1898 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
"The
South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Morss, old residents of St. Joseph county, on Sunday celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. It was a quiet event at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Williamson, 1703 Sibley avenue, this city, where the venerable couple have resided for a few years.
Mr. and Mrs. Morss were married Jan. 9,
1838, in Dearborn county, this state, and soon afterwards
became residents of St. Joseph county. They lived
for many years in Warren township, wherre several of
their children reside. Mr. Morss is a little past
80 years of age, and was born in Dearborn county,
Indiana. Mrs. Morss is 86 years old and is a native
of Maine. Both are enjoying good health and bid
fair to celebrate many more wedding anniversaries.
Their descendants consist of six
children, two sons and four daughters, all but one
residents of this county, besides 25 grand-children and
several great grand-children. Mr. and Mrs. Morss
belong to the race of plain, hardy pioneers of Indiana,
whose members are fast disappearing from the shores of
time, and whose record is one of true worth from first to
last.
SOCIETY
Tuesday evening for the first time since the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks could boast of a loyal following in South Bend, the ladies were entertained by the local lodge at a social session, informal to a degree, but none the less brilliant because of the enjoyable absence of that social quality that forbids the fervent grasp of extended hands and the promiscuous exchange of opportune greetings. Many times the members of B. P. O. E., No. 235, have gathered in social session in their attractive meeting hall, corner of Main street and Colfax avenue, but never before last evening were the ladies permitted to share the unrestrained hospitality which is a predominant characteristic of a true Elk. The innovation proved so superlatively successful and so entrancingly enjoyable that the antler bearers look with pardonable pride upon the auspicious termination of their inceptive efforts.
The home of the South Bend Elks never wore a
prettier or more ingeniously patterned gown than that
which greeted the eyes of guests last evening.
Festoonings of evergreen hung from ceiling to chandelier
and from chandelier to ceiling in graceful curves and
loops, with dainty pink carnationsnand drooping roses
springled prettily among the bewildering picture of
artistic adornment. The environment was
irresistably conducive of an interningling of
guests. The lodge room, in which the musical
programme of the evening was given, was made attractive
by banks of palms and ferns in either end of the hall
backed by American flags beautifully draped. In the
center of the room was a pedestal of ferns, palms, roses
and carnations, surmounted by a ball of the same which
hung from the chandelier. The windows and doors
were beautified by portiers of rope evergreen. The
banquet hall was decorated similarly. Large
bouquets of pink roses sat on each table, and a rose of
the same color was opposite each plate. The tables
were done in ferns and carnations.
The
musical programme begun at 8:30 o'clock. The Elks'
orchestra from Elkhart, rendered four striking selections
in its inimitable style and responded to several
prolonged encores. Miss Oral Miller sang "Our
Baby" in a delightful manner, with Miss Maude Miller
as accompanist. Mr. James Stenberg then gave an
amusing imitation of a farmer looking for a small town on
a railroad map, at the conclusion of which guests were
escorted to the banquet hall by the ladies on the
reception committee, Mrs. G. H. Wenger, Mrs. William
Toepp, Mrs. Max Cohn, Mrs. D. A. Westbury, Miss Maude
Miller and Mrs. Charles W. McCann.
More
than 150 guests were seated at the tables and for more
than an hour gave themselves over to the consumption of
an elaborate supper. The last course finished,
presiding officer D. A. Westbury, rapped for silence and
in a few appropriate remarks thanked the ladies who
provided the superb decorations and bade them welcome to
the home of the Elks. Mr. Frank Dunnahoo followed
with a toast on "Our Ladies," in which he
eulogized the fair sex generally. District Deputy
Grand Exalted Ruler A. B. Armstrong, of Kokomo, Ind., was
next introduced, and although he spoke briefly his
remarks were appropriate and highly congratulatory.
Mr. Max Cohn told the ladies a few things regarding
"Our Lodge" and brought considerable mirth out
of the corners of the hall. As one who has decided
to venture within the lair of the rolicksome Elks Mr.
Stuart McKibbin spoke briefly on "Our
Expected," a subject which he treated very
humorously. This concluded the toast making and the
guests returned to the lodge room proper where Mr. Louis
Cohn gave a perplexing example of mind reading; Master
Frank Davis sang several catchy selections; Miss Marie
Blowney appeared in a popular ballad and responded to an
encore, and Prof. James F. Boyer, of Elkhart, rendered
several piano numbers. Guests were then invited to
the hall room where to music furnished by the Apollo
orchestra, they danced until quite early Wednesday
morning.
The gentleman's reception committee
was composed of D. A. Westbury, William Toepp, Frank
Donnahoo, Fred J. Warrell and Charles Bortz, who together
with the ladies already mentioned received the
guests. [Dunnahoo and Donnahoo are spelled as
printed in the newspaper.]
There were in all about 200 guests in
attendance. The following were here from out of the
city: Charles Thennes and wife and Charles Fethke,
Michigan City, Ind.; Fred Henock, J. J. Geunther and
wife, Laporte, Ind.; A. M. Barren and wife, E. A.
LeFerbe, wife and daughter, John Wiler and lady, E. A.
Manning and wife, A. M. Smith and wife, George R.
Hascall, James F. Boyer, G. Raatz, Jules Stenberg and B.
G. Young, Elkhart, Ind.; Mrs. W. A. Roberts, Chicago;
Charles McCann and wife, New Carlisle, Ind.; H. M.
Geiger, Fort Wayne, Ind.; H. M. De Graff, Jackson, Mich.
BRIEF NOTES OF SOCIETY.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad S. Taylor entertained at a winter picnic Saturday evening. About 20 guests were present and all had a delightful time. A light lunch was served.
