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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, FEB. 28, 1899

THE FIELDSTAR STORE.

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IMMENSE STOCK THIS EfcK.

An accident (hat nn",rht Lave resulted seriously happened to Mrs. Jeunie Alexander, due day last week, at her home out near the University. She is the owner of an immense Maltese cat, a great house pet, and a dag invaded the premises in search of trouble. This he succeeded in finding, and toward the end of the scrimimage the eatjuurptd on a table.

'jiSiMrs. Alexander went out to paei-

jjfl'y 11,0 cai' wn,en "j iais """evrtts

meant ly mad, ana tne creature did net recognize its friend, bt iit her twice threusrh the left

hand. Tls wowiids were very

4bsoluyeiv1ure

Baking Powder

Makes the food more delicious and wholesome

kwm, mum pemcm eo., m rotat.

Printed Tuesday morniti

Every Lady Every Man, Every Pawl - T1 J. ,

In fact, who desire Bargains in choice goods, should -come immeir Gainful and owing t the manner

.ately to tne biAK MUKb, tile nrst store to get a btg stock on shelves for the SPRING TRADE. They are tolling in right ni

and you wilt be pleased with the hew patterns and- new fabfles.

COME AT ONCE, as nothing like it was ever seen before

Bring a friend. Some goods almost given away to start the Spring

business. 4 ... THE STAR STORE.

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PRETTY ADDITION.

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IsOcal Notices

The best fruit cake, the finest doughnuts, the choicest flavored cakes of all kinds, at Benckart's bakery. Candied lemon peel, candied orange peel, candied citron, choice olives, new Florida oranges, choicest raisins, best bottletl" goods ever brought to the town at Benckart's confectionery, south College avenue. Want Lunch? Then go to Benckarts. They always have good coffee something yoa can get nowhere else. ' PARTIES: Desiring information concerning the Great Gunnison Gold Fields should subscribe for the Gunnison. Col. "ews. 52.00 a year; 61.00 six months: 50c three months.

Pehsors who may wish to have the best Ice Cream manufactured for special occasions, from pure cream, shouM leave orders at Benckarts.

Get best Oysters at Benckart's bakery, south College avenue. Always tbe freshest in town. That Spring Suit should occupy the attention of many of our business men at present. Nothing sets off a man eo well as a neatly fitting suit of clothes made from suitable and seasonable goods. I am prepared to cot and make anything in that line that yoa may desire, and all work warranted. 1 have a large quantity, of the choicest samples from which yon may select. Work is all done in my shop, opposite tbe postoffice don't send it away. Come and see me if you desire solid shop work. Hesbt Bekcka.x.

sick

during

Nat. U. Hill has been

and confined to his room the past two weeks.

Miss Gertie Kabn, the charming daughter of Moses Kahn, the veteran clothier, is at Cincinnati, where she will spend several weeks with her grandmother and uncles. . Mrs. J ale Fee has been at Indianapolis some time taking treatment for some form of stomach trouble. Her health is much improved, but she intends to re

main several weeks longer.

The Farmers' boarding house,

on south Walnut street, vacated

by Mrs. Heckman, will hereafter be conducted by C. J. Thompson

and son.

Mrs. Mary Beech am arrived last week from Buffalo, Ky. , to spend a few days with her uncle, R. L. Stephens, east of town.

Mrs. Beecham is enroute to ire-J

mont, Neb., to join her husband in their future home. Wm. Peterson is confined to

his heme on east 10th street with a serious attack of lung fever.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis, west of the city, are entertaining Mrs. Sarah Surbaugh, of Olderson, W. Y. Hon. J. B. Wilson went to Indianapolis Friday last to attend the U. S. court, in the matter of the Biakeley assignment.

M which they were received fear iL2 .1.1 Jf imijin'iiiA. U'QD alcft A V

pSsieneed. Dr. LowdVr gave the

Wuh'nds his best attention, and Mrs. Alexander is now easy in mind and the wounds are rapidly healing.

At the beautiful home of

Mrs. B. F. Adams jr., south Collego avenue, on Wednesday last;

"Uuest day" was ceteoratea oy

tbe Wednesday club. Icere was an attendance of iS prominent

ladies, who came together for the purpose of celebrating the birth

of the "Father of his country." The interior of the Adams horns' was darkened, and an uncertain light was produced by old-fash

ioned "tallow dips." National colors wore freely displayed with tbe likeness of Geo. Washington.

