Bloomington Courier, Volume 13, Number 45, Bloomington, Monroe County, 10 September 1887 — Page 1

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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 10, 1887.

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The Best Paints in the market, t Lindley Bros.

Greater bargains now than ever t Blair's Shoe Ilouse.

Alway freshDurham Coffee.

Boys white shirts at5 ets. at Rhorer's.

Jess Howe has gone. Alabama.

to Decatur,

is visit-

Mrs. J. W. Warder, te,

ing in Lou is-lrille. ' v. .: Dr. Gaston tooi charge of the Treasurer's office Thursday. " " Pete Meiford has been on the sick list for some: tinted also his mother. Mrs. Lizzie Gordon, daughter of Mrs. Pittman, is -visiting in this cityl Miss Bridie Baker and. Frank M. Dewees will be married) at ; Pratt, Kans., nea;t Wednesday.

Durham Coffee in packages only. Bed Sudberry is visiting at Indianapolis.

H. J.Nichols has gone to Illinois to visit friends.

Special bargains, offered to

cash buyers at Blair's

Buy package Durham Coffee.

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Ewing Batterton is listr malarial fever.

on the sick

Miss Pearl Landers, daughter of

Hon. Franklin Landers, is visiting

relatives, North of Bloomington. Dr. Harris and wife and Dr. Maxwell, jr., are attending the World's Medical Congress at Washington, D.C i r - 5fr.rWill Simpson, of Owenton, Ky., is here to be treated for hay fever, by his brother,. Dr. J. D. SiBipson. " . Bemember that the County Fair begins' two weeks from -next Mon

day. Let us all-join in making it a success. . Thos Giaves, who will be remembered as an auctioneer at Harrodsbnrg same ime ago, died at MaryTill, Mo., last week. Cards are out for the marriage of Laura J. Henley to Edmund Mooney of Golnmbus, Ind., thej ceremoney to be celebrated at the residence of the bride's parents, in this city, not Monday night at 8:30. A man was in town last week with a barrel of .Martinsville artesian water retailing it at, 20 cents a gallon. The water is not as strong as that which can be pumped from

our artesian wen. w e ,nave newer water, but is hard toet at it. Dr. Jordan and bride arrived Saturday evening. Those who congregated at the depot to get a peep 'x Wl'ili j:VJ is-i.! j

'- at me lauy weie uismpuiubeu,

ilhe got off on the East .side of the

npme esconea oy aiaay inena,ana and the. Doctor who ioined them

after the train left.

3? he show will spread its tents on Prospect Hill, next Thursday, ' Anew postoffice nam-od Godsey has, been started on Bryant. Creek. The Institute, of last week was

I the largest and best ever held in the

county. Thanks to our Democratic Superintendent. Mrs. W. B. Seward, of Bloomington, is at present visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Snyder, in Salem.

Mr. Seward is expected to arrive from Indianapolis the latter part of the week. Salem Democrat.

Hear e!

THE SEPTEMBER TERM OF

'MONROE CIRCUIT COURT,

IS NOW GRINDING SLOWLY

THE LEAS MURDER TRIAL.

The Monroe County Reading Circle has been reorganized with a membership of sixty-eight. This is an important subject and will no

doubt receive the that it deserves.

encouragement

There is a man named Riley

Smith in the county poor-house of j

Monroe county, who wears No. 14 shoes. Ry actual measurement each shoe will hold a peck of shelled corn The cause of his poverty is apparenthe could not furnish himself with shoes and get ahead in the world. Cloverdale Herald.

