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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1900
Page
3
Local items report visitors and residents in town Wednesday including Carl Walls Pearl Fuquay Alex Reid M. N. Moore and others. Several people travel to Indianapolis Urbana and Bloomington for church events reunions and work. A philanthropic prize parade in Seymour and plans for a new government building in Indianapolis are noted. Public notices include Grain-O testimonial from Le Roy New York.
Local residents and visitors are listed in a Bedford town summary with names such as Frank Nuckels, Alex Reid, Pearl Fuquay, Lee Long, Richard Plummer, Rosa Cowan, Samuel Miller, Elliott Edwards, Emanuel Sears, Byers and Boyd, Emma Heath, Reason Martin, Fred Strout, W. L. Julian, Alex Foster, Pat Fullen, Grant Parker, Cora Ferguson, Roy, Enoch Smithers, George Hines, Henry Cox, Eld Kern, Alonzo Hawkins, William Hawkins, George W. Holmes, Frank Armstrong, Henry Kimberly, Julia Work, N. C. Hinsdale, and others. Details include moves, visits, auctions, farm sales, birthdays, and local construction. The piece also features Indiana stone usage in Indianapolis monuments and a political note criticizing congressman Bob Miers, urging support for Wadsworth in the Second District.
Opal Pierce visited Bedford friends from Williams. Burke from Bloomfield visits his daughters in the city. George Heide moved his family from New Albany for work with Dobbins Bros. Campbell recovered from stomach trouble after a long illness. Merchants plan trading checks for premiums at a central office. Martin returns to timekeeping at Consolidated Stone Co. Reid trades Breckinridge farm for N. E. Strout. Charley plans a large poultry venture. About 500 attended the Burton reunion near Mitchell with speeches by Burton, Jordan, and others. Knight’s watch trouble ends as a jeweler winds it. Lawrence county attorneys to start charging for consultations. Preliminary Institute for Shawswick township teachers held at West Side schoolhouse with 17 teachers present and Stipp visiting from Fayetteville.
The Vermont election shows a Republican plurality near 30,000, one of the largest in state history. It marks the second largest pre presidential contest plurality, with 23,869 two years ago and a drop from 38,000 in 1896 noted amid different national tensions.
The Weather Bureau notes warm fair conditions with weekend rains. Corn matures quickly and most is safe from frost damage, tobacco and buckwheat yields look good, tomatoes and pickles abundant, potatoes excellent, apples largely failing except in northern orchards, grapes peaches and pears fair, watermelons widespread, rye sown, fall plowing ongoing, livestock thriving on good pasturage.
The notes report mis demeanor and small crime cases moving to trial including Carmichael vs Crafton. John Pfister was found guilty on assault and battery and provocation with $1 fines. Judge Martin sentenced two older boys to the Reform School. Attley Glover sent there earlier. Attorneys listed for both sides.
Richard Fisher the veteran courthouse janitor was rehired by the board. By Thursday the temperance supporters had 39 names left to reach a majority against the liquor license applicants Joseph N Duncan James Kane Jr Augustus Williamson Otto E Hopper and Fred Brown. Attorneys debated remonstrances while officials continued review past Tuesday night.
The State vs Albert Bowen, charged with stealing a log chain from Tom Fuiz, was bound over to Circuit Court. Twenty eight cases for selling without license moved to Judge Stephenson's Court but postponed due to remonstrance cases. The State ex rel Lela Tipps vs Frank Roberts for bastardy resulted in Roberts being found not guilty and acquitted.
A big Republican rally in Mitchell featured Frank Hanley of Lafayette and J B Wilson of Bloomington with a Bedford Premier Band and Orleans Band. Speakers urged imperialism as a campaign issue, prompting strong turnout from Bedford, Orleans, and Mitchell.
The McKinley Club will meet at the Courthouse Saturday at 7 30 PM where the president will announce committee names and a Rough Riders Club will be organized. All members are urged to attend for speeches and music.
The Anti-Saloon League celebrates a win as Mitchell hosts a large Republican rally with estimated attendance over 3 000 including Bedford band and local dignitaries. Talks touch on Lentz murder case, Sheriff candidate politics, and Madcap local visits as Anselm Wood and others see pension increases and back pay.
Opening prices for wheat corn and hogs show mixed movement with wheat Sept 807 Dec 8315 82% Corn Sept 40 53 40 37 Dec 40 35 40 45 Hogs 24 000 left over market weak to lower Light 5.15 5.50 mixed 5.05 5.55 heavy 5.00 5.42 Cattle barely steady sheep and lambs weak Estimated hogs Thursday 18 000 Closing 80 14 25 ACCESS 40 24
George Wilkinson shipped a car of stock over the B and O to Cincinnati Thursday afternoon. Conductor Fred Hatfield of the SI moved his family to Seymour from Westport and will live on North I street. SI engineers and firemen search for houses as Seymour will be their layover. Engineer George McGinnis of Elnora will move his family to Seymour to command the new SI passenger engine into Terre Haute. Every SI shop department runs at full capacity as trains are prepared for Terre Haute. Ed Meisert, a Wheatland fireman on the B and O, was seriously scalded by a valve blowout and taken to his aunt’s home near Wheatland.
Fort Ritner residents include A. B. Willcox of Tunnelton and Thomas Zollman of Medora with mules. Blacksmith Matt Han ner leaves for Sparksville. Henry Walters from Denison arrives with a clover huller to harvest seed for farmers. Several others, from Bedford and Leesville, visit or travel. The Boyles family cares for a ill child. Uncle Joseph Marshall suffers a hip injury after a ladder fall.
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