Chesterton Tribune - August 27, 1885
In and About Chesterton
Get Swan Nilson to do your painting.
For a first class quality of Calcimine go to Dr. Green's.
Remember the dance at the Imperial Rink on Friday night.
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Dr. H. E. Mullen, of Valparaiso, was in town last Monday.
Ed. Johnson, the grocer, went to Valparaiso, Monday, on business.
Go to McLellans, at Valparaiso, for photographs. He is the best in
town.
Ladies, get your tube paints, oils, and brushes for artistic painting at
Green & Harper's.
"Stolen Kisses" and "Lilly of the Valley" are the best perfumes on
the
market. At Green's and Harper's.
The brick-yard boys and the threshers laid off last Monday. Too wet was
the reason.
Justice Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages, Notes, etc., for sale at this office.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
Cream, cream, Ice cold cream,
For a dish of that cream I scream.
Lemonade too, I(s) cold for a glass,
And get it when Johnson's Hotel I pass.
Not selfish am I, for with my lassie,
So pert, bright, pretty, and sassy
We all stop in and leave our tin
For refreshments at Mrs. Johnson's.
Chas. Campbell has gone to work for Mr. Lundberg in the furniture shop.
Chas is a steady boy, and a good workman.
Messrs. Ed. Green and H. F. Hunter went to Chicago Wednesday. While
there they secured a handsome piano to be used in the Imperial Rink
during the coming winter.
A very pleasant party was given by Miss Florence Morgan at the residence
of her father last Saturday evening. A number of friends gathered and
spent a very pleasant evening.
A Grand Ball will be given at the Imperial Rink Friday evening, August
28. Good music has been secured and a good time expected. Supper will
be served at Central House.
The Peach festival, last Saturday evening, for the benefit of the M. E.
Church, was well attended, and we understand was a financial success.
It was in the M. E. Church yard.
Jno McHenry, for a long time, Chesterton's drayman, has quit the
business and gone in with his father in the blacksmith shop. Nort
McHenry better know as "Rat" continues the draying.
Mrs. J. M. Williams and Mrs. Cook, of Wayne County, Ind., were the
guests of Mr. Jno Williams of this place last Friday and Saturday. They
returned home Saturday evening.
Genial Jim Moroney was again in Chesterton Wednesday. While here he
sold three acres of land lying just across the track, north of the Organ
factory to Jno. Hylander. $150 an acre was the consideration.
Mr. Wm. Chetham was taken very ill a few days after his return from
Niagara, with dysentery, and has been so low, that his life is despaired
of. Reports for the last few days are that he is slowly improving. We
hope he may speedily recover.
Mr. M. Fleming, of Porter, accompanied by his friend, Mr. Muir, of
Chicago, made this office a very pleasant call last Tuesday. Mr. Mun
holds a responsible position in the great firm of Marshall, Field & Co.,
and ran out to spend a short holiday in the country. They are both very
pleasant gentlemen.
Last Tuesday morning the little two year old child of Fred Zigler,
living between Chesterton and Hageman, got a hold of a bottle of
kerosene. The cork coming out the little one, tipped up the bottle
and drank a large swallow of the kerosene. Dr. Green was summoned, and
by his aid was brought out of immediate danger. Recovery is very
probable.
September 7th is the day on which the schools of this township are to
open. There has been a long vacation, and the work will begin in
earnest, and will doubt less, continue so through the year. By a
resolution of the County Board Education, the pens, pencils, ink, paper,
and scratch books, which the work requires the pupils to have, is to be
furnished. In accordance with this regulation, these articles will be
provided from school funds, pupils will be only required to furnish only
books and slates.
Jacob Voris was murdered at Vincennes, last Tuesday, while in a saloon
row with another man. He was the principal witness against Wm. Burres,
who was sent to the penitentiary for life, a few years ago, for
murdering his wife, who was a sister of Voris. A singular coincidence
connected with the affair is that just eight hours after the death of
Voris a telegram was received at his home from the northern prison
announcing the sudden death of Burres by hanging. At that time Burres
killed his wife he and Voris were the only living witnesses of "the
bloody tragedy." At the trial and ever since, Burres has persistently
maintained that Voris testified falsely in the case. - Evening Dispatch.
Dr. Marr has been in water of very high temperature of late, in fact the
Dr. is just about cooked. You see in an unguarded moment he wrote to
the secretary of the State Board of health, informing him of the
epidemic at Porter, and by a slip of the pen made a bigger break than
did Buchard of Three R. fame. Buchard's friends tried to explain that
the famous sentence uttered by the preacher was Rum, Mormonism, and
Rebellion, and Dr. Marr wants the public to think that his letter "Some
of this stuff was eaten by the citizens, making up most of the
population". He claims that he did not say the place was inhabited by
Poles and Swedes, but by citizens. The rest of the article is correct
according to Dr. Marr. His story is a little on the skim milk order,
and won't go down. The new version fails to make sense.