Bloomington Courier, Volume 10, Number 6, Bloomington, Monroe County, 8 December 1883 — Page 1

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LOOMINGTON, INDIANA, DECE

:Ji . -eEhe largest and bast stockhoot and shoe store in the pi j hi kel bf T. Blair in H new block.

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I V ftFJL THE BIG PISH.

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Olr enure.

the

The petit jury was discharged

r this weeK ' , ' t 1 ' 51 :,,-' "... - 'V . .

y Court! adjourned irom last

Saturday untu nexfc lYionaay.

The regular, panel of petit jmr-

. did not haye muoh to lokhe

: ?Efee slander suit of John W.

Morgan against John D. Mor-

, gamwfllycorae up next Monday.

Tobe TEast is getting to bo a

floated bondholder," ? He bought

be May prowrty, last Saturday,

& B. Lowe; of Viucgomery, - of Gosport,, and SfS H. Dunn, of Spencer, all

ornevs, were attending court

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Cook stores, parlor stoves

stoves of all kinds, at Me-

Pheeters & Shoemaker's, .

The L., N. M &G. miilroad is

now running uje niagniueeni

Buffet sleepers between Louisville antV Chicago, These are the finest, most; luxurious cars in use, 1

V Muc$ interest was taken in tJie?suitl of Shaver against Johnson last Friday and Saturday. Johnson is the- proprietor of a traction engine, and in June last, - while pissing the house of Shaver, iWest of town, blew the whistle several times which so frightned a pair of Shaver's horses, in the pasture hear by, that they

- ran against- soine garbed wire thafcwas strung through -a hedge 4 fence and one of the animals -: . particularly was badly. lacerated. Mr? Shaver brought suit before

thai Mayor and recovered d amt f X ft?s to the amount of 90. Johnson appealed the case? and ? 4ime if was; tried before - Judge Wilson who decided in fa-

yon 085 Jpnnoni " uonsiaerabie If efi ng-oyer the suit was .maixiiested in the ; -.neighborhood and aJander suit issaiiL. to fee;

threatened by Johnson.

-Sam Orchard is fitting -up a ef skating rink in the old fime building on the Hast side cCollege! A venue, South cf the Square. ' v" .? i 3p ,7 :. i iFe have had so much varm .weather that trade iu- cloShm

anil woolen, sroods has heeudaiL

trade has

An artesian well is being sunk at Bloomington. All that Greencastle lacks to become a great health -resort is an artesian well. Can't we have ne ?-r-Greencas-tle Banner, . .

Lew Anderson is going to sell

out bv the 1st of Januarv and.

. ... .... . " ... . go to Chicago; See his icard printed inthis paper, and rest assured, that. he means what he

means what he say S;

W.Si Smith, night watchman at the fire engine house, ivas the steamer polished up as bright as

a new gold piece. Bill is a re

liable and hard worker, and

... . . . . should be well compensated for

his services.

McPheeters & Shoemaker

have fitted up a handsome office in their store. These gentleinen

have enough enterprise and vim

about them to keep their business on a boom at all times. It

is hard to find a better firm to do

business with.

Tthm Jjittlm Florence TOBACCO. TH3 CHEAPEST AND THE BEST. J' THY IT!

Go the Bee Hive for bar-1 TEMPEEMCS TALE!

gains iu Boots and Shoes.

MBER 8, 1883. . '

Mince pies!

New slaughter the hogs.

Read our country items. Watermelons :ire very scarce. Plenty of "backbone" to be had now.

Somtf good hogs were here this week at $4.10.

sold

CITIZENS' MEETING LAST

MONDaY NIGHT.