A sleighride party of residents of the northern part of the city went to the home of Miss Edna Kotz, residing west of the city Saturday night, where they were royally entertained.
The Algonquin Pedro club was entertained Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Aiken Moore, at their residence on West Marion street. The favors were won by Miss Ida Jones and Mr. George H. Perkins.
Mr.
Albert Anderson, son of the late John Anderson, of Terre
Coupee, this county, and Miss Eva M. Bates, daughter of
Mr. Martin Bates, also of Terre Coupee, were married at
10 a. m., Wednesday. The wedding was a quiet family
affair and the ceremony was performed at the home of the
bride's brother, the Rev. Lynn Bates, 1404 Michigan
avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson left soon after for a
short wedding journey, going first to Chicago.
Mr. John Zaehnle and family entertained a number of friends from the city Thursday evening at their pleasant country home northeast of the city. The evening was delightfully spent in social amusements and a country supper of the usual generous character was served.
The M. L. S. C. club was entertained at the pleasant home of Mrs. L. Harris, 816 West Water street, Tuesday afternoon. Dainty refreshments were served and all had a delightful time. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. H. L. Yerrick, 1107 Carroll street, on Jan. 25.
Mr. John Pendl, an employe of the Citizens' Telephone company, and Miss Ameila Heiden, 713 East Jefferson street, were quietly married Thursday evening at the home of the bride. The Rev. Mr. Goffeney, pastor of Zion Evangelical church, officiated in the presence of a small family party.
Mr. and Mrs. Will A. Swintz, of South Taylor street, delightfully entertained a small company of friends at their home Friday evening in honor of Miss Frances Knevels, of Elkhart, who is visiting relatives in the city. Music was the prinvipal attraction of the evening. Other amusements were indulged in. Delicious refreshments were served.
The young men of Miss Jennie Fritz's Sunday school class of the First Christian church entertained Miss Edith Miller's class, composed of young ladies, also of that church, by giving them a sleighride Friday evening to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morton, residing near St. Mary's academy. Music and games were the amusements of the evening. Choice refreshments were served.
Sunday
School Board in Session.
The executive board of the County Sunday
School association met in the office of L. C. Whitcomb Tuesday
evening. Reports of officers were read and given
consideration and several committees reported advancement being
made in the general work. Prospective convention work was
also discussed.
MULCTED FOR FORTY DOLLARS.
Cause Celebre From St. Joseph County Dismissed by Appellate Court.
2,157.
City of South Bend vs. Jesse Thompson. St. Joseph C. C.
Appeal dismissed. Opinion by Robinson, C. J.
The foregoing is the record of a cause
celebre that was carried up to the appellate court from St.
Joseph county. The exciting cause of the litigation was an
unique if not ornate fence that Jesse Thompson, a well known
colored citizen, erected on his premises at 733 West Jefferson
street. Like the gibbet built for the execution of Haman
the fence reared its lofty head among the housetops and the
materials of which it was composed ranged from soap box lumber to
sections of discarded tin roofing. Not being a thing of
beauty, though effectually serving its purpose, that of securing
the privacy of the owner, the neighbors complained long and loud,
but the courts did not interfere to authorize the demolition of
what the complainants termed an eyesore, a public nuisance and an
imposition on the neighborhood.
Finally one night the fence mysteriously
disappeared. People residing in the neighborhood heard the
racket and saw queerly bewhiskered men engaged in the work of
destruction, but not being their fence they did not feel
warranted in interfering. When the owner saw "wide
o'er the field a waste of ruin laid" he swore a mighty oath
that he would have satisfaction. He did not seek personal
revenge for the deed, but like a true American citizen stood on
the rights vouchsafed him by the constitution and appealed to the
law for his redress. He began suit in the circuit court,
March term, 1896, against the city of South Bend and certain of
its officers and Supt. Cassidy, Officer George Fish and Officer
John Niedgodski, of the metropolitan police department, to
recover the value of his fence and other proper relief. A
jury of his peers awarded him judgment for $40 against Supt.
Cassidy and the two police officers, the evidence indicating that
they at least knew something about the destruction of the fence,
and released the city and its officers from all
responsibility. The case was then carried to the appellate
court by the defendants with the result already told. The
judgment must be satisfied and Jesse will have 40 large American
dollars to console him for the loss of his fence.
Fire
in the Old Armory.
The old Third Regiment armory came near being
destroyed by fire Friday evening. It is thought that
someone entered the building from a rear alley window and poured
coal-oil on the floor, then touching a match to it. A large
hole was burned in the floor and three chairs and two lockers
were totally destroyed. In some mysterious way the blaze
was extinguished otherwise the loss would have been about $4,000
to the state.
Meeting
of County Truant Officers.
The five truant officers of the county met
Friday afternoon in the office of Supt. Clem and decided to
strictly enforce the compulsory education law. Parents who
at the close of the school year have not sent their children to
school for 120 consecutive days during the term will be subject
to the penalties. Teachers, Supt. Clem states, can greatly
aid officers by making reports of absentees thus saving patrons
the risks of penalties.
KINDERGARTEN
ENTERTAINMENT.
An Enjoyable Time at the Progress Club Rooms Saturday.
The regular entertainment of the Progress
club last Saturday afternoon was in charge of the philanthropic
department, and the principal feature was an exhibition of the
free kindergarten supported by the department in the west part of
the city.
This school held in a building rented for the
purpose in Linden place is now entering upon its third year and
numbers 36 little pupils all children of the poorer
classes. It is taught by Miss Calvert with Miss Mamie
Taylor as assistant, and their work has been very successful as
the Saturday entertainment gave very good evidence.
