BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, NOV. 2, 1900 RAILROAD RACQUET Fireman Charlie BROWNSCOMBE, who had been laying off for a week in order to get married, returned to Terre Haute Tuesday to resume his run. Conductor James P. HUFFMAN, of the Southern Indiana, will leave Friday for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will take treatment for sciatic rheumatism, from which he has been a severe sufferer. The S. I. will build a branch seven miles in length from Jasonville to Jackson Hill on the E. & T. H. By this they will touch the richest coal fields in Indiana. John S. WILSON, who recently went to work as a Freight Brakeman on the Monon, has been given a position as Passenger Brakeman, running between Chicago and Louisville. The Southern railroad has followed the example of the B. & O. and prohibited employees from talking politics. The Big Four has tabooed the wearing of campaign buttons. The workers are free – to quit their jobs if they don't like the rules. County Surveyor W. H. RIGHTS is in receipt of a letter from John R. WALSH, owner and President of the Southern Indiana Railway Co., which states that the road will not be extended from Azalia to Columbus. Mr. WALSH said he had been here, had looked over the ground thoroughly, and was convinced that he did not care to extend his road to this city. – Columbus Republican.