St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 October 1886 — Page 2

TEE INDEPENDENT, WILL A. ESOLEY, Editor. Entered at the WalKerton Postcfflce as Secund class mail r; tter. SUBSCRIPTION: For Oue Year ’ §1.50 For Six Months . , 75 For Three Mouths »».... 50 WALKERT A’, IX’ , OCl'. 21-!, Ibß6. •rrsr-i-“I t^U you th*>rx X g ( ' timber there.” They me• u D ~ ami you hear it on ail sides. II? we were Shively we would feel like breaking the LaPorte Her-Rb.J-Chronicltrs neck. Hon J. B. Stoll, editor of the South B- ml Times, is said to be an a [drant for U 8. Senator. aageaanj—Mini u« The text it y be getiiuq somewh e—but the wonk are as folio - : “ThereY good timber tneu . Mrs Gkn. Grant has already ■revived §350,000 profit on the book written by her msunguished Lu band. Maxwell, the man who killed p. -r, is lying in jail in- St. Louis a king the setting of the day for h -i execution. ITC y-ft * M>».*’XW*-A**-'' Si :on Cameron i-- ibe only su-~ vivor of the Senate of Polk’s admini tration now that David L Yuke is dead. To 3 season is over, thank heaven, ' ■ en the weak young man at th .cuiu puts on a girl’s hat and tries to be funny.—Ex. .aBf—W»HM Slugger Sullivan Is said to have drawn about $250,000 by his professional exhibitions. His generosity and expensive habits have thu r far left him without a bank m-juont. • — THE youngest school teacher in Alabama is little Mary Duke, of Clanton, 6 years old. She has an infant school ami charges 10 cents a month lor teaching the little ones their letters. The Democratic papers in this oistiict say that Shively is doing pa kard up, and the Republican papeis say that Packard has alrerdy done Shively up, and so they keep right on lying. There’s no use in making much fuss over the fact that W. A. Dailey is a candidate for the legislature from St. Joe county. All that’s necessary is to have plenty of tickets with his name on them. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, believes that the seven condemned anRtchists should not be hanged. Ami we believe that more, tens of thousands more'; will bn of the same opinion after they hanged, if they ever are. It was believed some time ago that Packard would eat Shively all up in their first joint discussion—but it is now thought that Shively will go through the entire series, and that there will be several good messes of him left. An exchange says that “the chestnut bell lias been superceded by the liar card. When the story teller becomes too enthusiastic in his exageratiou the listener bands him a card on which is printed, “I am Somewhat of a liar myself.’ ” ncgenjrn^»BKauQms«HMi A genius with a taste for statistics has figured out that the average newspaper ivriter makes 4,000,000 strokes with his pen each year, or a line 300 miles long. A rapid penman draws his pen through sixteen and one-half feet every minute. In forty minutes his pen travels a furlong. A fortune awaits the inventor of a machine that will reverse the power of gravitation in the political sphere. The publishers of independent newspapers, of course, are among the class who would not need them. No, independent papers would hav- no use for such a machine, but me us the partisan papers X;i< . . observe the present law of gra. iie.ti, so much so that they g. ’i'.atr, tu the bottom strata of cunXmptibkness. A piece of rotten sandstone taken from the hills of Middlebury, Elkhart county, and sent to Philadelphia, assayed $26 in gold and $3 in silver to the ton. This is regarded as in paying quantities. Ihiity-two y- ar- we started os a three tbsii, ml ? . e trip over the plains, ■ a new found gold fields mCm raid, from within a few miles ul ihm’c gold bearing sands of the new Ei Dorado. What tools we mortals be some limes. —Albion New Era. Yes, indeed. And here we. are, way up in St. Joe County, and used to live within fifteen miles, or such a matter, of the said El Dorado,