It looks like editors will be compelled to live on turnips and corn bread: this winter; Canned goods, especially fruits, are apparently going to retail during the winter at fully 50 per cent, above the prices obtained a year previous. An increase of 25 per cent, to California's lift! year's pack will not be sufficient to prevent the threatened canned fruit famine in the East. . 3 W. Berry, formerly of this county writesnfrom Louisiana : The Courier is always a welcome visitor fo niy home, I cannot do without it. The Courier belches forth my. sentiments tb at of a Democrat died in the wool, Cleveland is the man in 1888 down in the Sunny South, and I am in hope my native state Indiana will roll up her thousands, for im iik 1888, ." . President Dowd and General Manager Carson of the L., N. A. & romd have just made a careful

inspection ofrthe property and the

former expresses himself as highly

.pleased with it;s condition physically

Jn a financial way it has cert? inly

come iout from under the clouds

CiSOTderfully in the last year. Hand

some earning and ant economical

. management: are doing wonders for

this road.

of $3;000

Anotner installment or o,

was paid. in this week an the ex-

Clerk D. W. Browning shortage.

This makes $8,000 that has been

paid, or within about 30 per cei-t of

. the whole amount. It is said that

vt he balance will be paid in- a month

more. I ne total1 snortasre was

between eleven and twelve thousand

not counting some small sums that

m to swell the amount,

nor the $400 to the county library

which was secured by a lien on about

$2,500 of uncollected fees due D

W. Browning. Among tfte real es-

4 f transfers last week was the

iVMVV ' " " . property of W. F. Browning valued

at $7,000, which was turned over to r X Smith, sta securitv for the

money be has paid in on the short-

Mr. Smith deserves much

credit for the prompt steps he has taken to raise the money to pay this

On him. and W. J.

Browning,, the entire loss will fall

The Township Institute throughout the county will he held as follows : Bean Blossom, Washington, Marion, Benton and Richland the first Saturday : Bloomington, Van Buren, Perry. Salt Creek the second Saturday, and Polk, Clear Creek and Indiana Creek the third Saturday. The following, called a problem for railroad men, is going around : A freight train one mile in length stopped with the caboose just opposite depot. The conductor got orders to-move his train to the next station whica was just five miles distant. He gave the engineer the signal to move, which he did, while the conductor walked over the train to the engine and got there just as

the locomotive reached the station,

where he got off. The question is

how far did he walk, or how far

did he ride, or did he ride at ail?

Remember, that King & Frankin's Great Show exhibits in Bloom

ington nextThursday .There is a pic

aresque Indian village and museum

a magnificent circus, in which the

greatest living exponents of acro

batic, gymnastic and equestrian sci

ence disport themselves in three

rings and on a huge theatre stage ;

a soul stirring revival of the anci

ent Roman hippodrome, historical

Wild West" show, comprising roops of noted scouts, cowb.ys.

Indiansjvaqueros ; bucking bronchos

and other adjuncts of frontier civili

zation. 2o cents admits to all.

Come in early ii-nd see the street

parade.

Delicious! Cup of Durham Coffee. Mrs. Pittman has returned from

Knightstown where she has been

for somo time discharging her duties as Trustee of the Soldiers

Orphans Home. In this connection

we would state the G. A. R. has decided that no soldiers' orphans shall

be kept at county poor-house hereafter, but must be taken to the orphans' home at Knightstown.

About sixty applicants are already

awaiting the completion of the new

buildings of that instiution, and

from the war the list is increasing

it is thought the re will soon be as

many candidates as can be accommodated even then. The chanac

m tne law, wnicn now allows

the admission of the children of soldiers in needy circumstances, also

will increase the number of eligible children very much. As soon as the necessary funds are available an industrial school will be established and the children will not be bound out hereafter unless it is certain they will-receive training and education equal to what we are given at the home.

Durham, Coffee for the ladies, picture card in each package for the babies.

The September term of Court

convened Monday morning with

Judge Pearson on the bench, and a light docket. The grand jury was inpaaneJcd, as follows : Lewis May, Luther McConnell,Milton H . Butcher, Wm. Douglass, Geo. W. Welch, Joseph Brown. After receiving the usual instructions they retired and were soon delving into "whisky cases."

