Bloomington Courier, Volume 10, Number 4, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 November 1883 — Page 1

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I The largest and best stockTed boot and shoe store in the i city k kept by W. T. Blair in j the new block.

U1B1B THE BIG TWSL COURT NEWS AND NOTES

OF THE WEEK.

Cook stoves, parlor stoves stores ' of all kinds, at McPheeters & Shoemaker's.

A Ghastly Sensation!

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1 Court convened last Monday . at 1:30, with Judge Wilson on the bench, all the attorneys in their places, and a largo crowd - in attendance. . The following petit jury was impannelied : Walter Ketcham, . Joseph Walker, Gamel Peterson, 4." Isaac Walker, John Brown, Alexander Mercer, Jefferson Ward, a George Houston, XevuJ. Hall 5 j Golema Carter?' William Slocnmb and Geo. B. Rader. three ?' i of the jurors drawn were excused James1 Gentry, M. McPhetr ridge and David Youagi Judge Wilson is in better 1 health than he has been for some time. .

Henrr- Banerb. Marshal of

Spencer, iwas attending ourt this - week. 3 It looked natural to see Dick Fuik in his place among the attorneys-There were about 75 cases on t the docket, for violations ef the liquor law. There is one case for aban

doning wife, the first uader the

new statute. Mr. Luckett, Bedford attor- , aey, fired off a charge t law at the court, and left, Tuesday. 1 Hon. Moss F.; Dunn, the . prince of scholars and- good fel-

sows, was a

ttebdicsc court this

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Two cases against. McKinney for emfeezslement were called. " There is au indictaiect for each term of office.

Hon. James H- Willard, of

Bedfoad, son of the late ex-Go y- - ernor Willard, and at present Slate 1 Senator pom. ?awrenee, f. 4igptin- Buboisr :kzs; -here Monday attesting to eoiae Law- . renee county cases.

following

aivercs cases

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gfe pending: v;r?1'ia oore iVoin Melvin Moora; lizzie l l Cele from AlensovA. cJj F. .'-Sfi ."Aiesander 'frbp Cynthia .Alexfinsor; Amos JJ. Bowman ; from Lucretia Bowmai! ; Robert GiJIIIand from Sarah Qiiliiand.

The case of the county against Hie bndsinen of L. E. vifeSinney wa cal'ed oa TseBay, and JiKige -Wilson being a relative hjvraarriage to one of the bondsrnen, Hiram Lindley, he appoint--ed es-J:udge B. D., Pearson t vfey theicaee '

talk about a concert ea-

. Joon t3, he i horning

started here

"died a

Why don't some speculative isdiridual exhibit Sitoy Smith as a firiaafc? 3

A new coal station, two miles

- . - below Mitchell, has iheea named

"Barton." S 1

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THE HORRIBLE DISCOVERY AT HUNTER'S POND.w Bloomington has had her regular weekly sensation. They sometimes come high, but she must have 'em. On Friday evening of last week, some boys discovered the skeleton of a man under the ice in Hunter's pond. The news of the ghastly find spread rapidly over town, but it was too late to go fishing for skeletons. Early in the morning a party of brave men advanced upon the pond, and the skeleton was resurrected from its watery grave. It was, sure enough, the skeleton of a human, male or female.

Whose skeleton was it ? Where did it come from ? How did it get in the pond ? Several years ago Hantoon, and others, were accused of murdering an un

known man and burying his body near the railroad, Northwest ef town. This body was sought for, and dug for, several

days and nights. The finding of

this skeleton unraveled the whole mystery. Murder will out! Here at last Huntoen and his pals were effectually and teetotally clinched and given away. Here at last was the corpus delicti. The people were awestricken. The coroner got ready for business. . The lawyers began to size up big lees. The women shook their hsads and said, "I told you so.'; The Courier bought a half dozen new lead pencils on credit at Licdley's, (while Lindley was but,) and the "experts" put their wise heads together. Just about this time along cornea Prof. Beck and says that a year ago some godless Preps stole the skeleton from the High School closet. That skeleton was wired together ; so was this one. Thus was the sensation exploded thus were we robbed of a big item.

Aid the High School has a skel

eton in its closet once more.

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THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST. TRY IT!

HEAP XIGHT

15 Cents.

AT THE 3EE HI7E &R0CERY!

BEST ENGLISH SODA 5 Gtnts

AT TEE BEE HIVE &K0C3BY!

Chicken pie and turkey at the M. E. church Thanksgiving dinner.

Vanzant, the undertaker, has

jast received a car load of brand

new coffins.

ITO AST COFFEE 15 Cts. P er Poiind. AT THE BEE HIVE GEOCEBTI

CHE AM ...PI OUR 3?lsl in Market. AT the bee hive geooesyi TRY IT !