AW ANCIENT COIN. Ed. Independent: In my recent visit to Ashtabula county, Ohio, I had the pleasure of seeing and handling a very ancient Roman coin. I found it in the possession of R. E. Stone, of Orwell. This coin, a Denarius, was obtained in Old Jerusalem, by Dr. Robert Morris. After his return from Palestine he submitted this coin, with others, to the “American Association of Numismatists,” for their examination and registration. This Association describes this coin correctly us follows; Silver. Perfect condition. Obverse. Face to the right. Matronly bust, draped. Hair elaborately draped. Inscription, Diva Faustina (translated, The Deified Faustina) Reverse. A female figure to left veiled. Her right hand is held upward, in her left is a lighted torch. Legend, consecratio. This coin has no date but it is very evish nt from its description as given, and ii e page of history, that it must be 1,725 years old. Thus we find that Faustina was the senior wife of Antoninus, who was Emperor of Rome from A. D. 138 to A. D 161. R. E. Stone obtained this old relic from Dr. Morris himself. A Denaims is worth in our money about 17 cents. C M. Richmond. • There’s good Umbor there,” now mind you.

The LaPorte Herald-Chronicle is slugging Shively in the neck. Honest Injun—did Shively lick a one-legged soldiet? Let’s see — he’s up lor Congress, too. isn’t he? Without question, Shively and Packard would agree that Walkerton wants a bank, if they do differ on the tariff. The East Resort. “Ta, ta; I’m off for a three months’ stay at Minot’s Ledge Light.” “What’s up? ” “Doctor sends me.” “Hay fevei? ” “No, the picnic habit. Have been going to three picnics a day.”—Ex. Harry Darling is correspondent in this city for the Walkerton In-DEPENDENT.-LaPorte Herald Chron ide. That’s a fact. And Harry. Darling, of LaPorte, is one of the best newspaper correspondents in the state.

IE AC 8i ERS’ ENST I TATE. The teachers if the town and township met ut the High School building Satutday, Oct. 16. Trustee c. F. Ross was called to the chair and Minnie Plaits elected secretary. C A. Byers, B. A. Byers, Chas. Robbins, Mrs. M. Shoemaker, J. E. Steele, A. H. Barber, L P. Hardy and Minnie Platts present. Mins Rinehart and Mrs. Townsend absent. L. P. Hardy first presented orthography, followed by C. A. Byers on geography. B. A. Byers bandied the subject of civil gov ernment. Teachers found it easy to occupy the morning session on the subjects named above. Institute met again at 1:30 p. m. Mr. Barber presented the subject of intuition. Mental science proves to be a subject worth much hard study. Chas. Robbins conducted a class in general history, alter which the committee on programme, which had been appointed by the pr< sident, reported. Institute adjourned to meet in four weeks. Minnie Platts, Secretary.

Sacrificed to Society. It is not many weeks since a married lady, whose toilets are remarkable for elegance and taste, made a call upon the female head of a household but recently established in the neighborhood. In due time the call was returned, but the new neighbor, a stranger in Washington and its customs, was met at the door by a servant who announced that her “lady” was out. Within a few days the fashionable butterfly repeated her call and it was returned, but again she was out. This occurred several times, and at last the new-comer was puzzled, for she declared that upon approaching the residence of her elegant acquaintance she had caught sight of her at an upper window. Soon afterward an infant daughter of the devotee of fashion died, and the newly-settled neighbor at once called to extend sympathy and offer any assistance within her power. It was a cold day, and she was shown into the dining-room, where the bereaved mother soon appeared with an apology nervously made that there was no fire in the parlors. The following day another child, a sister of the dead infant, was taken seriously ill, and the neighbor, moved by a benevolent heart and pure charity, hastened to tender hei' services. On this occasion she accidentally discovered that there was not a single aiticle of furniture in the parlors, and that the bed-chambers were devoid of the commonest comforts. AU were sacrificed to society, and as the elder sister soon followed the babe to heaven, it is not improbable that their little lives were also sacrificed upon the social altar. The childless mother soon afterward left her husband, but her social status remains unimpaired as long as she can procure bresses from Worth.-— Washington Cor. Ba'tinigre Herald. Election day draws near.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. ISE AND ITEMS. Reported by the Independent's Correspondent. The new whert looks fine. Eddie Gould is able to be out again. Geo. Cook made a flying trip to South Bend last Saturday. Frank Taylor, of Stillwell, visited at Walkerton last Sunday. One of the Bland school teachers spends his idle tine in talking politics to his pupils. A large number from this place visited the Gipsy camp last Sunday. George Chapman, John Ake and wife visited the county farm two days last week. Trustee Ross has been making some much-needed improvements at the Detre school house. The hard wind gave the farmers plenty of work in the way of fixing fence last week. Rebecca, daughter of uncle John Liudsfey, is visiting with relatives here and near LaPorte. The funeral of Barbara, daughter ol Fred Sm’th, was held at the Island church last Satin day, Rev. Snyder officiating. The deceased has been an invalid nearly all her life; was 40 years and 7 days old at the time of her death. Tyler.