HEAD LIGHT OIL 15 Cent. AT TUB ESS HIVE GR0CSB7I

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andstioe

We see Bloomington is still

$ Mat-

im the boring business.

thew ArnolA is to deliver lecture ther soonMartmsA'itle Republican. " :i

trltis nnfierstood that McKin-

ny's bondsmen ami' the; ComniissionerS' were "iickering"

again this wek, i without any

t deiiniteresulfe

... On the night ef the Durand fire, several leather buckets, be-

Jp longing to the fire department, were tostl Finders will please

return them to the engine house;

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1 Carte Courtlier, -bretuer of

MrsJw. W. Durand, has been

ff9 ' . .- ' : : .' v. .: .... -- .-. : . erously ill with pneumonia

arising ftom cold contracted on the night of the burning of Mr. Durand's residence. He has had the- besfe of- -attention, f and is

jf0jw improving

Afo the head of the first col-

- umn of the the fourth page of . this issue will be; found the anA nouncement of Dr. John A. Williams, ofiOwen county, as a can

aiaate ior uongress, in tnis, tne litth Distriet2 JDiC Williams is one of Given county's most solid

? ; : citizens . He is a staunch JDem- ? ocrat and a scholarly gentleman, f and would make amable repre-

Z sentative in Gonsrressi His

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The Courier seems to have a

poor opinion of the Democrats

of Monroe county i--l'rogressv

No,-the Courier has not a poor

opinion of Democrats, but it has

poor-opinion of men calling

themselves Democrats who inva

riably sell out-to the opposition.

The Commissioners dismissed

the petition for the turnpike from Kliettsville to the Owen county line. This kills the road unless a new petition: is obtained. In the case of the extension of the .turnpike East, the Commissioners dismissed the remonstrance, and th case will proliably he appealed to the Circuit Court. No" action" was takeii in.the matter otWai Hight's j)ike North,

! Finley McNutt, who attended school here several years ago, and who is now in the Ututed States Navy, has written a letter to his father; C P. McNutt, of Terre Haute, in which he gives a graphic aecount of a terrible earthquake itU Jiiva, Sumatra, and all the islands in the strait of Lunda. He says that 50,000 lives were lost. Finley is on the steamer Enterprise, and the letter was written from Batavia. Java Islands. lie will be rememberedas a? ivory bright youth, who, after passing a thorough and difficult examination, was appointed a cadet to the Naval Academy, by Morton C. Hunter,, in 1S76. : One of the most important things in the manuiacturing interests of Bloomington will be the . American Hoop Dressing Go's, establishment, located on the railroad in the Northwest part ot town. The7buildings are

completed, .and the machinery is being placed in position.. A large number of poles are already on the grounds, but the company will take all they can get. Mr. Robinson, a member of the eompany, whose headquarters-are at Boston, is here with several assistant s, and in a.

short' tie they will be ready tor business. 1 John C. Delan, who is full of energy, and has excellent business qualifications, is manager. .

BEST ENGLISH S0BA

5 C&nts IT THE BSE HITS ' QROGBBYl

ROA8TES COFFEE 15 Cts. P er Pound. JLT THS SES HIVB GEOCEETI

CREAM FJOtJK 3? el in Market. .

AT THS .EES HIVE GROCERY!

TRY 1X1

stra Family Flour ;65ts. PerSacfc

AT THS EES HIVE GS0

SALT $1.40 P

. Barrel, AT. CHE BEE HIVE GEODESY!

McPheeters & Shoemaker's is the place for all kinds of hardware and building material. Next door to Post-office.

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claims -should have a 4air consideration, and if he is nominat-

ed his canvass of thOtdistrict will

be a brilliant one. ? t "

fit

6 Rings made to order All

kinds of sets on handat H. P

Tourners, V

The clothing trade is lively in Bloomington and the Bee

iiive ueierminea not to oe undersold, has; marked everything down. f rhe New York Store proprietors have determined to close out the hulk of their stock before the first of Januarv. To do this a reduction in prises has been made in all departments.

ANOTHER WAR ON THE

LIQUOR TRAFFIC INAUGURATED. .

The anti-license mass meet

ing, at Court-house, last Monday

night, was largely attended.

