BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900 FORT RITNER A married daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. BARNETT died at their home near here Monday, and was buried Tuesday at Mt. Carmel. . Mrs. Carrie DOUGLAS and Mrs. John GLASENLINE, of Leesville, were here Tuesday. . Mrs. Carr OMALEY, of Pearidge was here Tuesday. . Alonzo WILCOX, living three miles south of here, was overcome by heat one day last week while putting hay in his barn, but seemed to have fully recovered in a day or two. He went to his barn Tuesday afternoon and 15 minutes later was found sitting against the fence dead. He was buried Thursday at the Talbert graveyard. . Mr. and Mrs. E. C. WICKER attended the funeral of Alonzo WILCOX at the Talbert graveyard Thursday. John L, 14-year-old son of Lawson HARRIS, fell from a load of gravel Friday, the wagon passing over him, but he was not seriously injured. . J. H. BEAVERS is rapidly completing his contract of graveling the road near here.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900 FAYETTEVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Ziba ADAMSON, of Trippleton, were here Tuesday. . P. P. PERKINS, of Bedford, visited relatives here Sunday. Thomas JORDAN and wife and Luther KERN and wife visited Bedford relatives, Sunday. . J. M. POTTER and family entertained W. PITMAN and family, of Bedford, and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. MOORE, of Avoca, Sunday. . Mrs. S. W. VEATCH returned from a visit with her father Monday. . E. A. KERN went to Bedford, Tuesday. . Jno. PINKSON, of Maul Ridge, passed through here Tuesday. . Levi FULTZ, of Coxton, was here Monday. . Geo. PERKINS and wife spent Sunday with his sister this place. . J. H. VORIS, of Maul Ridge, was here Tuesday. . Henry COX and wife passed through here Tuesday enroute to their home at Williams. . Quite a crowd came to see the Silverville and Fayetteville Ball nines play last Sunday afternoon. The score stood 26 to 14, in favor of Silverville.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900 ZELMA The honey crop will be short this season. . Daniel R. KINDRED writes from Kansas, that the corn crop is burnt past redemption. . Mrs. John M. CUMMINGS is suffering with her eyes. It is feared she will lose her sight. . James MUNDELL's thresher will start this week. . M. V. FISH has gone to Illinois and will probably go to Kansas before returning. . William STARNES is Post Master at Eclipse, Edward KINDRED having resigned. . A son of William KINDRED's died of measles, Tuesday, and was buried at Liberty cemetery Wednesday. Deceased was 27 years old and was mentally deranged all his life.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900 CITY POLICE COURT The case of Alfred BOWEN vs. W. H. CONSALUS was dismissed Monday in Judge STEPHENSON's Court. It was altogether a question of a lawyer's fee and the matter was adjusted satisfactorily. Belle SMITH, charged with digging potatoes and picking beans in Andy ACTON's garden without permission, was arrested and taken before Judge STEPHENSON, and her trial set for Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 Cassil PORTER is building a new residence on North I street. Mrs. A. ASHCRAFT is visiting relatives at her home at Dresden, Greene county. A marriage license has been issued to Harden M. BURTON and Miss Sarah E. SHADE. Evangelist Aura SMITH left Friday for Ennis, Texas, where he will conduct a camp meeting. Mrs. W. S. HOLCOMBE left Friday for Indianapolis for medical treatment at the Runnells Institute. A. W. RICHARDSON will place a concrete and tile floor in the front part of his store room on the south side, vacated by the Racket Store. Mrs. L. B. COPELAND, who had been visiting her brother James GROW, in this city, returned to her home at Kelsey, Ky., Tuesday afternoon. The Bedford Premier Band has made a rule that players who do not attend rehearsals will get only half pay for playing at the open air concerts. G. M. FOSTER and family, R. C. COSNER and wife and Miss Hattie COSNER left Wednesday at 8:20 on the S. I. for Winona Lake, Ind., for an outing. Miss Kate SCHMUTTE has returned from a visit at Indianapolis. Mrs. Gen. McMILLAN, of Washington, D. C. is here to visit her brother, W. A. FOOTE, and wife. Workmen are busy putting in a ten inch sewer leading from the standpipe on 7th street along the Belt track to 8th street. J. MOSLEY, of Mt. Vernon, was in the city Tuesday. He is looking for a location to establish a first class restaurant and lunch room. