Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 5 February 1881 — Page 1

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NOKTH. BOUTH 11:57 a m Express, 4:05 p. ai 4 :55 u Through Freight 7 :25 2:05 pit Way " . S:55 am Louisvitte Ac, leaves 5:20 a. m. arrives at 9:15 g,mMITCHELL TIME TABLE. GOIXG WEST.

Day Express Night Express Express; Local Freight; GOING EAST.

Day Express

12:02 p. m. J1:43p m 1:06 a M 11:00 "

Night Exprcs?

Express Local Freight;

2:55 p. m. 2:39 a. m. 3:34 p M 1:45 "

O. & Mm Railroad EMIGRANTS FOR TEXAS ANI THE GREAT WEST should siFurchaso Tickets by. the oio Mississippi mui

Lowest Bates for Tickets,

Hoasdiolfl Goods, Stock, etc. Ail Passengers carried to St. Louis Union Depot? . NO MIDNIGHT CHANGES By this Route. For fill infonnation such as Maps, Time-tables, Rates on Passengers and Freight, apply to Station Agents of this.; Company, or call on or address : J. S. M ILLS, General Emigration. Agent, Seymour, lad-

Our Work is our Reference.

WAGON IMF i, 33. X 2M Gr BlacksmitMng,

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REPAIR SHOP.

",We make and repair Buggi s

nWagons. All work done cheap and warranted to give satisfaction.

HOUSE SHOEING A'Specuatc. -We have plenty-, yard room and water for ;$tucfc. Madison St., West of the. Railroad.

liOcalPcrsoualJConuiidrniiii

The answers to the following con

undrums are the last names of busi

ness and professional men of Bloom

ington ; Merchants, Doctors,Lawyers,

Preachers -Professors. A pair of

- 7 ' 7.7. . oh rem os will be given for 'the first

list of correct answers received at

j this office by February 14th. "In

j order to give the gu esser a start, we

wiilsav t;at the answer to Io: J? is

"Wicks' whom everybody knows as

one of the proprietors of the popular

Bee Hive Store. (.Jive tne answers

by numbers;

T Without them we coukl not

have very much light after dark, in a place like this. city. 2: Where the larmers may generally be lound during . the summer months? 3. What does a man general do for at least a snort time after the death of his wife? 4. A good place for gathering material tor mAkingcXd h 5. What a man does when he is preparing the material for alog cabin ? 6. A place w; here the boys have har lots of fun during the snow season. T. What a horse generally does when traveling over the dirt roads during the spring break-up. $f The interrogation a child puts when told to do any thing difficult. Ol If a fellow could jo from here

Ho Harrodsburg and back, on foot, in

four hcnrs. 'what would you call him?

10. This mechanic attends to the same id nd of a thing that preachers do. . 11. Something that has ben scarce this winter, but very necessary? r 12. What does a person take a newspaper tor? 13. The time of year we all like to see, especially after a severe winter. .... 14. What we -are afraid many of the men do when they remain out late &t night., , 16. What a lawyer likes. " 17. Tire direction a sailor starts after leaving port. 18. A place mostly fou n d i n ga rdens, vine-clad, or bedecked with flowers. 19. What did the Spider's parlor consist of in which the fiy was invited to .walk. ; ' : ; 20. Unlike the person whose

name it represents, it is genera.ly

green,and maj' be found in the woods.

21. What does the Courier continually have to do in order to keep its coffers replenished? About the first-thing a persondoes upon arriving at a place to fish.

23. It would smell the same by

any other name. 24. The section of the country that defeated, Hancock. 25. A rare kind of a bird, a machine for moving heavy weights, also for dra wing liquor out of a barrel. 0. What the boys did top olten during the campaign. ' 7, If you spen d m pst o f to u r time in s hooting game, thty would call you by the same name, 28. A person whom a joung man is generailv indebted to.