TYNER CITY. Reporter! byline Independents Correspondent. Tynor City news would be scarce if it were not for the political element of the country. B. D Crawford was to speak here last Tues lay evening, but failed to get here. The discussion between Shively and Packaid, the two distinguished candidates for Congress, last Wednesday at Plymouth resulted decidedly in favor of Shively. Dr Richardson is making great improvements in the heart of this little town byway of improving the appearance and comfort of his house. Mrs. Knott and h r g .ugbteis have returned lo Tyner to remain. A Mr. Snyder, of LaPorte county, has moved to this town with bis family, and has taken a lease of clearing of E?q Shafer. Dr. Moore, late of Walkerton, has moved his family into the Trow bi idge mansion. Wash Beaver has a sure dead race horse to sell, one I hat can wake a mile in—well, we don't jus; rewembtr in what time, but inside of an hour sure pop. A Mr. Wilcox has moved to this town ioi the time being. Zehner has started up his sawmill again but talks of leaving it soon lo go elsewhere. Geo. Herman is doing some fine ditching for J. E. Johnson. Frank Johnson is erecting a new barn on Els farm. Miiier & Beagler are kept busy repairing houses in this town. We had the pleasure to meet and shake bands with our old friend, Jonathan Witwer, of North Liberty, th* 1 day of the joint discussion at Plymouth. The cider mill here is still at work. Mrs. Dr. Droliinger, of South Bend, is vbiting relatives here.

A Marriage Mart in Roumania. A remarkable custom exists among the Roumanians living in the westerly Carpathians. Every year, at the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, a market is held on the crest of the Gaina, from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above the level of the sea, and here ail the marriageable girls of the entire district assemble with their parents in order to be viewed and claimed. Mothers, aunts, grandmothers and various other female friends contribute to the dowry, and this completed, it is carried to the market on the Gaina in neatly made trunks, decorated with flowers, and carried by the family’s best horses. Cattle, bees, and other household requisites, are also added to the dowry. On the Gaina every family which has a marriageable daughter occupies a distinct tent, in which the dowry is exhibited, and in which the bride-viewers are expected. The bachelors, too, are accompanied by parents or relatives, in whose company they inspect the girls who are eligible. The young men bring the best they possess, and each must particularly come with a girdle of gold or silver. After the brides are chosen the public betrothal takes place, being conducted by a hermit who lives in this lonely spot. The mark of betrothal is not- a ring, but a beautiful embroidered handkerchief. The betrothal is in many cases prearranged; but the ceremony must be gone through with all the same. If a girl goes to the market, knowing beforehand that an admirer will be there to claim her, so much the better for her. Still she must take her dowry and occupy her tent and place herself on view ln;e the rest. — Ball Mall Gazette. Verily, we say unto you, vote just as you please.

LAPORTE LETTER. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Take the Independent. Spvend of the oldest passenger cotniuctors on the Lake Shure road ruunmg I w rrCbict-go and Elkhart have received their walking papers. Fiank Palmer, of this city, was among those discharged without explanation. The second installment of county taxes are now being collected. A. J. Bowser has disused of his interest in the Chesterton Tribune lo E A. Bowser, and will embark in a journalistic enterprise farther wt't. Friday being the last day bounty was paid on woodchuck scalps by the county, the scene in the treasurer’s office was a busy one. Up to ten o’clock 75 scalps were brought in. and the bounty collected. Rev. Brauk, of Kingsbury, will move his family to Anthony, Kan., next week. The Democratic central committee held a meeting here Saturday, at which important business was transacted. Lester & Allen’s miWrels passed through the city Friday enroute for Michigan City, where they played to a crowded house in the evening. The most tenific wind storm in the city’s bitstory visited us last Thursday. Large shade trees were blown down in many parts of the city. The telephone wires were crossed and the service was rendered almost useless. The heaviest gust of wind occurred about 1:30, when John Hilt's ice houses on Clear lake went down with a loud crash, and now lie a ruined mass on the lake shore.