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert STONE, of Knoxville, Tenn., who had been visiting Mr. STONE's parents at Bloomington, arrived here Friday, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Henry CAMPBELL and other relatives in this vicinity for a week or ten days. They will go to Cincinnati to remain a few days before returning to Knoxville. Bertha and Ethel QUACKENBUSH have returned form Dark Hollow, where they had been spending a week visiting relatives. Mrs. John WEASE, who has been visiting friends and relatives in this city for sometime, returned to her home in Missouri Monday. The LANZ-FRYE Lumber Co. are building large lumber sheds in the rear of their new place of business on 14th street, back of the old Opera House. J. T. STIPP and Julius BEAVER have contracted to build six miles of gravel road over in Jackson county, and began work on the contract Monday. Blackberry pickers report that they encounter a great many snakes this year. Several have been killed, the list including copper heads, spreading vipers, adders and a few rattlers. Mrs. YOUNGER and daughter, Miss Belle YOUNGER, of Kansas City, are the guests of friends here. They will leave for Bloomington next Wednesday, where they will visit friends before returning home. John SEARS, of Bloomington, was in the city, the guest of his sons James D. SEARS, and will remain all week. Mr. SEARS and his brother, Berry SEARS, did the plastering inside the old Christian church many years ago. Farmers should remember that sheep were worth just $2 a head more on the first day of this year then they were worth on the 1st day of January, 1895. The increase in the value of sheep under this Republican Administration was about the same in all the States of the country. A. H. JONES, of Robinson, Ill., was in the city Monday on his way home from West Baden. Mr. JONES is State Food Commissioner for Illinois, and is a man of considerable prominence in his state in social and political circles, and is enthusiastic for McKinley, sound money and everything else that is for the good of this great country. Quite a number of Bedford people visited Greensburg Sunday. They saw a very beautiful little city. Though only about two-thirds as large as Bedford, it is superior in the tidiness of its residence districts. Tastefully improved grounds and smoothly trimmed lawns are the rule. And shabby ones the exception, in most parts of the town. There is room for vast improvement in this respect in Bedford. Oliver THOMASSON, who was spirited to the Reformatory from Bedford to prevent a mob from lynching him, has become more communicative, and he denies that he was in Orleans the night of the murder of his supposed victim Frank LANTZ. THOMASSON says he was at home and his relatives will swear that he was. The coat, trousers and handkerchief which Deputy Sheriff STONE brought to Louisville have been analyzed and the spots on them proved to be blood. Jeffersonville Cor. Courier-Journal. Jake FINES and wife, Fred FRAZIER and wife, Albert WILSON and wife, Mrs. Martha GILCHRIST, Mrs. Jude GROW and Miss Fannie REED, of this city, attended the HINES TERRELL wedding at Mitchell, Wednesday night. The crop of wheat in this section of Indiana was almost a failure, but the farmers say that we will play more than even on the enormous crop of oats, corn and potatoes, to say nothing of fall peaches and tomatoes, beans and garden truck. City Clerk W. W. DENNISTON is mad and refuses to be comforted. He received a letter Wednesday from some of the new officials at Linton regarding some affairs of the city. The letter was addressed to the "Town Clerk, Bedford, Ind." And thereby hangs the source of the trouble. Miss Clara M. SEARS, of Anderson, General Secretary of the Young Women's Branch of the W. C. T. U. of Ind., will arrive in this city July 21st. She will remain three days, working in the temperance cause, and will be the guest of the Y's and the W. C. T. U. Flora BRIDGES is preparing to build a 3-room house on North G street. A. J. HAYWARD has put a handsome new pattern gasoline lamp in his barber shop. Handsome new pattern gasoline lamps have been put in the German M. E. church. Wm. HILL and family have moved from South M street to West 17th, between O and P streets. Mrs. Dora BAILEY and Miss Ella BAILEY, of Shoals, are visiting the family of George ARD, in North Bedford. Col. L. T. DICKASON and wife came down from Chicago, this morning, and are the guests of Miss Myra DURHAM. Frank DONICA has resigned his position in the County Recorder's office, and formed a partnership with Bert DYE in the insurance, real estate and abstract business, under the firm name of DONICA & DYE. The new firm has bought ZARING & COADY's insurance business, and E. K. DYE's abstract books and will have its office upstairs over the Citizens Bank. Charles ALLEN, at present with Geo. W. HAY, will take Mr. DONICA"s place in Recorder KEITHLEY's office.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 LEESVILLE Misses Belle PATE, Lena GLOVER, and Lucy SPEERS and Messrs. Lawrence MA__RE, John SPEERS and Frank TEAGUE, of Erie, attended League here last Sunday night. . Several attended the funeral of Mrs. Oma PATE, here, last Saturday afternoon. . Harry HENDERSON, one of our young men, visited at Pinhook last Saturday and Sunday. John STARR, of Sparksville, visited his father and mother at his place last Sunday. . Misses Anna THOMAS and Maud HILL visited at Pinhook last Saturday. W. H. CONSALUS made a business trip to Bedford last Saturday. . Mrs. Pearl LETE and little daughter, of Weddleville, visited Miss Saval GLAZELINE Saturday. . W. R. HOLLAND and R. D. THOMPSON made a business trip to Ft. Ritner last Friday. . Next Saturday night, July 21st, an ice cream supper will be given here for the preacher. All are invited. . Miss Grace BERGDOLL is on the sick list. . Miss Bertha HILL is staying near Sparksville. .. Reed ELLISON and wife, of Zelma, visited G. B. JACKSON and wife Sunday. . Charley JACKSON, wife and children, of Bedford, visited at Burella JACKSON's last Sunday. . Henry PETERS, of this place and a Mrs. CLARK, of Cincinnati, were married last Saturday, at Sparksville. . Several attended the show here last Thursday and Friday night. . W. D. McHARGUE, wife and son, Harrison, visited at Daly ALLEN's last Sunday. . Dr. S. W. SMITH and Geo. JACKSON visited in Bedford last Thursday.