excerpts from May 21, 1885
IN AN ABOUT CHESTERTON
The farmers are about done planting.
T. J. Johnson spent Monday in Valparaiso.
B. C. Smith spent the Sabbath in Valparaiso.
Father Kroll went to Hammond Wednesday.
Mr. Leeds of Michigan City was in town Tuesday.
For a first class quality of Calcimine go to Dr. Green's.
Subscribe for the Tribune. Get your friends to subscribe.
Can't you add one name to The Tribune subscription list?
Go to A. L. Harper for South Bend Chilled Plows and repairs.
Ed Way does first class hair cutting and shaving. Give him a call.
Paper Hanging neatly done by Swan Nillson. Terms, reasonable.
When you want a fine job of painting done, call on Swan Nillson.
Johnson Bros. sell plow shoes very cheap. Come and look at them.
Will Strayer is now in Menominee, Wisconsin. We are sorry to loose him.
Go to McLellans, at Valparaiso, for photographs. He is the best in town.
If you want a first class job of painting be sure and get Swan Nelson.
Supervisor Bradt is pushing the road work. He is a good man for the place.
A dance will be given in Moroney's Hall on May 30th. A big time is expected.
A handsome line of Millinery goods at Mrs. T. J. Johnson's. Bergstrom's
Building.
Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Woodville, returned last week from a trip through Arkansas.
Very few fish are being caught in the lake. The wind has been in the wrong direction.
Mr. James McCrea's little child at Crissman, is quite sick with symptoms of spinal
fever.
O. J. Sackman, of Burdick, was on our streets last Tuesday. Business brought John
hither.
Quite a number of people from Chesterton attended the circus in Valparaiso, last
Saturday.
Paper hanging, calcimining, frescoing, and inside house painting promptly done by Swan
Nilson.
The Dance at Hageman last Thursday evening was well attended. Financially, we hear it was
a success.
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc. for sale at this office. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
The Westville Indicator completed its third volume last week. The editor, E. Drom, is
making a good paper of it.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Harper left Wednesday for Danville, Ills, to spend a portion of the
summer with their son, Albert.
Swan Nilson's paint shop is in the building known as the Murphy cooper shop.
Carriage painting done in first class style.
The mumps are around again. Among its victims are Mrs. Willis, a child of H. Knapp, and
Gust Johnson's little girl.
It is now reported that Adolph Gustafson, formerly of this place, has secured a charge in
Boston, and is preaching the gospel.
Life insurance agents from abroad have been working the town and for all it was worth
lately. They appeared to have done a fair business.
Auction next Saturday at Gustafsons old stand. The remaining goods must be disposed of
regardless of their value. Come if you want bargains.
Juding from the number of applications for licences published in the Michigan City
Dispatch, Michigan City must be composed principally of saloons.
Don't forget that A. L. Harper is selling Stoves, Barb Wire, Pumps, Sewing Machines,
Cultivators, Mowers and Binders and in fact everything in his lines very cheap.
Swanson & Son, the tailors, have a nice stock of clothing and Gent's Furnishing
Goods which they sell cheap. Should you want anything in their line, give them a call.
Charlie Fenekes, of Valparaiso talks of engaging in the bakery business in this town. He
may buy Mr. Benson out. Charlie is an old, experienced baker, and would make a success of
the business here.
It is feared that Cholera will visit the United States this year. Emigration whould be
entiredly shut off from the old world to this country, as it is from that source that
Cholera germs are brought across the Atlantic.
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