Bloomington Telephone, Volume 7, Number 23, Bloomington, Monroe County, 6 October 1883 — Page 1

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The ground is in good conditions far wheat-sowing and farmers are busy. Get your job printing done where it is the cheapest at the Telethone oCoe. Preaching at the U. P. church Sabbath evening (to-morrow) at the usual hour, hj the pastor, Ohio election next Tuesday, get ready to hear of a victory among the Buckeye Republicans. Miss Ida Harold has returned from Covington, Kentucky, after several weeks visit among relatives. Wm. Giles, from near White Hall, is engaged to elerk for H. A. Richey of anford, during the fall and winter. An editor made famous in an instant. Bro. Feltns, of the Courier, was the first person to buy a 2c stamp at die Bloomington post office. A look through the Bloomington papers is enough to convince tkc most skeptical that the business men know where to plant their advertisements. Mfthodift conferences and various church organizations have been adopting long winded resolutions in praise of President Young stopping Sunday trains. The fact that a dozen freights pass along the road as on sinful days, proves that advertising dodge to have been quite a success. Post Master McPheeters and his deputies have been kept busy telling that their old three cent stamp are as good as ever and that henceforth only two cents were required to carry a letter any where within the United States. Similar things happened at other offices.- That it should be so after nearly a year's notice and innumerable statements by every newspaper in the land makes it possible to believe the story of "Pete" Browning, of the Louisville base ball club, who to the exclamation at the time, that "Garfield is dead," replied "Garfield! What oine did he play widf

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M Owing to the lateness of receiving the news last week, it was only possible to state the action of the Board of Trustees locating the Indiana University in Dunn's woods, east of town. The location is a good one, it has been selected with the greatest care by the members of the Board, after considering every incident that might enter into the future of the institution; the plans thus far adopted are the result of mature diliberatiea and the most careful studyThe Board have in their minds a great University an institution to out rarik all its competitors in size of buildings, in its location, in its structure, in its qualifications for earnest work, in its ability to educate in the full sense of the word. The Board, so far as it is .possible, has performed its duty, and the prospects of having built among them such a grand institution, -our citizens must atand ready to lead their good will, their aid, their influence toward the furthering of ideas already adopted. The Trustees propose and snggest,the citizens must entourage and carry out and perfect so far as possible, and if they do this from the ashes of the University of a few months ago will rise an institution that will be an honor to our Commonwealth and an everlasting monument to Monroe county and its people. The old yellow brick that is lo cated on east 8th street, nearShowers' factory, thai; has recently been sold by Auditor-elect Alexander, is one of the oldest buildings in Bloomington. It was built fiftyone years ago this summer. Uncle John Buskirk carried mortar at 25 cents per day and others worked at the same prices.

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Miss Josie Woodward is now Principal of the Marshall schools, in Parke county. Dunn & Co. have a word to say to the readers of the Telephone this morning See another column. A reward of $600 has been offered by the Washington county .authorities for the apprehension of the murderers of Johnson, killed near Salem, las.t week noted in the Telephone. W. T. Blair received this week a handsome shoe ease to put in the front of his store room. Blair's boot and shoe stove is equal to any in this section of Indiana and would be a credit to any large city. f'apt. J. W. Shoemaker has bought out the interest of Wm. atuart ana tne nortn siae naraware firm now reads McPheeters fc Shoemaker. The public will greet the new firm and wish them success. Mr. Shoemaker was so unfortunate as to loose heavilv bv the fire last spring, and now that he is . - . . . aain in business our citizens, we Shave no doubt, will be pleased to Slave an opportunity to offer their sympathy m substantial way. Chas McPheeters has no superior as a business man, and together it will fee a strong firm In answer to a circular letter sent out by a city paper, asking opin ions on various subjects, Representa tive Matson, of tats District re plies: "As to the tariff, I regard it i i ..ti. u j: ll&BOBSiuie w wiiyiuc suuu uiacussions, even if it was best for the Democratic party to do so. But I am one of those who believe that our party needs a strong affirmative issue, and that the retovra or tue tariff upon the basis of raising only suen revenue as is sufficient tor tne needs of the Government, affords us an oppertunity for an issue which it would be tolly lor us to put asiae. I am opposed to any legislation now in relation to the coinage question or the suspension of the issue of silver certificates. I have made no pledges as to the Speakership and shall make none until I confer with my Democratic colleagues from Ind iana. Miss Belle Greene, of Campbellsburgh, Ind, is visiting at Mrs. J. F. Walker's

