Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 29, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 October 1908 — Page 5

REAL ESTARE We Own and Offer for Sale or Trade the Following Famms and Ligonier City Properties.

244 Acre farm near Middlebury Indiana good buildings and strong land, about 25 acres pasture land, farm formerly owned by Jacob C. Miller. 140 Acre farm five miles north - east of Ligonier, two sets of buildings, good house and large bank barn, fifteen acres of timber, about 20 acres of pasture land, balance firstclass tilable soil; from 5 to 10 acres good onion land. 6 room house and lot with barn in Shipshewana.

Any of the above can be bought at reasonable prices, on terms to suit the purchaser. We also have other properties not’ listed. For further particulars inquire of : LIGONIER, INDIANA.

0990990999999 900900900000030009° o « (e ’ ' . ® & =.- T G ® ’ , : | L é. Dealers in v @ ¢ : ® o . hoice ¢ 8 — & @ 2 e — @ 50 & : Farm Lands ¢ (@ ® 2 | & $ - i ol el s i s We havela number of choice farm for sale (@ g: in Noble county. Also real estate in the city of '. %. Ligonier. S & 5 We also have fine farms for sal¢ in the two (@ ? best counties in northern Michigan, Grand Tra- @ : verse and Leelanau counties. These farms are : e 2all well improved. Soil, black, equally as good (g @ asany Noble county farms for producing. Before @ ® investigating in farms call on us as we can save (@ ® your money. We are buyers of live stock and @ ® timber® - 9 » S - e @ é. ee us before you sell as it will pay you. ° $ . o oo eie el ? - Offices with o ® : ' ‘ & & ; ' 2 e Farmers and Merchants o ® & » Trust Company * ®' . ® S LIGONIER, - - INDIANA ¢ CONUNVUNUNUNVUNUNVUNUNUNUNVUND

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16-Room fiat near school house with barn, known as the Bolens property. 10 vacant lots on the north side in Ligonier,on Johnson and Jay streets. : 5-room house and lot on north side, formerly owned by Mrs. Phoebe Moore. ; 7-room dwelling with good barc and out-houses, orchard and garden: b acres of land, north side. Known as the Hart property.

F. P. Bothwell was at Albion Monday on legal business. :

A total of 22.000 people attended the Kendallville fair this year.

E. Jacobs & Co. have their entire line of fall and winter goods on sale.

Charles Joray is at home for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Joray. : :

Pleasant.f.v;éll-!urnishfd rooms for students at Mrs. Valentines near the high schceol building.

Mr. and °Mrs. H. L. Henry and children of Toledo are here the guests of Mrs. Henry’s parents, Augustus Yorkey and wife. :

Mrs. Jacob Sheets went to Merriam last Sunday to attend the funeral of Jasper Rarick who died at his home in Noble Township last Friday. -

J. H. Colliflower of LaGrangs, has apen of Road Island Red pullets, hatched April 20, that began laying Sept, 10. just five months after they were hatched. >

Mrs. Nancy A. Bailey of Elkhart used newspaper torches® to rid her hen house of insects. Before the fire department extinguished the loss reached $3OO.

Mr. M. Summers, a brother of MrsJ. D Kreager, accompanied by Misses Youug and Morrison, all of Toledo, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kreager.

John J. Kinney who was for many years cashier of the Kinney & Co. Bank at Angola, which failed a few years ago, is dead at Vancouver, Wash., at the age of 71 years. Death was due to paralysis. o

Dr. Frederick A. Hering, aged 96 years, for sixty years an active medical practitionier aud for over a half century .a resident of Goshen, died there last Friday. He had been in feeble health for sometime.

. Mrs. Mary West, a pioneer Whitley county woman died Monday at her home near Lorane at the age of 84 years. Her husband committed suicide in February last by shooting himself, declaring that he had livea long enough. :

The city council has called a special election for another vote on the muaicipal lighting proposition. The nextévote will be taken on November 18 This will mean that the whole ground will have to be gone over again and it will be several months before anything can be done.

Jasper Rarick of Noble township died at his home near Loon lake last Friday at the age of 74. Mr. Rarick was a resident of this part of the state for over sixty years. He formerly resided near Lake Wawasee, where his son, John Rarick, now lives. His brother, Newton Rarick, resides near this city. -

Frank Ziminerman, well-known ‘Auburn manufacturer, was painfully injured Saturday while cranking an automobile. The .engine ‘kicked back,” hurling the crank into Mr. Zimmerman's face and striking him just above the eyes. The force of the blow knocked him down and' cut an extensive gash. :

Notwithstanding the bad weather of last week the Kendallville fair came out all right financialy. The association will not show a big profit. but will not go into the bole, Last year the profits were $2,000 The total attendance at last week’s fair is estimated by the News to be from 20.000 to 22,000. It takes 14,000 paid admiesions to pay the race purses. The privilege fees usually pay for the advertising. Friday’s attendance at the fair is given out as 7,000.