The fruit tree agent is abroad in the tland. ; : C&lt plenty,selling at!6 cents per bushel for Brazil block. V - .

tfc is said that a Dfcnther is loose

in the wilds of Polk and Salt Creek .. . . . wnsfeips., ; x! .. NewtrMathcrs has returned from - Cincianatii and i3 again engagdj in buying stock. J ! "- J'

Mai-k Tmeblood, forraerlv

2. v uat we irequcntiy nave (luring the month of April. 30. Why is an ex - bu si n ess m an like the lion in a menasene?

ft 1

rpftidpnt of Harrodsburcr. aied rec

ently at Orleans, Indiana.! The compositor made a mistake in putting the potato item in type last -week. -Instead: of $1,200 it, should read $1SO,COO. ' We insist upon accuracy in this matter. --Circuit Coart begins nest Monday The docket will not oe a large one as Judge Wilson everlastingly knocket. the daylights out of nearly all of the old case3 at the last term.

; They- don?t- use the telephone at ' Bloomington. i Vv hen a man wants to buy a dozen eggs, he takes his

stand on the ccurt house steps and : by j!seriesof warhoops asks all the grocery men in town if they have-any eggssto se31;-CIoverdale Herald. Honrvv Mc.Collooh has retired

1 as publisher of the Chanute, Kansas, Demrat. OfhelUmes of that place says:; V... : When HcGcllongh took charge of the Democrati a friend of his told him that he wished him all the success possible but at tie same time telling him that his name at the head of a Democratic pajsr looked as much out of place as seeing it in the records of the Police Court, for it is weil known that Mac. is a rank Republican ; hence the comparison, The Wallace-Villa Company had large audiences here on Monday and Tuesday nights last. An elfort to induce them to remain another night was about4o4e successful when word was rcceivedthat every seat in the

Gpera house at Bedford was; sold for

WAfltifisdnv ni-inc.- incv had an

- ,--. - v -. exc ellent band and orchestra, rich costumes, and the jperformanQO was about the.befct ever seen hero before.

Hemp Wilson is running the meat shop in the Progress corner. At their Marchterm, the County G'ommissioners will receive proposals for letting the poor house. A Bedford paper reports that Mr. Mathers has resigned hia posi

tion as freight train conductor. It is said that the tiger has a lair in this city, and that many of the boys are "bucking" the animal.

Lent begins on the second day March Ash-Wednesdav. Easter Sunday comes on the 17th of April. Farmers have been having considerable difficulty in watering their stock, (not bank;stock) on account of the ice. ": Senator Coffey has introduced a -bill supplemental to the act requiring surviving partners to file inventories and appraisements, giving .bond, etc., passed in 1859.

The 13th of this month will be Septuagesima Sunday, the lOth. Sexagesima Sundaj:, and the 27th Quinqnagesima Sunday. If you don't understand all this, ask one of your Cathblio friends to explain.

Mr. J. C. Carlton, formerly of

Bedford, but now of Indianapolis, and: a traveling agent for the surgical

instrument manufacturer, visited this

place, this week, on a business trip

Mr. Carlton was the- editor of the Bloomington News Letter. His broth

er is the present Clerk of Lawrence

county. When the time came for the Kerns basterdy case trial it was

found that. Belle Minks, the plaintiff.

had left for parts unknown. Several

The rabbit crop is about bar yested.

Elder J. M. Mathes wants the

Bed lord postolhce.

There will soon be a copious

How of sugar water.

The Cincinnati daily papers are

not now received here until 9:0 p. m.

Mr. R. C. Foster was on the

sick list this week- rhuematism in

the arm.

A new thirty-eight ton engine

has just been turned out of the New

Albany shops. Another snow storm last Wed nesda-night; three months of continuous sleighing. . Capt. Geo W. Friedley has been

selected as one of the Judges at the State Oratorical Contest.

The dwelling of Mr, Baker, at

Stanford, caught fire on Saturday nirht last, but the flames were ex-

'tinxtnished before much damage was

done.

The country hoys now put in

their nights by going meetin', spark

ing and hunting coons. The old folks

sit before the log fire and plan for next summer's work.

"Bounce" or no 1 bounce1' will be

a question that will come up for con

sideration before the City Council

next Monday night, in the case of Marshal McMichael.

