Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 4 July 1889 — Page 1

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- deason of 1889, WM. B & Uos. - FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. >, Owing to thelong cold and rain@#y ing weather, which withheld the sale of Bpring Goods, we are ;?? §\ making the following extremely {g\‘\ low pricesv on our entire s"toCk‘. @ W We do this in order to close them out and not be compelled to carry so much over until next season. @ . =« Look At These Figures. Elegant Styles., Dress Ginghams, usual| _ price 12¢; reduced price, - - .07c Good Calico, fast colors and good styles, former price, 7c; now for <« - Dbr Unbleached Muslin, 4-4 wide, former price - 7c,now for - - . .05¢ Plain and Brocade Dress Goods, all styles, former price 20c, now for = - oOB¢ White Goods for dresses and aprons, in plain and check, formerly 20c, now 12%c| Cashmere Summer Shawls--all wool, formerly sold for $2, now for $l. -

: : ‘ 014 Price. New Price. Boucle and Jersey Jackets, ; -$1 25 $ 050 Clain, Striped and Flowered Serimp, 15 08 Domestic Sateens for Dresses, : 15 10 French Sateens—plain and flowered, 35¢ to 40c 25 Gold Handled Parasols : 150 75 thalhe for Dresses, 00l 121 08 Kuickerbocker Plaid, . Lo tal 043 Ladies’ Hose, per pair, | : e 05 Ladies’ and Children’s Handkerchiets, per doz., 10 Ladies’ Shoes—Dongola and Goat—Solid, 200 A Men’s Plow Shoes, =~ : . 125 100 Men’s Kip Boots, ; L 250 175 e . | el - Ladies’ Ribbed Jerseys, 26c Men’s and"Yduths’ Pants, former price $1.50, now for 90c Men’s Worsted Suits, from~er price 85, now for $3.25. _Ch'i]‘ds”” S'{lits, foxfme’_erly sold for s2so,npwoﬂjered at $1.25

BARGAINS

Ingrain, Brussels and Hemp Carpets, from ~ 16c to 66c per yard. S | " LACE QURTAINS, each 3 yards long, per péair, 90 Cents. ~ Highest Cash Price for Country Produce. w,f%%@‘*x W P mi‘&'s

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LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1889.

: Wawaka News Nuggets. i BY KA VISTA. I scream. : ' Fireworks to-night. : » Wawaka to the front. \ The ery is, too much rain, ‘ The golden heads will soon be reaped. Keep a little cool boys, there's a hen on.

There is a big demand for livery rigs now. :

The reaper is just now getting in its work. 4

Frick Bros. have commenced to ship lumber to Goshen. Fo

Come to Wawaka to-night and see what you can see. . Bill, the fisherman, has twelye babies—six in a row. .

Ham Squiers is a resident of Elkhart township once more. =

James Roberts has put a new roof on his dwelling house. Lester Jones, of Slabtown, was in town Saturday and Sunday. Rev. J. M. Deweese preached at Kendallyille Sunday forenoon. Rey. Wm. McCarty, of Brimfield, preached here Sunday forenoon. Railroad street has been graded, which adds much to its appearance. Mrs. Amelia Boley is yisiting a sister in the Dismals, west of Ligonier.

C. F. Brandeberry and O. Dodge took a pleasant drive to Ligonier Sunday. . 1 wonder if somekody won’t be making amill again, as peace reigns supremely. . : ‘ Tom Cobb returned to his home on Wednesday of last week. ;He resides in Kansas. . - Mrs. Katie Frank returned to her home on Friday. She resides at Allegan, Mich.

The chei:y crop seems to be an average one this season, and the berry is very plump. ' .

‘The wet weather insects which have swarmed on the wheat heads have not damaged them. i Mrs. Fred Perbeau, 'of Toledo, Ohio, is making G. B. Perbeau and tamily a pleasant visit. - : ;

- What's the matter with the mosquitos? They seem to be getting in their work all right. ; .

