The Weekly Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • 8

BLOOMINGTON NEWS Bloomington won at Rock Island Tuesday the score being 5 to 3 lost the game Monday to Rockford at the latter place The score was 15 to 5 Cyrus rank and daughter Mae left yesterday for Pennsylvania to spend the summer Robert A ry has gone on a prospecting tour through Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma Mattle A Lear of Hudson will address the congregation of the German Baptist church at Roanoke on May 25 Levi Dillon Charles Brown and Isaiah Dillon of Normal and their wives spent Tuesday at the Mackinaw A social was given Tuesday evening at St parish in honor of the tenth anniversary of ather pastorate Skinner and George Price departed Tuesday for Dakota where where they will take up a govern ment claim Adams and A Null have said to Mrs Rogers of Bloomington 80 acres of land south of Downs for $1UO cash per acre Loran Osborn of the irst Bap tist church departed Monday for St Paul where he will attend a meeting of the national societies of the Baptist church and Mrs John Thompson of Warren Ind who have been visiting their daughter Mrs Reedy re turned home this week Mrs Rowley and Mrs A Davisson have gone to Rock Island as delegates from the local to the encampment of the A 2000 and 3000 people took advantage of the free fish day at Miller park riday The finny creatures did not bite very much and only a few were caught Price school southeast of the city enjoyed a picnic at lake yesterday Wm Brigham Is the teacher A literary program and supper were the principal feature's Mr Samuel Stevens of this city Is no wan having graduated Tues day from the Rush Medical College Chi cago He has not aa yet decided where he will locate for practice As one evidence of growth fifty houses within the past year have been moved from the central portions of the city to the outskirts These havonearly all been replaced by more substantial structures Sunday rank Owens and Car lock enjoyed a trip to the country and a boat ride on the Mackinaw In leaning over Mr Owens accldentaliy took a plunge in the water but came up all right with a handful of mud The city council granted a franchise to the Ry Co riday night to build lines on Gridley and Clay streets Catherine Walnut and Mason streets and Clinton street from Seminary avenue to Walnut street and Mrs Price of Liberty ville lo are in the city having been called here on account of the death of their brother in law Mr John Perry They are also vislting'Wltb their mother Mrs Roop who has been sick for the last three weeks of the leadlngatories in the May number of the Century magazine is by Miss Kate Hamilton of thia city The editors speak highly of the production and have purchased story of the same wrfter This evening in Laroy will be held the second annuahoratorical contest The ath letic contents will be held Saturday the committee having them in charge being Charles A Rloe of Nortnal ITowdiey of Colfax and ulwiler of Towanda The Emerstm school west of the city closed a very successful year Tuesday by holding a basket picnic at the school house In spilte of the rather wet condi tion of the ground the young people had a jolly good time Mrs Buhrns the teacher has been employed again for next The annual party given to the senior class of the Illinois Wesleyan Uy President and Mrs Smith occurred riihay evening while the preparatory class were enter tained at the home of Prof and Mrs De Motte The juniors gave their annual party to the high school aeidors at Cooper ball Duell Northrup son of Northrup returned home Tuesday after seven months of roughing 'It In Moss Point Miss He was accompanied by Bruce Costhwnlt who has been with him for the past three months They re port Mr James'Dulin and family who left here in December as comfortably located on a IGO acre tract Home Missionary soci ety of BlooraBngton district closed its ses sloa riday afternoon at the IriA church Ttw session lasted Cwo days and wa largely attended Tbe fallowing of ficers were elected: Mrs Bruce Wirt Saybrook president Mrs Rankin vice president Mr Charles Jones Leroy sec retary Mrs Atkinson recording secre tary: Mrs Cassady treasurer seventeenth eBlun of theCen tral Illinois Ilomeopthk: association' was held Tuesday at tht Arnold hotel Dr Samuel Bishop of this city was chosen president and Dr Nlebergcr re elected secretary Tbeafternoon was de voted to a prognun of papers Sewn new members were taken 'In making a total membership ut aixiy fike The doctors and their wives enjpystd an elaborate spread and program of toast In the evening morning nt the home of the bride's parents occurred the marriage of Mr rederick Verry and Miss Henrietta Schlegel Rev Wcddon performing the ceremony Th couple left for a trip to Chicago and Niagara alls after which they will goto UouB'iceeping In Arming