Ligonier Banner., Volume 44, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 May 1909 — Page 5

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Fishing tackie that eateh fish at Ring & &"mmr”‘c, ‘ : . A good line of ladies shirt waists of all | kinds at E. Jacobs & Co. : § A good asmsortment of Ladies and of Misses tailor suits at grestly reduced %pm.. atE Jacobs & Co. ! Ogr new musiin under wear How on (ARI eoreel COVErN, FOWDS, and skirts (8l Stansbury s . {- P AR SR A RSP | Dr. Spith exteacts testh absclately Iwithent pain. Hotel Goldemith one Ich):' otty, Wedneaday. May 18. [ The Paivless Tooth Extractor, Dr. | Leuis J Swmith, will retarn to LigonTier for one day, Wedoesday May 16 é’}'mll@; Gioldamith, - < g " o A S P R 3 | The ladies of the 1. B eburch will GKive » Make Sale next Saturdsy { The guod things will be offered st | Woodratl's store _ f The town board of Nappanes has {appropristed Fax for the band., This imu insure twonly concerts, one each tweek daning the sutninsr. - _ ‘ Miss Harpiet Urich sntertained the iJ. A. i club at her bomes on Maiu !“"‘ inat Tuesday evening. The yitls feninyed 8 good secial Hime, : ; Mr. and Mrs. lon Nelson aud duugliter Mildred of Syracesé, New ! York, spett iast wesk in this eity the woests of friends and relatives, It you are going to the Jeflerson in Giombien Saturday nignt to ses “Polly of the Circus' the inst atlraction for this season, it s well to step 1o the telephione right pow and order ) our Beßle, . : i CFred Todd left for Fort (anaba inst Saturday his parale having expired, He will leave (huabin oally nßext maonth for Alsska where he has beenr detmilod for jmportant work iu the signal service corpe, . Mr and Mrs U, H. Hair and baby Marion of Chicago are scheduled to arrive tomoerros noof_for 8 vieit with I Mrs Bair's parents. Mz, and M. O W, Stites. Mrs. Hair wiil make an iextended visit, while Mr. Bair will freturn 4o his work Monday, -

i I Reveral strests at Kendallvilie will '? probatiy be aflected by an order to Lpave during the present year: Many [ property owners are demandiog re’f itef from muddy streets while others Lare plaving for delay sod osbjecting ito the proposedl improvement | k’.{ Nathing more delightful t%mné {“Polly of the Circus bhss bhesn Loflered the pilavgoers of America o 1 recont Years, It is refresbhively Tariginal aud gets farn removed from fthe beaten pathway of the ordioary [play. A large nudiencs will see it at fthe Jeflerson o Goshen Saturday i tight. { Mrs. Desdardines, s well-known indy, the wife of R. M. Deslardines. killed herself iast Friday by hnanging. Sbe had been in poor health for several vears and her” mind was affected: -She hiad a beautiful home junt Wweat of Vawter Park at Lake Wawasce and & most interesting family, BShe was forty-nioe’ yYears ﬂ)l‘. : M. . Bapp, for many years 8 resident of Albion has purchased the Cromwell News -and 18 10w in possession. The paper already shows a marked hnprovement and will no Pdoubt be miade a success by the new fowner who is a practical printer and l‘n newspaper wan of jong ﬁx{lwrmx‘wn. Mr. Parishio, the late editor, has gone !_!mvk to [linois where bhe will dopbt{jesn engage 1o some other and mors %vnx_;;:vmnl etnployment. . e eel i go I I e 2 e e e eO e e e e + it % BIG SATURDAY SALE P. : | '+ Will close out lot of | 1 Fine Hats at a > [. e E 3 Big Reduction I it ' - .I Saturday Afternoon and - o : '3 Evening | ’i COME IN EARLY ' MISS MAE SHAW. P b R R

