Chesterton Tribune - Dec. 17, 1885
In and About Chesterton
Insure with S.A. Harper.
James Moroney is in town this week.
Get Swan Nilson to do your painting.
Room to rent. - Inquire at TRIBUNE office.
A beautiful decorated lamp only $1.50 at P.A. Johnson's.
Subscribe for the TRIBUNE. Get your friends to subscribe.
Can't you add one name to The TRIBUNE subscription list?
For Bargains in Hardware, Stoves, Wagons, etc, go to A.L. Harper.
You can get a knobby all-wool lines Artic for $1.25 at P.A. Johnson's.
Copies of THE TRIBUNE on sale M.A. Salisbury & Co. every week.
Frank Beckwith's smiling face was to be seen in Chesterton last Saturday.
A full line of Hoods for Ladies' and Children at P.A. Johnson's at bottom
prices.
Charles Gable was fined $20 and costs for illegal liquor selling, last
Saturday.
Bring your job work to this office. First-class facilities for doing good
work. Prices reasonable.
FARM TO RENT. Cheap. Good home, barn, and 60 acres or more. Call on J.H.
Busse, Porter, Ind.
The Masonic Ball Christmas promises to be a pleasant affair and a social
success. At least 200 tickets will be sold.
Mrs. A.P. Strom, who has been visiting friends in Chicago last week,
returned home Saturday.
When you want elegant photographs taken, be sure to visit Bryant's
photograph gallery, of Laporte.
Come and square up your subscription accounts. Christmas is coming and we
want to buy a present for the baby. Don't forget us.
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc. for sale at this office.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
Saturday, December 26th County Superintendent Porter will examine applicants
who apply for teachers' certificates.
A nice line of samples of new year's cards just received. Prices ranging
from 75 cts. to $5.00 per pack. Call and see them at THE TRIBUNE office.
S.A. Harper has been in Chicago three days this week purchasing holiday
goods for Green & Harper. This firm have a very fine display of Christmas
toys.
Mr. Thomas Crumley, of Chicago, moved his family to Woodville last Saturday.
He owns 80 acres of land just west of Westville, and has recently built a
new house there. He will engage in farming.
On the 11th inst. the commissioners confirmed the viewers' favorable report
of Jacob Link and Christian Arndt for an east and west road to Washington
township, petitioned for by Wm. A. Bond, et al., and ordered the road.
Notice the announcement of Green & Harper, - why of course you will, you
can't help yourself, and then go to the store and look at the nice things
displayed. Once inside the store you will look, admire, buy, go home and
scatter happiness broadcast.
We understand that Mr. M. Barry, the Valparaiso carriage manufacturer, has
sold a half interest in his factory to Mr. Russell Stoner, a farmer living
south of Valparaiso. Mr. Stoner is a man of large means, and the united
efforts of the two men must surely carry the venture to success.
Last Saturday, while the Editor was in Laporte, Mr. C. O. Hillstrom places
in our house an elegant Hillstrom Organ. It is a beauty. The tone is
superb, the finish grand. Mr. Hillstrom is one of nature's noblemen, and as
we sing the songs, we will not forget to sing one of praise of this generous
man. Mr. Hillstom will please accept our sincere thanks for this beautiful
present.
The type setting contest for the championship took place in New York City
last Tuesday, and resulted in a victory for Joseph McCann, of the New York
Herald, present holder of the championship medal over William C. Barnes, of
the World. The stakes were $500 a side. Four hours of setting solid minion
type, 50 paragraphs, twenty five cms wide, were the rules. Barnes led the
first two hours, setting the first l,0000 ems in 291/2 minutes. At the close
of the contest McCann had set 8,0621/2ems, and Barnes 7,951. McCann
corrected his proof in 14 minutes, and Barns his in 23 minutes. About
$4,090 changed hand on the result.
Rubber boots only $2.25 at P. A. Johnson's.
Go to P. A. Johnson's for a fur cap. From $2 to $2.50.
Think of it. A good umbrella for 20 cts. at P. A. Johnson's.
Gust Widell formerly of this place, but now of Chicago, is visiting friends
here this week.
Don't forget that, H. Dabbert has a large line of Holiday goods. His store
is at Hageman.
The snow-plow on the Lake Shore railroad has been busy this week keeping the
track clear.