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. THE STATE OF INDIANA Lawrence County. In the Lawrence Circuit Court, September Term, 1900. Frelling H. HUNTER, et. al. Vs. Robert HUNTER, et. al. Complaint No. 4170. Now come the plaintiffs by Crooke & Crooke, their attorneys and file their complaint herein, together with an affidavit of Frelling H. HUNTER, that said defendants Lelia HERRINGTON, Henry HERRINGTON, James HERRINGTON, William C. VANCE and Hiram VANCE, are not residents of the State of Indiana; that said action is for partition of real estate in the state of Indiana and that said non-resident defendants are necessary parties thereto. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants last named, that unless they be and appear on the 2nd day of the next September Term of the Lawrence Circuit Court, to be holden on the 1st Monday of September, A. D. 1900, at the Court House in Bedford, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness my name and the seal of said Court affixed at Bedford this 20th day of June, A. D. 1900. Isaac H. CRIM, Clerk.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 WILLIAMS Preston MAVITY was at Bedford Tuesday. . Misses Carrie ERWIN, of Bloomington, and Flora RHINEBOLDT, of Indian Springs, were the guests of Mame and Hattie HENRY Tuesday night. . Herschel MOORE and Ambrose SEARS, both of Bedford, were in town Wednesday. . Jacob BOSSERT was at Bedford Wednesday . J. BRAND and family, of Decatur, Ill., are here visiting relatives. . Opal ARMSTRONG, of near Silverville, was in town Thursday. . Thad FIELDS and wife, of Bedford, were here Thursday, the guests of D. A. McCURDY and family. . Cash DOBBINS, of Bedford, was here Thursday. . Miss Hattie HENRY was at Bedford Friday. . E. KINSER has moved his family here from Bedford. . Pete RAINBOLT, a traveling salesman, was here one day last week. . Miss Beulah UNDERWOOD, of Linton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alice WILLIAMS. . D. C. McCURDY and family spent Saturday and Sunday in Bedford, the guests of Thad FIELDS and wife. . Charles HENDRICKSON and Miss Bessie PIERCE were the guests of Miss Pearl FERGUSON, of Deal, Sunday. . Miss Viola DANNER, of Odon, is the guest of Mrs. Leota ADAMSON, this week. . H. C. WILSON went to Centerville Sunday night. . Miss Lizzie GORE and little daughter Enid, of Burns City, were here Sunday, the guests of Mame and Hattie HENRY. . Bro. Harley BRATTAN, of Elnora, preached here at the Church of Christ Sunday and Sunday night. . Hubbert FERGUSON, Bird WILLIAMS, Ida ROBERTS and John HENDRICKSON, of Oolitic, spent Sunday at Hamer's and Donaldson caves, near Mitchell. . Miss Mollie MEIR, of Oolitic, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Laura WILSON. . Herschel MOORE and wife and Miss Nellie HENSHAW, of Bedford, and John SMITH, of Washington, and Elza SMITH and wife left here last Monday, for the noted La Salle Springs, where they will camp for several weeks. . Aunt Betsey KERN, an aged lady living on her farm about three miles north of here, who has been very low the past week, is improving slowly. . Quince BOONE, of Silverville, was the guest of Miss Adda HENDRICKSON Sunday evening. . Marcus SPAULDING and wife and two sons, of Limestone, were the guests of Homer SHORT and wife Sunday. .. Mr. WAGNER and wife, of Burns City, were the guests of their son, Harve WAGNER, of North Williams, Sunday. Fred ADAMSON and wife entertained at dinner Sunday, C. B. WILLIAMS and wife, Nova EVANS, Opal PIERCE, Miss Viola DANNER, of Odon, Ina HENDRICKSON and Luther PIERCE. . Mrs. Lettie LYONS and children have returned to their home at Mitchell, after spending several days with her mother, Mrs. Betsey KERN. . Harley BRATTAN returned to his home, near Elnora, Wednesday, after spending several days with friends and relatives here. . Bart WILLIAMS went to Washington, the first of the week, to purchase a new buggy. . Isaac WILLIAMS was in Bedford Wednesday.