Chesterton Tribune - April 1, 1886
In and About Chesterton
Hay and corn for sale by G. Lindstrom.
Go to Bryant, of Laporte for photographs.
Henry Kruyer was in town last Monday.
Lots of Singers at A.L. Harper's hardware.
Messrs. O'Keefe and Decker, of Valparaiso, were in town Monday last.
WANTED - Immediately, a first class painter, for inside work.
Swan Nilson
Order your tickets for the coming township election before rush.
For Sale - A good bath-tub. Will be sold cheap. Apply at this office.
A marriage license was granted to Gustaf F. Erickson and Anna J. Johnson.
Lay, the restauranter, gives the best meal for 25 cents to be found in
Laporte.
Buy the new improved Singer Sewing Machine, with Oscillating Shuttle, of
A.L. Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Milne, of Chicago, spent a few days last week with their
daughter, Mrs. S.A. Harper.
Three-quarters of all the Sewing Machines sold throughout the world last
year were "Genuine Singers."
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc., for sale at this office.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
When in Laporte, be sure and visit Lay's restaurant, the best place in the
city to get a good meal for 25 cents.
Mr. Wm. Muldoon, of Chicago spent last Sunday with his parents in Burdick.
He returned home Monday morning.
Fort Wayne World: Rev. Father Lang, secretary of Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger,
lectured at Kalamazoo Tuesday evening.
Chas. Campbell has been on the sick list, but is now almost recovered. He
will commence work next week with N. Demass, the contractor.
E.W. Moorman is in Chesterton this week. Order your portraits now as it is
the last time he will take orders here personally. Remember he gives
first-class work and reasonable prices.
Bryant, the Laporte photographer, invites the readers of The Tribune to call
on him when in Laporte, when in want of elegant photographs. Children's
pictures taken by the instantaneous Process. Prices reasonable.
Mrs. Forbes had Chas. Clemmans arrested last Saturday, for stepping on his
food. The case was tried before Justice Gondring who on hearing the
plaintiff's testimony, became disgusted and promptly dismissed the
defendant, there being no cause for action.
Christmas was well represented in Chesterton last Wednesday. Among our
callers was Mr. Johnson, one of the principals in the fight that occurred at
Crisman some thirteen weeks ago. Mr. Johnson came up twice, the first time
to take a survey of the office, and the second time to clean the place out,
because The Tribune had published an account of his fight. It is needless
to say that Mr. Johnson was about half drunk when here. He came up the
stairway slowly and deliberately, with his mind fully made up. Sixty
seconds after entering the doorway, he was again on the street, a sadder and
we hope wiser man.
Liberty Township republicans held their caucus last Thursday, to select a
township ticket. This proved very difficult. There were two candidates for
Trustee in the field. Mr. C. Benke, the present incumbent, and Mr. Phares.
The result of the ballot was 32 for each. Sixty five votes were cast, but
one ticket omitted either candidate for Trustee, voting only for assessor.
It was decided to hold the nomination on the morning of the election, and
then decide who will make the race. Mr. Benke was elected the last time on
the democratic ticket, but afterwards became a republican. Notwithstanding
this fact, Mr. Benke is very liberal minded, and is about as good a democrat
as he is republican. It is very probable that he will secure the
nomination, and if he does, he will be elected without doubt.
It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to keep track of the numerous falsehoods
now being circulated by the beings who lay claim to manhood, but who are in
fact, human hyenas. The latest is a report that The Tribune is abusing the
Swedish people. Those who read The Tribune know this to be false, but there
are some Swedish people who have not been here long enough to learn the
language, and are so honest themselves that they think everyone else is
honest too. This class readily believes the lying reports circulated to
injure us. The pretext seized for saying we abused the Swedish people, was
from the article published in the issue of March 25, in reference to Pastor
Challman. The Tribune is represented as saying that "The Swedish people are
ignorant and rough." By carefully reading the article referred to, you will
find it says: "the country (in 1868) was new and rough." Nothing harmful to
the Swedish people, as a nationality, has ever been published by The
Tribune, and never will be. We ask our Swedish friends to aid us in killing
this lie.
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Aly Shephard is visiting friends and relatives in Michigan this week.
Miss Mary Bradt leaves school next week to accept the position of teacher of
the Pine Township school which at present taught by Reigh Furness. All join
in wishing her success.
Lewis Hildstom is quite ill, necessitating his absence from school this
week.
Base-ball is the favorite amusement of our high-school girls.
Mr. Geo. Baker, of Michigan, and MR. Jno. Violette paid the school a visit
Tuesday.