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The Weekly Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • 5

The Weekly Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • 5

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THE WEEKLY PANTAGRAPK NOVEMBER 6 1891 5 THE DROUTH SHORT PARAGRAPHS Ponds na THE ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS 301 303 North Main st Dloomington Ill CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS HARD AND SOT COAL NORMAL LOCAL NOTICES Dr fl flUbbard PROESSIONAL a (UVIN KAtltCILX ASTON TRAKK HALL 26 TH SEMI ANNUAL DIVIDEND itado Me wail thlnklHt that Gordo afedopcrW Jr low prioes Phintixo aki Station bkv Co LIME CEMENT AND HAIR lTtn iiQuora lor nne mvnUBoMfon ally briciljr vfeiuar tin city KNEE PANTS bori and for the custody of the two ctdldreo jyULAXK HlMimMN Illinois the Trt cures dye pepua and sk Uhomd yimln and atm doctor' Ulla flttW lots and 6 In block 4 in Daria ad dittos to Bloom Injton Robert Bryant has sold to Alice IL Bioomivctos Ill Nov 5 BBL erilM of the director of Dm National State bank held November A a IMG PANTS than one of our contemporaries have alluded facetiously to the powder There is no war of the acter indicated A certain baking powder achieved fume liccause it was belter than anything that had previously been pre pared and because ii was advertised in a ilbcTiJ original and judicious maimer 'I he success of thia iuwder led to imitation as success always does but to assert or to mU nmto that there is war between the Koval baking powder and Its more or less loiibie imitators suggests the picture of a death grapple between an eagle and a house fly Hacking couch ran be quickly dartd ty bblluh's core gUMruxU it 1 Dunv Jc Gk draggUu and jeweko Btooedagtaa BRANCH YARD: Corner Lee and Taylor sts PLANING MILL AND OICE: 511 NORTH CENTER ST BLOOMINGTON ILL tomorrow Air Newell was the father of Air George Kincaid of the Woedmuu bank at armer City Black Phoenix Worsted only $150 ancy Plaid Cassimere only $200 All Wool Cassimere only $300 Extra Wool Cassimere only $400 Jersey Suits from $300 to $700 Black Phoenix Worsted only $250 ancy igured Union only $300 ancy igured Worsted only $350 ancy Plaid Cassimere only $400 Extra Plaid Cassimere only $500 is ex oi particular Come now and make your selection from onr large stock of Overcoats and Ulsters as we have what will please you Slay liulhl a New Church business meeting of the congregat ion of tho irst PresbyUmian congregation was hold Monday evening nt tho church The question of building a new church orre puiring the old one was discussed and the concensus of opinion was in favor of erect ing a new oho Mr George 1' Davis who has boon a member of tho congregation sinco babyhood arose and submitted a proposition which greatly enthused those present He said he was authorized to of fer $5000 on behalf of himself and wife by Mr and Mrs Swayne and $2500 by Mrs James Robinson and family towards a new church provided tho rest of the oougregiUiou would raise au equal sum $12500 thus assuring an edilicu to cost $25000 Messrs John Chisholm II Sensenoy Geo Cox Porter Wakefield and Johnson were ap pointed as a committee to see if tho neces sary $12500 can bo raised Tho congrega tion is enthusiastic and there is but little doubt that tho necessary money will bo quickly forthcoming and that a new $25000 church will bo commenced in the spring Mr Ulta Barrow naked the circuit court fora dirorre (ran her bus bud IL Harrow Hine people live in Lexington where they were niUTied Iks cnnbcvA The wtuan allege drunk They know they buy from manufacturers They know they save the profit They know all goods are as represented They know we sell strictly at one price They know all goods are marked in plain figures They know we are reliable in every way And for these reasons they come and trade with us A oor Season for Honey men in this vicinity universally say that this has been an exceedingly jmor season for the gathering and storing of honey Tho dry weather of the Rummer and fall prevented tho usual largo crop of clover blnssoins from maturing and as this in thiscountry is the great dependence of bee men tho failure will Im) nearly com plete Nearly every aparist in central Illi nois is preparing to feed his bees arid sev eral have already purchased barrels of sugar notably Air Henry unk who re sides ten miles northwest of the city and who has this week purchased four barrels of sugar to feed his bees