Mrs. H. Thompson and Mrs. K. Piggott called on the Knox family at Ligonier Sunday afternoon. . Tommy MacKall came over from Albion Sunday, and gpent a few hours with his old playmatés. .

The pleasant l_oo"} o d,gué;hter of Jesse Bond retﬂﬁé& ~her-hoine in Antwerp, Ohio, last week.

Certainly there is black sheepin most all flocks, and if you don’t believe this just ask your pa. Jesse Knepper, of Elkhart, was in town a few hours one evening last week, calling on her parents.

Section 'boss Haid went to Butler Monday and took charge of an extra gang there. J. B. Frick, as second. Mr. John Schwab, one of Elkhart township’s prominent farmers, 1s starting a good-sized fish pond on his farm. Our Sabbath school seems to be improving right along. Last Sunday there was eighty-eight scholars present. - The Misses Sprigle and Stockton, of Ligonier, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.. John Stigner, a few days last week.

Dr. C. A. Seymour held an inquest on the body of a middle aged man who was drowned in Jefferson townghip a few days ago.

George Long, of Millersburg, took charge of the section here Monday morning. He will move his family here this week. e

Mrs. Elizabeth Squiers, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is in Springfield with her aged mother, who has been very ill lately. . ;

s Boonomy Is Wealth. =

Mr. Fisher and wife, who lives within five miles of Edgerton, Ohio, was visiting the family ot Mr. Schmitt, a few days last week. : - Mr. Cromwell, of Fort Wayne, was in town Wednesday of last week. This gentleman is a lumber dealer and was here on that business. =

There was a dance on hand Saturday evenu(lig. That accounts for so many good looking (?) women in town in the afternoon. ,

The wife of Rev. J. M. Deweese, Mrs. Jerry Brandeberry, and Mrs. George Herrett, were visiting friends in Albion on Tuesday of last week.

Children’s Day will be observed next Sunday eveninﬁ in the M. E. ehurch. The pastor will officiate. Arrangements are being made for a pleasant time. S

Fire broke out in an old out-build-ing the other day, which was situated near Teal's saw-mill, and formerly used as an ice house. The roof was consumed and that was all.

Just as soon as & man begins to make a fortune, or words to that effect, everybody else gets excited and undertakes the same scheme. Raising celery is now supposed to be the rapid road to wealth around here.

Mrs. Redman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Yorkey, died last ‘Wednesday night of consumption. Her funeral took }Flace Friday afternoon at the M. E. church, and was conducted by Rev. Haas, the German minister, after which her remains were taken to the Springfield cemetery. During the thunder storm last Thursday eveningé\ hghtning struck a small oak shade ree in Mrs. Ollie B. Meek’s yard. A wire clothes line was fastened to the tree.and then attached to the fence, and when the li h,tfliin;g reached the wire it left ,th@jgrn[_e'iﬁ - lowing the wire to the fence, teariugg the fence post to pieces, Mrs. Meek and children were severely shocked. —ln a girl’s room all Il roads lead to the looking-glass;, .. . .

Wolf Lake Items.

BY PROF. HARD TACK,

Good corn weather. : : The surveyor was m town Monday last. :

J. H. Bishop’s hotel is nearly completed. :

John Dingman was seen 'upon our streets one day last week. .

Billy Noteman is foiwarding the work on his new dwelling. Ere long the sound of the harvester will be heard in this vicinity. ; Mr. Isaac Mainer, of Albion, was upon our streets a few days ago. : Miss Ada Cress closed her school at Jones’ school-house last Friday. C. A. Hill is still visiting his grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Shambaugh.

Quite a storm here last Thursday night. Considerable damage dene.

Prof. B. G. DePew has started for his uncle’s in Minnesota, to study law. Shambaugh & Allen are doing a big business with their huckster and meat wagon. - '

Rev. Fry preached an eloquent sermon at the . W. B. church, Sunday at 10:30 a. m.