Bztrk Family Flour 65 Cts. Per Sack. AT THE BSE HIVE G&OCSBY!

SAliT 511,40 I

M SHE BBS GSOGSEY!

MoPheetcrs& Shoemaker's is the place for all kinds of hardware and building material. Next door to Postoffice.

Steel Ryo'rs, of ilissouri, a brother-in-kv of R. W. Miers, is

Visiting here.

Having no public hall kept the' Wallace-Villa troupe away

from here this wee

more new passenger

coaches have just .been turned

out of4he car shops at New Al-

t 4 There was a large crowd in

town t:last Saturdavi Thanks to those iviio w renafnbered the printer.

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The Greencastle Banner says: "Whatever credit is? due for dis: GOTcring Mr. DePauw's purpose to found a university, and for dfe verting; that purpose to Asbury, belongs to Jr X Hight, of the Indiana Conference, and at pres

ent assistant editor of the Westera Christian Adovocate. And this statement isjtiie to tke fruth of history." v f

A slow fire is now kept under the boiler of the steam lire engine, during cold weather.

Dr. Moss will preach in the Baptist church, next Sunday morning at the usual hour. Joseph Alexander, of the lime

kiln, has sold his property to Capt. Allen, and will remove to Tennessee.

The Bloomington well-diggers have got their drill fast in a Chinese juRw. ind have stopped digging unu. they can negotiate with the Emporor to

If you don't bring us in a Thanksgiving turkey, we will have to eat our big Democratic rooster. . Henry Holtzman and Lon Rogers were delegates to the Grand Lodge of Odd, Fellows, which met at Indianapolis this week. W. W. Durand had his furniture insured for 500, but the eomnanv is "kicking" because

1 he moved the furniture from the hotel to his new residence which burnt.

Go the Bee Ilive for bargains in Boots and Shoes.

Corn shucking,

The trees are nude.

Guard against small pox. Where is all the wheat ?

Good nights for courting. Eggs are scarce and high. Turkey, 10 cents a pound. Look out for defective flues,

Giro thanks next Thursday. Get ready for a long winter. Very little sickness in town. Compete for our corn premium.

The turkey slaughter has be

gun.

TUEBlTLEIf TIDES! A DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD IN THE CITY AND COUNTY. It is impossible to estimate the damage done in this county by the heavy lains of this week. Epecially will this apply to the bottom lauds, where, almost in every case, the corn had not been removed, Thousands of bushels have been swept away or destroyed, and the loss will be severely felt. Besides this, great damage has been sustained by the loss of fencing, outhouses, drowned stock, etc. At Elldttsville, a considerable portion of the Eastern part of town was inundated on Wednesday night, causing considerable damage to property. In this city "Spanker's branch" was higher, Wednesday night than it Inks been for many years. At the Third-street bridge the drift wo$d. accumulated and prevented tie water from passing through the arches. This caused the wafjer to back up on the property Noifth of the bridge. The scene at tis place on Thursday morning yas one of destruction. Here wsie found the toot bridges that Had been washed away from Fourth and Fifth streets. Here glso was found the skating rink tjenfc

that had been swept from itsilo- Beautiful weather the first cf

cation on Fourth street, near the ! the week.

branch. The brick arch coter- j

More rain, this week, and lots of it.

You can buy an overcoat for

1.75.

What will bo our next sensation ?

The Courier 1.50.

till 1885

for

Carpenters still have plenty of work.

Our county jail is poorly patronized.

No arrests for drunkeness last Saturday.

he days of the hi hog are

numbered.

Commissioners meet a from Monday.

week

ing the new fire cistern jivas swept away, and a huge pilp of wood, lumber, wagons, boes, etc., made a scene of wildest flianwtar Wafm ornf infn Ho

VIUIHWI. II IILVJ .SWV AA.VV V.' -YTT1 11 T I

i a TT ij vviiy woman t a

a w. Wpt. nf flA hrm ,kn laundry, pay hero ?

into the residence ot M. D. unffy, further West, and into the

baeher on the opposite side of!, Examine your fires carefully the street. llo!tsma:tf woolen j15? gjgg tQ podmill was also inundated, and the) Alhin Hinds hfts been visiting

first-olass

W. 1L Deckard, of Smithville, has gone to Illinois.

damage to stock and machinery relatives in Orange county, was finite Rarinua. The bridge

at Ryor's factoiy and thousands , Tf W giaadened the of spokes were, swept away hoar b of the radroaa boys Tues-

be filled mJ- .

Several columns misrhi

of minor disasters but this will suffice to give an idea of the rav

ages oi tne turbulent waters or

the classic "Spanker's." Five members of the African Baptist church' were iirjiaersed.

stone., near Hight's mill, last!

