Ligonier Banner., Volume 36, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 January 1902 — Page 1

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. L. 8. & M. S. Time Tabel . Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 2,1901. °, Tr’ui;}xsruu by Standard or %oth Merid’'n Ti me TRAINSJGOING EAST { ; ; - vby | v'~—— STATIONS | No. 2. | No. 16. | No. 26.| No. .88 . L Chicago. .| 7 00am| 2 00pm/ 8 30pm; ~ .. Elkhart. . {ll 20 4 40 {ll 45 Fora Goshen ..11 39 456 12 odam)| 5 10pm ~-Millersb,g. 11 53 L o s % LIGONIER. 12 06pm/| 522 t 12.80 |o 40 Wawaka . 12{17 e e Y Brimfield. |l2 27 cv. a 1 6 08 Kendallv’ell2 40 547 LlOOO 162 Waterloo. 108 604 122 oo Butler. | . .1 2% L oml Toledo ..3 H 0 750 | 335 Por o Cleveland . 7 35 10 30 | 7 30 o Buffalo. . 1220am| 2 55:11113' 2.oopmy .. 2 No. 86. local freight east 9:35 a.m. TRAINS GOING WEST. STATIONS | N 0.37. |No. 15. | No. 157.| No. 23. s L - L Buffalo.: |1 lUpm!lu 45pm |l2 40am| 5-10 am Cleveland | 720 310am| 652 1115 Toledo . . (11 05pmj 6 00 8 11 2 256 pm Butler, . . 1 82am/|. . -. .10 17am] 415 Waterloo. |1 51 20 o 427 Kendallv’e| 2 19 -8 10 10 58 4 49 Brimteides . oot o 0111 ] e Wawsks .. . ... ({lll9 LIGONIERI| 250 8 34 11 29 H 16 Millopsbie 1502 L. . (11142 o Goshen ..I 3 15 854 11 67 542 Elkhart. . | 335 |4910 12 15pm| 600 Chicago. | 10 = {ll5O 400 900 No. 86, local at 9:25 a.m.; No. 87 at 2:45 p.m. Nos. 15, 16, 23, 26 and 37 daily. Nos. 2, 86, 87, 88, 89 and 157, daily except Sunday. = - P.S. BLODGETT, Gen’'l Supt., Cleveland, O. A.J.SMITH,-G. P.and T. A., Cleveland, O. R. SWEETNAM, Ticket Agent, Ligonier, Ind. ‘ The Lake Shore via Cleveland in connection with the Erie and P.& L.E.R.R. form the quickest and most direct route to Pittsburg. Gi WABASH RAILROAD. : Time Card effective Jan. 1,1901. - ’ TRAINS GOING EAST. STATIONS | N 0.12 | No. 6 i Noi4 | No. 96. s e e ek Chicago .[lloopm| 3 15pm|ll (M'anng 7 05am Lakeville ({1 47am {5 58 [f2 oOpm|ll 10am Wakarpsa (f 2 10 16 19 |2 28 ,-ill 13 New Parisif2 27 |+ . . .;fz 38 ° 112 05pm Millersb'rg|f2 40, |. . . . 1f250 |l2 80 - Topeka . .|f2s° |f;00 305 |lOO Detroit ... | 755 ~ |lO5O | 810 e Buffalo '.| 7 (K)pm' 7 40!111!{ 4 00aml. . . : TRAINS GOING WEST. STATIONS i N 0.13 | No.l | N 0.5 | N 0.9 e e :,_,,_';,‘ e e Buffalo . | 8 Isam| 2 «oam| 2 00pm 8 30pm Detroit ..| 220pm| 800 !ll 03 | 2 10amTopeka . . x 558 |fl23opm |3 16am |6 22 Milesntgl . 1242 (.. . 1688 New Parisix6l6 [f1254 o 6 Wakaiusa [x6Bs [fl 09 |35 (715 Lakeville |f655 f 1 29 f 4 18 742 | Chicago .| 930 4 2Upml 7 15am!10 50 | No. 96 runs only to Montpelier, arriving J there 3:25 p. m. f Stop on signal. x Stop on signal to let off passengers from Detroit, or take on passengers for Chicago. : Ty F.A.PALMER,A.G. P, A, G. 5. CRANE, G. P.