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Sterling Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 2

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riTEUJLLPra GAJZJEm: FRIDAY, JULT at th 1 nliy I a low by thn srjil a structure. Malt. Wolher, -WHS addition to Ate on kcnsnl farm W. oli boy these BOW a ihrlfly hard njprrhsnt at Albany, Oregon, a with bit lo thft MM I of Sterling, Mr. Sox's Into thli btlt will return for a further )r.

J. I) CrsmJ-t'l. W1 fit -rc-liy I'litlon intoo'ir f.f!i.-" thf nn'1 Mr. ttii hp (iraypr in to rn'iU" lo 1 work rv) ri'ilr tl Mr, 1 frl of IMTVV li'Mfpnl nrni (ID Hi' ntu-r, year" iitv! i 1 v.h. 1-1 'i 'hi -'n f.i..:, nt w.i* ri'V-r 'rsihntf irrn ha lii! in C' tvl'ii Id" Sterit of OB retire frmn for 1 x-mtn, a th" RSfi5ffi w-filrr from for on" lit homo hefn at well will tn b-er nf mrometiced rj e.

hinfc Itsftt will two Clinton paper mentions nearby farmer who put in fourteen hours of work on bis land on Fourth. Thn man would farm on the Fourth neae enough to bin hired man down cellar sorting all day Sunday. lolal rninfnll In the country around Sterling for the April, May and June was twenly-fivp inches. As the average rainfall hpre lo about Inches year, there Is only about eleven Inchwidun for the of the twelve months. Uaker, of thn Northwestern Paste Ctitnpnny, recurrence yesterday of tho un- pteamnt tffi'Cln of a sunstroko received ft number of ago, and was compelled to keep out of tho way of the rayt during tbe boUrxt part of day.

congress man who with much hat- ting of bis brain pan haa discovered that Columbus wan In error In toileting he discovered America on October 12, 1401! and that at a matter of fact It was on 21, ho full A victim to fatty generation of Iho thinker. Referring to a noted floriculturist who tMNVronuy In: Sterling tbo Froeport Journal Ilobert Hneosby, an old and esteemed vltlxen of gao, w'ill arrive hero i with tbe expecUtlon of making" Frooport future homo. The gunlleumn Is thu father of Joseph H. (Jlblor. Schumakcr hat lioen decidedly the weather for jfomo weeks is yet decidedly weak.

Yesterday feel- Ing somewhat renewed bo walked down town and rather overtaxed bin strength, (or while descending from his physicians office ho slipped, and HufTurod more or less Injury, nothing clipping bureau has become ono of the rcoognltod Institution4 of the country. Many of lU'customcrs are distinguished politicians, largo busl- new and extensive advertisers, ana prominent people in puhjlo and professional life. Others of its patrons are aoton, specialists, authors and the like. T. VanHorn, through tho kind- Beat of aorno old friend, who be knowi by mall yesterday morning, a copy Little Falls, N.

Courier, bearing date of 1805. The paper contains a full account of tbe capture of Richmond, Jeft Davis'strong-bold. In the list of the wounded r. VanHorn's name, who belonged to the second brigade of sixth regiment of the 181st N.Y. infantry.

His wound was in the hip, and oftlmos in tbe days that have intervened since tboee days of carnage, taat token of the enemy remom- beranoe baa troubled him. Mr. Van Horn prizes highly this little sheut from an anonymous friend. recent atmospheric here in tbe west have given tbo owlish prophets a good text for their direful forebodings, in these it bobooves fceoslble people to counteract sensational talk by common- seme argument; The present year, it is true, has boon prollQo in grave disasters. But a succession of dry years is always followed by a season of winds and cloud-bursts.

Science haw demonstrated that the rainfall does not vary materially within a period of twelve or fifteen years. The past six or seven summers have been exemption- ally dry, hence tbe deluge of was needed to restore tbe average. ago when the principal beauty of the writer's (ace was the beautiful of brown and black, the latter dirt, be rode one harvest time lead to a three-horse team ttalditwojia cJ the go, old-fashioned Wood harvesters. It as a monotonous trip side down tbe other of golden grain, and be grow weary of telling himself tbe stories that be knew. On the box to tbe machine, eacouraglog the little lad, sat one William Johnson, whose homo then as now was In PlainBwld, 111., and kept saying as we narrowed- each piece that If a cat of ui watch was kept, aad tbe lead horse did not run into grain we would have the Jolly sport of running out a rabbit.