on this winter Another thing that affects the honey this year is the large amount of honey dew that was un tho leaves Ibis year Tho bees gather this stuff which makes the honey very black and gives it a disagreeable taste and so what little honey there is this year is not very good Death of Mrs Kato Sweeney noon Tuesday occurred tho death of Mrs Kate Sweeney at her residence No 5zi) West Jackson street She received a severe fall five wks ago and it was the effects of this fall that caused her death it is said or thirty five years she had lived in this city having come hero from Nvw York She was 70 years of age Her lv surviving relatives hero arc her daughter Airs John inn ami her grand daughter Miss Kate Moyer Airs Sweeney had been making her homo with her son in law for several years Standing om A blare long period of dry weather is work ing much Injury to the farmer wells are failing and iuanj streams arc longer run ning and many farmers arc seriously in cunventeDcedby thclack of water Pastures and meadows have long since failed and fires are now much dreaded Yesterday afternoon a spark from a passing engine ou he Big our railroad set fire to a forty aero field of standing corn two miles west of tho city and a Urge part of it was destroyed before the neighbors who quickly gathered could by plowing large furrows stop the further progress of the flames A New Post office in 31c Lean County new postoffice has been started a South Downs about equal distance from Downs Lytlevilie and Heyworth This office which is what Is known as a star route is the result of the untiring efforts of James AlcManus there are now crying aloud for a blacksmith and for a carpenter been sustained danger is of course day rapidly increasing Attorney and Counsellor at Law Over Itank Bfonmiwtao lit MID practice aU Ute iune wuz prriai attrn laa to Oiniiurri id lv al litigation VoUrrtuma and Srtih mr ri rf JlWAni BAR KT Attorney and Counsellor at Law 11? X5rth Main st Btoomihftoa lit Special at nduQ io( jinrrcial Liiuon SriUtmeiiUul Estates and ait Lnua or legal buvimwa Ed Wilson who has been seriously 111 for some time is able to bo about again Ezra Sprague and Will Reed have gone to ulton Mo from which place they will ship a Lord of cattle Air Herbert Hicks who has been visit ing nt liis home in Rockford for a couple of weeks is again back in school Mr Clark father of Airs Denning' is quite ill Mr Clark is in his 94lh year and his recovery is rather doubtful Will Cook of Twin Grove yester day contracted with Capt Augustine for a work in the tree business Jennie Bowles on yesterday let the contract to Mr Edmunds for a $2000 house to be built just south of Mr James Wheeler on the Wcrt Side David Curtis who has been in the state of Washington for the past live years returned to Nonna! with her family yester day and will remain here pemanently Mr Curtis is much taken with the western cli mate but thinks there is no place like Illi nois for farming Philadelphian society tendered a special programme in honor of Dr Hewett Saturday night A beautiful basket of flowers and a souvenir poem was pre sented to he doctor and in reply he made some very appropriate remarks Tuesday morning at her homo on North School struct occurred the death of Mrs Catherine Ruhl Tho remains have been taken to Tqadca 111 for interment Mrs Ruhl was S3 years years old mid the cause of her death was probably old age Seth Livingston loaded his car of household goods Tuesday and he and his sun Bert left for their future home lust evening in southwestern Aliwuri where Mr Livingston recently purchased aline farm Mrs Livingston and her daughter will remain here until riday evening about 7:80 tho people of Normal were quite badly scared by the fire alarm being sounded and soon the whole town turned out to help extin guish the flames which were uonsuimm a couple nf stables just north of the old rink Not much damage was done as the engine arrived about the time the fire had de stroyed the stables but in time to save tho surrounding projierty which wast hreatened on account of tho strong wind which was blowing in that direction North BMrfflrtnrvm HL Another Worthy of or it is with great satisfaction that we receive the acknowledgment of the community that the Radiant Home is the best bard coal heater in the market we do not want I hem to forget that we lmL an other equal success for the kitchen It is the Climax It is more than satis factory wherever in use Wo vouch for