Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 2, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 April 1904 — Page 5

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. If you had to pay $3O to $35 for a suit in order to be well dressed there would Dbe. a gooe reason for paying it. Dressing well is the best oj investment. But if you cannot be better dressed—more stylishly, more distinctively, more satisfactorily, than in . : Hart, Schaffner . & Marx Clothing, does it seem rteasonable for you to pay a customn tailor almost 50 per cent more for the same thing?. You can get afine nice dressy suit of the make that bears the - H. S 5 &M. 4 Label at $l5 to HlB ~We hLave cheaper goods if you want them.

Goshen.

Wateh for Goshen.

Grand'lndqor Fair, Syracuse, April 4 tO9. -

C. E. Benham and wife -were Elkhart visitors last Friday.

Men’s work shirts and overalls the best in the city at Stansbury’s.

" A barrel of fun every night at the Syracuse Indoor Fair, April 4 to 9.

Gauze underwear at five cents, ten cents and fifteen cents at Stansbury’s. _ .

Mrs. C. E. Benham was a guest at a social function in Elkhart Monday evening. .

Meyer Hess of the firm of M. Jacobs & Co., was in Chicago Sunday and Monday on business. =

Lewis Heber left Monday night for Arkansas to look after some business interests. He will be gone for several weeks. ;

-The improvements at the Hotel Goldsmith are goingon apace. When completed the place will hardly be recognizable by old patrons.

The Albion opera house will be put in first class condition. The curtain will be frescoed and new scenery provided and a new exit putin.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank McDevitt, accompanied by Mri. C. H. McDevitt, came down from Goshen Saturday for a visit with friends and relatives.

Fred Huber has gone to Goshen where he is a patient at the Becknell Hospital. Mr. Huber has been suffering from stomach trouble for several years. : :

Lieutenant Ray Shobe who hasrecently located at Peru writes several of his friends here that he likes his new place and that the town isfull of activity and push. :

Jacob Shick, well known here, and Mrs. Fannie Fochs of Toledo were married in this city last week and are now at home at Mr. Shick’s residence west of the eity., L

John Bussing of the North Side left Tuesday for Coldwater, Mich., where he was called on account of the serious illness of a relative. He will not return until next week. :

- Miss Ruby May left Tuesday for Chicago where she will resume her studies- at Ferry Hall after a most pleasant vacation of ten days. Miss May is delighted with her school.

Milt Moore of Lake Wawasee was here yesterday. He says that the lake 1s higher just now than he has gseen .it for years. The ice has all disappeared and in breaking up did very little damage. L :

The officers of the new Aubnrn state bank will be Jacob Keller of Kendallville, president; Isaac Straus of Ligonier, vice-president and Simon Schloss of Albion, cashier and manager. The capital stock will be $50,000.

The prohibitionists of Lagrange county havenominated the following ticket: Clerk, A. L. Gerber; treasurer, A. W. Merrifield; recorder, Geo. P. Smith; sheriff, A. A. Lytle; coroner, N. W. Reed ; surveyor, Earl Greenawalt; commissioners, W. R. Riley and John W. Low.

Word was received from Denver, Colo., that Buel Davis,a Goshen.boy, has been visiting there and had left there on a tour through California. Davis is the boy who made a voyage to South Africa during the Boer war. He . has traveled much.—Goshen News. Young Davis is well known here formerly having resided in Ligonier. : , ,

. SMOKE THE WREN . QIGARS Rsk fof ¥ Try 7t Sold Rverywhere

+(Goshen. : e e e t Look for Goshen. , . Canned tomates, best quality at ten cents at Stansbury’s. : Lace curta.in-s,\vvindow shades and curtain poles at Stansbury’s.

Ike Straus made a business trip to Chicago last Thursday and Friday.

Leo Solomon shipped a load of fine horses to the Michigan market last Tuesday. : : o

G. E. Wellein, local representative of E. E. Jones & Co., of Chicago, spent Friday in Chicago.

Dress ginghams, voiles, dimity and white goods. Buy the goods while the selection is good at.Stansbury’s.