This morning flame a rap at our offloe door and etowrted by Albert Seaman in walked this same old warm friend, William JobsMKm, incidents of put ejjojrfld for Mpgypdt of an hour, when good old mu left us. Mr, Johnson, vbo a brotber to very sick man, JobnsoB, aad who sJUo in I ooBOfttiled with bal- ttntoo'a, Jiara to Hon. C. ('. n-turnrd rvpnlnp.

whftrf for i-rinnuitnlion wilh donio- cratlo Tiny plRnnlng ftnd propwej that sUtK shall inoro rffptMuiilly than It fw-n Iwfor" K. .1. Fntfley right the po fiosccir of tho Werntz Mr. Fsgley a Falls huhl aforr-mansbipln Keystone workV HH will hy hix son Ham. nnd dOuht not their oxcoilpnt cvi-nlng'ii storm of wind nnd rain trc-AU'd thin vicinity leniently, dolntf no nnd itlmply Rlvin(f sufllclrnt ilfwnrxnir to elf the Rl- inodphnru to jxiint thn nl(fhl si ijin'-t hccnmn lo llrrd workers luxury, nnd we could all echo Huncho 1'an- "C.od tho man who llritt In- venUxl 1 In eitlcs further to Ihe rniit the storm was much more novcri', nnd thn dny's t-ivtt of considerable dovAHlntlon.

park hwt Snlurdny took on Its old llmo Thn cholso were early pro-cmp Hod, and tbe mound forming tho bate to tbo iMildli'r'n monumrnl WHS hlnck wlib tMigfr A rlngos with their formed tho linn around tho pnrk. Il won iho ojx-n air concert hy llin Sterling corni-t httnd this year, and. uhenr that succeeded number gnvo tin- best evidence In tho world that tho appreciated tho (Twth and hppe tobavo moroof It. 11 Isiiint'Ht plennlnj; diversion thcso hot nighln thn house Is nn unduotruble rcftlrnlnuuint. Idii (Jorhnrdl Hied a petition In the district court Uiat hn- Oorhurdl.

Tho plalntifT ntnle.B that she was married to iho difundunl In Morrison, 111., In August, IHH.J. Mrs. Gorhurdl petitions for a divorce on thn grounds of cruol and Inhuman trcat- mant She states thnt on sovorut occasions during the past two years hur husband baa struck and choked hor until sho hai at difforuot llmus he en sick, sore and tamo. Mr. Corhardl has property to iho vuluo of about tWX), and Mrs.

Gorbnrdt thnt eho may hav.e alimony In such sum aa tho court may consider Ago. a period of twenty years Chicago has sprung from ashen, ruin and desolation into tho grrutctt city, architecturally, In Iho world, Fooxlbly tbe figures that bout express tho mogul- tudo of that great fire, tbo greatest of all modern disasters, is that property was dcsstroj ad by it at tbo ruto of mltlon evory Ovo minutes, all night and all day. To ono viewing tblu tnlgbty tcene from a point of vantage, must have been at once tho A ri'-'ir -i injf in two ti" tnnt'hl wt. tfr; vriirig for r-i! wint'T Iho ro- nf tin- jenr. Whi-ri twenty jenrn o( to I'rilon In Ohio, win for yenrc.

linn f.illy for fulutN i uHt Oi. tiii ri-turn fri.in Olilo hr- fnB'igi-d in tcicMfiK furiilxiiit part of whicli linn? wn-t ncnr It- Innd. While thin iTKntfed iM-enmo In- U-refiled in tli" ftuily nf mi-dii-mo. nrul pn tlutt liH M-rvlci'H hiM-iimo in il'Tiiirxl ami foicrd him to the n-lnx I ro -tn nml turn attention lo II.i- profession whleh ilff work. In purMiunco of thin Ii" attending at the linhnninnn Medieul in fin nirrntly fur his work here, nml was (-ruduuled from with thu liijjtu-st honors of tiln Hopnicllivd willi In Amlulu for MIII- year, nfler wl.lcb he removi-il to O.ikluml, Co In Fnir Hut- AlxxillhU bo wni murrifd to Alice C.rolus, of Sterling, who with ono child, daughter, sur- vivi-it htm.

