Chesterton Tribune
June 10, 1886 cont
Mr. Aug. Pillman had business in Valparaiso Monday afternoon.
Parties indebted to Green & Harper will please call and settle kindly
oblige.
Mr. James Moroney, of Englewood, spent Saturday and Sunday in Chesterton.
The bridge builders will commence laying stone for the foundation on the new
bridge next week.
Traveling agents were almost as thick in Chesterton Wednesday as candidates
for county offices.
Miss Regenia Wiesemann went to Chicago last Wednesday, where she intends to
remain this summer.
Mr. C. R. Talcott, candidate for Recorder, was in town last Friday. He
found many old friends in Westchester.
Geo. Brown sold to his son, Jerome Brown, 80 acres in Jackson Township
$2,400. Jerome is getting right to the front.
Commissioner Lundberg is in Valparaiso this week attending his duties as a
member of the Board of Commissioners.
A. F. Knotts announces his name for County Surveyor. He is competent and
reliable and of course wishes your support. Adv.
Emerson Bowser purchased a well-located barbershop on Monroe St. Valparaiso,
and is doing a successful business for himself.
Pillman & Eggert give another dance to-night (Thursday) in their Rink at
Hageman. Music by Spencer's and a good time guaranteed.
Constable Joe Hallady, of Valparaiso, is the "coming man." Yes, sir, Joe
keeps a coming up to Chesterton, but the Lord only knows what for.
No Grand Jury will be called until Oct. next. It has been drawn, but lack
of business is the reason given for not calling it together this term of
court.
Last Saturday evening the ladies of the Swedish M.E. church gave a
strawberry festival for the benefit of the church. It was well attended and
was successful.
Ben Butterworth and Mort Stephens of LaPorte, last Saturday walked from
Laporte to South Bend on a wager $10. Now the question is did Tom
Butterworth, the shoe dealer, get the walk up to get a corner on shoes?
Mr. C. E. Peterson, traveling agent for a Minnesota land company, of which
Mr. John B. Lundberg is agent, was in the village last Monday, but as usual,
came just in time to miss seeing Mr. Lundberg.
As this is court time, and business calls a good many of our readers to
Valparaiso, those in want of watches, clocks, or jewelry, would do well to
stop and see Wm. Vail, the Valparaiso, jeweler. His stock is elegant.
Michigan City Dispatch - Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, of Chesterton, who have been
visiting in the city for a few days, returned home this (Friday) morning.
Mr. Hunt is business manager for photographer G. S. Houser, at that place.
Rev. Z. Lambert went Friday to Kouts Station returning home last Monday. He
was called there to assist the minister of that place in baptizing 18
converts to the M. E. Church. This work is the result of a well-conducted
revival meeting held there last winter.
The Board of Equalization met last Monday in the commissioner's apartments
to adjust all claims brought up. Quite a number of the farmers of the
county did not agree with their assessors, and asked to have the valuation
of the land lowered. The commissioners go into session immediately after
this Board finishes its business.
Michigan City Dispatch - Chesterton has a big school racket on hand. After
the trustee had made a contract to retain Prof. Phares as principal another
year, Dr. Marr, the evil genius of the village, induced the trustee to
revoke his agreement and engage another man who was contracted with, and now
the citizens of Westchester township are up in arms. Mr. Phares has the
original contract, and should be employed.
A Mr. Soper, employed as a farm laborer for Geo. Morgan, while at work one
day last week, plowing corn, became insane. He started on in the morning to
work in a field some distance from the house, and not returning to dinner as
usual, the family became uneasy. Finally about three o'clock in the
afternoon, Mr. Morgan went out to see what the trouble was. He found Soper,
with the horses on a trot, plowing up corn, weeds, and everything else. The
unfortunate man had destroyed 6 acres of corn, in his vain endeavor to get
away from some imaginary pursuers. He was taken to his home in Burdick.
About a year ago, Jno. Tratevas found one of his horses, a three year old
colt, dying from a wound made by a bullet. The animal had been in pasture
adjoining Patrick O'Connor's. The animal died, and Tratevas, for some
reason, thought that Mike, a son of Mr. O'Connor,
killed the animal. He then brought a criminal suit against young Michael,
which was tried in Valparaiso and decided by a jury, which resulted in young
O'Connor's acquittal. At the same time Tratevas brought a civil suit for
damage against Patrick O'Connor and his son. After being put back two terms
of court by the plaintiff, he finally went up last Monday and had it
dismissed, and paid costs which amounted to something like $75. While all
sympathize with Mr. Tratevas in his loss, it must be admitted that he acted
rashly in prosecuting honorable neighbors like the defendants are known to
be. All are convinced that both Mr. O'Connor and his son are entirely
innocent of the charge, as it has been conclusively proven that other
parties are the guilty ones.