them in all th3 requirements of eookim? Read Bno Rest Ont of Three was the division of throe cranmlU teca at the Prkx scbuul i uuse in averting one of those sweet toned Estey onrans of Scott tn a spirited contest with Alason Hamlin and Lakeside organs McLean County and Central Sufl'erhiff Severely from Scarcity' of Water Death of Mr Newell at armer City Newell died Wednesday at his resi dence near anner City Some three weeks ago lie received a stroke of paralysis which disease finally caused his death Air Mr Newell was G5 years old and had re sided at armer City for twenty years He was a graduate of Washington and Jeffer son college antwas formerly a Presbyteri an clergyman until caused by throat trouble to cease preaching The funeral will be held today at the family residence but the in terment will be at Indian Point renietery John Crayon Portraits PxNTaoitMu rejMirter yesterday in spected a number of fine crayon portraits at the tho studio of enwick North Main stn'ct They were the highest of art being smooth soft and exceedingly Hfc liko Mr kVnwick has also put in a largcstock of elegant frames Nothing is more appropriate for a holiday present than a line crayon portrait Leave our urdvr now before the rush Real Ktte Sales Packard has sold to Miriam A Maywood for 430 lot No It in Begor's addition to this city Turlrejra Tsrkeya Tarkrys thousand turkeys wanted at Patton Bros ear 512 South Main street from November to 20 Bring in only the fat turkeys The thin ones will be fat and wanted for holidays Wo always pay the highest price for all kinds of poultry and A Double Death A terrible double death occurred Tues day afternoon at about 4 on tho farm of Mr John Donahue four miles northwest of Wapella Mr William Cox aged 50 and his sou William aged were engaged In sinking a well Air Cox was at the time above and was drawing up the bucket The son William was down in the well digging when he felt the effects of gas He immediately signaled to his father to pull him up which the father commenced to do When the young man had been raised up only about ten feet he fell out of the bucket ad The father not quite re alizing the terrible danger immediately went down in the bucket to bring up his son Hr started up with the dead body of his son in his arms but alter ascending about ten feet he also died and both bodies fell to tho bottom of the fateful well Ncighljors soon gathered and were horri fied to see the dead bodies of father and son lying in two or three feet of water bodies were finally gotten out by means of long hooks as no one of course dared risk his life going down into the deadly gas Mr Cox sr was an old resident of De Witt county and was a hard working and highly resected man The young man hud a promising future before him and was a person of nineh ability and of good habits The entire community is of course greatly shocked at this terrible double tragedy Cliff Carroll the base ball player is home from his Indiana trip Saltonstall of Tremont is visiting her daughter Airs Dan Holder vf thiscity Craig Vanordstrand shipped one carload of good hogs from Heyworth to Chicago Tuesday James Woodworth of Lexington sold 115 heavy hogs Alonday at Chicago for $415 per 100 poun Dr James Al Miller went to Dwight last evening to take a course of treatment at tho Keeley institute few peaches now in the market are sickly looking little things and tho last of the crop will soon be out of sight new building at the poor farm is now completed and will be ready in a day or two fur acceptance by the committee ear corn is up to 37 cents for 75 pounds in large lots A single wagon load lor feud would cost several cunts more Naffziger has sold a 160 acre farm three miles north of Stanford tn Mr Henry Schroeder of Aliuier for $83 per High Wafer mark Tlie saloons of Bloomington hare this mont reached their high water mark in respect to numerical strength Sixty has heretofore been the highest number payinglirepsc Last month sixty one saloons paid each their $50 and of this number so far not one has dropped by the wayside and asked for rebate on account of going out of business The sixty lino has for a lung time been looked upon by the city officials as the or limit iieyond which there was no ronin for another gin mill It seems likely they think at city headquarters that thesixty ono have conic to stay The regular monthly income from liquor licenses is therefore $3050 Indicating a yearly income from this source of There is now in the