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The De Kalb Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 4

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THE DEKALB CHRONICLE. Ticket Agent Kicholtz report a brisk trade in railroad tickets. He has sold several Boston's, half a dozen Denver's and a couple of California's already this month in The Ogle -County Hepublican siys, Hon. I. L.

Kllwood gave them his assurance that he would build a cottage at "Deer's walk," Oregon, during the present season. Duiing the dry, hot weather many dead birds were found out in the country. It is thought tbey died for want of water. Town people should see to it that a buck- et of water is kept standing in the back yard for the benefit of our 1 feathered friends. Small lther: to you but it will be life to them.

W. II. Allen returned from his western trip last, week and reports the crop prosject in Minnesota and Dakota as good as he has even i Dr. Himrbrryt' fcpeftlra are rientiflcsJly and carefully prepared itenwAM, iwd for yean in prlTata practice and for otw JhirtT yean by tb people with entire uocvaa. Etwtt tnl Specific a tpecial cure fur the dtneaae named.

-o. trucinc re rmic 1 Ferera, Concmtiuna, Inflammation .42 War aaa. Worm Fever, Worm Colic 'H 3- TeetatB(i Colic, Crytn. Wakefulneaa .43 4 Diarrhea, of Children Adult .43 7-'eaaaa, Coldn. ltrunehllhi Mi H-Nraralala, TootBarbe, raceaohe.

43 -lleaaaraea, Kk a Ilradai-hr. .53 Plllouumtia. CnntlaKo .43 1 1 -Pmre or Palnfn! Perl4v .43 14 a it a. Too 11 of ue 1 VrkxU .4, 1 3 Crr, Iiry aallla, Huuwmaj fcl'V. 14-Hait Kiimaa, r.r)leU.

Kruptkioa f. 1 Ktwumaiie i'alui .43 16 Malaria, Chill. rVrrr and Ague. .43 IB-Catarrh, Influna, Cold In the flead. .43 4I-W aooalBB engh .43 47-Kldaer Dleeaaee .43 Oralllly LOW 30-I'rlaary Weaknrae .43 3 I -Sore Throat.

Vutncy. Throat .43 77 DR Voa GRIP, 25c. I'ut up In unall bottlea of pWiwant pellets. Juat lit your vtwt pocket. Ivad by Druiciclvls.

itt of prtr: li llcirllill M.nt'sLtEiilsritrd kll tLllirui HI aPHKKTS' BrD.iO.. I II a lit WUawSC, TOKK. SPBGIPIOS. 5biu by all DrugRistS' gives that town a population of ,000 people. To pave or not to pave, that is the tjUestion hich will ring in DeKalh ears for some days.

The mayor's proclamation ays take care of your dog or oh' wines i i neau. rair warning. The amateur ganlner who is up to snuff is plucking choice green corn from his patch these days. The hot, dusty, dull season is on in earnest. Keep as comfortable as you can and make the lest of it.

Plentv of places to hitch and all the water you want tr the horses now, 'good farmer. Tell your neighbor about it. Sycamore will soon have finished new 700 citv ia.il. It is believed that no town in these parts has greater need of one. The number of lady bicycle riders continues to increase daily.

You can see scores of them out tor an airing every evening Senator McMillan, of the Inter Ocean was a caller in DeKalb Saturday. He said he was out to see the site of the Normal school. The north side against the south side at the ball park next Tuesday at" three o'clock. It will be a great scrap. Go out and see it.

The Palace folding bed "factory at Rockford is in the hands of the sheriff. Clarqs to the amount of $20,000 have been entered up. The Hinckley Camp of Modern Woodfnen will hold their annual picnic on the "25th. They are planning to excel all previous efforts. Dog owners should read and heed Mayor Brown's proclamation relative to dogs running at large in the citv.

It will save trouble. Remember, Thursday, July I you can visit Lake Geneva at the extremely" -low. rate of $1.00 the round trip. Positively no crowded cars. Rev.

Richards will preach at the Atton church Sunday afternoon, the 14th, Rev Highfield, of Waterman, will preach in the same place on the 21st. The new woman? Nonsense! Let her rig herself up as she pleases, let her talk as she will, she is, and will always be, the same dear old girl. The track at the fair grounds is to be put in shape for bicycle racing. A subscription paper is le-ing circulated- to secure funds for that purjx)se. Good time to organize picnic parties now.

The rain freshened things up and the woods are cool and clean. Speak to your neighbors about it. Ground was broken Wednesday for Raible Bros, keg factory up east of the Superior Co's plant. It will be SO feet wide, 160 feet long and two stories high. Peer into -any alley on either side of the street and vou'll find some tellows practicing for the game next Tuesday.