Harry Starver, husband of the woman Kkilled at the Albion street fair while' attempting a “slliide for life’’ was filling an dngagement as an aeronaut at Peoria when his wife met her death Friday, but he did not learn of the accident until Tuesday:. He at onee started for Albion to claim the body. The remains, however, had been taken to West Unity. Ohio. Starver and his wife had been following street fairs all summer, separating but a few days before his ‘wife met her death, to fill two engagements. ,

All the very latest styles of cloaks apd suits at E. Jacobs & Co. ‘A full line of ladies’ waists just received at E. Jacobs & Co.

You will find eriterion hats at the Bon de Chea. .

The ladies of the (atholic chureh will hold a bake sale at Casey's shoe store Saturday, Oct. 10.

_See our Paris patterns which we are selling at actual cost. y WHEELER & WILCOX.

Charles Wiseman, employed by the Sandusky Portland Cement Co.. at Syracuse, had one of his hands torn off in some machinery Friday.

The Democrats of York township held their convention last Saturday and nominated an execellent ticket. Myron Baker was named as Trustee and Joseph Geiger for Assessor.

Do not be backward about buying your ticket for the lecture course. The money will be well invested for the list of entertainments will be the best ever presented to the people of Ligonier.

At the North Manchester fair last week much mouney changed hands in the betting ring. Even the women wagered on the race results. All in a dry town aud under a Hanly administration. :

Dr. Fleming of Elkhart was here vesterday, enroute to Cosperville, where ha paid a visit Mrs: Jourdan, who was operated upon at Elkhart hospital several weeks -ago. The lady is improving in condition.

The Whitley County Civic league has been organized at Columbia City to aid in the enforcement of the laws regulating the sale of liquor in that county. Nine of the townships are ailready represented in the organization. e ;o

S. Washington Kann left yesterday for Chicago, from which point he will put in four weeks on the road for a big shoe house. Mr. Kann will be home in good time to cast a vote for his candidate, William J. Bryan and the democratic ticket. ‘

Charles Parker, the well-known Lagrange cigar salesman, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. Parker, though a staunch Republican, will vote for Tom Marshall for governor. He says that he knows of many Republicans that will do the same thing.

A.J. Keehn of Chicago was in . the city Tuesday looking after business offairs. Mr. Keehn formerly resided here but for many years was connected with the operating department jof the Chicago City railroad, He is now a Pullman conductor having a fine run between Chicago. and St. Louis.

The republican committee has ihrough their chairman. Mr. C. M. Kinney, very kindly tendered the use of the speakers’stand near the public square for the de‘nocratic meeting next Thursday afternoon. This offer has beon accepted and .the meeting will be held out of doors if the weather will permit. r

A woman, formerly Bertha Cook. of Ligonier, was warned not to persiet in her practice of street walking in Goshen. Saturday evening, the police picked her up and took her before Prosecuting Attorney, Lloyd L. Burris. She agreed to leave town and was given twenty-four hours. A man claming to be her husband accompanied her. — Goshen NewsTimes.

The Democrats of Perry township have opened headquarters in the old K. of P. hall in the Sechloss building, where pleasant and attractive quarters have been fitted up. The room will be open several nights during the week. Next Monday night a meeting will be held and a speech will be made by a good talker. Evelry Democrat should make it & point to be there.

Mr. and Mrs. Terry King and two children of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Buel King and little son of Canyon City, Colorado, Miss Kate King of Cleveland, Ohio, Howard King of Cripple Creek. Coloradon. and their mother. Mrs. Richard King of this city are spending the week at Natticro Beach at Lake Wawasee. They are occnpying the Banta cottage and are having a most enjoyable time.

The Brimfield Call says that **An.on Spurgeon, democratic candidute for commissioner of the northern district will get a good many republican voters froin this part of the county.” Yes and the Call might have added that Mr. Spurgeon will get a get a good many votes from all parts of the county, and that he will be the next commissionier from the northern disfrict. He will make a mighty good one too.—Albion Democrat.

Wm. H. Favinger of Green township, democratic candidate for county clerk, was in the city during the early part of the week, looking after his political fences. Mr. Favinger is making a strong canvass for the office and is meeting with. much encouragement. He is one of the leading farmers in his part of the county, and a man of fine business qualifications. He served his people as township trustee much to their satisfaction. He will get a big vote where he is best known.

