Bloomington Courier, Volume 15, Number 30, Bloomington, Monroe County, 18 May 1889 — Page 1

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The ice maft started on his rounds ifist week. Strawberries are retailing at 25 treats a quart.

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Major J. B. M alky returned from Washington City last Friday. Mrs. W. T. BIir attended Wie tJiiaore concert at Indianapolis. The Earle Company have the fines costume ever . seen on the stage tare.-- ' ; t r ohn Cole-has completed a Une half-mile speedtrack on his far West-of t3wn. '

Frank Tourner and his brother Chatty were in Decatur, III. , this

week on business

; : Geo. Yfc Bollenbacher and Dr. B. A. McGee made a business trip to Louisville last week.

WORK ON WELL NO. 1 BEGUN,

THE xli 1 CK BUS" W K RE NUMEROUS

ANb THK WORK NOT AS sue CBSFUL AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

AND THE OUTLOOJC PEOM1S-

WATCHING AND WAITING LOB THE BIG BOOM.

Two dagos, a monkey, and a nerve-twisting bag-pipe made a raid on the town last Tuesday. Miss Grace Wicks has returned from Cincinnati where she has been

attendi ue the Conservator v of

Music

Rufe East returned home Tnesd iy moining, having resigned from the mail service, and will go into business here.

Milf. Mathers has gone back to railroading, and is now conductor of a local freight that runs between

here and Louisville.

f It is stated that Charles P. Tourer will open a clothing store in "the room next door North of the West side drug store. Charley Stone went East last week to replenish his stock of boots and shoes, and is now ready with big bargains in his !ine. Bev. Cowsert, of Mississippi; will r preach in the Baptist Church next Sunday, and the Sunday following Those who heard him last Sunday :say that he is a tery fine preacher. 4 ' r '- ' -. .,- ..; it The hoys are all going to see "Dad Girl" at the Opera House fMnexfc Monday night; They go to f Bee her every night but at different

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wears a bine ribbon. A lit tie hatchet wold be a more " appropriate adornment for the lapel of the Geo. Washington editor's coat. A few more good seats for the Monday night performance of the Earle Dramatic Company, Don't wait till Monday night, or you will lie disappointed in getting a good seat. Reserved seats only 2d cents.

Under th law passed by the last

legislature, it is unlawful to keep a aet or seine to let or loan, or to be used for fishing in any of the small streams ol' the state, the penalty being. line of not exceed twenty dollarsiand not less than ten dollars.

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The girl connected with the Bllettsville abortion case left that town last Friday, taking the train

North; She seem to be- liberally supplied with money; If there was

any desire to prosecute the case,she should have bees placed under arrest in the first place.

David .Hunter, father of James

M. Hunter, and father-in-law of

ReR. C. Smith, died last Friday

night, after a long illness. He was abaut 80 years old, a member of

the United Presbyterian Church,

aid a citiaen of this county for a

time. Bevv-S. B, Lyons conducted

fiie fnneral services Monday after

noon, which ware held at the late

residence of the deceased, jm East

We are going to have gas if is to

lie had this side of Chteanottl

surface stulF with which all towns

(especially Bedford) arc liberal ly supplied9but the Simon-pure natuml gas such as booms towns, builas manufactories, gives-cheap fuel, Ac. A short time ago the Bloomiugton natural gas company was organized, with John Waldron as President; W. J. Allen, Treasurer, and B. C. Greeves, Secretary, with a few of our enterprising citizens as stockholders. These gentlemen meant business from the. word go. They realized the fact that we would never know whether or not we had natural gas beneath us until we triedi so they at once made a contract to bore a gas well. The tower was ereeted(a sketch of which

is given above) the machinery placed

in position, and last Wednesday at

2:20 o'clock the steam was turned

on, antt ine wora oi piercing tne

earth for eras be?an.