l)r life In Oiklutid was eminently 11 practici) us a phyhlelan rsipidiy nnd he of doctors of thn town. Aa a he was honored nnd reveled ui.d win niven my tlonn of honor and re.iponitibility, and lii'caiiie maycir of 1i grand and awful spectacle man ever looked upon. Fortunately tbit) great historic event has been placed upon canvaK, where all may see and butter understand tbe BCOJH) of this dlbaHtor. 'From all accounts, tbo urtlaU have been very successful in tholr having from tho Inspiration of tho hour grandly conceived and uplondldly -worked ouVtbe-whole aid of nowly devUud mechanical and electrical effects they have given wonderful sens 1 of reality to tbe- that at once a surprise and delight to every visitor. Tho Cycloraraa of tbo Chicago Fire will remain In that city on Michigan near Madison as a permanent attraction, and it IB something every man, woman and child should see.

cation aud monility nnd wim lonf aijil faithful leachur lu Iho M. K. Sunday Djrlntf Iho right or nlno ycarj of his Ilfo in Oakland ho Ki'amo tborougbly oilablintii in tho esteem and confl- donco of tho (xioplo and no man is moro greatly allotted tboro to-duy than he. About two yearn ago ho mndo tho torrlblo dUcovory that euncor was do- vulupiug In his syKtutn. All medical skill could no was dono to elToct a curtv hut all In vuln.

llo wuut to Chicago and suhmlttod to many turglcal and other (skilled ninthods, all of which bo bntvuly witlaoul tbo usual molbod of riBortlng to oplulef, In order to preserve hU nervous sy-Btom. No can depict tho sulTTjrinjt of those years. Through II all he culm, pationl, Iti-puful aud considerate of olhor'i deporting blmseif hproieally Christian gentleman through It all. About suven wuvks ago bo wan brought lo Storting and hero at tho ploubanl and hospitable home of his brother-in-law, John N. Iteed, he remained till death grunted a rclcaso from hia sulTjrlug.

For previous to this llmo his mlud Ixrcamo directed to the subj ctof religion and ho doteriuloud to a CUrUtiun. Uls convorslou was rutional, clear and salUfylng. His Intelligence, will and alToctluna From Hfthnaman. ngsin. of in Onrr.

of RtfHing, cprnt 4lb wilh Mr. and IM. Dnrr. MitielU Ford toKtUnd school IHioti for Mr. (I.

H. and fumily with urtd rflstirwiin Montmorency. nrf rj. (o that Wnhl, who hud Ijwn qaita ill for (till low. Johnnie Recntr, wfco hate lir-f ill week xre some better.

of horns to (lie fonrth with jmrfnU, Mr. fad Ami-tin linn, of Yinited with her innnj few dnjn week. of Ihp W. C. T.

U. Md Iheir nifetintf Rt Dirr'd liwt llntt, of Tnmiiiro, nin! Ktmtlny willi Ilnlinntiiftn Kniiiin Oertle (Itof. of I'corin, TlnitcO with friendn and rel- nlivr" few dnyx week. JuK. July I'.

1 From Mt. Pleasant. July U'. It in vwy warm Iliin morning, niul (lie rondft nre A little nhower wonlil not romet amiw now. buily buoy tuaking (heir hay while the xun cliiiiPf.

Krank Koyer number of men in the Imy field. At. Miller nl Ktifth Kby'n Hnndnr-- Jnmex a nil iiin mm nre bunf in the rye field. Helen Young, of Chicago, haj-cwnw home to her'tacntioD. ill Mathew WAR lant Hnndny riding nil alone iu IIIK new btiiiuy.

Hill, what you look PO lont-Mxnu? Why, the widow Miller Jn cpry. Kruit Kccms lo ftoarce In oar neighbor- No carmolft or berries ppoak of, nud the yoang npplen tiro falling off tbe trt'i-n. (iodfrvy nnd Joe nre mskiug their hny. Tbry work all wcrk end would ou the Hiib- rmtfr tmt it-hr not ntcui hrw-tfacy nay. Chan.