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On the 12th of October, a week from yesterday afternoon, the High School will celebrate the discovery of America by Columbus, which occurred on October 12th, 1492. '1 he following are the main features of the program: Select Reading: The Character of Columbns. (Irving.) George Foster. Essay: Biomaphy of Columbus. Gertrude Logan. A dialogue on the Times of 'olwnbus by Class A, numbering about 20 pupils. Oration: Geographical Knowledge in loth century. Foster Hight. Debate; Has the work of Columbus been more beneficial to civilization than that of James Watt? or IDfiscovery vs. Invention. Aff. Bedford Sudbury, Mitehell Shields, Earnest Lindley. Keg. C. H. Robinson, Lewis Williams, Sam Foster. $ Variety: Walter Howe, Albert Milier,Kate Gregory, Emma Kreuger Frank Headley, John Bidknel, Harry Gabe. Declamations: Dream of Columbus, Frank Hunter. Iago (from Hiawatha) Josie Pittman. Concert recitation by the school. The High School Choir will furh ish entertaining music under the direction of the organist, Miss Maud Vanzandt. Friends of the pupils, and all interested in the school, will be welcome to this performance. The agony in Ohio and Iowa will end Tuesday. There is no reasonable doubt of Republican success in both States. In both, the principal issue is the liquor question, with the Democrats on the side of free rum and the Republicans advocating restriction of the traffic. Iowa is certainly Republican. The Ohio Democrats had some chance to win four months ago, but have apparently thrown it away through their idiotic quarrels. The Ohio Republi cans, on the other hand, are united and confident. They have a right to be, for when the wicked fall out the sainjs inherit the earth. Eld. A. Gardner, will preach for the Church of Christ, at their meet inc house, corner 7th and Railroadstreets, this Saturday evening, and Sundav at the usual hours. All nr

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In 9 51! Several of the locomotives of the railroad have been draped in mourns ing during the week in honor of Wm. Grimstead, who was killed near Lafayette last week. A north bound freight was turning a curve when the engineer noticed a horse on the track. He whistled down brakes and reversed the engine, but to no purpose. The horse was old and clumsy and failed to get off in time, and the train at full speed struck the animal near Sand Ridge. The horse was knocked from the track and so was the engine. The engineer and fireman jumped for their lives. The fireman escaped, but the engineer was caught by the first car, and knocked down on the track and rolled over and over, being frightfully bruised and mangled. When rescued he was in a dying condition. He was put on an empty flat-car, and anew engine being pro cured was taken to his home when he died in a tew minutes, lie was a man of about 40 years of age, sober, industrious, a jolly, wholesouled fellow against whom the fates seemed to be working of late Ho had been out of a job for some time, and had only just secured employment when the accident occurred, depriving him of his life, and his wife and children, of a good bus band and a kind father. Grimstead was engineer on the L. N. A & C. Railroad during E. H. Waldron's management, and went with Mr. Waldron to a similar position on the C. L. & C, where he remained until about eight months ago. He was unemployed until a month ago, when he obtained the position on the L. N. A. C. He had been in sured in the Engineer's Insurance company, but allowed his payments to lapse while he was out of work. He was very popular and much beloved by everybody. During the week we have sent out numerous statements to subscribers who are indebted for the Telephone. We hope that every person receiving one of these notes will remit the amount due without further notice. If any owing the office have been slighted they are asked to overlook our mistake and surprise us by paying all indebtedness. The only way to keep a newspaper from exposing wrongs is to prove that they are not true.

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Always send your local news to the Telephone office; it will b; welcome. Lee Mitchell is in the city among his friends. Lee has been an employee in the Sedalia (Mo.) bazoo office. Robert j. G reeve, our City lerk, has been quite sick during the week with something like puenraonia Joseph McPheeters, the Post Master, is now local agent for the Cincinnati (O.) Commercial-Gazette, and persons wishing to subscribe for that paper will leave their orders at the post office lobby. Monday was the busiest day that ha ever been known in the Bloomington post office. Aside from it being the beginning, of the first quarter and box rent coming due. the new 2 cent postage stamp came in, requiring every letter mailer to -buy stamps, there being over 1,500 stamps sold during the day. The new light purpli? two-cent stamp, with its head of Washington set in an oval medallion and placed upon a heraldic shield bearing the announcement that it is U. S. postage, and is worth "two (2) cents," and the four cent stamp of green color, having for its chief glory the of Andrew Jackson, went into use Monday. The old stamps are not to be redeemed. The threes can be used, however, and they will gradually disappear, as their predecessors have done. All the old issues previous to 1861 have been declared obsolete, owing to the number left in the south in consequence of the war. There have been threedifferent issues since then, but only the stamps of the last one are in use. Once in a great while an old one will turn up, but these are mainly curiosities. The last three-' cent and ten-cent stamps will un doubtedly go the way of all the earth, as their predecessors have gone, it is oniy a question or time. A son of Wm. F. Mason, and also a son of Jesse T. IIamil)on,six miles west of town, are very sick with ty phoid fever. LawsonE. McKinney has given up his farm near Albany, Texas, and moved to that town, to start a hotel.

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