city of Bloomington whose population is 22243 one saloon to every 305 men women and children It is therefore not likely that any who seek for the quiet the benumb or tho overpowering must go athirst If he lias the wherewith was ddared payable to the Oa and after N'nvenihrr Axvrs EL UrmUT Const able Bare nf Col fat Mondaytonk in ohxrrv an ofil vnmaa whoraM hernatne wa Clark and whe is rnbein law Nho wu wandmng xtout Ue country end fmagired that frgkrr end trying to mb ItrJ KLutaims JY i ria for ber bocne but Vrli probably ba vw Some Cldcago Stock Notes will be lots of wanned up cattle as a result of the timidity of cattlemen about full feeding corn Itecdpte offcattle at Chicago for tho past ten months 2678856 head riiowinjr a decrease of 264211) head compared with last his receipts of cattle are so far the largest but one on record Dis about time for them who croak about Chicago her on the catlk trade to take a rm Edridge hail sold to Robert Bryufi lot 1 block 1 Io Semtsary to Ifioomi gton Judge Daria estate has sold far to Lucy Morgan lot 2 in block 1 ta secund addllkn to Bloomington tVoolcn Mill Htore ive quarter wool blankets 1375 to Wool flannels from 25c a yard up All grades of yarns from 5c up Wool hosiery from 2i)c a piir up Winter underwear from 35c up Wool skirts from $100 up tkitton flannels from Gc a yard up Gloves and mittens all prices and every thing in staple dry giMwis nt the lowest prices in the city 408 North Main street Allison Hitch Proprietor Living qvraUGrsaro west esteemed by every mid! brent tnaa and ranirawMU cf I La liver ftcniafh and bure eH sprUly preset to us the linng qae chaining relief al oace fouml Wle and Contented who make up their minds to huy tho Postal Erllise cook stove arc certainly very wise They arc also contented ufk they have purchased and used it It is by a I odds th bust In the market Call and tteu it nt Howard Kirk Patrick's 5UG 522 and North Main street Cisterns Wells Rivers Creeks and Dry as Powder The Drouth in City and Country KOmM4O Attorney al Law of all kinds will recctro prompt at tern km OMHrttw and ih Srithug of Estates a ialtv Musrv iAtauiMLintM ratfst Of Lulu IS North L'eulcr lul Uxte bqiiara Inconvenience the drying out in unit Old But Excellent Benmii Green the wholesalo saddlery merchant who is known as one of tho must enthusiastic amateur horsemen and best Judges of blooded horses in these parts is feeling pretty comfortable and complacent just now over his possession of a high bred brood mare and wo of her progeny in whose future secs sjK'ed that may have something to do in the way of record breaking Two years ago Air Green attended a horse salo by Col Withers in Kentucky and there bought the brood mare Medusa for about $506 Medusa was then IS years old bho is by Almont SI first dam Lady Curry by Pilot Jr Medusa la the dam of Alabaster the stal lion that at 4 years made a record of 2:15 at Independence distancing Ml his com petitors The owner of Alabaster was offered and refused J30(X for stallion Kist winte Alabaster died rom Medusa Mr Green has now two iron gray fillies by which ho sets great store One Is a suck lirg the other a yearling' or the latter he has refused 000 A few days ago Air Green leased Muluss to IX Myera nf Oakland Cal a noted horseman to bo bred to Ited VVilkro tho coll to bo Mr property or this lease Mr MyersKiys Mr Green and pays the expenses of keeping the mare for eighteen mouths Over In Champaign Champaign Nov Tho long expected relief from a scarcity of water has not yet come in this county 'Die rainfall here in the past four months has been only inches and in the fifteen months ended with October 31st last the rainfall was only 24 inches Tho result ha been very baffling to wheat seed ing this fall and was sown has do very little good Wells are dry every where and a hard winter would bring much embarrassment on this account The gath ering of the corn crop was never before so far advanced at thia date All hands are in the fields and help is scarce Several of the country schools have been dismissed to allow tho children to assist in the corn fields Attortsey at La'W ADdSonel In Chancery Prattle fa tH uafi bn LHirkj titoi Ifiuimiucto IU Daniel of West Chest nut street starts Saturday for a trip toMaysville Ky for the purpose of buying some fine horses Mr Isaac Dawson a well known and well to do farmer of Downs is about to move from the country intending to make his future home in this city Mr Charles Lubbe of Normal