BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 5, 1900 T. W. BOX went to Rushville Wednesday to buy a team of black horses for use with a hearse. Mrs. Emanuel SEARS went to Fayetteville Tuesday to attend the bedside of a relative who is very sick. F. T. SHERWOOD, who has been ill for some time with malaria is improving but still confined to his bed. Fred, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John HELMS, is very sick at his home on West 12th street, with typhoid fever. Frank HOOPINGARNER has resigned his position with the Standard Oil Co., and taken his old place with the Mammoth. Marriage licenses have been issued to Ulyses G. NORMAN and Amanda E. CUMMINGS; Jesse O. GREENLUND and Phebe SANDERS. M. TAYLOR, of Odon, is the guest of his old friend, George W. NEEDHAM. He is looking for a location and will move back soon. I desire to say to my friends, through the columns of the MAIL, that I will not be a candidate for Treasurer of Lawrence county on the Prohibition ticket. E. C. CONSALUS. The farmer, who comes to town these days with a load of garden truck, has no trouble at all to sell. A wagon load of potatoes, onions or cabbage is almost as staple as the cash. Two carrier pigeons owned by Morris MAYER were released in Louisville at 10:15 a.m., Monday, and were observed on their cote in this city at 12 o'clock noon. This is fine speed for young birds. Campaign Warming Up. The campaign is beginning to warm up. Lon LAGLE and Al RAY had a fight out on 13th street Tuesday, over politics, during which LAGLE hit RAY with a boulder and "busted" in two of his "slats." John RUSHTON, who was injured at the Bent Wood Works Tuesday morning, is getting along better than was expected and there is a chance for his recovery. He was taken to the home of his sister in Indianapolis on the S. I. Wednesday. Anti-Saloon League. The Bedford Anti-Saloon League met Monday evening and held a successful meeting. The League was permanently organized, stands on a good footing now and receives the best of backing. The organization has firmly resolved to push its work to the best interest of our citizens and the community. J. A. ROWE, Pres. H. A. SEVERINGHAUS, Secy. Elza SIMPSON and William WATSON were here from Martin county on business. George SWAYZEE came up from Indian Springs Tuesday to attend court as a witness. J. R. HUFF and wife, of Indian Springs, were the guests of Joe IKERD and wife, on North J St., Tuesday. Webb HUFF, of Blankenship, was in the city Tuesday, on his way to Paoli, to visit his brother, Hon. McD. HUFF. The Leesville and Fort Ritner ball teams played a matched game Sunday afternoon. The score was 37 to 15 in favor of Ft. Ritner. Taylor BYERS has sold a fine lot of cattle which he raised down on the farm, near Popcorn, to one of the local dealers in this city. Geo. W. HUDSON, who has been ill with spinal disease for several years is very low, and has been unconscious for over a week. Myrtle V. NORTON, of Cleveland, O., formerly of Bliss Business College at Columbus, is here with a view of opening a School of Stenography and Typewriting. Will LaFORCE and George C. CAMPBELL went fishing Monday in Salt creek, catching a fine lot of bass and cat fish. Mr. LaFORCE caught the prize of the day – a 4 pound bass. Marriage licenses have been issued to Homer CLARK and Lizzie CLARK; Elzie KIRKMAN and Joan SARGENT; William HIXON and Nora B. TOLIVER; Harry J. EMERY and Katherine N. DUNIHUE. A three-story stone front, fire-proof hotel of 30 sleeping rooms, besides office, kitchen, dining and sample rooms, is to be built by N. B. HAWKINS, of Portland, Ind., on his 40x160 foot lot at I and 14th streets. S. S. DOMAN will lease the new building. Lecture Course. The opening number of the First Christian Church Entertainment Course for the season of 1900 and 1901 is: 1. The Ottumwas Male Quartette, Oct. 4. 2. Thomas McCLARY, Nov. 28. 3. The Germaine Caveny Co., Nov. 29. 4. Parker Concert Co., Feb. 15. 5. Thomas DINSMORE, March 26. Oscar PETERS, of South I street, got drunk Monday night, and ran his wife off the place with a butcher knife, afterward attempting to cut his own throat, but making a miserable failure of it. He was arrested, but wept so freely that the police allowed him to return to the bosom of his family. He will be required to pay a fine for being disorderly.