Many of our ‘people stayed away from the Kendallville fair in retaliation for the spirit shown by the citizens of that part of the county toward our race meetings and other local events Before our last race meeting over two hundred large bills were distributed at Kendallville and personal invitation was extended to many of the citizens. The train seryvice could not be better and a goodly crowd was expected. Imagine the surprise and disappoiniment when it was discovered that but one lene Kendallville resident put in his appearance. A republicancandidate who wanted to shake hands with the faithful, did spend two bits at the gate for a ticket. ; ‘

A meeting of Perry township Democrats was called last Monday night at the new club rooms and the attendance was surprisingly large, over a hundred members of the party Dbeing present. Several of the county candidates were present and delivered short talks upon- the eituation. Hon J. C. Kimmell was given an enthusiastic reception and he was called upon for a speech. He told of the late special session of the legisle - ture and the methods used to get votes for the Hanly measure. At the close of the meeting it was proposed to organize a Bryan and Marshall club, the suggest ion was adopted with a shout. W. H, Wigton was elected president; S. A. Banta., vice president; 80l Henoch, secretary and Fred H, Green, treasurer.

You will find criterion hats at the Bon de Chea. z

Don't change yourresidence or you will loose your vote.-

Foot wear for men and women, all the new shapes at E. Jacobs & Co.

Ferd Ackerman was here over Sunday. He says that business has been improving for several weeks.

Abe Ackerman of Fort Wayne was here last Mounday visiting his mother Mrs. R Ackerman and spending the holidays.

Mr. Reas Campbell and Mr. GeorgeHallauer of Wauseon, Ohio spent Sunday bere, gl;'sts at the home of A.J. Ditto and family. : :

Buell King wife and child arrived here from Cripple Creek, Colorado, Monday for a visit of several days with Mr. King’s mother.

Do not miss the pig democratic gpeech. Ex-Senator E. W, Carmack of Tennessee, will talk upon the issue of the day, next Thursday afternoon. -

. Next Thursday afternoon ex-sena-tor Carmack of Tennessee will deliver a democratic speech in this city. Everybody should hear him. He is a forceful speaker.

The hard frosts of last. week damaegd the celery crop in this part of the state. One Kendallville grower lost nearly all his season’s crop entailing a big financial loss.

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Simon left Saturday for their home at Mobile, Ala. Miss Simon, who attended the wedding is still in the city'and will not leave for the south until next week.

Do not forget the Carmack meet ing in this city on October 15 at 2 o’clock Senator Carmack was one of the democratic leaders in the national senate and will make an interesting speech. -

Mrs. Silas Shane and daughter from Warsaw came over last week for a vieit of several day with Mrs. Shane’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, Baum. Mr. Shane joined her Sunday returning to Warsaw Tuesday moring.

In the 1893-4 so-called democratic ‘‘panic’’ there were seventeen bank failures. Inthel9o7-8 paniein Roosevelt’s administration, forty-three banks stopped payment. Thatis one fact that Republican orator are kept busy dodging. ek

Newspaper men held a meeting at Goshen Kriday and -organized the Indiana Association of Weeklies. H. F. Harris, of the Pierceton Record, was chosen temporary chairman and J. W. Messimore, of the Syracuse Register, secretary. i

“Mr. and Mrs. George Saxman of Lawrence, Kan. are here for a visit with the old friends of Mrs. Saxman, who formerly resided in this city. Mrs. Saxman is the daughter of Hon. H. C. Fisher, who for many yvears was a well-known resident of Ligonier. She had not been here for nearly forty years..

A well known citizen and taxpayer who voted in favor of the. municipal ownership scheme last December upon the promise of immediate service Bays that this time he will vote against the project as he has since found that he was wrong. He recently visited two cities that have municipal plants and found that they are ‘*white elephants’’ upon the lands of the taxpayers. 7

The republican vice presidential candidate James L. Sherman passed throdgh Ligonier at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The train was scheduled to stop for five minutes here and it was expected that the candidate would make a speech butno one wag at the depot to greet him. Several people who happened to be near paid their respects to this distinguished visitor but this was all.

