Chesterton Tribune - May 6, 1886
At Home and Abroad
School closes in two more weeks.
Wall paper at Heffron's new paint store.
Go to Bryant, of Laporte for photographs.
FOR SALE - House and lot. Inquire of Mrs. Catherine Winters.
FOR SALE - A good bath-tub. Will be sold cheap. Apply at this office.
A petition is being circulated here against Butterine. It has many
signers.
Lay, the restauranter, gives the best meal for 25 cents to be found in
Laporte.
The picture of the late Thomas A. Hendrick is to be placed on the new
$10 certificates.
Mrs. John Dille and children returned home last Saturday after a two
weeks' visit in Valparaiso.
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc, for sale at this office.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
FOR SALE - A good farm mare with colt, also top buggy and harness. Call
on Albert Busse, Hageman, Ind.
Dr. Mccomber, Dentist, will be in Chesterton on Wednesday and Thursday
of next week. Call and see him.
Dr. Green is fitting up an elegant office in the rear of the drug store.
W. A. Smith is doing the carpenter work.
Wanted one girl to sew by hand and one who understands running a
machines. Apply at Swanson's Tailor Shop.
Mrs. S. A. Harper was last week presented with a handsome upright piano
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milne, of Chicago.
FOR SALE - A number of good building lots situated immediately west of
Bowen's Foundry. Apply at the Foundry of H. Bowen.
Mr. McCool, of McCool Station, is buying a large number of fine horses.
He has taken several of the best animals from this vicinity away with
him.
There is a splendid opportunity for a good shoemaker and harness-maker
at Crisman, Ind. Full particulars may be learned from Oscar Field,
Crisman, Ind.
Ed Latour, Maurice Conners, and John McDonald, of Valparaiso, spent
Sunday in Chesterton. They are railroad men employed on the Grand
Trunk.
The ten year old son of John Schmidt, the baker, fell and broke his arm
last Tuesday. Dr. Miller set the bone, and reports the patient getting
along finely.
Rev. A. Challman advertises the sale of his personal property in another
column to take place on May 20th. He will, after the sale, leave for
his new home in Illinois.
Claus Rydeen, an employee of the Organ Factory, while running the
shaping machine last Monday had the misfortune to lose the fourth finger
of his right hand, it being cut off by the saw.
Oscar Field, Esq., of Pleasant View Farm, Crisman, made this office a
very pleasant call last Friday. Mr. Field is a true-blue Democrat, a
whole-souled gentleman, and would make a strong man to represent Porter
County in the legislature.
Andrew J. Harrison, Henry Slover, William Stoddard, and Artillus
Bartholomew have been appointed members of the board of equalization,
and will meet at the county commissioners' room on the first Monday in
June to hear and determine all matters in regard to the assessment that
may be brought before them.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kelley, old residences of this township, but for the
past two years, of Morerad, Mo., have returned to Chesterton to spend
the remainder of their days among their old friends. Mr. Kelley has
bought a farm just south of town, where he will make his home. We are
glad to see Mr. Kelly back, for he is a worthy citizen and an honor to
any community.
Wanted - An editor who can read, write, and argue politics, and at the
same time be religious, funny, scientific, and historical at will, write
to please everybody, knows everything that is going on without asking to
be told, always have something good to say about everybody else, live on
wind, and make more money than enemies. Such as man is wanted for a
country newspaper.
FOUND - a pair of pants that cannot be ripped. Two men hitched to the
legs cannot rip them. They are called the "Bull-dog". These pants are
made of the finest quality of Jeans, stylishly cut, two hip pockets, two
side pockets, and a watch pockets, all for $1.00 and $2.00 a pair.
These are the finest pants in the world for every day. Swanson & Son
have the exclusive sale. You can buy them at no other store in town.
Last Sunday being the first Sunday after Easter, was confirmation day at
the Swedish Lutheran Church, in this place. The services were conducted
by Pastor Challiman, and were very impressive. Twenty-two children were
confirmed. After the services, the minister read a letter to his
congregation from Rev. Setterdahl, who stated that he could not accept
the call to the call to the churches of this township. Rev. J. Vibelins
has been called to take charge on trial, but his answer has not yet been
received.
The entertainment given last Saturday night at Moroney's hall by the
students, was a pleasant surprise to our people. The have witnessed so
many sells that they fully expected to see one in this entertainment,
but again they were sold, for the acting was very different from what
was expected. The actors were well chosen, every part being filled with
characters which could not be bettered. We hope the may come again, for
they will be greeted by a larger audience than was present last
Saturday.
Enjoy