The manner of working' differs

materially from that of our famous

2,400-foot artesian wdl. in that no poles are used at this one, but the drill is suspended by a cable, and

he pump is lowered and raised by

a cable, so a large amount of time

and labor is saved. About four feet

below the surface solid rock was

struck, but the drill went on down

at the rate of abuut four feet an

hour. The wcvk is going on day

and night, and if the drilling con

tinues nvi thou t interruption, about

100 feet can be made everystwenty-

dirr nonrsi A large n umber of citi

zens have visited the plant, and it

is quite an interesting to look on for

a short time. But it is not so in

teresting, especially during the

night, for those who live in the im

mediate neighborhood, as the ma chine ry makes a terrible clatter.

Everybody is hopeful as to tlie out

come, and if gas is not found it will not be the fault of the gentleman at the head of the enterprise.

John W. Anderson has -been ap

pointed Postmaster at Spencer.

Frank Field would have served

four years next month.

Bev. Harry L. Beats, of DePauw

University ,wili preach in the College

Avenue M. E Church next Sunday

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vKellie Esmond (Myrtle Payne)

of the Thayer Comedy Co is meet

ing with great success as a singing

and dancing sonbrette. The newspapers, wherever she has appeared

speak in the highest terms of her

acting. In Union City she met with

an ovation as was presented by the

'Tforee GV society of ladies with

a handsome floral offering. She

yt&s also presented, on her birthday,

day; with an elegant gold-headed

umbrella, hv the members of her

icompany who are very much at

t ached to her. Oor citizens will have an opportvnity oi seeing her and the .company the week of Jne 3rd. ' .L- - I

1$. L. Lawrence, a Democratic

Special Pensson Examiner, takes

the place of J, M. McGee at Marion,

Ohio. No Republican has yet been

able to pass a civil service examina

tion.

A swindler is going around a-

mong the farmers in the state getting signatures to a subscription

paper for the purpose of starting a

sinsnngr school. The "teacher" of

course, fails to put ia an appear

ance after the names are obtained.

those who signed, after a few day,

find their note at the bank for col

lection, the su bscri ption paper be

ingra promissory note payable to

bearer.

The enumeration reports taken

by the trustees show that this couc-

tyhas 5,554 children between the

ages of 6 and 21 years. Of this

number Beanblossom has 496, Ben

ton. 355, Bloomington 261, Clear Creek 526, Indian Creek 255, Marion 182, Perry 362, Polk 418, Richland 302, Salt Creek 324, Vanburen 366, Washington 39i, town of Bllettsville 216, and city of Bloomington 1,000. The total in the county shows an increase of 80 over

kthe enumeration of last year.

The Murphy tcinphiiice rneetings closed last Tuesday night with a very large Riidience. There Has not. been as much enthusiasm worked up over the revival as tf3 expected, for the reason that there has been considerable kicking from

various sources. In the first place Murphy is opposed to the thirdparty tWliition and so expressed himself at his meetings. The Prohibitionists here, however, 'did not openly antagonize him. One of them said to the Coukikk that of course Murphy opposed prohibition, for if thejf had prohibitory laws there would be no saloons and drunkards, hence Murphy's calling would be gone, and he would have to go to

work. lie further said, however,)

that Murphy's work of inculcating the mind of the young with temperance ideas was but paving the way to prohibition. Mr. Cleveland, a minister of Indianapolis spoke at the Sunday night meeting and he too "pitched in" to prohibition,, so it seems that the third party people have pretty good grounds for their kick; Then, we hear, the ladies of the W. C. T. U. are not very well pleased over some of the views expressed by Mr. Murphy; they take them as "a rap" at their organization and their work. It seems that it was insinuated at one of the meetings that they had not done much toward reforming drunkards. Then there was a big kick on the part of the people generally because thev went to the meeting to hear Murphy and the grater part of the time was taken up with speeches by "home talent." And still there was another kick because an admission fee of 10 cents Iras charged on Sunday night. Some denounced it as an outrage and descreation of the Sabbath, all for the sake of a few dollars. Besides the very class that the meeting were intended to reach could not be expected to pay to get in, when it was very hard to get them there by any means. Mi Murphy was brought here by the ministers of the ehuTehesVso Hria said. At least all his correspondence was with Mr, Halstead of the M. E. Churcli. There ore different reports as to th amount of pay he was to receive. Some say he got only the collections and admission fees. Others say he got $300 for the seven nights, while another report says he got $50 and the expenses of himself and wife. The latter is more likely to be coriect. Mr. Murphy had a meeting Saturday afternoon. for the school .children, and at night ari admission fee of Ave cents was charged. He has gone to Warsaw, where there is . an excellent field for his work. About 800 signed the pledge here,- but only a few were addicted to drink-

