Ligonier Banner., Volume 33, Number 23, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 September 1898 — Page 4

oy N - 95 5 -, ‘ ig: : 7 y > - -G w ‘ She agonter Hanner. ; & : ¢ THR BANKER PUBLISHING COMPANY d.& 4cDONALD .Editos s THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1898. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Secretary of State . . . .Samuel L. Ralston Auditor of State. . .. . . .John W, Minor Treasurer of State . . . . .éHugh Dou§herty Aftorney-General . . .. .JohnG.McNutt Clerk of Supreme Court . . Henry Warruim Supt. of Public Instruction . . W. B.Sinclair State Statistician . . . . .James S. Guthrie State Geologist. . . . . . . Edward Barrett JUDGES O THE SUPREME COURT. Seeond District. . . . Leonard J. Hackngy Third District.-. . . . . ... .James McCabe Fifth District. . . . . . Timothy E. Howard 'y JUDGES OF THE APPELLATE COURT, FirstPigteict .. .<. . . . .Edwin Taylor Second District. . . . . . . .C.J.Kollmeyer Third Distriet. . ... . . . . ~Edgar Brown Fourth Distyict. .. ... . W.S.Diven Fifth District . . . . .Johannes Kopelke _ FOR CONGRESS. . . Twelfth Cong’l Dist . . ~James M. Robinson _ DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. Representative = " Geokge Perry Clerk.:. & . 2 @ .« . Frank H.Hergh Auditor . . . . . . . . Willlam N.Showalter Treasurer: . ... . . . ... . AsherS.Parker SheFift. - -2. Rufus L. Myers Sudrveyor. .. .. .. . Henry S, Bortner Corener: -- . & .. «. .Janies E.:Luckcy COMMISSIONERS. Middle District .. . . . . ./« . Willis Foster Northern Distriet. .. . . . .John H. Eley - =

It 18 to be hoped that the officers of the 157th will remain steadfast in ‘their proposal to prefer charges and insist on a vigorons investigation of the treatment of that regiment. It is due not-only to the regiment, but also to the country that this should be done.—lndianapolis Sentinel.-

THE condition of the soldier boys, just back from the south, is such, that anyone can and must realize that official negligence has had mueh’ to do with the situation. Col. Studebaker has been . talking pretty plainly since his arrival at Indianapolis, and an investigation is among the probabilities. - <

THE incoming city officials will be in full control after tonight, when Mayor-elect Christie will preside over, the ecity ecouncil, and R. E. Jeanerett will take charge of the ‘books: "That the new officers will give the people a eontinuation of the excellent administration Sof their prede.cessors is lexpected and: we believe that they %’ill be able to give a good account of . the stewardship at the clogse of the termn. = = o

MAYOR TAG’_’GA(R'T, of Indianapolis, hag a warm place in the hearts of the members of Company L, as well as all the soldier boys. He was on hand to greet them; having spent nearly all of the night awaiting their arrival. - He had provided 2500 fine ham sandwiches and 160 gallons -of good

coffee. This was distributed at’ once . -and all enjoyed the lunch. Mayor Taggart, as well as many of the Indianapolis eitizens did ~everything possible to give the soldiers the right ~ kind of welcome. :

THE stoutest hearts were melted and tears came into the eyes of many at Indianapelis last Kriday morning when they entered the hospital ears on the train which brought the Indiana Tigers back to their native state. Sick and dying soldier boys, away from the ministering care of mothers and sisters; wan and weary; ill and helpless; they asked to be taken home—nall seemed to dread-the hospital, and several cried out against being removed to! what they thought would be a repetition of their troubles. - !