Progressive domino was the attractive game, at which some of

the ladies seemed quite proficient Choice refreshments were served,

and this is said to have been one

of the most enjoyable of the many occasions of ita kind that has been carried through successfully by

the ladies of our beautiful city,

The Kathbone Temple held a

silver offering meeting Tuesday night, to raise a fund for the

Knights orphans' home and the donations amounted to $7. The

Temple has a membership of 71.

There were two initiations, Mrs.

M. Smith and Miss Gertie

Kahn. A social was given in which refreshments of cake and

coffee were served. The Temple is flourishing.

Now is tbe time to trim trees and vineti, before the sap comes up It wou.'d be a good time to cut away the ti'P top?- in the court house yard so that the town clock may be seen, elevate tho clock face on the point of the lightning rod, or take it down ana throw it away and save ?20 a motith for regulating the machine.

Last Wednesday was a benU' tiful clear day, the sun sinning bravely. But what a difference in the mornins f Thursday was

ushered in with a snow storm, ono j of the old Indiana kind, and that i

Judge Martiu is giving tho Bedforditesa taste of circuit court. A telephone lino is being ex-

tenaou out secona street to tne

water works. Down in Manila the soldier boys are being overcome with beat, while otJt here people freeze to death'on the slightest provocation. Big country this. Just think if people trying M build a railroad while tbe snow

lay In avy on the ground as it did

last Thursday. While it was snowirig here

is not saying much in its favor. ' last Tnursday the I. U. glee club Indiana can supply as lovely I was drinking ice-cold lemonade

Weather as was ever seen, and I down in Florida and had its col-

theit when the reverse comes there

could -Ie' riothing meaner,

lar open to admit tbe breezes.

Capt. R. R. Stewart has re

It would be grai.d music to j turned from Leipsic, where be

aain tear the click of sJone chan-

nrdipta in everv direction as was

the case three years ago. will that time. ever return K

But

Get Taffies, Horebound Drops and other choice candies at Benckart's, as he makes them fresh every day. Wasted. Black Walnnt Logs and Timber. Highest cash prices paid for same. Address Lesh, Sanders & Egbert Co., Goshen, Indiana. Yours truly, Sandehs & Egbert Co. Sepr,27-10w. D, 0. F. Davis. Practice limited to diseases of tbe eye, ear, nose,, throat and langs. Hot Air treatment for Catarrh and Tuberculosis. Glasses scientifically adjusted. Bloomington, Indiana, 109$ South College Avenue.

To Cure a Cold in One Day . Take Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup, tbe best cough remedy on earth. 25 and 50 eta. All druggists.

HENRY P. TOURN&R, JEWELK1S AND OPTICIAN, Soots College Axumun, BLOOMiHGTOK, lUDtXKA. Special attention given to the Correction of Optical Deficiencies in the Human Kye. Spectacles made to fit the complica

tion.-, peculiar t individual eases. Patrona snU:n thentcelveB of our services f 1 1 be subjected to an tanuaat.VT :"...;! .:. -.minalinn as to the optical -'.:.r.-y of their eyes. 8p, . ii be furnished at a

rrw- to f - mortem vrit u tne re-

Hoarhound Candy is manufactured by Geo. A. Benckart, and he guarantees it. Good for hoarseness or deep-seated colds. The Best Vone;b Remedy on artb, Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup, Consumption Cure, cures a cold in 24 hours if taken in time and does not stop a cough in One Minute by paralyzing the throat, but it cures tbe disease and leaves the throat and lungs healthy and tsrong. 25 and 50 cts. jan3-6m Choice Taffies, and other candies, manufactured and on sale by Geo. A. Benckart each day. Best Otstkbs in town can be found at Geo. A. Benckart's confectionary and bakery, south College avenue. JJental work of all kinds is done by Dr. Crain, whoso parlors 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.

These 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 compe

tent man, who can be found if i wanted, is H. P. Tourner, whose

place of business is on sooth Col

lege Avenue.

Consumption Cure Warner'a White Wine of Tar Sirup.

the best cough remedy orfiearth,

cur'B a coi in urn-' day it taken

in time 2$ and 'jh cm t

Deputy Auditor McNeely

was rusticating on his Washing

ton township farm, last week. By the way, are you acquainted, with McNeely ? He is one of- the

cleverest fellows about the court house one of 'those men whom you like better the longer you know him. Asd he is both a

farmer and a competent man in

bis position as Deputy Auditor. New additions will be taken into the city limits for taxation. They are Kenwood, University Park, Walnut Grove, University Heights and the Alexander addition northwest of the city. As real estate is to be appraised again this, year, this matter is receiving the attention it deserves.

majority

Counterfeit silver dollars, 50 cent pieces and quarters are now in circulation. The dollais base

a slight yellowish tinge, but ufe

almost tbe weight and ring of the

genuine. Same manufacturers ti

the dollars were arrested in Chi

cage last week. Dollars of lSd

seemed to be in the among the counterfeits.

