Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 51, Bloomington, Monroe County, 20 October 1883 — Page 1

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Wo wish tho pqeple to folly understand that pars is no transient hause, hat on the contrary, we have dome t stay, and are determined to build up a larger trade than is now enjoyed by any other- retail clothing house in the State.

By our system of doing business we will readily secure tho confidence of the people, and when once secured, will never

.abuse it. Wo will keep for sale all classes of goods known in

our line. We will guarantee every article as represented

We will bo upr with the times and styles and down with the times in prices. Our garment will be found fully equal to the most fashionable and best made custom work, and much superior to those made at aseemingly low priced Merchant Tailoring es

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Wo w&uld respectfully intimate to the public, that ours is ntf bankrupt or shop worn stock, but a first-class stock manufactured entirely by us and bought for cash, consequently more desirable from which to make a selection. All eoods that we have in

stock is our own manufacture and no Eastern made slop shop works butcarefully made under oar owu supervision.

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HOW TIIE STRANGE WO j AN WAS BUTOflBEED BY THE CARS.

FULL PAEtlCULARS OF THE HORRIBLE EVENT. Mention was made in last week's Courier of the bod? of an

unknown woman being found by stick of wood;

to go into the water closet. He retin;hed aa the train was about

to stop at BloejuiDgtoh audfoiind his wiib gone. lie gut oft the j train to look for her, and being ! under, the influence of liqjaor, he acted very strangely about the depot, lie went to the roundhouse and charged an empfoyee with having stolen his wile, and

attempted to strike him witB" a

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the track of the i L N A. & C.-sent tor ani the mn placed iv

South of toWa. The body was jaiLf ?Aboufct la"5nib! n W badl, cut up, and fiesh, bor.es : .ef;.down te water and brains wore scattered along F tbea flat the bdr - J5k ifiiA.. v-. the woman was discovered. On

article of last week also men-

tieaed the arrest of a drunken stranger at the depot, who was supposed to be thQ husband of the dead woman, and who, it was thought by some at the time, knew more of the circumstances connected . with the woman's

death than he wanted to tell.

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Friday morning the coroner's inquest was begun by 'Squire Harrold. In a pocket ot the dead woman's .dress was found 80 cents in money, also a letter from Jacob Artman, of Chicago, who addressed her as his sister. In the bosom of the dress was

found a Catholic prayer book,

"mystery" has been pretty I PW ia German. The: body cleared UD. and the narticu- lar on a bler iu the court room,

well

lftt-fl aF fU tr M land was viewed by hundreds of

oa fAtlAwo . Tho moTi of txt . i people, mcludins: many women

an were Charles Simmon and j ?ad children. It was a horrible wife. She was a German and I slSht to look at yet a11 eeemed he a Swede. They were on i . st their eyes upon thoir way from Pensaoola, Mori-1 ;tfre sad spectacle. The coroner's da? to Chicago. They took the 1 inquest was adjourned until Satnight express at Louisville on ' urday, and then again until MonThursday night of last week, and day; Saturday the remains were noticed by a citizen of - were buried. The Chicago brothBlomington as far as Bedford. ' er was telegraphed for, and onAlter that the citizen paid no Sunday morning he arrived with more attention to thm, and the his wife and child. He at once man's word must be 'taken for recognized the prisoner as the the rest f the story. He said husband of his sister, and said that he and his wife had been that they had been married for drinking some. They were in twenty years. The prisoner, he the first car, and he left his seat said, was formerly well off ' and

kept a saloon in Baltimore. During tlitf war fee served in the rinvy and a fall on board a ship had weakened his mind. He did not believe him to be guilty of any crime in connection' with his wife's death. When shown the

body of his wife, on Saturday, the prisoner did not seem- the least affected. He said it was bis wife, but gazed at it with- avacant stare as if all the past was a blank to him. When the brother-in-law visited' linn in jail Sunday ire wept bitterly, and insisted that his wife was there, hi jail, yiUh Mm. On Mond'aj1 he was examined before the coroner and told straight story as to when he last saw his wife, as above relatedt There can bebut one expianafion; and that is

.after the man had gone into the

water closet of the car, the1 wife,

not knowing exactly wThere he

went, lollowed him and went out

I on the platform and fell from the

! train. The cars passed over her j body, and, probably, the engine that went down after water ran j over the body also. The prison

er wTas- discharged, Monday, and the same night his brother-in-law-tooS Eirn to Chicago; Tfio only mystery about the affair now is what became of the woman's money. Her husband said that she had 52 when she left Lopisvillk Her brother also said that she must have had money as she was- dbinff 1 well

keeping a laundry at Pehsacola,

: and intended to go -on- from-Chi-cago to Dakota. It may be tnafr the money was concealed some

where about her person, and was

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buried with her.

mere is a ciass oi people m : : BTcomington who are always! rie trade in winter clothing ready to jump at conclusions.,; increasing

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up tueir minds that thi3 was a murder, and no doubt, if the man had been known here and had a lew enemies they weald have

sworn him into the penitentiary. jNew Al

xjus case prooa-oiy cost tne

county as much as $200, and while the officers of the law did not think there w7as anything in it at the start, they were compelled to make a lengthy investigation to satisfy this class of

people. The following is the verdict of the Coroner : After having heard the evidence; and1- examined the body and place where the same was found, I find that the deceased came to her death by accidentally stepping: from, or by falling off the cars while the same were running at a high rate of speed.