ton Mrs Vorry is tbe youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Jucob Schlegel and IM an attractive young woman Tbe groom Is the oldest son of Mr and Mrs Ver ry wealthy resident of Armington Among the weddfag presents aero an au tomobile and a check for $25v0 from the parents The SewIngBCircle of Bethlehem Re fcekah lodge No 33 of Bloomington gave a farewell party on Monday at Mrs Kerri in Normal tn honor of the preaident Mrs Mary Tnrylor Resolutions of appre ciation of her services were adopted and Mrs Taylor vi given a set of Mlld silver teaspoons and a xdld gold Rebekah pin by the Circle Mrs Taylor presented Mrs Kaywood with a gvfld Rebekah pin the tat ter winning In a contest Tbe Odd el lows and Rrbnl aha surprised Mr and Mrs John Tayor Monday evening They will depart shortly far Detroit Mr Taylor was printed with a past collar VISITS CENTRALIZED SCHOOLS Mr Rankin Spend Several Days in Ohio and Talks to Many Some Conclusions red Rankin of the Illinois College of Agriculture baa been making an extended trip through the parts of Ohio that have consolidated schools studying at first hand that problem of the small rural school He visited the schools and the homes of tbe patrons in all parts of the townships and tried to get at all sides of tbe question When he heard of any one strongly opposed to the system he hunted him up and heard what he had to say A few of his conclusions are that the running expense of the consolidated school are less or at least no more than those of the separate schools and that they are markedly less per capita for the consoli dation system increases the school attend ance that the expense may be greater when it is necessary to construct a new building that all agree that the consoli dated school gives a much better grade of instruction that where the system has been on trial the longest it has the most earnest advocates He found that the drivers of the vans in which the children are conveyed to and from school are selected with as much care as the teachers and with very rare exceptions (in wich the trouble has re sulted in a change of drivers) there is no complaint of profane or improper language or demoralizing conduct among the chil dren in the vans they are under strict control of the driver who is a respected resident and often a father of some of the children conveyed to school On the out skirts of the township some of the pat runs complain somewhat of the long ride the children have to take He told of a father carrying his little daughter 7 years old to the van to ride four miles to school Mr Rankin asked the father if he did not have some anxiety about sending so small achild so far In the van and the father replied that he did not he could fully trust the driver and felt that his little girl was not exposed any more or as much as she would be in walking atone a nau miw uu bvuw view of the case waa that the children were as well or better protected both as to health and morals in the vans as they would be to go alone the shorter distance to their own separate schools While he would regard good roads as a requirement Mr Rankin found one con solidated school in a place where the roads were as bad as our black ground in Illinois and yet the system was operated successfully tbe school was closed two weeks at the time of the worst roads in the spring He found one of the most bitter oppon ents of consolidation a man who bad fought it by argument petition attempted injunction and violent interference with the removal of his own school house and who kept his own children out of the con solidated school for six months This man had been completely won over by the op eration of tbe system and volunteered the information that he would not bo willing to give up the central school now and have his own little school house backagain Mr Rankin believes we need a law per mitting school consolidation in Illinois The system would be particularly adapted to northern Illinois where there are so many good roads While perhaps not many whole townships especially in cen tral Illinois might desire centralization if there were a law permitting it two und three and four small schools in many places might find it to their advantage to consolidate Anyway the districts that desire it should be permitted to make this change but we have no law allowing it DOWS PROGRAM OR CONTEST Order of Exerciser at the Second Annual County Event to Be Held iu Leroy on riday Night second annual llterar and musical contest of the Schools of McLean county will be held at the opera bouse at Le roy riday evening May 23 at 8 The schools that will take part in the con test are the high schools of Lexington Normal Chenoa Gridley Colfax Saybrook Stanford Mcljeun Downs and Leruy The following is tbe program in full: Instrumental Roy Cheney Oration Relative Permanency of