St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 December 1886 — Page 2

THE INDEPENDENT. WITH SUPPLEMENT. WILL A. ENDLEY, Editor. Entered at the Walkerton Postoilice as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: For One Year $ 1.50 For Six Months 75 For Three Months 40 XA blue mark across this notice shows tha your term of subscription to this paper ha expired. We respectfully solicit a continuance of your patronage, and trust that, you will notify us promptly as to your intentions in the matter. We can not give longer time than six months on subscriptions. Those who have not paid in advance will please bear this in mind. W. A. ENSLEY, Publisher. WALKERTON, IND., DEC. 11, 1886 There are a hundred different kinds of religion, but only one kind of piety. The Knights of Labor throughout the country are manifesting sympathy for the condemned anarchists. The total prohibition vote cast in all the states at the late election was 211,334 or nearly 100,000 more than in 1884. The prophetic goose-bone has come to the front with the intelligence that Jan. Bth will be the coldest weather of the winter. There are some folks in this world who spend their whole hves hunting after righteousness, and can’t find any time to practice it. The undertakers of several of the northeastern counties in this state held a meeting Dec. 7, at Avilla. They will probably undertake to advance the price of undertaking. The new shirt factory now being erected at South Bend will employ nearly a thousand girls besides a large number of men—[LaPorte Dispatch. Why can't we have a shirt factory at Mentone? —[Mentone Gazette. Why can’t we have a shirt? There are 30,000 brass bauds in the United States. No wonder the world is ’ growing worse.—Ex. We should think it was growing sound. —LaPorte Herald Chronicle. Yes, but look at the amount of brass! Mme. Francis Bulanger of Netaskowan last month gave birth to four healthy children. The year before she had triplets, and twins the year previous to that, making nine thildren in a little over two years. Several cases of poisoning children with syrup of squills have recently been reported through medical journals. A committee of doctors have therefore advised that parents be cautioned against its too free use. The South Bend Register is nasty on the condemned anarchists. Judging from its tone it would like to see the anarchists decapitated, eviccrated, torn to pieces on the rack, burned at the stake, and worked up into bologna saussage. If there is one thing more than another that gives us a pain in the neck, it’s seeing an editor eternally referring to himself as “ye editor.” “Ye editor took a pleasant drive in the country last Tuesday, and partook of a bountiful repast at the table of Bill Bliffuer, whose estimable wife knows exactly how to serve up a pudding.” Gosh! Men who advocate a principle that is unpopular with the majority should not, and moreover cannot be justly accused of insincerity. Such men have convictions. Some men have opinions but not convictions. A man possessed of strong convictions has the courage to express his views in the face of all manner of opposition. The workers in the cause of Prohibition, are men, who, while they cannot hope for a speedy realization of the day when Prohibition will become a matter of fact are earnest. Like reformers of all ages, opposition only tends to strengthen them in thi'ir work.—Milford Times. 'LT " 11 The State Board of Education has made the following ordei: After the first day of January, 1887, every applicant for a teacher’s license shall present to the county superintendent, at time of examination, a review or composition upon one of the following books: Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Ivanhoe, Heait of Midlothian, Henry Esmond, The Spy, The Pilot, The Scarlet Letter, The Sketch Buok, Knickerbocker’s New York, The Happy Boy (by Bjorntjerne Bjoruesen), Poems of Longfellow, Poems of Bryant, Poems of W hittier, or Poems of Lowell. These compositions shall contain not less than 600 words nor more than 1000. They shall be accompanied by a declaration that it is the applicant’s own work and the superinlrend^nt shall consider the merits of said composition in determining the applicant's fitness to teach.