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Since writing the above we learn that Mr, Murphp received $57, and expenses of himself and wife, for his services here. He said that he had never been so "poorly paid, and couldn't understand why he was not better appreciared by the Bloomington people. John Golden, now located in Chicago, is visiting his relatives in this city. Mr, W.t Hunter, of Arkansas City and Mrs Westbrook. of Paxton, Ills., were here to attend the Inneraf of David H unter. Miss Maud Vanzantho has been

teaching soli ool in Wayne county,

returned home last Monday to spend the summer vacation. I

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PUMPING THE PhlOPLE JOE

SOMETHING TO

PRINT,

"As you are lnmiinjg for something io print," 'said Cfity Marshal Owen? to the Coukikr,! say to the people that the live stbek law will be regidly enforced, gome of them are getting carelsss, about allowing their stock to rum at large, and it will never do as many citizens have taken, down their fences and the

flowers and beautiful ijawns exposed to the ravages of hog and cows. I lut a cow in the pbunjd" to-day. The Courier and nine-tjenths of the citizens fully endorse Marshal Owens' deter p&inathln to enforce the law promptly in cjvery case no matter who has to pay the penalty. The owner of the stock found runnidg at large is liable? to a fine,v aff tell as having to pjty the' fee for impounding. ) A Republican frjsend reminded the Courier, this wtiekj that there are a number of offices to be given out next year in. thisjas well as other counties. He alluded to census takers. There will be two for each township in the county, and one for the city of Blaomington. The census takers in this locality for 1880 were W. H. Slocombancr Wal Hight for Bloomington township ; Major J. B. Mulky for the city, and Harry Durand and C. P. Tuley for Perry township. The pay is 9-3.00 a day and as there are a 'great jm any questions to ask and long blanks to fill up, it; takes some time to make the canvass. It 1st a fat job while it lasts, and there will be numerous applicants for the places. On next Wednesday the Knight's of Pythias of tihiscity will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their lodge. There will be a parade in the afternoon by the Uniform Bank, the lodge and visiting brothers, headed by the Mechanic's Band. After the parade there will be public excercises in the Court-house, consisting of music, speeches, and a recitation by Graham Earle. The public is invited. At night the K. of Ps will attend, in a body, the Earle performance at the Opera House.

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Yoiicaw taie from 10 to 20 per cent by buying jomziarpets at the Baoer.

Lowest prices goods always at grocery.

and best Whitaker's

It will pay to tnade at Wbitakcx's grwjceryv Duraod

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Remember that Charley McPheetcFS, formerly iu the hardware business, is new pro-

prietor of the Greeves corner

gracery where he will be pleased

to see has old castone aocl fest ef sw e

Under the new law uowi in force

fresh meat cannot be sold in this

town unless it was inspected in the

county before killing. Tins forbids

the sale of fresh meat shipped in

here from Chicago or other points

out of the county.

1.00 per pair u

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THE ELECTION WILL BE HELD ,1 MONDAY, ;)UNE 3.

THE TRLVf EES S TAND SEVEN 1 TOFiVK IN FAVOR CF 1 DEMOCRACY.

AND TH 1 S M A .1011 ITT ISUR KS THE RE ELECTION OF THE PRESENT INCUMBENT.