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 LEESVILLE Charley JACKSON and family, of Bedford, were visiting relatives here Sunday. . J. C. TODD and family, of Fairview, were here last Sunday. . Mrs. Annie GLOVER and family, of Bedford, were visiting her mother here last Sunday. . Frank CLAMPITT and Thomas WHITTED made a business trip to Medora last Monday. . John WILLIAMS and family went to Bedford Saturday and did some shopping. . W. H. CONSALUS and wife were seen on our streets with their fine boy in their new baby carriage last Sunday. The carriage was a present form the latter's sister, of Indianapolis. . John WILLIAMS, of this place, preached at the Denniston school house last Sunday to a large audience. . G. W. SPEER was visiting his son, Curtis SPEER, of Ft. Ritner Monday. . Some very fine showers of rain fell this week. . Mrs. Emma HARDY and children, of Indianapolis, are visiting Henry PETERS this week. . Mrs. Sopha DODDS, of Zelma, visited her daughter, Mrs. G. B. JACKSON of this place last week. . E. C. CONSALUS and wife, of Bedford, are visiting here this week. . Mrs. E. I. BENNETT made a business trip to Bedford Monday. . Blackberries are ripe. . Elidge BROCK called on friends at Heltonville Sunday. . Mrs. Will CONSALUS, who has been sick for two months, has recovered her health. . Homer SPEER and Joe WEAVER attended church at Weddleville Sunday night.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 FORT RITNER Mrs. Rebecca FOSTER, of Pleasant Ridge, visited at Elisha LEE's Monday. . Elisha LEE made a business trip to Tunnelton Monday. . Robert MATHES, of Pinhook, was in town Tuesday. . Benjamin HARRIS, of Buddha, was here with a load of wheat Tuesday. . Mack HUGHES, of Bedford, came up Tuesday to visit his grandmother. . Bud MITCHELL, of Mitchell, was here Tuesday peddling chicken cholera medicine. . James NEWKIRK, of Bedford, came up Tuesday to visit friends and relatives. . Archa GUTHRIE, of near Tunnelton, thrashed wheat here and sold it to W. A. HOLLAND at 80 cents. . Elisha LEE made a business trip to Oklahoma Tuesday. . John RAY past through there Thursday moving his family to Leesville from a farm in Bono township. . Arthur SHERRILL, of the Denison neighborhood was here Friday. . Frank LISLEY, of Pinhook, was here Saturday. . Robert INGLE, of Pinhook, was here Friday. . Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. ALLEN was at Elisha LEE's Friday making a deed to some land of Mr. ALLEN's. . Mrs. Mina PATE died Friday and was buried Monday.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 WEDDLEVILLE Mrs. Eliza BEASLEY, who had spent the past month visiting relatives at Indianapolis, returned home last week sick. . Henson RICHARDS fell from the barn loft at this sister's premises, Mrs. Margaret ESHOM, and broke his arm. His home is at Shelbyville, Ind., and he had been here to attend the funeral of his niece, Miss Eva ESHOM. . Raymond RUCKER went to Cincinnati Sunday, on the excursion. . Everett McHARGUE and family, of Heightan Hill visited his mother, Mrs. Nancy McHARGUE, at this place Sunday. . Eld. D. M. BROWN filled his regular appointment at the Church of Christ Sunday morning, and Garabad BINYATIAN filled the pulpit Sunday night. . Garabad BINYATIAN, of Smyrna, Turkey, will give a stereopticon lecture on the origin of Mohammedanism and the establishment of the Turkish Empire, at this place Tuesday evening, July 17, and at Medora the following evening. . Otto BYRLEY was in this vicinity Monday, delivering enlarged pictures.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 CITY FREE DELIVERY Boundaries Of Districts And Location Of Letter Boxed Decided Upon. City free delivery of mail will be inaugurated in Bedford October 1st, with three carrier districts, the boundaries of which have been located as follows: FIRST DISTRICT All south of 13th street and east of J street. SECOND DISTRICT All north of 13th street. THIRD DISTRICT All south of 13th street and west of J street. LOCATION OF LETTER BOXES. Twenty four iron letter boxes will be put up, for the reception of mail, at the following places: 1 16th and I. 2 - 19th and I. 3 18th and G. 4 17th and E. 5 15th between G and F. 6 15th and I 7 - Southern Indiana Station. 8 6th and I 9 5th and L. 10 7th and K. 11 7th and Lincoln Avenue. 12 10th and Lincoln Avenue. 13 12th and N. 14 12th and P. 15 13th and R. 16 14th and O. 17 14th and M. 18 13th and K. 19 16th and M. 20 18th and M. 21 17th and O. 22 20th and Washington Avenue. 23 15th and J. 24 8th and O. Examination of applicants for the position of Carrier will be held here on Aug. 25th. Three Carriers and one Substitute Carrier will be appointed. INITIAL EXAMINATION POST-OFFICE CLERK AND CARRIER. Bedford, Ind., Aug. 25, 1900. The United States Civil Service Commission announces that the Post Office department, having advised it that free delivery will be established at the above named city on Oct. 1, 1900, and requested that proper steps be taken to secure an eligible register in order that the Postmaster-General may select carriers and substitute carries from it in due time for them to select their uniforms and become familiar with their duties before the establishment of free delivery, a special examination will be held in the city and on the date named above, commencing at 9 a.m., for positions of Clerk and Carrier. The examination will consist of spelling, arithmetic, letter-writing, penmanship, copying from plain copy, geography of the United States, and reading addresses. The arithmetic will consist of tests in the fundamental principles, extending as far as common and decimal fraction and embracing problems. The age limitation for this examination are as