The children were brought down to the club
rooms in the Coonley building on Jefferson street, in the
Franklin street kindergarten's carryall, and found a large
audience of ladies to greet them. Keeping perfect time to
the music of the piano as played by Miss Taylor, they went
through a long exercise without a break and without any coaching
from their instructors. Their efforts surprised the
spectators, and many were compliments they and their teachers
received. The philanthropic department of the Progress club
is certainly doing a good work in sustaining this free
kindergarten. It has become one of the permanent
institutions of the west end and is continually increasing its
numbers and influence.
Other features of the Saturday meeting were a
piano solo by Prof. Frederick Nelson, an excellent paper by Mrs.
M. L. Hine, giving a complete history of the free kindergarten
and an interesting address by Miss Lloyd, director of the Froebel
Training institute, of Chicago, who gave a general talk on
kindergarten work. Mrs. Kirby presided over the meeting,
which was acknowledged to be one of the best in the club's
history. At the close of the exercises the ladies were
treated to light refreshments. There were about 125
present.
CHANGE IN A BUSINESS HOUSE. C. W. Stover Resigns and Enters the South Bend Medicine Company. C. W. Stover, who for several years has been traffic manager for the Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing company, resigned that responsible position Monday to become a partner in the business of the South Bend Medicine company taking the stock recently relinquished by W. H. Lantz, who has been actively connected with the company for a long time. Mr. Stover will have general charge of the office. His successor with the Studebakers has not been named.
Officers for Order of Red Cross.
Royal commandery,
No. 4, Order of Red Cross, installed the following officers for
the ensuing term at a meeting held last Friday night:
Past commander, E. A. Stockwell;
commander, W. J. Clairmont; lieutenant commander, Lillian
Stockwell; prelate, Mrs. Rose S. Dugdale; scribe, Ollie
Carpenter; financier, Dr. S. F. Stockwell; treasurer, Mrs. Minnie
Bunker; sergeant, Mrs. Minnie Clairmont; guard, Mrs. E. A.
Stockwell; sentinel, Mrs. Ella Westbury; medical examiner, Dr. S.
F. Stockwell; trustees, E. A. Stockwell, W. J. Clairmont, Lillian
Stockwell.
FOUND DEAD
IN HIS ROOM.
Jacob Slusser Asphyxiated by a Quarter-in-the-Slot Gas Meter.
Goshen, Ind., Jan. 10.--Jacob Slusser, a
guest of the Hotel Neufer here, was found dead in his room
Saturday night. He owes his death to a peculiar chain of
circumstances. Slusser retired to his room late at night
and, leaving the gas lighted, went to sleep. The gas, which
was controlled by a quarter-in-the-slot meter device, went out
while he slept and later on the clerk dropped a coin into the
meter, replenishing the gas pressure and causing asphyxiation.
MEETS WITH
FAVOR.
OIL WELL PROJECT SEEMS TO TAKE
Several Men of Wealth Said to Have Become Interested in
Propostion of Frank Reeder to Drill for Petroleum in This County.
Frank Reeder, the gentleman who is
endeavoring to interest South Bend capital in a project to drill
for oil in St. Joseph county, says he has met with much
encouragement , more in so short a time, in fact, than he had
anticipated. He has interviewed some wealthy citizens and
he says that a number of them seem to be perfectly willing to aid
the proposition in a financial way. Some with a lesser
amount of wealth have also intervewed him expressing a desire to
be counted among the small stockholders in the event of a
people's company being organized.
Mr. Reeder appears confident that some good
results might be obtained from an experimental well. At the
same time he does not care to positively guarantee oil for he
knows that a well would be only experiment. However, he
regards the chances favorable in view of the proximity of this
county to the oil field.
The oil craze has fastened itself upon
Walkerton, this county, according to the Walkerton Independent,
of Jan. 8, which says:
"The fever for gas and oil has struck
Walkerton with considerable force, and a move is being made for
the organization of a company to drill a well to ascertain if
either, or both, of the above valuable elements are treasured up
in the storehouses which lie underneath us. It is proposed
to organized a company to be known as the Walkerton Gas and Oil
company, for the purpose of pushing this enterprise. The
capital stock is placed at $2,000, or $200 at $10 each.
Much interest has already been aroused among our citizens in the
matter and at present the indications semm favorable that the
capital necessary for drilling a well can be secured.
Fraught With Uncertainty.
"While the indications for oil and gas
here are as favorable as those in some localities where gas and
oil have been found in paying quantities, yet such a venture is,
as a matter of course fraught largely with uncertainty and the
outcome at best is but problematical. It is a question that
can be settled only by a trial, and should the enterprise prove a
failure no one would suffer any great amount of loss. On
the other hand, if successful, the shareholders would receive
good returns for their investments.
"The fact that the wells drilled at
South Bend, Laporte, Plymouth and a few other towns near by
failed to bring results should not be taken seriously into
consideration, as the topographical features of those localities
differ considerably from those of this locality. Booming
oil and gas wells are sometimes found within a few miles of
places where drilling proved unsuccessful.
"Our location would seem to be
geographically favorable for the existence of oil or gas
deposits, and the surface indications, so far as such signs go,
are sufficiently encouraging in warranting some degree of
confidence in the probability of such treasures existing in this
locality.
"The project now on foot, while
uncertain and purely speculative, is one that should receive the
encouragement of the citizens of Walkerton and surrounding
country, as it would settle an important question one way or the
other with but little loss to any one and with a chance for
considerable gain to the investors.
"A subscription paper for soliciting
shares is being passed around and is headed with five shares by
Claus Behrens, who for several years has been strongly in favor
of drilling an experimental well. J. W. Baugher, we
understand, will take five shares, Grant Tank three shares and a
number of others have said that they will take from one to five
shares. The Kankakee Land Investment company will also take
a number of shares. Now that the ball has been started in
motion keep it moving."