Prof. W. A. Beane left Monday for Leesburg where he is spending a part of vacation week with friends and relatives. . oy

Wilbur J. . Inks left for Chicago Sunday last where he hopes to secure a position. He may go farther west, however. ,

Van B. Smith is slowly convalescing from the effects of a terrible fall he sustained at the Hotel Goldsinith last week. -

Have you seen that nice line of walking skirts for three dollars, and three dollars and fifty cents at Stansbury’s. o ‘

It’s a doctor’s business to study health,-doctor’s ‘confidently recommend HARPER Whiskey. Sold by Albert Bordner. , Tt

The democratic ticket has been nominated. The republican bosses will now get together and fix up a slate to suit the situation. ;

Mrs. Frank Sack and daughter, Gretchen, left Monday for Jamesvown, New York, for an extended vigit with relatives and friends.

The Mier Carriage & Buggy Co., are being rushed with work. They have not been able to get carsenough to get their work out of the factory.

Nimmon Smith is arranging to build a neat and tasty dwelling on his lot on West Firststreet. As soon as the weather will permit work will be begun. . !

.Sol May went to Chicago Tiesday morning in company with his daughter, Miss Ruby, whc was returning to her studies at Ferry Hall at Lake Forest. : ; :

Mr..and Mrs. Henry Kahn of Manistee, Mich., spent Sunday here the guests of Mr. and Mre. Leo Solamon. Mrs. Kahn will remain several days to. visit friends. -

Louis J. Keller of Kendallville and well known here, who has been spending the winter in Arizona, has gone on to Catalina [slandto spend considerable time. | 1

Miss Bessie Raubert, who is taking a course of instruction in a business college at Muncie, returned to her studies yesterday, after spending the vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Raubert. o

‘Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Price left Friday lasc for Lagrange where they will make their future home on a farm near that city. Mr. and Mrs. Price made many warm friends during their stay in our city.

Charles Gibson who, has been in the employ of Luar & Jacobs of Goshen for several years has accepted a position with Jacob- Sheets and is now behind the counters at that populdr establishment. -

Bruce Schutt of the city school has accepted a position in the office of the Mier Carriage & Buggy Co.. which he will assume at the close of his present term. This will made Mr. Schutt a permanent citizen of our City: « - Lo

The fellows, who had been expecting a big row in the democratic convention, were wonderfully disappointed. :'he Democrats are generally able to settle their own difficulties in a way satisfactory to themselves at least.'

After a recent death .in Warsaw, following an illness lasting six days, the widow collected 27 medicine bottles, all empty, which she proudly showzd to her neighbors to prove that She had done her best to keep the poor man on earth. .

Rollin Ellison, the Lagrange banker will 'be tried at Goshen on three embezzlement charges, during the present term of court. Hon: E. A. Dausman of Goshen has been selected as special jndge to try the case. It will be a hard fought battle. '

A good sized crowd was in attendance at the Masquerade ball given by the Bippen’s orczhestra at City Hall last evening. All costumes are original ‘and many were perfect as disguises. Everybody, present both dancers and onlookers, greatly enjoyed the affair. - ‘

W. James Hogue, late of this city but now a resident of LaOtto, has left the democratic party and is now a Prohibitionist. He joined the prohibs at Avilla last week at the congressional convention. He made a speech announcing his conversion and was at once accepted in full fellowship. :

The Angola Magnet says: ‘‘Jerry Dutter, the fruitier, informs us that an inspection of fruit prospects of this region inclines him to the belief that a very good crop will be produced in spite of the severe winter. The conditions: of the fall season, and plenty of snmow left the fruit vines and trees in very good condition. -

The hotels at Lake Wawasee are being put in shape for the early spring trade. The Inn will ‘again be under the management of Wiggins. and Jones will operate the Jones Landing hostelry; the Lake View hotel will be managed by B. A. Holton who has leased that popular resort, and Milton Woods will manage the Vawter Park hotel. :

- Those white semi-poreelain dishes, gold decorated, have the best appearance, finest effect and look the best of anything to be had in theline; also remember that I am now selling the white Habsburg ehina. This ware is fully equal to the Haviland in appearance and without the stamp would require a good judge to determine the difference, Stansbury.

