St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 April 1887 — Page 2

THE INDEPENDENT. BY WILL A. E%'i»LE¥. Entered at the WalKerton Postoffice as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: For One Year $1.50 For Six Months 75 For Three Months “10 XA blue mark across this notice shows that your term of subscription to this paper has 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. ENDLEY, Publisher. ’ WALKERTON, IND., APRIL 23.1887 Marv had a little lamp, ’Twas full of kerosene; One day the lamp did explode— Since then she’s not benzine. —Walkerton Independent. Mary stood beside the stove, With coal oil can in hand; Her spirit went above To that bright an 1 happy land. —Valparaiso Hoosier Herald. Mary monkeyed with coal oil, Trying a fire to light— The undertaker furnished the coffin, All trimmed inside with white. —Walkerton Independent. Mary’s joined the angel band, Upon the other side; She used the coal oil can— That is why she died. ■—Valparaiso Hoosier-Herald. Mary made a fire, And started it with kerosine— Her shroud was neatly made Os the best of bombazine. Philips Brooks considers Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln and Henry Ward Beecher the greatest Americans of the century. Some one predicts another snow this spring. What ought be done with such a man ?—Milford Times. Let’s “snow” who said it. Eve used to carry a Cain when she went out walking.—Hoosier Herald. Yes, we knew the family well. There was but one of them Abel to walk without a Cain. A NUMBER of cases of millinery are reported in Michigan City. This is a disease, we believe, peculiar to females. —LaPorte Herald-Chronicle. Except in the ease of Jeff Davis, you know. P. T. Barnum once changed the line of march of his circus in New York in order to go by the window of a sick boy who could not go out to see the parade. The big showman has a heart as big as his circus. It should be remembered that the law expressly forbids any pensioner from bargaining, selling or promising his quarterly pension to any person, before it has become due, and all persons receiving the same as security, for credit ✓ or otherwise are equally liable before the law. The fine for such violation of the act is SIOO. Wm. Lasson, of Gallipolis, went into a Syracuse, 0., saloon, called for a cigar* and then blew out his brains. —Ex. We didn’t know before that cigars were loaded. —LaPorte Herald-Chron-icle. We did —but didn’t know before that dried cabbage leaves were explosive. Have your doubts vanished in reference to the non-partisan promise of this paper? The following is what a railroad manager thinks of the inter-state commerce law, which has just gone into effect : “The inter-state commerce law is likely to prove a boomerang to its authors. If it was designed by them to be a ladder by which to ascend the heights of political fame, you are likely to hear something drop, with the dull and sickening thud attachment, too. Already those who have most persistently labored for its enactment have applied to have its most important provisions suspended. It is shown to be of practical benefits only to the coast liners and Pacific steamers, while it is a positive injury to nearly all railroads and all business interests.” The Facts in tbe Case. Warner and his friends are trying to give his pretended power to work miraculous cures a boom, and alledge that P. Wolfenbergers child is an instence of such cure! I attended that child, from the first, and at no time did I regard it as in a dangerous condition. Its feaver (from taking cold, probably) was remitting, but for two or three days continued. The evening before my last risit Mr. Wolfenberger was in my office. Speak.jng of the child I said it had some symptons that were seen jn Cerebro spinal meningitis but did not thus pronounce it,—l would see the child again in tbe morning, which I did, and found j it better in every respect, and in fact j in a convalescent condition. Mrs. W. told me she had given the child medicine during the night as I directed. But comes Warner and company and finds everything lovely. I venture to say he never had an easier case on which to operate than this convalescent child. C. M. Richmond. I saw the child in question, with Dr. R., and gave it a careful examination, and declare that the above statement is correct in reference to the mildness of . the child’s disease. J, F. Endley.

