BEDFORD MAIL FRIDAY JANUARY 1, 1897 UN-NAMED township - MISC INFO. pg. 2 MARRIAGE OF WILL B. RILEY The Indianapolis Journal of Dec. 25 says: "The marriage of Miss Lottie M. GROSS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. GROSS, and Mr. William B. RILEY took place last evening at the home of the brides parents on Hendricks street in the presence of the immediate family. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. M. WHITSETT. The rooms were decorated with palms and white chrysanthemums. The bride wore a traveling gown of blue cloth and carried a single American Beauty rose. A wedding supper followed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. RILEY left last night for St. Louis to spend a few days. They will be home after Jan. 1, at No. 32 Hendricks Street. Mr. RILEY formerly lived in Bedford, and is a nephew of Mrs. William ERWIN. ****************** The Raglesville correspondent has the following to say in the Elnora Tribune: " few of the people have the impression that the track of the Evansville & Richmond railroad is going to be torn up from Elnora to Burns City, and be rebuilt from the last named place, through Raglesville, Cornettsville and from there, either to Washington or on west to the E & I. The people are wonderfully elated over the prospect of having a railroad pass through here." ... ***lost sentence***, ...in Perry and Marion townships. A survey was ordered for several roads in Pleasant Run Township. The completion of the new roads and their use has aroused an interest in the townships that have no roads and they are getting ready for the improvement. It is not generally understood that under the law, all the new pikes are to be kept up by the county, not by the townships and districts as are the common roads. **************** TOO MANY TEACHERS A Philadelphia Paper Discusses a Recent Indiana Report. In the annual report of the President of the Indiana State Normal School the assertion is made that the State is suffering from a surplus of teachers. This statement leads some of the Chicago newspapers to say that the suffering from this condition of thing is not confined to Indiana and that in many States of the West there is an over production of teachers. The multiplicity of so-called medical colleges in various parts of the country became at one time such an evil that stringent flaws were passed regulating their establishment and growth of normal schools in some parts of the West has been equally alarming to the minds of educators In these days of restlessness and ambition many of the sons and daughters of farmers have become dissatisfied with their lot, and have been readily attracted by plausible stories sent out by the founders of "normal" colleges, and the alluring promises they make as to the future of their pupils. The makers of these promises declare that they... *lost sentence*** ...life work to which they propose to devote themselves, but that they have acquired knowledge and culture, then they are deserving of diplomas, and neither the physical nor intellectual health of those whom they intend to look after will be likely to suffer. A grave responsibility attaches itself to a teacher who seeks to prepare mend and women to vocations, the right exercise of which may make or mar the life of communities - Philadelphia Inquirer. ************* The Thompson & Chute Soap Co., of Toledo, Ohio, have paid to the Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist church of Bedford, Ind., twenty-five dollars, for the can ass they have made in the interest of "Silver Soap" 200 Signatures having been secured of ladies residing in Bedford, who have agreed to use the soap, provided they found it as good as guaranteed. The soap is now on the market, and it of excellent quality and it is to be hoped that all who signed the contract will be conscientious in the fulfillment of it. **************** ...cus of 83 members. The friends of Mr. McKEEN say that he will have 28 votes and that there are about 20 more members who are either not committed to anybody or are for WALLACE, BROWNLEE, or TAYLOR. One of the friends of Mr. FAIRBANKS remarked to me the other day, as he looked over a printed list of the members: "I don't see how it is possible to beat our man. I am not on the inside of his canvass and don't know from what members Mr. WISHARD has pledges or assurances of any kind, but I can mark off at least 55 men who will vote for MR. FAIRBANKS when it comes to a showdown, after the speakership is out of the way and the minor candidates have received a complimentary vote. He marked the following names: Senators BALL, BETHOL, BOZEMAN, GOCHENOUR, GOSTLIN, GILBERT, GOAR, GOODWINE, HOUHTON, HAWKINS, HUGG, LEICH, MULL, McCORD, NEW, NEWBY, PHARES, SHIVELY, SELF, WATSON, WHITE, AND WOOD: Representatives BABCOCK, BUTLER, ELLIOTT of Henry, ELLIOTT of Marion, GODDARD, GIBSON, HALL, HART of Huntington, HENDERSON, HARRIS, HUBBARD, HICKS, JONES, KNEPPER, KRATZ, LAMBERT, LIUCK, LITTLETON, MEDSKER, MORRIS, McCREA, POCKINPAUGH, PET*IT RANDOLPH, ROSS, ROOTS, SCHRADER, SHIDELER, SPOONER, THOMAS, WILLOUGHBY, WILLIAMS AND WOODRUFF. Naturally the friends of McKEEN and the other candidates will not agree that the list is anywhere near right. If they did they might as well quit. "I am not interested in the making of the canvas of any of the men mentioned," said a politician who is friendly to the McKean side of the contest, "and do not know what assurances have been given to either