1 Amatite rocfing st Kiog & Weaver. | Bort Toks was in Kendaliville Wesdey. A npew. car of Amoriean fencing st King & Weaver's. : 8. D, Heddin of Keudallville was it the city Monday. . 30 not forget the lLinke sale at Waxafls store next Saturday. All the new things in sumemer dress goods and wantings at E. Jacobs & Co. Tailored atirt waists just recieved Al Stansbury's. Usll in aod see themn. : > . Fuor those spring shoes go to L. E. {Misterhen. He hsa s good stock of new thinugwe. . | For the best selection of dry goods tarpets, rugs, ladies suits, shoes, etc go to E. Jacobs & Co. : é Mrs, W. A Shobe and Mre. Chae.’ Shobe were the giests of Mre Geo, Evans at Goshen Tussday. ; - = U Polly of the Clreus' st the Jufler. | son {6 Goshen Naturday night, . Last | atiraction for this season, ] © John O, Slutr entertained several | friehds at the lake iast week and he tad the luck o land & floe lot of Ray Benner eaptured s % pound pike in Lake Wawases Inkt week | It is one of the largest fiah caaght, for any years. o ; Mrm wW. L, so§:2s¥»mzuh AR aalh&df [to Kimmel] yestorday o aeoount M% the werious iliness of her mother. | Mrs. Joesse Haker g Beats for “Poliy of the CUlrous a! % the Jeflerson in Goshen Hatorday | bight are now selling, The prices Are She, Hw, The, §1 and SILED | P " i « i Hon: Otis 1. Hallou of Lagrange il% very ill at Lis bowme in that town, | He was stricken after the oloss of the | big murder trial thal engrossed the the attention of the court last week. | Raiph Treas will leave next Sat- | arday for Sankrancisco where he| will embark for Manilia. He has| bean hotne for thres monthe ou 8 lur«} idugn and has biad s most l‘nwrntmﬂ viuit, : {

. Evervit Misr carries his eye ina slhing o account of a glancing stone that hit him while playiug “dock on the rock’” with his mate, The injury was quite serious and Dr. Shobe took several stitelion to close the wound, The Woodmen of the World have planned for a big gathering 1n Kendalivilie indune. A class of 110 candidates from LaGrange, Fort Wayne, Kendalliville and. Gosheén will be initiated, the Goshen team doltig the Work. . Capt. C. A Green, William Miluer, F. E Robbins, John Curry, Ed Stutz. mean., H E. Stapsbury, Chas, Fritz, and J. D, Carr were among those who attended the annual reunion of the 157th regiment at Elkbart last Monday, The boys had a most intereBting time. = ' r - Huandreds of Ligonier people have read the serial story of “Polly of t!w! Circus' and handreds of the readers want to ges Polly fu fleshh and blood on the Jetlerson stage at Goshien Sat. urday night. Polly is one of the dearest little girls ever introduced to book readers and playgoers.

- Col. 8. J Straus returoned frow an extended trip to Texas, where he went to look after some investments recently made. He says that there i much good land In Texas but that everybody should make a very carefal investigation before puttiog money into Texas farm lands. :

Dir. J. F.. Luckey and Jack Buckles of Wolf Lake were in this city Tuesday in the interests of the Ligonier Driviog Association. Dr. Lucky is now president and Jack Buckles, secretary aud they propose to make the meetings of 1908 & success if hard work and close attention will doit. These gentlemen are enthusiastic horsemen.

When lightning struck the howme of Daoland C. i{lm at Gostien, & babe was torn from s mother's arms and tarned & complete someraaalt. The mother was severely stunned and s domentic was thrown to the floor. All were rendered unconscious for nearly ap hour. The babe escaped practi. eally unharmed and without burns of any kind.

The Wolf Lake Trolley says that the executive committee has ehanged the date for the fourth annual Onion Day at Wolf Lake, from August 19 o Thuarsday, August 28, one week later. It was discovered that Waolf Lake had chosen the date of the Old Settlers’ meeting at Columbia City. As they have an estsb lished date. the committes falt that another Jdate should be selected for onion day. : :

The Goshen Democrat in speaking of a former Ligonier boy ug‘w: “FEddie Jackson, who spent Sunday in the city went to Chicago this mornfng, whenes he will go to Missouri, where his wife is visiting her parents. Mr. Jackson’s *The Prince of Sweden' company has just finished a successful season and will go out again next fall. Mr. Jackson had been absent from Goshen two yeart.

The jury in the circuit court at Lagrange, after deliberating fifty-one hours, returned a verdict finding Joseph Barcelona guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. Bareellona is an [talian laborer and he was convicted of having fatally stabbed Alva Triteh, who had ejected him from a dance at Elmira in February. Two companions of Barcelonoa are in jail awaiting trial on the same charge.