The district meeting of the Knights of Pythias at Bedford,

last week, was well attended and profitable. A banquet was given, speeches were made, and the jolly

Knights had a jovial time. The weather was bad, and in conse

quence tne parade bad to be abandoned.

Mose Kahn neglected to Jock the front tiaor'of his big clothing store Saturday night a week, and it so remained till late Sunday. Several burglars and sneak fbieves

went through the Bteck, but when

ttiey found the prices to wnicn Mose had marked the suits they left them said they wouldn't steal from as clover a man as

Mose Kahn they Kabn but they

won't.' Two more weeks and tbe Indiana legisJature will be a memory. Some of tt'io members are loath to let go, bee use they got to seo so many good shows in the capital

citv. And the fellows who have

joined with the stock yards people fare very well when they refuse to vote for the farmers.

Supt. A. T. Wert of the Jeffersonville reformatory has been offered the general soperintendency of the alms aoust at Bnstou and of tbe cuuuty, with a salary of $6,000 ami a fine residence. Tobe Hei t is very popular wherever known, and will give fullsatisfaction in. this position without doubt.

James C. Robinson has purchased' Wm. CaruiicbaeTs grocery in the old Jas. Ryan room, south Walnut street, and bas taken possession. Robinson bad a grocery store ou tbe west side of the

square tor a number ot years and

had the reputation always or an

honest, square-dealing business

man. He is the same Jimmy Robinson, and you will always dud bim a fair man to trade with.

Some one went into Capt. Duncan's cellar at Bedford Satur-

attended the funeral of his sister,

Mrs. Oldham. Ralph Rhorer has gone to

Fitzgerald, Ga., to join his wife

1 hey expect ts return in abou

two weeks, by which time they

flo.'ie the back of winter will be

broken.

Seven' applicants appeared

before fht' board f pension ex

aminers, at the office of Dr. Low-

:d'er." oh' Wednesday last.

Mrs. ri. J. tsrannock was

(ntttt't-.ii m-nry hal PitnKin Milinvlor

C. Aundalfj of Newkirk, Oklaho

ma, last week.

Mike Guthrie ia Wow at Salt

Lake City, Utah, manipulating telegraph key.

W. B. Edmondson is now" an

assistant in the eastern insane sky lum under Dr. Smith, near Rich1 moud. G. M. Whitaker has purchased what was left of tho bank

rupt stock of millinery goods

formerly owned by tho Cormaiv

sisters.

Jebn Peltus will travel with

the Wallace circus this year as an

advertiser, with car No. 2. The

show bus been wintering at Peru,

wh'.'i e he will go to join them.

Even the horses find this cli

mate lata! ta them a valuable

horse belonging to D. C. Wiugert

having died- with pneumonia re

csntly.

G. W. Campbell was in Cin

cinnati last week bavin"; a fresh

uew si o;k of goods.

S. E. C&i'micbael has sold a

bouse and lot in Clark's addition, north Walnut street, to-Carrie P.

Davis. Consideration, $2,500.

The turnpike disease has again broken out in this county.

Five roads will be petitioned for

in Richland tfi'. One t connect

the Spencer road with tbe Bloom

ington piko; one to connect Mt,

Tabor and Ellettsville pike with

Bloomington road; one from' El-

lettsville northeast to Maple

Grove; one connecting, the pro

posed Ellettsville and Modesto

pike with the proposed Maple

Grove road; one extending tenth

from Ellettsville to the Verbal road. In Washington a petit on

asks for a pike from the township

line on tho Martinsville and Bloom

ington road tt exteud two mileB

north; also a petition asks for an

exteusion of the Griffy Creek and

Gosport pike two miles further north. . In Bloomington township

petitions are in circulation to

tend the Ilight pike from Dolan

to tbo Washington township line

a distance ot t of a mile, and to

cost about $1,500.

IF YOU WANT,

--Rev. Jordan of the 8th street

M. E. church lias been in Tunnel-

tou during tbe nasi week iissintimr

day night a week and took all hisi j a series of levivul uieetinffis.

canned fruit, potatoes and turnips

lhis is the-second time his cellar

has been robbed this winter.

