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VOL 15

BLOOMING TON, INDIANA, JULY 18, L893.

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LOCAL NEWS

Joe Mayfield's Awful Death!

Mary E. Swain has been appointed post mistress at Pike's Peak, Brown county. Mrs. :amuel Johnston, north Mortim street, has returned from a visit nt the world's fair. Lafayette Mayfield expects to sret in his new house on west 7th street within two weeks. When there is any job printing' f omjljsnl to be done, always give the Telephone office a call Mrs. Henry Creech, south College Avenue, iQ ag:oi bh4 to he up after a swiou -p,li knes$. Oxcart 'nivt-osi hn teuinied from a vWt of jwm week.- ! Martinsville and horn tt nds at Center alley. Mrs. ZeU Browning has returned from a month's viiit with her sister, Mrs. Hatfield, at Boonrille. J. C. Wingert,who has been visiting his brother J. W. Wingert, has j one to Ladoga on a short visit. Prof. Howard Tourner is now at Clear Lake, Iowa, where he will furni&h special ipuic for a summer resort. ' Mrs. Dodson (May -Oliver) ind child, of Terre Haute, are guests of Miss Eva Brown, north College Avenue. Joseph McPhecters states that he has sold his post office fixtures to the post master at Franklin, Indiana, at a very fair price. Alex. Robison has returned from Indianapolis, where he has teen

Mndergoing is surgical operation. Jle is getting apng as well as could be expected. The Princeton Clarion estimates the recent loss by fire in that city at from $350,000 to $500,000, of which less than one; Jialf is covered by insurance. Charles Carr, who was at one time connected with the Corner store, was in the city Friday. He is bow located at Petersburg, Ind., where he is clerking. Midsummer Sale, Wicks Bee Hive, A very large number of fanners are stacking their wheat, and will wait a while to see if the price does not go up- Wheat was never put up in a better condition. During his absence from the city, Kev. S. R. Lyons goes from the sea coast to Philadelphia Saturday night, and preaches Sunday in the U. P. church of that city for Rev. Lee. Prof. W.A. Millis d wife have returned to their homo in Paoli, after a pleasant visit in Bloomington. They were accompanied home by Miss Lydia Clark, who will remain home time. Will Bollenbacher and bride have returned from their wedding tour, after visiting Indianapolis and Chi

cago. They will make their home

w ith Mrs. Bollenbacher, corner of

Walnut and 4th streets. Fire Wednesday night destroyed

the smoke house of William Hin-

kle, east of town. They had been

working with bees and it is suppos

ed the fire caught from some old rags. Nothing of any consequence

was lost except 100 pounds of hon-

u Prof. O. B. Clark, late of the department of English of Indiana University, has betm elected to the tame department in Ripon College. The position is a very acceptable one, and Ripon College is a Presbyterian institution located at Ripon, Wis.

A few days ago the Telephone gave a brief notice of the death of Joseph Mayfield in making a balloon ascension. Since then additional details are at hand. He was attending a balloon ascension at a town near Omaha, Neb., on July 3d. The ascension was to be made by another man, but Joe wanted to make it as he had made several before. He whs allowed to yo up, and the balloon soon disappeared in the distance. It was seen a short time afterwards, dragging along the river without an occupant. It is supposed that the balloon descended' rapidly on account of something being out of order, and that Jot; Ieeame unconscious and fell from it, very likely into the riv er. His body has not been found. The Omaha Bee says the owners of the balloon think that the young man ascended to such n great height that he became afraid to cut loose and come down with the parachute. They believe that he concluded to take chances and I come do&n with the balloon, which descended very rapidly after reaching a maximum height. In staying ivith the big bag of gas he increased his danger. It is quite likely that if Mayfield was alive he would have communicated with his employers and now they are of the opinion that he met death eith

er in the river or by being mashed against the trees along the banks. Judge Eller visited Courtland Beach, and from thera to the river

toiiowed tne course which the bal

loon is supposed to have takcm,sat-

isfying himself that young May-

field was drowned.