THls is the Cleveland Plaindealer’s view of the matter: The fact that typhoid fever is so prevalent at all the military camps is the bitterest commentary of all upon the lack of proper medical supervision. Typhoid fever is the inevitable result of unsanitary conditions. There has been most culpable mismanagement in the selection of sites for camps and in the managements of the camps. Sanitation is a science which is easily understood, or at least should be easily undersrood?-by ;m‘eu"schooled in medicine. The best thing to be done now is to break camp: The war is now over and_the volunteers should be mmstered out as soon as possible. - Then an investigation should be held to get at the root of this terrible negligence. - S

CAVIN STREET will be paved and in 1898. The eity council has closed a contract with a responsible firm

1 and the work avill be finished in due ~geason. THE BANNER makesthe an- ’ nouncement with some pride. Always the advocate of public improvement, we have for several years, in ~ season and out of season, tised our

columns to convince the people that Cavin street should be permanently. improved by paving. Several property owners along the street and

. . others, among them being Mayor Straus, lent all their support but the .\ opposition was very strong among a ~ large proportion of the men who were . directly interested. The ficht was . carried into loecal politics and we won, évery. man elected having open1y declared himself in' favor of the improvement. We believe that when ~ thestreet is paved, those who openly ~ opposed it as well as those who refused to take side, will all admit that our course has been.the right - one, and that they will be completely satisfied. - - . ToxicHT Mayor Simon' J. Straus - will surrender his authority and again become a private eitizen. His ~ term ended last Monday, but rather ~ than put the eity to the expense of an extra meeting, Mayor-elect Christie will not assume complete control ~until the regular meeting tonight. ~_ Mayor Straus has made a model offi-

cer. His administration of the affairs of the city has been a credit fo himself and to his party. .He has more than filled the expectation and hopes of his best friends who predigta successful official career,and when he surrenders his official responsibilities all can say, ‘“Well done, thdu good and faithful servant.” He has been .‘-L;popular mayor, a painstaki _~ 3 public servant and a courteous official. He has given the city mugh of his valuablé time and has at 31l times worked to the best interests iof the taxpayers and citizens. THE BANNER commends Mayor Strays. Tomorrow thelpeople will admit His worth and respect his ¢itizenship. [ ) THAT the governor of Indiana has more duties to perform than ought to be allotted to any one individualis apparent to anyone who has had an opportunity to acquaint himself with the routine work of that office. Tle governor is a member of entirely too many boards requiring very close fittention and much arduous labor. He ought to be relieved of many of thdse burdens. Then there ought tobe created a board of ‘pardon, as is the case in Pennsylvania and other states. liistening to endléss appepls for pardon takes up a. great deal)of the governor’s time that ought to |be devoted to other purposes. When the duties of the governor were get forth-and defined nearly fifty years ago, the population of the state- was insignificant as eompared with that of today, and the burdens .of that office have increased _cm‘respondikgly. There should be a change, so l as to relieve the governor of some of .these burdens. Truth is, our enftire state machinery needs overhauli?lg. —sSouth Bend Times. ;