Monarchy and Roy Long Oration Patrician and the Ple beian' Cassius Garel Oration "Joan of Maud Craig We Admit tbe Chi nese7 Dwight Douglass Oration Difficulties Are Real Helps to Edna Moore Vocal solo reder ick Bowen and Elsie Roth Vocal solo Gypsey (Par ker) I White) Hyla Jones "Aim High" Mildred Coburn "The Power of Miss Coyle "One Woman's Grace Cox Mary Gier ing "Interoceanic Elmer Weeks Vocal On (Saw yer) Clute Crigler Vocal "Devotlon" (Trimmer) John Puett Vocal "Sing (Denza) "The Wind is (Neldleuger) lora Withers Scene from Quo James Veatcb "A Second Geneva Harper "The Soul of the Violin" Christa Nay Scene from Quo Jessie May Dealing "Jean Vai Bessie Whitmer A goakiug Rain was a heavy rain aggregating78 of an Inch fell at about 4 Tuesday morning The ground was thoroughly soaked to a depth of several Inches and the rainfall was general throughout the county at mosphere was moist and hot making It very oppressive The temperature rang ed from to degrees Vt a Promotion Henry Wren who la mall clerk on the midnight Limited on the Alton recently took an examination with such success that be was promoted to the sec ond elaM and hta salary will be raised $IUO a year beginning with July 1 He has passed several examinations and Dover received a grade below 99 NORMAL NEWS Regteaing the LiS first vtep were taken Wednesday toward ndrtu the smallpox fright which has prevailed in the Bortheasf part of the city for several week The cases in tbe family of Mrs Garrett at the home of McGregor hare all recovered and accordingly Sanitary Policeman Auk rson fumigaud the house yesterday and rais ed the quarantine It ta expected that the Smith residence will alsu be fumi gated sone time this srrrk The s1ga ttill up at the Barber home near the EL A depot COcph of the boys are still afflicted with the disease Miss Barber tbe young wotnaa who brought it Into tbe family from Springfield has re turned to that city Th re la no change In tbe situation the Cay homestead North Mala street Minor AeeMeeta OpjHtraan of Sd7 West Ollre street got one of his hands badly mashed Monday unlaedUg some huavy eione at Uw rune tat West Market rtrwl ile Is year of age and is a driver of a dray for Royee la MMing a stone off tbe drey hrs band was rtWtt end tbe bewh of the bng rng bn of the joloi embed in a UrriMe manner It I thought that noanpufettob will be nereoeary Mt ort rerpenter fell from a nmf foM while worklsg on betiding at Mar ket and Cllxtai street end fractured era Itavls daughter of Rev Mr Davis of North Unden street has been quite III for several days past banquet uua given Tuesday evening tai the borne of Mm Holmes on South Broadway marking the oloae of the ninth year of the xtauuce of the Normal Hil lary club About sixty were present Dr Kaabew was called to her former home at Ohio 111 this week to atUtij the funeral of a little niece ona of the twin daughters of her sister Mrs Bertha Stown of Chicago targe plate giaaruting I S3 at the hardware stre of Mr George Champion was broken riday A horse standing in front of the store caught its foot iu the bridle rein and fell owr on the sidewalk some wbcslbarrowa and the borae and barrows both roiledduto the Mg glass Hazel of Coal City lit is xtaltmg with his wife at the home of Mrs Gertie Burwell on West Ash street Mrs Hatel has been visiting here week sod tn some way her fa and nk were badly poisoned and bar husband came down on thl account Mr Hat I Is ed itor and publishe of the Coal City Cur tent and the Grundy County Register the latter being pbltobwd at Muon Sunday st tbe o'clock holy bmm and comrauaiwa at St church nineteen girls and ek ren 'boys will take tbHr Arm conus untau uhfeh is tbe first grcot event tn thrir cbarch lives pre paratory to tbe ronhraattao which will be hr Blabop SpaMlngfon Jtmo22 THE COMMENCEMENT AT COLAX Tbe Closing Week of the High Sc no I at That riave first class to graduate from the new high school building at Colfax will receive their diplomas on June 5 Tbe commencement week opens with the baccalaureate address by Rev Baker at Olympic hall on Sunday evening June 1 The graduating exercises will be held at Olympic hull on Thursday evening June 5 rank Espey will be salutatorlun and Elmer Weeks valedictorian The class history will be given by Letta Watson and Lawrence Anderson will be class prophet The other members of the class who will have orations and essays are: Ethel Garner Raleigh Jennings Royce Huffman Bert Swinehart and Dwight Douglass Their motto is "They Can Who Think They Elmer Weeks is president of the class and Ethel Garner secretary treasurer orchestra will furnish the music that evening Ou riday evening occurs tbe annual banquet and reception to the class given by the Alumni Association which will be held in the high school building This has been a very successful school year for Colfax although they worked at