BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 3, 1900 Walter GILLETTE, Jr., aged about 16, had one finger cut off and another one badly lacerated with some machinery in the Bent Wood Works, Tuesday evening. Neva and Burrell DIEFENDORF, who had been visiting relatives at Heltonville, passed through Bedford Friday, on route to their home at Campbellsburg. ESTRAYED A pale red heifer calf between four and five months old from my Pleasant Run farm. Reward for its return. Mac SELBY. Miss Shirley SNYDER has returned to her home at Greencastle, after a delightful visit of eight weeks with her sister, Mrs. John TIREY, on South L street. Little green apples have been causing little children no little amount of trouble for some time. – Oolitic News. Nothing "little" about that item. Miss Anna CULPS, of Ames, Iowa, arrived Friday morning to visit her half brother, Tom McAFEE, near Erie, who is seriously sick and not expected to live. Winfred WRIGHT, of Worthington, was in town this forenoon. He had been out to Oolitic working up trade for a wholesale house with which he is connected. Miss Elva BAILEY, who had been visiting the family of George ARD, North Bedford, returned to her home at Shoals Saturday. Trustee Homer WEST is holding a teacher's examination in this city Saturday and County Supt. STIPP is conducting an examination of the same kind at Mitchell. Joe HANNA and family, of West Shoals, who had been the guests of Joe SEWALL, in North Bedford, left this forenoon for Indianapolis, where they will make their future home. Richard WRIGHT, a well known timber merchant, who had been in southern Tennessee for several months, was in town over night and left for his home at Koleen, Friday. Mrs. F. M. McCURDY and daughters, Misses Wyrtis and Ilene, who had been the guests of relatives at Williams for several days, returned to this city Wednesday afternoon. U. F. JOHNSON brought 600 bushels of new oats to town this afternoon, and sold them to DUSSARD, the feed store man. The grain was raised on the JOHNSON farm three miles east of town. A very large new crusher is being placed in position at the Blue Hole quarry. It was made to order and is of much larger capacity than most of the stone crushers in use in this part of the country. Miss Effie VOYLES, who had been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Obe GAINEY, West 12th street, returned to her home a Palmyra Monday, accompanied by Miss Norma GAINEY, who will remain some time. Mrs. Archie MILLER, an aged respected lady living on the corner 17th and L streets, is seriously ill from a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. MILLER is past 76 years of age and her recovery is doubtful. John WOLFE and wife and son, Bert, and family will go to Bedford Saturday and will visit there until Tuesday when Mr. and Mrs. WOLFE will return to Bloomfield and Bert WOLFE and family will go to Washington, D. C. – Bloomfield Democrat. Work will be given at the Quartermasters' depot at Jeffersonville to 1200 sewing women. Col. C. R. BARNETT has been instructed to manufacture 110,000 garments in addition to the previous orders for the army in the Philippines and in China.