From: Porter County Vidette, 3 Sept 1874
News came here over two weeks ago Dr. Ball and wife, early and late citizens
of this place, but now of Iola, Kan., are sick, and the Dr. dangerously so. ?
E. Ball, of this place, son of the Dr., ? hurried ? to give any ? relief. He
found his father better, ? over a week, stayed over a week, and returned,
arriving ? last Tuesday night, leaving his father much improved, but his
mother very poorly, though not emmediately dangerous.
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Mr. C. Bates has two busses, with plenty of horses, at the old Valparaiso
House barn, and will run to the depot to meet all trains, and convey
passengers to any part of the city they may desire....
Mr. Clark, of Chicago, ahs rented the Hebron Mills belonging to John & Mathew
WILSON. .....
Died about three miles east of town Mrs. Alexander THATCHER, August 29. She
was about 75 years of age. She has been sick about a year.
Mr. KITHCART, living about two miles east of town, is purring up a fine
residence. I. and M. WILSON have the job.
A small child of Hiram MARSH, aged about two years, died one day last week;
also a small child of Hull ANDREWS, aged about one year old.
Mr. DUMAS is quite sick this week.
Mr. E. MILLER has about twenty acres of beans; he planed them with a machine
he invented, which marks, drops, covers, and rolls two rows at one. He says
it paid for itself twice over, both in seed and labor saved.
Work has been suspended on the now Catholic Church for a time. We understand
George LONGSHORE is to do the carpenter work.
The Democratic county nominees are,
Representative, Philip HALL
Commissiner, S.C. HACKETT
Auditor, E. ZIMMERMAN
Treasurer, J.M. FLETON
Recorder, E. SIEVER
Clerk, J.W. BROWN
Sheriff V. THOMAS
Coroner Dr. GOODWIN
Assessor, P.T. CLIFFORD
Surveyor David RELDY
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