Mr. Clint Freeman made a flying trip to Fort Wayne one day last week, on business, of course. -

There will be children’siday services at the F. B. church Sunday evening, July 14. All are cordially invited to attend.

Hog cholera has been playing havoe in this vicinity during the past week, killing thirteen belonging to David A. Wiley. ' Dr. Robinson, a former resident of this place, now of Athens, Miech., passed through here last Tuesday evening. |

Rev. Stewart, a former pastor of the M. E. church at this place, now of Butler, passed through here one day last week. .

_ The school closed at this place last Friday, with a grand picnic in the woods, given by the school. Hammocks and swings were well occupied. A good dinner was provided by the ladies, and everything passed off pleasantly. Miss Eagles has proved herself to be a very competent and in every way efficient teacher. During the storm last Thursday night the barn of Ed. Kiester was burned to the ground by lightning, burning 2 selfbinders, one 2-horse corn planter, belonging to Henry Click, and other farming implements; also the barn of Mr. Mellingner, containing about a ton and a half of hay, a spring-tooth harrow, breaking plow and a few other things. :

BY AUNT TOPSY.

~~John-Bishop has-rented_the Webster grist mill. _ :

Mrs. C. R. Wiley ' has returned to her home at this place from Garrett. Mrs. Amelia Hoak -and children, of Ligonier, are visiting with friends at this place. = Orvis DePew has pleasantly surprised his ¥arents by his return home to spend a few days.

Children’s Day was a grand success. The children greatly enjoyed the occasion and the collection was good.

Mrs. Winebrenner and Mrs. Trump, of Albion, came over to attend commencement exercises Saturday evenng.

The music at the commencement exercises was highly appreciated. Miss Allie Eagles, the former teacher at this place, presided at the organ. The graduating class of 1889 of the Wolf Lake school creditably acquitted themselves. The program consisted of the reading of an essay entitled, «“The Maid of Orleans,” by Miss Ada Cress; “‘Delays are Dangerous,’’ by C. F. Ray; ‘lnventors,” Altha Fair; “Washington’s Inauguration,” by Walter Seymoure: ‘‘The Now and the Then,” by Martha Swihart; and “Woman’s Sphere,”’ by Myrta Sui{us.

- OrmusLocals. 2 BY SUNFLOWEP. » John Piper is improving slowly. Mrs. Beal is having her barn painted. Mrs. Beal purchased a new buggy a few days ago. ; Miss Eva Bashford visited at Columbia City last week. A new organ for the church is expected this week on trial. Remember the prayer meetings at this place on Thursday evenings. . Miss Toka Couts, of Cromwell, is the guest of Miss Cora Potts at present. A. Kamp, from Columbia City, was through here a few days ago selling buggies. . Miss Alma Couts, of Cromwell, visited friends near this place last week.

There will be children’s meeting at this place next Sunday evening. All are cordially invited.

- “OUR LILLY.” Our lilly fair is fading, Ben~ath the monster pain, Al efforts of physicians, Are rrovirvg, but in vain, We miss thaf lovely flower Within our socia’ througs, We miss her at our Sunday echool, We niss her at our homes.

We will leave ouv lovely blossom ‘Within our Father's care, - o H;vaho heeds the falling sparrow, Wil yet our blossom spare,

2 The Yerdict Unanimous. : W. D. Sult, Druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: *‘l can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every hottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of ten vears standing.”’ Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellyille, Ohio, affirms: *‘The best selling medicine I have ever handled my 20 years, experience, is Electriic Bitters,”” Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the yerdiet is unanimous that Electric Bitters does eur ga all diseases of the liver,Kidmor ﬂng & half dollar a bottle at Woodruff Bros. Drug store. A W i T

AROUND ABOUT Us.