Rev. J. E. Brant was chosen as

President, and Prof. Woodburn

as Secretary. The following

committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of

the sentiments of the meeting:

Rev. W. P. MoNary, Prof. Woodburn, R, Aw Foster, Rev. A. B. Philputfe and Prot. Beck; The subjects of saloon license, and violationi of ;the liqkor law were warmly discussed and but one sentiment prevailed opposition

to the first and denunciation of

the latter. Those who took part in the discussion were Prof. BalJentine, Major Mulky, Prof. Atwater, Rev, W. P. McNary, J. F. Pittman, R. A. Foster, J. A. Baldridge, Dr. Moss, Rev. J. E. Brant, and Dr. Dodds. Brother FQrd . (colored) attempted to make a speech, but was ruled out of order, as he was not speaking to the point. The proceedings were harmonious throughout and those present who were opposed to the object of the meeting had nothing to say. Prosecutor Henley spoke on the res )lution referring to the officers of the law not doing their duty. He said that heretofore it had been almost impossible to obtain the co-operation of the temperance people in enforcing the temperance laws. He hop

ed that they meant what they

said in the resolution. Mr. Hen

ley did not agree with some of

the speakers that a license law

caused more crime. He said that the liquor business as it is now conducted made an army of perjurors. Many men who had bought Honor at retail would

Thomas Y. Rider has bought come before the grand jury and the Betsey G entry farm of 1 80 swear that they knew of no yio acrbs, in Beanblossom township, lation of the law. The -liveliest for $3,650. speech of the evening was the XT ""7" 7 . , one made by Mr. R. A. Foster in W. N; Roseberry has moved to whick he rraigned the drug townfand now occupies a house flfrt -c a v;ftuin ii

The carnenters are now at

work on the roof the new city

hall. L. D. Rogers made a business trip to .Indianapolis this week.

James Gilnvere has reoeived a live fawn that was captured in the West James Pering, of Illinois, was visiting his relatives here last week. December came iu like a dear, darling little lamb just like the one Mary had.

A room has been fitted up in the depot for the accommodation of train hands. The authorities gave the artesian well men permission to work last Sunday. The colored A. M. E. Church had a 'possum supper on Thanksgiving day. . Sol Tannenbaum was over Sunday, Ax him the reason, and probably he'll tell. The Thanksgiving dinner at the M. E. church netted 110. Over 500 persons were fed. Dr. A. M. Durand, of Wichita, Kansas, ws here this week visiting .his brother, W W. Durand. Hon. Morton C. Hunter gave nil : t . J. 1

a inanKSgiving dinner, at nis residence, to reltlYies-. of , , the family.

and approval of the law, and wc qkpress th hope that the Honorable I

Board of County Commissioners will find it consistent with their duty to refuse to grant any license to sell intoxicatini liquors in less qtiantiue thin u quart. 2. That in our. opinion, the licensing of saloons vastly increases the consumption of liquor, and the amount ot disorder, drunkenness and crime in the com m unit v. 3. That if the laws against selling liquor to minors, against selling on the Sabbath, against selling by the drink without license, have beoa. repeated iy and eonstantiy disregarded at the quart saloons and certain drug stores of this town, as commonly reported, we hold the officers, who have been chosen and paid and pledged for the execution of the law, in great measure responsible that such violations are permitted with impunity, and w.e insist upon the f&Qers- difohaiging their duly in respect to such violationsi pledging ourselves to extend to them all due support. '' 4. That a committee of six bs appointed to solicit the co operation of citizens to form an organization for the enforcement of law, and we pledge our material support to such

organization in the interest of law

and order. The following gentlemen constitute the Committee of six: Rev. J. E. Brant. IV. J. Allen, John Waldron, Prof. Ncwkirk, R. A. Foster, Prof. At water.

GRUBBER. CO CDS.

All at Bjoitom rWSwm

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orth Side of Public Square

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The application for license

case of John Stock well was be

fore the Commissioners all day

Thursday and Friday morning.

Tho application was refused. An

appeal will be taken to the cir

cuit court.

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The

Old

Reliable

Leads in

Lowest

Prices

and Best

We have only one or Iceland ore

pr cent lor!ii ; V'V : 'v'? ;;

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We have no connection with the corner house. If youMt otaaiJ (TAtd a nt 1a a 11 i AC nA f kpAA i a A td .fiirfiiAi W Arth ti!S W

recently built by Mrs. Kelley, on

College Hill.

