Bedford Weekly Mail, Bedford, In., Friday, Nov. 21, 1902 Eugene THOMAS has been on the sick list the past week....The series of meetings here was largely attended Sunday, considering the rainy weather....Rev. MURR and family were the guests of Wm. DUNCAN Sunday....Jess McCAMMON, Edgar STIPP and John MARTIN, of Heltonville were cutting timber in our vicinity the past week for Hugh McLEAN & Co....Noble COOPER is able to attend school again, after being absent for a few days on account of illness....Roscoe McKNIGHT, of Bedford was in our vicinity Wednesday....Mrs. Eliza CUPPS was the guest of Mrs. GEORGE Saturday....Miss Anne MORROW visited Miss Maud and Louise BOWMAN....Mrs. GREENAWAY was the guest of Mrs. George COOPER one afternoon of last week....Lon OWENS and daughter, Mary went to Bedford Saturday....B. COOPER and son, Jesse, have been shucking corn for Del CRAWFORD....Mrs. John H. MASON, of Dugger, Ind. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Abe DAVIS....Victor NEAL made a business trip to Bedford Saturday....Dr. DUNCAN, of Bedford, w! as in our vicinity Monday....John MORELY and Milly SCROGGAN were the guests of Mr. BOWMAN Sunday....Some of our boys being good marksmen, are now taking advantage of the hunting season.

Bedford Weekly Mail, Bedford, In., Friday, Nov. 21, 1902 The weather prophet predicts snow soon, but we hope it will hold off until we have finished husking corn, which will be about the middle of December....CRAWFORD & WEAVER, of Bedford were here weighing up cattle Monday....Mrs. Gurtie ALLEN is staying with her sister, Mrs. C. M. BROOKING, at present, Mr. BROOKING is repairing his residence....Charlie and Aidie CRAWFORD were the guests of W. V. HAWS and wife, Tuesday night....Miss Sallie BATMAN was the guest of J. C. BROOKING and family Wednesday night....James DODDSON took his turkeys to market Friday.... W. O. MITCHELL will soon move from here to near Rivervale....Mrs. E. W. SEARS, of Lexington, Ky., arrived here Thursday to visit her father J. L. CRAWFORD.... H. W. INGLE and wife, of Mitchell, are visiting friends and relatives.

PINHOOK C. M. BROOKING and wife went to Denison Monday on business....A. J. MYERS who is confined to his home of organic heart trouble is worse at this writing.... J. C. BROOKING and wife were guests of Marion BROWN and wife of Tunnelton Tuesday ....Miss Gertie INGLE was a guest of Miss Jessie MATHIS Tuesday....Mrs. Leonard CRAWFORD was visiting her daughter Mrs. S. S. WEAVER of near Bedford the latter part of the week....Robt. BROOKING and daughters Misses Minnie and Viola were in Bedford Saturday....Leonard CRAWFORD went to Bedford Saturday on business....William ALLEN, formerly of Elwood, Ind., now of Greencastle, is visiting his mother and brothers at present, he will leave for his home some time this week....Albert CRAWFORD was in Tunnelton on business Tuesday....Peter Mathis is hauling logs for A. S. WILCOX....Mrs. W. H. CRAWFORD was in Buddha Friday....C. M. BROOKING and wife attended the wedding of Mrs. BROOKING's sister, Miss Ruby GUTHRIE and Mr. Newton NICHOLS at Tunnelton! Saturday.... J. H. BEAVERS and several others from here were in Bedford Saturday looking up the election returns....J. C. BROOKING and wife were guests of Ambrose CRAWFORD and family Saturday.... Mrs. Floyd ALLEN was visiting her sister, Mrs. C. M. BROOKING this week....J. H. BEAVERS was in Leesville Tuesday night on business....William BATMAN and wife were guests of J. C. BROOKING and wife Sunday....James H BROOKING and wife, of Tunnelton were guests of J. C. BROOKING and wife Sunday....Mrs. O. P. BEAVER was the guest of Mrs. W. H. CRAWFORD Monday....Miss Jessie MATHIE made a business trip to Ft. Ritner Thursday....Mrs. U. D. GUTHRIE and son Mitchell were guests of J. C. BROOKING and wife Sunday....Mrs. Robt. INGLE was a guest of Henry CRAWFORD and family Monday....John FOSTER and children, of Ft. Ritner were guests of John W. MATHIS and family this week....John DIXON and wife of Mitchell were guests of relatives here Saturday and Sunday....Willie ALLEN and wife of Tunne! l Hill were guests of J. L. CRAWFORD Sunday.