Thte Soldier Boys at ludianapolis.‘! : Last week when the news cz‘,‘me that the 157th was headed: for ho*n‘e, and would - arrive in Indianapolis Thursday, the writer at once jarranged to meet the boys of Company L at the Capital city. It was expedgted that the train would arrive Thursday afternoon but it was nearly midnight Thursday when it was dete?‘mined just when they - would get'in. The delay was occasioned at Cineinnati where .tlie train was detui”ned several hours. - Friday morning]v at 7 o’clock the first train pulled in, but the Ligonier company was on (the next section, whieh did not pull in for over an hour. The boys onfthe first section were full of life and)the regimental band, which, by the x&*fxy, is a good one, stirred up the echoes of the big train sheds with inspi%iug musie. ' - <When the first member of Company L alighted he grasped our hiand and asked about home, and it svas but a moment until it seemed’ %hat‘ the whole company had passed|the guard and was massed around usf-, In coqmpany with Captain Green we at once visited the-hospital train fand arranged for the care of the sick who were removed at the earliest p%)ssible moment to the city hospital and to the emergency hospital atj the camp. After this duty perforined, we again visited the boys, and it was indeed a pleasure to note their% joy at being back upon Indiana soil] It was indeed harrowing, however, to notice the condition of many of the boys who left Lig:oniter but a (lfew months ago in the pink of healthjand the strength of growing manl)ood, tottering, weak and worn, out of the ranks, and many who insisted twpon marching looking asif they could not stand the ordeal. 5 ' Upon arrival at the fair grounds the gamp was soon in shape andrthe boys were again enjoying (?) e mp life. The hospital tents were filled with ailing soldiers under the care of trained nurses and experienced-pil]ys-icians. All that could be done to cheer the boys was done by willing hands. : P It was at first<given out by ]ffiieutenant Waterman that the regiment would be paid off at once and [that furloughs would be issued in t me, that most of the boys might be fable__» to get away by Wednesday. <[This cheered the boys up, as all wanted to get home; but it seemsthat official delay and red-tape is likely to keep them away until Saturday, at least, or may be longer. e Political Preferment vs, Happine#s of : i : Farm Life. i . The South Bend Times -eclaims ‘the credit for bringing out Claude Matthews for secretary of state|and had a hand in making him governor. Had he lived a quiet life upon| the farm, would he have been alive today?—Columbia City Post.. Itisa hard matter’ to determine. The death of Governor Matthews’ son Seymour, at Atlanta, was a blow from which the governor never fully recavered. Then came"tht serious illness of his. wife, entailing weeks and months of incessant vigil at the bedside. These visitations told heavily on Mr. Matthews. Coupled with them was a fruitless effort to seeure the pregidential nomination in 1896. Claude Matthews was a man of strong physical equipment, of splendid physique, of correct habits. But his vital powers were put to a severe test affer he left his farm. He realized ‘tfiis,%r on-one occasion he remarked to the writer: “I donot know what the future has in store for me, but I do know I shall never again, enjoy the happiness that T once enjoyed on the farm.”—South Bend Times. = ' Old Regulators Attention! __The fourth annual meeting of the old regulators of Noble and adjoin-' ing countios will mect in Ligoner, ‘Wednesday Sept, 21, 1898, a 8 Was voted a last regular meeting. -All who stood by law ‘and order in those S dapsaro fagnieted B %@mplmmw‘mfw% P o s

INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE Officers of the 157th Will Demand an : Injvestigation—\"hy the Boys | Were Taken to Tampa. The condition of the returning soldiers has awakened considerable ’criticiL'm upon all sides. Parents and fr‘%iends find that many who protested that they were in good health, have borne suffering silently on account of a fear to worry the folks at home. Many strange stories are told by the soldiers. Criticism|is on every tongue. Surgeons and hospital stewards are denouncing the hospital arrangements and sanitary conditions of the camps; officers are criticising the department and the men are condemning the absence of system and the useéless manner in which they were forced into unhealthy surroundings. . i

Colonel Studebaker - was interviewed last Friday, ipon his return to Indianapelis, and speaking of the treatment of his regiment, he said: ‘“‘Any one can lgok at this regiment, and compare them with the same men who went away from here to be prepared for active service but a few months ago. Just look at them! Worn, debilitated, weakened in cor}stitution and with health~mpaired. This is the preparation our governmenthas given them for active service. There isnot a man in this regfitfient but has malaria and fever all through his system, and it will take months an(} perhaps vears to eradicate it. 3 - i

“The deadly work has been done by the cesspools they camped us in down there. There never was a more| God-forsaken, health-destroy-ing ”place in the world than Port Tampa City. For eight weeks we were huddled there, exposed to the broiling sun. _debilitating atmosphere, with fever in the air itself and swamps terrible in their death-deal-ing powers right at the doors of our tents. There was no shade, no grass, no vegetation. - Nothing but hot, burning winds, and miasmatic swamps, where fever germs have their homes. Everywhere was sand that allowed the feet to sink from three to six inches—hot, burning and and terrible. S

- “Dig a foot down and water was struck. Stagnant, deadly water, that oozed death through the sandy soil.! There were no vaults, because we could not dig any. When it rained the men slept in watér. The inen were go weakened by these conditions that when we were finally moved to Fernandina, their “systems were so run down that the. serrible work of death began and every morning there would be at least one long, sad and signifieant looking pine box started on its long trip north. We had nine regiments eamped at Fernandina and all were dependent upon that little town of 1,500 people. It was impossible for us. to get what we needed. There were no greén vegetables. Milk and soft foods could not be obtained and there were no hospital supplies or 'arrangements. Ice could only be procured in small quantities, and it was a cent a pound, and higher. And yet they tried to hold us longer.