a disadvantage on account of not getting into the new building until the first of last December Prof Prowdley who has been superintendent for the past four years has accepted the superintendency of tbo Saybrook schools where he held that position before coming to Colfax Miss Mary Hotsenpiller who has been principal of the high school the past year will succeed Prof The watii uf Miss Bock remains of Miss Rose Buck who died at the Brokaw hospital Mon day night were taken to Leroy Tuesday morning where the Interment will take place Thursday Tbe services which will be held at 2 o'clock will be in charge of Rev Mr Levitt of the Universallst church assisted by Dr John Cook The Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery east of Leroy Miss Buck was the daugh ter of Thus and Buck She was born 4 miles south of Leroy January 25 1861 When she was 11 years of age her parents moved to Leroy where they havfi since resided Deceased attended the Leroy schools and was a member of the first graduating class of the High School under the charge of Prof Jess Miss Buck was universally admired and beloved She was of genial and lovable disposition and her death is a sad blow to her fam ily and friends On May 6 she was brought to Brokaw hospital and operated upon for the removal of a tumor She rallied from the shock and was thought to be recovering but gradually sank and died as related Deceased is survived by her parents and one sister Miss Oral Se was a niece of Hon John McConnell of Leroy She was active in social circles and church work having helped found the Universallst church and being teacher and treasurer of the Sunday school and a member of the choir Mr Thos Buck is one of the prominent men of Em pire township and probably the wealth iest man in Eastern McLean county About Young America School Pantograph: People and the community in which they live are often times Judged by things paid or articles written concerning them and as we do not care to be judged falsely we take this means of correcting an article published in Thursday's Pantograph which in part was misleading and untrue The article was from the Emden correspondent to the Pantagraph The article related to one John Judy conquering the Young Amer ica school after une or two teachers had been run out Now we wish to say there never was a teacher run out of the Young America school nor did any teacher ever receive $75 per month Mr Judy is re ported to have received nor did half the boys mentioned go to school to Mr Judy The facts are these: Miss Sarah Scott the regular teacher at Young America took sick with typhoid fever and Mr Judy was employed to teach while she was sick at the same salary received by the young lady After she got well she returned and finished the school We send voti this correction as we do not cure to have Misa Scott and the boys mentlonetf misjudged GEORGE NV MOWRY Emden Ill May 19 1932 ord Institute Premium A Warner Sibley is sending a sixth bushel of Silvermiue or a vorite corn to boys under 18 years of age in different townships of ord county to plant an acre for the corn growing con teat of the county farmers' institute The oul county Institute has a large part of its premium list made up Besides many cash prizes there are the following: Best plan for a barn suited for a ICO A farm drawn by a boy 18 or under Premi um a sheep Cost convenience neatness of diagram and thoroughness of descrip tion will be considered in awarding prize Best plan for a house suited for a 160 A farm drawn by a girl 18 or under Premi um a sheep Cost convenience neatness of digram and thoroughness of description will be considered in awarding prize 1st prize on best essay written by a boy 18 or under on sume farm subject Prize not decided 1st prize on best essay written by a girl 18 or under subject to be Work on the Prize not decided Bunday bcfaool Organized meeting held Sunday afternoon at Rose Hill school house in Normal township by Mrs Laura Lewler was well attended and a good interest manifested It resulted in the organization of a Sun day school to meet in the school house every Sunday afternoon at 3 The follwlng officers were elected: Mr Wil liam Lewkr Superintendent Mrs Laura Lewler assistant superintendent Mias Cio Parsley secretary Mr Andrew Brad ford treasurer The 4 rhosen were Mrs Parsley Mrs Vera Merald Mr Parsley Imparted for Idaho Morse the poatoffice clerk who recently secured a ninety leave of absence departed Tuesday at noon for a trip to (he west He goes first to Denver whence after a short stay be will proceed to Idaho where he will spend moat of the time of his absence He ex acts to be quartered on a ranch neat Parma where Hurtt formerly of this city Is located as are also a num of other McLean county people Young Mr health baa not been good of late and be h' ty be benefited by bis western experh