Columbus, 0,, has a colored mayor. A Chicago woman, when asked if she intended to “bring out” her daughter at home, replied: “Oh no. I think Washington is as much better place for her to make her debris, because the society here is so much more reservoir than it is in Chicago.—Ex. Officer Metz, of South Bend, shot and killed a tramp known as “Baltimore Ed,” last Tuesday morning. The tramp resisted the officer’s efforts to take him prisoner, which was the cause of the tragedy. Witnesses of the affair say that the officer was not wholly justified in shooting. “Baltimore Ed” was one of a gang of tramps who have been committing burglaries and other depredations in South Bend. The Other Side. “Young man!” he said, as followed him out on the steps last evening. “I want to have a talk with you. You have been sparking my daughter.” “Yes, sir.” “You think you love her.” “I know I do.” “And you would fain bear her off to some woodbine cottage?” “That is what I would fainest, sir.” “Ah —um! What’s your salary ?” “Seven dollars a week, sir.” “ Tes« so—take her. I was afraid you cor ^/t support us all on your wages, but it’s all right. Hurry up things and get into the family in time to pay next month’s rent. You don’t know what a relief it will be to us old folks to have some one to support us.” The Way to Boom. Tell me not in mournful numbers, that the town is full of gloom, for the man’s a crank who slumbers, in these bustling days of bloom. Life is real, life is earnest, and grave is not its goal, every dollar that thou turnest, help to make the old town roll. But in enjoyment and sorrow is our destined end or way; if you have no money, borrow—buy a corner lot each day! Lives of great men all remind us, we can win immortal fame, let us leave the chumps behind us, and we’ll get there just the same. In this world’s broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, let us make the dry bones rattle—buy a corner for your wife! Let us then be up doing, with a heart for any fate, still pursuing, booming early, booming late. —Exchange. Some more Advice to 1). S. Warner. Sir: The open letter I addressed to you through the Independent admonishing you not to take the name of Cod in vain, you seem to have disregarded. I am told that you continue as profane as ever, if not more so. It is too bad! I cited you to the Law of God and the words of Jesus —but you seem to regard neither as of sufficient force to induce you to reform. Now Sir, I have another motive that I would fain hope might incline you to better your ways. Be a gentleman. You can be if you will, and then you will have the respect of the people wherever you go and you will have no occasion to complain of the cold shoulder. The people of Walkerton are not all fools, neither are they unkind and heartless; but they know what belongs to a gentleman; and when a man comes here and opens his batteries on all the churches and ministers, using the most offensive language, and saying, in effect, that all who don’t side with him and his company are booked for hell, he will be set down as no gentleman and not worthy to be respected as such. Be a gentleman, Sir, and then you will not say Eld. Snider is “black with the wrath of God” (as you did in your paper) or that the holiness that he and some of his church profess, is of the “shoddy” kind; neither will you distort and misrepresent the religious views and doctrines of those that differ from you, as you have time and again in Fulmer hall. It is no part of a gentleman to shock the devotional minds of your hearers by slinging the sacred names of God into vour utterence for effect I hope you will heed this advice, but I fear you will not. You don’t seem to have the right standard to go by, and try yourself by. You ought to take the Bible instead of your impulses and feelings by which to test your words, your doctrines and your conduct. One word more. Dont compel people, by your unchristan and ungentlemanly talk to dislike you, and then take credit to yourself for being a persecuted man, C. M. Richmond. CLEAR SFRLVG VaLLEY. Mr Woodard bought or traded for a fine Norman stallion. The Ebrle boys have soul their farm and bought property in Hamlet and are now residing there. Mr. William Jolley was at Knox and was the lucKy man at the sheriff's sale of Sam Dipert. To get a 2 year old half Norman mare colt for $83.00, The Come Outs are having a big time at Grover town. Mr. A. G. had so much faith last Saturday night he was going to send for 2 dozen eggs the old hen had set on two weeKs, and have the little chicKs come out one weeK ahead of time. Mrs Davis landed at Gordon, Neb., April 16th and lines the country real well, and found her children happy in the midst of plenty. Joe MoPeeder.

