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Clothing! This department is no longer L experiment with us, as it has fceen a success from the start. S- 4 3 L r clothing trade has so increased that we have given one Entire room to this branch of our business. It goes without saying Lat our stock, is the largest in Uis section of the country. That Lare giving good values at sat-

isfactory prices is evidenced by the fact that iiumerous customers from far and near are ■daily visiting our store and carrying away our ■goods. Do not expect prices to be quoted Ibere; but, first examine our goods and you [will be surprised at the very liberal offer we Iwill make.

I Gloves and Mittens. Anticipating the wants of our customers we gave our ■orderfor an assortment of Gloves and Mittens, the equal lof which, was never before brought to Nappanee. We lean supply anything in this line from a Lady’s fine Glove ■to a Gent’s coarse working Mitten. A splendid Glove or I Mitten for 25 cents—positively the best thing ever sold at ■that price. ‘ We carry alarge line of the Lamb Knit goods in Krloves and Mittens for Ladies and Gentlemen. You Kould have to hunt a long time to find anything its equal. I Rubber Goods. WE have Rubbers to match all kinds of shoes from ■the narrowest to the widest toe in men’s, boys’, women’s i ■misses’, and children’s Shoes. Carry the genuine Lambleitrille Snag-Proof rubbers, of which we have the exclusive sale in this vicinity. A full and complete line of the old reliable Candee HARTMAN pTTTSi Columbian AVe are offering a beautiful line of Ladies’ Jackets I and Capes this week. These garments are made to fit, land they are stylish. In Plush Capes we are displaying one at $lO twenty-eight inches long; a very tasty garment I and can not help but suit you at the price. Clothing! AYe have bought very liberally in Overcoats and we fee offering an all-wool Beaver at $7.50. No better value anywhere for the money,- , :. Men’s Ulsters. Our $lO ulster and strictly water-proof, full length, and high storm collar, is beyond a doubt one of the best c °ats in the market for the money. 'MEN’S SUITS . , It will pay you to buy one of our $7.50 Black Clay V orsted suits even though you do not need it tor tte next months, as everybody pronounces them the best suits tlle y ever saw for the money. , S OYB’ SUITS. We never displayed a better lins of Boys suits than We are this season. Under we kb. . ' AVhen we say we have the hest fleece-lined undei*nar in town for the money, we mean it—and when we fy-we will show you the best suits of underwear tor men te 50 cents that we-ever had op our counters, we mean tft hack it up with the goods and your judgment. union suits. . ' ... . Ladies’, Misses’, and Children’s Union suits; all sizes an <* Prices. MEN’S FELTS and RUBBERS. „ °ur $1.98 outfit is hard,to beat. While rubbers have up some, we can furnish you all youi want at the old prices—and we do not allow any to undersell us. For the best bargains in BLANKETS ($3) an( l the latest thing in Ladies’ fine Shoes, see have both. „ F IDLER & RICKERT.

THE NAPPANEE NEWS.

NAPPANEE, ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1896. 1 s&mi/ißaissk ~ ,v.tt*Bg -J: - ' . * *'**•■