A ntw County School Superintendent is to be elected next month. John Cravens is a candidate' and as the trustees stand 7 to 5 on the wrong side, it 13 quite probable that he will be elected.--Telephone. Tins county has but two Democratic county otficCrs, the Recorder and Superintendent. The Superintendent's election will be June 3rd, and it is universally conceeded that Sup' t. Cravens wilJLl)c re-elected. A few. of .the .Republicans,f or political reasons, are making strong efforts to beat him, by using corrupt methods, but as there is no chance for a Republican except bj the purchase of a Democratic trustee, that scheme will not be successful. The trustees are alL men of integrity and will not permit such wholesale corruption. Sup't. Cravens will have no opposition in Che Democratic party.- ife has conducted the' affairs of the otce in an admirable" manner, and his official actions will be' endorsed by giving him a second term. He is a strong partisan,- but all persons, regardless of party recognize his impartiality in the performance of his duties. In this connection We qn'ote an article from the Indiana School Journal, the official organ of the teachers of the State, in regard to this subject: "The first of June terminates the term of all county superintendents. Tin; Journal wishes to repeat what it lias often said, viz: that the present incumbents should, other things being equal, be re-elected. If a good m&n is in the place he should b keot there regardless o church or politics. Fitness to do the work should be the sole test. Trustees should rise above partisan and per

sonal considerations and for once

act solely in the interests of thS'

children."

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i Secure your seats early for" Dad's Girl" at tht.- Oiera Jrouse, Monday

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John' R. East is author of a novel

Which he will soon have ready for

Hue printer. A cheap edition of it

I will be gotten up, and, Judging

from what we have heard about it; it will have a large sale. The title

nf the novel will be "rheophHuS'

W allop," and the" s'to'ry'is of pioneer IVestern life.

The always popuplar Earle Dramatic company every night next week.

There will be services in the Episcopal Church Sunday morning, by the Rev. L. F. Cole. Hon. W R. Myers returned this morning from his lecture trip to Bloomington, He was royally entertained by the Madison county students whilie there. He reports them all doing well. Anderson Democrat

The banquet given by a college society at the National House last Friday night;, was a highly successful affair. The menu, as prepared by Mr. Lawes and wife, was the finest ever served on a like occasion in this town. They will furnish the alumni dinner again this year. Raymond Jeffries, a small boy from Bloomington, is under the treatment ox Dr. Jas. A. Minieh for deformed legs. He was brought here by Mrs. Lillie Stout, who, with several others, will bear the expense of the treatment. Worthing ton Clar

ion.

Mr. Cleveland lecturejd in the College Chapel last Sunday afternoon. Like bis lllustrots namesake, he proved to bfc a man of ability, and the result waa the best Sunday lecture heard in the Chapel for many a day. ! Mrs. Bowman's sprnig stock of millinery is the deliglVt of the ladies, as it is' the haudsomost and most varied that has been brought here for some tim0. Miss Carrie Wineholt, of GMeago, is un experienced trimmc'r, and has bean etigagerd for the season. See

Mrs. BowiMtirs stock before'

ftkipg your puvehaces

Spencer Democrat: Doug and Len Field; two genial and wholesoul knights of t he grip, were in town Monday circulating amoung our business men selling foot clothing.

"Turn about is fair play" so

thinks the Spencer boys. Last Sunday several, of the 'boys" worship

ped at the shrine of the beauties of

Bloomington.

Charley McPheeters wants

to sell you your groceries. Give

him a trial.

Always a full stock of fresh

groceries, at Whi&kor's, Durand

Bloekv

The Bloomington and Stinesville Stone Co., which is owned by J. H, Louden, W. W. Wicks, Henry Henley. and J. S. Williams,is now ready for business at their quarries at Stinesville, and will soon be getting out some of the finest stone in the world. They have expended $4,000 in machinery, and already hae a number of orders to begin with, Sup't, Mansfield, of the I. & V, railroad, and a civil engineer of the road Were here last Friday night-in consultation with the officers of the Big Creek Stone Co. They came to an understanding which will no doubt result in the building of a branch road froth Gosport to Stinesville, and, in time,

it will be extended to Bloomington.