follows: Clerk, not less than 18 years. Carrier, between 21 and 40. Applicants for male clerks and carriers must have medical certificated in Form 101. Applicants for carrier must be at least 5 ft. 4 in. in height, and weigh not less than 125 pounds. Female applicants are not required to have this certificate executed. No application will be accepted for this examination unless filed in complete form with the board at the post-office in the city named above, before the hour of closing business on Aug. 21, 1900. Applications should be filed promptly, in order that time may remain for correction if necessary. This examination is open to all citizens of the United States who may desire to enter the service and who comply with the requirements. All such persons are invited to apply, and applicants will be examined, graded, and certificated with entire impartiality, and wholly without regard to any consideration save their ability as shown by the grade they attain in the examination, but from those certified the Department usually selects for appointment eligibles who are residents of the district in which the vacancies exist. For application blank (Form 101), full instructions, specimen examination questions, and information relative to the duties and salaries of the different positions, and the location of the examination room, apply to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners at the post office in the city named above. Very Respectfully, JOHN D. WILLIAMS, Temporary Sec'y. July 16, 1900.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 Dr. W. C. BUTLER, of Heltonville, was in town Saturday forenoon. Cyrus CRIM, the Salem sawmill and spoke factory man, was in town Saturday. Gus CRAMER, a cigar maker of New Albany, is in the city and will work in Harry NEFF's cigar factory. Mr. and Mrs. Robert BLACKWELL and baby, of Louisville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank HAMER. Mrs. Dr. BERRY, of Lawrenceport, who suffered a fracture of the shoulder several months ago, is under the care of a physician of this city. The Doman House bus has been greatly ornamented by having some nice lettering done on either side, with a neat monogram in the center. Mrs. Harriet HENSON, of Mitchell, was the guest of friends in this city Friday. She was on her way home from Richmond, where she had been to attend the State Encampment of Colored Order Eastern Star. The architect laid off the ground for the foundation of the new First Christian church Saturday and the Trustees will excavate and put in the foundation, while seeking new bids for the building. William, the 17 months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Will FISH died Monday. Funeral took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. FISH on East 17th street Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment at the Crawford Cemetery. Zelman F. STOVALL has given notice that he will apply for a license to sell liquor in the Dinkelspiel room, between HAASE & OWEN's and the Boss Shoe Store, and a remonstrance is in circulation against him. This room is in the Second Ward. The Blue Hole stone crusher is at work again, and the street contractors were enabled to go to work again on the street improvement. They put a lot of men at work on 14th street this morning. There were rumors on the street Monday of a domestic row in the west part of town, which resulted in an attempt at suicide, but nothing definite could be learned about the matter. Arthur SPEAKE has moved his family from South H street to the house recently vacated by S. L. KEACH, on South G street. All parties knowing themselves indebted to C. M. DOBBINS & Co. will call and settle at once. This means you if you owe us anything, as we have sold out and must wind up our business at once. C. M. DOBBINS & CO.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 In tearing down the old First Christian church, the workmen found a pistol, a bullet mould and a spur on top of the foundation, under the floor, at the southeast corner of the building. The pistol is single barreled, with self acting lock, and is probably rifled, though the rust inside hides the grooves. It has the date of 1837 on the barrel. The bullet mould is small, about 32 caliber, has a corkscrew arrangement on the end of one leg for pulling wads and a flat rammer on the other; and evidently belongs with the pistol The spur is of the ordinary type, with small, sharp rowels. These articles were all found together, in a position where they must have been placed when the work of building the church was in progress, 45 years ago. They are quite well preserved, and are on exhibition at HAMER & DAY's furniture store.