&T. A, = Chicago. St. Louis Mo. R.S. GREENWOOD, Mich. Pass. Agt. iy 2o c D Jbrand Rapids and Indiana Ry. Local Time Card—ln effect Nov. 3, 1901, Trains run on Central Standard Time. TRAINS GOING NORTH. STATIONS | N 0.3. | N 0.7. | No. 5. ; ; _Cincinnati{lo 16am|. . | .|B%pm|.. .. ° Richmond 12 50pm| 5 40am 11 10 oo Ft. Wayne. 415 850 f22oam . . o Huntert'n.| 4 45 S s LaOtta ..| 455 gmo Avilla. . .} 5 04 9 39 |73 05 vl Kendallv'el 515 9:61 1 3:lp ; - Rome Uityl 531 [lO 05 {329 oG Wolcottv'e 537 10 10 | 334 b La Grange. 600 1080 7 1349 L o Sturgis ..| 650 10 53 - |4 10 e Kalam’zoo, 805 1200 |515 L G.Rapids a 9 40 2 00pm, 6 45 n G.Rapids d|lo 45 215 \T 30 S ~ Cadillac .a| 2 10am| 545 {ll 10 L : Trav’sec.ui 410 780 1 Wpm . Petoskey alb 35 925 P 2 50 S Mfl.ckluaw.l 6% [1045..|415 } S “TRAINS GOING SOUTH. N . S’I‘ATIONS[ No. 2. | N 0.6. ; No. 8. ‘ Muckiuuw.? 9 15pm| 8 Bami L Petoskey . (10 35 .9 35 ‘G b Hdaveice - O 1L 05 L CHAOERG | 2 20ami1l 30pml .. b - G.Rapids d| 710 640 L ißbpml . o Kalam’zoo| 855 &20 13 30 e | Sturgis . . 10 09 93 |'444 S La Grange. 10 30 9 5H | 506 s Wolcottv’e 10 48 10 09 tbs 23 e Rome City. 10 52 10 13 5 31 el Kendallv’e 11 07 i 0 29 ‘5 46 SR Avilla .. . 111 18 10 39 b5B S e falies 18 o 4 (612 | ] Huntert'n. 11 38 10 57 PO 2B Eoag Ft. Wayne. 12 10pm|{ll1 20 6580 .|.-. .. Richmond |3 40 ZOOAI L b S Cincinnati 625 - |7 15 s s -—-—*-“‘——‘r————)——————— Nos. 2 and 3 have parlor ¢ars between Cin- . cinnati and Grand Rapids. Nos. Hand 6 have sleepini cars between C(incinnati, and Grand Rapids. Nos. 5 and 6 daily. Other trains daily except Sunday. C. L. LooKwooD, Gen,l Pass. Agt., : Grand Rapids, Mich. BTSO T E TR3A TSTR ME B SEE TON W T 0, SOAT T W P ’ bBIG FOUR ROUTE. C.C, C. &St, L, Time of trains at Goshen, going south: ' N 0.23, daily except Sunday. . . .4 03a.m WMo L . L oL 268 pm GOING NORTH. No. 22, daily except Sunday. .. 11 4 a.m NoZa. . ... .o . ... .00 482 pm We are the direct line to Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis and St. Louis, “where direct connections are made with all lines for the south, south-west and west. Cheap home seekers and setflers rates to nearly all points in the south and southwest. Apply to the undersigned for information rglatlve to rates, connections ete. S E.B.A. KELLUM,T.P. A., _ Anderson, Ind. et i ettt STRAUS BROS. & COO., a "B Ligonier, Indiana, S_l . : ! We transact a general Banking business,including the Loaning of Money, purchase of commercial paper, receive deposits, buy and sell domestic and foreign 'efichange, and make collections. | Close .and prompt attention will be given to all : business with which we are entrusted, Straus Bros. & Co., = . '~ LIGONIER,INDIANA. K. K. Wheelock, M. D., - FORT WAYNE, \ = myY m EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT “ Diseases Exclusively Treated. 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The Ligonier Ranmer.