“We went in actual want of food and medical assistance. When men say it-is not so, they are misrepresenting the true situation. My men are now so-weak they cannot march in a straight line. The guns droop from the ien’s weakness, and try as they will, they can’t stand.erect for a march, That is due to weakness, and weakness is due to absence of proper surroundings and nourishments: Our quartermaster and chaplain are homesick now. We have buried fourteen men, brought three dead home with us, twenty-five are at the city hospital dangerously sick, over fifty are in the hospital tents here at camp and half the men out are weak and shattered. All show the effects of the terrible strain. The government probably did as well as it could under the eircumstances, but it was unprepared for war and we suffered in consequence. :

In .a later interview Col. Studebaker intimates that he will have something to say as to certain transactions with reference to the conduct of the service., *7 o :

" ‘““We can’t say anything now,” said he, ‘“but just as soon as we are mustered out of the service of the army we shall then be free Americans citizens and will be entitled to liberty of speech.” We are then going to say soniething abont certain things that have happened under our observation. If we were to talk now we would be court-martialed, but the time is not far distant when we shall be free. N

T intend making a full report to the government and I shall have some specific ' charges to mgke. I shall also furnish the governor with a copy of this report, which will include the result of investigations -which I am making into certain matters of very grave import. Theré have some things happened which we | do not intend to quietly endure without a full investigation, For one thing ILam going to see just how far politics can influence war matvers.”’ One of the high officials of the 157th Indiana said yesterday that it was his firm conviction that railroad influence was at work in locating certain of the military camps and in _causing the movements of the troops from one point to another. - : “I- believe the Fernandina camp was located solely by . railroad influenve,” said this officer, ‘“‘and there were others. The railroads interested made many thousand dollars out of the thing and their influenee upon government officials caused the lo‘cation of camps on their lines and t%téopsifyste_ sent to these fever-

infected districts to sicken and die that certain railroads might make a few dollars. These things are going to be-investigated as soon as we are muste’ridvo_ut ang’l are free to act;: —— ‘“Another thing that will be investigated is the iniluence politics has had upon the disposition of thetroops. The four regiments and two batteries of trained and skilled Indiana troops were sent into unhealthy districts to rot while the one new regiment was given the best berth in the gift of the governmeht; was taken at once to the ocean side atid is. booked for a fat place in the army of occupation of Havana. Why? Because the colonel of the regiment is the republican national committeman. Do yousuppose we soldiers,( who have given our time and money for years to the upbuilding of the national guard, are going to sit quietly by and see ‘suchJ a thing as that done without record-’ ing our protest? Not by any means.’” ‘Capt Gilbert of the Angola company said: ‘The great trouble was the government was not ready for 'war. I remember when the Maine trouble came up and even after war was' declared there was a howl of ‘On to Havana’ and the government was hard pressed to send an army of invasion. at once. e )

“There was a long delay.and finally the troops ‘were ordered out. We went south. - We were sent to propably one of the most dangerous and trying climates in the world. We were ordered about here and there without any ap}-fiarent reason, and the men lost their patience. We were half loaded on transports to go to Cuba when we were ordered back again, and this kind of .thing made us somewhat out of humor. . “Then we were settled at Port Tampa City, with a swamp at our very doors, and with no vegetation . in sight. Nothing but hot, burning sand and stagnant water oozing out of the grouud. A hot bed.of fever.