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 Do you see that "inverted, conically shaped hole in the ground?" said John TOLLIVER a few days ago to our reporter as he stood beside him looking down into an empty small hole on his old homestead on Rock Lick. "That place," said he, "sixty years ago was a rattlesnake den, and one of the old settlers related that one early spring away back in the thirties there was 160 rattlesnakes killed in one day as they came out of that opening." We stepped up to examine it closely and found very little to indicate its past history; but a few feet to the west of it, in the side of the rising slope, was a recent excavation. Upon inquiry as to what it was, Mr. TOLLIVER said: "A cow grazing on the field a few days ago suddenly went down into a hole by the earth giving away, and had to be rescued by digging her out or the animal would have been suffocated." In the recent excavation it revealed a passage leading from it in the direction of the conically-shaped hole, thus establishing the truthfulness of the cavernous home of the reptiles. Mitchell Tribune.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 REUNION The Annual Reunion of Company D 27th Indiana Volunteers will be held on Thursday, August 16, 1900, on the farm of Samuel SIMPSON, at Shawswick, Indiana. The following speakers will be present and address the old soldiers and their friends: Hon. Peter R. WADSWORTH, of Washington, Ind. Hon. Robert N. PALMER, of Bedford, Ind. Rev. J. M. D. HUDDLESTON, of Heltonville, Ind. Rev. James SMALL, of Bedford, Ind. Rev. John WILLIAMS, of Bedford, Ind. All soldiers and their friends are invited to attend this Reunion. Company D respectfully asks that all the widows, sons, and daughters of deceased members of Company D attend. Good music will be furnished by Mrs. WHITTED and others. A nice cake will be voted to the most handsome young lady present. There will be excursion rates from Bedford to Shawswick and everybody is invited to attend with baskets well filled. Come one! Come all! SAMUEL SIMPSON, Pres. JOHN JOHNSON, JR., Sec.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900 Patrick MURPHY, of North O returned from Kansas City Wednesday evening. W. L. EVANS, a Washington business man, was in the city on business Thursday. George HAMILTON, of Huron, was in town Wednesday, on his way home from Heltonville. Miss Eva BROWN, of Shoals, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Kirby JAMERSON, in this city. Hon. James H. WILLARD has returned from a month's vacation at Martinsville and Indianapolis. The citizens of North Bedford have declared war against weeks, and all the vacant lots are being mowed. Gale ROBERTS, son of Elijah ROBERTS, who has been in St. Louis, returned home Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred STIPP, of Erie, were here Wednesday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. STIPP, on West 13th street. Miss Kate SCHMUTTE, who is employed in a wholesale millinery establishment at Madison, Wis., is at home to visit relatives. The B. & O. S. W. Excursion leaves Bedford Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and the fare is only $1.25 for the round trip. Better take it in. Alex BIVINS continues at the point of death at his home on North H street. He is gradually growing weaker and death is expected at any time. AT the business meeting of the Y. W. C. T. U. on Wednesday afternoon a resolution was unanimously passed asking the merchants of our city to close their various establishments at 6 o'clock each evening except on Saturday and the ten days preceding Christmas. ANDERSON & BROWN finished drilling a well for Fred OTIS on South H street, Wednesday afternoon. After going over 80 feet the drill penetrated a seam between two strata of stone from which a good flow of ice cold water came, on the surface of which floated small globules of mineral tar or bitumen. The latter is entirely distinct from petroleum, and is often found in wells and sometimes in deep cuts in the quarries. When found in the hardened form it is called asphalt. Bedford, Ind., July 11, 1900. Editor MAIL: I notice from your paper that the clerks of the different shoe stores in Bedford, held a meeting last evening to talk over the matter of early closing. I sympathize with them in their efforts. "I have been there." It will not require, I should think very much agitation to bring about this in Bedford. For the stores to close the first five evenings of the week at 6 p.m. and on Saturday at 10 o'clock, this new departure ought not to inconvenience or work harm to any one. These days as they come and go are busy ones for most of us. We are working harder and living faster than at any time in our history. We are "burning the candle at both ends." Shorter hours for the clerks, and for the business men themselves, would mean much to them every way. I trust in so far as I have influence with our members that they will begin to trade earlier in the evening and if the clerks present any public petitions to them, to bring on shorter hours, they will readily sign them. JAMES SMALL. MITCHELL NEWS The Rough Riders met Wednesday evening and chose the following officers: President, H. E. WOOLHEATER; Vice President, F. J. WOLFE, Jr.; Treasurer, Ralph M. DALE; Secretary, Ed. C. TIREY. The only uniform adopted for the present was the Rough Rider hat and Chapple's Sons members of the club, have ordered a supply. This club will be a factor in the campaign and expects to work in complete harmony with the regular committee. Next week it proposes to hold a ratification meeting