THREE BODIES RECOVERED. . o Receding Waters Leave Behind Them Victims of Their Violence— Worst Is Over, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. I.—Dispatches from various points in Alabama and Georgia indicate that the rivers which did so much damage Sunday and Monday uhave fallen. At West Point, Ga., it is believed the.crest of the flood has passed. The bodies of three people drowned there Sunday were found Tuesday morning. At Columbus, Ga., the waters of the Chattahoochee have fallen nearly five feet. The Atlanta & West Point railroad, which is the connecting link between the Southern and the Louisville & Nashville systems, is open only as far as Lagrange, Ga., 30 miles north of West Point. It is thought the road will be open'to the Alabama line by evening.. Freezing temperature is reported to the Florida line with heavy frost in the northern and central portions of that state. Richmond, Va., Jan. I.—The water in the James river is falling slowly. The feed mill and plant of Werner, Moore & Co., which is in the flooded district and surrounded by water, is burning and will be a total loss as it is impossible for the.firemen to reach the flames on account of the flood. 'The river is again slowly rising. The Werner-Moore fire was caused by water coming in contact with lime. The firemen are standing up to their waists in water fighting the flames. The loss cannot be estimated. The city was without gas Tuesday night as the gas plant was flooded. Asheville, N. C., Jan. I.—The flood situation was greatly improved Tuesday and with the exception of trains on the Murphy @ivision of the Southern, traffic has been resumed. Trains from the west which have been waterbound for several days came through Tuesday. . : HAY HANDS NOTE TO GERMANY Tells Her How Far She Can Go in Col- : lecting Debt from Ven&e zuela,

Washington, Jan. 1. — Secretary Hay’s view as to the proposed German programme in Venezuela was communicated to the German government in the shape of a written memorandum. This supplemented verbal exchanges that had taken place in Washington between Ambassador von Holleben and President Roosevelt, directly, and between the ambassador and Secretary Hay at greater length. The state department positively declines to make public the memorandum or its substance, but it is pointed out again that the basis of the United States representations is to be looked for.in the utterances of President Roosevelt . in his annual message to congress touching the Monroe doctrine ih its application to South Ameri'c*ah countries which do not pay their debts. Nothing has been heard from Caracas to sustain the report that United States Minister Bowen, through urgent representations, has induced a postponement of the execution of the German programme. It is certain that no instructions to that effect have been given Mr. Bowen, though it is admitted that it would be the duty of any United States minister to exercise all of his powers, within the lines of the general policy of this country, to prevent possible bloodshed. Confirmatory evidence is had from unofficial sources of the purpose of the German government at least to delay action against Venezuela until the issue of the present revolutionary movement. directed against President Castro. . 'BOER LOSSES HEAVY. Kitchener Reports That Since December 23 Thirty-Five Have Been Killed and 237 Made Prisoners. London, Jan. l.—Lord Kitchener, under date of Johannesburg, December 30, sends a weekly budget showing that since December 23, 35 Boers have been killed, 5 wounded, 237 taken prisoners and 51 surrendered. These, says the commander in chief, do mot include De Wet’s losses in his attack on Dargéll and Firman, when, it is reliably estimated, 50 were killed and 50 wounded. - ' De Wet: is still in the vicinity of Langberg. -Col. Spence and Col. Plumer came in contact,December 28 with Britz’'s commando and took 27 prisoners. Gén. Bruce Hamilton came in touch with Grobelaar’s commando near Marydale December -23. He killed four Boers and captured 27. Newspaper Man Dead. Washington, Jan. I.—James S. Van Antwerp, a widely-known newspaper correspondent, died early at his home in this city. (His death was due to physical and nlrvous collapse, superinduced by overwork. He wasthé Washington representative of the Philadelphia Bulletin, Seattle Times, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Los Angeles Herald, Duluth Herald and Richmond Times. . '~ Detroit Merchant Dead. Detroit, Mich.,, Jan. I.—Ransom Gilles, one of the founders of the wholesale dry goods firm of Edson Moore & Co., of this city, died at his residence Tuesday from pneumonia. Mr. Gilles was born in Argyle, N. Y., in 1838. He was a prominent Presbyterian. o . : Elected President bt—Bunk’. New York, Jan. I.—President James J. Coogan, of the borough of Manhattan, upon his retirement from public office Tuesday will aceept the presi. dency of the Broadway national bank, a bark just being organized in this eity.