has re turned from a visit in rance his native i laud He ran over in Juno and since then has visiting his parents and other rela tives Eight elm trees have been set out in front of tho Christian church The large chimney going up from the parlor of this church has been raised twelve feet so as to afford a better draft Al Newell of Minonk who represents the Twentieth senatorial district is in the city the guest of Hon John Eddy Air Newell is prominently mentioned us a candidate for Attorney general uu the demo cratic ticket The chestnuts scon at the stores come from Pennsylvania and wholesale for $5 per bushel The cro is a peer one this year ich accounts for tho high price Two years ago the crop brought only a little over a dollar per bushel here Mr AmixV Bateman of Texas but formerly of Kappa was married in this rny last week to miss isaney itnoaes The ceremony was performed by Rev Gilliland of the Christian church The groom is 47 and the bridu 43 Robinson of Beadle county South Dakota who has been visiting rela tives and friends here since September 25 will return homo Monday lie reports crops and times as being very poor in South Dakota and money very scarce Mr Robinson formerly resided in Oak Grove Alverson of this city has been appointed by the state board of live stock commissioners an'assistant state vet erinarian Twenty one glandered horses were killed in the state in October iu Cook county ten Adams and Pike two each and Woodford LaSalle and Bureau one each Depew the lad who was in jured some weeks aro bv a motor on the South Hill street car line is still in bed but is recovering steadily Sad to say how ever ho will almost beyond a doubt bo a cripple for life Thosynovul watei esca ped from tho right knee joint which will prob ably cause the Joint to be permanently stiff and tho leg will bo shorter than the uuier Vr To Perry Chism has returned to bis borne in Hudson from a prospecting trip in Iowa Whde thcra he met with a painful acvkhtnl by Jumping off a moving train HU foot fdl Ufidcr toe car wheel aou bo kat fmir toea Light Weight Stock to Chicago tho causes tho avcragei weight of cattle received at Chicago lat ftiouih was tlic lightest on record' being only pound or fully 150 telowihcyrarty averairo wrighfi This fa 1 1 tbti result of the vast number of native thin slck atecra ard Tcxe cattle thrown on the mar ket TbK In con octi ton with the fact that the October arerage wrwfit of was only 127 pound the lightest on record for the tenth menth nnd lint fact that about the same ronditton existed In theshovp trade show that the pcApIa think more of the grain than of the sux he sheen begun vpnci the tower whteh la to adore the Swedish Izitberas church It will baa tasteful addition and will be the special architre ureal pride of the able pastor Her Karl IMereeo DUric far isst If you want to keep straight taring the aext year krepa diary We have toots tn every aiae sad style ef Uodiag at special Granted a Divwrce Monday the circuit court grants a dlvnree to Mrs Itogers from her huiMt i Mr Hcerv A Rogers The cee4e are web kaowa and quite prominent Thompson for shoes your jewelry at Walker Stubble field's you want a baxgain in a cloak get it at See Walker Stubblefield west of square for watch repairing heavy all wool school hose at 15c cr pair A Livingston drives in and underwear A Livingston you want a big bargain in blankets or comforts purchase one of A Livingston can stive you money on boots and shoes Mr Stork can give you special low prices on flnuucls A Livingston all wool boso at 25c per pair worth 40c A Livingston you want to buy and suits and overcoats at factory prices you must go to My store store pays you more for your butter and eggs and sells you groceries cheaper than any store In the city the late rough effects in dress goods as well as a full line in the smoother weaves are shown at A Livingston's Although flour is higher My store willnot raise it yet for a day or two Buy your Big A now while you can pct it cheap Immense stock of ladies and cloaks and jackets in tho city at lowest prices Alt Store White sugar 25 iioumls for five pounds good roasted coffee for a dollar My Stokb fine calf boots 4330 work boots fl 49 4124 full lino of wool ami sheep lined boots ItewiKRs Thompson Corner Alain and North streets Come and inspect our stork of dress goods in which will find all the Into novelties Wo will nut be undersold A Livingston warm lined shoes and slippers also full fine of frit