This is the season of the year when the store-keeper gets down wlmt is left of his last years' stock of maple sugar, scrapes the fly-specks off, and labels it "new country sugar." Some of the wise men predict that the cholera will visit this section this year. It is also said that those who drink cistern water never have the cholera. Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky, is our authority. The Rev. A. C. Davidson now

of Auroia, Ind, will s'oor visit here

and probably assist at a protracted meeting, to be held at the Baptist Clinch. Mr. I), will meet with a warm greeting from his very many old friends. The Indianapolis correspondents of the Cincinnati papers are setting up their biennial howl about the University. That institution still lives, however, and is in a healthier condition than ever. A shrewd advertiser once said: "I don't care what the papers say about me, so that they say something." Mr. Sam Villa speaks in very high terms of the beautiful drop-curtain and scenery in Mendelssohn Hall. The Villas had scenery with them but were not required to use it, so it was sent ahead. Their rout for this week is Bedford, Semour, Edin burs: and Shelbvville. At Brazil

they had the largest audiences ever assembled within the hall of that city. In the legislature, last Monday,

a resolution was adopted, as follows: Resolved, that the Committee on Education be and they are hereby instructed, to make inquiry as to the propriety and practicability , of consqhdaUng all the Educational Institutions in the State under one management and at the same place, viz: The State University, Purdue University, and the State Normal School, and report to this Senate as soon as possible, by bill or otherwise. : All who are in favor of John Waklron constructing a public hall in the second story of his contemplated new building east of the post office, will please say Progress. We move an amendment, The

hall should occupy the second and

third stories, so as to give room for

a gallery and the stage scenery in other words, two slories should be

thrown into one. The principal complaint with traveling troupes now is the limited space for dressing and

It is said that the bees have died otf in great numbers this winter. The City Council meets' next Monday night. In spite ofihe rain, the WallaceViihi band paraded the streets on Monday, .and made most excellent music. Our wood house it is empty, Our pockets they are low;

We appeal you, delinquents, To give the printer a show. Rev. Lee Munhall will preach at the Walnut-street Church next Sunday morning, and the M.E. Church at nighU It is said that Bent Jones, in his petition to Governor Gray praying for a pardon, made a personal appeal in which he charged Hon. David-

Huffs tetter, of Orange county, one of

its oldest and most respected citzons, and a personal friend of the Governor's, with being a counterfeiter. It is already known that Bent was not pardoned.

Mrs. Winston, of Greencastle, was

elected State librarian ess. Bedford Star. The spittoon cleaner of the House of Representatives has appointed a woman as assistant. We suppose that she may be called a spiUoon elean-eress.

"Are 3ou going to the ball this evening?" Have you Heard from that new Doctor. The Courier will soon appear in a new dress. The prospects are that there will be a busy spring. Mr. A. A. Baird is visiting his daughter, in this city.

Rev W. P. McNary has gone to Philadelphia, to remain a month. , John A. Guy man is a telegraph operator at Indianapolis. A' nice lot of valentines may be found on sale in the Postoffice lobby. We will par five cents for a copy

ot the Courier of Jan. 5th this year.

The "oldest inhabitant" says

that the peach buds are not all

.tiled. Mrs. Nancy Elliot died on the

19th inst. at her residence at Ellettsville, of ty'phoid fever.

An orchestra composed of stud

ents will hereatter inrnish the music

for the morning exercise at the col-

lege.

Why don't the Marshal arrest

Josh Howe for provoke. He is con-

tinualy forcing the town clock to

strike.

Those who thought that the

backbone of winter was broken can proceed to lay in several more cords

of wood.

The South-bound passenger train

was about three hours late, last Tucs

day, occasioned by a heavy snow storm up North.

Last Sunday we had the first

general thaw of the winter. On Mon

day it rained all day, and on Tuesday another freeze set in.

Herealter the Louisville accomo

dation train will not carry t? Mitchell mail sack, but the Louisville mail will be continued.

The County Republican Central Committee are going to hold monthly

meetings. They purpose to do their part toward keeping Indiana ''solid.

A bill is before the legislature

for the establishment of a State Home

for Friendless Children, If it becomes a law, Bloomington would be a good

location for the institution.

Married, at the residence of the

b ride's parents, ijear Smithville, on Thursday eve, Jan. 27, Mr.' Absalom Lorenzo Dow Babcock Ketch am

Mitchel Anderson to Miss Bessie

Trisseler.