Call at McPheeters & Shoemaker's hardware store and see a chinaman 's foot taken from the artesian well.

On Friday night, Dec. 2 1st, the! order of Red Men, of this city, will celebrate their Ninth Anniversary by a social at their Wigwam, and a game supper arid dance at the Orchard House. Tickets 1.50 a couple, and may be purchased at Mobley's, McGee's clothing store, Bee Hive Grocery, Mose Kahn's, or of any member of the Committee. No tickets will be sold to improper characters, nor will such persons be admitted. A prominent citizen of Evansville writes : "I know that the very many warm friends in New Albany of Rev. J. L. Pitner, will be gratified to learn that his second year in the pastorate of Trinity M. B. church at Evansville opens auspiciously. The unfortunate troubles in which the church was for a time involved have been ended and to the honor' of the church, and peace and prosperity now reign throughout her borders, with prospects encouraging for a glorious revival work during- the winter."

The new firm of McPheet

ers & Shoemaker starts: out with

the intention of making the hardware business in Bloomington boom as ft neves beamed be

fore. What we advertise we mean call at the New York Store and see. 1

Wm. Whitakor, of Clear Creek township, is another oue of the unfortunates who lost heavily by the late freshet.

law. The majority of the speeches were earnest and dispassionate, but in one or two cases too much fanaticism, which goes so far toward injuring the temperance cause, was apparent. For instance, one speaker said that he was opposed to license,

"law or no law. One thing that caused considerable out

side comment was the failure of i

the. signers of the call to take part in the meeting. Over 50 signed the call, yet but a tew of them were present and less than ten took an aotive part in the meeting. This was a fair illustration of why the temperance laws are not enforced. Men who have anything to lo3e by taking a bold stand on any public question will always be found "on the fence," and here, as elsewhere "straddlers" are largely

in the majority.

"Tho following are the resolutions adopted Wheren tbere arc now pending before the Board of Count' Coram is-sioners-three application for license to. tell intoxicating liquors In less quantities than a qi art, and Whereas there has existed for the past few months an mdiffer-

I eue to thefcommonly reported ille

gal sales of mtbxi bants in various places in our city and county; and

wuerea8 luo verniers ot sucn m-

Miss Mollie Waldron gave a very pleasant reception and supper to a select few of her friends on last Friday evening. Monroe county will furnish 1,000,000 feet of stone for the new Court-house at Terre Haute. Carry the news to Bedford.

The stone for the new Court-hou.se at Terre Haute will be furnished from the quarries at Stinesyille, this county. The Christian Church people have engaged the Rev. A. B. Philputt for another year, and havo increased his salary from $800 to, 100. There was a turkey shooting'

match at the fair grounds on !

Thanksgiving day. Sam Gil-

more proved himself a crack shot by walking off' with five,

turkeys. Eph. Hughes took treating beverages seek to cover

away two There will be an-!' up such sales mwer various devices, other match at th same place : sch as sales of cigars and then givii. -j i u mc away liquor tobe drank oa. the n the day before Chtmtmaa. vfcm-mi pMalr io4ireit Tlola . .. tisn of the law : and i - ... 1 , .... ...

it ,;U,i - n Mntniin ' Wh'erOBB such practices tend to All kinds Of hardware, cnt the demoralition of our people and tlery, stoves, tinware, building t0 ieSson their rsgard for all laws, as material, sash doors,, blinds, well as to promote intemperance and window erlass. uaints and oils, all the terrible evils resulting there-

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Resolved: That we, as citizens, in- Mass Meeting assembled; declare ourselves opposed to giving the re tail trnflle in liquor the protection

barbed wire fencing, agriculture

al implements &c, &c, at McPheeterR St Shoemaker, next door to Postoffice.

Last Tuesday a dilapidated

looking female haling Iroin Pittsburg, Pa., on her way to Chica

go was put off at this place. She seemed to be in great distress,

being hungry, cold, and desti

tute. Marshal Handy provided

... . . . . i i her with means to satisfy a neg

lected appetite, and a ticket to

Bloomington. Bedford Banner.