DECLARED A GOOD DIVIDEND.
Healthy Condition of the A. C. Staley Manufacturing Company.
The A. C. Staley Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of the famous Staley knit underwear, elected the following officers Monday for the ensuing year: M. B. Staley, president; C. B. Stevenson, vice-president; W. H. Mack, secretary; William Mack, treasurer. The company declared a comfortable dividend on the business of 1897, and has taken more orders for 1898 than for any previous corresponding period.
A CLEVER
INVENTION.
Mr. George Schock Has a Model Stamp Cancelling
Machine.
True genius often wanders [in/on?] strange
paths and frequently alights unexpectedly upon the head of some
person gifted with sufficient perseverence and inventive
ingenuity to make it win. Mr. George Schock, a machinist
whose shop is located at the foot of Washington street on the
west race, is just such a man. Several months ago after
frequently repairing the stamp cancelling machine now in use at
the postoffice, he conceived the idea of patenting a machine
remedying the defects in the old one.
Accordingly he set up work on his ideal,
which stands to-day, as a mute but effective testimonial in his
inventive genius and his scope of mechanical conception. A
Tribune reporter called upon Mr. Schock this morning and was
shown the machine for which only recently a patent was
granted. It is an intricate looking combination of delicate
springs, tiny screws and revolving cylinders, but in the
performance of its monotonous duties it is simplicity
exemplified. Mr. Schock took considerable pride in pointing
out to the Tribune representative the points of superiority of
his machine over the stamp cancellors now in use in government
offices.
In the first place his machine is so
perfectly constructed that there is absolutely no part of it that
can cause annoyance. Instead of a continuous cancelling
head such as is found on other machines Mr. Schock has provided a
segment head for his model. The object of this is to give
accuracy to the stamp. Letters are fed through a machine
and cancelled at the rate of 200 per minute and so simple is the
operation, even a child, may be assigned to the duty. The
device is self-feeding and self-dumping, thus leaving little work
for the operator.
Mr. Schock will endeavor to get his patent
before the present administration. It seems that a machine
so ingeniously gotten up should merit careful
consideration. Mr. Schock says his invention is far in
advance of what the government is now using and a close
inspection of the two machines certainly bears out his statement.
TIPS FROM
TALKERS.
"While in New York recently," said
Will Stover at a late meeting at the Historical society, "I
stepped into a store to make a purchase and incidently let drop
the fact that I was from South Bend, Ind. The clerk who
waited upon me said he was greatly interested in South Bend
through reading articles in the New York papers about the old St.
Joseph-Kankakee portage and the visit of LaSalle here in
1679. He was glad to learn that a historical society had
been organized here and had taken the matter of raising a
monument to LaSalle in hand. So you see," added Mr.
Stover, "our fame is spreading. This region occupies a
very important place in history."
"The
South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page
5
"Marshall county has some claims on the
California millionaire, Charles Crocker," said Mr. R. B.
Oglesbee, of the Plymouth News, during a recent call at the
Tribune office. "I want to correct your paper in one
statement you made last week and that is that Mr. Crocker did not
return after going to California from Indiana. He did
return to this state. He went from Plymouth to California
in 1849. He was then running a forge near that city, having
moved from Mishawaka the year before. In 1852 he came back
and married Judge Deming's daughter in Mishawaka. We
thought when he went away from Plymouth that a Marshall county
fair one would be Mrs. Crocker, but it seems fate decreed
otherwise."
"The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 5
"I well
remember the first freight shipped by rail from Mishawaka,"
said Mr. Aaron Webster, the other day in speaking of early times
in St. Joseph county. "The Lake Shore road, or that
which is the Lake Shore road now, then the Michigan Southern
& Northern Indiana, was built here in the fall of 1851, and
the first freight train that went east took eight barrels of
cranberries from Mishawaka. There were no depot buildings
or anything like a depot platform at that station then. The
cranberries were loaded into the car right from the ground.
They were picked in the marsh just south of Mishawaka, growing
wild there, and they were enough sight better than any of the
cultivated fruit that I have come across since. I had a
contract on the railroad when it went through this county and ran
a big gang of men cutting away the timber and brush from the
right of way through the grapevine woods just east of Terre
Coupee prairie."
Hall's opera house
at Laporte has passed to the management of Wilbur J. Hall and Dr.
John L. Gish, both of Laporte. Dr. Gish, a son of C. P.
Gish, of South Bend, formerly lived in Jackson Mich.
AMUSEMENTS.
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 25, the Oliver opera
house will present Charles Frohman's company in the great New
York and London success, "Under the Red Robe."
This a four-act romance taken from Stanley Weyman's novel,
"Under the Red Robe," by Edward Rose, which ran for
seven months in New York last season. It is now seen for
the first time on tour, the engagement in this city being for one
night only. Among the members of Frohman's company, who
will be seen in leading parts, are Mary Hampton, William Morris,
Giles Shine, William Farnum, Mary Anderson, Edwin Thanhouser and
others.
Sol Smith Russell is
one of the few actors who can come before the curtain for a
speech without an acute attack of stage fright, and knowing this
his audiences always expect a little talk from him, otherwise
they feel that they have missed part of their evening.
Major Dorsey
May Not Recover.
Anderson, Ind., Jan 11.--A telegram received
here states that Major Charles T. Dorsey, under treatment at Hot
Springs, Ark., has suffered a relapse and may not recover.
THE MORTUARY RECORD.
From the Daily Tribune of Thursday.
Mrs. Maud V. Miller.
Mrs. Maud V. Miller, wife of Frank Miller and
daughter of Frederick Ort, died at her home three and one-half
miles south of the city on the Turkey creek road, Wednesday night
at 9 o'clock after an illness of one week, aged 22 years.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 1 p. m.