Jack Turner Not Totally Blind. A recent number of the Sporting and Theatrical Journal contains the following in regard to our wellknown fellow-townsman, the famous actor, J. B. Turner: “The story that has been public that J. B. Turner was suddenly stricken with blindness while acting in ‘I he Irish Minstrel’ with W. J. Scanlan, in Waterbury, is not exactly cor rect, but the facts are as pathetic as some of the tragedies of real life which actors now and then have to carry the burden of while they are acting their parts. Turner is regarded as an excellent cast for old men's parts, especially as he does not have to make up for them, and it veeup’d quite natural that he should appear with goggles in his part in ‘The Irish Mins’rel.’ But the goggles were a necessity, for, owing to a cold, inflammation had set in and made him almost blind. Mrs. Turner, who plays the part of Bridget, guided him around the stage as well as she could without attracting the notice of the audience, and when she was off stood in the wings and directed him in a low tone. Once, when became behind the wings groping his way along, the poor woman burst into tears, though a moment later she was obliged to go on and speak trifling lines. The sympathy of the entire company was so greatly moved by the affecting sight that it was with difficulty they kept themselves from betraying it. Though he suffered excruciating pain, the audience knew nothing of what was really going on, and most generously applauded Turner's acting. Mr. Turner lias gone to New York for treatment.” Petroleum is trie topic or tnc oiiice, drawing-room, and workshop, and a great part of our people think only^of oil, talk oil, aud dream oil. Miss Jennie Smith, the railroad evangelist, who has been laboring here, when leaving the other day, approached at the train Cant. V , a well-known operator, who was standing o,n the platform, took, him by the hand, as is her custom, and asked: “Brother, how are you? Aro you on the rock or sand?” The Captain absent-mindedly but excitedly replied: “We are two bits in the sand and gushing like blazes.”— Pittsburg ^Press. An American relates that he was once traveling in England, and he was staying for a week at a large country house, which was, as usual at that season, full of guests, invited, like himself. It was an old estate and had the usual display of oaks, which are so handsome and picturesque a feature of English country parks. He was walking through the park one day with a haughty,^ aristocratic lady. “Have you'‘any trees in America?” she suddenly asked him. He was too much taken aback to speak for a moment, 'and before he could reply she broke in: “Why. what a silly question I have asked you' Os course you haven’t any trees. The country isn’t old enough.”— San Francisco Chron-i iclc. A Story of Salmon. One evening W. J. Florence, the actor, sat in the club-room telling v of his expies on a salmon river in New Brui™ick. “How many salmon did you catch?” a visitor inquired. Florence nearly fell from his chair at the ignorance displayed in the question. “Fishermen? sir,” said he, with freezing hauteur, “npver use the word cateii as you apply it. They kill salmon. They never catch them.” The rebuked listener turned scarier, but made no response. A moment afterward Laurence Jerome, the' father, of Lady Randolph Churchill, and an ex-* cellent storj-telfer, began to talk of h-is adventures on a salmon stream. He was describing himself as standing on a bank at daybreak whipping a “Jack Scott” over the water, when he hooked a big salmon. “Iwas so excited,” he said, “that I dropped my slungshot in tlm water and lost the fish.” “Dropped what?” Florence asked, in open-eyed wonder. “My slungshot,” Jerome replied. “Why, what could you do with a slungshot at such a time?” “Best tiling in the world to kill a salmon with,” Jerome said, going right on with his story while everybody roared. — Philadelphia Press. Additional Local Jews. Don’t sleep cold when you can get comforters so cheap at Vincent’s. Wolf robes and horse blankets at Geo. Flood’s harness shop. See them. Yes, get one of those parlor suits for your wife a Christmas present. They are nice and cheap, at Vincent’s. It is a fact that Vincent sells cheaper than any other house in Indiana. Go to the Walkerton harness shop for your horse blankets, whips, brushes, curiy combs, etc , etc. uv6 TOM WOLFE Will do an exclusive CASH BUSINESS tor 90 days. Go there with money and get the biggest bargains you ever saw. The third institute for Lincoln town? hip will be held on Saturday, Dec. 18, instead of Dec. 11. There will be regular institute work in the forenoon; but, in the I afternoon I will hold an examina-! tion in the Reading Circle work. S. F. Ross I