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1902.

ATTEMPTS 10 KILL FIVE

Louis Bitzer, Jeweler at Turners Falls, Mass., Commits a Terrible Crime.

SHOOTS WIFE, CHILDREN AND CLERK.

The Latter and His Little Son Are Dead—Note Left in Store Says Tragedy Started by the Accidental Killing of the Young Lady Clerk at the Store;

Turners Falls, Mass., Jan. I.—Louis Bitzer, a jeweler of this place, Tuesday shot five persons, two of whom, his clerk, Miss Ida Columbe and Bitzer’s five-year-old son, are dead.- His other victims were his wife, Christina, and his two daughters, ‘Annie, about 16 years of age, and Carrie, 12 years old. It is thought they will not die. There is evidence that it was Bitzer’s purpose also to take his own life, but his prompt arrest apparently prevented him from carrying out this -purpose. He is about 35 years of age. - From ,a note left in his store by Bitzer, it appears that while he was cleaning a revolver the weapon was discharged accidentally and the bullet hit Miss Columbe in the head, killing her instantly. Overcome by the situation, Bitzer apparently ruyshed to his home, hatless and wild with excitement, and began the work of exterminating his fantily.

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The . little boy, ill in bed with the measles, was shot and killed.

The 16-year-old daughter, Annie, was wounded through the left hand and in the ear. The 12-year-old daughter, Carrie, was shot through the neck. Mrs. Bitzer was hit in the face, the bullet passing through the nose. The sound of the shots brought neighbors into the house, and Bitzer was arrested. 5 j

The police believe that Bitzer is insane. The note which they found in his store after the affair wasalmostan incoherent jumble of words. After telling of theshooting of MissColumbe, Bitzer wrote that he had determined to go to his home and end the lives of his wife and children and his own. He asked that at his funeral the hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” be sung. He wished that his property should be given to his brother and to his aged mother and ended the letter with an expression to the effect that ‘“God would not blame a man for doing what he had done.” Substantially the same story was told by Bitzer after his arrest. . . Tragedy in Ohio.. Ironton, 0., Jan. I.—At two o’clock Tuesday morning on the Iron railway line, three miles back of Ironton, oeccurred an event that ended in a double tragedy. Frank Wilson, jealous of his stepbrother, at whose house Wilson’s wife was staying, quarreled with his father-in-law, Frank Monning. Monning shot Wilson’s right arm off with a shotgun. Wilson with his left hand drew a revolver and shot Monning through the heart, killing him instantly. Wilson was some hours in getting medical attention and will die.

Washington, Jan. I.—The state department has made public a telegram, dated December 23, from United States Ambassadgr White, at Berlin, stating that a committee of the bundesrath has begun to consider a list of localities for the examination and admission of meat, according to section 13 of the new meat inspection law. It is probable that this part of the law will not go into effect for some time, it is stated, though as yet no specific fnformation is obtainable. :

Body of Nellie Cropsey Buriéd.

New York, Jan. I.—The body of Nell Cropsey arrived here Tuesday from Elizabeth City, N. C. With the body was Andrew G. Cropsey, of Brooklyn, uncle of the dead girl. The casket was removed from the train to a hearse and taken to the New Utrecht cemetery, Brooklyn, for interment. E

Preparing to Admit Meat,

WITH MILITARY HONORS.