Bedford Weekly Mail, Bedford, Indiana, Friday, Nov. 14, 1902 Tunnelton Thomas PICKET was here Monday and sold a fine hog to Alfred GUTHRIE and bought one of him....Fred STAPP, the livery boy, drove a drummer to Mitchell Tuesday....Wm. M LEE and Thomas M DONICA drove to Ft. Ritner Thursday....Elisha LEE and Thomas COOPER made a trip to the neighborhood of Ft. Ritner, after some canned fruit that Elisha had there....Henry WILLIAMS, wife and daughter were here Friday, the guests of Elish LEE....Noble REYNOLDS was delivering nursery stock Friday for the Greene Co Nursery....Hayden WALLS, the insurance man of Bedford, was here Friday....George SIMPSON, of Bono, was transacting business here Friday....David Willfong, of Bono, was here with a load of apples and potatoes....Wm. SIMPSON was visiting at Pinhook Friday, the guest of Andrew J. MEYERS....A very quiet wedding took place here Thursday at 8 p.m. the contracting parties being Mr. Logan COOMBS, a young clerk of Bedford, and Miss Goldie B. SIMPSON, the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John SIMPSON! , of this place. Rev. DAVIS, of the M.E. church officiating, only the family was present. After the ceremony the happy couple was driven by the livery boy, Fred STAPP to Mitchell where they took the train for St. Louis to spend a few days....Noble REYNOLDS drove for Mr. and Mrs. John GUTHRIE and daughter, Ruby, and Mr. Newton NICHOLS to Bedford, where Mr. NICHOLS and Miss Ruby GUTHRIE were made husband and wife....Elisha LEE was visiting in the country Sunday the guest of Clarence HARRIS....William WILLIS, of Fort Ritner hired a rig at the stable here Saturday night to drive to Saltillo, returning Monday....John REYNOLDS was at Fort Ritner Sunday....Miss Elsie BEAVERS daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius BEAVERS of Pinhook was married to Mr. SEARS, of Bedford. They were married at the M. E. church by Rev. Davis pastor of the M. E. church Bartlettsville Corn husking is the order of the day....Bill HAWKINS who has been sick for some time is better at this date....Elder C. L. NORMAN took a load of produce to the county seat Friday....Wash MERCER and family, of Smithville, passed through town Sunday, enroute to Bill KINSER's near Heltonville....Uncle Samuel ANDERSON, an old soldier of this place, aged 72 years, who has had the typhoid fever, is able to be up again....Uncle Billie MIZE and son Andrew went to the Stone City Saturday....Dan CHAMBERS and wife, of Fairfax, was visiting friends here Sunday....Polk HAWKINS of Chapel Hill was in town Monday....C M DENNISTON, our popular blacksmith, is improving his residence by adding two more rooms....Mrs. Martha BARTLETT and J M GILLOCK and wife visited D B ADAMSON and family Sunday....Jeff SOWDER and Alfred GILLOCK went north Sunday evening. We think their stopping point was Smithville....Eld. SHROYER filled his regular appointment at the M. E. church Sunday evening.