at College Hall with glee club, orchestra and speakers for entertainment. Hon. Thomas J. BROOKS, Mayor JOHNSON, Judge EDWARDS and others have promised to be present. PRELIMINARY TRIAL OF JOHN GAINES. The preliminary trial of John GAINES, suspected of complicity in the murder of Frank LANTZ, resulted in the holding of the prisoner for trial at next term of court, bond being accepted in the sum of $1,000. There was a large crowd present and the interest shown was intense, especially when the mother of the murdered boy, clad in black, described the finding of the body of her son on the morning of July 4th. She spoke in broken English, but with typical German gesture and expression. She drew a pathetically dramatic picture. We hear that a number of quarrymen, friends of LANTZ, were present, keeping a close watch of the proceedings, but for what purpose one guess is as good as another.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900 Mort HOLLAND of Heltonville was in the city Saturday. J. T. STIPP went to Fort Ritner Thursday. Mrs. Lafe HOOVER, of Muncie, is visiting friends and relatives in this city. A. J. HAYWARD is putting a new awning in front of his barber shop. Emsly McDOWELL, the Oolitic merchant, was in town on business Thursday. Stanley CHRISLER and Dick McGLEMERE are hunting at Huron park, for a day or so. The plasterers are at work on the RICHARDSON's new business house on East 16th street. B. & O. S. W. to Cincinnati Sunday to the ball game, Zoo, and other points of interest. Bruce FLEETWOOD, who had been visiting in this city, has returned to his home at Freetown. Workmen are blasting out a cistern at D. B. GUTHRIE's new house on South H street. John HARTMAN is putting waterworks fixtures in the kitchen of his residence on South H street. At the last meeting of the Associated Press at Chicago, John R. WALSH was elected Treasurer. City Marshal Frank RUSSELL was able to be out driving today and is gradually getting better. The Saints will begin a camp meeting in this city next week, and will pitch their tents on 18th and G streets. Anderson McKEE has purchased a nice lot on West 14th street and has begun the erection of a nice 5 room dwelling. Anderson PIGG, of Englewood, was to have been tried in Judge CHRISLER's Court Thursday a.m., charged with provoke. Before trial he plead guilty and was assessed a fine of $1 and costs, amounting in all to $9 which he paid. Mrs. Lizzie JONES, of Indianapolis, who is visiting Lawrence county relatives, came down from Logan Thursday, and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank DONICA. Fire in the attic of the summer kitchen of John FELTNER's residence on H street, immediately east of the public square, called on the Department at 7:30 Wednesday evening. The flames which caught for the stove were soon extinguished. John H. HAYWOOD, a Bedford soldier on the island of Luzon, was killed in a skirmish about two weeks ago. His home was originally in Nebraska, but he enlisted from this city and went out with the last batch of recruits. He was a member of Co. H, 40th Infantry. STALEY-BLAIR. Mr. W. S. STALEY and Miss Anastasia BLAIR were joined in marriage Wednesday p.m. at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. A. M. IRVINE. Mr. STALEY is from Quincy, Illinois and is connected at present with the Monon here. Miss BLAIR is from Indianapolis. She was very tastefully dressed. B. B. MARLEY came in from Indianapolis Thursday a.m., and will located here in the Real Estate business, and we predict for him success from the start, as he has been very successful in this line in this State and Nebraska. Mr. MARLEY is well known in Bedford and was one of the U. S. Revenue officers in this District for four years. He will office for the present with Squire DILLMAN on north side of the square. There are more strikes in the United States today and have been for the past two years than there were during the eight years of Cleveland's administration. Bedford Democrat. Men who are out of work and tramping over the country looking for jobs do not strike for higher wages. This is the reason there were few strikes under recent Democratic Administration. When work is plenty and men scarce, strikes occur, because working men seek to get the benefit of the active demand for their services in the form of higher wages. When there is no demand for labor at any price there is no chance to force up the price. Oliver THOMASSON Arrested. Sheriff DOBBINS and Deputy Sheriff Meck STONE arrested Oliver THOMASSON at his home in Marion township Friday forenoon, drove through to Orleans and took him to the Reformatory at Jeffersonville for safe keeping. THOMASSON, who is about 23 years of age, is believed to have been implicated in the murder of Frank LENTZ. His face is scratched, and his clothes are said to have borne suspicious marks the morning after the tragedy. Several other young men in the same neighborhood are under surveillance, and further arrests are expected.