Although the Courier has not

been regularly publishing "College

Items," an j? thing of interest trans

piring concerning the University will

be found in our local eoluins. We

give all the news The birthday of G Washington, of little hatchet fame, will be celebrated by the College societies on the 22d inst, or, as the minstrel man would say, the twoty-tooth. The Republican parly promised us good times and here we have to pay two cents apiece for eggs. The hens refuse to make eggs an issue, but that will not prevent the Democrats from doing so.

i a b . ...... ;; perhaps nevermore shall we greet

uuui H .-v ihe oId.tihlo frictld- or i00k on the

For the Courier. THIS r.IFJE. Th.6 Ufo is like a checker grime, Opponents' ranks we burst; But In that moves with greatest oare Will roach the king-row first. This g.une of life before us lies, , Amlin it all delight, At first we think it ensy played, But weary ere 'tis night. .E, T, 5",

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Friends of oiier Ago Only a short time it seems since we were friends of the Present. There was no Past then, either of joy or gladness, to look back to. Only glad, gay and happy 3'outh was there. How far oil1 the future of a quiet, thoughtful life seemed to us then? "We only knew that we were in the springtime of Life. Dear father and sweet patient mother were near us to lean upon, to protect us from the rude jostlings of a merciless world, Kind friends were all around us with their loving words and kind greetings. There are few friends like old friends. They seem to come to us but once in life, when aU is bright and gladsome. But when the years are flown, and our life begins - in earnest, we look around for the same dear ones and alas! there are only sad echoes to answer us. "Oh where are the friends of our youth, and the hearts that were tender and true." Some aro gone forever from us, and the great raysteiy of Eternity is solved for them. They have found that sweet rest and peace they have so longed for and they have trodden in Sorrows path, Other are far away from the familiar scenes of youth, while a very few remain to live and die amid the reminders of young and happy days gone 03 What a thrill of joy posesses us when we think of scenes of our childhood. How we long to look just once again at the grand old woods that we have roamed through in childish glee in search of berries or the lovelj' moss that made pretty p-.cttires of the old logs, or ramble along the creeks dm-, more and climb the rocky cliffs in Jfoarch of Columbine, the brilliant Salvian, and all those delicate little wild flowers that were so dear to our childish . hearts. But with a sigh of regret wc feel that

movinii: aboutbehind the scenes.

more charges were filed

against

Kerns, all connected with the same case, but his fatherg furnished him with a power of attorney to sign his name to as many bail bonds as was necessary. James Ryan mauaged Kerns' side of !;thecasc as shrewdly

Our people-svere delighted and the as many old lawyers wou id have

Villas mav to assured.of good audi- done. The case will probaMy be

ences whenever they see fit to return to iioomtngjon. , ? ' A'

settled outside of thecourts, if it has

.not already been adjusted.

A -Pleasant Surprise Party. On Monday night last a number of the friends of the Ilev. A. B. Phillputt and wife visited their residence, where a very pleasant evening was spent. The Rev. A. B. Charpie, on behalf of the friends, spoke of their appreciation of the labors of Mr. Phillpntt, and of the affection they all had for htm. Mr. Charpie then proceeded to offer some substantial proof of what he had said. A door leading into Mrs. Hubbard's apartments was thrown open and disclosed a large table loaded down with enough supplies to stock a larder for six months to come. There was about 150 pounds of flour, 3 line

hnms. 73 cans ot differen t kind, of

fruit and vegetables, sugar, coffee,

tea, apples, hominy, beans, rice, dry

onrda. and other articles "too numer-

ous to mention," A number of gold and silver pieces were added, to suj-

ply anything that might have been omitted. Mr. PhiBpitt and his es

teemed wife were almost overwhelmed

with surnrise, but the former very

gracefully and app4-opriate!y respond-

ntiwl the m-fta in the

spirit that they were tend(ued. Col-

iin Xr KiirftoUand Dunn & Co were

the principal tenters of the canned

.articles, ;

inJBloomington. They had several

old jokes, but also many good new I ones; The vocal and instrumental music was first- diss, and the six j

comedians could hardly be excelled, The receipts were about $S0. Hereafter when any person wishes to see a back number of any of the county papers, they will find a complete file in the count' recorder's oil ice. The county has set a good example to its citizens bj subscribing for its home papers, Files of all the

papers may also be examined at this

office.