Miss Critton, the trained nurse who was taken to Fort Wayne last Wednesday for an operation is reported taq‘xdly improving and will recover. The operation preformed by Dr. Rosinthal, assisted by Drs. Clapp and Black, was successful and was the only thing that could have saved the patient's life. Miss Critton had been the nurse of Sol Mier during his late illness and it was Mr. Mier who made it possible for her to go to the hospital. :

The campaign being inaugurated by the State Board of Health against the housefly is made possible by the strengthening of the pure focd law by the last session of the legislature. By the amended law the inspectors of the state board have the positive and unquestioned right to go into food establishments and to bring prosecution unless the wares on sale are properly protected from the flles. Circular letters of warning are now being sent out and these will be followed by inspections, and unless orders are ocbeyed the inspections will be followed by prosecutions.

| Sash and doors at King & Weaver, | Giardes seeds in bulk st King & - Weaver's. . ‘ ; | A large sssortment of rugs st E. Jacobs | & Company ; § Sash ribbons, corsets. belts, at iﬁm&mn‘n. : | : O ; . Linvlesm twelve feet wide at King %t Weaver s ' g Heat varuish for all purposes at § King & Weaver's, 2 e : : . Summer goods of all descriptions §AB E. Jacols & Co. _ Nes the apecial for 10 conts, in the north window at Swansbury’s, ;‘ E.Jacobs & Cothpany are showing the most complete line of sboes in . : j . Pishes, don't forget. We hare the largest line of dinner ware and fasey china, at Sianabary s | Call in snd ses our spriog live nhf wool dresa®goods. new shades. new weaves, At Miansbhury s : } E. Jacobse & Co. are closing 'nutg what they have left of snita and inckots At exceptionally low prices. | Waealey A, Dliggins, formerly & bars ber at Keadaliville, s succeeding well in the gew€atry at Colville, Wmhington. 4 W, H. Wigton has reonived word | from the national fish commissioners that a shipment of youtug hass -m! mnde in a few days for Dismood inke. ‘ } o g Dr.and Mo, Fred K Clapp went to. Albion Taesday, the doctor, W attend a mosting of the Naoble county Medical Roclety and Mres Clapp to | visit with Mr. and Mrs C. M ,(fupp.g A well known citlzen 'r«muted! yestorday that ‘with a wplﬁrr;.vtllg station largs encugh for s ety n!z 200 it seamed strange that wells are being driven along Cavin street for the benefit of the thirsty.”’ i Marcus HMeltzel, who bhas been biind all his life and for years a tamiiiar flgure in this city, diad st the home of his brother at Albion innt week. Mr Heltzel was 07 u)dg died very suddenly from a stroke of | paralysis. : _ o A valuable horse and buggy owned | by Alfred M. Thomas, was nmluui from the street at Columbia City Saturday evening. The rig was !dund; vext day near Cold Springs badly wrecked, The horse had tvﬂdnmli,y} driven bard. o §

Acecording to the statemesnt of Mayor Janies Graves and City Troas urer Wm. Gregg, the eity of Kendall. ville at present has s balance of over $25.0000 in cash ogdepositin the banks uf Kendalivilie against a bonded indebtedness of only $lB.OOO, The remains of John Mitehell. the Kendallville capitalist, who died in Paris several weeks ago were placed on board the steamer Teutonie, May ath and are expected to arrive in New York today. The funperal wil be teld at Kendallville Sunday.

Thomas L. Graves, for many years A prominent citizen of lieudnl{vma atd the father of Mayor Graves died iast Sunday after along illuess, Mr. tiraves was born in New York in 1831, He resided for a thme in Columbia City where he established a HeWßpAper. :

John L. Cooper, ex-county surveyor has sold bis Parkside residence, congideration $4 200, aud the family will apend the sammer at Winona, having leased the Hiawatha cottage. Mr. Cooper will continue his work Aas (‘h‘ll‘ engineer.—Goshen News-Timen, : :

! At the last session of the couuty commisioners, the following liquor }nveusaa were redemeed @ Charles Gilbert, #8877 Charles Gunn, $88.577; { Joseph Weber, §70.84: all of Kendall{ville lewis Palmer, $BO 27; Henry Isrmel, $6O 27 Albert Schuster $60.27; isud Sylvanius Hoover, $6O 04,

Aundrew J. Briggs, one of the oldest and best known farmers of Whitley county, was killed last Sunday by falling down the stairs at his home anst of Columbia City. He had been s resident of Whitley couunty for nearly seventy years. He was over aighty years old. i John MeMann, the draiuage contractor of Cromwell, has purchased the John L. Cooper property on South Eighth street and will move bis family to Goshen about May 15 Mr. McMann but recently secured eontracts for the Wagner ditch at $7.500 and Yellow Creek at $10,1560-— (GGoshen News-Times.