““No men could stand' this. We were as strong a body of men as was sent from home but human nature was bound to break down under this kind of treatment. We got weaker and thinner and we gradually broke down. When we were taken to Fernandina the sgeeds of disease. had been sown and: there we began to learn what the effeets had been. | West-Bound Local Wrecked. What might have been a serious oceurrence, resulted in the derailing of six freight cars and the engine of the west-bound local freight at the L. S. &M. S. switch yards last Thursday afternoon. The switeh leading from the. main track, which is: always left open for east-bound trains, and in charge of Baggage Master Cooper, was placed in charge of Messenger Frank Draper, while Mr. Cooper went to the freight office. to make out his monthly report. When the Ilocal approached the switeh, Draper attempted to throw it, but was late and succeeded in getting the switch only partly open when the engine struck the open switch. The result was as above stated.Fortu nately, the trainmen jumped and were not ‘injured, while the engine went ploughing through the platform in front of the depot. The wreck - train 'was despatched fromny Elkhart and soon had .the debris cleaned up. Where the blame will be placed, cannot be determined until the road officials make their decision. The charges that the train was traveling at a higher rate of

speed than is allowable and that Baggage Master Cooper erred in leaving the switch in charge of the messenger are points under consideration. : |

An Unrivalled Wild Beast Exhibit. ' A column of space inordinary type would not sufflce to enumerate the number and variety of perfect wild beasts, birds and amphibia massed in.the enormous Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers’ consolidated menageries. And there are many stupendous, curious .and beautiful creatures, never before placed on exhibition and nowhere else to be seen. ' Included among these are the the only school of trained seals and sea lions, the pair of giant male hippopotami, an KEthiopian gnu or horned horse, a Niger antelope, an African eland, a full grown polar bear and a monster double-horned, white Sumatra rhinocerous, the only rhinoeeros on exhibition at the present time in America. - Will exhibit at Celumbia City, Friday, September 9th, : Advertised Letters. Letters for the following namedl persons remain unclaimed at the postoffice at Ligonier, and if not taken out in four weeks from this date sSeptember 8) will be sent to the dead-letter office: ' Ackerman, Mrs F Phillips, Geo 3 Berry, Clyde ‘Ranbrit, M : Barns, Miss Anna . Sroufe, Lewls - Campbell, Marion ' Surface, Mrs M H Dunlaps, W D - Lonny,L A 2 tGir}dlesperéer,J S 5 Wilson, Mrs Anabel Grisamer, Geo . . Wright, C E and Edw Claimants for any of the above letters will please call for advertised Lsts: J. H. HorFMAN, P. M. R e B B ) SOy T S TSRS WA

School Books : and Supplies for Everybody. A Ton of Tablets | = Slates, From 1 Cent to 10 Cents each. Pap_er, - A SMAIL UK FIAY | v, ki s With Every Bill of Books at Pupil or Teacher. . . ‘Hoffman’s Book Store. g . Always the Most for the Mone&-. . ; ’

ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Mrs, W. Bickle and children of Kendallville are visiting relatives in this city. . ~We can now give the definite information to certain republican polticians that Cavin street will be paved in 1898. | Ja o Dr. E. W. Knepper and Frank Eldred attended the sessions of the Noble county Medical Society at Kendallville Tuesday. : Fep

Peter J. Vanderford and Miss Charlotte Baker, both of Kimmel were united in marriage by Rev. G. F. Byrer at the U. B. parsonage Sunday afternoon Sept. 4 1898., | J. E.McDonald and J. L. Dunning left last night for Indianapolis where they will begin work at the State fair grounds toward getting ready for the big show which begins Monday. | ) | Frank Smith, of Chicago, the piano-tuner who has taken up the work of Fred Scofield, in this city will be here after the 15th, inst.ready to fill all orders. He has” done considerable work in this ¢ity and it has proven very satisfactory. Leave orders at this office. LEy

The outgoing city clerk, E. E. Reed has made a most excellent and paigstaking official. -The duties of the office:are much more onerous than most people imagine and the manner in which Mr. Reed has performed this work is indeed a crédit to himself and to his party. Simon Israel has a letter from his sony-Jake,who is a member of the 17th U. S. Infantry-and- who was with,. General Shafter| at Santiago, dated at Montauk, in which he says that he expects to get home in three weeks. Hesays that three men died on the transport on the trip home from Cuba.

