Ligonier Banner., Volume 30, Number 31, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 November 1895 — Page 5

@ . oW he Higonier Banwer, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1895. JIGONIER MARKET REPORT - LAlloW,POFPOUNA..cccsrenscesnncss anvans §: 8% Hides,Kreen . POrpound. . ...cecccsasmrsness 4 Potatoes,per bu5ghe1...........;cucs vvaeuae % Bges DUIABE i i aiivaananns AT Butter JBERONNA. e iliiieeenees 014 Lard BERBBGIN 0000 o 0 il 0T CornDaßN R L 0 il ... icearisininin .o 2D OKLBDEERURRBL L o 1 cocaie (i aamniaeey -80 Wheat, DORBUBRGL . iisveicviiisyivnumiiney 8L B . GEy DEEROUNA: .0\ sovveioiannssoiss. 4 WaOl DREHBUMB St en:ac i iananecaioiaens 10 Onions,pérbushel .....ccoeevceuciicnaiaan 60 OloverSeed,perbushel.......qccavvaeuanaan. 4 30 RV e f eyt s enanssbonaniis DO qog Beladie babbppdnnnananns onsesnasveinuanse 3 50 SUBSCRIBERS, ATTENTION. We have secured the seryices of R. B.McKahan of this city as solicitor and collector. He is now engaged in yisiting our friends with instructions to make settlement of all accounts. -We need the money and are sending Mr. McKahan to see you at considerable exppnse and we must insist that you all give him and his bills the attention that they deserve. If you can not make full and complete settlement,i »ay him something and arrange mat-‘ ters so that his visit to you will not be fruitless. ’ ;, ‘We do not send ouf a collector for any other reason than of dire necessity. Not thal we want to harrass any one but because we must have settlement of our accounts,. We have entailed a considerable expense in making extensive and absolutely necessary improvements in our office building, and are contemplating the addition of necessary machinery with which to continue the publication of our paper. We need your assistance and we insist that it is due us. Bills will be rendered to each and every one owing the office and we hope that they will be met promptly upon presentation by Mr. McKahan or by mail. In the meantime we would invite all who can to call at the office and make settlement.

Easy tooth extracting.—Kline, the dentist, e Ask for the Indiano. Sold by all your dealers. e Allen county is preparing to build a "dourt house that will probably cost more than half a million, Messrs. lke and Julius Kann, of Kendallyille, spent Sunday here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Kann. ' , i | Subscribers who have arranged to pay for their paper in wood are informed that we would like to receive a few loads of wood, of good quality, for use in a furnace. ’ . There is no better beer than the home product, and no one can use any other only from a notion. The new proprietors of the Ligonier brewery are bound to succeed WANTED. —Agents of ability as salesmen, to canvass for the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Indiana. ' Money loaned on the building and loan plan. Address with reference, O. P. Eversole. Gen. Agt., Fort Wayne, Ind,

- Stanshury’s Finest and most Vpopular line of Fur Capes. o Blankets in finest qualities both in wool-and cotton and popular prices. Ladies, Gents and childrens Underwear: finest and best in the market. _ Ladies and childrens mittens. Gents work gloves. . ‘ Fancy Fringed Towels and very desirable patterns in stamped Linen. | : Wool and Ice wool Fascinators. Beautiful Feather Boas. - Wool and cotton hose. | All the latest Novelties in Dress Goods, . . Dress Flannel at thirty cents peryal

' GROCERIES. Fine Teas and Coffees Pure Spices. ~ ' Dried Fruits and Canned - Goods. Self Rising Buckwheat Flour two pounds for teu cents. Elegant Novelties in Banquet Lamps. Everybody invited to call. CORN AND SALT FOR SALE. ; PRODUCZ BOUGHT AND SOLD. R.J. STANSBURY

Smoke the Indiano five-cent cigar. Fifty dollars buys a 150 ladies Ariel good as new. Enquire at this office,

Ike Rose, of New York, spent seyeral days during the early part of the week in this city. ' :

Henry Keehn and son of Chicago spent last Sunday in this city visiting with friends. . . i

W. D. Hayes and F. H. Green rel turned Tuesday from Kansas where they spent several days looking after business interests. :

The Lake Shore is distributing rails weighing eighty pounds to the yard between New Carlisle and Otis, a distauce of thirty miles ' :

S. L. Buehtel hus been elected secretary of !the Indianapolis choral union, one of the -largest musical societies in the state.

Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Metzzer after vigiting in South Bend and Ligonier for over a month returned to their home in Clyde, Ohio, Monday.

All kinds of foot wear neatly repaired at reduced prices by I. A, Batchelder at Frank Zimmerman & Co.’s store. Give him a trial.

Jacob Graham went to Ft. Wayne last Thursday on business and while there called upon his daughter Mabel who is attending school 1n tbat city.

- St. Joseph county is'to have a new court house. The contract was let last week to a Richmond, Ind., firm. The buildings completely furnished ready for occupancy is to cost $275,000.

. I'he state board of education, during its session at Indirnapolis this week commissioned high schools at Portland, Columbia City, Amboy, Ligonier, Winamae, Aurora, Warsaw and Salem. :

W. E. Harden wants the farmers to know that he can furnish galvanized steei stock tanks of any size or shape at prices as low as can be had of out;i_de houses. Don’t buy till you sece im.

Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Straus, of Chicago, have been 1n the city for the past ten days the guests of their son, Mayor S. J. Straus and family. Both of these estimable old people are now enjoying ‘better health.- . et

Meéyer Jacobs who has been seriously ill for the past week with pneumonia ig slowly but surely convalescing. He was, at one time. yery sick and his friends were some what alarmed at his condition. ; i

The Brooks locomotive works have sent Engineer Tunkey, who made the tast time on the Erie division with one of their engines, a check of $5OO, and Vice-president Webb says the company will also ‘‘remember’® him.

Mrs. C. V. Inks returned from Battle Creek, Monday, where she has been under the care of -an eminent physician for several weeks. She is greatly improyed in health and her many friends are hoping tor her ultimate and complete recoyery.

Report comes from Waterloo that the Northeastern Indiana Agricultural association, after holding its twentyfourth annual fair, found itself $3OO short with a heavy indebtedness. It is understood that the association will disband and the fair discontinue.

Sycamore hall, for years a popular and far famed public hall, the home of the Sveamore Literary society is being removed to Topeka where the building will be refitted and remodeled into a opera house. - This will remove one of the most noted country meeting places in the state. : :

Shock Bros. have opened a neat barber shop in the basement under Gerber & Co.’s store where they will welcome all of their old friends. Louis Shock is one of the best tonsorial artists that has ever worked in this city and they are entitled to their share of the patronage, = .

Adam Wunderiich, a South Bend saloon keeper who was last Saturday shot by Ephram Brick in a quarrel in the saloon died on Thursday night. Brick had been released on $5,000 bail, but will now be rearrested and placed in jail, although he is suffering greatiy from the effects of the wounds received in the hght, : _

The scarcity of rain generally throughout the country is becoming serious. In many regions has become very grave. Rivers have shrunken into rivulets and rivulets have disappeared entirely. Stock 1s suffering for water, and even the deep wells have refused to furnish the liquid necessary for household purposes.

Dispatches to the daily papers state that an applicatien was made Wednesday at Louisville, Ky., for the appointment of a receiyer for the Supreme lodge of the Chosen Friends, whose headquarters ave at Indianapolis. Fifteen local councils in Louisville are made parties to the suit. This order has many members at Kendallville and other places in Northern Indiana.

A relentless Elkhartan who not long ago discovered his wife’'s unfaith fulness and-apprehended her paramour in her room told a friend the followmg: ‘I gave him just fifteen minutes to get out of there and told him if 1 ever caught him there again I would throw his breeches out of the window, I didn’t care how hard it was rain ing.”” He's a desperate and very ungrateful man.—Rochester Republican.