Saturday.
ROBBED A RAILROAD OFFICE.
Cash Drawer at Three I Freight House Emptied--Cigars Stolen.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock Wednesday evening the
money drawer at the Three I railroad freight house was robbed of
$25 or $30 in cash by some unknown person. The railroad
employes were in the yard at the time.
A. G. Bailey's cigar factory, in the rear of
1029 West Jefferson street, was broken into Wednesday night and
robbed of 900 cigars.
The police commissioners appointed another
patrolman Wednesday night. The new appointee is Andrew
Hansen. He is a Dane, 30 years old, a democrat and lives
with his family at 732 Brick avenue. His height is 5 feet
and 11 inches and his weight 187 pounds. He will go on duty
to-night.
A commission composed of Justices Bates and
Whitcomb and Drs. Berteling and Butterworth adjudged Frandk De
Wagner, of this city, to be of unsound mind Thursday.
SAYS HOLDEMAN WILL RETURN.
Letter Said to Have Been Received From the Ex-Treasurer.
Goshen, Ind., Jan. 13.--It is stated that
Attorney E. A. Dausman has received a letter from William E.
Holdeman, the defauting treasurer of Elkhart county, whose
whereabouts have been a mystery. Holdeman says that it had
been his intention to return soon after leaving, but he received
a letter containing a circular and photograph of himself issued
by the American Surety company, which was on his bond, and
endeavoring to capture him, and was so frightened he resolved to
remain away until the clouds rolled by. The circular was
sent him by a relative as a joke. Mr. Dausman declines to
make know Holdeman's present abode, but says he will return to
Elkhart by Feb. 15.
Engineer Osborne Killed.
Mr. Andrew Osborne received a telephone
message from Chicago Tuesday conveying the unwelcome news that
his brother, William F. Osborne, a locomotive engineer on the
Illinois Central railroad, had been killed in an accident.
No further particulars were given. The deceased was 34
years old and unmarried. He had been with the Illinois
Central railway since 1891. The remains will be intered at
Laporte.
Frank Frederick Kramer.
Frank Frederick Kramer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. D. Kramer, of 1521 West Washington street, died at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, after a several days' illness, aged three
months. The deceased was born in Streator, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. Rev.
Mr. Wansbrough will officiate. Interment in the city
cemetery.
"The South Bend Weekly Tribune", March 19, 1898, page 7
STAMP AGENCIES ABOLISHED.
In Place of Them South Bend Is to Have Two Sub-Agencies.
The six stamp agencies established by the postoffice department
several months ago have been abolished by orders from
headquarters as a measure of economy, but in place of them the
department has granted Postmaster Harrigan two sub-agencies,
where money order stamp and all other postal business will be
transacted except the distribution of mail. It is hoped
that two more sub-agencies may be secured.
It has been arranged between Postmaster
Harrigan and his successor, Postmaster-elect H. G. Miller, to
turn the South Bend postoffice over to the latter on the morning
of April 1. By that time it is expected the postoffice will
be located in the new government building.
"The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 9
The Knights of the Maccabees installed officers and gave a banquet Tuesday evening in their hall.
Mrs. L. Gilchrist and daughter, Mildred, moved to South Bend Thursday.
The revival meetings in progress at the Methodist and Christian churches for the second week are increasing in interest and are largely attended. J. G. Miles and Mrs. C. L. Harper lead the singing at the Methodist church with Miss Libbie Williams presiding at the organ.
Mill Creek.
Special Correspondence.
Mill Creek, Ind., Jan. 14.--Miss Carrie
Wringer is visiting relatives in North Liberty this week.
Mrs. Mary Stevenson visited in Donaldson
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary A. Wringer went to New Carlisle
Sunday to visit her mother who is very ill.
Schuyler Ash, of Laporte, was in town Tuesday
on business.
The democrats of Lincoln township held a
caucas at the school house Tuesday night.
Nathaniel Barker is very sick with the grip.
Mrs. Martha Short is on the sick list.
The residence of Adam Wringer took fire
Sunday morning but the blaze was extinguished before any damage
was done.
There will be a dance at the Bunton Bros.'
hall on Sunday evening.
Henry Beringer in a suit against the C. & G. T. railroad
last week at Plymouth was given $1,800 damages.
Charles Short will return to South Bend in a
few days.
Mrs. I. N. Bear is in South Bend this week
visiting her sister, Mrs. Greene.
Mrs. Newlove Layborn is very sick at New
Carlisle.It is thought she cannot recover.
Revival meetings at the M. E. church closed Sunday
evening.
Mr. Silas George and niece, Miss Burkholder,
returned from a visit in Columbia City, Tuesday.
The gramophone and stereopticon entertainment
which was to have been given in the Presbyterian church Wednesday
evening was postponed until Thursday as some of the apparatus
failed to reach here in time.
The schools commenced on Monday after a two
weeks' vacation.
The G. A. R. and W. R. C. gave a social dance
at the residence of Mrs. Jane Ryan, near here, on Wednesday
evening.
Walkerton.
Special Correspondence.
Walkerton, Ind., Jan. 14.--The work of
rebuilding the Mrs. Fannie Robbins building which was recently
destroyed by fire, is progressing rapidly.
Miss Edna Nicoles taught the grammar
departments of the public schools a couple of days this week as
Mr. Steele was absent on account of the death of his grandmother.
Monday and Tuesday were pay days at the
pickle factory.
Mr. Fred Thumm and wife, of North Liberty,
spent Sunday in this place.
Jacob Rothenberger has been on the sick list all week. He has not been able to leave his room.
Rev. Mr. Murray closed a very successful revival meeting of two weeks at Tamarack on Monday evening.
The creamery here is turning out 700 pounds of excellent butter per week.