Shabby way to treat the Captuiu.

But it is one of the results of liv

ing in a town with four railroads.

The trade between Wm. Carinichacl and J. C. Robinson was made by Cbas L. Robertson, It is said that hero is a large colony of Latter Day Saints in C.!t uti1 I-V.l ir d ....I tk.t

The work of tearing down 1 4, . . ? . i the number is -constantly mereus-

Washington's birthday was pretty generally observed on Wednesday last, in Bloomington. MONEY TO LOAN. I have money to loan at 5$. per

cent, on good farm property,, in

amounts of 1,000 or more. AIbo

6 per cent, monoy to loap on city property near square or in small

amounts on farms. Office No.

104 S. Side East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Ind. Wm. A. Rice;

ing.

The committee to which was

the old hotel at Indian Springs has

been resumed, and the new build

ing will soon .be in course-of con

struction. It is said that tbe old ! referred the purchase of the elec frame structure is m firmly built 1 1' '--light plant brought in a re

that it is very hard work to tear P1""! on last luesday niglit in

it away.

Clom. Whitaker has secured

a position with a Louisville whole

sale grocery bouse. He was quired to. go to the house and

quaint hiuioclf with the- stock and tbe trade, and then be takes the road.

A Mr. Gould of Chicago is now superintendent of. construction on the stone railroad, Mi. Lutk haviug resigned.. It is said that Mr. Lusk has m immense ran :h in Wyoming from which be hips thousands of cattle and

horses each year to the

market. Rev. 0. E. Clough of tbe Fir d. Baptist church is at Saleia; assisting Rev. J. L. Matthews in a st ries of revival. meetings. Rev. Clotigh's pulpit was occupied Sur.day by Rev. 1. N. Carr, vicepresident of Franklin college. Mrs. Shanklin. bus returned frin n a trip through Florida. She spe it some tiuio at New Orleans witnessing the Mardi Gras festivities and is at present visiting the fan ily of Rev. J. 15. Brant.

which they recommended that the city should not buy the plunt. After a month's illness Moses

re-i Field, father of tho Fiekll Bros.,

ac- is again aoio to oe-on tue- strvet.

Rev. W. A. LittelL the U. P. pastor, has taken rooms with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Freese; who

Mrs. Rebecca Sare of Hurrodsburg, 72 years of age, came

to the Lewder sanitarium in tins place one day last week and had her right eye- ball removed by Dr. O. F. Davis of this city. Two

years ago she attempted to drive

away some calves while in the barnyard, and in doing so struck

ofib of them with a switch; ithe switch broke and a fragment

etruek hb'r squarely on the right eye-ball. Recently she has Buffered a great deal of pain in it and tbe left eye in sympathy was beginning to grow weak. So she determined on the operation of last week, which seems ti) bo a sdecess. She has never riddeu on

a railway train but once.

The Barnaby veneer factory

and saw null has' beert started. Tbe plant will have a capacity of

about 75,000 feet of lditiber pur

day, and when running at: Its fell

capacity will give employment to

40 or 50 men.

DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS and OIL FINE STATIONERY, GUNTHER'S GANBI&S CIGARS and TOBACCO, DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES JWP HAVF Ftvl

Btewitt Drug Store. G; M. SPIGEUY, Prop.

Mrs. Clark McLaughlin; wbrj has been attending tbe bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Verrin,

nt Indianapolis, has returned and

L herself now quite ill at her hosse an1 Mapfe Heights.

Charles K- Perring has pur

chased tbo City Cigar store on tho west side ffom tbe Dillmnn brothers' and will cbhcftiet the bii-

iness in the future. He will add a large stock of fobaccc and an excellent line of cigars of standard brand.

Major Mulky has been re

elected president of tho Mexican

war veteran s association e tun

btate: Ihe Major always takes a

deep interest in everything con

nected, with tbe interests of tbe Mexican veterans.

Mrs. Wm. Shields, one of

the well-known ladies of Monroe

county, died at her home near

Moore's Creek Wednesday, of

lung trouble, after a brief illness.

Mrs. Shields was 76 years of age

and a lady loved and respected by all who knew her. She leaves a husband and nine children to mourn her demise, Mrs. A. J. Lampkins, of this city; Mrs. Phillip Bend, of Morgantown;

Mrs. Allen Carter, Mrs. John

Wampler; Mrs. Hale, David,

James, William and John. W.