Garry Vondersmith who for several years has been connected with the U. 5. Express offize in this city, went to Sounth Bend last Saturday to accept a similar place in the office in that city. Mr. Vondersmith is deserving of his promotion and we predict will not stop in his present position. Heis a splendid bookkeeper, writing a neat plain hand and attentive to his work. IWe cengratulate him upon his good luck, !

Last Saturday at Columbia City, John W. Baker, editor of the Commercial, purchased the whole outfit- of the Mail office, presses, type, subscription list, etc., for the paltry sum of $BOO.OO. ' It seems that no one bid against Mr. Bakzer as it was thought that by the eternal fitness of things that he ought to be allowed to have the concern at the lowest possible price. But a few yeurs ago the Mail was launched upon the journalistic sea with the express intention of driying Mr. Baker to the wall. How different and yet with ‘what & sameness of «1l such attempts. It failed and it was right that it should fail. Baker profits by Its downfall and it is right that he should profit thergby.

Something new—the Indiano; haye you tried it? :

Milton Selig went to Chicago Mon day with a car load of fine cattle.

Meyer Hess, Simon Ackerman and Sol Kann were the traveling men that spent Sunday here. :

Do you enjoy smoking a fine cigar? 1f you do, give the Indiano a trial and you will smoke no other.

W. A. Pearce is prepared to do upnolstering, and furniture repairs at very low rates. Call on him in the Weir block. 4.-w

- We have a firat class coal stoye in good condition that we will sell cheay3 Have put in a furnace and don’t need it. Call at the BANNER office.

A number of the township trustees of the state who do not coincide with the recent decision of the supreme court as to the time of holding office, are combining to securé a rehearing of the case in question.

Miss Anna Green returned from her western visit last Sturday after an absence of several months. She spent most of her time in lowa but stopped for severai days in Chicago with C. E. Braden and family.

Last Thursday night quite a number of the immediate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Franks dropped in upon them and celebrated the twelfth anniversary of their marriage. Several tasty presents were received.

The rowdyism of Halloween at Millersburg culminated in the firing of the town calaboose which was completely destroyed. The chemical fire, engine lately purchased by the town was found to be worthless in the case of emergency. :

Charles Buchtel, jr. has accepted the position as clerk in the United States express office‘in this city and has assumed the duties. Charlie is acourteous, affable young man and will doubtless make a most excellent assistant for Mrs. Scott, the agent. '

The hallowe’en party at the residence of Dr. W. A. Shobe last Thursday evening was one of the most pleasant aflairs ever held in Ligonier, quite a number of the ladies wore most unique costumes, many of which were original and striking, :

We acknowledge a pleasant call from D. M. Stewart, of the Land and Emigration department of the Northern Pacific railroad last Tuesday. He was in the city with the land company’s car. He is a courteous and affable gentleman full of facts and figures about the great Northwest,

The Logansport Pharos very truthfully remarks: Indiana is the most favored state in the-union. Her soil is unexcelled in richness, and the bowels of the earth beneath the fertile soil is filled with natural gas, oil, coal and building stone. Farm lands will eyentially be worth more here than anywhere else in the country.

Last week a gentleman representing an old established 'Ohio firm, was in the city with a view to Jooking over the ground, regarding the establishing of a buggy body worksin this city. He received substantial encouragement from our people and left making flattering promises. It is to be hoped that the company can be induced to locate here. It would be a great addition to our growing industrial interesis. .

O. W. Christie, District: Deputy Grand Chanceler and J. E. McDonald went to Goshen Tuesday eyening where they were the guests of Calantha lodge K, of P. The rank work of this splendid lodge is worth going many miles to see, while the hospitality of jits members is more than famous. It is unexcelled. We can most heartly thank our kind brothers at Goshen for the splendid courtecies extended.