Lee Earnest has rented George Seward's farm and will take possession in the early spring. Mr. Seward is negotiating for property in Osceola.
Dr. Pierce reports that measles is generally epidemic if not popular. Pink eye is taken as a side line in a few instances.
James Ruple, who is visiting his brother in Marshall county, is seriously affected with rheumatism and lung trouble and is unable to return home
Osceola.
Speical Correspondence.
Osceola, Ind., Jan. 14.--Miss Florence Parrett/Farrett? has so far recovered from a severe attack of measles as to be able [dark spot on film] her school work.
[On?] Tuesday Tony Singer moved his family to Mishawaka, where he will reside in the future.
Miss Mabel Ocker is convalescing from a serious attack of nervous prostration.
North Liberty.
Special Correspondence.
North Liberty, Ind., Jan. 14.--The following services are announced for the North Liberty charge of the M. E. church Sunday, Jan. 16: North Liberty, Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 10:30 a. m. Maple Grove, Sunday school, 10 a. m.; preaching 2:30 p. m. Lakeville, Sunday school, 10 a. m.; preaching, 7 p. m. Sumption prairie, Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; Epworth league, 6:30 p. m. Quarterly meeting at North Liberty Sunday and Monday, Jan. 23 and 24.
Miss Nellie Johnson, daughter of Rev. E. R. Johnson, died at the home of her sister north of Laporte where she was visiting Monday, Jan. 10, at 4:30 a. m., of pneumonia, aged 25 years. She had been ill about a week. The deceased had been an active member of the Methodist church for many years. Funeral services were held at Lamb's chapel west of Rolling Prairie Thursday at 2 p. m. Rev. Isaac Dale, of South Bend, officiated. The remains were interred in the Lamb's chapel cemetery.
Madison.
Special Correspondence.
Madison, Ind., Jan. 14.--Mrs. Alice Overholt, of Illinois, is visiting relatives here.
James VanRiper and family spent Sunday with relatives in Wakarusa.
Mrs. Henry Renner, of Osceola, visited the family of her son, John Renner, Monday.
Lakeville.
Special Correspondence.
Lakeville, Ind., Jan. 14.--Trustee Eastburn
has about closed a contract with the Hupp heirs for ground on
which he will erect a school house.
Dr Robert Moore and wife have gone to Howard
county to visit their daughter.
Mr. Culp has purchased the John Fuchs timber
land.
Madison
Mrs. Samantha Loucks and family attended the funeral of Mr.
Tobias Myers, in Wakarusa, Saturday. Interment took place
at Yellow Creek, Elkhart county, Sunday.
Mr. Benjamin Nusbaum and wife, of Ionia
county, Michigan, are visiting relatives here.
Henry Hygema and wife are visiting in
Michigan for an indefinite time.
The newly elected officers of Custer post,
No. 232, G. A. R., of Wakarusa, were installed Tuesday. The
officers of the relief corps. were also installed.
Lakeville News
Maud Riddle is revovering from a recent illness.
James A. Lineback was on the sick list this week.
Henry Werntz and wife were in town last week visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Oscar Nolens, who has been dangerously sick, is recovering.
Crumstown.
Special Correspondence.
Crumstown, Ind., Jan. 14.--A son was born Friday, Dec. 31, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramstead.
James Ryder has purchased the Joseph Barr property just north of the village.
Rev. Mr. Kennedy expects to begin protracted meetings here next Sunday night.
The teachers of Warren township will hold their fifth institute at Warren Center Saturday, Jan. 15.
FOUND A HARNESS AND WAGON.
Suspicious Discovery Made by F. M. Ritter Southeast of the City.
F. M. Ritter, who resides on a farm southeast of the city, Wednesday morning discovered a sidebar road wagon, all of a harness but the bridle and a robe in the woods near his home. He at once came to the city and reported the matter to the authorities, believing the find to be stolen property. Mr. Ritter said that he understood that a strange horse had also been found on the William Milburn farm not far from his house.
Replevin Proceedings Begun.
The Carl Anderson company, of
Chicago, has begun replevin proceedings against the Walkerton
Cycle company, of Walkerton, this county, to recover possession
of a gasoline engine purchased from the plaintiff and for which
it is alleged no pay has been received. In the complaint
counsel for plaintiff, Anderson, DuShane and Crabill, show that
the Cycle company gave the Farmers' bank, of Walkerton, as
reference in making the purchase of the engine.
A PRACTICAL THOUGHT.
Many Sacrificed by Neglecting the Early Attention to
Their Cases.
Spinal diseases and deformities ar the
results of irritations or weaknesses in the spinal cordor its
surrounding and supporting spinal column which naturally
progresess until the body loses its normal trunkal bearings, the
bones are made to press upon the tender cords or its emerging
nerves when all the evils are increased and if not arrested will
result in pain, paralysis, increased inflammation, permanent
deformity and death or if not death, a condition of living worse
than death.
Many of our brightest youths are thus
sacrificed by neglecting the early attention to these
cases. They may be naturally tender and weak and from
injury, over application to work or study allowing their bodies
to assume an unnatural position, thus putting and leaving their
bodies out of proper equipose, until they really grow crooked
before they are aware of it and then the weight of the body in
this new poscition continues to increase the difficulty until the
above deplorable condition is brought about. How many of
our choices children are already started in this direction and
should be rescued at once, but from lack of knowledge or
attention, are allowed to drift beyond the power of science and
human skill and are thus lost to a life of usefulness or if life
is not crushed out---such deformities result that the poor
unfortuantes wish they had died. To rescue these
unfortunates and to correct these deformities before they pass
beyond the boundary of human skill is t!
he especial work of the "Banning Institutes," a branch
of which is now located for a short time at 108 West Colfax
avenue, in the rear of the First National bank.