Creditors of Abe Brubaker, the Warsaw banker and Republican politician, have filed a petition in the tederal court asking that Brubaker be declared a bankrupt. The complainants are are the Indiana Loan aud Trust Co. $4,000; the Lake City bank, $6.000, and Ellen Elwood, $175, all indebtedness on notes. Brubaker was in charge of the Kosciusko county bank when it was closed last June by the authorities. :

Several Elks will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to see the game of ball between the Ligonier team and the Fort Wayne Elks. The Ligonier boys defeated this eclub in the last game by a narrow margin and the Fort Wayne bunch propose to return the compliment. The Ligonier team is made up of members of the Ligonier lodge and the Fort Wayne boys all belong in thae eity. Itis safe to predict an interesting game and that it will attract a good cro?vd. The Elks base ball club of this ¢ity will go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to play a return game with the crack Elks club of that city. Two weeks ago, when the Fort Wayne boys visited this city the local club defeated them by a score of 6 to 3 after an interesting game. Bert Inks will pitch the game tomorrow and he will be supported by the same team that played in this city. The Fort Wayne team is made up of good ball tossers and it is safe to say that the boys will have to play ball to win the game.

The county comissioners granted a liconse to Elmer Kloppenstein to reopen his saloon at Cromwell. This set aside the blanket remonstrance filed last yaar with what was thought to have a good majority of the voters of the township. The names were gone over very carefully and it was found that there were not enough unchallenged signatures so there was but one course open to the commissioners and they granted the license. The anti-saloon people were represented by F. P. Bothwell of this city. Mr. Kloppenstein reopened his place yesterday morning and ?romwell will be wet for a year at east. v

We are to have another election upon the electric lighting question. The whole proceeding. up to the time has been declared void and the fight is again before the people. We believe that a careful consideration of the question will impell every taxpayer who has his own interest and the interest of the city at heart to voté against the proposed expenditures of over $30,000 of the peoples’ money in an experiment that has been discredited everywhere that it is given a fair trial, Taxpayers should - investigate for themselves. Do not take the promises of the municipal- ownership fadists, but look into the eituation in, other towns where they have municipal ownership. 2

"Everybody should vote. The October term of court opened Monday. For the best selection of choice merchandise go to E. Jacobs & Co:

‘Miss Neva Hile was among the visitors to Keudallville last week.

.An elegant line of ladies’ and gisses tailored suits at E. Jacobs & 0.

See our new Paris patterns which we are selling at actual cost. WHEELER & WILCOX.

~ The M. E.church Aid Society are planning to hold their rummage sale during the month of October.

Cash feed store at Baker’s brick barn Wheat, corn, oats, and cracked corn for chickens. Bailed hay and bailed straw. Everything spot cash. | : W. H. Baker, propietor.

It is proposed to cut down a lot .of fine shade trees that stand in the court house park at Goshen. Considerable opposition has manifested itself to the schemae,

The Fort Wayne auto clab has purchased the Spring Beach Hotel at Rome City and will turn the hotel and grounds into a fine summer club house. They will build a large garage and improve the building.

' The scheme ‘‘beat therdevil around the bush’ was dropped after it was found that no one could be coaxed into investing his money in the Olds, corporation. The city council then took the othér alternative and called another election. All this must be paid for byithe people.

The Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. ehurch will give a 15 cent supper in the dinning room of the churcis on Tuesday, October 13th from five until seven o’clock. Each member will furnish something the initial letter of which is the same as the initial letter of their name.

It is safe to predict that Mr. C. L. Olds will try to tell the people of Ligonier what a good thing municipal owership will be for . the taxpafit ers. Mr. Olds has a lot of stuff thathe wants to unload upon the taxpayers at a big priceeand he will doubtless get busy. The voters of Ligonier do vot owe Mr. Olds or any other firm anything. ;

The Kendailville fair got a big crowd from Ligonier last week notwithstanding the very bad weather. Thursday morning it wasrainingand a cold wind that cut to the bone, dis couraging many . who had intended to go and at noon the conditions were no better. In the face of this, 400 people bought tickets over the Lake Shore, and many others made the trip over-land. - -

John J. Forker of Albion, county treasurer, was in the city last Tuesday evening and while here called attention to.the fact that a deputy would be at the Citizens Bank all ot next week to receipt for taxes. This will give our people a chance to pay their taxes without a trip to . Albion and is certainly a favor that all appreciate. The deputy will have all of the receipts for Ligonier and Perry township. :

The Hemenway meeting here last Saturday did not come up to the expectations of the party managers in point of attendance or enthusiasm, Two hundred people greeted the senator. who spnke to some length upon the issues of the day. Congressman Gilhams made a short speech that elicited | some little applause. The meeting is a fair indication of the political apathy that seems to have a hold upon the people. '

Considerable alarm was felt in t‘e cities and towns of Kosciusko couhty last week because of the fact that snakes,’ which make their homes in the marshes and woods were wriggling their way to the settlementswhich are less parched as a result of a seven weeks’ drought. No less than seven species of reptiles, several of a venomous nature, have been Kkilled in Warsaw during the past few days. A Warsaw woman Thursday dispatched a large and vicious rattlesnake.

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