It will be a funny contest. Ought to see it. The council seem to have got i no hitching post and drinking ntain iuestion hxed all right, Now how about the wecnls and bur- uocks in some 01 ino streets. The DeKalb Fence have re cently completed a big store house 240 feef long ami 187 feet wide. Shipman.JBradt are also at ork on one nearly as large, A bo'y who was playing with fire-crackers at La Salle last week nearly lost his eyesight by the explosion of a cracker that did not go until he blew on the fuse.

The new law forbidding barber shops to keep open on Sunday, which went into effect last Sunday, does not effect DeKalb in the least. The boys here made it a law of their own a couple of years aco and have been enjoying their Sunday rest li.ke other people eVer since. Belvidere's census tLlNTOS HOSETTE, I 1 ElJITOKS. HA1LEY HOSKTTK 1. F.

6LIDDZN PUBLISHING PTODl. Advt-rt mm ta to tiuimw wtiti am 'wr mat hliwi the tr rami rtiotlvt- iowor. -M la but out' way to otitHlntntr innr jniMU'llj luit od- way of olnaiuln- l-T v'rtlUi. Itt.At wiili .1 tT LY 13. TOWN AND COUNTY.

Believing that the -time luis arrived, when a weekly hkt will no longer supply the requirements of a growing eity like DeKalh. the Chroniclk has determined upon the experiment of a dailv issue. It is very questionable whether suchi an adventure can be made, protita- I ble at this time, but as heretofore it is for the Chronicle to lead the way. It assumes the task as a matter of course, as being a part of its regular luty. The paper will have a full corps of local fe-Xrters covering every department of the local field and will be supplied telegraphic service.

-The 'weekly edition ot the Chron-ioi-E will be changed to a' semi-weekly, an improvement that will be appreciated by our country patrons. The daily will be delivered at 10c. a week. We ask for it the support of the citizens and business interests of DeKalb. J.

F. Glidoen Pub." Co. Galena will have a sewerage svs-tejn. Ottawa appropriates $58,000 as-the' expense of running the city. Utica is to have a magnificent of ten bells on St.

Mary's church. XeKalh against, the Farwell's again to-day. It will be another hot game. A enough steamlioat will soon be plying the waters of the Rock at Oregon. JOliet gets a million gallons of water a day, hich is lifted from a new artesian well.

Sandwich will pay $'310 for salaries of school teachers during the next school year. The Farwelfs ome again to-day. They gave us a hot chase before. Wonder can they do it again? Cement walks are becoming more and more fashionable. You will find patches of it in all parts of the city.

The supervisors met at Sycamore Wednesday review the work done by the assessors of the several towns. The contractors have finished grading on the. D. G. W.

and v'have returned with their outfit to St. 'Paul. DeKalb had an offer this week to secure another fine industry, and will consider 'it after the loards are clear. Hose Co. No.

2 are the proud possessors of a new hose cart. They dedicated it at the Cotton fire Tuesday night. Arrangements should te made tor open air band concerts Satur- day nights. They would please the people. Duirins Mr.

Telrwilli'Ter's sick ness L. M. McEwen been at tending to business with his UM tunc vigor. The leKalb-triving Piu-k Asso-; ciation has not yet materialized, But then that is no sign that it never will. Geo.

Terwilliger is now going to exix'ct to bo alout again soon. He has been absent froni business tive weeks. Byiym Snow is improving and is now able to get down to business-a short time each day. He has hafi a long sick spell. A block of cement walk -has re eentlv been laid on the west side of south Third street, from Dr.

Leishmans corner south, i It is said by the makers to be. the best piece of walk in town. I a 1 addition to a big regular traffic. August Thor, a Swedish resident of Paw Paw, while leing taken to Dixon, by a brother in law, to be tried, for his sanity, es-cajR-d and jumied from the bridge into the river, and was drowned. The summer meeting of the Fret port Driving Association will be held July 22-i7.

W. L. LT1 wxmxI's string are at the track and will take part in several events. Jno. R.

Gentry, Phoebe Wilkes. Joe Patchen and several other big ones will also be there. At Sterling', any person who throws banana- peel on the sidewalk is liable to arrest. Good law. DeKalb should have one like it.

There is more danger to life and limb stowed away in a scrap of banana' peel than is found in a whole regiment of state militia. DeKalb is ready and willing to assist any worthy enterprise to locate in our city. But when any enterprise that is located here wants a bonus to stay; It takes it for granted that there is either a big bluff or a big fool at the other end of such a foolish proposition. Mrs. J.