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Hoard of Trustee*. The town hoard *of trustees met In regular session on Monday evening. There was present a full membership of the board. The following bills and amounts were ordered paid: Freight bills ,$ g.Bo Howard Oil & Grease Cos 18.38 B. Uline, drain tile 8.50 S. D. Coppes, room rent for election 8,00 Kuhlman Electric Cos., supplies 12.00 National Meter Cos., three water moters... 87.20 Hide Leather & Belting Cos., one bale waste 7.48 Dothre Mfg. Cos., pulley 4,23 N. W. Harris & Cos., water works bond No. 1 1000.00 Interest on same 20.00 J. E. Spicer, salary 50,00 Assistant Campbell, salary 20.00 Nightwatch Weitzel, salary 5.00 Marshal Todd, salary 12.50 W. H. Mclntyre, on contract 159.55 Sol Stump, extra police Halloween 1.50 The firemen were given a rebate on taxes according to statutory provision. The matter of providing sidewalks and crossings made necessary on account of the new Progressive church being built on Walnut street was considered favorably. The property owners will be asked to build the walk without ordinance. If not built an ordinance will be enacted. The marshal asked the board for Mr. Fager for the privilege of enlarging his peanut stand. Board disposed of the question as heretofore—had no authority to grant Mr. Fager the privilege of violating the law; he was on the street at the good will of the people, and when any one complained and took the proper steps he would have to move his “store” off. The clerk as water-works superintendent was ordered to collect water rents or turn off the water unless paid. The water rents were due on Nov. Ist and payable at the office of town Clerk Early. Trustees Rickert and Good were constituted a committee to negotiate for anew dynamo. There is a deal on with the Elkhart firm whereby a larger machine may he obtained on a trade. The gentlemen mentioned are at Elkhart th-day looking after the matter. 1 . No other business of especial moment coming before the board they adjourned to Nov. 30th. Assaulted on The Streets of Elkhart. It is reported in the public prints that two young female clerks at Elkhart were brutally attacked by two drunken young men right on the main thoroughfare of the city, opposite the postoffice, and the crowd took no notice of the fight, though one of the women was struck in the eye after being crowded against the fence and the other one was choked. There were no screams, or other ordinary frills given to a scrap where women have a part, and this, probably accounts for the non-interference of passers by. Elkhart can put up more disgraceful scenes in one week than any ordinary town in a month. ilcatli of John Miller, John Miller, died at his residence on Walnut street in Nappanee Monday morning, aged 56 years. He had been confined to the house for several months with a complication of ailments. He leaves a wife and three daughters, Mrs. John Miller and Mrs. AdamShrock, of Nappanee; and a married daughter residing at Bourbon. The funeral was preached this morning at 9:30 by Rev. Hochstetler at the E.-M. church. N. A. Lehman had charge of the interment at the South Union cemetery. A Preacher. Os Waterloo, Ind., Rev. S. P. Klotz, writes: “I have been afflicted over 20 years With dyspepsia or sour stomach. Have tried different remedies without much benefit. A 10c bottle of Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin gave me great benefit. Have taken nearly one large bottle, and feel like a different person.” J. S. Walters. Committed Suicide by Hanging:. Mrs. Samuel Shrock, aged 80 years, making her home with John Stahly, about 5 miles south of Middlebury, hung herself to the limb of a tree until shq was dead. The suicide was committed last Thursday morning. No reason is assigned for her committing the deed. Her husband died several years ago. She was looked upon as being a woman of sound mind, and was highly esteemed by those who knew her. —* The Secret of Beauty, Os complexion, hands, arms and hair is found in a perfect condition of the stomach and digestive organs. Keep, yourself right in these respects by using Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and nature will do the rest for you. In 10 cent, 50 cent and $1 sizes, of. J. 8. Waiters.

Nearly Another Tragedy at the Gravel Pit. "While Will Gross and others were loading gravel last Friday morning at the Armey gravel pit south of town the bank caved on tho workmen and Gross had the shin bone of his left leg crushed, his right leg out of joint at the knee, besides being badly bruised. C. Holdeman was also injured about the ankles, but not seriously. Teams and workmen were engaged in hauling gravel onto the south highway as donation work. Messrs. Gross and Holdeman had just about finished loading the wagon. There were perhaps three steps from the bank to the wagon. Without warning the bank slid onto them. Gross was thrown backward against the hind wheel in a half sitting posture with the hub under his right arm. The shovel handle came across his legs below the knees breaking it in two and crushing the bone as above stated. The gravel on him came up to his breast. Holdeman was thrown in between the front wheel and the doubletree, and was more fortunate in escaping more serious injury. Fortunately, one of the workmen who stood in front of the team grabbed the horses by the bridle bits, else both men would have been further injured by the loaded wagon, as the horses gave a lunge forward but failed to start the load before the man got hold of them. The men had to be dug out. Had the bank caved when they wßre in a stooping position getting their shovels filled they would both have been burled complete, and possibly killed by the weight of the earth if not smothered by it. It was certainly a close call for another tragedy. The accident recalls a tragedy which happened in the same gravel pit, on another' Friday—June 24th, 1887, when Samuel Bechtel, Nappanee’s first banker, met his death from the bank caving and burying him beneath several feet of earth. His man engaged to haul gravel was not feeling well and the weather being inclement he did not go out. Mr. Bechtel himself drove out. A storm came up and he sought shelter against the hank which slid down upon him. Two hours afterward F. G. Bryson and others brought in his lifeless body having exhumed it from several feet of earth. The Same Swindle If Not The Sume Swindler. The same swindle, if not the same swindler who tried to work the “bogus check racket” in Nappanee over one year ago, has bobbed up again. This time the tall, sleek looking individual, who wanted to sell goods to a furniture dealer and undertaker in Lagrange, represented himself as agent of the Indianapolis Lounge company, and theßushville Table company, and not meeting with any success in interesting the firm in the purchase of his goods, asked the common favor of identifying him at the flank that he might get a draft from his home cashed. This the Johnson Bros., not knowing the man at all, refused to do, but one of the firm accompanied him to the Ekston bank of Lagrange and the cashfer promptly cashed the draft of $87.50. The draft was on Chicago and has been discovered to he a forgery. I.nHt Will* Probated. [Goshen Newi.l The will of Geo. W. '/Ann has been probated. He bequeathed the residue of his estate, after the payment of his debts and funeral expenses, to his three children, Mary J. Hopkins, Arvilla Z. Vail and Frank 11. Zinn, share and share alike. No partition or sale of his estate is to be made for ten years without the consent of all the legatees. The last will and testament of Celia Mechling has been offered for probate. The deceased bequeathed her property and money about equally between her children, and named Isaac Grimes as the executor of her will. The will of Jesse Truex has also been probated. All his property, real and personal, was bequeathed to his wife, Susan Truex. Electric Bluer*. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when 1 the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fatal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, -Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50 cents and $1 per bottle at J. S. Walters’drug store.