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900 John NEIGHBORS, of Shoals, was in the city Tuesday. Dr. A. W. BAIR, of Bryantsville, was in the city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. EDWARDS went to Bloomington Wednesday. The funeral of Golda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank HUNTER, took place Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. from the residence, East 14th street. Burial at Green Hill. W. A. WEBB went to French Lick Wednesday to recuperate for a week or ten days. He is suffering from indigestion, as a result of overwork in the store. Dr. J. B. DUNCAN will spend Thursday and Friday at West Baden, at the meeting of the Mitchell District Medical Society, where he has been invited to read a paper. Mrs. W. P. MALOTT, Mrs. Ed. BABCOCK, Mrs. N. M. GOODLETT, Mrs. E. B. THORNTON, Mrs. R. F. McKINLEY, Mrs. J. B. STIPP, Mrs. Sallie CARLETON, Miss Mattie CARLETON, James McKINLEY, William McKINLEY and Miss Louise THORNTON are(all?) picnicked Wednesday afternoon at Shawswick. Dr. J. M. CALLAHAN, lecturer in Diplomatic History in John Hopkins University, recently took the "John Marshall Prize" on his publication, "Cuba and International Relations." He is now working on his book "America In the Pacific," which will be ready for the publishers in August. This book will treat of the American policy of expansion from the foundation of our government to the present.
BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900 W. A. WILSON is at Chicago on business. Miss Jennie CALAHAN is numbered with the sick. Mrs. Amzi BROCK went to Muncie, Ind., Wednesday. Mrs. Edna HALL and son, of Springville, are visiting in this city. All widths velvet ribbon just received. W. M. DOBBINS & Co. Henry IRWIN, of Shoals, was in the city Wednesday on business. Tom SULFRIDGE is building an addition to his home on North H street. A marriage license has been issued to Albert N. ROBBINS and Allie J. PATTON. Monroe BYERS has gone to Santa Rosa, Cal., to remain for several months. The Boss Shoe Store is having the front of their place of business repainted. Miss Amy DODDS returned Wednesday, from a visit to relatives at Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon GAULD, of Indianapolis, are the guests of J. C. CARLTON and family. BORN To Mr. and Mrs. WALTERS, on East 18th street, Monday night, a 13 pound daughter. The STROUT building on 5th street, is being roofed, and will soon be ready for occupying. Mrs. John HELMS and children have returned after spending several days at Bloomington. Mrs. J. S. CLARK, of 10th street, has been seriously ill the past few days but is improving now. Miss Margaret SHERON, of Seymour, is the guest of her sister, Miss Morris MAYER, on West 18th street. Cash DOBBINS went to Heltonville Wednesday, in the interest of the new wholesale grocery. C. M. LEMON went to Plainville and Elnora Wednesday, to buy wheat and sell his mill products. Several business houses and mills are floating "Old Glory" from a staff on top of their buildings. Mrs. John HUTTON, who had been spending several days in Westport, has returned to her home in this city. Mrs. ALLEN, who had been visiting her son, M. ALLEN and family, returned to her home at Heltonville Tuesday. Miss Lillie PRATHER, who had been visiting Bedford relatives returned to her home at Bloomington Wednesday. MARRIED At his office, Wednesday by Judge CHRISLER, Albert N. ROBBINS, of Limestone, to Miss Allie J. PATTON, of Pattonville. Lou JACKSON and Charley WATSON, of Odon, are doing the brick work on the HODGE WALLS' building on I street. Miss Carrie SMITH, of this city, who has been employed in Indianapolis for several years, is traveling in Europe this summer and is at present in Italy. Misses Josie ZEIG and Mary STILZ, who had been visiting Bedford friends, left Wednesday for Ellettsville and from there will go to Indianapolis. S. B. LOWE sailed Saturday, from New York City, for Europe, where he will probably remain nearly a year, traveling. He will spend the remainder of the summer in Paris. J. B. DILLMAN and family left Wednesday, for South Bend, where they will live in the future. Mr. DILLMAN is employed by the Clinton Rhodes Picture Co., of Chicago. Mrs. F. E. WILSON and daughter, Miss Lydia, came here last evening from Bedford to visit relatives for a few days. Seymour Republican. The dwelling of William TIPPS on South G street, caught fire at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, from the kitchen flue. The fire was extinguished before much harm had been done. Supt. A. T. HERT, of the Indiana Reformatory, who accompanied his wife and sister, Miss Sallie HERT, to Mackinac, where they will spend the summer returned yesterday. Mrs. HERT's condition is decidedly improved, which will be cheering news to her many friends in the Falls Cities. Jeffersonville Cor. Courier Journal. A man came running down from the Columbus Avenue neighborhood late Tuesday evening, yelling for the police. He said Jim McDONALD had broken his wife's thigh, and was chasing a neighbor up and down the Avenue with a shot gun. Deputy Marshal HOLMES made a quick run up there, but found all quiet at McDONALD's. Mrs. McDONALD was in bed and denied that her husband had been beating her. No arrests could be made under the circumstances.