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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1891
Page
4
A sermonic record describes Christian conversion and comfort as witnessed by many believers. It recounts personal tests of faith, the final hour’s composure, and the call to testify that Christ’s gospel saves and consoles, with anecdotes of missionaries and dramatic spiritual examples.
J C Richardson felled a bee tree and found honey in a limb with two hollows fifty feet above ground. While extracting from one hollow a six foot chicken snake appeared from the other hollow and was killed. The tree measured about three feet in diameter.
According to the New York Truth a debate arises between a gentleman and an usher. The argument centers on who is the more proper figure, with emphasis on demeanor and speech as the defining trait.
A two year old boy in Seymour dies after drinking whisky left within reach. A silver thimble once owned by Mrs Starr is found in a cow’s liver. Southern Indiana peaches hit markets as factories pause in Muncie. A hack driver Joe Sidmore is killed by a train in Rochester. Prohibitionists meet in Indianapolis on July 23. Dick Malone drowns bathing at North Vernon. Frankfort native Joseph Van Arsdale, born 1813, claims to be oldest Indiana-born resident. Eight Indiana glass factories shut for summer. 800 workers idle. Evansville reports universal employment. A nineteen month old Indianapolis child drowns in a tub. Blacksmith George Von Skark near Norristown badly injured by a horse kick and expected to die. Mount Vernon boy Norville Radcliffe, 12, fires wheat and ends up jailed. Marion conference sets gas field pipelines taxed by size. Willie Hartman, 12, drowns at Aurora. Dan Walker’s barn in Seymour burns with fight mules inside. Mrs Statts’ death investigated in Elkhart. Mrs Henderson of Roanoke loses half jaw to cancer. Big Four parks Bellamy near Brookville as Magnesia Springs. Willie Hauer, 4, fatally crushed by ties at Sneed station. Amos Fanty and wife injured after runaway horse in Shelbyville. No railways in or near Brown County. Nashville county seat has 400 people and a log jail. County sends criminals to penitentiary for years. no sultry local jails.
Diverse real estate listing details numerous farms and parcels around Bloomfield Cavine and surrounding townships. Properties include 2 to 2020 acres with house barns orchards timber and improved land. prices range from 300 to 1500 plus notes about credit and trade. The notice invites buyers and quotes a general sales push.
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