nre Contract for rwhaaea lats contract wa signed up Tues day by Cassell for tbe building of the Probasco flats for $12 7w His was the lowest bid among those who figured upon the building as noted in Pau tagraph Work will begin at once and the structure will be finished early in the summer I kaed on Two Coaata Thomas Maroney the South Main street saloon keeper was given a hearing Tuesday before Magistrate RH mllier on a charge of neeptng his place open on Sunday nnd of disorderly con duct He was fined on each of these counts Hxwthme KatartataaaL night Mrs Lucy Hyde prin cipal of the Hawthorne school assisted by Prof Pearce of the High School gave etereoptican lecture to tbe pupils of tbe geography clasps Among tbe views were pictures uf famous capitals of the world waterfalls rivers clti battle fields etc The cture wa! much en joyed and was repeated Wednesday Might Vlill Retara Iroea Wtacaasla Herman Schausten will return home June it from a three tnentbs stay at a aanltatium at Lake Geneva Wl Mr saumdtL has twrn HI far rear wit stomach tnruble but has entirely re covered in "Brief TOWN Saturday there was held a special meeting of Empire township for the purpose of deciding tbe vexed question of erecting a town hall on the public square in Leroy The meeting was at 2 o'clock In the basement of the church and fully 300 voters were pres ent Mr A Crumbaugh was chosen moderator and for three hours the ques tion was dteuased very spiritedly The division was so close that the moderator was unable to decide whether tbe voters wanted the town hall on the square or not so matters stand just as they did Much interest is taken ki this matter not of building a town hall for that it has already been decided that one shall be erected but where It shall bn On the puolic square or elsewhere is tbe question of the Lour at Leroy SCHOOL A very pleasant entertainment was given by the Chenoa school on Saturday evening in cluding the following features: Sunflower and wallflower chorus 10 girls 11 boys recitation "The Old Man tbo Young Little Miss Birdie Collins a study in expression "Come play With Me" 6 girls 6 boys vocal solo Miss Litta Huger Good right children vocal solo You Want a Little Little Miss Blanche Bal bach "Tom 14 girls 11 boys gymnastics 20 girls and boys violin "11 Miss Etta Ballin ger Boy 25 girls and boys piano solo "Song of the Miss Verna Wilson Little Shaking Quakers 1 boy 11 girls duet Misses Geraldine Kreider and Mabel Gordon grand baby show 20 girls 1 boy chorus "We Green Thee Merry Spring sixth room girls i TO PLAY BASKET A number of the society ladies of Danvers have organ ized two basket ball teams They will play at the home of Mrs A Vanco every Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 The line up of tba teams are as follows: Blue Ribbon team fronts Mrs Parkhurst Mrs 0 Skaggs Miss Rose Beck guards Miss reda Bluhm Mi's Samuel Perry Mrs John Musselman centers Miss Hattie Corey Miss Viola orbes Mrs John Pop ple Mrs Morrison Red Ribbon team fronts Mrs A Vance Mrs Wiley Miss Agnes Corey guards Mrs Clark Jarrett Mrs Austin Green Miss Kate Smith centers Miss Emma Corey Miss Maud Harris Miss Ella Springer Mrs Willcrton COLAX TO A meeting was held Monday In Colfax at which preliminary steps were taken for holding a rousing celebration there on July 4 A general executive committee was appoint ed consisting of Messrs Meharry A A Kennedy and James ielding with Mitchell as treasurer This com mittee will have power to name all sub cimmittees Another meeting will be held Wednesday night at which further ar rangements will be made Leading citi zens of Colfax are enthusiastic for a cele bration SAYBROOK CATTLE Hud son Brothers shipped an unusually fine car load of steers to Chicago yesterday The animals attracted considerable attention Mr Charles Hudson accompanied them to the city INJURED BY A Mr Bul linger sr of Ellsworth met with a pain ful accident yesterday While operating a circular saw he badly lacerated his left hand The flesh was torn and bruised and the injury will lay him up for some time The house occu pied by rank Worthy on the A Dun ning farm two miles northwest of Ells worth was struck by lightning Saturday morning about 11 No serious damage was done except burning out a telephone splintering a door frame and melting the nails in the latter The fam ily were badly frightened GOES TO Mrs IL Hirst of Towanda received last night a telegram announcing the critical ill ness of her father Elias Buch at Jen nings La Mrs Hirst left last night for his bedside Mr Buch is well known about Towanda and his many friends will regret to learn of his Illness DANVERS riday night io the Presbyterian church ut Danvers was held the commencement exercises of the high school of that place The hall was crowded with spectators and friends of the graduates There were three