BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 19, 1900 The heading factory SHUT DOWN Saturday, indefinitely. D. M. MONICAL, of Williams, was in town Friday, to buy a lot of lumber. Mrs. Tom McAFEE, of near Erie, was in town Friday, visiting friends. Geo. CRAWSHAW, of Shoals, was in town over Sunday, and went to Campbellsburg Monday morning. Miss Maggie MEYER, of Willow Valley, is in the city to spend the winter. At a big Republican rally at Ellettsville last Friday, a flag pole 150 feet long was raised. Alexander HAWKINS and family, who had been the guest of his daughter, Mrs. John HELMS, for a few days, returned to their home in Bloomington, Sunday. The Patent Record Co., of Baltimore, announces that Robert F. McKINLEY, of this city, has been granted a U. S. patent on a stub-holder for check-books, and other books having stubs. Mrs. Wallace QUEEN burst a blood vessel in the upper part of her throat Friday noon, while wringing clothes, and it was thought for a time she would bleed to death. A physician was summoned, and she finally got better, and is doing well now. James H. LAKE will receive from Adjutant General GORE a number of copies of the Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish American War, for distribution to parties who will be notified by card, and will receipt Mr. LAKE for the books. Policeman William TEFORD, who has proved himself a terror to law-breakers in Bedford, took a lay off Friday and went to Linton to hear Theodore Roosevelt, who as Police Commissioner of New York City a few years ago was nicknamed "Teddy the Terror" by the hoodlums of that city because he made it so hot for them, and because they could neither bulldoze nor buy him. John L. TRUEBLOOD, of Bryantsville, was in town Saturday. Henry HOHN presented his daughter, Miss Anna, with a new piano. S. A. BARTLETT, a leading Republican of Bartlettsville, came to Bedford Friday last, and went to Linton to hear Col. Roosevelt. Bart COLE, a good Republican of Indian Creek township, was in the city Friday and went over to Linton to hear Roosevelt. Chas. FIDLER, a first class baker, who formerly baked for the West Baden Springs Hotel, has accepted a position with RICHARDSON Bros. Joseph SHERRILL, who had been visiting his son Walter at Westfield, 20 miles north of Indianapolis, since September 18th, returned home last week. The Bedford Milling Co.'s mill in the northwest part of town runs steadily from four to five days every week, and turns out a large amount of flour and other mill products. A. F. FIELDS is miller, with Walter DYE as assistant. E. L. JACOBS, who had been at Elk Valley, Tenn. in the mountains, for 16 weeks past, for E. L. DAVIS & CO. lumber dealers of Louisville, arrived home last week to remain till after the election. He says that Eastern Tennessee is for McKinley. Harve McLAUGHLIN, who lives near the Cross Lane school house, while digging his crop of sweet potatoes one day last week, dug one which measured four feet in length. He says it was perfect and that the rest of his crop did well. The Standard Oil Co. has Grant PARKER at work grading the high bank on the I street side of its lot, and is covering the slope with crude oil, to keep it from washing. This experiment of "greasing the hill", as the people of that vicinity term it, will be watched with interest. Mrs. Louisa WILSON, of Popcorn, was the guest of Taylor BYERS and family. Mrs. Sam SNOW and children spent Sunday in the country, the guests of Mrs. SNOW's son, Charlie SNOW. Prof. TURNER, Assistant Principal of the Bedford High School, took the Freshman class to the caves Saturday for the purpose of exploring. Marshall RUSSELL put Billy BURKE, the Stem-winder, in jail Monday afternoon, first relieving his pockets of a half pint of tangle foot. The work on the Raglesville gas well is progressing. They are now down over 700 feet, and have passed through a stratum of onyx. – Odon Journal Mr. and Mrs. S. T. HINES, who had been visiting the SHORT and STONE families in this county, to whome they are related, left Monday afternoon, for their home at Sheridan, Mo. A. L. BOYD, one of the leading merchants of the North End, spent Sunday at New Union with his brother, John BOYD, who has been very sick for some time with kidney trouble. Mrs. Martha BROWN, who had been the guest of friends in this city for several days, left for her home at Loogootee, today. She is keeping house for her brother, Lemuel DILLEY. The old folks meeting at the First M. E. church Sunday morning was very impressive to the young and of much pleasure to the old people. Rev. ASBURY made a short address after which the old people testified to Christ and sang old hymns such as "When I Can Read My Title Clear," "I'm a Soldier Of the Cross," without the organ, and had a good old-fashioned handshake before the meeting broke up. W. A. WEBB came in over the S. I. Ry. from a tour west and north, including the cities of Omaha, Neb., Sioux City, Iowa, St. Paul, Minn., Chicago, Ill., and Indianapolis. He reports that the businessmen everywhere are making inquiry about politics in Indiana and are quite enthusiastic for McKinley, expressing the opinion that if a change of administration should take place a panic could not be averted.