TAKE NOTICE. I have sold no goods on credit, but what wer e to be paid for, on or before Jan Ist, ISS7, and hav ing some large payments to make at that time. I shall place all notes and accounts due me and not paid then (Jan. 1), in the hands of an attorney for immediate collection without further notice. T. J. WOLFE. AMONG OIK BXCEIANGES. The Albion New Era says that typhoid fever prevails in that section. The Garrett Herald has a new office. That’s the reward for steady anti honest pecking. The Bristol Banner tells about sixty feet, of solid salt being struck at Port Huron, Mich , recently. The LoPorte Herald-Chronicle says that the proposed change in the location of the postoffice in that city is Mie leading topic. From the Nappanee News we learn that the “immortal J. N.” has been monkeying about that town. His name is J. N. Free. The Ligonier Leader says that that town hasn’t been vi>ited by burglars for a long time —as much as to insinuate that Walkerton has The LaPorte Daily Dispatch urges strongly that the officers of that city swoop down upon the bad men aud women infesting that place. For a thumping big fish story we commend you to the Mishawaka Enterprise. It’s to the front again with a spoonbill of 130 pounds. The Mentone Gazette is indeed modest in its demands upon subscribers. It only calls for one thousand cords of wood on subscription. The Bremen Banner tells a long story about an elopement from that place not long since. Gordon Lehr and Ella Huff Were the high contractors. The LaPorte Argus says that quite a sum of money has been raised on subscription to defray the expenses of boring for natural gas in that city. Dau McDonald, editor of the Plymouth Democrat, is writing and publishing a continued stoiy in bin paper. Nothing as yet of a blood curdling nature. From the Plymouth Republican we learn that that town is de. lined to be the great railroad centre and one of the largest cities in Northern Indiana. The Westville Indicator is up a stump to know ‘‘how some men can live the year round, dress well, seem to be happy and always have plenty of money, but never do a day’s work.” That’s the question that stumps all honest, industrious editors. The South Bend Times says “General Lafayette’s family carriage, an ancient vehicle, is to lie seen at Studebaker Bros, carriage repository. It looks as if it might be serviceable for a century to come so strongly is it built. It is one hundred and fifteen years old aud illustrates the progress made in carriage building in these limes. The driver ami footman were elevated parsonages, their seats being high in the air. It is well worth seeing aud is attracting large crowds to look upon ii.” THE EBITOSS. He is gone. He sleeps that long last sleep from whence there is no awakening in this life. Those noble ears will never again hearken to the musical voice of the “devil” when he yells the magical wold, “copy.” No more will that good right hand grasp the facile shears. No more will those mellow eyes look pleadingly over the bar. No more will those honest lips claim fifteen hundred circulation for the “Tooter.” He is gone. His place in the sanctum is vacant. His place at the free-lunch counter is filled b\ another. The way-worn and weary shears rust in idleness. The paste sours in the pot and the cock reaches break through to devour it. "The well-worn railroad pass rests in peace side by side with the circus “comp.” The country exchange lies in its wrapper, (it also lies when not in its wrapper.) The delinquent subscriber receives no more duns. The big pumpkin rots in the sanctum and. the farmer who brought it in gets no puff. The “Tooter” is in mourning. Its creditors also mourn. The column rules are inverted. The office towel is tied on the door. The “devil” sleeps sweetly in the corner, while the foreman is on a drunk, and the tramp printer steals the rules and the slicks and goes on his way. The faithful gallon jug sits under the table in silent meditation. It is empty, showing that in his last moments the editor never forgot his duty. The little clock on the wall ticks on, but the editor will go on tick never again. His sand of life and whisky ran out at the same time. —Ex. An assortment of single and double harness kept on hand at the Liberty harness shop. Harness oiled and repaired at reduced prices at the Liberty Harness shop.