Mr. Abt's performance on the mandolin we have {et to hear equaled. All of his numbers were rendered in a style of finish and'with such perfect ease that the applause was spontaneous and terriffic. The greatést living mandolinist.—gtewart’s Jovrnal, Philadelphia. Atthe M. E. church, Monday evening, April 11,

Goshen. i ] - -~ Wait for Goshen. ! Corsets, gloves, ribbons, lace collars at Stansbury’s. : 'i'able linen and napkins, special this week at-Stansbury’s. - ‘Allen Wysong was here from Goshen the latter part of last week. Fine musical entertainment at Indoor Fair, Syracuse, every night next week. Don’t miss it.

Hugh Lundy is now a resident of the secend ward, having made his shift in time to save bhis vote. >

The city schools are closed this week and the children are greatly enjoying the annual spring vacation.

Col. S. J. Straus went to Auburm last Monday to look after business interests. He returned home Monday’™ | !

Mrs. Abe Goldsmith left Monday for Chicago where she spent the early part of the week visiting friends. P ' :

Dress goods. all the latest styles, in cotton and wool, will make special prices on these goods for a few days at Stansbury’s. | .

Hosiery, this is one of our specialties, anything you want in lace, fancy and black for ladies, children and infants at Stansbury’s. :

Mr. and Mrs. Kitt Shepardson of Lagrange were here last Sunday, the guests of Mrs. Shepardson’s parents, Mr. and J.; H. Biddle, of the east side. S

Will Sack was in Elkhart Monday and Tuesday evenings, assisting the Elkhart orchestra- in furnishing music for a show at the Bucklen opera house. s ‘

The Ladies’ Misgionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs.. O. W. Christie Thursday afternoen, April 14, at 2:30 . All are requested to ‘be present. ,

Hy-Art underskirts are the best in the market, price eighty cents, one dollar, one dollar and twenty-five cents, one dollar and fifty cents and two dollars at Stansbury’s.

Jim Hogue, a Prohibitionigt! Talk about strange bed fellows in politics. This is the limit. Jim has ‘been in all of the parties now: and all hope that he has found what he wants.

Charles Bryner of Jefferson township has been appointed by the Elkhart county commissioners to fill out the unexpired term of County As‘sigssior Patterbaugh who recently ied.

Lagrange is to have a pickle salting station under the management of a Pittsburg firm. A large number of contracts have been made with the farmers near Lagrange to plant cucumbers. | | i

Albert Franks, one of the staunch Democrats of Elkhart township. was inithe city last Saturday. He says that there is a strong Parker sentiment among the Democrats in his part of the county. .

Miss Bernice Clapp of' Albion and Miss Sue Dohson of Albugquerque, N. M, her room-mate at Ferry Hall, were here last Thursday to call upon Miss Ruby. May, whois also a student at the popular school. '

Beware the party line telephone. The South Bend Times says an Elkhart county young man who attempted to.propose over a country party telephone line a few nights ago has received four acceptances already.

Those of the ypnnp:er generation who expect to become *‘‘oldest inhabitants’’ should chalk up with red the winter of 1903-1904 as lastihg from about November 20 until March 28, and then a few weeks for good measure. .

Charles Cover, one of the oldest passenger conductors in point of service on the Lake Shore, died in a Toledo hospital Thursday, an operation for appendicitis proving futile. He was fifty years old ‘and well known to many of our people.

When Mrs. Albert Stockly, one mile and a half southwest of Elkhart missed . her fourteen-months-old child, Helen, one afternoon last week, a search was instituted and the little one was found drowned ina bucket of dishwater. The child had evidently tried to drink the water and had fallen in head first.

