BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1900 Robert ISOM, of this city, met with a painful accident this morning. He is employed at the Consolidated quarry, northwest of town, and had places the hooks in the side of a heavy stone being raised by the derrick. Just as the stone was being lifted the hooks slipped and struck ISOM with terrific force on the back of his head. For sometime the injured man was unconscious. The blow made a deep gash about two inches long, but did not injure the skull. – Bloomington Telephone. Jesse R. LONG and two sons came down from Muncie Saturday, and spend Sunday with Mr. LONG's father, David LONG, in the country. Mr. LONG, who is an attorney, returned to Muncie Monday, but the two boys will remain with their grandparents for several weeks. The fine rain Sunday was worth thousands of dollars to the corn growers of Lawrence county. It came just in time to save the crop from serious damage. Ol PIERCE, of Bryantsville, was in the city Monday. Indianapolis, Ind., August 10, - David FISHER, of Columbus, Ind., came here to see Bryan notified, and when tired out sat down on a bench in Military Park. He fell into conversation with a woman who shared the bench with him, and after 10 minutes' talk they discovered they were brother and sister, and had not seen each other for 52 years. The woman was Mrs. Catherine THOMPSON, of this city. Fifty two years ago the FISHERS lived in Bloomington, and the family separated. David tried many times to find his sister, but was never successful until the chance meeting in the park. Most of the property owners throughout the city have cut their weeds and have placed their property in very nice shape. However, many owners of vacant lots allow the weeds to grow high enough to cover a horse's back. They overlap the side walks and look bad. Cut them at once. N. E. STROUT has his new store room on 5th street completed. The shelving and contents are all placed in position, and it is said that a general store will be put in. It had been reported that a Mr. RAMSEY, of Heltonville, would put in a drug store. Rumor says that Mr. STROUT and a Mr. BISHOP, of New Albany, will be the proprietors of the new store, and that they will carry a general line of dry goods, groceries and provisions. Following is the average condition on August 1, of the various products grown in Lawrence county: Corn 105 per cent, oats 90 per cent, tobacco 105 per cent, white potatoes 95 per cent, sweet potatoes 100 per cent, hay 100 per cent, clover hay 75 per cent, pasture 110 per cent, sorghum 105 per cent, and apples 50 per cent. An old citizen states that the greatest wheat failure in this State occurred in 1849. The wheat that year gave promise of a great yield up to the verge of harvest, when it was struck by the rust, rendering it almost worthless either for seed or bread.