The sixty days’® political poll of Indiana began yesterday in many localities. You must answer the poll takers question§ except as to- your politiecs. This no one can make. you divulge if unwilling to do s 6. Voters who move from one township to ahnothér after Thursday can not vote at the election November 8.

Rufus L. Myers, of Orange township was in, Liigonier Tuesday, getting acquainted. with the men who wilfi undoubtedly, next November. select him as the best man to discharge the duties of county sheriff. Mr. Myers is a very affable gentleman and is making a yvery favorable impression among the voters. Elmer Moses, Ed Carmien, Elias Tyler, Alva Hite, Wm. Orr, Chris Schlabach, -W. T. Roderick , and George Peck,of the Hawpatch, will make up a party to Monte Vista, Colorado, starting about the first of next month. They will investigate the country in that vicinity with the expectation of investing in .farming property. ; The State Fair at Indianapolis, which begins next Monday, will doubtless attract many of our people. The low railroad rates and the interesting program offered, make it an object to. visit the capital city during the week. The night program, the Battle of Manila, and display of fireworks, will ecéipse anything ever shown in‘the State.

Many of the towns sent committees to Indianapolis to meet the returnsoldier boys. Goshen, An,%ola, Auburn, Fort Wayne, South ‘Bend and other cities had representatives at the train provided with all the necessaries to take care of the boys. The Ligonier company- did not suffer however, for among thé first sick to be looked after. were the Ligonier boys, and they were well cared for. . Next Sunday, Sept. 11, will be the closing Sabbath for the present conference year of the U. B. church, and the public is cordially invited to be present. Morning service at 10:45 subject, ‘*Carnality in the church.” Evening service at 7:00 p. m., subject, **Visions for young men.” During the five years pastorate of Rev. Byrer; he has preached 542 sermons, officiated at 56 funerals, solemnized 59 11%1a.v1'1'jages and made 1,250 pastoral calls. i

‘Herbert Poyneer, who was a member of the First Ohio Cavalry, and who has been stationed at Camp Thomas for nearly two months with his regiment is at home,having been discharged. . He says that the hardships of the soldier boys have not been exaggerated and talks pretty freely regarded what seems to him as gross Injustice to many of the volunteers and neglect upon the part of the authorities. He is looking pretty thin but is rapidly gaining in strength. . : : ;

The street paving contract was awarded to John W.gl. Moran, of Elkhart, whose bid, 84 cents per square yard for paving, twenty-seven cents per foot for curbing was the lowest. The Massilon paving block was adopted as was oolitic limestone for the curb. The otherbids ranged as high as $1.27 for the same work, but others were so close to Mr. Moran’s figures as to make it an interesting contest.. The. contractor has executed his bond and closed the contract which provides for the completion of the work by November 1. He comes highly recommended and it-is safe to say that we will get a good honest job. : ) Church Directory. First Methodist Episcopal ehurch, Rev. Edmund F. A{)bertson, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30; preaching at 10:30 and 7:30. = Junior League at 3 p, m.; Senior League at 6:30 p. m. Ceneral class meeting, 11:45 a. m. Persons in the e¢ity who have no church home, and strangers or visitors in the city are always welcome. Free seats; selected music. ! ~ The soldiers of Company L and their friends are especially invited next Sunday night. ’

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I ; B ' ‘ g Is Next in Importance to House e Buying. ' A’ Piano is the most important * purchase that goes into the * house. So it pays to be! care- * ful in buying; pays to go to * the very best store you know * of; pays t 6 buy. where every * Piano and Organ is warranted * and the guaranteee is valua- * ble, and that place is tae Fair Store, : Ligonier, Ind. - Fourteen years experience. - Organs, $43.00. : Pianos down to $125.

Real Estate Bulletin.