Funeral of Senator Sewell at Camden, - N.J, Is a Solemn and Impress--4 ive Ceremony,

Camden, N. J., Jan. I.—The funeral of the late United States Senator William Joyce Sewell took place Tuesday from the Sewell mansion in this city. From 10 until 11 o’clock the public was permitted to view the body, and thousands passed around the bier. The services were conducted by Bishop John Scarborough, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New Jersey, assisted by Rev. R. A. Roderick, of this city. At the conclusion of the services eight sergeants from the Third regiment and battery D, national guard of New Jersey, carried the casket to a caisson. provided by the war department and the cortege proceeded to Harleigh cemetery, where interment was made.

Gen. Brooke, of the military department of the east, was in command of the government troops and Brig. Gen. William H. Cooper was in command of the state troops. , The committee of the United States senate included Senators Kean, Hawley, Proctor, Burrows, Warren, Scott, Quarles, Bate, Cockrell, Pettus, Harris, Foster, Cullom, Aldrich, Penrose, Elkins and Turner. The house committee was composed of the New Jersey delegation. At the grave a salute of 13 guns was fired. After the reading of the committal services the body was lowered into the grave and another salute was fired. Among the honorary pallbearers were Secretary of War Root, Adjt. Gen. Corbin, Gov. Voorhees, Gov.-

elect Murphy, ex-United States Attorney General Griggs, A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad coinpnny, and Clement Ai. Griseom; president of the International Navigation company.

SCHLEY GOES TO BALTIMORE:

To Make His Sister There a Visit— January and February Full of Engagements for Him,

Washington, Jan, I.—Admiral Schley left here Tuesday afternoon for Baltimore to pay a long deferred visit to his sister. He will return on Thursday to act as honorary pall-bearer at the.funeral of the late Rear Admiral Roe. Ve 2

On January 8 Admiral Schley will go to Savannah, Ga., for a ten days’ visit with Gen. William W. Gordon. On the 25th, 26th and 27th of January he wiil be the guest of the Hamilton club, of Chicago; January 29 and 30 he will visit Louisville as the guest of the board of trade and the Knights Templar of that city; February 1,2, 3 he will be in Nashville, as the guest of the board of trade and Knights Templar. He will visit Knoxville on February 5 and 6 as the guest of the city. The Memphis trip has been arranged finally for the last week of April. 4

Hanna-Foraker Contest,

Columbus, 0., Jan. I.—While the friends of both Senator Foraker and Senator Hanna are each now claiming that they have the votes to organize the legislature, the truth is that neither side has them, though neither is short more than -four votes of hav-

ing a majority of the caucus. Every possible influence is being brought to bear by both factions wupon these doubtful members, who admittedly hold the key to the situation.

Brought Back to Dai’enport.

Davenport, la., Jan. I.—Dr. Jackson D. Thomas, of Philadelphia, was brought here from that city by Detective Charles Gateland and bound over Tuesday to the grand jury. It is elaimed he swindled W. C. Putnam, of this city, out of $2,000, securing a loan on a forged deed.® He passed in the east as a man of wealth and social standing, owning a fine home in Philadelphia and a hotel in Atlantic City. '

Call for Bowling Congress,

Dayton, 0., Jan. I.—Secretary Sam Karpf gave out Tuesday the official call for the annual meeting of the American bowling congress, which will be held in Buffalo January 21.

Nobility. True worth is in being, not seeming; In doing each day that goes by, Some little good—not in'fixe dreaming Of great things to do by and by.’ For whatever men say in blindness, And spite of the fancies of youth, There 1s nothing so kindly as kindness And nothing so royal as truth.

We get back our price as we measure; We can not do wrong and feel right; Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure For justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow, The bush for the robin and wren, _ But always the path that is narrow And straight for the ch#dldren of men.

We can not make bargains for blisses, Nor catch them like fishes in nets, And sometimes the things our life niisses, Help more than the things waich it gets. For good lieth not in pursuing, Nor gaining of great nor of small; g But just in the doing—and doing As we would be done by, is all.

