Chesterton Tribune, July 9, 1885 cont
LAND OWNERS
The Number of People who own Land in Porter County
From statistics furnished by the deputy county treasurer the number of
people who own lots in Porter county by towns and townships, is as
follows:
Valparaiso 868
Center township 35
Union township 43
Washington township 7
Jackson township 10
Portage township 32
Westchester township 82
Chesterton 180
Pleasant township 64
Porter township 10
Hebron 201
Morgan township 13
Total 1,567
(NOTE: These numbers extremely hard to read, so they may not be
totally correct).
The number of land owners is as follows:
Center township 243
Union township 200
Washington township 150
Jackson township 211
Liberty township 229
Portage township 209
Westchester township 250
Porter township 227
Boone township 255
Morgan township 194
Pine township 132
Total 2,589
The FOURTH
The Fourth was very appropriately and satisfactorily celebrated in
Chesterton. The picnic and Jno. Morgan's grove under the auspices of
Rev. Kroll, was largely attended, as was also the picnic in Geo.
Morgan's grove by the Swedish people. Dinner and refreshments were
served at both places. In the afternoon, the Hon. H. H. Walker, of
Michigan City addressed the people at the Catholic picnic in an able and
eloquent manner. He is a very forcible speaker, and his remarks were
very appropriate for the occasion. He was followed by Jno. T. Taylor,
esq. who read the Declaration of Independence. A speech from Jno. C.
Coulter, the orator of Westchester, next followed, and the speechmaking
of the day was closed by a few remarks
from Mr. Jno. Morgan. Dancing was then the order, and right merrily did
the young folks sail in. When the sun began to disappear in the west,
the music ceased, and the crowd disappeared. At the Swedish picnic the
afternoon was spent in selling garments made by the Ladies Aid Society,
at auction. The proceeds from both picnics were large and go toward
aiding the respective churches.
In town everything passed off very quietly, the most noticeable fact
being the almost total absence of drunken men. In the evening the crowd
again united in Moroney's Hall for a ball. This hall was crowded to its
utmost, and the affair by far surpassed anything ever witnessed by us in
Chesterton. The management was well conducted and all enjoyed
themselves. As a whole, considering the preparations made Chesterton
need not be ashamed of the entertainment offered last Fourth.
IS CHESTERTON GROWING!
To hear the exclamations of people who have formerly lived here and gone
for two, three, or five years, one would think that indeed the town had
grown. Improvements have been made so quietly that those who live here
scarcely realize how much larger and better the town looks that it did
five years ago. New brick blocks, handsome and substantial; neat and
cozy dwellings, street graded and new lots laid out, all have aided
towards making Chesterton what it is. Of course the shrinkage of values
and short crops of the last year or two has caused a general depression
of business al over the country, but we doubt very much whether our town
has been affected as much by it as has her sister town, Valparaiso. Our
factories and brick yards have kept money in circulation, and
improvements have been made. A close observer of the times can see on
every hand that business in nearly all the commercial walks of life is
slowly but surely reviving, and the outlook for the future is most
encouraging. If then Chesterton has been able to improve and grow
during the hard times, will she not spread out when business revives?
Indeed we Chestertonians have much to be encouraged with.
The natural advantages of Chesterton are not excelled by any town in the
northern tier of counties. With her good stout soil, unlimited supply
of clay for bricks and tile, marl for the manufacture of Portland
cement, also for fertilizing purposes, splendid railroad facilities,
good water, and a good working people, Chesterton is bound to come to
the front. "Why, said one gentleman to us the other day, the town will
absorb Hageman and double the entire population in five years". We hope
so.
WALL PAPER AT COST!
At Dr. H. Green's Drug Store. To clear out my stock I will positively
sell this line of goods at cost. If you want a bargain, call early.
The Chicago Strike Ended
After stopping travel for one week, jailing scores of people, and
fracturing several skulls, the Chicago street-car strike has been
settled. The company yielded to the demands of the strikers, and on
Wednesday the cars were all running. The men are jubilant over their
success, and well they may be, for it was a glorious victory.
A Den Of Snakes
The Curiosity Seen in the Stone Steps of the New Court House
A stone in the west balustrade of the south steps of the court house
shows distinctly, where cut, a petrified den of rattle snakes. There
are probably a score of snakes twined around each other and of various
sizes, which show plainly in the stone, some having as many as 15
rattles. The bodies seem small in proportion of the rattles, but this
is accounted for on the theory that the rattles being of osseous
substance shrunk less in the process of petrifaction than the bodies.