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. NOKTSS LIBERTY. Reported by the Independent's Correspondent. Miss Barbara Moyer, of East Lewiston, Ohio, has been visiting with S. B. Collar and family for some tune. Win. Balenger has been suffering terribly from the effects of a carbuncle on his neck. His wife is sick also. Stephen Bane has returned from Arkansas. Arrived last Tuesday. Frederick Randal thinks of building a dwelling house on the farm formerly owned by his father, Chas. W iliiarns'sale Dec. 14th. Isaac Early, admr. Bulk Oysters at L. M. Houser & Co.’s The report that William King had been arrested proved untrue. Geo. Hui toon, agent for the American White Bronze Monument Co., was here on business last Tuesday. The first progressive card party of the season was held at the home of Geo C. Teele last Thursday eve. 3. A PAZ. Reported by the Independent's Correspondent. Mr. (’arl White and wife were the guests of Miss Ida Seybold Friday evening. Mr. Frank Stump from Kansas is visiting in this vicinityThe United Brethien have commenced a protracted meeting at the Gilead church, noilbwest of here. Dr. Moore is thinking of changing his profession to that of a journalist. He writes items for the South Bend Democrat. Now, Dock! Mr. John Halt met with quite a serious accident the other day. The bed-stead LII down upon his back, and the consequence is that he has not been able to be arouml for some time. The party at Mr. Michael Trump’s Saturday evening was reported to have been a gland success. It does hardly seem possible that Cardie can think of taking unto himself a wife so voting. Uarffh .' Cardie!.' ISLIW ITEMS. Reposted by the Independents Corrr^ponds nt. What beautiful weather. Farmers are doing their winter butchei ing. John and Addison Sml! were in South Bend last Monday. Geo. Cook has sold his swellbodied sleigh to Baac Masti imam Mis. R. Snell is in South Bend for treatment for her eves. Geo. Cook and Henty Smith were in Lakeville last Thursday on business. Owing to (he good loads eoLS?.!erable hay is being hauled lo (own. Patrick Ryan and wife i. turned to the Island last Saturday after an absence of three years. Louis Paul, the tinner, moved to the Island last Fiiday after ihe lire. Isaac Smith has been bothered with a stiff neck, tint is getting better at this writing. A grand time is anticipated at the Island church Christmas eve. Please remember that G. W. Redding will be there. The concert to be given this Saturday night is Mr. Beckers and not the Island Sabbath School’s, as has been reporetd. The Sabbath school will give iheir’s Christmas eve. Mr. Ed Rupe], who teaches the River school, drives to and from school, about fifteen miles a day or about one hundred miles a week. Tyler. G BOYERTOWN. Reported by the Independent's Correspondent. The citizens have decided to have a Chtisfmas tree at this place. We will give particulars next week. Mr. Ehrenfeldt has decided to rent his farm aud move to this place. He will erect a dwelling here in the spring. Fred Awald is again happy. The boy weighs 12 pounds. Cur constable went to County Clerk of Court the oilier day and took out the necessary papers, then came back, took ihe piisoner according to law before the squiie. The latter after saying a few words bound the prisoner over to ihe constable for further proceedings. Who ever heard of a case like that? Fred Awald, 11 yeais old, son of Peter Awald, while diiving a team of horses the other day was thrown from the Wagon breaking his arm and bruising him about the head but at present writing he is getting along nicely. Fredrick Marsh aud Alice Shaffer were married a few days since. Fred had his cage ready before he got the bird.

~ IJPOIITE LETTER. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Court has adjourned until the February term. The county commissioners met in regular session Monday and will continue throughout the week. Congressman Ford left Saturday night for Washington to be present at (he opening of Congress. Hog cholera still prevails to an alarming extent in this county. Hundreds of bogs are dying daily. A literary club has been organized by Harmony Assembly; No. 3220, Knights of Labor, of Michigan City. LaPorte merchants will find it to their interest to advertise their holiday wares in the Independent. The present month is a notable one with the Masonic fraternity, it being the annual election of officers in all the local bodies. lion. E. B. Reynolds, of Ilagertown, lectured at the M. E ehuich, Union Mills, Tuesday evening on “The Amtiican Republic and its Future.” The new county asylum is all finished and ready for occupancy. Superintendent Hoffman will move into his new aud commodious quarter stiffs week Mrs. Van Walkenburg, of Plymouth, who is well known in this city, was married this week to exCongressman R. F. Pierce, of Crawfordsville. The trouble existing between Wm. E. Iliuchcliff <t Co., of Chicago, aud ihe men at work in their brick yards at Cho-Urcon, has been amicably adjusted. Prosecutor-elect Brick will probably appoint F. E. Osborne, of this city, deputy prosecutor for LaPo: to circuit couit, vice Cbas. B. Andrews, present incumbent. 