You ask why we should go to them? I
answer because they have made this a life study and work and
certainly should have learned more about the nature, causes and
cure of these conditions and all their concomitant nervous
complications which are so difficult and so little understood
than if they had merely given these things a passing
notice. And furthermore, that they have a system of
mechanical appliances that has earned and maintained its claims
of superiority over all methods of treatment in these cases
wherever exhibited in competition with others, and above all by
its success in the beneficient relief and cure which it secures
to those suffering ones. It is not reasonable that a
mechanic with superior instruments and advantages and a large
experience in their use, can accomplish much that he otherwise
could not do? There are many cases in South Bend and
vicinity which need their assistance at once. Can you
afford further delay?
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Prof. H. A. Huston will tell the farmers all
about growing sugar beets at Good's opera house Monday at 10 a.
m.
Miss Carrie Boyle, of Buchanan, Mich., is
visiting her many friends in this city.
At a general citizens' meeting at the
Commercial-Athletic club on Thursday evening a motion to have a
free street fair in South Bend the latter part of 1888, about
October, was carried unanimously.
The annual institute of St. Joseph county
farmers will be held Monday and Tuesday at Good's opera house,
this city. Every farmer and all farmers' wives and
daughters and sons are expected to put aside work and spend two
whole days in the city. Read the programme eslewhere.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Movements and Doings of Individuals You May Happen to Know
Harry Kreighbaum visited Elkhart friends
Sunday.
Mr. Woodward, of the North Liberty News, was
in town Monday.
Mrs. Robert Siple is in Goshen the guest of
her son, V. F. Siple.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
A FINE PROGRAMME PREPARED.
Residents of St. Joseph County to Meet in Annual Session Next
Monday and TuesThe annual institute ofday at Good's Opera
House--Exceptionally Good Speakers Engaged.
The annual institue of the farmers of St.
Joseph county will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 17 and 18,
in Good's opera house in this city. An exceptionally fine
programme has been prepared and it is the hope of those in charge
that this institute will outdo all previous ones in point of
interest and attendance. Aaron Jones, of this city, is
president of the body and E. A. Metzger, of Harris township,
secretary. The committees are as follows:
Programme, Aaron Jones, W. O. Jackson,
William D. Rockhill, A. W. Byers, Mrs. M. B. Russ, Mrs. L. V.
Robertson; music, John Layton, J. B. Witwer, W. C. Jackson, H.
Shanahan; finance, J. C. Ullery; printing, Ed. A. Metzger;
reception, Jacob M. Chillas, M. V. Beiger, Irving A. Sibley.
The Opening Session.
At the opening session at 10 o'clock Monday
forennonProf. H. A. Huston, of Purdue university, will deliver
his lecture on "Results Obtained in Sugar Beet Culture in
Indiana." Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture,
says: "We import $100,000,000 worth of sugar annually,
every dollar of which can be saved to the American farmer when
the value of the sugar beet is fully understood by our farmers
and capitalists." He further says there will be
erected in the United States 19 or 20 sugar beet factories in
1898. Evansville and Hammond are each trying to get a sugar
beet factory located at or near those cities and Indianapolis
people are circulating stock books for a $500,000 factory
there. South Bend ought to wake up an show that it is in a
better place for a successful plant. Referring to this
subject Mr. Aaron Jones says:
"We have good railroad facilities and
plenty of capital if it promises good results. Why not the
Commercial Athletic club, of this city, interest itself in this
matter? It is the coming industry of this country.
Why send $1,000,000 of our money to enrich France, Germany and
other countries for what we can grow at home. Prof. Huston
is one of the best authorities in the United States on the
culture of the sugar beet. He says Indiana soil is good for
the growth of the sugar beet and that the beets grown in Indiana
are rich in saccharine matter. All the forenoon of the
first day will be given to this subject. All of our
business men should take an interest."
Hon. S. H. Todd, of Wakeman, O., in the
afternoon will speak on "How Can We Best Restore Our Wornout
Land?" Farmers say they have none. It is hoped
that is true, but it is a fact deny it as they will. The
soil is not as good as 25 years ago, when it ought to be
better. What will restore wornout land, make those partly
worn better and increase profits, will be treated in this lecture
and it will be a good one.
Mrs. J. C. Erwin is the wife of one of the
most enterprising farmers of Marshall county, this state.
She can and will tell the farmers' wives , as well as those of
the city, many household conveniences that they have not thought
of. Husbands who do not want to know how to add to the
conveniences of the home are expected to remain away from this
lecture. Mr. J. B. Stoll, of this city, will talk as the
closing feature of the afternoon.
At the evening session Dr. F. P. Eastman, of
this city, will give some interesting facts concerning medicine,
and Mrs. C. S. Everts, of Tougala, Miss., a lady with a national
reputation, will deliver a short address to be followed by a
lecture Mrs. J. C. Erwin on the subject, "The
Responsibilities of Parents for the Success or Failure of Their
Children." Every parent will desire to hear this
lecture as their responsibilities will be better understood.
Good Programme for Tuesday.
Tuesday's programme will also be a good
one. The question box is expected to bring out some
pertinent points. Prof. H. A. Huston will treat the
subject, "How to Test the Soil to Learn What it
Lacks." W. O. Jackson will lead the discussion.
S. H. Todd will talk on "The Farmer's Hens, Why Don't They
Lay When Eggs are High?" G. F. Newton will lead the
discussion. This forenoon programme will be completed about
noon and at 1:15 the institute will assemble for the final
session.
