Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 28 July 1893 — Page 1

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"WAL'lJUC BBAPFUTE. Proprietor, J. THE OFFICIAL itKI'l ' UI.IOAM PAPER OF BLOuiUNGTON AND MONROE COUNTY Published wlt" Tedy Eltr VOT, 15 BLOOMING FOX, INDIAN aTjTJLY 28T1 893. No 7

LOCAL NEWS

Joe Urmey, of Carmichael & Uruiey store, is quite sick. Ed. Corr is in the city and will remain for two weeks or more.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Westmoreland, Maple Heights a hoy. The quarries at Smithville ave now running, hut not with full force. TLu dicUB at Spencer, August 15th, will atiifct Fpvind I'lotndng-

ton people.

Bedford will soon have a telephnc system in working order. The new house of Marion Hinkle. Maple Heights, has been completed.

William IW, r y:U known farmer of nrga c:.iv.y, did &u deul Monday. Fred Fiuley willgo to work for Ibe Indianapolis furniture com. pany Ansrust 1st. Miss Jennie daman, of Indianapolis i visiting Mis Mary Thornton, west 8th ftivut.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Buskirk, north Walnut street a son. The next term of the circuit court will be the first Monday in October. Ed Turner, formerly of the Clark grocery store,, is now working in the Kirby grocery. Mir Gertie and Charles Wilson, from Tttikio, Mp?)ar the guests of A. II. Wilson and family. Mrs. Gregory and Harry Rett, of the Bee Hive, expect to take a few weeks'1 vacation the first of August. The Bloomington Dhtrbt Conference will be held at Linton, Greene county, the-second week in August.

Both the horses of the city team are now disabled; one has the distemper and the other um a nail in its foot.

Rev. L. T. VanCleave is at Chicago visiting the fair, but will remain on!v a few days. L. M. Grimes, who )$' now in Chicago, will visit J5bn Ward at Monticello before returning. John Adams and his newly married bride, of Indianapolis, are spending several days with Will Griffyand wife. Misses Josie Millan and Eliza Millan left Monday morning to visit several town and cities in Ohio. Thoy will be gone several weeks. James Seward, north Walnut street, is at Worthington, where he will remain for about three weeks. He is the guest of C. M; Houston. Thomas Mathers, who has been in New Mexico, is expected home by the 1st of August. He has been on the road for some time and will come the entire distance in a wagon. Several teachers of Monroe county, who will be examined here Saturday, will hive their papers sent to Martinsville for grading, as they intend to try teaching in Morgan county. a Grant Koonts, who has been working in De Moines, Iowa, in a clothing house, is expeeted home next week. The firm which he was working for burned out, and it will require several weeks to resume business. County Superintendent Tourner is very busy working on institute work. The institute meets Aug. 2 1st, and holds to the 25th. Indications are that it will be a greater success than ever. - Charley McMillan. met with a painful accident this morning at Hunter's quairy. In working with the channellcr he in some way caught his left hand in the machisery. His hand was badly mashed, and Dr. Potts, who dressed the wound, was compelled to take the little finger off at the joint. The Showers factory commenced running Monday afternoon and the indications are that work will continue for some time. After a 4 4 vacation' of several weeks, it is hardly necessary to add that the boys were all glad to get back in their placet. The stone business at Bedford is the dullest it has been in the last fifteen years. An official of the Monon says that in July last year that load was taking from these quarries 130 tn 150 car load of

stone a day; the sh'pucnts now;

range from Uuriy to iir'iy car loads ft day.