Mrs. Sarah Randall celebrated her 20th anniversary at the home of her dsughter, Mrs. ?l‘heu Eldred, in this eity yeaterday. Her son, Horace Randall and wife and Mrs. Harvey Beazal of lndmnaimliu. were here to take part in the festivities incident to the celebration. Mrs. Randall has been aresident of Ligduier for over fifty years. A

The commencement exercises of the Albion High School will be held at the opera house in Albion, Wednes. day evening, May 19, The gradustes tor this year are Alice Neill, Elva Alheimm, Mae Darrough, Sidney Kriegbaum, Daisy Stout, Hugh Hubbard, Ruth Hayes, Vesta Cookley, Grace Jaquays, Zoe Prickett, Alva Moore, Dorothy Black. <

- The Lake Shore’'s left to right shift will be made at least oune month later than was at first expected when the work was planned. Although 200 men are now working steadily on the change of the sigual service, as well a 8 a large number in the roadmaster's department, it is eodfidently predicted that the change will not be made before July 1, and possibly not them. It was at first thought that June 1 would be the date.

Three boys beloning to the Sophomore class of the high school took loxxcha_nceo one night last week in an-endeavor to put the elass colors on the flag stafl at the high school building. Ounly good luck saved one of them from a frightfal fall and perhaps fatal injuries. The school authorities ordered the flag staff removed and the boys will now have to to be content at taking other chances

Last Friday it was announced that the Lake Shore had npgropﬂued $5.800000 and the New York Central $5,700.000 for improvements and equip ment. President Brown said that the loaded car movement on the New York Central Lines for April was the heaviest since April, 1907. They moved 260,871 more loaded cars than they did during April 1908, The firat flve days of May showed an average increase of between 9,000 and ‘and 10,000 loads a day and indicate lthe largest Joaded car movement of May in the history of the road.

. Golden Kind seed corn at King & Wasver's ‘ i The floest live of white walstings . at Stansbury’s. ‘ , } Clark's Jewel gasoline stoves at HKing & Waarver's. i Lace curtaine, nets and swise for [ curtaine, at Stassbury's. : An immense stock of lace curtains to select from ot E Jacobe & Co Fostoria wisss ware, the iatest pro(ducts (o fine gisses at Stansbary's Boappy shoes s and oxfords for (everybody at E. Jacolm & U, For an siegant assortment of Indies whisis toseloct from see B Jacobs (& Ca. ; 4 E Dr. Biack went to Mtgmés Tnmyﬁir | (1o sttend the mesting of the Noble f,maaty Medical Society | & . r-o . ‘ } Mr. asd Mre J. D Catr went to Croshen i;zmuny evening whers !M)’l | were 153 gussts of Mr sod Mr. Edward 1 Connor. : ! Perfection 01l cook staves that tise ! cammen Ketosetie oil, greatest suc. i’cu- and thoroughly reliable po ex. ;p:minm. st King & Waeavers, | Public opinion {s steangly (o favor iof pure paint. 1 you share it buy Hradiey & Veosomian Pare Paint It Lis the bost valae at suy jrice. Bold | by Kiong & Weaver, : ¢ L i : s “Polly of the Circus’ is & ssnti. L mental cammedy. It ran for one year | At the Liberty theater, New York, to | tremeniloos bositvess, [t hias been irmwrvm;i for the ssason's lasl atiraction st the Jelerson. ' i “What will you do when the town §mmﬂrj'” in Deing solved Ly the pity | authoritien. ThLevy are providing ;}ﬂ«mt‘y of pure cold well water ouly for the pamping and the pumpe are gﬁi‘l}' to opeErats. ' “Polly of the Circus’’ at the Jefled 80D in Geaben Saturday night is the farewell atiraction for this seascn !um will be the [aat opportunity Lig onter people will have of seeing an Attraction there until next fall. . E‘ Billman Bros. the pump men, linve put down several wells along the curb in Cavin strest under the direetion of the city evouneil. The water s wplendid and will weet the wants of the public during the hot months. “Peté' " King of Syracuse. wha has piayed ball in Ligonier, failed to cateh on with Fort Waye and will probably be fonnd-piaying ball in the Copper leaguse He mades good all right, but it sdsims that several playeérs who were already under contract returned to the fold and fofeed him out. : The Lake Shore- engineers have made a careful survey of the yards and the sireets approsaching the tracks, within the last few days, but it will be several weeks before the proflie and detail drawings are comnpletad. It is said that the proposed improvemsut contemplates several radical changes. ‘ Waork will be begun on the new elec:rig lighting plant at an early date. The plane and specifications ars being drawn by s competent electrical engineer and will be submitted to the city coonecil in & few days., The Ligonier Milling Co. peo. plesay that they willputin s complete syetem, up-to-date and of undoubted efficiency. They will begin work as soon as the pians are agreed upon and rash the jbb to completion, s t % Wolf Bros. & Co. i -~ Successors to C. E<Dupler ~ DEALERS IN FRESH, SALT AND: - and Poultry. » Prompt Delivery to all parts of city We are in the market ' for live stock. T LIGONIER, . INDIANA 3

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