Ualnler took home losd of new lumber lost week to ruaiu a hay maybe. Another show In Morrtnon to-morrow. Oolhnnu ItroH. this time. Who is uoing to attend? Will nuyoue take time to go, we wonder.

No, we g'ueiu Dot. FCBM. with in Iowa. Buying wnd far litatmrt. Very fii? rted.

who fruit there will be rery few What tbero ii will certainly eood price. The erxning of the Fourth merry party, thonis who (tAred at home that day, awn-m- bled at Mr. and and merry to their ronttnl. I 3. H'jek hao (-topped wotkind at Ronnd OroTd.

He will mind own in the fntore. Decker, from Chicago, on in thin ririnity last week. We griered to Ihe of the and au unexpected death of Broderlek which occorred Batnrday night, had in poor health for time. HAInrday evening fit retired feeliog about nxnal and wan found dead in the rnoro- I ig. It was to heart trouble.

Trm funeral will take place Tneoday, the to be. interred In the Sterling cemetery. A large number of eorrowing and are left to mourn tbe of a true and toting wife, mother and friend. We extend our aympalhy to tbe open In thin time of Borrow. Mr.

(ioald, from Sterling, in oat to bin farm making the ticcednary for the care of the hay crop. HOKNIR From Woodlawn. Henry liMoolarKO'a contract for llillntf stolitft Iti.M lie him liarilly lime lo attend to bin agricaltnral duties. Milton Ott and Fnd hare rt turned to their home in Chicago after I wvek'a Vixit at J. 8.

Alirenn, of Sterling, and Mbui M. Loaetta Wonver, of Woodlawa, were married at the home of tho bride lant Thursday M. he ceremony by Rev. K. lirown, paiitor of the Lutheran church.

Mr. and departed immediately other poinU. They eipeot to be about three weeks. Tho young people qnieUy at Samuel Martin'a lant Hatnrdaj' to aar- prii-e daaghter. the yoang lady waft riding, nho was completely taken hy unrprirs whtn returned.

A pleMBU time wan enjoyed hy alt. Some of the very patriotic bare not fin Uhed celebrating the Foarlh jet, pyro techuio can be seen almost every From Oolota. very fmit rror an failnre. i The wet wralher.hao Wasted it. Ths crop well.

Mo-1 of eorn rerr bnekward, there are a good pkeew. look well. where did not get drowned ont by the overflow of witer during the nrwsrive that fell. Hydrophobia attacked a dog of Teter Fitz- mj the Lhrrtd Momr ferm wmih of larrnon, biting oerernl of rattle and a couple of It alno went to John the Ij, Ii. farm and bit his dog.

killed dog, bnt did not kill the ither It ran away. Home on the killed it. The w( ret feetnre ia that it ompexl at a two year old child of FiUnim. and either fcratriied it or bit it, they ire, not certain which. Tbe stock of Fitf- attacked with (lift iboot thirty were bitten, so hat he waa obliged to them.

The child not been attacked the heard rom. It would be an awful thing for the child to be taken wilh that nwfnl malady, and no core for it, Henry I'orter, of Polo, been ng corn drawn to market from farm one mile pouth of Harmon. There liarc been of meddles in Harmon. Home of tho are now plowing up the ground, vhere the inorn drowned out, Rowing buckwheat' hongar- inn. The creamery receding targe of milk.

It a good II. ing for the they now hare au income every month from their which quite a'bctp to them. The Methodist llet. Colby, moTed family to Chicago. We precome it will be lant year here.

500 yards Ghallies, Extra width, worth 10 ete, will be closed out at per JT, 500 yds. Good Style CHALLIES ocU. per yard. river baa nearly all been destroyed by the of water on so long. are for tliia year too much water.

The fruit crop an entire failure. There wilt he no apples nor berries worth of, nor grapea where they weto in abou- dance other yearn. W. D. Parker several to Herman BlurU taut weef.

