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Sterling Gazette from Sterling, Illinois • Page 3

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Sterling Gazettei
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Sterling, Illinois
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ft.S-i, a rw A 4 7 t. 1 VclocK'ia afternootnat Che school if the" 4 ir pieasant, bad the ptograin fit. John's Lutheffttt ardsTand ''V Anne Edwards, Ij Names "bt'thosci'wha' tie'ard JPoe, written by Mrs; E. 'C. Henry tJS wJtAJl been ff.li' -placed upoVthe'boulderloh three sided are as follows:" Lincoln "18B6i' ''Tv the other sldp is the inflcriptjon; mallce 'none, firmness'in 'the 4 on tacluding ri -t left lor hlo ere he fen thence td.i v.

will be "in wa i the left per ef his" estate to 1 cent, to: the itftuqna, filed papers contesting the will and claiming her husband of 'unsound' out ClMWBce Poirbes Out lv af Forbes, of latteres' 4 enfitled tcKseats 1 show (Sat were durlpg I' to this city foaj Vorjc, a hoiiee here uwf, hall has bein and befrsttiL oppei 5 -Btrdct- and JBpeiit last week the state Thfcy report rflrie Krhils at the S. of the Congregational church Witt meet Mrs, J. Land- afternoon, I meet with Mrs. Amy Dennlson Thur8day 8. Miss Lenna teach has returned at ler weeks tlVes 4 and Mrs, Ray McKenale are days of in Seymour was to Sterling- Mon-f day on." Mi.

and' Mrs. Hunter of York- towfe attended church at Tampfco Stin, Servlbea'-at; Sunday 1 evenlng' 1 All are cordially'lnvlU)d, Hall his aa manager of' the Legg poultry BtiWsVfWrce, station jagent at' beer; ipent-. Sunday with hia family Miss Georgia LaDue is assisting D. the millinery store, at Nelson visiting relatives here 'this week. L.iT fc Baptist church Sunday "Mr.

and of'Blalrstown, the guests of rUielr daughters, Miss, Ethel; Elrman- and Mrs'. 'H. C. James has" returned after spending a few weeks, at Bradford, i f.Albert' was in Buffalo last AAV 1 1 IfT 1 Roath in" Brie one day last 5 i Stickles relatives 4n 1 rv, -r of drove up here-Saturdayr Mrs; Williama retupwd with usual at moraing and Mrs. Yorktown- attended services at the Christian cjmfch "here Sunday, evening.

1. AckermMi has gone, to Chicago where'she will" spend several weeks. Mrs? George Winters of Holsteln, the guest of-her many'relatives and family tyhned after -a lihort at-Lenore, III- 1 Emma Albany "is visiting with and, family, were marrieja par- Bphage last-week Rev.fBe,nareuter resi- of place; Misa Furpyjs Mary.Melvln'and ftrtenjte Mr. And Mrs, Bit a irTlivjng in. thip hj woo ftrteud fQ'flm and hia lartds con- the hfive south and.

but jttss has as a roan has, bean seen sneaking 4 i chicken' His Tig of Faypers sliould ait the- ner-of yfa chicken tfca shot in a club ttaja churcA'met -f 1 Met 30, JP, Pierce, Backtu Ulllt MITB. The good the of the were ftp- pointed Ml follows: L. f. Mrs. Thomcus Vaoghftn; evangeltrt Ind miS6iofl Mrs.

Wright naedal VorK Mrt. 8. V. Williams; Sunday flteltbot work, Mrs. Berttmiter; temperance iiteratnte, Miss Addle Powell- meetings, i ti niiM Jt fekltt Al JrOTWartl Cut.

gfiSIX 1DL right hind while woorhing In the meat taojp one last week. slipped and struck a intd and forward's hand cutting a gash in the bock of his hftbd. A small artdry was 'cut Dr. Wahl dressed the wound. it.

LaDne is assisting in Forward's meat market daring the absence of Mr. forward which will be for Sdme rti 1 1 number" oit horses 'bdoTiglng' 1 to Fred who oil the 6ld Hellyer farm five miles bf here were 'were 1 running and play- in the pasture." There is wind in the pasture. Four Of the horsea-i ran into Mt, it. horses' were caught under the Wreck and bruised quite badly, Two others were struck by the falling tower" and bruised severely. Frank Renner will erect a new tower tor Sir, Bigentiammer.