goods at bottom prices Roo Ens Thompson Successors to A Alansfleld you want a plush cloak do not fall to call on ns Our plushes hare always givenatisfaclion and every one is guaranteed A Livingston Weharo the largest and best line of and to lc foond in the city Como and inspect our stock and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere A Livinorton times and yet Scott had the htgresl trade in nuum al Instruments and sewing machines last wook be er had Hr is offering extra indnn inrnts in pianos orenns and sewing mac haws 4OG North Main seems hardly Dcccsarv to reiterafi the menu of the ven nine Bound Oak made by Beckwith la Abrlusran Those who bum soft coal almuld ta ware of Inferior ones with like sounding sanies IL RnnHinn A Big Lot of Horae evening Max Rosenberg will ship two carloads Or largo horses to Chi cago Each Wednesday evening for thir teen months Mr Itoscnbcrg has shipped one or two cars of horses mostly to Chi cago Sinco January 1 he has sent It cars of horses there These cars av erage nlncter horses which cost cm an average of $125 apiece This would malic a totol of 2071 horses shipiMd from Bloom ington by one man siiuv January last and would make total of 258 bl 5 paid out for them here An Old Resident Gone Adam Hess whose critical illness was noted by this newspaper died at 1 1 :20 in Tuesday His fatal illness and death resulted from an attack of the grip Mr Huss was born in Bavaria July 26 1818 and was therefore in his 74th year In his early manhood he came to America with his wife and several children and lo cated in New Jersey In 1854 the family came to Bloomington and have esided here ever since or a great many years Air Hess followed the occupation of moving houses working for Air McIntire the old in tnat uno lie men McIntire and sev later sold out to Helman Circuit Court William A Cross vs Della Cross This is a divorce case and it is a hotly contested case The part ies reside in West township near armer City The cause alleged for divorce in this case is one provided for by the statute but it is rarely resorted to The complainant charges that at the time of their marriage the defendant wasnaturally impotent and ho relies upon tho testimony of a number of physicians and surgeons The defendant admits that when she was married such was the case but that surgical skill had done the work omitted by nature and that there was now no cause for complaint Diddle vs A Ry Judgment on verdict Carrie Rogers vs Henry A Rogers Defendant defaulted and divorce granted Mattio Yotman vs Allen Yetman De fendant defaulted Hershel Stillman vr Alexander Hal sey Ruled i give Rocnritv for costs Elizabeth unk vs Charles Greenlee et nl Judgment on verdict Kate Word in vs David Young Judg ment verdict of Bloomington vs Williams Judgment on verdict City of Bloomington vs Alfred Alver son Judgment ou verdict 1 Bentley vs AIcCabe Judg ment by default Hugh Merwin vs Coate Motion for new trial denied People vs Ed ward Daily Defendant de faulted and final judgment ou recognizance against Al Dooley People vs Charles Morton Defendant defaulted and final judgment on recogniz ance against Lillard Mary A Peters vs Edward Peters Defendant defaulted Jacob Stalter vs Jacob Mceth Judgment by default for $30048 Rumsey Manufacturing Co vs Grover Ives Geo Grover defaulted Westfield college vs Stubblefield Defendant defaulted Robert MvClun vs Jcre Welch Judg ment ou verdict ComHrtWtram Mi for THEOSOMHUVHOR PO4 HL RAMK SUP Manner All Wool Pants Only $200 ifty pairs more of those all Wool Pants for this trade to be sold at $200 per pair present drouth is not only wonder ful but in some of its asix cts alarming In this city as in many other Illinois cities and towns nearly all the cisterns are at low ebb and many entirely dry A great many wells iu the cities and towns and many also in the country have faileil The crooks and ponds and the smaller rivers arc destitute of water or uro rapidly reaching tluit condition In tno north part of the city notably in the vicinity of Beecher si reer great pericnced by wells for locality there are uo water mains and the city council has decided that uo extensions can be made there until next spring The haulers of water are already at work suj plying the needs of the waterless and will be kept busy should the drouth continue They obtain water from the city from tho tank of the Big our and Iake Eric roads and from the ice factory when it is in opera tion as it is not just at present i he