The contest for the judicial nomination in the Elkhart-l Lagrange circuit is beginning to getinteresting. Hon. Lon J. Vail, well known here, is so far the leading candidate; butit is given out that E. A. Dausman will alsoget into the fight. Dausman has been a Republican but a few years but seems to have.a strong hold on the party. e

Straus Bros. & (Co’s. new Winton Téuring cars are, here and will be put in commission in a few days. They are most elegant machines, a great improvement owver the 1903| automobiles. They are provided with canopy tops that cap be completely closed, shutting out the rain: and snow. Many.improvements are I noticeable in the construction. AS| soon as the roads are in condition they will be put in active use. ~

Bert lnks, the one time famous pall player, who for the past three years has been at his home in ILigonier, has received several offers from minor league teams tp go into the business, and he is considering them favorably, though he hopes to receive a proposition from a big league team. Inks is quite well known here among the fans, having played with an all-star Elkhart nine at South Bend seyeral years ago.—Elkhart Review. .

Miss Anna Mathews came home from Battle Creek, Mich.,last Thursday,where she is a nurse at the sanitarium. She was accompanied by Miss Vesta Chapman also a nurse in the same sanitarium. The young ladies are enjoying a short vacation but may remain here for some time. They are both experienced and trained nurses and should their services be required they can be found at the residence of Capt. Ed. W. Mathews on the north siSe.-

Geo. W. Ulmer of Lagrange was nominated as the Prohibition candidate for congress at a convention held at Avilla last Thursday. Charles Eckhart of Auburn, the candidate for governor four years ago, was elected as the district chairman and M. T. Bishop of St. Joe, secretary. Four delegates to the national convention at Indianapolis were elected as follows: Rev. Robert H. Clark of Fort Wayne, Rev. William Talbert of Albion, L. I. Matson of Pleasant Lake and A. Kinmount of Angola.

Wait, look, wateh for Goshen.

- John Hays and Wilbur Inks went to Chicago Sunday night. il

- Harry Nelson of Elkhart visited relatives here the first of the week.

E.Hoykendorf of Syracuse was the gueet of Miss Emma Fleming Sunay. LT

Clarence Shafer and wife spent Sunday with relatives and friends in Goshen.

‘Chas. Simmons left Sunday morning for Chicago where he expects to take a position. - iy ;

Otto Wolfe returned to Toledo Sunday night after a pleatant visit bere with his parents and other relatives.

Miss Una McAllister returned last Thursday from Kalamazoo, Mich., where she had been visiting her parents for two weeks. )

" Mrs. Geo. Sisterhen was in Butler over Sunday visiting her son, Karl, who is the United States KExpress agent at that place.

The Burnstein Cigar Co. of Goshen are introducing their new cigar in this city, The Goshen. It is said to be a good one. Try it.

Herbert Robinson went to Detroit Monday morning to resume his work as fireman on the Toledo-Detroit branch of the Lake Shore railroad.

The Republicans of South Bend named Mitchell Somers as their candidate for mayor of that city. Samuel Leeper had 56 votes and Attorney Clark 46. ;

The Churubusco town council has granted another franchise to the Ft. Wayne and Goshen electric line, provision being made that work must begin within ten months.

Mayor Fogarty of South Bend has been renominated by the Democrats. A strong local ticket was named in an enthusiastic convention. It is claimed that the Democrats have a fine show of carrying the city.

Dr. W. K. Mitchell’'s new Oldsmobile 1s here and the doctor has been acequainting himself with some of the pcculiarities of the machine. It is of the regular pattern but has a top for protection in bad weather.

1f any Democrat thinks that the democratic ticket nominated Tuesday night has a sure thing, he should at once disabuse his mind on that score. The republican managers can be counted upon to nominate their strongest cangriqmes and make a hard fight for the'€lection. i

‘ Unless some wunforeseen trouble should arise in the senate, the rural route mail carriers will receive $720 per year, after June 1. They will be prohibited from ecarrying any other packages than those upon which postage is paid. They will become full fledged government employes.

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