LOCAL NEWS.Sam Grimes is up from Brazil. ; toHarry Snyder is in from Joplin.W heat has dropped to 85 cents perbushels.Dr. A. P. Fitch came over from Lebanon to attend the fair.L»arnum s expense for livery hire in this place will be over $200.John White and wife, of Danville, attended the big fair this week.talt; tii: co cabowl th tr; an pr on T1Dr. Gott is taking a special Bourse of fa study in a hospital of Chicago.Mrs. Anna English, of Denver. Col., is the guest of Mrs. Ed Crane.Harry Potts was over from Decatur,111., this week attending the fair.Lon Hargrave, editor of the Rockville Republican, attended the fair Thursday.) | Miss Jessie Davis left Thursday forBoston, Mass., where she will enter college.Ilt;hiHitiCcn;a i 11: 11:W illiam Carlisle, a Rockville alder j. | man, was a banquet guest Wednesdaytiivtnight.Charley Culbertson and Paul Zimmerman are up from Brazil to attend ! 1a atfIcollege.Dr. J. R. Etter was called to Green castle this week through tin* death of' his father.Ihe father of Rev. R. J. Cunninghamof this city died in Pennsylvania a few days since.Lafayette, Frankfort and Rockville furnished a number of a visitors to our fair this week. ! ^v. InProf. Robt. Gillum, of the Terre HauteXormae, was the guest of Walter Max well this week.All the factories closed down Thursday in order that their employees might spend the day at tin* fair.Mrs. Gyp. Strouse, the versatile associate editor of tin* Rockville Tribune.was a fair visitor Thursday.*The shelving for the bookshas all been put in position and the library building( I will soon be thrown open tothe students.) I Gapt. \V. P. Herron and wife were in ||afayetae Wednesday afternoon to attend the wedding of Mr. Herron's brother.The city engine house on east CollegeiinV.IVS' ( ) Istreet is to be sold. Its appraisers A.D. Thomas. A. 11. Braden and S. C. Kenned v.'JVe I 5 5 ( dvwet( Iz).eT. 11. Ristine and daughter. Miss Fan nie Watson ami Miss Bertie Eastlack were among tne Chicago excursionistsMonday.Mrs. Mattie Nicholson, wife of Dphn Nicholson left this week to join her husband in Colorado, lie having taken up j his residence in that State. i(Hon. Michael Carrol who is construct ing a gravel road in Franklin countywas here this week. Ho expect to compi etc the work in about a month.If’The familiar face of James Inslev will* • * I r IIn.* missed at the fair this voar. Mr. Ins ' ley is still confined to his room from the attack of fever, and will not be out for u sooin davs vet.1if0t(1I((IlttctiatLeslie I hivis’ dramatic Company gave* three very creditable performances at Music Hall this week to very large audiences. d'he company closesits engagement lien* this evening.r »Tlie choir of tlu* Center Presbyterian*church for the ensuing vcar will liei * •composed of Mrs. Dr. Thomas, Miss M. Campbell, Maine Thompson, George Hughes and Harry Rice. Organist, | ^ Miss Me('alland.Dr. Huntsinger has changed his otlice to Dr. McCormick’s Dental oflice over I 'Louie BischotPs store. Will l»e then* Thursday Sept. 17th, (Jet. 1st, 15th and 2d. At Dr. Keleiser’s ojlice. Waveland, s Oct. 2m 1 and 50th until 1.0 o’clock forenoon only.The Hiiosier Athvns. which is Craw-M forasville. ought tlt;» llt;* a iiamed of itself forgetting rattled over a spook scare. The \thenians have lived near the Vhados of 1 * * a 111 long enough to grow accustom'*d 1«» unearthly things. huli a'napoiis Xwwi.The ladies band which has furnished j ^tile music for the fair t his week Lft for *1 m vfjji'j, • j ' . . •; ''|i -X. * V4 . ■ j 1 ■ ' .,ijw . ‘/ife ’• 3 ': 1 * fcvttheir homes a! (Ireenwo xl, tiiis state.last evening. While tin r appearance is 1 somewhat of a no vclt \ and attracts at tention, their music is not perhaps up to the standard expected of first class per formers. 1iThelt;ml\ grat uitioiis and most interest ing portion of the ronm/iTs reception j Wednesday was the' music furnished bv the new band. The occasion went far to show the necessity of a city band, one that will furnish music of the proper sort on state occasions and the city should lend all the aid possible to encourage its permanent organizat ion.lt;