'Hie Prohibition^’s have ssh ct< d a permanent organization in this county by appointing a county central committee with A P. Andrew, chaiiman aud 11. Early, secretary. The ilbur Dramatic company closed a .•'Uccessful week’s engagement at Hall's opera house, Saturday night. The Stuarts are here lor two weeks, beginning Monday evening, D c 13. Col. Ci pelaud, the famous hu morist, lectuied at Mii-big.n <‘uv Monday evening umier the an — pices of (he Young M il's LeclUle Association. His tubjet wa.- 1 "Snobs and Snobbery." I he estimates of tie? chi. f of ( ugineeis f.ir the tiver a: d haiboi bill h.is been made tmLiie. Fol the cirtitiiiualion of the work ou the harbor at Michigan Citv ih" >iiui of Sl.>3,<'GO i ecomm-'i,de<i to be appropi iated. C. C. Blair is under arre-t hx embezzh ment ami burglary com milled at Weslville. Ho attlibutes his downfall to his propeu>ities lor playing poker, wl.ieh lie cultivated while associating wiib a gang in Westville. Michigan City Di>pa’cl : It is stated that E U. Mutpby, foimeriy >uperintendeut of (lie 1., P. M C , is an applicant for (he >ame position after lh« company is reorgauiz al, which organization, it is said, will be affected (lie present week. The Herald Chronicle iavors the appointment rs a woman on the school boaid. It says that two ladies, a married and an unmarried ore, have been appointed school commissioners in New York city, au<l ihe world keeps moving right on Upon the application of O cai Van Noey, Judge Noyes, Fiiday, appointed Wm. t 1 iedeiicksou, re ceiver for the old firm of L. Cramer & Co., hardware merchants. The appointment of a n ceiver dues not affect the present firm of Crane it Rathbun. The suit in the federal court at Indianapolis of T. B. Leiter, of Pittsburg, against the Kankakee Shooting aud Fishing Club was won by the defendant: Prominent attorneys were employed on both sides, including Major Calkins, exSenator McDonald, Judge Turpie, with Chicago ami Pittsburg tab nt. Hou. Wm. Williams lefAVarsaw last week fol California, where he will remain during the winter. W. H. Smith iu the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette says the action of the third party Prohibitionists iu Indiana has put it out of the power of the Republicans to accomplish much iu the way of practical reform in regard to the sale of intoxicants They seem determined always to defeat, if possible, any temperance legislation, and never before have they proved such effective allies of the Liquor League as this year. hat tools these mortals are.” A. H- Elwood, whose home is at, Silver Creek, Kosciusko county, has been arrested charged will) systematically robbing letters, while mail agent on ihe Gram! Rapidsand Indiana road. He confesses everything, and acknowi edges that the peculations amount to $2,000. He said he was had to steal by financial straits and for tear of leaving bis family unprovided for.

Bankrupt stock! Having bought (of the creditors) the entire stock of Clothing, Hats, Caps, Gloves, Mittens, Jewelry, satchels, and Gents’ FurnishingGoods, recently owned by Dr. H. A. Woodworth, and sold by the UNITED STATES MARSHAL in Walkerton, October the 9th. I will sell the same at 25 Per Cent. il Discount! ■ to Come with CASH, and get bar- » gams, as I will trust no man. T. J. Wolfe. ; J. Willis Cotton. I WALKERTON, IND., » SELLS II ! 1 IM IM I i 111 111 M Studebaker One and Two-Horse 11 vvAGONS I lb .and I ’ I in B® I tk uggie s. I , I r f| I fl X- .'S. J. I , ... ; | --- V■ _ ■’» Bissell Improved Chilled and Steel Plows Fairfield and Toledo Chilled and I Steel Plows- I * ROLLER GRAIN DRILLS, I SUPERIOR HOE AND SHOE DRILLS, PICKET WIRE FENCE I MALE TO ORDER, AND READY MADE, FROM I 40c to 65c PER ROD. g . I L* Sewing’ Machines I AND SUPPLIES. E Maeliinc Oils. CHAMPION MG WEILS. Koims and | BINDERS. I WHEELBARROWS & ROAD SCRAI ERS- I I t: S. F. Ross & Co., B “ I I ' DEALER IN I GEOHAL HAKDWARE,- Il I M I 1 Stoves, Glass, Sash, Door Blinds of all kinds, Wood and Iron B Pumps, Tinware, Oils I ’ ■ I ' PAINTS | I \ I % Os all colors and shades. In fact everything 1^ found in a first-cass Hardware Store. I IO miCEb Low as the Lowest, j’ 1