members of the class and each one delivered an oration The grad uates with their subjects were as fol lows: Joseph Ayers "William the Con Miss Adda Wilson "The Min istry of Miss Mac Ayers "The Inspiration of These orations were all well delivered end showed that much conscientious thought had been put upon their preparation The other numbers on the program were a vocal solo by Miss Julia May unk a piano duet by the Misses Otto and a sung by a quartet composed of Misses Ida Habeckvr Maud Ayers Clare Yorke and Anna Ramey Tbe Wlnklepk ck or chestra of Bloomington rendered a num ber of selections the entire musical pro gram being much enjoyed The principal of the school is Mr A Green and be received many compliments on the pro ficiency of his work INITIATION AT Hey worth chapter of the Eastern Star No 370 held a special meeting in tneir hail for the initiation of two new members Mrs Bell and Miss Edith Bell were received into the order Mrs Stringfield and Miss Nellie Thompson did the initiatory work A reception was tendered the new members This order has aaow about 75 members in Heyworth A COMING Mr and Mrs A Taylor of Arrowsmith have issued invitations to the marriage of their sister Miss Ora Cline to Mr Walter Johnston on Wednesday evening May 28 Both are well known young people of that locality OREITED TO A basket ball game was played Tuesday night at Colfax between the A team of Bloom ington and the Colfax players Tbe game was played in two 20 minute halves At the middle of the second half the game wns declared forfeited to Colfax The score stood 16 to 12 in favor of Blooming ton at that time but the A cap tain objected to the ruling of the umpire on fouls and refused to accept it The Bloomington team slightly overmatched the Colfax players in weight and build All Colfax's scores made on fouls SAYBROOK The commencement exercises of the Saybrook high school was held Tuesday night at the opera house in that place Tbe building was crowded with an Interested audience and the stage was beautifully decorated with the class colors green and white and with the class motto "Hitch Your Wagon To A Tbe program as already printed in the Para graph was carried out Mrs Hazenwlnk musical selections were heartily en cored and greatly enjoyed Prof ritter of Normal made an interesting address The list of graduates are five girls as follows Bertha Boudreau Deltha Myers Mamie Proffitt Mary Wilkinson and Cecil Thompson Decoration Day at baybrook The Memorial services at Saybrook will be held Sunday morning at the church Elder Llndenmeyer conducting the services All old soldiers and Sons of Veterans are expected to join with the members of the A post in the march from their hall to the church The pro cession will likely be led by the Saybrook band On the morning of Decoration day those wishing to take part in the services at the Baptist church will start from Say brook promptly at 8 to enable them to return in time for the afternoon exer cises Those tiesiring to take part in tbe exercises at South cemetery will start from the old school ground at 10 o'clock a There will be a short address at the cemetery by Mr Sloan of Effing ham ATERNOON PROGRAM The afternoon exercises will be held at the old school ground commencing promptly at 1:30 in Dr II A Winter will preside Tbe program will be as fol lows: Music Band Song Chorus Rev Mr Calhoun Song Chorus Address at Mrs Edna Youle Band Dr Joshua Smith Song Chorus Short talks March to the cemetery forming nn Lin coln street march east to Main street north on Main to Harrison west on Har rison to cemetery Music Martial band Rev Mr Harrison Placing of flowers on graves Remembering unknown dead iring salute Song Chorus Rev Mr Henderson The lecture on the Battle of Gettysburg will be delivered at night in the of hall by Dr Joshua Smith Court Items the probate court Tuesday there were two wills filed and an invoice In the estate of Thomas A Sutton and guardian ship of Charles Murray were approved The will of Mrs Emily Rowley of Le roy was made January 25 1902 and gives to Mrs Elizabeth Cotterman a daughter a sewing machine and picture to a grand son George Rowley two lots in Le roy to a son Rowley of this city a cow and to a son William A Rowley the house and three lots in Leroy which was the homestead a gold watch houwe holu goods and some cattle Tbe balance of the property if any is to be divided between the three children William Rowley is named as executor Sevilla Steele wills her home property in this city In equal parts to her son and daughter Leonidas Steele and Mrs Laura Downny and a gold watch to a sister El mira lllcher DAY ACQUITTALS Ules Brannon and Jaruea Kennedy Both Accused of Manslaughter bet ree Other t'oort Business Ules Brannon who killed Williams was made a free man by tbe jury shortly after court opened Tuesday afternoon Tbe entire morning