Through envy, through malice, through hating, Against the world early and late, NQJ ot ()f.()ul' cou}‘tlie ul)tllting: o A&l) (ll] Is l’iné ixtt iiz t& :*‘ ;')tli‘n : I(l)(f lLl(i's ‘t‘lt‘lo üble Whose winnings are less than his worth; For he who is honest is noble, ! Whatever his fortunes ar’ birth. —ALICE CARY. THE PRESENT “ENDLESS CHAIN,” Congress will be likely tolook on a Philippine tariff as the most urgent matter for it to consider. Until such a tariff shall have been enacted, all Philippine produects not on the tariff free list will have to be admitted duty free. There will also be uncertainty as to whether American products shipped to the islands should be made to pay a duty there. : There is another question which is really as ur%ent as that of a Philippine tariff. "It is the repeal of unnecessary taxes. Thé seecretary of the treasury has grudgingly conceded that a reduction of $50.000,000 -in the revenues of the government can bé made with safety. As he estimates the surplus for the current fiscal year at $100,0€0,000, the proposed lowering of taxation, if putin force now, would leave a surplus of $75,000,000 for the current year. Such a surplus ought to be large enough to reassure the most cautious government officials. It is the opinion of many that the revenues can with safety be cut down more than $50,000,000, but a great deal will be accomplished if that much money can beé kept in the pockets of the taxpayers instead of being gathered in by the government tax collectof"s. :

The continued collection of this excessive revenue puts in operation an endless chain whose workings are profitable to bondholders, but not to taxpayers. - Money is withdrawn from circulation and locked up in sub-treasuries. Therefollows a complaint in speculative or financial circles of a scarcity of money. Thesecretary of treasury is appealed to for relief. He buys bonds at a premium which is most comforting to the holders, and thus puts into circulation money which ought not to have been taken out of circulation.

It is not long before needless taxes do their work again. There are renewed complaints of a contractionin the volume of the currency. Another application is made to the treasury department. Again bonds are bonght at high prices and complaints cease for the time being. During the last and present fiscal year $58,200,000 has been paid out for bonds whose par value was $47,400,000. The speedy repeal by congress of superfluous taxes will lessen materially the evils of this endless chain which is constantly putting money in the treasury to be withdrawn by the purchase of bonds at a premium. Congress knows what taxes can safely be repealed and should wipe them off the statute books early in the session.—Chicago Tribune.

The first annual session of the Indiana State Grange closed at Rochester last Thursday. Resolutions were adopted favoring more stringent laws regulating the sale of oleomargarine, for'a reduction of railroad fares to two cents per mile, protection of quail for five years, the right of sufferage to women, an%for revising the salaries of all federal’'officers by placing them on a basis of similar service in private life. _

The official bulletin on foresty in Indiana was issued Wednesdao by Secretary Freeman, of the state board of forestry. The report sohws that in Indiana there are 18,266,964 acres of farm land and 1,227,141 acres of timber land or less than seven per cent. The bulletin contains complete information for the starting and raising of all trees common to Indiana. :

The Mier Carriage Works closed down last Saturday evening on account of the non-arrival of a big consignment of coal that has been on the road for a week or ten days. A coal famine was imminent at one time in Ligonier but many of the wants have been supplied.

- Hezekiah Kash of near Middlebury, one of the Elkhart county sol-diers-in the Philippines, is reported dead. An effort will be made to have the body brought home for interment. s

If troubled with a weak digestion, belching, sour stomach, or if you feel dull after eating, try Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, 26 cents. Samples free at S. J. Williams’ drug store. 40-bt

Go to Parfitts in Goshen, for your photographs, it will pay you. Give him a trial.

Horticultural Meeting.