A Very pleasant evening was spent the home of Mr, and Mrs. Arlie live "several miles of here near Torktown, September 26, it being the of Mr. Love's twenty-fourth birthday. The fancy workers and their surprise him. Not a moment's hesitation was taken on account of the inclemency of the" The crowd gathered and all went in a body-after the rain was over.

All their homes pronouncing Mr. and Mrs. Love ideal LYNDON. Oct. a number from attended the state fair 1 last v- Lazton and daughter Mae spent of last week in visiting her daughter, ''Mrs.

GeorgeTarmenter has Jbeen ilh Mrs. Claude Kniskeni have been' visiting his parents hereVv-, Will Young of Dlzon spent Sunday with his R. 'Rev. Williams gave-an interesting address -to an audience and in the evening gave his farew.ell address. 1 The Ideal Entertainers will be -here next Friday'evenfng, October' 17.

'all look 'forward cb'mlng "and It is to be better than ever this year. to. be under'the'auspices-of the Mystic 4 The 'jMtethodist ladles have purchased hew. carpet of R. L.

Burchell of Erie'. Rey. Jilllard br Chicago occupied the Congregational pulpit last jSunday. The men who have been jinJDakota during the" harvest season 1 have returned-well pleasedjwlth their trip. of Harry.

Keliar's schoolmates assisted in'surprising Wm'-last Friday night, It being his eighteenth birthday. They all enjoyed it as'only children can. The Congregational Ladles Aid society met at Mrs. George Morris' this afternoon to sew. The; Methodist Aid'society meets Wednesday afternoon to sew its new JEtey, Williams and daughter, Gussie started for-Aurora this morning, he to" attend the and she to I the school where she went Mrs, SSimmer the hotel again Mrs.

French-is'located on Main 1 Cady and Preston also oSjanged 'their place. ot last week; 7 xA. W. Greenlee is painting hishuose Mr, RUey have gone to pblcago to attend tjie, chapter. Shaw returned from Iowa where she has visited her son, the fair yoqnjj thins was happy elie was she baseball team win iate game.

she gw- BO delighted -that I tfef essor of 'an air of asked, has fallen yer wch a Uar Oi Soo't taHjw to beifve yep not. tiot proves Qi'm dead. dare cftll a Jlar if Oi yott accuse me of such is epot- tfci First Consignment of Stock and Ufaln Othef flight Wii Seht the Cfty ChJ- caflO A Harthweitem Road, Hitft -The Line, Had Honor of Handtlng Away "As a livestock market, Chicago stands', secottd ttf said ft wen dealer yesterday, "The figures for 1802 show receipts at Chicago that tell volumes If you stop to consider their full import Almost eight million head of sheep, over four million hogs, a hundred thousand horses, quarter million calves and three million cattle were brought to the Chicago market last yeaf by the "big railroads that Jlke the Chicago Northwestern, into the cattle ranges and feeding grounds all over the The reports show .278,100 carloads of live stock received here In a growth for the fifty-five years the first shipment." I' The-stockman ruminated a moment. "That first shipment was queer, now, wasn't It?" he continued. "Did you see the little account of'It in the the other Young Millican Hunt, now Over eighty years old, had started across the prairies to market with a sled load of hogs and when he got across the Des Flames river he found there was no snow on which to draw his pigs the rest of the way.

"Thatjuras in "48, the year the Galena road, now the Chicago Northwestern, built Its first ten miles; and young Hunt made a dicker w'fth th6 crew of-a construction train, loaded, his porkers, on the train, and rode into Chicago triumphant, behind the Jlt- tle old "Was you ever to the Field Columbian museum?" he continued. "Well, you'should go out there some' day and see that old She stands'for a good deal from Chicago's point pf In the first load, of live stock; and the day the road was opened and the mayor and the big men of the town were trying the novelty'of a ride on'the first regular train, she pulled the first rail shipment of grain into town. Farmer out the prairies hailed the Junketers and' loaded his wheat on, a good deal like Hunt had the hogs carried In. "They tell me now," he went on, slowly shifting hia'position, "that last year that load of hogs had grown to over 65,000 carloads of livestock brought into Chicago over the Northwestern line, and Instead of one wagon load of wheat the Northwestern brought 30,000,000 bushels of grain to the -city. 1 TKe Tioneer' was surely well named, young man, according to my view of things." SOLDIERS OF.

MOTMORENCY Barnum "Donates Documents To The Historical Society. LV- s-S fcij 6 H. M. Barnum, for many, years a citizen- of Montmorency, has kindly placed in the Society, two Old documents of interest. One is 'the of office taken by J.