Young Mayfield left Blooming-

ton when he was about 10 j'ears

old, and it will be re-called that his father kept a meat shop in the old

Progress block. He $as the son of Mrs. V. S. Mayfield, I. ving on east Sr.! street, who is bowed dow m grief over the awful acidentf The Indiana supreme court holds

that when a train is approaching a

high-way crossing and the engineer

sees a horse frightened and being

checked by its driver, it is not negligence for such engineer to blow the whistle in obedience to the statue, but it is negligence if he fails to check the speed of - the train when he sees the traveler in imminent peril, but instead wilfully and carelessly increases it. ' Midsummer Sale, Wicks Bee Hive. Prof. Henry Gentry has arrived home and expects to remain for several weeks. His show is now in Massachusetts, and is doing good business considering the very hot weather and the stringent times in the east. Since Prof. Gentry went east he has placed five new ponies in the ring, and he states that the make-up of the show is now the best it has ever been. Mrs. Martha J. Payne, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Washington township, died Thursday. She had been afflicted with heart trouble and dropsey for some time, and was 78 years old. She had been living at the home of John Hacker, where the death occurred. The funeral was held at Hindostan.

The Norton Stone company has just put in operation tljfcir new stone mill in the Hunter district. The saws are of the lates patterns and are equal to any now in use in the county. While th Norton quarry is feeling the clse times,

yet they have never yet teen with

out orders.

Mrs. Wallace Palmer and children are the guests of Capt. and Mrs. Wm. J. Allen, the parents of Mrs. Palmer. They are now located at Lingonocr and Prof. Palmer is taking a month's vacation in Colorado.

AN ELEGANT NEW

AIk Tj. liimnlilcnn ling hum

awarded the contract of furnishing the quartermasters department of the U. 8. army with 125,000 feet

of white pine lumber, to be used in I

rne manurat'iure ox army supplies. The material will be used at Jef-fersonville.

The following report will show!

the amount of business done in the Monroe circuit court for the past year, ending in June:

No. Civil cases begun 44 "pending u Criminal cases begun ' u "pending " Convictions for felony " " for misdemeanors "Administrations pending " Letters issued " Estates settled

Guardianships pending " " issued " disposed of

" Executions issued i Foreclosures entered

" Marriage licenses issued 104.

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332. iS3. 50. IT. ' mm . 00. 1U. 37. ia. h 23. 15.

" Divorces granted To the wife To the husband

20.

13. 7.

Now that the Bloomington post office has been placed in the second class, there will perhaps be another squabble over its location. By the

law governing second class offices,

the government pays all rents, but in doing this it make s certain requirements. They are that the room must be centrally located, so as to have the general approbation of all the patrons; the room must have a vault to keep books and papers and contain all the necessary furniture and fixtures; 1 e heated and lighted. Proposals are received for five years, when an inspector comes on the grounds and approves the location. It is understood that rive different bids have already been made, and among the places mentioned are throe c mors on the northwest side of the square. The official board of the Christian church of Franklin, Ind., has called Prof. Amzi Atwater, of this city, to its pastorate by a unanimous vote. As is well known, Prof. At water has been the professor of Latin in Indiana University for the past 20 years, and he has always been closely identified with Kirkwood Avenue Christiau church of this city as one of its leading and substantia! members. The congregation at Franklin is one of the strongest in that city a place about the size of Bloomington. Prof. Atwafer has not decided to accept the position, however, as he very much desires to take a rest of a year. He has also been offered three different professorships, but will likely take none of them for this year. The members of the school board held an important meeting Thursday night. In the place of Miss Libbie Fullerton, who died a short time ago. Miss Ella Robinson was elected. She is a young lady of considerable experience as a teacher, and was connected with the graded schools of Princeton for a time. She is the daughter of John Robinson, and lives on east 10th street. Instructors for the colored school were also elected, Henry C. Williams being selected as the principal and Miss Minnie McDuffey asassistant. Mr, Williams has been teaching near Princeton, and is a member of the M. E. church as represented here by the Grant Street congregation. Miss McDuffey comes from Carthage, Ind., and is a memler of the Christian church. Both are unmarried.

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SOUTH SIDE SQUARE 1 DOOR EAST FIRST N ATI0N AL BANK

Miss Ida Louden is home from An inspection of the new grounds Chicago. Mr, and Mrs. J. HJ and track of the Bloomington DrivLouden and Will have gone to ing Association found everything

Waukesha to remain a few days, (encouraging for an interesting

meeting this year, The track will be completed in a few days, when the association will have one of the

J. W. Sears is home to spend a few days. He has been traveling

in the southern nart of the State'

almost the entire time since Apruj't bilf uiilo tra-.-ks ia the state. ilt will surround u beautiful avtiticF. M. and M. J. Medarus havoial jake, and in aj ,-pectsbe bought the property of Stephen' lecordiug to strict regulations for McPhetndge, on Maple Heights, ;hal Ulile tracks The association

lot io. io. -me price paiu was;a ;n a DKWDerom condition, and

$800.