lie Got There. The poet came in at the office door,' And sat himself down on a chair. The editor smiled in a knowing way And simply remarked: “Ah, there.” The poet began: “I’ve an ode on spring,” The editor glared a glare, And kicked him down five flights of stairs, Then softly observed: “Stay there.” — Exchange. o Additional Local News. Frank DeCombs, brother-in-law of Sidney Riggs, is in this city looking up a location. Mr. DeComb is an active, enterprising young man, anil we hope he may be successful both in securing desirable accommodations and in the pursuit of trade.—Valparaiso Vidette. Goods fresh and new every day at Vincent’s store. An exchange says: “Give a manor woman a half column puff and they will never so much as thank you; but just comb the hair the wrong way to the extent of four lines, if you desire to hear music. The American Farmer is undoubtedly the best rural paper published in the United States, and has the largest circulation. It contains original matter for all kinds of farmers and stock-breed-ers, and there are departments especially for the farmer’s wife and children. The price of the American Farmer is sl, but it will be given free for one year to cash in advance subscribers of the INDEPENDENT. Call at this office and see sample copies. GAS TALK. Kansas City struck gas at the depth of 128 feet. Muncie has seven gas wells, and KcKomo, four. Anderson, in this state, struck gas at the depth of 875 feet. The Banner of Red Key, Ind., says that the gas business is on the boom there and that the work of boring for gas wiil soon begin in that town. Tiffin, 0., was brilliantly illuminated last Friday night by natural gas, which is piped to that point from the Findlay fields, a distance of twenty-four miles. Leopold Mambourg has invented an appliance for steaming locomotives by means of manufactured gas. It was successfully tried at Meadville, Pa., Friday. It is said by those who have used gas for fuel that it is the finest thing out. The coal stoves now in use are simply filled with a brick made for that purpose and the gas burned at different points in the brick which becomes red hot and the heat is radiated in the usual manner. A coal stove can be run with gas for about one dollar per month, while for cooking purposes it is equally practical and cheap. The Elkhart gas well has proved a failure and been abandoned. It was down over GOO feet and had penetrated Trenton rocK about GO feet without any favorable indications. A strong flow of salt water was another discouraging feature. An eminent geologist was called in consultation, was greatly puzzled at the singulrr geological formations developed. He however advises trying again, and consequently three new wells will be immediately sunk in other localities. Portland, Jay County, Ind., is undergoing an unprecedented boom. Real estate is advancing daily with phenomenal strides and there is a ready sale for it at fabulous prices. The reason for all this is the recent discovery of natural gas in what is supposed to be inexhaustible quanities. Light and fuel are offered free to manufacturers desiring to locate there and that inducement is bringing them. Capitalists from all over the country are congregating in the place and the citizens are in a delirium of delight. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. GROVERTOWN. Reported by the Independent’s Correspondent. Wheat looks good. Soon you will see quite a lot of picket fencing looming up in this city. Rev. Warner, the “Come Out” divine, says there are no churches, all one church. We wish to refer him to a few passages of Scripture—Acts 9th chap., 31st verse; Acts 15th chap., 41st verse; Acts 1G chap., sth verse; Acts 19th chap., 37th verse; Rom. IGth chap., 4th verse; Ist Cor. 7th chap., 17th verse; Ist Cor. 11th chap., IGth verse; Ist Cor., IGth chap., Ist to 19th verse; and we could give him several other references where tha Bible speaks of churches; and he also says you cannot find within the lids of the Bible where it speaks of church trial. Wo will just refer him to Matth. 18th chap., 15th to 17th verse. We think he will find plenty of material there to convict him. Mike Walsh was on our streets the 19th. Mike was looking after the paycar. Rev. Warner said a few nights ago that he had cured an old lady of a fever sore of long standing by laying on of the hands, etc. We would just say that the reverend gentleman need not think we just sit with our mouths open and take it, bug or worm, simply because the preacher says so, but we went and saw the old lady the next day and found the sore was not healed. It was yet a running sore and now,