Needmore Mack GILES and wife went to Springville Sunday....Thomas TUMEY and family called on Charles ROBINSON and family of near Anderson school house Saturday and Sunday....Doda ANDERSON made a business trip to Bedford Friday....Mrs. Carline STEWART called on relatives at Heltonville Sunday....Sallie MAYO and little daughter called on Mr. Lue GOODMAN Tuesday....Mr. John HEATLEY and daughter called on his daughter Mrs. Slute BLACKWELL Monday....Emery STEWART, wife and little daughter called on Mr. Charles BURCH and family of near Avoca Sunday.... Bro. Edgar BAKER filled his regular appointment at Gulletts creek Saturday and Sunday....Emery BLACKBURN and wife of Oolitic passed through our town Monday eve.....Mr. and Mrs. Edd ESTESS and little daughter of North Bedford called on Mrs. ESTESS parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe ANDERSON part of last week. Indian Springs T. M. WAMPLER and daughter, of Brickwell, visited here last week....Mrs. Mary SANDERS returned home from Bloomington Friday....Mrs. N. D. FISHER visited in Bedford Sunday....Mrs. Hannah FAUCETT left Sunday for West Baden....Lou HENRY, of Bedford, was in town Saturday....W.E.BOLING went to Kurtz Sunday....Mrs. Arley BOWMAN, of Bedford, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary BRANNON....Mrs. Will ROACH, of Cale, spent Sunday with Mrs. Minnie WRIGHT....Wm. DOBSON and wife, of Tunnel Hill, visited Joe HITCHCOCK Saturday and Sunday....Mrs. Mary PICHETT, of Reelsville, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. EVANS....Mrs. Jack WILLIAMS, of Trinity, visited Mrs. Mary SANDERS Saturday and Sunday....Fount CRAIG, wife and two children, of near Silverville, were in town Saturday. Tunnelton Albert GUTHRIE made a business trip to Shoals Monday....James McKNIGHT delivered a fine lot of nursery stock here Monday....Matthew MATHIS, of Shiloh, was here Monday on business....Mrs. Isabelle GUTHRIE was at Bedford Monday....Hon. John HARRIS, of Bedford, was here Tuesday posting bills for campaign speaking here....Wm. HARRIS, of Buddah, was here Tuesday....Jacob B. FINN, of Denniston, was here Wednesday....Doyle B BEAVERS, of Pinhook, was here Wednesday....Anselm WOOD, of Mitchell, candidate for Commissioner from the Second district, was here Wednesday....Hon. John C. CHANEY, candidate for Congress from the Second district, was here Wednesday and made a fine speech to a fair crowd....Charles B. ROGERS, candidate for Joint Senator from Lawrence, Orange and Martin counties, was here Wednesday and made a few very appropriate remarks...Wm. ALLEN, of Ft. Ritner, was on our streets Saturday....Alfred LEE was at Bedford Friday, and on returning home he forgot his grip and had t! o go back after it Saturday....Elisha LEE was transacting business at Fort Ritner Saturday....John R GOULD, of Fort Ritner, was here Friday....John S REYNOLDS is improving his livery barn....Mrs. Mary CLENDENING was visiting Mrs. Ida ALLEN Sunday....Wm. M. LEE and John JACKSON went to Bedford Saturday after the equipment for holding the election Tuesday....Nobel REYNOLDS went to Bono, Stonington, Lawrenceport and Rivervale Saturday with a traveling man....Mrs. Ida ALLEN is numbered with the sick....Melvin T. GUTHRIE was at Mitchell Thursday, on business....Fred STAP, the stable boy, went to Fort Ritner and Pinhook Thursday, with a drummer and his load of trunks. _____________________ Will RUSSELL is back to his old place in Sherwood's Cigar Store. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ollin BUNDY, who has typhoid fever, does not improve much. Mrs. Jack McMAHAN, of South J Street, was called to Bloomington by the serious illness of her sister. Jesse ALLEN was at Guthrie Friday J. R McPIKE made a trip to Harrodsburg one day last week.

Bedford Weekly Mail, Bedford, Indiana, Friday Nov. 7, 1902 Zelma The Saltillo peddler bought 785 lbs. of chestnuts one week bought over $21 worth of one person....Issac FISH shipped 100 head of sheep and hogs to Cincinnati Monday....Tom BOX, of Bedford was through here Friday, to buy a horse....John BARRETT and Wm. GREEN are manufacturing sorghum molasses and they are making a good grade....A timber buyer of Seymour is located here and has bought several bunches of timer, the farmers will quit selling timber in a short time, will have none to sell.....Mrs. Sophia DODDS and Miss Dassie UTTERBACK visited Bart DODDS and family at Clear Spring Saturday....Aylette KINDRED sold a team of young mules to a Johnson county dealer for $160. TRINITY Eugene THOMAS is building a new dwelling house....Curt FISH and family, of Bedford were guests of Geo. B. COOPER and wife Sunday...A series of meetings is in progress at the M. E. Trinity church......Dal CRAWFORD was calling on B. COOPER and Mrs. Eliza CUPPS Sunday afternoon....Ed BOWMAN and son are building a dwelling house for Victor NEAL, look out!.......Geo. STEWARD and wife who have been visiting Lon OWENS and family, have returned to their home near Harrodsburg.....Mrs. Eliza CUPPS is able to be up again after a long illness of malaria fever....Mrs. Hugh GRAY and Miss Rena SHERRILL were out persimmon hunting Monday....Miss Anne MORROW is staying with Mrs. Geo. COOPER.....John HAWKINS went to Bartletsville Tuesday to attend the bedside of his brother, William HAWKINS