Henry Birch, who lives near

Bloomington, has been a resident of

Monroe count sixtv-two years, has

never been in a railroad car and is

opposed to schools. It is not to be

wondered that it is an imnossibiiitv

for Bloominston to secure another

railroad if there are many of such

people living about there. Bedford Star. Countv Recorder Gilmore did the

proper thing when he secured the

services of Miss. Florence Williams as his an assistant in his office, Tha young lady is not only strong in the Democratic faith, but is in everyway qualified for the position, having talents of a very high order. Tn cases like this the Courier is decidedly in favor of "womans rights." The Indianapolis Goal and

dear familiar scenes of other days.

Ttie Boss Cold Weatlner Story. The Courier has interviewed many of the oldest inhabitants of Monroe county in regard to the severe cold weather of this winter, but the ctory told by an old pioneer of the far West "Ukcs the cake." The weather was very severe but the old fellow was out hunting, as usual. He had killed several wolves and was about to return to camp when he heard a terrible yell in the distance, Turning al-OUt he saw a painter coming at full speed. On u.n ordinary occasion a painter would have been "a picnic" for the old man, but at this time he was considerably alarmed when he discovered that his bullet pouch was

f?one. Notwithstanding the extreme

cold, the sweat poured off his face in large drops a.s the painter came

dashing on. Looking down at his feet the old man saw that the drops

of sweat were freezing as they reached the ground, and there was a pile

of small ice balls right la front of

him. Several of these were picked up and placed in the gun, on a charge of powder, to take the place of bullets.

The animal drew nearer, the gnu was

raised and fired, but the heat of the discharge melted the ice balls and a stream of water poured oat 'of the muz

zle of the gun. But before it reach

ed the painter it had frozen into a

Southern Rati road company recently shaft of ice vdiich went crashing into

filed articles with Secretary of State. It is proposed to extend the road from Indianapolis to Danvdlo, passing through the counties of Marion, Johnson, Morgan, Brown, Monroe, Owen, Green, Lawrence. Warrick, and Vanderburg. There is a strong probability that this road will be built-in due time, and if constructed wilt be of vast importance to our county,

STINESVIJLILE. Our popular fellow citizens, and staunch Democrat, James T. Greer, has his hands full running the Postoffice, telegraph olliee, express and railroad agency, James Williams' saw raill isnow in runiag order and has plenty to do. By the war, how did the present leg

islature manage to organize without Jeemes being present? The Courier is the old stand-b' in this locality. There is scarcely a reading man, woman or child in this section of the county but what sees the paper each week. The Eastons are doing pretty well with their new store. The stock is fresh and clean. We have the best stone in the state for making monuments, etc, and a great many orders are being filled for that purpose, 2Vf r. Bob. Strong is having a monument made for his mother's grave out of this stone.

The boys now havciotsof fun play

ing pigeon hole, at our onlyquart saloon. Dr. Walker was busy last week running over the cou nty to look at the work on bridges. The. Doctor is alive to the interest of the xax-payers of the count-. U. No Who. An aged negio thus replies to Bob Ingersoll's assertion that there will be no dayof reckoning in the hereafter: "If dar am no God den dar am no fnchur. When we close our eyes in death de soul dies wid us an' we molder to dust de same as do brutes. It has bin a longjurney for me. In my heart am de graves of wife an' chill'en. My days hab bin cloudy an' full of woe. My nights hab bin dark an' full of sorrow. I hab bin