The only cases of any importance in the crimnal docket are the following: L. . McKinney, Embezzlemegfc, Chesley Chambers, Assault to kill. Chesley Chambers, Forgery, Geo. W. Reeves, Embezzlement, John Baugh, Larceny,

Chas. P. Taylor, Forgery, Joshua Badgely, Adultery,

Phillip Duncan, Receiving stolen good si The civil docket is very light. The followid devorce cases are pending : James Axora vs. D. Axom, Pinkney Zink vs. Emma E. Zink. Wm. A Howard vs. Mary Howard, Mary Jones vs. Abram Jones, a C. Sm ith vs. Fred Smith . Monday was devoted to call criminal docket and trial of whisk' cases D. O. Stout was acquitted on charge of selling to James Bonsall. Tuesday morning, after calling the civil docket for motions, the case of the State against Charles Leas for the the murder of Phillip J. iJick was taken up, and, both sides being ready, the trial begun. The following jury was soon chosen and sworn to try the case: R. M. Butcher, I. Milt Rogers, P. M. L uff, L. A. Umbarger, Jas. Robinson, Henry Stringer, Robt. Prior, Ben A. Rogers, Ben F. Hall, Harvey Baker, W. S. Pedigo, J. L. Dowclen. After dinner W. R. Asher, prosecuting attorney for the counties of Morgan and Owen stated what the State expected to prove. He saitl that Leas was indicted for murder in the first degree. The murder was committed on the streets of Spencer about, midnight of Saturday July 31, 1886. The deceased, Dick and Leas, with others, were on the outside of Cline's saloon; they had been drinking. Artemus Thomas,a boy about 16 years old was in the party, and intoxicated. Leas knocked Thomas down. Dick took it up, and said Leas could not run over a

boy while he was around. The;

party then moved on until when in j

front of Overstreet's store Leas again pushed Thomas. Dick sain he should not run over a boy. Leas struck at Dick. Dick felt the blood coming, and said "You have cut me." Leas said, "Yes ; G d d -n you, I'll cut again. The knife had entered Dick's breast between the sixth and seventh rib, about five inches below the nipple. The knife passed through a portion of the lung and enter ;d the stomach. Dick

was taken to a barber shop, and Dr Mullinix dressed the wound. Dick started to walk home, but had to be carried; he lived seven clays. He was a railroad hand and his folks lived in Ohio. Leas has said several times since the killing that he expected to be sent to the penitentiary, Hon. Willis Hickam followed with the opening statement for the defense. He said that when the deceased first made a sworn statement he signed his name William Dixon,

and when he made his dying statement he signed his name Phillip

Dick. He was a large man; almost

twice the size of Lease, they -were almost strangers to each other.

Leas and Baugh had been paly ing pool that night, and when they came out they met Dick and John

Pryor; the latter two had been go

ing the rounds of the saloons. Pryor left that night and has not been

- To still further reduce stock,

will continue the slaughtering of

prices; call at Blair's.

larger than; ever

MoCaiJa's Carpet stock is

this fall. It

will pay you to tike a look at it before buying.

heard of since. Dick had enough

drink in him to put all the devil in

him in his muscle. When the part

ies met a man named Hall came up. A1J went to Cline's saloon, and all went in with the probable exception of Leas. Young Thomas was on

the outside drunk and making a f?ood deal of noise. When came

out Pryor pushed Thomas down. Dick thought Leas did it and said, You can't jump on a kid, if you do I'll do you up." Leas said he

had not done it and didn't want any

clif3butiy. Pryor said it was he who

.pushed the bo and that seemed to

settle it. They all started on. Pryor

and Dick followed, and Dick kept

muttering. Leas turned around

and said he didn't want them to fol

low him. Daniel Brinson then came

up and said the two should not

jump on Leas. Pryor then attacked

Brinson, and Dick attacked Leas

and struck him two or three times.

Leas made a sweep with his pocket knife to ward Dick off. Thomas

seized Leas' arm and the parties were separated. Dick then said he

had been cut, and was taken home,

as, before related.