C. F. Presslar has b en down from Chicago for several days on business. He will iro from here to Wisconsin. Mrs. S. B. WUie has returned fifai the east and is spending the summer with Dr. and Mrs. Wylie, east 2nd street. John Gourley, of Denver, Col., is here visiting his parents. On his way out he spent a week at the world's fair city. It is feared that the failure of W. C. DePauw, New Albany, will materially injure the DePauw university at Greencastle. The gables on the new school house will be torn down and rebuilt. They are not at exact angles with the stone work. Rev. Hugh Stackhouse will preach at old Mt. Salem, at the annual meeting, on the first Saturday and Sunday in August. President Swain went to Chicago Tuesday night to attend - the National Educational Congress the 26th, 27th and 28th. He expects tc be home by Saturday. Len Fields and W. 7 W. Wicks are expected home Friday evening. They will be accompanied by their families, who have been spending the month of July in Chicago. Bloomington talent is always in demand, Samuel Hannah, Samuel Colpitts and Morton Hal1 are doing carpenter work at Bedford on a contract of Alex Robinson's. Mrs. C. E. Miller and son, Reverdy, in company with Charles A. Murphy, of Decatur, III, a guest of Mrs. Miller,have gone 1 y overland route to Martinsville for a few days. Commissioner Sherlock, who was seriously injured two weeks ago by being thrown from his horse, is getting along as well as could be expected, though he will not be able for his usual duties for some time. The marriage of David Gray and Miss Nettie B. Hinkle was solemnized at the home of the bride Wednesday morning, Rev. William Farmer officiating. The bride is a daughter of Isaac. Hinkle, three miles northeast or town. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pin ley died Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock. The little child. was laughing and playing aliout two hours Iwfore its death. The cause of its death was cholera infantum. Tho burial will take place at 2 o'clock at Rose Hill. The infant was only a few months old.

The Monroe County bank is having a partition placed in the center of their room. The back part will be rented. Henry Swindler, of thetirm of Swindler & Graves, has been called to his old home in Hendricks county by the dangerous sickness of his father. It is the intention of John T. Woodard to move to Bloomington to make his future home, but it Will be soine time yet before he changes locations. The sale of the Woodard store, at Stanford was closed Monday, Hemp Wilson and Soddy Carmichael being the purchaser. Mr. Birch, of Stanford, has taken charge ot the store for the new firm. Mr. Wilson will not move to Stanford, but Mr. Carmichael will assist in the store for a time.

AN ELEGANT NEW

Hon. Caleb S. Denny has been nominated by the Republicans for Mayor of Indianapolis. Mr. Denny served for one term several years ago and prove 1 an excellent officer. He is a Monroe countv boy, having been born, and raised near Stanford. He is a relative of S. E. Carmichael. At the annual meeting of the old settlers of Monroe and adjoining counties, August 2Gth and 27th, lsD3,at Ktcham s Sulphur Spring, Judge R. W. Miers and Hon. James B. Wilson will speak on Saturday, and Dr. W. R. Halstead and Rev. L. T. VanCleave will preach on Sunday. Rev. Alexander Baker will act ac chaplain.

Campbell & Dobson, who hav6 abandoned for the present the improvement on north Washington street, by request of the city, have been busily engaged in stripping the quarry owned by the Star Stone Company, north of town. The work is about completed, but it is not probable that any stone w ill be taken out for some time.

A Sunday school will be started in the brick school house, one half mile south of town on the south pike next Sunday at 3 o'clock. Quite a number of children aie in the neighborhood of this school house who go to no Sunday school, and it is the design of the good people of South Park to give the boys and girls a chance to hear the gospel, at least during the summer and fall months.

Cashier Wood burn, of the First National bank, states to the Telephone that times are getting easier, and that within the past few days there has been a noti cable picking up in business. His theory is that money that went to the conntry is coming back again, and with the crops going on the market, and pension checks only a few days away, that there will be a general improvement in business that will continue through the year. Considerable excitement existed a few days ago over coal oil being found in the public well by theMcPheeters grocery store. For some time it has had a st rouge odor of coal oil, and as the water was pumped lower in the well the siuns became more evident. One can pump the water and pour it on the ground and it will burn. There is a sediment in it which is of white color and thick. No one can fully account for this freak, and several offer explanation for it. Some think that a leakage in barrels in the cellars has drained oil to the well. ,

SOUTH SIDE SQUARE 1D00REAST FIRSTJN ATIOiN AL BANK

SLIPPER SALE

After the Ball!

That Low LOW PRICK ball tiat is sure to roll mi all that SUMMER STOCK to make room for that mammoth stock of FA LI and WINTER goods which we evpect to receive in a few weeks.

Some worth $2.00. Some worthl.U. None worth less than 1.25. 4 All go for PAIR.

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WICKS' BEE HIVE.

la these financial Hurries, it is a! Earnest Lindlcy has gone to matter of congratulation tiihi,Ch:t':go to attend the worlds fair. Bloominon has escaped i has far, He writes th tt he had no trouble and now that the worse is over the in seeming good room and board.