kind reader, if von think ihem words are not true just go and see for yourself a blind jury would decide that the sore was not healed. Zack. NORTH LIBERTY. Miss. Houser commences her school here next Monday morning. Albert Poynter has more than he can do in the house moving business. C. F. Keck visited his sister in Stark county during tire week just past. M. E. Quartily meeting at Maple Grove next Saturday and Sunday. The proceeds of the entertainment at Liberty hall on the 13th was $26.00. Frank Lee has build an addition to his shop and placed new roof over all. Aunt Arney Andrews was buried at the North Liberty cemetery last Saturday. Rev. Thos. Kemp will hold services at the Episcopal church here next Tuesday evening. H. B. Worster will move his sale room and furniture shop on to his main street lot within a few days. Bert Williams of Walkerton held the lucky number that drew the baby at the entertainment Jin Liberty on the 13th, The Episcopal church social will be entertained by Mrs. D. R. McKenzie next Wednesday evening. Ice cream will be served. Verdant Hohn. TEEG ARBEN. T. J. Flake is in Chicago this weeK purchasing goods. Miss. Pet Haun of WauKarusa, is visiting at her sister’s, Mrs. Maurer’s. Miss. Dora PlaKe of North Liberty, is visiting at her uncle’s. T. J. Flakes. A traveling agent, for the Rumley separators and engines, was here last Tuesday. John Long of Illinois came homo on a short visit last Monday. He started back again last Wednesday. Alvin White has organized a singing class at the Thomas school-house. Class meets every Sunday afternoon. Allen Mauin r and wife lune gone to Chicago, taking their crippled son w ith them. They intend to have a surgical operation performed on him. the natnr e of which we’will state in the future. Brickbat. JORDAN ITEMS. Reported by the Independent s Coi-respondent. Dan Gardner, has' remo leled his barn. Nd. Uershbarger, called on us Sunday. Josh Poor sold one of his horses, for SI7O. How docile the fiogs have been for the last week. Good propsect for a good crop of wheat this season. Ira Rmsbeiger will soon finish bis studies, at South Bend Ed Gould & Sid Snider were over to see their best girls, Sunday last. A Sunday School class was organized at Jordan school house, last Sunday. Jack thinks Coon has the stump of the cherry tree; well he has. Barnum has the gray horse. Coon. TYNER CITY. Tyner wants a graded school. Since the inter-state commerce law' is in force, Johnson and Neff have been shipping hogs by Kellers express. Is the bell rope broke at the M. E. Church or is the sextou sick? We don’t hear the bell on Sundays as we ought. How is it Elijah! Speak out. Wonder if Dr. Moore thinks everybody is bilious, or g^ing to have ague this summer. As we notice some dozen or more ounce cans of cinchonidia stacked on his counter,to say nothing about the bushel of pills. Mr. Neff, our veiteranß. R. Agt. here, has handled Express, Freight and Tickets here for lo these many years, in fact during the entire management of the old I. P. & C. then the Wabash, and is still retained by the Lake Erie <fc Western. Showing that Leis just the man for the place. Rollo. The tramp killed by Policeman Me ize in South Bend the other day, is supposed to be named Brady. A lady living in S. B. claims to have known the family in Baltimore. Jake Bender has a few things to say to you in this week's Inde PENDENT. John J. Miller an old and wealthly farmer residing near Milford, was fleece 1 out of ^2 300 by three-card monte men last week.

OF” Bose Bros., dealers in salt and fresh meats, fish, bologna, etc. Pay cash for all kinds of butcher stock, salt and smoked meats and lard; we sell nothing but the choicest meats; wishing to receive a liberal patronage, we remain, vours resnectfullv, BOSE BROS. MOIST VERXOX. Rported by the Independent's Correspondent. Brown Byers has moved to Walkerton. A Mr. Kelly of near Tyner City has rented the farm of Jonathan Hummer for this season. John & Harry Wenger and Frank Ryder are B. & 0. men, woikiug on the double track. We Were treated to a light skiff of the “beautiful” and a spell of “congealed” weather, the fore part of the week. Seward Rinehart has been exer cising his muscle at grubbing, with the mattock we moan; he says it’s hard but it’s honest. The “Come out Crew” passed through this vicinity one day last week enroute for Gruveitown. They gave the farmers quite a serenading as they passed along. There is some talk of organizeing a Sabbath School, at this place; we are in