Dick's dying statement was read to the jury. He said that he lived at Yellow Springs, Ohio. He told Leas not to run over the boy ; as

they started across the street Leas told him not to follow. We kept passing words, when Lease struck me with the knife. I struck him my hand, but don't know whether it was before or after he cut me. I never made any threats. The evidence on both sides was somewhat conflicting, but the drift of it was in accordance with the statements as above printed, There were twenty-five or thirty witnesses from Spencer, The testimony was all in by Wednesday evening and on Thursday morning 1 lie arguments were begun. W. K. Asher, a young Attorney of great promise, (who took, the first prize at the State Oratorical Contest when "he was attending the tate University several roars ago) made an eloquent opening speech for the State. Oapt Beejm followed With a plain, sound argument for the defense, and Judge R. W. Mieri closed for the defense with as an r . . effective ja speech as was ever delivered before u jury here. He handled the evidence! in a masterly, shrewd and telling way, and his delivery was such as to hold the large audience in the Cbivrt-room as if riveted to their seats. Senator Fowler closed for the State with a forcible argumsnt, which was listened to with much interest. Friday morning the jury return a verdict of two years in the penitentiary. court notes. The Leas case will not be over before Friday. The McKinney '-Continued for arrest" business is getting to be quite chesnut. J. H.: Hunter and Kearney Buskirk were sworn in as members of the bar, on motion of Hon. John W, Busk irk, A handsome new case for papers now graces the Clerk's corner in the court room. It was made at Paoli and cost only $35. Sheriff H inkle is assirted by Deputy Joseph Payne and John I). Morgan, and business is being run

'with neatness and dispatch,"

Mr. Simp Lowe, prosecuting at

torney elect, was attending court this week. He takes charge of the office Oct. 22d. and, we believe, will make a good officer.

The following are the attorneys

in the Leas case : For the State, W

B, Asljer, Judge Mavity, Ed. Corr, and Senator Fowler of Owen county. Fpv the defense, Judge R. W.

Miers,; Oapt. Beem and Hon. Willis

Hickam,

The following is the regular panel of the! petit jury : P. M. iHulf, Scott Hendrickson. J. L. Dowden L. H. Umbarger, John Sare, Taylor Voss, Thos villpatrick, Jacok Tcague, E. C. G i i strap, Wm . H enson, J. P. Harrell, David P. Burton. The Teachers Association of Monroe County is the name of an organization formed at the Institute It's fljrst meeting will be held the Friday after Thanksgiving. The Courijer will keep its readers posted in regard t: the programme.

Blairs' goods and prices are unequaled in the city.

AsV your grocer for Durham Coffee.

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TOWN TOPICS AND TIMELY TALKS.

Ladies if you want a yam

that will wear a to McCalla's and get the noted German Knit

ting yarn.

Hav

you tried Durham Coffee?

-HA full lino ot 2 and 3 ply Ingiiins- Tapestry, Body and Velvet Brussels at McCallas & COtf'si. iSeo them before you buy. ! .

Slowly but surely the colored scholar is making his way into our public ; school building, notwithstanding the fact we have a separate building for them. It won't be but a short time before our colored schools are abolished, and all the scholars sent to the white schools. . : I see that the book monopolists have got a small hold on our public

schools. That is, the arithmetic

has been changed in one room.This is only a starter. It would not do

to make a wholesale change at once

for fear of some tail kicking on the

part of the parents. Of course this

change will benefit no one but the

book makers and those who "stand

in" with them. But there is no law

to prevent it, and parents can "kick"

as hard as they please, they must continue to. put up 50 cents for a

123 cent hook all the same.