side, but I think I know enough about the situation to name enough men who are either friendly to one of the field or not committed to any candidate to show that nobody has a majority of the caucus," and he the following: Senators BALL, BOZEMAN, COLLETT, DUNCAN, EARLEY, GOCHENOUR, GOSTLIN, HOGATE, HOLLER, HUBBELL, JOHNSON OF Madison, KERNS, LaFOLLSTTE, O'BRIAN, SHIVELY, SCHUECK, SELF AND WOOD; Representatives ARCHIBALD, BABCOCK, BARLOW, BERRY, BLANKENSHIP, BUTLER, FORNSHELL, FUR*NESS, HALL, HARRIS, JORNEGAN, KUEPPER, LAMBERT, LINCK, MEDSKER, MONYHAN, MORGAN, McCREA, NEWTON, NICHOLSON, PACKARD, PATTERSON, RANDOLPH, RIFENBERG, REESE or ROOSE, SHIDELOR, SMITH, STETLER, AND WILLIAMS." THE VALUE IN THESE TWO LISTS LIES IN THE FACT THAT BY SUBSTRACTING FROM EACH ONE OF THE NAMES DUPLICATED IN BOTH LIST ONE CAN COME PRETTY NEAR GETTING AT THE MEN WHO ARE SO SURELY FOR ONE CANDIDATE OR THE OTHER THAT THEY DO NOT EVEN FLIRT WITH "THE OTHER FELLOWS." *************** .. the question of the first apointment he will be called upon to make for any of boards of control, that of a successor to Miss Laura REAM on the board of the female reformatory. He announced is an interview that Miss REAM will succeed herself. The new governor has leased a modest and comfortable residence on College avenue, one of the pleasantest residence streets in the city 0 not a 'swell' street, but one much sought after by the well-to-do middle class of people. It is a two-story brick house with a wide veranda on two sides and looks out upon the spacious grounds of the orphanage. He also decided while here upon the details of the inauguration, which will be a very simple ceremony conducted in the mail corridor of the statehouse. A platform will be erected there to hold about 50 people and members of the legislature will be seated in front of it. Governor MATTHEWS will escort his successor from his hotel at noon and the oath will be administered by Chief Justice ! JORDAN of the supreme court, after which Governor MOUNT will deliver a brief inaugural address. In the evening an informal reception to the people will be held in the parlors at the statehouse. While here Governor MOUNT dampened somewhat the ardor of polities of the various cities of the state who wan to see changes made in the metropolitan police boards right away by saying that he would hesitate a good while before interfering in local affairs. The boards are Democratic now and it is likely that in the course of time their political complexion will be changed, but it is evident that the new governor proposes to take his time to find out who are the right men to go on the boards in the various cities. He also expressed the hope that the legislature could see its way clear to provide for a board of pardons to make recommendations to the governor in pardon cases. There are enough documents on file in the 600 pardon cases now pending in the governor's office to keep the governor busy half his term reading them. While there has been nothing in the nature of a formal caucus there has been a great deal of conferring among members of the legislature and party leaders during the past week, and it is pretty well agreed that the following important measures will be passed at the coming session: 1. A legislative apportionment, as required by the constitution to be made every six years. The supreme court has thrown such limitations about this work in its recent decisions that it will be no easy matter to make apportionment that will pass muster. However, no less then 25 inspiring statesmen are trying their hands at it and the apportionment committee will have plenty of material to choose from. 2. A measure regulating bailing and loan associations in such a way as to protect the stockholders from officers who are not looking for the worst of it and to put the associations upon a firmer footing. It is likely that the bill finally passed will be modeled pretty closely after the measure suggested by the commissions appointed under a resolution of the last legislature. 3. A change in the election law, designed to prevent political committees of the minor parties selling out to the highest bidder and then getting the tickets on the official ballot in such shape as to make their sale effective. This will probably be reached by an amendment making it clear that the name of a man can appear but once upon the official ballot. It is not unlikely that some stops may be taken at this session toward voting by machine. 4. The usual tax levies and appropriation bills, so framed with an eye to economy that the state can continue the excellent record of debt paying it has made during the past year. People who are yearning to raid the treasury will find they have undertaken a rather difficult job. Aside from these, the legislature will be asked to pass a general education bill, an anti trust law, a medical bill, a pharmacy law and a measure overhauling the sanitary laws of the state ********** A very healthy boom has been started for Addison C. HARRIS for attorney general in McKINLEY's cabinet. He is one of the men upon whom all Indiana Republicans could unite, and it is said that the president-elect looks with favor upon the suggestion of giving Indiana a place in the cabinet. Mr. HARRIS is on e of the best known lawyers in the state and, while he has always given excellent **** the stump, he has never mixed actively in political management or taken sides in the various contests within the party. Volunteer: Janie