Bedford Weekly Mail, Bedford, Indiana, Friday, Nov. 7, 1902 Local News John W. Roach Seriously Hurt on Square at Noon Friday John W. Roach, a farmer who lives two miles south of Springville, came to town with his son, in a wagon Friday a.m., and at noon hitched up to drive home. As he was fastening the last trace chain a mare in the team let drive at him with both heels, striking him a terrific blow in the groin and on the left wrist. A small bone in the wrist was broken, and great pain resulted from the injury to the groin. Mr. Roach was taken to Dr. F. F. Stipp's office. Attorney A. W. Jones, of Mitchell, has received notice that the pension of Josephine F. Potter, widow of Flavius Potter, of Bedford was allowed at the rate of $12 per month, dating back to April, 1901, and additional $2 per month for child. Homer Guthrie returned from Evansville Thursday. He reports Mrs. Guthrie, who is in that city for treatment, as much improved. MARRIED-Wednesday night, at 8 o'clock, Nov. 5, at his residence on South street, by Judge Chrisler, Jade Starr to Miss Georgia Babb, both of Bedford. Attorney A. W. Jones, of Mitchell has received notice that the pension of William Long, of Bedford, Spanish-American War, has been allowed at the rate of $8 per month, dating back to Dec. 5, 1899. At the last National Music Convention in Washington D C, Mrs. Melusina Vogt Wilson was voted the best violinist of the South. It will be a treat to those who attend the musical at the Presbyterian church Friday evening to hear. Mrs. J. H. McPheeters and Mrs. A. M. Burnham will entertain informally, on Saturday afternoon from two to five in honor of Mrs. McIntosh, Mrs. Houston, of Indianapolis, Mrs. Maud Wilson, Mrs. Ellen Wilson and Mrs. Arthur Stout, Mrs. Carl Wilson, of Salem and Mrs. Lee Horton, of Mitchell. Henry Russell, of West Baden, was in Bedford Sunday. Mrs. James Head, of Mitchell, is the guest of Jonce Coleman's family. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Bundy is quite ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Sarah Faultion, of Heltonville, was in the city Friday visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Howell are the guests of Mrs. Howell's sister, Mrs. Geo. Thomas. Reed Bass, Engineer of the P. M. and B. stone trains, is taking a lay off on account of sickness.

The children who were left at railroad stations were children from orphanages in New York and Boston. They were called "The Orphan Train" children. My great grandfather raised two of these children in the late 1800s. The "Orphan Train Society" used to have a very helpful site. I haven't used it for a while but I'm sure a Google search will find it for you. Billie Jo

Thanks for the information. I will let you know what I find out. Barb

Hi to all genealogy biddies. I hope someone will help me if there is an answer. I am helping my granddaughter by marriage do her genealogy and the question I need to be answered is this. a distant grandfather of hers I don't know if it is gg or ggg yet but anyway she said he was left at the railroad station and people would come by and pick the kids up and adopt them. She said they was called railroad kids. Does anyone know anything about this . I have never heard of this before so I am hoping someone can give me some information so I can start looking. Thanks Barb