ice factory alone has to spare daily about forty tons of water It is fortunate indeed that within tho past few years as the result of repeated dry spells many deep wells have been sunk upon tho farms which wells have pene trated water strata which arc not affected by the ordinary or even extra ordinary spells of drouth Even with these sources of supply the watering of stock is at present accompanied by grave difficul ties and much extra labor armers in all parts of central Illinois are hauling water in some oases long distances So dry have tho grass the stubble and the standing corn become that field fires especially along tho railways and tho country roads traversed by traction en gines have become quite frequent Some severe losses and the dav bv There have been several fires in the brush of tho wooded sections and a genuine for est fire is one of the possible things of the future that would not be surprising Tho woods are now ablaze in Missouri only a few miles from St Louis The following special telegram to tho Pantagiiaph from Champaign dated yes terday shows tho condition of things in that locality Other dispatches of similar tenor are daily being received from various points in central Illinois MANUACTURERS DOORS SASH BLINDS PORCH WORK AND INISH Supreme Court Decision supreme court has iust affirmed tho decision in the ease of People ex ret vs Robert Alaxton This ease comes from Col fax When the town was first laid out a largo tract of land was Included in the corpora tion limits presumably for the purosj of making a healthy show of population Subsequently the corporation limits of the town were contracted leaving out a largo numlier of acres of land that were not sub ject to municipal taxes About two years ago County Clerk Maxton was requested to extend the Colfax municipal taxes so ns to cover tho land formerly included in the city limits Mr Maxton questioned his author ity and Judge Tipton who was acting for the farmers who resisted the taxation ob jected to the extension of the taxes A suit was ronimetiecd against Mr Maxton to compel him to extend the taxes and Judge Sample decided that the taxes should not be extended The case was appealed to tho appellate court and subsequently to the supreme court and both courts affirmed the decision of Judge Sample The Cemetery Araoclat ton Must Pay of Bloomington vstho Blooming ton Cemetery association About three vents ago a special assessment was levied nv he city of Bloomington against the Bloomington Cemetery association for a strip of brick sidewalk laid on the north side of Lincoln street near tho southeast corner of the cemetery The assessment amounted to about $70 The cemetery as sociation contested the judgment declaring that the sidewalk in question was outside the city limits tho north Kuo of Lincoln street being as the association claimed the city boundary line The city asserted that after th city limit had been established the city had bought Lincoln street thereby fringing that avenue into tho city The cityobtained judgment In the circuit court whereupon the Cemetery association appealed 1 he rase The supreme court has now derided that the sidewalk Is within the city limits nnjl that the cemetery associa tion must pay the special asses menu The City stuck for £1300 Oestcrlo vs the city of Bloomington Three years ago Mrs Oestcrlc of this chy sustained a full on a Bloomington sidewalk and was painfully and seriously injured Claiming that the city was to blame Mrs Oesterle brought suit In tho circuit court far tLOOO damages and the case Tho city apMaled to the court anil was again beaten Then the city appealed to the supremo court who have just de cided in favor of the complainant The city will therefore have to pay to Mrs Oesterle SLUM) damages claimed with interest for three years and all the costs amounting in the aggregate to about 11300 (THE WELL KNOWN SPECIALIST)n'Xnv Blconiiiston Hl DR HUBBARD tiire Io siime Is Uirn any reason why ho Kmmhl mL bo more hureewa ful than ba who treats all a hut nuiowhlcfi is hrirt Jf you have lubirrn iM'ifuewH Nuuk In Head sors Threat Sbortnt of Btviiib Hiart (bli' Ccmaim Colds Asthma Brum Inlta Weak hy Nriuiu Prostration neral imbddv nr rtv Weak ened oriditlaiHoI lbs Van4 Throat LungR Heart SMouiacb IJvir raiiu I rinarv Organs dotrl gh but call at once on Hr Hi bbsrl who wdl tell you nil about your css! in ten njriutoa atriuiiviii whm prejK ci there Hut a uni itcinjf ailucUd Il uiuiirra not what your