BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, NOV. 2, 1900 Oscar DAVIS returned Monday from Willow Valley, where he has been for the past few days visiting friends and relatives. Miss Dessie DODD, who had been visiting relatives in Illinois, was in town Tuesday, on her way to her home at Springville. A telephone has been placed in MESSICK & DODD's drug store. Those who want NORGAN's cab should send in word to that place. Miss Ida HALL, who has been visiting her sister at Indianapolis, passed through the city this morning, going to her home in Bedford. – Seymour Democrat. Bishop FRANCIS, of the Episcopal church, assisted by Archdeacon COOK and Rev. Mr. FOX, all of Bloomington, will conduct a service at the Presbyterian church on All Saints day, Thursday, Nov. 1, 1900, at 7:30 p.m. All are invited. John W. HUDSON, the Real Estate man, has sold another fine farm of 140 acres and one thousand dollars worth of personal property for Ed GARVEY to Arthur JACKSON, price paid $2,750 cash. If parties don't want their property sold they had better not put it in HUDSON's hands. C. C. WILLIAMSON went to Heltonville Monday, where he is building a 3 room house for Geo. M. FOSTER. The ladies of the Baptist church will serve dinner Saturday to the big crowd gathered to do honor to McKinley. Luther FIELDS, of Williams, was in town Wednesday, making a delivery of fruit trees for the Bloomfield Nurseries. George HAMILTON, of Georgia, Ind., was in town last Friday on his way to Monroe county, to visit relatives over Sunday. The Christian Endeavors of the First Christian church will serve lunch on the southwest corner of the square Saturday, Nov. 3d. D. B. GUTHRIE, who had been building gravel roads near Bridgton, Ind., has arrived home, having about completed the work. There were 14 additions Wednesday night at the Pinhook revival. Mr. SMALL will preach again there tonight and tomorrow night. Frank THRASHER, who has been running a band-saw at the saw-mill at Ft. Ritner, was in town last week, on his way to his home at Ellettsville. J. J. KERN, who had been visiting relatives at Fayetteville, Coxton and Williams since Saturday, left Saturday for his home at Lebanon, in Boone county. Bedford will know who will be the next President at the same time all other cities know. The only public exhibition of complete returns at the Grand Opera House. Ezekiel SMITH, who came here Sunday, to visit his mother, Mrs. Susan SMITH, near Red Cross, returned to his home at Ilene, Greene county, Wednesday noon. Mrs. SMITH, who is an old lady, suffered a fall several days ago, and has been ill since. Mr. and Mrs. John L. WOODWARD, of Linton, who had been visiting the families of Jesse TURPIN and John MADDUX here, returned home Friday afternoon. Mr. WOODWARD thinks of buying a farm near Bedford. The MAIL urges upon all voters the duty of voting for the two constitutional amendments. They are favored by the leaders of both parties, and their adoption will be of importance to the State. Make a cross in the first square under each amendment on the small white ticket. The Pentecost people are building a parsonage in the rear of their church house on I street. Mrs. D. W. BEASLEY, of Coxton, has been quite ill for over two weeks with stomach trouble. Dr. A. J. McDONALD went to Red Cross Tuesday to set a broken leg for Arthur SHEEKS. The injury was received that morning. The Ladies of the First Christian church will serve dinner on Election day in the room recently vacated by DOBBINS' Wholesale Store. G. L. WILKING, the carpenter, of Williams, was in town last week buying materials for a new 6 room house he is building at Williams for Dode SHORT. Matthew QUACKENBUSH, who had been visiting his half brother, Henry QUACKENBUSH, near this city, returned to his home in Newberry Saturday. BUCHANAN & SEARS have one of the neatest grocery stores in the country. Their two salesmen, Ben NICHOLSON and Jim STEPHENSON, are both first class men. Mrs. J. D. MOOREHEAD, who had been visiting her brother, Homer GUTHRIE, and family, in this city, returned to her home in Robinson, Ill., Saturday. A. HITCHCOCK, of Denver, Col., who had been visiting Owensburg friends for a few days, arrived here last week to visit W. T. COLE and family. Mr. HITCHCOCK is in the mining business in Colorado. Elder David M. BROWN, of the Church of Christ at Weddleville, has just closed a week's meeting at Springville and is in town today, enroute to Williams, where he will preach tomorrow at the Church of Christ. John HUFF has received a letter from the Medical Department of the U. S. Army, stating that Barry HUFF, of the U. S. Volunteers, who was sent from Manila to the Insane Hospital at Washington, D. C., is recovering rapidly, and will probably soon be discharged. A well know quarryman mopped up the street with a prominent East Side professional man, about 7:30 Monday evening. Neither party was inclined to offer explanations to the crowd which gathered, and people were left to draw their own conclusions. The police took the names of witness to the farcas.