Barb, Here are four sites that speak of the Orphan Trains, http://www.hamilton.net/subscribers/hurd/ http://www.orphantrainriders.com/riders11.html http://iagenweb.org/iaorphans/ http://www.42explore2.com/orphan.htm Leon Leon O. Kearns Searching for Shaffer(Shaefer), OH, IN, IA; Kearns, Ireland, OH, IA; Harris, VA, KY, MO, IA; McMahan(McMahon), IN, IA; Hoffman, PA, OH, IN, IA; McGhee, VA, KY, MO; Edwards, NC, OH, IN, IL, TN, KY, VA, MO, AR, IA, KS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara" <genealogygal@mach1pc.com> To: <INLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: [INLAWREN] I need help > Hi to all genealogy biddies. > > I hope someone will help me if there is an answer. > I am helping my granddaughter by marriage do her genealogy and the > question I need to be answered is this. > > a distant grandfather of hers I don't know if it is gg or ggg yet but > anyway she said he was left at the railroad station and people would come > by and pick the kids up and adopt them. She said they was called railroad > kids. > > Does anyone know anything about this . I have never heard of this before > so I am hoping someone can give me some information so I can start > looking. > > Thanks Barb > > > ==== INLAWREN Mailing List ==== > to unsubscibe from this list, send an e-mail to > INLAWREN-L-Request@rootsweb.cm. type the word, "unsubscribe" as both the > subject and the body of the message. hit send and you are off. allen > murray > > >

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 1900 COXTON Mrs. Daniel BEASLEY is suffering from a very sore arm. … G. C. SMITH had the misfortune of losing his horse last week. …. The protracted meeting at Old Union closed with 12 or 15 additions last week. …. Mrs. Levi FULTZ is visiting her son at Fayetteville. …. Mrs. Henry and Mrs. George McGINNIS, of Elnora, are visiting W. B. McGINNIS. …. G. C. SMITH and wife accompanied by Mrs. Joe KERN and their little daughters, Inez and Shirley, are spending a few weeks at Indian Springs. …. John P. FOSTER has charge of the Coxton post office this week. …. Mrs. Arthur BRIGHT returned Saturday, from a visit with relatives at McKinley. …. Seph KERN, who was mentioned in the Coxton items some time ago as an expert mason, has invented a corn cutter, and it far surpasses the old hand cutter. The greatest advantage claimed is he can ride and cut the corn now. …. Mack BANKS, a life long Democrat, has pledged his word for the McKinley ticket. Mack says he can't vote down his job or prosperity.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 1900 BUDDHA The carpenters have the new church finished with the exception of what has to be done after the plastering. …. Younger SALLEE moved to Oll HARRIS farm last Tuesday. …. Cutting corn is in order now and the hot sun almost burnt the fodder up. …. The wind storm Tuesday done away with all the outside work. …. Treasurer BROWN was in these parts Tuesday looking after his interests. …. The ague has made its appearance in this neighborhood, and seems to have a good hold. …. Kerby BRIGHT has moved to Springville on John A. GUNN's farm. …. Fred SALLEE, of Silverville, was up to Buddha Wednesday getting some shoeing done. …. Two wagons passed through here last Tuesday, with a few people in them, who seemed to be gypsies. …. Last Sunday a dog of John W. HARRIS' bit one of John W. GREEN's boys. The dog caught him by the mouth, his under teeth cutting his throat. Mr. HARRIS succeeded in getting the dog loose by choking him. This caused his wife to faint and after he brought her too, he shot the dog, and dressed the boy's wounds. The dog was not mad.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 1900 FORT RITNER A small child of Mr. and Mrs. David BOYLES died Tuesday morning and was buried Tuesday afternoon. …. H. S. VIRGIL and E. LEE were in Bedford Tuesday. …. The meeting at Woolery's grove was well attended and was quite a success. …. R. D. THOMPSON, of Leesville, was here Wednesday. …H. S. DIXON made a business trip to Brownstown Wednesday. …. Mrs. John WILSON, of Leesville, died Saturday morning. The funeral was held at the Church of Christ at Leesville, conducted by Elder Elisha LEE. Buried at the Shields cemetery. …. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. LEE went to Medora to take their little daughter Etta to Dr. WILSON for treatment. …. E. A. DIXON, of Bono, was here Sunday and went to Leesville to attend the funeral of his grandmother, Mrs. WILSON. …. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. LEE made a trip to Trustee SALLEE's Sunday, to get some school books. …. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. ROBERTSON, of Washington, came over Sunday, to attend the funeral of Mrs. WILSON, the grandmother of Mrs. ROBERTSON. …. D. A. LEE and wife visited friends near Bono Saturday night and Sunday

