BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 26, 1900 Sam DAVIS, of Kurtz, was in the city Monday. John EDWARDS was over from Mitchell Tuesday. Miss Ella LEE, of Tunnelton, was in the city Monday. A. C. HUNTER, of Heltonville, was in the city Monday. Miss Gertie GUTHRIE, of near Tunnelton, was in the city. G. B. ROSS, of Heltonville, was in the city Wednesday. Eld. Elisha LEE and son, Daniel LEE, of Ft. Ritner, were in town Friday. Lem HARBAUGH has returned from French Lick, where he has a job of core drilling. Miss Maude REYNOLDS, of Dark Hollow, was in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. James PEARL. Mr. and Mrs. Gus BASS, of Mitchell, were in the city Monday, the guest of friends and relatives. Thad ALLEN, of Tunnelton, was in the city Monday, the guest of his cousin, Charles ALLEN, of West 12th street. Mrs. Elizabeth FISHER, of Bossert, who had been the guest of Miss Amy DOUTHITT, returned to her home Friday. Mrs. Monroe BLACKBURN went to Avoca last Tuesday to attend to the wants of her sister, Mrs. Lorinda BRINEGAR, who is quite ill. Calvin HARMAN, of near Silverville, was here Thursday with a load of produce for E. SEARS, who has a store on West 13th street. E. M. POINDEXTER, of Topeka, Kansas, stopped over here Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. Ale HATFIELD, on his way to Philadelphia. McHenry OWEN was in Mitchell Wednesday, but denies that he went over to learn the truth about Kentucky affairs from a reliable authority. Dr. R. E. MARTIN, of Heltonville, was in the city Wednesday. Mrs. Sallie FERGUSON, who lives at Williams, was in the city trading today. William WAGGONER went to Cale Tuesday, to plaster a house for Henry ROBERTS. Mr. and Mrs. Peter HILL, who had been visiting friends at Bloomington, were in town Monday, on their way to their home at Sanborn, Ind. A. L. HARBISON, Editor of the National Era, at Vincennes, was in the city Saturday, on business. He returned home Saturday night via Gosport. Bob MIERS defeated Col. HARDY in 1896 by 998 votes. He defeated Judge GARDINER two years later by 1,387. His third term will be his Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. ROSS and children, of Heltonville, were in the city Monday visiting Mrs. ROSS's brother, Roscoe McKNIGHT, on North O street. Mr. and Mrs. William B. CALLAHAN, of Odon, who had been visiting Elisha LEE and family at Ft. Ritner, were in town Friday afternoon, on their way home. Henry J. ZELLMAN, of Medora, has bought two lots on 13th and Q streets, and will build two new 4-room cottages. Bart SHORT is putting in the foundations for them. Mrs. Dora CURTIS, who had been visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary MABREY, and other relatives here, for the past four weeks, left Saturday for her home at Muncie, Ind. Mrs. Mary E. BROWN, whose home is in Kansas, was in town Friday night, on her way from Hart county, Kentucky, where she had been visiting, to Williams, where she will be the guest of friends for a time.