The horticultural society' of this county was entertained and held - its last meeting for the year, Dec. 12, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Seaburg, York township. Short days and inclement weather served to prevent a large attendance. After the customary social‘_talk and dinner had been served the program for the day was carried out, J. C. Kimmell presiding. l’rayer was offered by Rev. Wm. Talbert. The Secretary’s report of previous meeting was approved as read. The Secretary and Treasurer’s annual report begining December 1900 and ending December 1901, includes the following points for public mention. The society has enrolled on its list of members 71 paid members. Total members 132, Has held six regular meetings during the year. RECEIPTS. g December 1900, Bal. on hand 8 1.44 Since received for advertising ... 136.25 A . r 00l g 2500 Premiums . 2850 Miscellaneous ... 1770 Total receipts ... - 20898 EXPENDITURES DECEMBER 1900 7To : DECMBER 1901. Letters, cards, cuts, programs and premium lists. ___ _ $16,79 J. 'E. MecDonald printing 2000 - premium lists___.__.._______ 9805 Wm. Talbert delegate State hort. : meeting 5. .. 1100 Express on fruit to Indianapolis . 5.00 MecEwen contracts, jorder blanks and paper...___..° . . 375 Lawton printer, paper and ink .. 6.63 J. C.Grossman 4 fruit erates.. 200 Premiums.. ..o 19.00, L. W. Pence 2000 envelopes ... 2.00 Geo. Feebles delegate State hort. - meeting ... 1068 Miscellaneous expense by TreasHPEE .. -00 l 412 Total ... $17902 - December 1901 bal. in treasury $29.87 The program committee provided the following program for February meeting to be held at the home of W. A. Imes, Orange township. . Report of state horticultural meeting at Indianapolis, by George TFeebles; “Potato Culture,” by J. T. Halferty; discussion by C. .. W. Halferty.

Dinner to consist of oysters, roasted, fried and stewed. C. L. W. Harvey said on the “Work of horticulture in winter” that there are many things we can do, mulehing, pruning and guarding against the depredations of rabbits. - Prune annually, do not leave prunning till spring, otber work will then crowd it out. During long evenings"of winter study theoretical horticultnre; all theories not good; must use our own judgment; select nursery stock early; though_t township horticultural meetings would be protfitable. Sylvester Sams agreed that township horticultural institftes “would result in progress. ‘Said prune any time; level up the orchard by filling up the low places. Jonas Bowman said, don’t trim an old orchard in fall or winter; advised trimming in the spring just as the sap is rising; while we may trim an apple orchard at any ‘time, spring is considered by most horticulturists the best time. - o

The bill of J. C. Kimmell for $5.25, D. K. Hitcheock for $2.00, and the annual allowance to the secretary, $20.00 were paid. For the coming year, J. C. Kimmell was elected president; C. L. W. Harvey, vice president; .J. W. Moorhouse, secretary and George Fee: bles, treasurer. Executive committee, D. K. Hitcheoek, W. W, Cary, Wm. Talbert. J. C. Kimmell, in outlining the work for the coming year, suggested holding a township horticultural institute in each township of the county during -the months of January and February, giving suitable topics for discussion at these meetings. Divided the county into northern, middle and southern districts and designated members of the society to carry out the work. Appointed the following parties to solicit advertising for premium list of 1902: D. L. Sowers at Rome City; Mrs. Enos Bricker, Brimfield; Mary Grossman, Wolcotville; J. M: Schermerhorn, Wawaka; J. C. Kimmell, Ligonier; George Feebles, Kendallville; C. L. W. Harvey, Albion; Amanda J ohiison, Cromwell; J. W. Moorhouse, Avilla; J. C. Kimmell, Kimmell; and Perry J. Stanley for Goshen, Elkhart, South Bend and Mishawaka. Advertising committee to meet and report at Albion, Saturday, Dee. 28, 1901, and edit premium list for 1902, the work of printing to be submitted to the printer, ‘Wednesday, Jan. Ist 1902, SECY.

Don’t Get Thin

Get fat; get nice and plump; there is safety in plumpness. ' ' Summer has tried your food-works; winter is coming to try your breathmill. Fall is the time to brace your= self. : :

' But weather is tricky; look. out! Look out for colds especially. °

Scott’s emulsion of cod-liver oil is the subtlestof helps. 1t is food, the easiest food in the world ;it is more than food; it helps you digest your food, and get more putriment from it. Don’t get thin,/there is safety in plumpness. Man, woman and child.

The Mother’s Favorite.

Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the mother’s favorite. It is pleasant and safe for children to take and always cures. It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and is the best medicine made for these diseases. There is not the least danger in giving it to children for it contains no opium or other injurjous drug and may be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by S. J. Willi%-ns. ; 6t .

