BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 1900 ZELMA Mrs. William WHITEHEAD is very sick with blood poison. …. Mrs. Edward KINDRED, of Eclipse, is sick with malaria fever, and her recovery is doubtful. …. Lafayette BYERS, who has been in Illinois for some time, returned home Saturday. …. Lawrence, the son of John M. CONRAD, is very low with typhoid fever. …. The Guthrie Creek cemetery is in bad repair, and it is requested that the citizens who are interested meet there the first Saturday in September. …. Joseph EDWARDS died at the home of George W. CUMMINGS, Saturday, Aug. 18, 1900, of dropsy. He leaves four sons and three daughters. He was a soldier in the 15th Indiana Battery. …. Jacob S. WEAVER and wife, of Fairview, visited relatives near here Sunday. …. On last Thursday lightning struck the kitchen flue of Mrs. Sophia DODD's house. It ran down a distance of a foot below the flue, when it burst through the ceiling and across the table out at the window. Mr. and Mrs. Mack DODD were eating dinner when it occurred, and were severely shocked. Mrs. DODD was absent from home. There was no fire.