Sincelast issue we Fave acquired 80acres of land, good buildingg, well planted with all kinds of fruit and berries, also part of it for grain and grass. Good locality, about & miles south of Ligonier and three miles from Cromwell. One of the best fruit farms in this part of the state. | O G Any of these {tracts for sale or trade on easy terms. Callat Citizens Bank, Ligonier, Ind: 1060 A cres of land’ two miles south of Wolflake, known as the Geo. Stultz farm. Fair house, good barn. Excellent stock farm, | 47 Acres of excellent farming land, ¥ mile east of Leesburg with new two-story brick house and frame bank barn. Two-acre berry patch, Farm well drained, over $6OO worth of tilg having been used. Good crops have always been. raised; three miles from Dunkard church. SO A cres on Elkhart Prairie, % mile west of the Zinn school house near Benton New house- fair barn. . 23 A cres off the south end of Robert Cary’s farm near Syracuase. ! 135 Acres in Noble township, 2 miiles from Wolflaie, 6 miles from Albion. - Excellent house and good out-buildings. Flowing water the eptire year. Formerly owned by John Crandall. i i 40 Acres 1 mile east of Salem Chapel, Hawpatch, gart of the old Isaac Cavin farm; no building . Market—Ligonier and Topeka. 40 A cres 1y miles southwest of Ligonier, whieb=juinsJos. Weaver on the south and is a part of ithe old Schiotterback farm. No buildings, bYut under an excellent state of cultivation and well fenced., . ) 160 Acres in Etna township known as the Garr farm. An exceilent house and sugar camp, also good buildings. 17 Aores X mileof Topeka,a partof the . Burton Peck farm formerly owned by Chas. Ditman. l ‘BO A cres excellent farming land, black loam, with good house, good barn and good fences, nearly all in clover. 2 miles from South Whitr;:y. Cleveland township. - - 40 Acris of land about 53 miles northwest of Ligoniér and 24 miles southeast of Millersburg, being part of the Vance farm; no buildings. Ak S 180 A cres 8 miles northeast of Columbia City, near Goshen road, being the southeast %uarter of Section 1, and {mrt of* Section 12, horncreek township, Whitley county. Fine house, barn and other improvements. Onehalf mile from school house and 1 mile from Dunkard thurch, : ? Also good farms In Michigan, Nebraska and Dakota. d( : 3 : A house and'lot at No. 721 North Fifth street Gosben, Ind., with fair barn, for sale or trade on reasonable terms. 7 Good house and lot with good barn, on the north side, Ligonier; for sale or trade. We are desirous of increasing our. real estate . bsiness and have nlreac‘liy started out on the new year at a very rapid pace. We have listed on our real estate books numerous farms which are not herein mentioned, and will ' offvr special inducements in selling or trade . ing, Call in and see us if you are contemplating a change, a 8 we are satisfled that we have a farm that will suit you. 2 - STRAUS BROS. & CO. " = ¥ . CASTORTIA. Bearathe - The Kind You Have Always Bought N ) : e . n bas _' P : e : T nil 7 - = fsem Henature 7/ 7 o P Y A~ m ,_casTonza. M“ i 'y ',s'?_, r\ Jg;’;(,a,:;:" 3¢ »;-‘ < M 7 ol R PN J oI s T e oy W Ao T WEVOTEe, F e B U e R e e e s g

3 L* l'f"f el T e es — h e C NFRRetAR Y e - _m{%&fié- , L Purity, Age and Strength combined, make Ligonier Beer what it is today—the peer of “any in the wide world. ( I | g B lg ° .2 - is six m.onths old when it leaves the brewery. ‘lt’s unequaled for strength and fine - flavor — better than patent med’icines. Call for it. ) Ligonier B igonier Brewery, " CHAS. FRANKE, Prop'r. 'Phone ¢7. LIGONIER, IND

} ' THE- - GOODS We make a Specialty, always havon hands the latest and _ e _ newest goods. Stoves.. ‘Our line of Cook Stoves and Ranges is now ’complete, and we can - show- you as fine a stove for quality and price as was ever made. : i , [ hisis.. Just the weather to use Gasoline Stoves in ‘cooking fruit. We " have them, all styles, $2.50 up. ~Also aluminum top glass jars ~and one quart tin cans. : KING & WEAVER. l i’ ,’;.’ o V, X : Marion 8. Weigle AUCTIONEER, *»rml%«w SEERRAL LRI R eB e e