ST The Sayings and Doings of Our Neighbors

Mrs. Gov. Wallace delivers an oration at Angola to-day: = Fort Wayne betting men lost heavily at the Kendallville races.- :

- Kendallville singers will furnish the vocal music at Island Park to-day. They will have no 4th of July celebration at Michigan City this year. Crop prospects splendid. Probably wi'l have the best wheat erop for years. —LaGrange Standard. : e The three-year-old child of Wm. Fairbank, of Columbia City, fell into a cistern on Thursday of last week, and was drewned;: +. v @S

A tariff reform league has been formed at Valparaiso, and similar organizations are being mage all through the 10th district. o

The woodchuck scalps are coming in lively and it keeps the eounty auditor busy to count them and pay the bounty. —LaPorte Argus. , ¢ Henry W. Diederich, of Fort Wayne, has been appointed @onsul to Nuremburg. He is president of the Concordia Lutheran College in that city.

A LaPorte man mnamed Isadore Barney was last week fined $lO and sent to jail for twenty-five days for cruelly whipping and driving his horse. Madam Whitlock, ot Fort Wayne, is the champion fat woman of Indiana. She tips the beam at 545 pounds. 7The madam tours the country as a dime museum curiosity. a

At the old settlers’ meeting in LaGrange, Thursday of last week, fiftyfive persons were present who had been residents of the county for over fifty years. ol e Charley Weaver, the eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. ibpb Weaver, of Elkhart, was drowsed Thursday last in Elkhart river by'the upsetting of a boat in which he and other boys were fishing. L : :

The LaPorte Argus says there is some talk of introducing an electric light plant there for lighting the city. They are probablf";"éﬁiy waiting for that gas well Lo either materialize or fizzle out. g &

The severe rain storm on Thursday night, frightened a number of our citizens, who expected a repetition of the Ligonier ' storm, but no damage was done, with the exception of leveling a few- trées.@h‘a{&si&@ Stipdards e Martin Stone attempted to crawl under a treight train standing on the track at Kendallville, on Saturday of last week and the train suddenly starting up he was run oyer and killed. He was a hardworking, industrious citizen. James Meehan, of Fort Wayne, known as ‘‘Jimmy the Fiddler,” was struck by a train on Tuesday >9f last week, and fatally crushed. Two years ago one son was killed while codpling cars, and eighteen months ago another son was burned to death in a ‘caboosev.]

Nettie Schaff, a handsome young girl, of Angola, committed suicide last week by taking arsenic.. She had been arrested and held in bail for stealing a small sum of money from Mr. G. N. Bodley, by whom she was employed as a domestic. R .

A new bank, to be called the Steuben Couniy Bank, has been organized in Angola and will be opened in a few days, with the following officers: W. G. Croxton, president; Orville Carver, vice-president; Harry K. Scott, cashier; Paul Croxton, assistant cashier.

Mr. Sheldon, nearly -eighty-five years of age and the possessor of but one leg, has just completed the operation of shingling his house alone and unaided, two weeks being required to do the work. He carried the shingles up in a market basket.—Elkhart Review. ;

Twins have been born to Henry Jones and wife, near Kokomo, which are inseparably joined at the hips. The head, trunk and arms of both bodies are naturally formed, and so are the lower limbs. Both are females, and the combined weight was eleven pounds at birth. At last account they gave evidence of thrifty growth.

The expenges of LaGrange county last year, on account of mercy and charity aggregated $12,471.71, nearly one-half of the total expenses of the county, equal to a 20 per cent. levy on each $lOO valuation. The expenditures included Roger’s Orphans Home, uew asylum, and iraprovements on county farm, insane and house of refuge.

The Little River ditch, which drains the big swamp between Fort Wayne and Huntington, 18 now completed at a cost of $187,017 74. Eighteen thousand acres of swamp lands hyvve been reclaimed; 17,000 acres that are arable only in the driest season are now permanently tillable, and' 50,000 other acres of high lands are benefitted by forty-four mifes of ditches. . ~ The Lake Shore railroad has. purchased greund for the erection of a splendid new depot ai Fort Wayne. the Muncie railroad and the St. Joe iver. The old shanty, now ocoupied 4k il b doßeth e | Fort Wayne ewgg B St T

—rom— The Banner, B 1889.