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1900 MITCHELL NEWS Rev. E. C. JORDAN goes to conference next week. He will be returned we hope. Ed PINKSTON, colored, for a long time porter at the Grand Hotel died Saturday and was buried Sunday. Mitchell readers are for the position taken by the Mail in regard to our town affairs. It pays to be truthful and fair minded. Howard CHITTY, Bates LIMPUS, Isaiah PHIPPS and other comrades are home again from the great reunion of the G. A. R. at Chicago. Revs. KIMBROUGH, JORDAN and JOHNSON were at Bedford, Monday, along with many more on behalf of the Anti-Saloon League in the fight against the saloons. The city fathers are wrestling with the electric light meter problem. Something must be done and when people pay for light consumed they are apt to be more economical in its use. The Southern Indiana Normal College will be rebuilt, and for that purpose about $7,000.00 is in sight. One student, who had not learned of the fire, came all the way from Montana to enroll. Menlo MOORE is home again from Chicago, where he was studying newspaper illustration work. He made rapid strides in his studies and a full page illustrated poem in a leading magazine shows him to be a clever artist.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1900 The Militia Will Protect Thomasson And Gaines. Jeffersonville, Ind., September 3. – The ghost of Frank LENTZ has ceased to disturb Oliver THOMASSON, since he unburdened his mind by confession, and there is little that appears to annoy him. He sleeps soundly every night, and it is evident that his attorneys have given him some encouragement. GAINES, his confederate, is not exhibiting equal assurance. He is still nervous, and puts in much of his time watching trains on the Pennsylvania bridge. It is not definitely known when they will be taken to Bedford, but perhaps not for some time. Although the Lawrence Circuit Court convenes today, the grand jury will not be called until next Monday, and it may be several days after that before an indictment is returned. There are indications that a request will be made for a change of venue, and it is said to be absolutely certain that Governor Mount will call out at least one company of militia to protect the prisoners when they go to Bedford. There has been quiet investigation of the feeling in Lawrence county, and enough is known that it is not safe to take the prisoners back without guard.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1900 LEESVILLE Mrs. Thornt ZOLLMAN and Miss Mary ALEXANDER, of Bedford, visited friends and relatives last week. …. Mrs. Henry ZOLLMAN and daughter Alice, of Weddleville, visited at W. R. HOLLAND's last Thursday. …. W. C. HUNT went to Medora last Tuesday. …. W. R. HOLLAND and Ed BUTLER made a business trip to Bedford Tuesday. …. Several attended the Democratic rally at Henry WOOLERY's grove, near here, last Thursday. …. W. H. CONSALUS is in Bedford, this week, attending Court. …. C. B. ELLISON and family visited in Heltonville, last week. …. Mrs. John WILSON, of near Leesville, is very sick at this writing. …. Miss Della HOLLAND is very sick with hay fever. …. Paper hats are the fashion in Leesville now. …. Adden DOUGLAS visited Misses Orpha and Gertie GILLEN Sunday. …. Lewis NEWKIRK, of Sparksville, called on his best girl here Sunday. …. Miss Kate WALTERS, of Freetown, is visiting Mrs. Scott PATE and Miss Nora GILSON this week. …. Mrs. Florence MAY, of Orleans, is visiting this week at W. A. HOLLAND's. …. William SPEER and family, of near Medora, visited in the family of John WILLIAMS Sunday. …. Lillie SWINGEL, of Weddleville, visited Sarah GLAZELINE Tuesday. ….Claude SHERRILL and wife, of near Bedford, is visiting here this week. …. Dr. S. W. SMITH, who has been sick for the last two months, is able to be up. …. Mrs. GILSTRAP, of near Fairview, moved here last week. …. E. C. CONSALUS and wife, of Bedford, who had been visiting here for a short time, returned home last Tuesday. …. W. C. HOLLAND made a business trip to Bedford Tuesday.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1900 WEDDLEVILLE William THOMPSON, who has been sick for some time has got an increase in his pension from $16 to $24 per month. ….Thos. HUNSUCKER, who works with the section gang at Medora, met a tramp the other morning who asked him if he thought any one would care if he got over in the field and got a muskmelon to eat. His reply was that he thought not. The tramp got over into the pumpkin patch, taking two, and after eating one he started on the other. Tom was anxious to learn of his politics and made inquiry of the tramp. His reply was that he was for Bryan. ….Misses Carrie and Mattie ELLISON, of Fairview, visited Mrs. Eliza BEAZLEY, of this place Sunday. …. The basket meeting at the M. E. church was not very well attended Sunday. …. Mr. GRAY, an old soldier and a respected citizen of Medora, died last Friday and was buried Sunday morning in the Vallonia cemetery. …. The Democratic convention to nominate township officers was held at Medora last Saturday. The nominee for Trustee was Albert LUEDTKE and for Assessor Tilford OWEN. …. N. C. PLUMMER took a fine load of peaches to Bedford last Tuesday where he found a ready market for them. …. The Republicans will carry Indiana by 30,000. Paste that in your hat. …. The Republican township convention will be held at Medora Sept. 15th, for the purpose of nominating township officers. Their names will appear later in this column.