If you don't believe the story of the BALL COME IN AND SEE IT Roll Yourself. EAGLE CLOTHING HOUSE J. W. SIMMONS & CO.

t indications are that our little city

will experience no trouble, Bloom-

Owing to the very dry weather

making it impossible to grade, the

iugtons splendid condition is large-.fair around race track has not vet

ly by reason of the high standing completed, but it is expected

of its banks on tho one hand, and tohave the workd-ae by Saturday.

also in the fact that it has never

been a place for speculation. While property commands a good price, yet there are no fictitious values

and real estate is generally worth what it costs. Merchants and business men can do much to assist each other, and instead of decrying and tearing down in these close times,

the effort should be to encourage

and build up. The old students will all hail with delight the announ cement that Prof. W. E.Henry will be retained in the department of Literature until Jan. 1, 1894. Mr. Henry had all his arrangements made to do

post-graduate work in Chicago

University next year. At the request of President Sw ain, and because of a considerable increase in

salary, he has consented to stay through the first term. Prof. Henry is an excellent man, and one of the best teachers that the Universi

ty has ever had. It will certainty

Capt. Van Nam for several months conductor on the the Little Monon, died at New Albany last week and was buried at Cincinnati. He was well known?among Bloomington railroad men.

J. W. CRAIN

j Is again prepared to extract teeth

without pain by the use of pure Liquid isitrous Oxide gas. Absolutely free from any trace of Chloroform. This gas is prepared by a thorough chemist, purity unquestioned, a ad so guaranteed by manufacturer. Having used the gas for

I a number of yeca-s, I do not hesi

tate in recommending to-those who mav desire an anesthetic. Office on North College Ave., first door north of Fee Block. Respectfully, J. W. CRAIN,

The Deuel dog show, from Bedford, was badly damaged in the Vandalia yards at Terre Haute, last Friday. Several of his dogs were killed. The show is now at

Odon, where it will lay until the

hot weather is over. A. H. Wilson has sold his farm in Van. Buren township, consisting of 50 acres to John T. Woodward,

Consideration $1,800. Also lot 3, West Place, to John Woodward. Consideration, 600. Thi property went i n as a part of the trade for the Woodward store. One fourth interest in the business is owned bv S. E. Carmichael.

Said a well known physician to the Telephone: "Sickness is beginning, iind within the next three

be a great help to Prof. Sampson .nvj , ,v T.-

to have such a man as an assistant, , , -in during his first term. 1)0 especially true of children, Icaused by careless eating. There is

A6 ucioiu auvBiittuu, uituu inothinff wowe for chidren than

a "platform tlanco'iven at Dolanl n api),es ncw po,:atoes and Tuesday night, to which several of watcr molous shipped from the

our Bloouiiajitonians wended their south. M

way. It is reported that colored

A party from Bloomington spent

Adam's ale flowed freely, and Someu leusan"tUay at Hunry Dimang of tho attendants were more or less T d d rt)turQia? uome

effected by the result, Grace Dun

can met with a serious accident. The horse ran away, while there was no one in tho buggy but herself. The buggy was torn to pieces and Miss Duncan badly bruised. Several stitches were required to bew-up the gash in. her left arm.

came near meeting with a serious accident. A carriage being driven by Mrs. Horace Blakcly was crossing the railroad track, when the train was noticed, and by whipping up the horses, they bare

ly crossed in time to escape beina:

caught.

The following cam received at the Telephone office will explain it self: "The announcement in Tuesday's Telephone that I was to preach on

!the Sabbath of the old settlers'

meeting, was without my knowledge and consent. v W. K. Halstead. Dr. J. P. Tourner is filling his lot on south Walnut street, preparatory to building. He will like iy ere?t hi new home this fall, and it will be one of the most attractive and convenient residences in the city when completed. Tho new house of J. O. Howe, on south College Avenue,4 has been rented by Prof. Sampson, who takes charge of t he department of literaturn His household goods are already here, and the family is expected in a few days. Ira Kansom, who went to take charge of tho Spencer sanitarium, writes thai; every indication is for a prospero us season, and elready they have a good number of guests Eddie, the little 10-yeardd boy of Marion Robinson, had hia arm broken Saturday while at play It was carefully dressed and no permanent in ury will follow. The farmers who have finished their hay harvesting report a mod crate good yiohl of tho grass.