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- . Real Estate Transfers. - Albion Democrat. Jane Clemmens, et al., to William Parker, 38 46-100 acres in section 33, Green township, $1,071. Simon Worman to Oscar Gandy, 39 acres in section 26, Noble township, $1,500. £ — - Louis and Sarah Caston to John and Sarah Lung, !5 acre in LaOtto, $20.. - : John and Emma Sowers to Amanda Sonner, lot 16, LaOtto, $450. John and Sarah Lung to Amanda Sonner, 5 acre in section 25, Swan township, £175. : X Solomon and Amalia Mier to Harvey Winebrenner, 42 acres in section 13, Noble township, $2,400.- _ - Wm. and Christina Zimmerman to Washington Parker, 4914 acres in section 22, Jefferson towwnship, $l,600. : ' ' _Amanda Brillhart, and others, to Spurgeon Franks, 80 acres in section 7, Allen township, $4,200. Spurgeon and Sophronia Franks to Patrick Murry, 30 acres in section 7, Allen township, $1,575. v : Luella Gunnett to Ivah Berhalter, part of lots 108 and 109, Mitchell’s addition, Kendallville, $2.000. Curran and Carrie Cain to Jacob Keller, 40 acres in section 11, Orange township, $2.600. - g . €Charles Weeks to Alvin Russel, 50 61-100 acres in section 10, Allen township, $250. , Luke Wrigley, commissioner for Emanuel Stutesman estate, to Geo. Walker, 80 acres in section 11, Perry township. b T John and Esther Cox [to James Tumbleson, 80 acres in /section 11, Perry township, $4.000. ‘ “James and Susan MceMilton to Harriet Stigner, lots 79 and 80, Wawaka, $295, ¢ . o _ John Moore to George Feldßeiser, 2 45-100, acres in Chapman’s addsic Ligonier, $436. ‘ John . and Effie Crandall to Eldridge Hersh, land in section 2, Noble township, $75. . - Robert and Ida ' Hays to. Herbert and Millie Foster, lot 32, Harvey’s addition, Alkion, $l.OOO. : ' Simon -and Rose Straus to Job Sharp, 40 acres in section 16, Noble township, $9OO. R o ;a_l’r:ge Licenses. Perry J. Stanley to Nettie Rumsbaugh. _ t John-W. Stringfellow to Annie M. Mahnesmith. Ira B. Sible to Zellah M. Rhodes. Riel J. Howard to Mettie Smith. Leroy W. Meroney to Minnie B. Harrington. : John C. Gehring to Belle Kiser. - Volney W. Geenwalt to Margaret Waskey. .© : - : 3 Charles E. Peffer to TLeona BordDer il % . Morton P. Thomas to Edna Earle. Vernal P. Streby to Leah C. Schwartz. :

Buddhism seems to be making a number of converts in this country. California now has three—churches and San Francisco a society which, though only three years.old, hasa membership of more than 300.

In 1875 buffalo robes from the bulls were worth about $1 apiece. in 1884 they had ‘advanced to $3; today a good buffalo robe would brihig $lOO or more and it would be difficult to secure one at that price. A live buffa--1o cow in prime condition is worth S2,GO()- : )

g—m—-m—m—n-—m—m—m-—‘ 'That Cough I | ' , 3 : | Hangs On i : i You have used all = sorts of cough remeI'dies but it does not | yield; it is too deep | seated. - It may wear j itself out in time, but §§s: is more liable to ipmd.uce la grippe, i pneumonia or a serit ous throat affection. | You need something jthat will give you i strength and build jup the body. | § L | - SCOIP’S | EMULSION. % will do this when everything g else fails. There is no doubt ‘,about it. It nourishes, : strengthens, builds up and | makes the body strong and ¢ healthy, not only to throw | off this hard cough, but to ¢ fortify the system against | further attacks. If you are i run down or emaciated you : should certainly take this | nourishing food medicine. il scorrsoé'aaawfigf ’a‘\lefixri';fsg,ifi:% Yotk: *-