Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Republican Progress, October 12, 1881, p. 3. On Saturday last Showers Bros., bought of James Ward, his dwelling house, east of their bedstead factory, and seven town lots, for the extremely low price of $1,000 cash. It is the intention of the firm to build a number of cottages in the spring, to be rented to the men who work in their factory.