F. Evans, of Belvidere, who has been given up by her as too far gone with consumption, to last long, coughed up a tooth which she swallowed two years ago, and was supposed "to be imbedded in one of her lungs, is now considered on a fair way to recovery. Tho home of John Cotton, just north of Abram Eilwood's factory wak destroyed by tire Tuesday night. Another dwelling house near by. also.

owned by Cotton, was badly damagexl. Mrs. Cotton recently liecamc a mother and the shock occasioned by the tire has rendered her condition serious. Only excursion of the year to Lake, (ieneva, Thursday, July 18. Round trip only $1.00.

Leave DeKalb 7:35 a. Sycamore, 7:45 a. Henrietta, a. m. Ri-ach Lake Geneva 10:30 a.

m. Will iams Bav a. m. R-turninar, leave Williams-Bay 5:45 p. m.

Lake Geneva p. m. Positively no crowded cars on this excursion. A Nebraska paper says: -Tt is an amusing sight this summer to see some of our farmers chasing a cultivator down a long row of coin attire! in a swallow-tailed coat, fejor hat, plaited shirt, collar, four-in-hand tif and a pair of patent leather toothpick hoes. being the full dress suit of some eastern dude and contributed to the sufferers of Nebraska.

Rev. G. R. Vanhorne, Presiding Elder of the Dixon district of the Rock river conference, has been presiding elder of this district for the past eight years and it is with much regret that the people learn that his term will expire this year, as he has given universal satisfaction for that period and was universally esteemed and beloved by all with whom he came in contact. Charley Ridgely, of Springfield, has offcrred the Weir Plow Company, of Mammouth, as an inducement to come to the capital city, twenty acres of tho Sangamon stock farm, southeast of the city, a projxisition to furnish them with coal at t5 cents a ton for ten years and $10,000 cash as a bonus.

Ikith Peoria and East Moline are anxious to secure the factory. Aurora Post. ii. i An ordinance providing for the paving of Main street from the track to the bridge passed the council at their last meeting. Petitions are also being circulated calling for permanent walks on both sides of the street between First street and the bridge.

If all these improvements are made as they doubtless will be, Main street west will blossom out as a reguha boulevard. i I If you remain at home Thursday, July 18, you will miss the lest excursion of the year from this vicin-itv. Think of it $1.00 the round trip to Lake Geneva and no crowded ears. A few DeKalbrte are digging potatoes in their kitchen garden. The eaily crop will be scant on account of the dry weather that pre vailed just at the time the tubers were setting.

A party made up of M. A. L. Olsen. Chas.

A. Anderson, James Lane, Will Hamilton and Chas. liettig sjent the week at Fox Lake fishing. They took the overland route. Word was received here a few days since of the death in Chicago of Mr.

Madden, father of Bessie Madden Taylor, who is well known here. I eceased was a brother-in-law of J. Rodman. A prominent bicycle firm was in DeKalb on Wednesday looking over the city with a view to locating here. He was fully impressed with the desirability of the town for his line of business.

The ordinance regulating the management of bicycles within the city limits is now in force. Riders are admonished to mind their eye or Mayor Brown's strong-armed men will gather them in. Y'orkville people are threatened with a water famine. The wells and cisterns are all dry and about the only source from which water vn be obtained! is by melting ice, which is very expensive. A party t.

six people were drowned by the swamping of a steam launch on Lake Geneva dur: ing the storm Sunday afternoon. Among them wero Dr. Jno. Hogan, wife and child, of The DeKalb and Paw Paw ball teams will meet again at the Woodmen's picnic at Hinckley on the and ciSA- for a $50.00 purse winner to 1 acre. It will be a ball game lb and enough.

For The Roe rjeel Association will give j)ev second Annual bicycle niej uly 25. $600 worth of prizes will be offered. For entry blanks and full particulars address, F. K. Drer.

Secy. Base ball to-day at SO. Far- wells, of Chicago, against DeKalb. Tne former are the finest player that have visit ed DeKalb this year. They are coming to wint and a battle may be looked for.

The commissioners to locate the new Illinois State Normal who have been junketed in' several neighboring cities, will meet in Chicago July 15, and locate the school at DeKalb. Dixon Telegraph. The Northwestern has secured the contract for 6,000 carloads of fruit from California, and orders have been sent out that no more than fifteen cars shall be allowed for a train, as time is the essence of the contract. The historic grounds known as the Dr. Everett estate, have been bought'by the Page of Dixon, and will le converted into a game park.

The grounds lie just west of the eoridensing factory and comprise 170 acres. Over four hundred horses will be at Taylor's driving park in Freeport to participate in the great $50,000 stake races to be pulled off July 22d to, 27th next. It is prom sed to be the biggest race meeting ever held in the west. If gossipers would make half the exertion to find something good to say about people as they do to find something bad, there wouldn't be half so many rows kicked up over nothing. The professional gossiper is about the littlest piece of God's creation.