A. K. Hammond, a popular boot and shoe merchant of Angola has disappeared, leaving debts aggregating $lO,OOO. Hammond was a leading Republican, a member of the town council and enjoyed the cenfidence of every one and had no trouble to borrow any sum of money. He was supposed to be the owner of large farms, which haye since proved to be heavily mortgaged. Before his disappearance he mortgaged his large stock of goods. i i

Henty Styer and family moved to Ligonier last week, where he has secured a lucrative position in the new carriage factory. that has just commenced operations. They are a most estimable family, and Mrs. Styer will be much missed in the social and musical circles of our city, in which she was quite a favorite. She is a fine mugician and excels as a vocalist, and her sweet and deiightful singing had charms for every one.—LaGrange Register.

Mr. and Mrs. W. King entertained a party of friends and reiatiyes at their home northeast of Ligonier on Sunday, November 3. Among those present were the following: Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Metzger. of Clyde, Ohio; Jason Ramsby and mother, of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parks and daughter Bertha, of Brimfield; Mr. and Mrs. B. ¥. Dittman and son. of Topeka; Miss Lottie Mowers, of Chambersburg, Pa.; and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac King and Mrs. James Ramsby of this place.

The subscribers who comes in, these days, and pays the printer, is blessed and in the kingdom to come will be placed a little higher than the angels, says the Columbia City Post. His name will be written at the top of the column next to reading matter, and nothing in the house will be too good for; him. He will get comps to all the hdrp recitale, and have a reserved seat beside the editors, while the delinquent subscribers will have to carry water for the performers and sit up in the gallery. : ;

The Wabash Tribune tells of a lace curtain man who has been ‘‘working’’ residence of that city. ‘‘He is supposed to represent a Chicago firm and sells on the installment plan,” says the Tribune, ¢The purchaser signs a contract for a $6 pair of curtains and the amount is changed to a dollar or two more A different agent is sent around every month who, of course, knows nothing of the doings of his predecessors. The purchaser denies ths account the debt is placed in the hands of a collector for collection. Several parties in Wabash have been caught in this manner, and it is just ;jfi»osaible that the lace curtain man will figure in an obscure funeral ceremony Aome da,y, in case the scheme is coninued.’ ‘

Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect Made. i Rt e e —————— ¥ Rome Ackerman and Jacob Stafidecker drove oyer from Albion Sunday. : f Lee Wertheimer returned last Tuefisday after a two week’s sojoura in Chicago and Milwaukee, - Full line of the best groceries itt Chas. McLean's. Drop in when yau want something fresh and new. 1 Battle Ax 16 cents per pound; goad fine cut tobaceon, 18 cents per poun?l, at Meyer Kann's tobacco store. 28 If you want a reliable dye that will color an even brown or black and will please and satisfy you every time, use Buckingham’s Dye for the whiskers. |

Remember that the Home Loan Association will loan monev 1n agy amount for any length of time, with terms of repayment to suit the borrower. Enquire of Chas Reynolds, secrgtary. ;

A. 1. Stevens and family moved to Ligonier on Wednesday of last week. He has secured work in the Mier cafrriage factory, which is about ready to commence business.—LaGrange Register. i

Rev. E. L. Semans, of Goshen; pagtor of the First M, E. church, will oecupy the pulpit here next Sunday morning and evening., Rey. J. A. Beatty will 2o to Goshen where he will deliver & sermon to Rev. Semans’ congregation. T

Two colored men at the northern prison got angry at one another and one slashed the other a four inch cat across the face with a knife. Our friend Senator Vail will please to observe that this was under Warden Harley. =

A suit for $3OO damages in Elkhart circuit court, has been transferred to LaGrange county for trial. The dairyman who had two horses killed and/a milk wagon knocked to smithereens at a railroad crossing in Elkhart, is the plaintiff. . ! Drs, Teal of this city, and Dr. Seymoure of Wawaka made an amputation of the right thigh of Mrs. John Whitmer, living near the latter place, yesterday. The operation was done on account of a bony tumor agd partial death of the thigh bone.—XKendallville Sun. : |

