho young couple will be at home after Jouv.vCth at Capt. FiehU', on cast 6lh sttc

Some of these fine days a meddlesome boy will get into trouble in tho postefficc. Tha box fastenings are very annoying and many of tho renters leave taa conibicvtions open in order that thev mav i;o saved thuo and ttou-

i ble. Several times wo have noj ticed boys going from box to box, (opening the door, and boldly

haudling the contents. Hon. John R. East has returned from Indianapolis, where

i ho has been on business partly

connected with the suit of Rachael R igers vs. the city bt Blooming ton. Col. E 1st says thai e has some hopes of a reversal of the decUion recently mado.

The marriage of John MarlrH to Miss Anna Kennedy is announced for Wednesday evening, Dec. 2Sth, at tho home of the bride's p.i rents, Mr. and Mrs..

i John Kennedy, six miles west of

town.

Manager Johnson has "made a date with th? "Night at 'a Circus" eompatn for the opera house. Wednesday-night, Deo. "25th. It i- a fust-class comedy and a firstclass company. Sett. W. V. Denk'ewalttfr Af bat tor v L. lt regiment voluntejr artillery, is hero from Ft. Barrancas, Florida, visiting hisfcrwfo er, F. W. Dankcwalter.

J. t. wait -ai faiflfy

spent Christinas y -Wrs

tO' r.!- v..- ' WV-.-:ijnr&fe