Jameß Doyle I* Lucky With a DO-Diiy*’ Sentence. James Doyle, the young man who was caught stealing a box of medicine from the Lake Shore freight house in Elkhart some five weeks ago, and who had been in jail since awaiting the action of the circuit court on the charge of petit larceny, was given a 90-days’ sentence in Jail, and credited with the time already served, which is about 30 days. The two hobos who were arrested with Doyle at the time as being associates, and held for witnesses were released from jail when Doyle was given his sontencc. It seems that the young man had a close call for the penitentiary; and but for the good advice of some who investigated his parentage and past record, and the fact that he plead with the court not to disgrace him and his aged parents by sending him to the penitentiary, he would, perhaps, have done time at Michigan City. Doyle’s home is in Chicago. He can thank good fortune that 60 days more with Sheriff Kidder is his full allotment. There is a lesson in this, not only for Doyle, but for those smart young men in any community who run up against bad company and whisky. Doyle met two hobos, fell in with them, got drunk, and undertook to 6how the hobos how smart he was, and went to rob the freight house in broad daylight, when he was taken in by a policeman after a hot chase. Terrible Accident to Engineer Campbell of Elkhart. A terrible accident befell Luke Shore Engineer Campbell, of Elkhart, last Saturday at Chases, Mich., which may result in his death. Ho went out with a work train on tho Jackson branch to put tho finishing touches on a bridge at Ohases which was all but completed, excepting filling around tho abutments. The train was standing on the trestle work, and Engineer Campbell got down from his engine to walk hack to the caboose. There was very little room to walk along beside the train. Once he went to look below, forty feet to the ground, and instinctively took hold of a stake in the side of the car to steady himself. It gave way and he shot out from tho bridge and to the ground below. 11 Is body turned several times over hut he struck on his feet. Workmen expected to find him dead, but instead, found that his legs were badly broken and that he was alive. The train took him into Adrian as quickly as possible. At the hospital both legs were taken off below the knees. But little hopes were entertained for his recovery. His wife went to Adrian immediately to care for him. ——- Car Load of Turkey*. To-morrow, the firm of Geo. Freese’s Sobs will ship a car load of turkeys to New York. Heretofore, car loads of poultry shipped by the firm represented a mixture—turkeys, chickens, ducks, etc. It is worthy of note that this car Load, between 15,00 b and 20,000 pounds, will be the Simon pure; Thanksgiving day stuff. The firm has more ducks in the yards this winter than they ever had, there now being about 4,000. The turkey crop this season is below the normal, while that of the common barnyard fowl is increased by a large percent. The experts account for this increase of chickens from the fact that the price of eggs run very low last spring and people allowed the hatching process to go on undisturbed. The firm mentioned will do a greater business in the poultry line this season owing to an Increase of their refrigerator capacity, as mentioned at some length in these columns several weeks ago. I'onUiflloe Burglarized. The Sturgis postofflee was burglarized on Friday evening, Nov. 6th, and stamps and money taken to the amount of $89,12. A large portion of the stamps were newspaper and periodical, and postage due stamps. Office books and papers, paid money order vouchers and private papers were also taken, of which a portion was afterwards recovered where they had been dropped. Two auspicious characters who stopped at the hotel the night previous a/e suspected. The government offers a reward of S2OO for the conviction of the thieves. -—You ought to know- that when suffering from any kidney trouble that a safe, sure remedy is Foley’s Kidnev Cure.- Guaranteed or mqney refunded. Henry Fischer.

