BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 1900 WILLIAMS Several from here attended the basket meeting at Old Union Sunday. …. Hubert FERGUSON and Miss Bird WILLIAMS spent Sunday in Bedford, the guests of friends. …. Opal PIERCE was in Odon Friday night. …. Burglars were in our town Saturday night and entered the houses of S. O. McCLUNG and Elza SMITH. They seemed to be in search of food as well as money as they took some boiled ham from McCLUNG's and about $4 in money from SMITH's. …. Miss Sallie GORE, of Silverville, was here Sunday evening, the guest of friends. …. Bert SHORT, of Grammar, spent Sunday at home. ….Amman and Carney KING came up form Elnora Sunday evening, to do some plastering for J. S. WILLIAMS. …. School will begin here next Monday, Sept. 3rd, under the management of Opal ARMSTRONG, of Silverville, for Principal, and Miss MEANS, of Mitchell, for Assistant. …. Those from here who attended the Encampment at Chicago were the following: Wm. MITCHELL and wife, D. A. McCURDY, wife and sons, and S. O. McCLUNG. …. Opal ARMSTRONG has purchased Henry BIRCH's property in North Williams, and will take possession as soon as BIRCH gets out. …. Green KERN and little daughter arrived here Tuesday from Lincoln, Neb., to attend the bedside of his mother who is very low at this writing. …. Miss Edna GORE, of Burns City, left here Wednesday, to visit the family of D. H. GORE, of near Silverville. …. Elias WRIGHT, of Bedford, was here Monday. …. Isaac WILLIAMS was at Bedford Tuesday. …. Herschel MOORE, of (rest of article missing.)