Sunday.

We. bought a bottle of Wizard oil to spply to delinquent subscribers pockets.

We hear that a religious paper

The Courier fills the bill.

no use.

W. B. Smith has been appointed as night watchman at the fire engine house. When the next fire comes, the department will be fully prepared. It is foolishness to cripple the fire department under a plea of economy.

Generally, at a fire, men are denounced because thev do not

Krirninflf hrnlrlincf- f.n

unloose it. They-may be thank- h jtg conteuts Men ar

Kings made to order. AH kinds of sets on hand, at HL R Tourner's. .

ful in going through the bowkls of the earth they did not meet

with the fate of the Lafayette well. Geerge D. Prentice said they undoubtedly cut a gut, from the character of the water that

One of our oldest irish citizens, Patrick Connolly, died on last Sunday, after a long illness The funeral sendees were held at the Catholic church Tuesday

morning. i

There was a good aatUeaco to hear Mr. Wendling ieetare ok

"Satan," last Friday night. The

people want to learn more of His Satanic Mejesty,whose acquaintance they are liable to jnake in the future. j John L. Sullivan, thje noted prize - fighter, passed through here one day last week on his way to Chicago. A Courier reporter went to the depot to

knck him out, but the xrani

didn't stop long enough

ers, who

The Wizard Oil men said there were four thousand people out to

hear them in Bloomington Sat

urday night. All the people in the county must have been in town. Bedford Star.

- Let other dealers talk as much as they please, but the cheapest place in town for a

! good overcoat is the New York

Store, -The boot and shoe department of the New York Store is well stocked and you are sure to get what you want, and the lowest prices guaranteed. The New York Store proprietors have determined to close out the bulk of their stock bofore the first of January. To do this, a reduction in prices has been made in all departments.

Mrs. Carrie Morgan, the bride of James F. Morgan, is visiting

friendsvand relatives atllarrods-bm-g. ' . Tho Thanksgiving dinner at the M. E. church will begin at 12 o'clock, and last as long as any hungry person comes to eat J. W. Robinson, the West side grocer, is about to close out. The grocery business, like everything else here, is overdone. Let all the farmers compete for our corn premiums. If the display warrants it, we will hold the exhibition in some public place, on Saturday, Dec. 29. If your hands are badly chapped wet them in warm wrater, rub them all over with Indian meal, then put on a coat of glycerine and keep them in your pockets ten days. If you have no pockets convenient insert them in the pockets ot a friend. Johnny Ilntchins and W. D. Freeman are at Bloomington with their roller skating tent where they report a successful season. They will make a tour of the South with their tent next summer, and their next move will be on toward Tennessee. Martinsville Republican. The saw mill and spoke factory of Wm, Burke, located Northeast of town, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night of last week. 'Che loss was over $3,000, and the insurance 2.000. This makes the third saw mill that has been destroyed by fire in this county within as many months. We hope that Mr. Burke will soon recover his misfortune.

All at Bottom Prices

North Side of Public Square,

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in Lowest Prices

and

est

Goods

We toe al V ri or ice, and are

thus eaaabled to sell soodslromlS to 20

We have no conheetlon with the corner house. If -yfe VMit good goods at low prices, go threo doors further Nortb to

MOSE

The Boss ClotMer.

The McKinney

Monday.

defaulting

xae. naa uuutuiuuy be ;beraliy patronized, ase will come up the next term girls and s,jt f court which commences next

McKinney's deposi

tions have been received. McK.

should be here to face the music. Bllottsville Citizen.

Married At the residence of

Cfaeslcy Acuff and

wife,

Stinesville, parents of the bride, on Wednesday evening, Nov. 14, 1883, Dr. Ira Ellis, of Gosport, and Miss Mary Aeuft, Sid. Terry officiating. After the ceremony the happy couple were taken to Gosport in company with the party in buggies, and on Thursday morning they left for Columbus, Franklin and other points where they will visit friends. Dr. Ellis is one

i of our most promising young

The Union Church of Smithville wiil give a Thanksgiving dinner and supper on next Thursday. Dinner, 50 cents a couple. Supper 15 cents - for each person. Oysters will be extra. Proceeds to repair the church, and the affair ought to

Boys, a square

meal.