A Clinton county township trustee has brought suit against his predecessor for the salary of the office whigh the predecessor had drawn. fro Nov. 10, 1894, to August 5, 1895, the length of time which by a late decision of the supreme court, the old ofliCer illegally held over. : ¥

Before making your selections in wedding stationary. invitation, or visiting cards you are invited to examine the new stoek just received at this office. Only the latest and most fashionable designs and at prices made to fit the purse. Satisfaction is a guarantee of good work, cad

When you are looking around for a good steve don’t forget that Orson E. Niles has a full line of heating and cooking stoves of the latest and best patterns. He sells the Brilliant Oa{, one of the neatest, cheapest and most duraple heaters in the market. Yau should see eall and see his stock., . |

Mr. and Mrs. David Weingarten of New York, accompanied by their two bright little children, are in the city the guests of Abe Goldsmith and famiLy They arrived last Friday and will remain several days longer, before goimng to Chicago where they will visit Mrs. W’s parants Mr. and Mrs. Jacgb Straus. - . i

Geo. W. Ruch, one of the premoters of the Huntington, Columbia City i& Ligonier electric railway, was in ofr city yesterday in the interest of the proposed railroad. Mr. Ruch drove across the country making an inspection of the route from here to Columbia City by way of Wolf Lake. Mus. Ruch was in company with her husband. : i

Two young men Orbin Method of Goshen and Will Fernett of Elkharnt, buglarised the store of W. B. Donaldson at Millersburg last Thursday night. They were caught the next morning each with a suit of Donaldson’s clothing upon their backs and jewelry a‘%d gold watches in their pockets. Satuprday they started to Micbigan City where they will spend the next thrée years. ; i

Capt. Moses Iryin, of New Albang, one of the oldest riyer men now living, who has survived all of his old , aBBo¢iates in the steamboat ovusiness, says that there have been periods of much lower water in the Ohio riyer than now recorded. In 1856 there was but twelve inches in the channel between Louigville and" Cario, and but one boat was running, it drawing niné inches. There was no rise that year until December. In 1872 the riag'r was again lower than now recorded, navigation being entirely suspended. Again, in 1881, the river was as low |as now reported, there being a general drought all over the country. = |

Irl Hicks the alleged weather prophet says November will come in with storm conditions m the West moving east to the Atlanta about the 24 to sth. About the Bth or 9th a reactionary swing of the elements will bring progressive change to lower barometer, warmer with rain and snow and much tendency to general storminess. About the 12th it will rain hard turning to snow the "16th. From the 16th to the 20th a cold wave will come that will be felt all over the' country. From the 23d to the 27th! is another storm period and vast ra.fins will fall. The month will wind up with one of the coldest wayes that ever visited this country. . i

S. F. Lion, the gentleman was stabbed at Wolf Lake a few weeks ago was in Columbia City Saturday. A representative of this paper interviewed Mr. Lion and found that the stabbing affair was badly twisted up in the newspaper reports. He said that the people in the vicinity /of Wiolf Lake were so badly rattled that none of them knew what they were talking about and of course made the story out that much worse. The affair was certainly a bad one and Mr. Lion tas‘ by no means recovered from the wounds received from the knife mn the hands of Willard Moore. The doctars, however, think that he will recover if proper care is taken, The gash he received in his side is the ocly one that is troubling him now. The two quts in his face have healed up in nice shape. Moors is out on bail of $l,OOO to appear at the next term of court.— Columbia City Post.