was oc cupied by tbe attorneys in making their arguments and the jury receiving the instructions upon the law ap plicable to the case It was just before noon when the Jury retired and it is quite evident that the twelve men on the panel did little beyond eating their din ners and voting to acquit the defendant Brannon was present in court when the verdict was read and when the court said that the prisoner was discharged bis countenance was the picture of supreme delight He spoke to the Jurymen doing his best to express bls thanks to them in his bewildered state of mind He could hardly appreciate the situation and walked about all afternoon in a half dazed condition Having almost settled in his own mind upon a prison term of more or less length he could not at first realize that he was actually a free man The jury iu the case of Ules Brannon colored for manslaughter was selected Monday the opening speeches and all tbe evidence being taken in one day The de fendant was the principal witness Attorney leming and his assistant Hoblit were for the state and Messrs O'Connell and Huber Lllght for the de fense After a number of witnesses were heard the defendant told his story as fol lows: to Bloomington eb 10 from Pontiac and went to the home of Bill Williams Left my rubbers there Re turning next morning found they were sold Williams auid 1 scuffled in the yard and the former hit me in the head with a poker and made a welt on my head He bit me again in the head with the poker and 1 ran south to the track I shot at Williams three times Williams was ten or eleven feet away from me and was still running towards Tbe ending of this case was a great feather in the cap of lawyers Messrs Huber Light and Edmund O'Con nell The former especially had reason to be pleased for it was bis first import ant criminal case He is one of the youngest members of the local bar and has shown that he possesses considerable professional acumen Mr ren dered valuable advice such es his ex perience and ability led one to expect KENNEDY ACQUITTED The next ease called was that of James Kennedy indicted for manslaughter It was charged that Kennedy was implicated in the death of John Smith at 203 South Madison street on the afternoon of Oc tober 18 1900 The trial was very short The attorney put the two most im portant witnesses upon the stand to tes tify os soon as a Jury had been selected and much to his astonishment they tes tified to nothing which would incriminate Kennedy He bad made up his mind that it would be an Impossibility to make out a case and was about to the in dictment when the court at the request of lawyers instructed the Jury to return a verdict of not guilty This was done and Kennedy left the court house free man MYERS TO THE TEN Samuel Myers the confidence man was about to be placed on trial when he with drew his pica of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty He was sentenced to the Joliet penitentiary for an indefinite term Myers alias Mygrant is the man who fleeced a young farmer named Sharp out of his kages last winter by getting Sharp into the vestibule of the Unity building one afternoon and making up a fairy story about having to pay some freight thereby securing the of money He then disappeared and was captured by James Reeder of Normal in a saloon at Lexington OTHER COURT BUSINESS Another big judgment whs token against the firm of Benson Bradford in the cir cuit court late Tuesday afternoon This one was in favor of the State bunk of Lex ington for $2660 THE DEATH KECOKD II SOUTHARD Mr Newman Southard died at the home of his daughter Mrs Ray airfield Monday morning after an illness of nine weeks with paralysis He was born 66 years ago in Oxville 111 for fifteen years lived in Lincoln after which he moved to Bloomington He has lived here twelve years He leaves besides his wife two children Mrs Ray airfield of this city and Mr James Southard of Omaha Neb Tbe deceased was a kind and indul gent father and husband and took great delight in his home life Rt 9:5 Monday night at St Jo seph's hospital' occurred the death of Miss Rosa Buck of Leroy She had been at the hospital for two weeks having un dergone an operation which with com plications caused her death She was about 40 years of age and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Buck Beside her parents she leaves a sister Oral last Monday morning at 12:30 occurred the death of Mrs John rietsch sr at her home 912 South Main street She was 62 years of age and had been sick three years with cancer of the stomach Sbe leaves four daughters and three sons GRIITH At 1:18 o'clock last Monday morning Mr Griffith died at his home 605 South West street He 78 years old and died from the infirmities of age He was the father of Dr Griffith Real Estate Transfers arritt to Emily Ball for $300 lot in second addi tion