Mr. E. P. Cole, of the City

Book btorej has a new announced ment printed in this issue of the

Courier. This announcement

should be carefully read, and then a visit should be made to

the store, when it will be found that not half of the story has been told. You will find there a great variety of useful and handsome articles suitable for holiday gifts, and you may depend upon it that the prices will be low and the goods just what they are represented to be. Some one has unearthed an old statute of 1852, which provides that Sheriffs are entitled to 3.00 per day for services as jaiior, in addition to all other pay. It this should prove to be the law Monroe county will have toi dance up to her ex-Sheriffs to the tune of $3.00 a day tor thirty years back, providing sueh claims are not barred by the statute of limitation. In case they arej only Alexander and

Grimes would come in for the back pay. In order to be on the safe side, both in regard to the legality of the claim and the statuatory limit, ex-Sheriff Alexander has filed his claim' with the Commissioners for over $4,800. As McKiuney was Sheriff eight years his claim: would bo about $9,000, if not barred by the statutes. The 'matter will

be investigated further, and if

there is anything in !it, McKinney's bondsmen will ho doubt

put in the claim as a partial set

off to the aniQunt of his defalca

tion.

Henry Tourner has one of

the neatest, nicest and nobbiest

stocks of jewelry ever brought to this town. There are splendid watch and neck chainsr handsome e harms,, beautiful eariririgs and pins, and the neatest

and prettiest of studs and cuff

buttons. The prices are unusit ally low for the class of goods Oiandlad. Call in at Lindley's drug store, a nd see for yourselves.

MOSE

KAhk

Th Boss Clothlea 4

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HENRY

D Tri DKUvO

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REPAIRER OF-

Fine and Complicated

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City

THE PROPRIETOR OF THE s

jflespestfuHy announces-to all his old patrons, and an j number of noi I ones, that he is at work again, in ons of the most eleaat store room in intitana, and is fullv prepared to meet, ia his line, Uio wanU

r of any number the more the better. He cspeciaitv dea.irss . n : 1 1 at this time to call attention to aa: immense stocrfu 4 pfi

CHRISTMAS

Now on sale. To attempt to partfcularliie would be usclessi. Ho ma1'

in part indicate that among his VAr TUUJMttay ,oe (

Engravinga. Gift Booksf in

j Including large Illustrate.! Peems. tnugniilcent; and atlraotive; W. v.f

Telvot and foli Praams fbr Photos, UiHs Dssbi nr; ' ; J , And Fancy Articles to great variety. The above is a ftfl'g 4 of what he has; an inspection only w reveal the ,v truth,; ;N 'ffkfg':; goods, elegant as they are, were bought loWj and will be Bold ni

sue same way avsmivhiwi, - iyr 'y., !,?vy .' -' ' stock;ia last represented

iMT-Ladies and otheri desiring to niak

money and have their tastes -.-gra$Ifi$.l :by(lliftipip our stock, "--i

THAT

Fall and WinterSStock

DRY GOODSi NOTIONS' HATfi CAPSi BOO 1 S A tiHOES. .

Is now complete, and we ars prepared to give y on the best of bargains in everything in our line. Giv us I, trial, aid see for yourselves,' " Next Dsar im Cciiclfbrd Sons.

-Stuart & MoPheetera hav

dissolved partnership, and it is

necessary that alw accounts

should be settled without defeyi If you are indebted to the V firm you are ear nestly irivit fcP make soine kind: qm settlenieiifc' as their businesfir cann bo '.!' wound up- until you d ' ;.vlton't? V wait until they dun you; a om ; . her of times, but attend to

in a ut; 1 at yuoe. . iixc-l iiviyra Ofe

Shoemaker will oontinu Ab&tybusliids ath Baby pictures made itttiuf"

second at JvM. Barnes' gallery

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Settinsforth tht tto Queen City Clothinff Store has a larger stock, and lias been selling Fine Clothing

t :tnanl tiioae askeiEt bv any otner lionse, to wmcn liiaictmeni tne aeieiiaenis, upon aemgarraig

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prices iuuen loei

iltv. 5,000

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fitnesses. were ready to prove the charge. Come,

your testimony .

Remember

corner roioin new

block

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