The Labadies Coming. , 23000 0. 7 4 t ,( _/ /// f_ e S ( / WA N [ ) \‘;,;;;gi" \ Wi §' S e _&:’L A 2 e N 7 NN b, 1 7y / A > HUBERT LABADIE, Manager. | The Labadie Dramatic Co. will open a three nights engagement at Union hall tonight in the pleasing and taking drama, ‘‘Nobedy’s Child” in which Mr. Oliver Labadie appears as ‘‘Joe’’ in a splendid representation of this celebrated character. Hubert Labadie will assume the role of Peter Grill, the miser, and this is one of Mr. Labadie’s best characters. The'support is above the ayerage in this play and it will be well worth seeing, / Friday evening “Miralda’ or a Yankee in Cuba will occupy the boards. This is a most popular play fuall of Taughable situations and plenty ot pathos. Oliver Labadie will appear as '‘Yankee”’ and he is inimitable in this role. : Saturday night “Ingomar’ will be presented and all remaember this company as being one of the best that has ever presented this great play in our city. 1t will be well worth seeing as it will be put on in most complete style and with all the effects of staging possible under the circumstances. They are Still Here, The Banner says Ligonier has its full quota of little men, minute specimens of humanity that are always jealous of another man’s success. Such chaps are common eyerywhere and when they die the devil will get them.— Valparaiso Messenger, Goshen has a few of them and the devil will be sorry to see them coming his way. Whenever a dollar is to be raised to promote the interests of the town these penurious cusses provoke the wrath of every loyal citizen to the fighting point.—Goshen Democrat. A Pleasant Occasion. On Wednesday of last week a number of friends and neighbors gathered together and had a regular old fashioned wood chopping for the benefit of Mrs. H. O. Huff, three miles east of Ligonier. After cutting between eight or ten cords of wood all returned to her home and partook of a bountiful repast which all did ample justice, Mrs. Huft being an expericnced cook knew just how to prepare for the occasion. After receiying many kind thanks for our assistance we all departed for our homes. e

Big Ditch Case Compromised. The celebrated Eel river ditch assessment which has been on trial in the Whitley circuit court for several days was compromised Wednesday when an agreement was reached by the original assessment aggregating $90,000 was cut in twain. The farmers who were assessed, vigorously opposed the assessment which they declared would ruin many of them and elaborate and expensive preparations were made to resist the collection of assessment in the courts. As contemplated the plan included draining almost the entire south half of Whitley ecounty. °

3 Is Ignorance Bliss? Jasper Rarrick and wife live in Noble county and they were the foster parents of two orphan girls aged.ls and 17 years. They had never sent them to school, never to Sunday school or church and Judge Adair of the Whitley circuit court granted a writ of habeas corpus and had them brought before him and after hearing the case appointed John Burn, their guardian, but the girls refused to leave their foster parents and wept and fought to be allowed to remain., so ignorant were they that they thought that they were to be abducted or injured, thus proving she verity of the old saying, *‘Where ignorance 18 bliss ‘tis foily to be wise.” After much ado they went with their new guardian.—Goshen News. : ; . Look Out for Him.

The Logansport reporter tells of an old confidence game with variations worked upon an unsuspecting business man by alleged drummers. In detail it would make a long story. The first drommer had a yiolin which he highly prizes and it is left with the merchant while he made a short trip. During his absence the second drummer came along and was enraptured with the instrument. He wanted to buy it and ended by putting up a certified check for $5OO the ballanece to be paid when he got' the yiolin. No.l came back and at first refused to sell, but his debts were 8o pressing that he finally agreed to part with the violin for $750. Subsequent eyents showed the certified checks to be worthless; the merchant out $750 and nothing to show for it but a violin that could be duplicated for $l5.

The Kendallville Sun is authority for the statement thaton last Tuesday night two fellows stole a span of horses at Newville, DeKalb county, procured a road wagon and harness, a tent, some butcher knives and an overcoat and left town. When about a mile from town they killed one of the horses, skinned it and drove the other one to Ft. Wayne "~where they sold the hide and disappeared. » ~ Awarded, Highest Honors—World's Fair ‘DR 'iOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fre om Ammonia, Alum or #ny other adulteraut

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