A Gel D. Porter, one of the oldest and most, respected citizens of LaPune county, peacefully breathed his last Friday evening. The funeral services took place from the family residence Sunday afternoon. Dr. Kendall, of the Presbyterian church, officiated. Michigan City divi>ion No. 7, uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, will have a red letter day on Thursday, Nov. 4th. General Carnahan, the official head < f the ranks.in the United States, v.ill be present, and accompanying him will be Hon. Howard Douglas, Supreme Chancellor id th ' WO! Id. Two O ■ lads named Lodge 1 Lky nd Au’ui.e lUpp became involve i in a quarrel, which resulted iu a Find cutting affray. Lesebisky ent Rapp iu ihe thighirll cling a s ight tj. sh wound R q>p retail tud ’ y cutting LeM'liLky on the 1 ft sid , ju t b",ow the Iwrt. The wa-nti ; id an ugly •, and may prove fatal. No ui<.- i.y have been made. B A Loud ibacb, « f Sli.iwell was 11. n I §l3 65 lor ciiu inal piov . Yliuu by ’Squire Phelps, Saturday \ oly, the way o. the transgresso; j.. mild. Tim ; rth of a series of joint :’u — ions between Hon. B. F X iveiy, de . (’ratio cam idate lor Cong! > s- 1 , am: Gtu. Jasper Packard, Republican canui ate, occurred Tu-sday afternoon. Mr. Shively opened with a talk of an hour and was followed by Gen. Packard, who spoke one hour and aqn uter. He bandied the Democratic party without gloves and was greatly applaudea throughout The Republicans are iubilant and feel greatly strengthened in this county. On Sundoy occurre s he dedicatory ceremonic of St. Paul’s C . hoiic Church at Valparaiso. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Dwenger, of Ft. Wayne,^s-isced by prominent diocesan clergymen, conducted the deflexion services. Over 15,000 people \. ere present. Five thousand men participated in the grand parade. The LaPorte city band assisted the Valparaiso band in furnishing the music for the occasion. The cholera is killing the hogs by scores in some parts of this county, k has lately been quite bad in Kankakee township and in places in the western part of the co uuty.

An amusing incident occurred at the Salvation Army meeting Saturday evening. The captain requested ail those who wanted to go to heaven to stand up. All arose but one young man. Thinking there was a mistake she said: “Brother didn’t you misunderstand me?” “No, madam,” he replied. “Do you mean to say you want lo go to h 1?” she asked in holy horror. He cooly winked one eye and replied: “Yes, that’s what I meant.” Tears came to the eyes of the captain as she murmured, “then God have mercy on your soul.” Late Saturday evening J. W. Crum])?cker’s b^rse and buggy standing on the ea^t side of the court house was stolen by a drunken Swede by the name of Chas. John on. He made his way to Michigan City, where he was arrested Sunday morning and brought back to this city. Monday morning ’Squire Phelps bound idm over to the circuit court in bonds of .§I,OOO. 1 Wednesday morning between 2