Mrs. M. B. Russ, of Mishawaka, will talk on
"Mistakes." Mrs. C. S. Everts will appear for the
second time talking in a general way about Arkansas, Georgia,
Tennessee and Mississippi. Mrs. J. R. Frame, of South Bend,
will talk on "The Better Part." S. H. Todd will
give the final address of the institute. His subject will
be "What Breed of Sheep Should Farmers Keep?" A
discussion will follow and the institute will adjourn.
The institute promises to be the best ever
held. St. Joseph county farmers' institutes always rank
among the largest in attendance in the state but the coming one
is expected to be the greatest ever held. Especial interest
will attach to the sugar beet papers and it is the particular
desire of the institute managers that business men turn out in
full force to hear these papers. Prof. Huston spoke a few
weeks ago at a sugar beet convention at North Judson, Ind., and
those who heard him were charmed. He is one of the most
delighful talkers before the public.
Mr. Vernon Hastings, of Laporte, has located in South Bend for
the practice of law.
Mr. Fred Grether has gone to Akron, O., where
he was called by the death of a brother.
Mrs. Frank D. Carley, of New York city, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred D. Ellsworth.
Senator Christian Holler was in Plymouth Thursday on business.
Col. and Mrs. Darling, of Joliet, Ill., are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Wyman.
Mr. Frank Dietl has gone to his home near
Lakeville, this county, for a short visit.
Elder H. W. Kreighbaum returned last night from Cleveland, O.,
where he had been on special business.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kreighbaum spent Sunday in
Clay township, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Snyder.
Mrs. Eliza Bosburgh, of Walkerton, Ind., who
has been visiting friends in this city for a few days, has
returned home.
Miss Mary Hammond has returned to Laporte after spending the
holidays with relatives in this city.
Mrs. Samuel Yoder, of Elkhart, is the guest
of her daughters, Mrs. G. M. Feerar and Miss Anna Yoder.
Mrs. George H. Carder, of Chicago, is in the
city called here by the critical illness of Mrs. Kate R. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Adler left Wednesday for West Baden, Ind., where
Mr. Adler will take treatment for neuralgia.
Mr. William Bragington and wife returned
Monday from a visit with friends in Madison township, this
county.
Perry H. Wallace, of Glendora, Mich., visited
his mother and sister, Mrs. I. R. Wallace, and Mrs J. E. Dennie,
during the holidays.
Mrs. A. Coquillard and her sister, Mrs. Van Dyke, left Tuesday
for New Orleans, La., and will travel extensively through the
south.
Rev. W. A. Coad has been engaged an assistant
pastor of the First Baptist church and will devote his time to
the Baptist missions.
Miss Archbold, of Denver, Col., who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Miller, of 323 North Michigan street,
left for home today.
Mr. and Mrs. Braignton, of 607 Elizabeth street, returned
Tuesday from a three weeks' visit with relatives and friends at
Bremen and Nappanee, Ind.
Mrs. C. Z. Rowe and Miss Zern Rowe, of
Buchanan, Mich., have returned home after a pleasant holiday
visit with Mrs. J. E. Dennie, of South Carroll street.
Miss Elizabeth Baker is home from the ladies'
seminary at Lake Forest, Ill., called by the illness of her
mother, Mrs. Kate R. Baker, who seems slightly better to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Augustine, of New Carlisle, have gone to DeFuniak Springs, Fla., to spend the winter. They are well known in this city.
A. Bartlett, of Garden City, Kan., a former resident of South Bend, is visiting the family of G. H. Shepard, of 1008 South Michigan street.
Miss Frances Knevels has returned to her home in Elkhart after a few days' visit with Mrs. Knevels and family, of 450 South Fellows street.
Mr. John Primrose left Monday for Dallas, Texas, where he has
accepted a position with the Winona, Minn., Wagon company. Mrs.
Primrose will not go until April.
Mrs. Mary J. Roberts, of Chicago, is a guest
at the home of Mrs. Kate R. Baker on South Main street, called
here by Mrs. Baker's very serious illness. Mrs. Baker's
condition is slightly better.
Mr. and Mrs. William Mack, who went south a
few weeks ago, are now at Thomasville, Ga. Mrs. Mack's
health is greatly improved. They expect to continue their
journey into Florida in a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Loughman, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Loughman and Mr.
and Mrs. DeVere Hubbard attended a family reunion Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cook, in Mishawaka. There were five
generations present.
Mr. Albert Fulk writes from Las Vegas, N. M.,
to Mr. Dudley M. Shively that his health is improving. He
was about to leave Las Vegas with a party of friends for a wagon
and hunting trip across the county to Albequerque.
J. P. Laudeman, of St. Edwards, Neb.,
formerly a well known resident of South Bend, is in the city
meeting many friends and discussing old times. He is now
engaged in a general merchandising business and dealing in fine
horses and other stock.
Rev. N. H. Shepherd, formerly of South Bend, is now serving as
pastor of the Christian church at Rensselaer, Ind. His
congregation is said to have taken a strong liking to him and he
is proving as popular there as he was among those of his
denomination in South Bend.
Mr. William M. Whitten, who has been
attending the annual meeting of the Indiana Engineering society
and the Indiana Academy of Science, held at Indianapolis,
returned home Thursday night. Before the Academy of Science
he read a paper on the "Formation of Quick-sand Pockets in
the Blue Clay at South Bend," and before the Engineering
society he discussed the subject of minimum grades for tile
drains. The latter was impromptu to fill a vacancy in the
programme caused by the failure of Malverd A. Howe, professor of
civil engineering at Rose Polytechnic institute, Terre Haute,
Ind., to read a paper on the arch as used in the construction of
bridges.
W. B. Loomis is Captured.
Elkhart, Ind.,Jan. 13.--W. B. Loomis, alleged
to be short in his accounts with the local lodge of Maccabees,
has been found at Kansas City, Mo., and will be brought back to
this county [Elkhart].