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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1891
Page
3
The crank has located Cavens & Isenhow er at the north side of the square and praises their drug dispensing and prescription compounding over the past year. They offer pure drugs at popular prices and have given perfect satisfaction.
Real estate activity rises in Bloomfield Indiana with sales, land offers, millinery arrivals, a new iron bridge, gravel road plans, and talks of a cannery. Notices include loans, farm lands for sale, and local happenings like marriages, school updates, and a county health reminder.
The board of commissioners orders the county treasurer to issue bonds totaling about 16000 dollars to complete the Bee Hunter ditch. Landowners will have six years to pay, instead of the current year. The Goose Pond drainage petition was filed with the county commissioners. Viewers Parker, E Fide Cox and Joseph Moss were appointed to assess viability. A dwelling of Frank Jessup south of Worthington burned at 8:30 pm, loss around 800 dollars. insurance may not cover due to house relocation. District Delegate Assembly schedules monthly sessions at 1 PM. next meeting May 30, 1891 at Lucns.
The column lists marriage licenses issued: George W. Mackey with Raina Ashlingsworth, WmFE Philipps with Mollie A. Pierson, John A. Baldridge with Emily Chapman, James Buin Falony with Brantly Carpenter. It notes Bloomfield has no Crage's Self-Setting Plane dealer and Gage Tool Co. offers 30 days trial from Vineland New Jersey, urging households to request circulars.
The recorder warns that any deed mortgage or other instrument of record with unpaid fees must be paid by June 1 to avoid a fee bill. From March 31, 1991, all instruments must be paid before filing for record to avoid collection actions.
The week brought a severe cold snap with frost on Tuesday that damaged beans grapes and other vulnerable crops. Dry conditions limited losses though fruit damage could still be significant. Snow fell in western Minnesota and the Dakotas while temperatures dropped five degrees below freezing from Massachusetts to Connecticut.
An old advertorial claims the product removes impurities from the system to yield a fair complexion. It contrasts blood purifiers with De Pierce’s remedy, asserting it purges impurities and produces a healthy blood flow and bright skin.
In Greene County town election at Linton last Monday the Democratic ticket won all posts except marshal. Lucien Hixon, Democrat, narrowly defeated Republican J L Lewis for marshal by a two vote margin amid a crowd attending from nearby townships.
The town election attracted little interest with a single ticket. A cow control question passed 55 to 0 with supporters voting to keep cows confined from 5 a m to 8 p m from April 1 to November 1. Officers were Henry Keesler trustee ward 1 73 votes W H H Welch trustee ward 5 163 votes G R Axtell treasurer 174 votes Wom Hay clerk one line shows votes Dixon marshal 91 Meta Waminjority 5 total 236 votes polled.
George Sullivan, secretary of the County Assembly of the F. M. B. A., travels to town with firm views on the county superintendency. A lengthy county report lists school enumeration, gains and losses, and details a spring lodge dispute in Dresden over a township ticket. A court case ends with a $5 fine for Don Hudson as a result of assault charges. Recommendations praise unity and Simmons Liver Regulator is endorsed.
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