'Golder town clerk in 1866 before Alonzo Golder, Justice of peace. It la the old style iron-clad oath against the duel in which the new officer" solemnly promises not to shoot anybody, or assist in shooting by bearing a challenge. The other paper is a list sent to the county clerk of the soldiers who had enlisted to that date in the service, of their country, from Montmo- renoyT" George Russell, Calvin Smith, and HOSB Green in the Thirteenth Illinois. A. C.

Golder in Barker's Dragoons, A. Phillips, F. demons, p. Hawks; Wm. Hawks, Lyeander vie, Albert, Russell, James Worrell, were Thirty-fourth Illinois, This is dated at Golder school house, April 1, 4862, -and is signed by Jesse W.

collector, As will be seen by, the date, -1862, these were the men who had gone into the army up to that time. There eeenis to be no township record of the brave fellows who joined the ranks of freedom afterwards. To show the little value placed on, these old records, Mr, Barnuin was ordered to bum a pile of accumulated documents, and it -was only through hia'prudence 1 that the present specimens were saved from, the flames, Book From P. B.eck, Our friends at home or abroad, bear Historical society in mind, and every week bridge- a pleasing The last is a handsome volume of travel, given by Mrs. p.

R. so long one of our prominent citizens, 'land delivered through the kindness of Miss kibble SAVINGS per aivoum, Janiwry I LE SAVINGS BANK -i 1 I INVESTMENTS STERLING ILLIN( BLOSSOM'S ONE DOLLAR BARGAIN SALE OF UMBRELLA ,1 Two Hundred Elegant Corola Sljlc TJmbrellas for Your of twenty-five different style handles of Ivory, Silver Plate, Nickel, Agate, Celluloid, Horn and Dresden. Every has a fine Cover. Nothing like them ever shown la Sterling for double the money. See them and I know'you will buy one' for every -memoes of your family.

1 SEE US la. the full title: of the of Elgin's Mission to China aid, Jajpatt ta 1857, 58, 59. By ence Oliphant. It was published by Harper New York, 1800, weU hound their old style, and full of cuts illustrating the narrative. Was this the Elgin who the Parthenon for $he British Museum? laie R.

Pfcfc fcr many in business h.erej, was ooe of WHITE XIME Always trasa, Acme Cement Plaster, The Boat Hard Wall Made. Also AND and BO CEMENTS, PRINCETON RtiJ BRICK, SAND; GRAVEL Smith Grater ROCK FALLS. Both phones. Oh Remember "when in need of soft coal that we'- have the old reliable White Aah Coal. You can pay more money for soft coal, but you cannot get a cleaner burning coal at any price.

No sooty griddles; no nothing left but a white ash. Try a toad and convinced. Sold only by Johnston Lumber Co. Seely Eating House and Restaurant Has been neatly repaired and is now a very attractive place. Beat of everything to eat and quickest service at reasonable prices.

Ed Arterburn, Prop. Paid the The corpomtion of the city of Glasgow wanted to purchase the Whistler portrait of Carlyle and in due waited pn the waster of the gentle art of making enemies about tha price (1,000 They admitted It was a magnificent picture, Imt "Po you not think, Mr. WhlsjUor, the sum a bit excessive?" "Didn't you know the price before you came to me?" aekpd.tne master with auspicious blandoess. aye, we replied the; "Very well, then," wld Mr. Whistler In bja piiavest tones, talk of something else," And as there was etee of Interest to detain the they the price trost a an bargain.

Qpce tHere ice.tro^t^ 404 it a commodity whjch people to, imy is hot (he'peo, The SARATO RESTAURAlVtf Is for "the everything in the eating Come, in when you are Everythingjserved latest styled E.WEI)FEiSp|f Third si WORK Of Turned Promptly by HARRISON MFG, Ci Ryans' Lunch Room Dining 215 FIRST of Everything to Poimlar Prices. For Piles, Sample mailed free. One application gives The Continued uso of phreya 1 Witch Hazel manently cures i Blind or Bleeding, Burning, Fissures and Relief Three Bteea, SOc," DracrUU. or cent prepaid en receipt of Cot, Vital "VVeakness tion from causes, Jf unapArej pathic Speciflc No, over -4O years, the only ful remedy. ial package Bold Yf 3 nmjr 1 "Ts Any OliTMa 1.

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1866-1903