Shields.

Saturday, Feb. 25th, was the

13th birthday anniversary of

Fred., the manly son of Hon. Jas. B. Wilson and wife, and they sur

prised htm with a party to which

number f his young ftiends

and associates, both girls and boys,

were invited. Ihe pleasant home on west 6th street was comfort

ably filled with invited guests and the afternoon was passed in ah agreeable manner. Games were played, and the young people entered heartily into the enjsyment of the occasion. The festivities

closed with refreshments, which

were" served m a manner in which

Mrs. Wilson excels, and the chil

dren forgot the weather in the! pleasant features Of the entertain- j

in en t.

Fcter Thrasher, (everybody knews Pete as one of the cleverest fellows in town) has been steering the new county clerk since November, but is now out of a jeb. Ha will return tcr his farm. Wouldn't surprise us if Pete is on the next county ticket.

Mrs. MRrgSret Gregory and Mrs. John L. Nichols left Monday for the millinery markets to select and purchase ri complete stock of millinery for the Banner store.

A 10-yuar old boy it would seem would have more judgment than to buy brass -fixtures that have been unscrewed front engines or other machinery id a tjiuktry power house without some sort of inquiry, especially when offeree! by men of notorious character. But when a. mad of expeitence does this it should be inquired intd. Indiscriminate stealing has been going on too long out in the Hunter district, and should be checked with an example. If a man will buy- or accept in bawa

one article ot a suspicious origin be will accept another! No one's

property is safe.

-Constable Wm. Nbf mai fens

returned from CamiibelLibctre.

He is suffering with a teaneer on

his left hand, caused by the removal of a wart and has been hik

ing treatment of Dr. Hancdcfr, a cancer specialist who resides 'a Campbellsburg. Sutphin & Mathers shipped & car load of tine hogs to Buffalo Friday last. The firm made six shipments last week to (eastern

i markets.

Maj. Louden went to Bloomfield Friday morning to attend a meeting of creditors of Alonzo C. Brown, a bankrupt.

W. A. BNSSENDBi

SUCCESSOR TO HENLEY GAS ANlJ PLUMBING CO. HEADQUARTERS FOR . . ,1 Plumbing, Gas, Steam and Electrical Supplies, Estimates furnished on all lines of work. Repair WorK a Specialty. All Orders Promptly and Neatly Executed. Satissaction Guaranteed - OFFICE No. 307 W. KIRKWOOD five. 'PHONE No. 6a W. A. BRISSfcNDEN, Prop.

Regardless of Ase. The kidneys are responsible for.mo sickness, taTeriDg, and deaths than nv'otber organs of the body. A majority of th ills afflicting" people to-day is traceable to kidney trouble. It prerades all classes of society, in all climatos, regardless of ag-i sex nr condition. The symptoms of kidney trouble are unmistakable, such as rheumatism, neuralgia, sleeplessness, pain or-dull ache in the back, a desire to urinate often day or night, profuse or seamy supply. Uric acid, or brick-dnsl deposit in urine arc signa of c'.ogce I kidney, causing-poisonod and jerm -filled bland. Sometimes t-c heart acts batllv, and

tube eo.sts (wasting of the kidneys) are j

fonnd in the urine, which if negleciwl I --4i;diord Mail: A sisf : will result in lirlghtis Disease, luci i,i : ... in. mostdanfreronsformof kidney trouble-! JudS irUn, who t visltui -All these symptoms and conditions i family .ere, Wits quite SPl ii-. we promptly removed I under the mu-!lu) l Sunday, bv falling (..-. unco of Dr. Kilmer s hwomn-lioot. It ! . .. , "... , , -has a world wide reputation for its cellar steps at tho Judg wonderful cures of the most distress-; idence, on west 14th street ins eases. ... , .. . ' ferine a broken Ug. She is.: No one need be lonff without it as it " is so easy tog-.tat any drug store ati0 years of age.

fifty cents or one doll nr. You can have a sampla boitle of this wonderful discovery, Swamp-Root, and a book tellinif all about it. both Men to yon absolutely free by mail. Send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., liing'hain-

'ton, N Y. arM kind.!,' rt-iiMii; that I v'" r nd tii lihmt otf ui th Ue , ' pM: an i rig'??.-

now occupy the U. P. parsonage.

- Herbert Dillon is sow a messenger boy at tho eastern hospital for tbe insane at Richmond,. Ind.