Superintendent J. R. East assures

The editor of theGosport Enter-jthe Telephone that a large number prise has decided to keep his paper of fast horses have already been enat Gosport,and says he "will laborered, and others will soon enter, on until the publisher is called to, some from Kentucky. Mr. East enter that land eternal, and from has devoted a good deal of his time whence no traveler roturns." jthis summer to superintending the t-a . 7 rrI i . construction of this track. He During tne season that has iust ... . . . . i . Ti i l ilwill. however, be gone next week, closed, two Bloomington nrms soldi , ? . . , , , . . , i 1? 1r. i i i i being required to attend the taking a total or 116 reapers and binders , , r. - . . Xf - y i or depositions on iue part of his to Monroe county farmers, which, ,r , ' .i . j 'client, Mis. Kate J !enderson,in her would indicate that the crops for . ' . . , T, ' , , . , . , ... , fcaO.OOO suit against Hon. Alfred this harvest are bountiful. ' . . . iliuthne, proprietor or Indian

lhe best yield of wheat in the Springs, for breach of promise of

Vernal school house neifirhboiiiood

is reported by John Reed. He had 14 acres that averaged 20 bushels.

marriage. Depositions will be taken in this case at Bedford, Tunnel-

tun, and Owensborough. The de-

Wheat all over the county is turn- fendant himself will under the staing out much better than ws an-Jtuo be examined concerning all imticipated. jportant facts connected with the Midsummer Sale, Wicks Bee Hive. ise.

William F. Robertson, who; The Old Covenanter church at traded property with W. A. Haz-jPw&ccton, in 1851, is being el, expects to move to Blooming-Converted into a storeroom. T wenton some time in September to'ty-hve years ago there was a disniako this his future home. The'sension which led to part of the family of Mr, Hazel will move on congregation withdrawing and the Robertson farm, but Mr. Haz- building a new church. The Rev. el will remain with Campbell &Dr. Stott, however, continued with av the old church, and he remained A rate of one cent per mile each pastor until his death, something .way has been secured for the G. A . ove1r il ?ar aS?" le the first i3 xt i . a. t !and only pastor the Old School R. National Encampment at India- (Jovenantei ever had at Princeton.

napohs in September. Ihis will insure a large attendance. And,

by-theby, if the railroads can make a rate of 1-cent-a-milo to Indianapolis, what's the matter with such a rate to the world's fair? John Sherlock, county commissioner, living in Clear Creek township, met with a serious accident Friday. He was riding a horse

going to see his daughter in Salt Creek township, when the animal i ... . .A. .. i i i

oecame irignicneu anu nc was

thrown to the ground. A physician was called and found that two or more ribs had been broken in addition to other injuries. While the trouble is serious, yet no dangerous results aro feared

Recent rulings as to pension laws will have more or less local results. Under the ruling of the former pension authorities the cases under the law of 1800 were disposed of as are those under the old law. If tho claimant proved rheumatism, hernia and partial blindness or deafness he yas awarded a given sum for each, for instance, 6'i each disability, or

$12 in the aggregate. By the now

rules, unless his disability from one cause is rated at $t per month, the

whole pension is discontinued, and if $6 ou ono count the aggregate is cut down to As many of the pensions are allowed upon three causes of disability at tho rate of $4 each, all of them will be dropped.

YIN

We are in the

That is we are Be tween TWO SEASONS. AND WYj II AVE

Right Through THE MIDDLE. So as to be Ready For the other. E X T HEME

See?

EAGLE CLOTHING HOUSE

From Saturday's Daily. There was a sensational rumor on the s treets this morning that a band of men had made an attack on Frank Worley, at Ellettsville, last night, and gave him tm awful whipping. The facts, however, are that Mr. Worley and a man bf the name of Bradley had a personal oncounter, ard that Bradley teat Worley up severely about the head, making it necessary to call in a physician. The facts seem to be that some time ago Bradlev and his wife came down from Chicago to take charge of the dairy on the Worley farm. Soon after the women had a misunderstanding, when? Bradley was discharged. Yesterday the two men met, when Bradley demacded enough money to take him and his wife back to Chicago. Worley refused, when Bradley proceeded to give him a good -whipping. There is still considerable feeling in and about Ellettsville over the recent bank failure, and for thisreason it was easy i; no ugh for ex aggerated reports to get in circula

tion. Bert Harris will bo an assistant in the Carmichacl & Unney store, and it is his intention to remain there for some time, Cyrus Harris, his brother, who has been connected with the store, intends to take a thorough course in medicine and will attend college either it Louisville or Indianapolis in September. Midsummer Sale, Wicks Bee Hjvo