to Bloomington A Doody to William Cr Ballinger for $150 lot in Chenoa James Stone to and Mace for $1700 lot in Mason's addition to Bloomiugton Aldrich to William Urich for lot in Leroy William Vanhorn to Bebuat fcr $10800 90 acres section 7 Downs William Vanhorn to Nancy Bebaut for $7050 60 acres in section 7 Downs A Linebarger to Moen for $5500 lots in third addition to Bloomington Elizabeth Benson to Renscn for $1700 Tot and feed store in Colfax Evans to Stephenson for $3'0 land in section 9 BJuomington township A Slagel to Carrie Slagel for $1600 lot in Lexington Longworth et al to Elba Charles Samuel Shaddens and Isaac Stubblefield for $35846 land in section 1 Mt Hope and section 18 Grove Hattie Kendall to A Hall for $111195 land in section 10 Downs Eliza Pumphrey to rank Pylo for $550 lot in addition to Bloom ington Elizabeth Bishop to Conger for $8280 80 acres in section 17 Dawson Rankin to Elizabeth Duckett for $850 lot in Towanda Bradford to John LahgstafT for $22600 lots in Colfax also for $5000 horses cows corn oats implements etc Claude Ixirock to Robert Lacock for $50 lot in Hudson WEST SIDE NEWS The night office at Stanford was closed Saturday 'night and a night operator in stalled at the tower of the interlocking plant at Minier Hnwthorfle agent at Lincoln has secured a leave of absence and will go to Montana Mr A Berry will be temporary agent at Lincoln A COAL MINE MULE in tbe vicinity of the coal shaft yesterday wore interested In watching the maneuvers of a little brown mule which was brought out of the mine yes terday morning to assist in drawing cars too and from the loading chutes The mule had been drawing cars at the bot tom of the mine for two years and when ft struck daylight there was a terriblo blinking of its eyes to get accustomed to the light After it got so it could see tolerably well it began to manifest great interest in the surroundings and perched its head to either side and Vaved its long ears as it carefully inspected the land scape surrounding the mine Its capers were very interesting to on lopkers Cats Braise and Burns Quickly llralcd Pain Balm is an antisep tic liniment and when applied to cuts bruises and burns causes them to heal without maturation and much more quick ly than by the usual treatment or sale by all druggists Howard will be brought back from Missouri to Mount Vernon to stand trial for stealing Elton will also be brought back to Danville on a charge of concealing mortagaged property ChntnberlAln'a Colic Cholera and Dint rhoea Remedy 1 The uniform success of this remedy has made it the most popular preparation (in use for bowel complaints It is every where recognized as the one remedy that can always be depended upon and that is pleasant to take It Is especially valu able for summer diarrhoea In children and is undoubtedly the means of saving tbe lives of a great many children each year or sale by all druggists The people of Loon near Rock alls have followed the lead of the and began a boycott against tradesmen of Prophetstown on account of tbe lat ter town having aloons When you wake up with a bad taste in your mouth go to any drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets One or two dosea will make you well They also cun? bil iousness sick headache and constipation Paul Press of St Peter's churcb at Murphysboro will go to Salt Lake and enter upon a mission there i Weaver of Mason City and Zenia Umal 13 years old eloped from Oakford No trace of them baa been found Why Pay More BLOOMINGTON ILL 315 North Main st Undermuslins Chemise Litt atl Litt tit fJJ Absolutely Correct In ine Domestic The dainty beauty of these garments attracts universal admiration and when you consider the price saving in ef fect today worth while to buy in liberal amounts at 48c 69c and 98c Usual No 60 All Silk Wash Ribbons or 75c Saturday In all the desirable shades Sklrta at 48c 73c 9Sc Sll 13S 500 Corset Coer tOc 23c 33c 39c 47c 69c 73c 9Sc That frietl Jar ttJj! enj LUt rut jSr Gowns at 48c 69c 7Sc 90c $11 9 S19S $225 Drawers at 23c 4c 75c 7(fc99c That frire far tciaj tnfy Rare Values There's not a garment but has been made under the most psrfect sanitary conditions all free from the taint of the sweatshop but by our small profit policy brought down to the price level of inferior work Night Gowns drawers skins chemise and cor set covers of fine nainsook long cloth cambric and muslin hand somely trimmed with fine laces Scott and other embroideries In bishop empire and other pretty 'styles some with round square high and shaped neck styles finished with fine tucks hem stltchlngrand wash rbtons Corset Sale Any 50c Corset hUS 43c Th se include all the season's newest full bias gored straight fronts in and girdles and other models of short corsets in net or are in cluded There is no they all go at 43c 1 AUI 1KB Il at IreT 5 I rm 1 It.