uilim ut is iihc opiuioo II wih rosl you noimiig uiul mfebl be the meaiu of nuking Lie wn ih living Daily rxiepthimday Offirfl a in to 4 Wednesday and Saturday night 7 to sundapi 2 to 3 Xu Mlijn corn fed rattle of good quality are senfeSr well at $560 to but when there are only two tr three car loads out of a thousand car loads any mmslide person ennee the danger of overestimating the quality of cutUe in tho country While the receipts of hogs past ten exhibit nearly wO OUU increase compared with be same period last year thu shipments have Incrcaaed over UOUOOO leaving I ho net supply for the ten months about XoUuUU smaller than year ago A NOTED MEDICAL MAN ItoUnhle Mrdteal Ahl the review of noted of tho medi cal profession tho Ann Arbor Mkh 4rgw speaks In no uwvriatn way In iu rompHnicntaiy notice of lr Truth wLo visit Bluunlngton at his branch office WimLur Lots! Tbcwlaj Novrmls 1 th Dr Ts uthhas by husuieriorkno ledge and various exjieriencv acquired spuelal skill in tho treatment of certain aumeuH tost pbj bkiaua in general prauiteu uou but eifxvl to possess Wo may also add that his dealings with llio afihrivd are honest and but we as our custom withheld this eiMkusrmmt of him uuiU we had puwl reasons to knew thU be is Jtodiy entitled to all that is claimed for him as an experienced hysh tan and booorabtognn Uemun worthy of hatercr that may be reposed In It is certainly rare ofqwwiunlty to have the privilege of roireulting a phyKian who 1 tu highly Indorsed by the progs you arc afilMvd we do reason why you sbouM bd prejudiced by rilter a frkiri or pby icUn who you have your own hfu and happiM al stake Happ! Bras without health an UnpMMbihV awl all the pH asures of life bewne dim and un rest Ths object of life witlout hoius and Nothing like Own Make Cloth ing if you will happen into our store any day this week you will sec that the people ap preciate our goods and price by the way they come tons and trade time artist bought out oral vpnrR McIntire Mr and Hess were the parents of seven children of whom three are dead The surviving children are Messrs George and Jacob Hess of the Chi cago Alton shops Mr Adam Hess of tho police force and Miss Ktena Hess Airs Hess the widow is aged 70 The deceased was a member of the riedens Lutheran congregation He was a member of the German Benevolent society from its organ ization He was an industrious honorable and highly esteemed man who bad many friends among the people uf Bloomington Death of Mrs Kleinau Airs Dorotha Kleinau died at 8 :30 Tues day evening at the homo of her son Mr Chas Kleinau No 1001 Wright street after a brief illness She was aged 73 ami had lived in this city sinro 1804 Her husband died in this city in 1881 Mrs Kleinau leaves the following children: Mr red Kleinau a hardware merchantoflanagan Messrs IL Kleinau Wm Kleinau and Charles Kleinau of this city and Mrs Minnie Zehrcns of lanagan She was a very highly esteemed and worthy woman whose demise will be deeply regretted Her son Mr Wm Kleinau of 822 West Washington street the well known confec tioner is lying very ill at his home and the shock of his aged death is to him an especially severe one TWO IMPORTANT CASES The 'tulvavur to Break Turner The Mun Uith lliu Illulo rated Airek quite important cases were on trial in the circuit court yesterday The case of Nathaniel King ct al vs George Jones ct al was finished yester day the jury retiring at about 4 At the time court adjourned they hud not reported a verdict This is the ease in which the plaintiffs seek to break a will made by Turner King farmer who lived near Mcljean and who willed $2500 to George Jones and wife and daughter 'Phe question for the jury is Was Mr King of sound mind and memory when ha made the will? A jury was impaneled last evening to again try the case of Leonard Alatthows vs the A Railroad company which case was tried last term the jury failing to agree In this case Mr Matthews sues for $20 GOO damages for what he claims to bo a dislocation of tho nock He was a brake man on tho A ami while passing under railroad bridge near Joliet was knocked off a freight car and received an injury to his nou As a result of this in jury he is it is claimed unable to hold his head erect and his head is held in position by means of an iron frame which rests ujKin and is made secure to his shoulders Judge is on tho bench during tho trial of this case PIX in John 3 CD rl XS 3 eq SOflS 5.

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