Major Mulky, Aaron Hose, Addisou Smith. and A. J. Ann-

easterui strong were at Indianapolis in at-

tunuance upon: tne Mexienu war voterans' association.

Says tbe Paoli News: "James

Bowles leaves this week for

Bloomintton, ind., where he.- will

engage iu the drug businef-s with bis brother,. Win. T. Bowlns.. We

wish him and his brother great

success in tfteir venture 1 tno

Athens ot Indiana, and hope they will reach the very zeuith of their inost: sanguine expectations.

Telephone: Oscar - E. Bradfute, o.'f Cedarville, Ohio, is in tho eity on. a brief visit with Mr; and Mre. Waiter Bradfute. Became here from- Purdno Uniwersity, where hois giving a-. series; of lecturer on stock raising, he1 being one of the best known stockmen in tho eouutrv- Mr. Bradfutc graduated here in 1884- the last class in tho old college building, and though not a Hoosier, he has 'taken none the less interest in the growth and success ef Indiana University.

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Juaries jnorge-aieimer, me new proprietor of the Corner store, has rented the A. K. Helton property, north College ave. Mrs. Robert G. Miller is at Indianapolis makiug an extended v sil to friends aud relations in the capital city. Dr. Bruce Wylio and wife of Indianapolis were visiting; rula-

i ti-ons hcep during the past week. ! .1 ilegester has sold hi

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1 -- V . "oa . 0 ljUUV ! Oxford schools are closed

-. :, -t:ii 101)1111110 mo iiusinostr.

The condition of O. St Wylio, north of town, ill with, consumption, is not improving- and his brothers, Dr. Frank Wylic

j aud Wm. Wylie, of Illinois, and

Dr. B. M. ylie of Indianapolis are hero attending his bedside-.

nna Chispell, of Pleas- j fever.

Tenn., is visiting her . Ada Buchanan, west'

Miss Bessie Hewson, ono ef the ofBcient teachers in tho Ox-

I ford schools, is visiting her mtrients, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ileiw-

son, north Walnut street.. Tho

on ae-

j count of diphtheria and scarlet

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-Bedford Mail:

entire membership of the !' church voted ot- S.ift. !a 1 buihl a new stow church bui' : ...I , 1 A ; . ;'t ag :ii-l (! j iwj sifi'iii

St a leu p. a New Albany timincr. well known triekeu with paralyse last Thursday. He is end Mill ivr'vr.-

By Henley & Wilson, her attorneys Mrs. Sarah Wright has iiiNtitiitetl htiit fr 100 tlutnagcs against Frank Coleman, a prominent farmer. Mrs. Wright al legos that she entered into contract with Coleman for tho trans-

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County (Jommissioner Monroe Miller is very ill at his home east

ef the city with fever. Several

members of Mr. Miller's family

are also reported as being quite sick. Tbe many friends of the

genial commissioner will sincorely hope for his early convalescence. L. lliderombo bad his pocket book containing $8 stolen Friday morning in tbe men's gymnasium of I. U. The money was taken from Ridercoiube's clothing in bis locker by prying open the door. Several weeks ago Frank Adylotte had a $T5 gold watch stolen in the same manner, and one day last week $5 wns taken from V. . Baldwin. This is only a f ew series of thefts, that have been committed recently. D. H. Maxwell is quite ill at his. home on south College avenue. Ho has been sick the past two weeks with grip, and suffered a relapse. In all the large cities the prominent junk dealers and pawn brokers are very careful about their business transactions, and are held to a strict accountability by the police.

There is opposition to granting Douglass Mc Daniel license to retail liquors in Ellettsville, and there will be ;'; contest. McDaniel is making a lively tight and has employed H. J. Feltus as his attorney. Dr. Otto Rogers has completed bis second year course in medicine in a Louisville college and is at homo for vacation.

W. A. Miller, whose stab!'e aud seven or eight horses wers burned a short timo ago, is offering a reward of $100 tor the &pprehension of the incendiary. The general proceedings of the legislature is of but little interest because you can never know., till they adjourn what bills have really become laws. Will. Karsell ta the new assistant in Wingert's grocery, vice Harvey Bruner, resigned. The town was fall of drnitimers last week. It is a good sign when you see these, gentltmeh flocking to tho small towns. In the Vi-holesiilo centers it is believed that tho spring trade till do good. ' " i - ' i ' I. j.

ADAMS

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dust Received Our Full line at SPRING DRESS GOODS

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CARPETS AND dATTINGS,

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