BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1900 MITCHELL NEWS Mrs. Carrie DEPUTY, of Vernon, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Richard GAULT. The Commercial's baby contest is creating no little excitement among the baby lovers. John N. STROUD, City Passenger Agent at Kansas City for the Burlington Route, was visiting home folks Sunday. Editor Howard CHITTY, of the Commercial, is the happy father of a sweet little 8-pound girl, born Wednesday evening, Nov. 14th. Dr. T. W. POTTER, the defeated Democratic candidate for Representative, is busy as a first class dentist deserves to be. There are no sore spots on Doc POTTER. Barney McAFEE has his office on Main street, near Squire JONES. Barney will make us a good Trustee, for Democrat or no Democrat he is always a gentleman. The heavy blasting in the railway cut west of town rattles the china, stops the clocks and almost wakes the dead near by. They will have to hurry and finish before somebody brings suit. Dr. KIMBERLIN, Ex-Trustee, is a gentleman of leisure now and he is glad of it. If his successor can keep the expenditures of our township as low as the doctor did he will do remarkably well. There was a slight wreck in the B. & O. yards Monday afternoon caused by a train trying to run on two tracks at the same time. No. 8 was delayed several hours but no serious damage done. The College plans are not yet fully matured, although John MANNINGTON, the successful bidder at $9,300, is clearing the debris up ready for the foundation. Our people should get together on this college matter and not let petty jealousies bar the way. No matter who owns it we must have it and that speedily. Our High School foot ball team, in no wise daunted by their awful defeat (91 to 0) last Saturday by the Bedford lads, are diligently practicing for Saturday's return game at Bedford. The work of Stillson JUDAH is yet the talk of our boys, who think he ought to be put in the professional class. The candidates for the Mitchell postoffice to date are: Joe DALE, present incumbent; Anselm WOOD, who was Postmaster under Andrew Johnson; Rice HAVERLY, the defeated Republican candidate for Trustee; and William HUMSTON, formerly Agent of the Monon at this place. There are two comforting thoughts in this connection and they are: Whichever one is chosen we will have a good Postmaster, and the defeated men will have no chance to knife the lucky one at the polls.