BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 1900 A letter received by a friend announces that Elder A. M. MORRIS, who is sojourning at Colorado Springs, reports a slight improvement in his health. Miss Eva LOVE returned to her home in Bedford, Monday, after several weeks' visit to Mitchell friends and relatives. She will teach at Englewood school this fall and winter. – Mitchell Tribune. William HENDERSON and family, of Vincennes, who have been visiting friends here for several days, are so well pleased with the Stone City that they have decided to move here and make it their permanent home. The A. M. E. people will give their last social during this conference year at the church in North Bedford, Friday night. They will serve ice cream, cake and the usual refreshments. They want everybody in Bedford and the surrounding towns to feel themselves welcome to attend and they assure all a good sociable time. Recruiting Officer BLACK went to Louisville, this morning, with nine recruits, making 12 obtained here. Robert LANE, who passed examination, but was hurt by a fall from a bicycle, is improving, and was in town today. He will probably go to Louisville to be sworn in as soon as he is able. LANE is the finest man physically ever examined here for the service. Albert WILSON and Jacob FINES left Wednesday for Lafayette, to attend the Knight Templars Conclave. Elder E. C. RICHARDSON has closed a very successful meeting at the Weddleville Church of Christ. Frank FARMER arrived here Thursday from Kansas City, being called here by the sickness of his mother. Mrs. Andrew ACTON and children are visiting the families of Louise PENDER and Ed BROWNING, in the country. Eleven members of Co. D 16th Ind. Mounted Infantry met at Col. William HILTON's Thursday, and had a good social time. Isaiah PHIPPS, Capt. Lum MOORE, George and William FLORA, and William SHEPARD, of Mitchell, were in town Thursday. J. M. NEWBY and daughter, Miss Bessie, who had been visiting Mrs. Charley PAYNE, have returned to their home at Kansas City. Mrs. Levi JOHNSON fell and broke her arm Thursday. She is over 80 years old, and the injury is considered more serious on that account. BROWN & ANDERSON, the well drillers, have completed a well for Will VANSICKLE, of North I street, and have gone seven miles in the country to drill a well for Will VANDEVER. A letter from Will ROBERTS, who enlisted at the recruiting office in this city a few days ago, tells his friends that he is now at the barracks at Columbus, O., but has not been assigned to any regiment yet. He will try to get into a regiment in the Philippines, as he has a brother already there. W. H. HARRIS, Cashier of the Second National Bank of New Albany, is in the city with his wife and daughter, the guests of friends. They are enroute home from Trinity Springs. Nicholas EUSHINGER, who had charge of the Indiana Pension office for several years, was in the city on business and returned to Indianapolis Thursday. William O. JETER, accompanied by his daughter and granddaughter, returned to his home at Russiaville, in Howard county, near Kokomo, Thursday. They had been visiting the COSNERS, STALKERS, BROWNS and LEES in Bedford and vicinity. Mr. JETER is 80 years old, and came to Bedford in 1827, when the town was two years old, and he was three. The court house and all residences were then of logs. He became a tanner, and worked at this trade in this city till 1860, when he moved to Howard county. He is a nephew of the late Horatio JETER. Mr. JETER found less than half a dozen of his boyhood acquaintances here, and found the town greatly changed, though some places looked familiar. He is as hale and strong as a man of 60 years.