It is a great curiosity and attracts crowds of people. The petrified
substance seems harder and firmer than the surrounding stone and is
considerable darker in color. In one place it shows half round at the
top of the balustrade where the stone was cut.
An examination by a geologist would probably reveal interesting facts -
Vidette
Cure for Rattlesnake Bites
Now that haying time is at hand, and people are liable to be bitten by
rattlesnakes, it is well to know a sure and simple remedy for it. The
following is a sure cure given by one who has used in on both man and
beast, and it has never failed:
1 tablespoonfull of gunpowder
1 tablespoonfull of common salt
yoke of one egg
Mix to consistency of a paste and apply as a poultice over the bite, as
soon as it become loosened, apply a fresh one, until all poison is
extracted. It never fails.
Reversed
In the summer of 1880 the large starch works of J. A. & J. H.
Cunningham, at Vincennes, were burned, caused by sparks from a
locomotive. They sued the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad for damages
to the amount of $200,000. The case was tried in the circuit court of
Knox county and the Cunninghams were beaten. They appealed the case and
on Thursday the Supreme court of Indiana reversed the decision, and
states emphatically that railroads are liable for damages when fires
occur from sparks from locomotives.
Notice
Notwithstanding a report industriously circulated to the contrary, I am
still doing all kinds of dressmaking, and keep a full line of millinery
goods at my rooms in Bergstrom's brick building on Michigan street. I
thank my patrons for past custom, and invite a continuance of their
trade.
Mrs. M. A. Johnson
Chesterton, July 7, 1885
LAKE STATION
A very quiet Fourth here.
John Kappleman wants to buy a cheap horse.
A. F. Patterson and wife Fourthed in LaPorte.
Wheat will not be ripe much before the 16th.
Oats are needing rain badly. Hay also, and very light.
Lake ought at times to enforce their law against drunkenness. Some
parties are too familiar.
D. P. Blake and wife attended the Schuger-Shaner wedding last week, near
Brudick.
Charles Ringhug has a fine barn erected in the stead of one burned some
weeks since.
D. P. Blake has for sale cheap a second hand Walter A. Wood Mower, all
in good shape for work.
Hank Gustafson talks of doubling up soon. He would have been married
before, but was afraid.
Zach Fifield has moved to his farm southeast of LaPorte, near the
Kankakee river.
Chan. Curtis, formerly a boy here, but now of Jackson, Mich spent his
Fourth here with the family of E. S. Spencer.
Scott Wilson, who was reported as killed last spring in Niles, Mich,
took his old position here as conductor on the Joliet freight last week.
His family will move from Buchanan as soon as a house can be obtained.
We notice Oscar Fields among us again, jolly as ever. He has brought
out a car load of Oregon ponies to his farm at Crisman, for sale.
Our creamery has been cut short on milk lately. T. Lincoln gets most of
it, new, and ships to Kensington and South Chicago.
Everything a little quiet here at present.
A couple of brakeman living here had a little scrap Monday.
The pale air was streaked here because the creamery accused some parties
of watering their milk.
F. Scherger has secured a job with the Aetna Powder Co., at $45 per
month.
A raffle for a breech-loading gun was held here this week. Johnny Fry
held the lucky number.
A. L. Harper, of Chesterton, is putting eaves troughs on the farm house
of Milt Crisman, east of Lake.
When you want a South Bend chilled plow of any size, or a shovel plow,
call on D. P. Blake.
Peter Manson is putting up a large barn on his farm.
Lewis Robbins has completed and patented a hay-rake and loader combines,
which takes the hay up after the mower and loads ion the wagon whilst in
motion.
Joe Durocher, formerly a resident of this place, now of Kansas, is back
for a few days on a visit. He has relatives at Otis.
We notice that A. J. Harrison, of Portage township, has purchased four
the road use several new two wheel grades.
D. P. Blake we notice carries one leg in a sling, owning to some mashed
toes.
Chas. Seydell has raised and graded the road running across the marsh,
south of town. It is now above the usual overflow in spring and fall.
Thos. Bower has been repairing and painting his hotel property which
adds much to the appearance.