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Prepare to keep the winter wolf from the door.

Major Mulky and wife have been visiting at Lonisvilifi and

Ryors ft Co.'s team of mules was sold to an Indianapolis paTty, this week, for 360. J. P. Burton, of Monroe county, moved to this county last week.-IIenclricks County Gazette.

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Beuckart's is the place to buy them.

Take the Courier, 40 cents until January 1st-. Capt. Mart Alexander, Auditor-elect, assumes tho duties of his office November 6th,

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A man was in town Saturday

uuaouig ueuaujsy uv uau to aeip pay for the "d d artisan well."

Acting Coroner,

a A CARD. Ma. Editor: It' has been rumored that I had said or believed that Hiram'1 Cowden was the person that I shot on the night of the attack on my house. I desirrfco say that I never said or believed that he was the-man, besides, I knew he' was and had been very sick for seme time before-. CM Houston

Courier, till January, 40 cts.

John Ilornbaker and wife, of Harvey county, Kansas, are visiting in the Clear Creek neighborhood.

F, M. Dillman, W. H. Diflman, Emma Coffey and Hugh Mathers left for Newton, Kansas, last week.

The Saturday Courisr, published at BJooniington, Indiana, has had a new head put on it. The Courier is a lively paper and will now be livlier than ever from the excitement attending the aforementioned operation. Portland Sun.

Francis Jones, of Grcencast!

was here last week to help insti

tute the colored lodge of Masons. The man who stands on the" streets W stare at passing women should be made to sit down hard on the toe of a boet.

carpet

W. 11. McKnight, a

.merchant ol Louisville, was here last Saturday, visiting Joseph Norman, and others.

If you want a good pair of glasses to suit your e3es, see John F. Ward, who will be in town every Saturday. Rings made to order. All kinds of sefe-on hand, atH.- K

Tourner's. -

A number of subscriptions to

the Courier are now due, especi

ally in the" case of those who Iiave been taking the paper from the start. A cross on the margin of your paper will serve as a gentle hint. Those who get their papers from the Bloomington Postoffice will find the date of the expiration of their subscription printed opposite their names. We hope that this will be all the notice necessary. The largest and best stocked boot and shoe store in the city is kept by W. T. Blair, in the new blocfe Go the Bee Hrve for bar-

I gains in Boots -and Shoes.

CHAPTER XII. Ladiea! don't fail to read th3, it may be of service io jrou. A pop lar writer hue said: if thirkdi'aU.kne.liow to pioaso tlieir husbauds and ketg tiiem in a good humoiy there would be less work the divorce courts. " A wag at our elbow remarks: cthe best way td do is td Iced tiiem we!L" A. man's liappicess has its beginning in tb kitchen, and roaches Lta culruinating point wbeuV Now on. lb u point there is a difference of opinion, bat" there boquxq to bo no . reason to doubt that til acme of his happiness is reached when he enters the store of J. Winter Ss Co.. corner of Third and Market Streets, LouisviUe, Ky., and sees dis-

piaycu, unoer cue onuiani ciectnc ngbt by night, or by the clear ligh of day, stacks, upon stacks of beautiful, and attractive wares for tho adorn mc-nt of the .outr man; an "audible" smile further illuaies his countenajreo when the affable and accomodating saiessuan convince hini without any trouble thas he can dress himself in elegant and tasty style at very nroderate cost, and thus allow his wife a now bonnet, or a? few yards more tr;smin for her dress!' and if there should be any 'Jfu ta3 presidents" in the family, J. Winter & Co. can fit them out in a cheap, substantial school suit.,"' or" Sunday suit, for less monev than inferior goods can lie bought for elsewhere. Children's, Boys' and Youths Clothing in endless variety, and they never were to cheap as now. It must be borne in mind that these are uhome made goods." Superior iu every respect to tho "factory made?' stuff with which tho coun try is flooded. Everything pertaining to tho ontfitting of man or boy, Kb he ever so large or ever so Kmall, can fce fosmd in endless varieiy in tho spaciaus bazaar of J. Winter & Co. Visi tora to the eit-y, either for lhf purpose to visit the Great Southern Exposition, of f&t business, and whether they wish to buy or not, should call and see this exposition of IOuisviUs manufactured clothing, and hear the prices. Persons who will buy clothing from irresponsible deUofs have onlr themselves to hl.m-

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In "Gents burnishing Goods" this house carries the larst stock in . the city; it is nnnecessary to enumerate any particular article, as anyUus line that you can ask lor the obliging salesman wdi promptly place before you. , Cut this out and paste in your hat.

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