Fnmotiß Cano Elkhart Hydraulic vr. Martin G. Sage et al, Settled. One of the oldest if not the very oldest case on the docket of Elkhart circuit court was the case of tho Elkhart Hydraulic Cos., vs. Martin G. Sage et al. and has been pending over nine years. The case was sent to Judge Hammond flvo years ago as special Judge and that gentleman has bad It ever since. Tho case is on account and the suit was brought for $25,000. It grew out of a contract for water and a dlsputo over the amount furnished. Judge Hammond rendered a special flndingof facts which gives tho plaintiff $195 and the defendant an offset. Judge Hammond gave tho Hydraulic Cos. a judgment for $195 against Mr. Sage et al. and found for the defendants in the matter of requiring water gauges to be placed in the race. The matter was continued over until nbxt spring, at which time a commissioner will be appointed to see that the gauges arc put in. This finally settles the long continued suit and the decision is satisfactory to the parties. Knights of PythlMß. The Knights of Pythias of tho second district of Indiana are in session at South Bend to-day. These annual district meetings are for the purpose of instructions lu the unwritten work of the order, and in rank work also. There arc undoubtedly many prominent members of the order there, among them the grand officers. There are twenty lodges in the newly comprised district made up of the counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Laporte, Starke, and Marshall, and are as follows: Crusade, No. 14, South Bend; Calanthe, No. 41, Goshen; Elkhart, No. 75; Washington, No. 94, Michigan City; Laporte, No. 112, Luporte; Hyperion, No. 117, Plymouth; Argos, No. 212,. Argos; Martnont, No. 231, Marmont; Lucullus, No. 233, Ilourhon; Walkcrton, No. 203, Walkerton;North Judson, No. 276, North Judson; Nappance, No. 287, Nappanee; Garnet, No. 293, Bremen; Wcstvlllc, No. 309, Westvllle; Knox, No. 296. Knox; Middlebury, No. 311, Middlebury;Millersburg, No. 328, Mlllersburg; Bristol, No. 369, Bristol; Olive, No. 441, New Carlisle;Chesterton, No. 142, Chesterton. Hon. James 11. Willard, son of the late ex-Gov. Willard, is the grand instructor who is present at to-day's meeting. The large number of knights in attendance will be entertained with music and a banquet this evening. The Knights of Pythias of Indiana is now composed of 403 subordinate lodges and grand lodge with a membership of nearly 40,000 and Is rapidly growing. A number of the knights of the knights of the Nappanee lodge are in attendance'.

Nyriicum) Men A rr*-itt<nl for Slmp-lllilri*. At Goshen last Wednesday afternoon, Samuel Razor arid Charles Marble, two young married men residing In Syracuse, were arrested arid Jailed on the charge of theft. It seems that the men were In Goshen with their wives and families. They, with' boon companions, were doing the saloons, and occasionally doing a little trading on the side. They went Into this stores, and while one would engage the attention of the clejks, the other would take care of those things in sight. Finally, they came to u store where they were detected. The marshal was soon after them. They were found In a saloon and showed fight, hut the officer’s bludgeon cooled one of them down, and they went to Jail. The goods were recovered, but on the plea of the women and children the merchants did not appear against them and they were released. A search of the men’s clothing revealed numerous pairs of mittens, both men and women’s, several bunches of load pencils, combs, ribbons and other small articles. The men are umo’hg those engaged in fishing In the Syracuse lakes, and are not the most desirable people fa the world for an official to come In contact with on a mission of law. BoeUto’* Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt libeum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re Siuired. It is guaranteed to give perect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J 8. Walters.

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