robbed, cheated, abused an' made to

feel my wretchedness, but ncber, not eben in my darkest ..our, did 1 doubt dar was a God, nor did I lose faith in Him. Take away dat faith, make me believe dat dar am no Hcaben, tell me dat I won't meet my poor old Chloe an' de blessed chiU'en up dar 'mong de angels, an' you would crush me down an' break in' old heart. Dat's all I 'pear to be libun fur -to wait do Master's call to close do ledger of li fe an' go home ! I am old an' poor an' lowly, but henh in my breast am a feehn' dat I wouldn't sell fur all de gold in de world dat all deaiv guments of a million Ingersolls could not change a feelin' dat poor as I is, an' lowly as lam, c!q grave will not be de las' of me." i-n .I b&JP " " " "' ' IIow tlie State wits "Carried.." Marshal Dudley carried the State; Marshal Woods also carried it,' as did Dorsoy, and Goiham.5 Hon.' John C. New carried it with his little State Central Committee. The Plan carried it a little, by retiusing to throw his ponderosity into the- opposite scale. Porter carried y, by his personal magnetism. Various orators from abroad carried it But more than all, it was carried by the blunders of the ever-blunderii g democracy d urn 'em! The failure to nominate Hendricks at Cincinnati carried

it. Likewise the failure to nominate McDonald. The nomination' of

fenders oyer Gray carried it. The action of the supreme -cc art in upsetting the constitutional amendments carried it. The failure to get By field off the track,and concentrate the democratic vote on l,01d Calamity,', carried it. .It was so everlastingly, multitudinously and collectively carried that there isn't any use in trying to locate the impelling force. Let us have peace. Maybe there won't be any cause for dispute four years from now. We are quite sure xherc won't be if the legislature passes the local option liquor law. -Indianapolis Review.

MIS ASTS SU3 FOSt TOTOSOT

McGALL A & GO:

4 Hi

styles hi Ladies Fine Maete CI

I Caff is. linported liOTseliles? ies Printed &Enbroidered li

Handkerchiefs.. ' Motti-iglian'I f :

Mull Ties , nrtr ' -ft,-

A rLARG,E LINE OF

9 ;

uneap; trimmings 1.0 snit.

down to tlie Iiwsst Gash Prices. SKienSers;

cveralis for to and Boys. M Ms&M. of Mm ' I

REMEMBER THIStlS THE

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G&imeacing Satortia?, Janw 15,- '8b ggtSA MagnificeMlAortmmt of BeauHf til Patterns jte'cieualech in the City.

The Ascent of aaSt. Gall manufae:-

tures haviug-

great saeriiice to close

compelled at a

out thebalr

ance of a consignment, we were enabled with the ready cask to secure the entire lot. - ""I ''" '

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-All the latest brands of Tobacco and Cigars at J. K, Anderson & Co's.

1 would like to sell my House and Lot, and my Personal Property, a!o some Bank Stock. 1 want to go to Texas. E. BATTERTON, Bloomington, Jan. 29.-3 w.

John K. Anderson & Co. have received a lot of vegetables trom Chicago cabbage, turnips, parsneps, etc. All fresh and cheap.

Is tlie Placelf or 'Slifiw

HARDWARE 1 AWKI'TIWAK

. 1 never knew there could be so much difference in Sewing Machines until a bought the White!" This is what they all sayy See the White Sewing Mabhine before buying. Office City Book Store. S, C. Doobs & Co.

A new supply of Fancy Candies inst received at Jno. K, Aauerson & Co's.

animals skull. Thatdulnt kUi bun, but ho died, aH the earns. The animal heat melted the ice, and the painter died with water on the brain.

Co have stock of

Red Hot Valentines at J. K. Anderson's fc Co's.

J. K. Anderson & iust received the largest

Fancy Candies, in town, call and sam-

i pie thenu

-An extraoi'dinary offer in Organs and Pianos's for the next thirty days. We have a very special bargain in the wray of One SocoudIland Orffan. and One Secod-Hand Pianu Olliee City Book Store. S. C. Dorms &Co.

BEE

-A larjre variety of fresh pies and

cakes ai way s pn hand at Benckart 's. I.

WE SELL THE CELEBRATED

S e w i E O. 2 Mr. Ben B. Smith has charge of the

prompt attention to. Spouting and Roofing,

C-TSALL

Tiii Shop, and wll give 2?orthSide. of Stjuaro .

IT WILju UO.

jpirSell groceries cheaper thair anvv other lwm M

Donrt fQifgst ihe place, SouU pi I'QbM 9$9m$Mk ,

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