It is believed that DeKalb has its full share' of them, possibly more. PROFESSIONS. Physicians and Surgeons. H.WII.DKK. M.I)., ifru.luitte 1 roiii n(ro and n-ftidfiit'C 7t W.

M.ti'u Mm t. Al. t. nil? promptly unswfml N. WKI ana Sur- irooD.

Office ovir Jarlxn- St.r. All call promptly rninwoml. i IIIBJll.U Li Ofllcf over Lludbenr'' Grocery. IK'Kalb, U. Country call promptly altended.

E. L. MAYO, M. Phyficiac aud Sumeun Office, wcotid floor of Mavo block. I Kalb.lll -Attorneys at Law I'AKNtS A niNTON, Attorney au.j Coun-v aellors at Law.

Ih-KhiI. Sycamore, III. WILLIAM' 'KI. A Hi Hit! -RENMPY. 11M KKNNKOV Attorney at lajA, in I tunic, in unit Ntitorit'n Ollicc ot'f tW Knll Na'tional Hank.

IVt I II. I cicph.Hi. 2. Ct.u ko poniHH'tion. Dentists.

SCHI VLKR, 'tVirtlDt. office In Opera Hyuse Itlock: til. DeKalb National Bank EiALU. ILLINOIS. CAPITAL PAID IN $50,000.

Surplus Fund, SI 0,000. niKF.CTOKS: Tta. Corking. J. II.

J. F. jhdden. P. I 1..

Voun U. 1.KW1S. Ir. J. V.

Pre LCNKT. A general banking buine trai encted. Kxchanee and Passage Ticket nJ J. 'rorr'pt Attest' vsi 'c' BEEF IS HIGH CHICAGO! But at the East Ward Market you caii buy the best at the Same Old Prices. Large sales and small expenses enables us to $11 seen it' in that country.

It hot winds do. not come they will get a big crop this year. Wheat and corn are looking splendid. It is hoped that his prediction will prove true. If the potato crop of the I country meets expectations they will be plenty and cheap.

S. M. Inglis. state superintend-, ent of public instruction and ex- officio member of the commission-; ers for the location of the new state Normal, expressed himself as de- lighted with what nature has. done for Oregon and promises art extend ed visit accompanied by Mrs.

Inglis, later in the season. Ogle County Republican. This must mean that Prof. Inglis contemplates matrimony very soon. Some men seem to think it thev get into a "scrap" and the editor puts it in his paper, that he does it otit of malice toward them.

1 In nearly every case of this kind noth ing could be further from the truth than such a proposition. It is the editor's business to publish local happenings, good or bad, and if a man furnishes material for an item he has no one but himself to blame should it appear uncomplimentary to him. Lawyer Pond sjient Sunday in Genoa with his father's family, where Mrs, Pond was visiting over the Sabbath. Mrs. Pond celebrated the glorious Fourth at home.

They tell a good one on our leading attorney. He was asked by a friend how his building and loan stock was coming out. He replied that it had gone to ades. "Well," rejoined the friend, "you'll have something coming when you get there." Over a year ago O. P.

Robinett, of Ottawa, had the bones of his ankle crushed in an accident, and for months it was thought amputa tion would Ihj necessary, the crushed liones refusing to knit together again. A few weeks ago the crushed bone was removed iind a lone from a calFs leg grafted in its place. It is knitting together nicely, and the man is now able to get alout and will eventually recover and have a good leg. Ex. We understand the village lnard of Ashton has passed an ordinance requiring the Chicago North-Western road to place a flag-man at each street crossing in the town on which their road crosses.

The company to get back at them have ordered all passenger trains except the two night trains to run through Ashton without stopping. The loard seeing they are getting the rough end of it are anxious to let go ami with the company. Rochelle Herald. The following from an exchange hits the case about right: "Reader, when you are preparing to come to town to do some trading, just pick up your home paper and glance at the advertising columns to see who wants your trade. We guarantee if you trado with those! who recognize tho local pajxr as an incentive to their business, they will save you money.

The man who advertises certainly hius inducements to oiler you or he would not ak you to come and see him lefore HALF RATES TO BALTIMORE MD. On account of the Inter-national Convention Baptist Young People's Union, the North-Western Line will, on July 15 and 16, sell excursion tickets to Baltimore, and return at rate of one fare for the round trip, tickets good for return passage until August 8, 1895, inclusive. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago North-Western R'y. Good Meat at Bottom Prices. Vegetables.

I keep a buyer in Chicago and receive Fresh Goods Daily, and can Undersell the Lowest. E. 13. Sherman East Ward Market..

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1879-1895