and 3 o’clock some incendiary set fire to the large barn of Wm. Harris in Wins township, and it was burned to the ground, three horses ptuishin.n' in the flames. The loss wdl b‘> ful'v $2,500; insured in the Oh f re.i.-e * ‘ : : sei I ' ’ , A The Williams & Henderson Con - pany are better prepared than ever before to give big bargains in buggies and carnages. oc9t Gasoline at Arlington’s. Tom Wolfe sells the best rubber boots, and at the lowest prices. 2oc3t Harness oil $1 per gallon at the Liberty harness shop. The best in the market. Try it. Buy your flannel and cloth shirts of Bender. They are HOME MADE and of superior quality. The Philadelphia Store. Tha New Rose* “Her II: jec-iy” is disappointing. The efforts t; :.tke her a rival of the Peachblow vase proved futile, and though she had adnahers, they were mainly of the angiomaniac stripe and they expressed their admiration in affected English that did not challenge enthusiasm. This particular Rose was so much talked about that visitors to the Slower show at the Metropolitan O ra House expected a flower of rare and brilliant beauty. The producer of the Rose, an Englishman named Bennett, has had honors innumerable heaped upon him. .lis picture has been published in the London papers along with those of great heroes in war and statesmanship. He has delivered lectures and written papers about the flower and has altogether gained about as much fame out of it as a great writer could from a book or a general from a successful war. The people who arrayed themselves instantly for and against th? Peachblow vase have taken sides on the Rose question with their usual vigor. There arc no hidden mysteries about the Bennett Rose. It is quite as large as it was said to be, resembling very much a small Cabbage in size. It was described as having a deep, sea-shell pink, but it has nothing of the sort; the color is pale and unsatisfactory and the texture of the petals coarse. If it were not for its enormous size no one would pay the least attention to it. — Brooklyn Eagle

Born to Marry and ’loop House. The end of a woman is to marry and raise up a family. Sho starts f it in this direction when she carries :> oil in childhood. Your girl who leaves home and goes out for herself does so because she has failed to find the man she wants to marry. By and by she does find him, and when she does she drops everything and goes with him. She stops short in her music, her acting, her art, her literature. or whatever it is, because after all her instinct tells her to marry and she follows her instinct instead of her reason. A man can marry and go ahead in the particular pursuit or profession be had chosen, but the woman stops and subjects everything to the one duty of wifehood. That is the reason women do not succeed as well as men. They fall short. Grant all this for the sake of argument. Admit that it is the mission of woman to marry and raise up a family. But lam now writing about the exceptions. There are exceptions to all classes, all rules, all theories and all philosophies! Most women do marry young, and that is right. That is as far as most of them want to get. They are fitted for this sort of life and have no desire or fitness for another. But are you going to make one kind of a girl do this when it is a strait-jacket and an abomination to her? In other words, is she to marry simply for the sake of marrying, and “settle down” simply for the sake of settling down? Why not allow her to follow her natural bent as well as the young man? True, she may, as my objector says, find some man while herself following a successful career whom she will love and whom she will marry, thus cutting short a work that might otherwise have been rounded and made complete. True, women are as completely successful as men in the more independent pursuits of life. But the point which I wish to make clear and emphatic is that society, and the woman herself, and the man she marries, and all directly or remotely concerned, are the better for her having done even something for herself, however little. I repeat that the self-reliant woman is a civilizer. The busy world is improved by her having been a participator. Her words are gentle and kind, and her presence is a restraint to the headlong impetuosity of men. Even though she may not remain long with us single, let us be thankful that she has come at all. If she falls iu love and marries, even at the sacrifice of an independent career, her life after all is not in vain. Her own views have been broadened, her sympathies have been deepened, her capacity for employment made greater, and her scope for usefulness widened. I say again and again, let the ambitious girl see what she can do for herself.— Woman's Journal.

Woman Cigarette Smokers. “Some of my very best trade,” said a Cincinnati tobacconist recently, “comes from women. You would be astonished if 1 gave you names, but it would ruin my business with them. Do they use the tobacco openly? By no means. They all smoke in secret, and their dear hubbies never guess the vile practice of the wives of whom they are so proud. Often several women assemble at one house, shut out the outside world, put on their hubbards, and enjoy a regular old-fashioned smoke, just like the men at the club-room. Most of the women smoke only cigarettes, but after awhile these arc not strong enough, and they must have cigars. One customer in particular I have, a wealthy widow, who would be deeply oftended did any gentleman smoke in her presence, and vet I venture to say no boy, man, or woman enjoys a good cigar better than she. Many servant-girls get to loving the weed from seeing their mistress indulge. Whenever the husbands find out the habit then there's fun in that household, and often he threatens me with personal violence if I do not quit selling to his wife.” A new name in England for books of the penny-dreadful sort is “Shillino 1 - shockers.”

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