He delivered them wilh Iwt Sato rday. Potatoes will be a good crop, where water did not drown them out. NJ.POHMT. A lot of Fine GINGHAMS wll be told at 18 per yard many of them reduced, from 80 and 33 cents. wlbJtxU tick bw.

Be from Will tcnmiy Mr. wtti fwouta wUi Uw of ROOK PALLS. Misses Cora and Liizlo Coo, of D. O. Coe, to-day on extended visit to friends In Mt, Vuroon, Iowa.

-t-Charles Hubert, after aa enjoyable visit here, has returned to his homo in Aurora. Mrs. llubort will remain for a while loigftr the guest of her paronto, Mr. and Mrs. E.

Kborly. hoped that the readers "of the OAZKTTE will fully avail themoelves of the lock box at Blekford's drug store for the reception of items of news for publication In this column. annual convention of the Bub- bath schools of Column to havtt baan held next Sunday in the Congregational church has boon postponed until July SM. Hon. Thomas A.

vial has ordered tho demolition of. tbe la-go two-story frame build log recently moved across Main street to make for a new brick factory on tbo old site, not deem- upon final inspection entirely sattt for the purpose originally Intended. Tua city council at ft recent directed City Attorney, N. flas- kell, to prepare and jubmlt ft new or- providing for the maoadamli- log ol tbat part ttrtwi BOX! to rftUroftd track to from blcrllBg in a hletised uxjHirionco that ho child of (Jod. On Wednesday evening, July Gib, lie and his devoted wlfu were.

baptized by the Rev. Mr. Hrown, of Sterling, and Mr. Bcytt was ut Ou Thurtday, July 7ih, his aged mother was to visit htm and the duy In his last day on earth as It turned out to be. At midnight he putted uway to his Heavenly homo.

UU last dny ou uurlh wui compurltively free from pain, and HO fully, calmly and gludly be went from a world of suffering, where it that bo had more than bib uhtut, to that world whose Inhabll.iut* never say, "1 am sick," and where sorrows shall come nj more, The funeral services wero held on the beaiv'ful grounds in front of tbe residence of Jufau N. Used, and. there under the blue sky which he and In the shade of tbe forest trees which be so udmirud, a very large of relatives and friends assembled to pay their lout tribute of ruttpvct to tho onueulong and favorably kuown to thorn. C. Turner, pastor of the Molhociiat church at Ulue Mouud, 111., had formerly been Dr.

Scott's pastor for live years at Oakland, a vor'y urund and impretwive seruioa. HU text was from tteUMrNiltoaw sick UlllQus with Dr. Dow at 1 The rt-iu their to final rustiog plwe In beautiful "iUver- by a t'uug of sincere U. C. T.

WAITS. WoodUvic looking toaoUful JuiU.r.itth of groenory, and Iho broad avenue Ipg to it is nightly with ID iU lead- l.iltlo Krmie OvcrhoUer has been sick willi inflammation of Ibe Eiberta will teach the primary derailment of the Colds reboot, at thirty per month. Thin what a eixteen year old girl can do by.stndy. Caleb Burgees and wife, Jl. V.

DtQroff and wife, H. It. Coloord and daughter Lnella, (). A. Over and Over and wife, of Sterling, were prercut at the baptismal July 4th.

and James Mr. aod Mrs. Krnef-t Colcord Mian Viola Ufcw- kius celebrated the Fonrth at Clinton. Mr. Krwln Piltmsn and Ixittio Woode, of Chicago, came home to spend the holiday with their C.

W. Colcord left for Teoneacee Monday evening. J. Peugh brought a pony from Sterling last Monday for the chitdreu and flue times they had. J.

F. FolireHMD and family, of St. Loots, arrived at their old home in Coleta last after au elwenos of three years. Mr. Ffhrecntn riiesks well of the Keeley care, has a good position, and is ready for bui-iuesg as coon ss has finished bis rii-it K.

K. Bills haa bought three acres end W. U. Coloord two aorea of O. W.

Tarpeny adjoining their for pasture, Mr. Hurt Anthony is in Chicvgo for treatment. Clayton Colcord the Otter creek school the coming year. Mias Allie Kennedy, of Sterling, is spending a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Mattie Crom.