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‘A train on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago road recently made the run from Fort Wayne to Chicago, 148 3-10 miles, in 2 hours and 59 minutes, which deducting 21 minutes for stops, made the actual running time 158 minutes. During the run the train made a long distance stretch of 57 3-10 miles in 60 minutes and a short distance run of 6 3-10 miles.in 5 minutes and 20 seconds.

Important Decisions:

The following decisions were rendered by the state supreme courton Thursday of last week: o ‘A county auditor has no power to correct the report made by the viewers in ditch proceedings, noris it his province to interfere with the record of the board of commissioners after it had been duly signed, except possibly to correct any misprison or mere cleric¢al error committed by himself, and what he has no power to do voluntarily, the cireuit court ean not compel him to do by its mandate.”’

~“If the owner of property in a town stands by and permits improvements which *benefit such property, and makes no objection to such improvement, he will be stopped from denying the authority of such city to make the improvements.”’ | DS

A Woman’s Discovery

" ‘‘Another wonderful discovery has ‘been made, and that teo by a lady in ‘this county. Disease fastened its clutch‘es upon her and for seven years she ‘withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and was 80 much relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all night and with one bottle has been miraculously cured. Hername is Mrs. Luther Lutz.”’ Thus writes W. C. Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. C.—Get a free trial bottle at Woodruff Bros. —Would it be inappropriate to wish a ‘‘king of horsemen’’ a long rein? | . A Very Large Percent,a%ge Of the . American people are troubled with a most] annoying, troublesome and disagreeable complaint called “Catarrh.”” It i not necessary to be so troubled. It is demonstrated beiond question that Clarke’s Extract of Flax (Papillon) Catarrh Cure immediately relieves and permantly cures Catarrh. A thorough and fair trial will convince you. o ok Use Clarke’s Flax Soap for the Skin. Catarrh Cure, $l.OO. Soap 25 cents. At Eldred & Co.’s drug store. ' e e e eIl 5 —¢“Cream Soda,’’ is the name by which beer is now recognized in Fort Wayne on Sundays. They say it has a strong flavor of malt and hops, ,

100 Ladies Wanted,

And 100 men to call on a druggist for a free trial package of Lane’s Family Medicine, the great root and herb remedv, discovered by Dr. Silas Lane while in the Rocky Mountains. For digeases of the blood, liver and kidneys it is a positive cure. For constipation and clearing up the complexion it does .wonders. Children like it. Everyone praises it. Large size package, 50 cents. At all druggists.” ' : S

—Arthur Workman, aged twenty, son, of Rew. Lewis Workman, who resides near Warsaw, was drowned while bathing in Deer Creek a few days ago. : e

Take Notice. , The board of county commissioners at their last session made the following order, and those interested will hereby take notice: In the matter of Allowing Claims} ' for Poor of Noble County. L : It is hereby Ordered by the Board that the Township Trustees be notified that hereatter the Board will not allow claims Yor permanent paupers or poor persons who have no means of support. And said Trustees are hereby di= lected and requested to send all such poor persons to the County Asylum _ LEVI GLANT, oo o Trustee Perry Township. _Ligonigr, June 13,1‘88_9,, T e odts FarevißeEßae . 0 o 160 acres of excellent farm lands, in AOBA . POy on. oood housge and harn' sobd Fondition: woud Nedvi aek Saex, A pienty S uimeer 10r. lar 1 ASe, situntad 8 mbinsstouth of Cronwelle § ‘mile east of Indian Village and known gQo e ean enay i A SRS BULL MATERS B 0 WS B 0 YTh e ‘derdionad at private aale. a‘f‘?, FOT Farr d .?f-‘.;g, LSI oW iﬁ,‘.uﬁ;u.«ii‘; PEAL *\.‘-ea%\%g}fg#,~ 2L 1S }f"“’ d particulars, call on or add ress e Al SIS GE N R Ra e a