Parents pan not be too careful

how they keep a watchful eye over

their daughters. From the time a

girl enters her teens until she becomes a women in age as well as size, she should have a mother's and a father's protection. The world is full of unprincipled scoundrels, old and young, who would not hesitate to smirch the fair name of innocent maidens, or learl them astray. They are on the street corners, at the depot, and in public gathering, many of whom make unwarranted remarks about young ladies without any cause whatever. These human hyenas are abroad" in-every place. $ The town is full of students and Professors. It is true that up at DePauw most'of the latter are called Tutors, but here all are dignified with the title!: of Professor. Well, they are pretty good fellows, but 1 fear that some of them cannot sur vive in Bloomington. We have no hydrants to furnish water for rooms no houses heated by stestm, no cellars for wines, no servants to black boots, and our churches are rather plain places. I mention these as I hear they have been mentioned as objections by some who are compelled to dwelt here for a year" or two on the munificient salary of tori or t wel ve" h a n d redid ol 1 ars a year. H o wever, we are satisfied that a short residence here will accustom them to our war of living, when they will find that class distinction is not strictly observed, but that we have a large number of well-bred, sociable common sense people who have no title but that of honorable men and women.

Will H. Adams went to Chicago, Monday, which means; a big stock of goods for McCalla & Co.

It is not generally known that all the Monroe county papers are nicely bound and kept on file in the the Recorder's office, where the public can refer to them any time. Sections 5,780, 5781 and 5,782 of the Revised Statutes of Indiana provide as follows: "The County Commissioners may, at their option, require tt o County Recorder to subscribe for one or

more of the public newspapers of county and cause the same to be bound in volumes of convenient size to be kept in his office for the use of the inhabitants of this State, and to be paid for out of the county treasury." Is this necessary? Perhaps a great many persons will hastily answer "2?o,"but upon a more thoughtful consideration it may appear very different. The county papers contain all legal advertisements and transactions of every kind, together with all current news ol! the county business directory, and many other items which go to make up the history and business interests of the county, all of which, in after years, would form a valuable and useful record. .

McCalla & Co keeps the best and largest stock ol saxony and German Knitting yarn in town.

Good to get : Good shoes at closing out prices at Blair's.

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Eeiiiember,the

County Fair begins Sept. 26th, and it's going to

be the best we ever had.

We are in receip t of our

ment

first

fall

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'Get a premmni list and

prepare something for the Fair. W.-H- SEWARD, Sec. Bloomington, Ind.

Will remain at his present location, one door East of Groove's1 corner, and will keep a larger stock than ever of Staple and Fancy

ro eerie

Old oostoaers and new ones will be assured ttuct ttUrp- caaa always get

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Lowest Priees.

Oil

The public geaerally. are respectfully unformed that all tho wants in the line of

AND:

Stationery,

Can he fully supplied at the CITY BOOK STORE At Price Too, TKat Cannot Fail to Please.

Students will f&aid eom rare bargains -aii--second mm Ebois.

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MILE SHAKE!

Tb3 Lindley Bros, have the only machine in town for making this latest and delicious beverage. 5 Cents a glass.

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Notioiis of all

GBA7E1TS DRY

Fee Corner.

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GOODS EOUSH 1 J

Reliable Sta:?ji

IS THE BOSS BAKER.

Fresh Bread, Cakes and Pies baked every day, I vi v A Ml stock of Fresh and pure CANDIES, FRUITS, NOTS0 -J'.

ICE CSEAM FABLOB HOW OPEN J ': K y, A Handsome new SODA FOUNTAIN jusfpnt iq All Choice Brands of Cigars and Tobacco. ? ; ? f

CALL at the OLD STAND, College Avenaer; QECHAfiD

building. '

N E W

STOCK!

the well known

Undertaker

it. yv, urfeRs,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW; .

Will practice in fall the conrte. Ali busmess given prompt and carefai; it., tention. . ' ' ' v

; FOR SALE. t r A corner building lot East on Kirkwood Avenue, 50 feet front, and 132 feet deep. Will be soH for c&sh

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220 pKlrs ji Sample shoes t i v jd at Rliorer' s. . i . :

1,000 BUSHEL OF OATS WANTUD

Has removed to the new i'ooin on t he North Side of the square, next to the Fed corner, and is better prepared than ever to serve his patrons. Don't neglect to call and see the stock of Coffins before you make a purchase A completers tock of late s3rlo Has been placed- in the new room, and additions will be made weekly, as the trade demands. Call on VanZandfc before you buy Furniiui-aor Coffins.

Laundry.

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