Hoy Uurieas, of Davis Junction, is home on a visit to his mother. Earl Stewart is visiting bis mother, Jacob Hev. BaxUr and daughter Cordlo started Monday morning for Mow YorkstaU to visit relatives. They will be gone aboat foar weeks. Dr.

if cBridtt returned from Chicago, whore he has beea attending ban bought tbe Bpong property on Eut street; consideration four hnn- droddolhvrc. NoTrmira, Mrm. Wiak, ftfld MiM. StfeeJ Tfeorp the goesia of K. E.

Bills Monday. loodjy total. Mrs. Terptny to able to wall! oat, Mrs. Biwuig is improving rapidly and Mf.

Coloord about ths Farmers are bosjr making hay and having good weather for Grandma Crouch ban sick with bar old stomach trouble. John says to that a certain man knows to his satisfaction that water in his as person made a of tpiasaiiif was trying to iatixset tbe of the Mliar. o'clock July 4th. Mr. MOM to him with a of wood, bat he bad left hit the ia his baity retreat.

Wm. McCombs UMI dtfakfr- of twenty of Uw (pbMMHMH at UM tbtolw that ft to siaaU trick to steal ftoia lieoftf ftubtaaa's MI The ptutinro land thnt wojt ovcrflowdd thu recent Hood damaged the grass to sach an extent na to a few to eel their cattle. An the'riyer subsided it lcfln large quantity of flub on the land, and the crows are eonpf'jncutly getting fat. It rtqaireH considerable hni-IIitie fnr tho farmers to get their hay made mxl corn plowed so as to be able to cot thciir rye and wheat too latter part of tbia week. A True Frlond to tbo nick nnd suffering Is Dr.

maan't) great medical work, finely Hlua- traU-d. Scud threw two-cent Btemoa, to pay postage, to P. Ordway Ilosum, and receive a copy free. -MANHOOD-RCSTOItebr "BANATIVO." Un Wonderful llrnwdjr. wld vlth Written Ouorantee run.

tucli Weak Memory, nt Undo I'uwer. Wakrrulnrt, hood. Ncrvownni, I ju- all drolnli Ion of pnwer of Crnrrallro Orpun In either MX. vj orer-eitrllon, jomhful eictalji of loljftrro. opium, or HlmuliiiH, which ullliniltly loud liiflnnllr, (lid InMnltr.

Put op Incnnmilcutfurm In corrr In UK pocket, J'rlw or far W. WUh order a or rotund 1h Clrctilw Before After Use. Photographed from lift. A lot of Corsets Which have selling at from fiO to 76 cento, will be cold at 30 each. nu written or money.

by mall to wlilreM. Clrctilw In I'laln Urutlim ililipnpcr liAORIO CHEMICAL nnnch fw O. B. A. 1U liwrborn Strtrt.

Cll IIJAOO, ILL. FOR SALE IN STERLING, AT A. R. llendrlck'i Pbarmacr, Honsft USTED, RUSTED rrrr BtW Ladies' Jersey VESTS, three for What we have left Goes at a Mere Trifle; en's Suits That Were- Boys Suits $4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 800, 10.00, 12.00, 1500, go at 3.90 3.65 4.00 44 5.85 44 6.75 44 8.15 44 10.50 A Lot of Misses COTTON HO3E, Made, all aieea, all itylet, hardly two Will be sold at 15 cento ptp pair, many them worth three times that amount. ,00, go at 3.50 Vr Bargains in SILK Two-PFece Suit Only 905.

Childrens' Jersey and Caasiroere Suits, were Bargains in 75, go at 1.90 ,.50, go at 8.851 50, go at 3.35 Bargains some occupants are go- ifiy to of tbo waters ol our spring. A erf juueg biiy wlto rode out ttuflaM lo Un. to SHIRT SALE, Our cent ihlrts go at Our 50 cent ahirta go at 390 Our 65 cent ablru go at 500 go at 590 WAIST SALE, Our 25 cent waist goes at 190 SOG. Mother's Friend 39 75C. Mother 1 Friend waist 59.

HI ID oo STIFF UUn ti SO STIFF go at go at All ow 5oo. NeokTies 9 be fold Qnly between the boura; of two and nine, go for oaiy OOMK AND i Altmah attt TJ.

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