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 1900 TUNNELTON Mrs. Betty DONICA and granddaughter, Miss Fleta, returned home from a visit with relatives at Indianapolis, Friday. …. Miss Ora McINTYRE, our accomplished milliner, is attending the opening at Louisville this week. …. Mrs. F. A. REED is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. CLARK, of this place. …. Mrs. Cal HILL and Miss Bertha HILL, of Sparksville, spent Sunday with Mrs. E. M. FITZGIBBON of this place. …. Quite a crowd attended the basket meeting at Proctor last Sunday. …. Gertrude COOPER arrived home from a few weeks' visit with friends at Heltonville and Bedford. …. Miss FLORENCE, our former primary teacher is visiting the family of J. H. BROOKING, of this place…… Mrs. T. A. REED returned to her home in Seymour, Saturday, after a two weeks' visit with her sister, Mrs. B. CLARK. …. A. GUTHRIE was at Bedford last week. …. Miss Eva LITTON, after spending two weeks with relatives at Bedford, returned home Saturday. …. Miss Adda GUTHRIE, of Bedford, attended the basket meeting here Sunday. …. Sam SIMPSON and family, of Millersburg are visiting relatives in this vicinity. …. The basket meeting held here Sunday was quite a success. Able discourses was rendered by Bros. KERN, WARD and MARTIN. …. Miss Goldia SIMPSON and Della GUTHRIE attended the social given by Lina V. JEFFRIES at Ft. Ritner, Friday night. …. Miss Ella KETCHAM returned home from a two weeks' visit with relatives at Bloomington, Thursday. …. Mrs. J. W. COX was at Bedford Tuesday, on business. …. John JACKSON was in Bedford last week. …. Omer MAHORNEY, a brakeman on (rest of article missing.)

BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 1900 WEDDLEVILLE Benton GRANTHAM and wife, of Seymour, are visiting in the family of Jacob MARTIN. …. Mrs. Wm. LEE, of Tunnelton, is visiting her grandfather, Wm. MARTIN. …. Little Herman PLUMMER, son of Tom PLUMMER and wife, died Aug. 13th with brain fever. A funeral discourse was preached in memory of him by W. B. CHRISLER, of Bedford, Aug. 19th. …. Our business men of this city and Medora are raising stock for a Bank at Medora. …. The meeting at the Church of Christ of this place which began at the time of the annual meeting on the 3rd Lord's night, August 26th. During the meeting two came forward for membership Miss Ella TRUEBLOOD by letter from the Church of Christ at Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Kate SULLIVAN made confession and were immersed unto Christ on Lord's day evening, August 26th. …. E. C. RICHARDSON, of Farabee, Ind., and W. B. CHRISLER, of Bedford were present at the annual meeting. …. Mrs. BROWNING and daughter, Miss Mary, of Kurtz, is visiting T. J. HOLMES and family. …. Miss Katherine COLBURN visited at Seymour last week. …. Martin HUGHES, of Leesville, and his brother, John HUGHES, of Centerville, Iowa, visited Mrs. W. S. PLUMMER and family last week.