Talk of the Town
Mr. Jonas Johnson has a severe attack of the grippe.
We see the familiar face of Johnny Wolfe again on our streets.
John Brummitt advertises a public sale of cattle hay and corn for Jan. 3
next.
The Chesterton Dancing club will give a ball at Moroneys Hall, Christmas
night, Dec. 25.
If Queen Lil should sue Uncle Sam for breach of promise it would be
serving the old chap just infernally right.
Coroner Coates had has a stiff fight with typhoid fever, but now has the
best of it. Coroner Coates is a hard man to down.
Will Gardner, of Valparaiso, was in town Tuesday, looking over the books
of the Chesterton bank. He found everything O.K.
Our dairy farmers are obliged to ship in feed for their cattle in
immense quantities. This week a car load of brewers' sprouts were
received.
The grippe has fastened its harrowing clutches upon many of our citizens
and the fear exists that the undertaker's harvest will be a fat one ere
spring.
The ladies of the Swedish Lutheran Church have arranged for an oyster
supper next Tuesday
Evening Dec. 26, in the church basement. The public is cordially
invited.
Mrs. Charles Lahayn, of Crocker, died on Tuesday Dec. 12, after a brief
illness of typhoid fever. On December 17, her two months old babe also
died. The bereaved husband is left with the care of seven small
children.
Fred Moroney drove a heard of 21 cattle to Michigan City Tuesday which
he sold to one of the butchers there.
The Tribune wants a correspondent from every post office in the county.
Stationery and stamps sent on application.
Lost - A promissory note given Saturday, Dec 16, 1893, for $48, and due
December 16, 1894 by Andrew Kozmark and Frank Matushok to Andrew
Seymour. All parties are warned against purchasing said note, and the
finder is requested to return same to owner and receive reward.
Andrew Seymour
Chesterton, Ind.
H. R. McDonald had a fine team of horses killed by a fast train on the
Michigan Central, Dec. 13. This team was in charge of a hired man, and
the accident occurred at the Kreuger crossing at Furnessville. A cut of
about 40 rods hid the train from sight and the team had just stepped on
the track when the locomotive struck them. The horses were thrown high
in the air and cut clear from the wagon. The man escaped uninjured.
Mr. McDonald says the team was the best one he had on the place. A few
years ago he had a team killed in a similar manner, in which accident
his son was badly hurt. After weary litigation he recovered damages
from the company, and his experience then leads him to think he will
have trouble in getting pay for his loss.
HUSKS AND NUBBINS
Gathered from the field of passing events
Who stole the hog?
Henry Friday brought a dressed hog to town a few days ago. After tying
his horses, he stepped into a store, and on his return, only a few
minutes later, his porker was gone. Somebody stole it.
Still on Earth
Valentine Zimmerman, the sage of Rochester sends holiday greetings to
The Tribune in the shape of his picture and autograph. The Tribune
predicted that the democratic nomination for congress for this district
would fall into the hands of Clem Kern, and Valentine takes this method
of announcing that he is still on earth.
A New Name Enters the List
At the risk of being called a candidate maker by Bro. Zimmerman, The
Tribune cannot resist mentioning the fact that the name of George
Miller, of Valparaiso, is mentioned in connection with the republican
nomination for sheriff. The Tribune aims to give the news and this is a
report that has been in circulation for several days.