The second wife of Cam. Treaty

formerly of this city, attempted to

commit suicide at Indianapolis one

day last week. It is said that Treat

married the woman ; in Texas, and

took her to Indianapolis where he

secured work as a printer in the

News office. The cause of cue at

tempt suicide was Treat had been

iirinkinff hard, and had not been

borne for a week, The prosperity of a town is gaug

ed not by the wealth of its inhabi

tants but by the unanimity with

Which they pull together when: any

important undertaking is to be ac

complished. A man with $5,000 at his command and a love for his town in his heart can do more for the building up and improving of it than the millionaire who locks up his capital and snaps his finger at home progress.

WILL DISPLAY AN ELEJANT LINE OF NEW

LACE

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'Yava attention is also c

New Dress Goods. .

:New Dress Satires. New

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jrlw. in , , " j-- B WMWHM ' " j'jMHMMWWB ' ' V M Jffi Hl7 iottail Knee Pants Z I

$1,25 to $aoo

lciioo! Suits, long- pantts ages 10 to 14 WoeSes 'Suits at $9.50 to 6.00, Well woirlli 25 ci cent inore BO Y'S StJITS, AGES 14 TO 18, AT $3 00 AND UPWARDS, CANT BE DUPLICATED. SOME OE THESE AT 3.50

AND $4.50 JUST. RECEIVED, AND SOLD

THAN THE CLOTH COSTS TO M AKE THEMv ALL SIZES.

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LHas opened again and is located at

the same place he was be fore the fire. BaMr, donffectibiiarjr, Lunch Koom,

Choice PEUITS of all kinds,

ATTENTION

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Hucksters !

Fresh Oystors in CAN- or: BUMv

BAKING DONE EVERY DAY

Oysters, Hot Coffee and Lunck all hcouis;

Go and have your eyos tested by H. P. Toaraer, as he guaraiitees gatrsfaotion, and has te very host of scientific mstrulqeuts. The largest and most complete Hue of opticiai goods in the city can be found at ins place. Remember, eyes tested free. The latest designs in Jewelry, also watches, silvetfrvare, &c, can always jje found-

two clow East of Baakv

AH itiy old customers and irew are ipectfully fn'vlCed' to call. Ceo. A. Soncarty College Avomie;

Gxdceris delivered free and prompt,1 by M, Wbitakef. Durand Block. :

EM. "Oronberger & G&i of Franldort', Ind., liaye ppemed a Branch House at Bloomington, Ind., for ihe purpose of buying BraiR,.Eaasaiid?9ffW. They will at all times pay tSe Highest Cash Price. Mr, J. p. Bflltoif -ftf,vll( business for them. Ptore Houro will

be the same old stand that Mtk

ijuimau nas iortneriy occupiea, near the Depot. It would be to the interest of every farmer in Monroe county to call and get instruct ions about raising capons for the corntn seasbir & they

t witt pbf him vaotd than double

the profit of anything else he could raise. . BlobinrngCoiird.

The owners of the City Hall at Bedford after a carefuil investigatioa mto the merits of the different kuids of Metal Roofing in the market gave the preference to Noel's Improved Steel Roofing made by Soward &

Noel of thb eity

Tlie Iron'and Steel ifteof ing faotory ot Seward and Noel

is crtbvv,d'6d with orders for spring

trade.

A nic6,' freshv stock 61 staple aiid fancy grocoriesy at Chartey MoPhe6tersV iU ok

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BALBRIGAN SEAMLESS WOVEN NECK UNDEi

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Spring aifi - - 60 canted ftfetfe;- - r " ;

Itf endfess varioties at otr6-bidf- :

the prices asked' by other

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at jbf ffic ipS and . Qualities 'iaf Special bargaiar tit Blaclt ? E woof Corlfc sui&M w hTcli I warrarrt ih& dofe? " Priioe $6.00 itip wluc myself aid 1 othdr "Imvir;

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