favor of a S. 8. here surely but have this objection to offer; that it is too near other points where schools are being held. Chase. To the Public. I have this day sold my entire stock of drugs and medicines to Mr. G. R. Craft. Mr. Craft will continue business at the old stand. I cordially recommend him to my former patrons and the general public, as a gentleman of unblemished character, a good druggist and thorough business man. Yours respectfully, J. W. Arlington. April 14. ’B7. Dr. Arlington will continue the practice of medicine giving to it his whole time ami atten >n. Office at residence for the present. GEO. WYMAN & CO. South Bend, Ind. CARPETS! We recognize the fact that the price of the goods regulate the sale. ( Wishing to increase our sales we ehalLolfer this season, Cai pets at the lowest price ever named for them by anyone, notwithstanding the fact that woo] is higher. Double cotton chain, two plv Ingrain Carpets, 20, 25, 30 and 37J cents. Philadelphia extra super all wool Ingrain carpets, 55 cents. Ivans, Deitz & Magee extia super all wool Ingrain carpets, 60 cents. Thus. Leedoms & Co.'s extra su per all wool Ingrain carpets, 62] cents. Reed Carpet Co’s extra super all wool Inorain cat pets, 65 cents. Lowell Carpet Co.'s extra super all wool Ingrain carpets, 671 cents. Sanford’s three ply all wool, 75 cents. Hartford three ply all wool, 90 cen’s. Alex. Smith & Sou’s Tapestry Brussels, 50 cents. Sanford's Tapestry Brussels, 55 cents. Alex. Smith & Son’s best Tapestry Brussels, 65 cents. Roxbury Tapestry Brussels 75 cents. One of the best makes five frame Body Brussels sl. Hartford five frame Body Brussels 81. Lowell five frame Bodv Brussels 81 25. Glenham Velvets 81 to 8125. This is no boy’s play. We have the goods to deliver and during the month of March will make them ready to lay free of charge. We invite you to come and trade with us. We no not ask you to come and pay us as much or more for goods th; u yon can get them for elsewhere, but we ask you to come and buy our goods at a less price than others sell them for There may be a few things we charge as much for as others, but three-fourths of our stock is a great deal less than you can get them for anywhere, so COME AND SEE US. Geo. Wyman & Co. Open till six p. in. except Saturday night..

Come and see ’em! The Largest and Best Selected stock of CLOTgI ING, HATS, CAPS, FURNISHING GOOM TRUNKS, VALISES and Men’s and Boy’s Bom and Shoes’ ever seen in Walkerton, has just beM received at the cheap & reliable Clothing stored Tom Wolfe. 1 ?'?????? 71 J. WILLIS COTTON, I DEALER INSTUDEBAKER One and Two-horse Wag«J Champion Light Binders. Mowers and Reaped Single and Double Buggies, and Road Carts, Bi> sell's Improved, Fairfield, New Castle, Toledo Moline and Bryan Chilled, Steel and Combin2 ' tion, one, two and three-horse PLOWS. I D. C- & H. C- Reed & Co s Spring Tooth, Lean anti Son’s steel frame and steel tooth, Moline doufl trippie and smoothing and Evans tripplo j HARROWS. Deere & Co.'s original tonguelew New and Old Western, Enterpriiß Malta, Fremont, Sylvan and Albioal walking and riding corn CULTIVATORS, B wood beam, iron beam and spriH tooth. Double and single shovel plowfci hay forks, hay carriers, pull« track hangers, floor hooks, etc. Si® I ney all steel road scrapers, M ! one and two-hcrse RAKES. FAIRBANK SCALES, ■ Evans Corn Planters and Check Bowers. Roller Grain MH Superior Hoe Di ills, One-llcrse Drills. Wheel barnnvs^||| Home Sewing Machines, Needles tor all machines, SptaO Eldorado and Lard Oils, Wire picket fence, etc., etc. J You are especially invited to call and see nieand if^O goods, fair prices, and gentlemanly treatment willp^ 1 shall count you. too. among my already lar^e IKS customers. Call and see me. Repspecthillv, vonr friend and well-wisher, J. WI LLIS COTTOJ Walkerton, IM i3l'ds I i 3 m — We Dont't Want the Eart I MODEST PRICES WILL SATISFY US. WHEN IN j ANYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE IT WILL BE TONM INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL 1 WE ARE SELLING THE BEST ill GASOLINE STOVES IN THE MARKET-THE GOLDEN STAR AND JEWEL. ARE EJONO.HEAL, SAVING MJUH FUEL AND j DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THEY ARE A W'| VENIENCE THAT EVERY HOUSEKEEPER SHOULD llffl OA LL AN I) >EE THEM. WE CARRY A FULL STOCK OF BUILDING ANDRB 1 ! MATERIAL, « PAINTS AND OILS, | I DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS. IRON AND WOODEN IWM TINWARE, etc , etc. (ALL AND SEE OUR FINE LINE OB'wM i STO VES. REPAIRING TIN W A RE, a N D ROOF ING A SPE^| S. F. ROSS & Col