HENRY R TQUR1ER ' REPAIR I EOF

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jpiiriN LINDLEY JS DRUfi STORK:

' 't - - Cosa plicated' -: '

BEWlkB OF SWINDLERS t

expected to endanger their lives

to, m most cases, save money

for the insurance compares. Doors and shutters are torrf off

the burning buildings, only to

uie cnaraejjer w to wfL m, theh. vaIue deducted from rewarded their ettorts. Nash-i,, . , i-

Joseph Hall and brot

J.1VO JKIV vll iV(tU UlVCjUVllij

no "small notatocs' in the mat

ter of raising potatosk They

vMr of oRnllM." ''finhwflakes " I nlivsiciaas. and Miss Acuff is , at the target are fired, lmm-

Inrl KUinmnth VA Thev ' one of the best voonff ladiea in diately after the shot Hayek tell

Threo Htmdrsa Pension Attorneys

at Washington Disbarrod for Swindling. All persons having claims on file, all who desire a peiision, all who want an increase, should call on C. K Worrall, Attorney, at once. He has had five years experience in Pension Claims and can set your pension quick

er than foreign attorneys, who only want your money. No charge for advice or work until pension is allowed. Gall and baa him.'iu 'can heln vou. West

Swing in the summer of 1882. se sQuaro,..over MoCalla's store.

Youns Huvck was a member ot,

a military company in Chicago, and, recently, was accidentally shot and killed by a member of the same company. They were in the armory shooting at a target, and young Hayek was one of tho marksmen. He was concealed behind a barricade before the target, but he unknowingly exposed a portion of his head in front of the loophole in the barricade through which the shots

will remember Garrett L. Huyck, of Chicago, a young man who

was visiting here with Harry

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DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,

CAPS, BOOS A JBHOEIs now complete, and wcr prtpar-J ed t give yom the best of bargaintf ia everything in our liaj Gircr uf a trial, and w ''ifm't

JSei t pear to Bank;

C41C.Mef f ord &

have one iMammoih trHhafe A.e State. Long life and happi-

weighs two pounds, and a ' ri "Belle" that" weighs If pounds, j r-

They also have one lot of 17 po-

Speucor Democrat.

Henry Tourner has one of

ville Jacksonian.

The clothing trade is lively in Bloomington and the Bee Hive determined not to be undersold, has marked everything down.

The new firm of MePheeters & Shoemaker starts out with the intention of making the hardware business in Bloomington boom as it never boomed before.

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tatoes that weighs 30 pounds, e neatesi, nicest, ana huudmht Now, who can beat this ? stocks of jewelry ever brought I - ! to this town. There are splen-

-Ail kinds of hferdvare, cut-' did watch and

tlery, stoves, tunfare, building handsome charms, beautiful earmaterial, sash, (jloors, blinds, rings and pins, and the neatest window glass, pqfints and oils, and prettiest of studs and cuff barbed wire fencing, agriculture buttons. The prices are unusual implements, &c, &c, at Mo- ally low for tho class of goods Pheeterfi & Shoemaker's, next handled. Call in at Lindley'a door to Postoffice. drug store and see for yourselves.

to the floor, and the blood slow

ly trickled from a wound just above the ear. He was removed to St Lake's Hospital, where he died. R. M. Tourner, who fired the fatal shot, was wild with Krief over the result. The de-

neciv cnams, ceaseu was uii iv yw v.i av,

and was a book-keeper tor Marshall, Field & Co., the firm for which Ellis Sluss and John Ehn:i, of this city, are now working. Young Huyck made many

warm friends during his short

stay in Bloomington.

Talk about Nothing ought to see those nice suits

arrived at the New York' Store, and at prices that will almost take your breath away.There is a pile of overcoats at the New York Store as big as a haystack;

, , L it: business at the old fltandv ' fla 1 ofirlv and -set the pick . - .

---Fnotograpns maud oy m& instantaneous process, at Mv

Barnes' neat galioigl :; ?

--Stuart & SIcPheeters have; , -$ dissolved partnership, and: it . is ; f necessary that all account should be setfeledr , without delay. If you are indebted to thh oldg ij ' firm you ai-e earnestly iitedfe : -make some kind of a etUeineiit,: as their business caunbt bo; wound up until you do. Dpu'tjwait until they dun you a number of times, but attend to tlic matter at once. McPheeters &, v

ShAftma rfir Will ..coiiatttte -mm

ot our new

Store,

stock. New York

-When you are ready to lay

in your fall Wi winter supply of

footwear, nrsi exammo wic aww

of W. T. Blair, m tho new blocK. See the beautifiil oarpet patterns at usual low prices, a the New York Store.

-r-Billv Blair, id the new

block, has a handsome store and

a handsome stock of boots and

shoes no one can give you as

good bargains or suit you as well

as he.

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Baby pictures made in oh

second, at X M. Barbs' gallery.

The demand for BalP GoNset rapidly increases. This fec alone is abundant evllence thaj6 the ladies appreciate that is at once nicely construct ed, durable aiid cortaWo For sale at BeeHiye : ' ; What we advertise we meanj call at tho Now Yoife see. : " ' .

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