St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 August 1887 — Page 2

THE INDEPENDENTA NBWSPAPEU, NON-PAKTISAN. □Ely Uncllcy. Entered at the WalKerton Postofiice at second-class rates. SUBSCRIPTION: J-or One Year $1.50 For Six Months ...... 75 Tor Three Months ...... 40 XA cross marked with a blue pencil on the margin of your paper indicates that your term of subscription to this paper has expired. If you are In arrearages please settle at once, and notify us promptly if you wisli the paper continued. W. A. ENDLEY, Publisher. WALKERTON IND., AUG. 5, 1887 There are twenty-three Democratic and fifteen Republican Governors in the United States. It is said that the hope of reaching Trenton rock at Butler short of 2 000 feet has been abandoned. The well was something over 1,500 feet deep last week. Charles W. Reßd, who defended Guiteau, and who attemped to rob the cash-drawer of a hotel in New York a day or two ago, Saturday jumped from a ferryboat into the North river, narrowly escaping drowning. McGarrigle, the Chicago boodlet, has skipped to the fair land of Canada. Officers are on the scent, and it will only be a question of time when the chap will be caught, and made to serve his term in the penetentiary.□Such fellows are always gobbled up in the course of time. A little more than 80 years ago or in 1800, the population of Indiana was only 5,641. In 1840 it was 685,866. In the year 1860 it was 1,350,428. The densus of 1880 showed an increase during the twenty years prior to that time of 627,934, makingthe population in 1880, 1.978,352. The jury in the Indianapolis tally sheet forgery cases disagreed, though the evidence against the conspirators was very strong. There will probably be a new trial, but it will no doubt be useless, as it is the general belief that the men can not be convicted. Gen. Black, Commissioner of Pensions, has received the following unique 1 letter: “Drop my name from the pension list, for I am cured by faith in the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord. There was not much the matter 1 with me, so the good Lord did not have much to do'” Bradssreet’s referring to the pension payments in the United States, says: “The sum distributed by the Government on this account during the year amounted to over $75,000,000, the heaviest record reached in the history of the Government. This is over $12,000,000 more than the amount thus expen - ded in 1886, about $20,000,000 more than in 1885 or in 1884, nearly three times as much as in 1877, a decade ago, and not far from four times as much as in 1867, two decades ago. In short, as we recede from the war period the burden of our pension list grows heavier.’? The Indianapolis News gives the following interesting figures and comparisons : “If nothing happens to prevent, this year’s cotton crop will be the biggest ever gathered in the south. It is estimated jat 7,500,000 bales. The ‘ largest ever marketed thus far was that of 1883 which was 6,882,234ba1e5. The Value of this year’s cropjwill be about $300,000,000. Great as this is it is about $75,000,000 less then the value of the average hay crop in the country in the past four years, about $50,000,000 less than the average corn crop. This year’s cotton crop will be just about twice as large as the largest crop that Was ever raised under slave labor.” I Persons who don't pay for their newspapers should paste the following in : their bonnets : Sometime since a newspaper publisher in Illinois brought suit against 43 men who would not pay their subscriptions, and obtained judgment in each for the full amount of the claim. Twenty-eight of the defendants made affidavit that they owned no more prop* erty than the law allowed them, thus preventing attachments. Then under the Supreme Court decison they were . arrested for petty larceny and put under bonds of S3OO each. Ail but six i gave bonds, but the six went to jail. The postal law makes it larceny to take a newspaper and refuse to pay for it. Officers are after West, the lecherous Chesterton preacher, who is ac- . cused of the murder of Susie Beek, whose dead body was recently found in a St. Louis hotel. West lias managed to elude the grasp of the law thus far, and is supposed to be traveling in cog. through the country. The following circular has been issued, with a picture of the accused, which will be sent to every police station in the United States and Canada: “Arrest for murder the Rev. William Thomas Aobott West, alias Thomas Abbott, 31 years of age, five feet, six inches high, with dark auburn hair, brown eyes, full square face, and chin clean-shaven; stoops slightly when walking; wears wine-colored spectacles; dresses like a clergyman. Ue seduced and poisoned Susie, or Annie Beck, in this city, July 18. He is well known in South Bend, Ind. He may look for work at electroplating; is handy at any kind of work; usually wore a black prince Albert coat, but will likely dis-

card that garment for some other kind. He tied from Chesterton on the 20th inst. for parts unknown. Wire me when arrested, and I will send an officer with requisition papers for him. Anton Hubler, Chief of Police, St. Louis, Mo.” There are 46 townships in Indiana that bear the name of Jackson, and 42, that of Washington. Fortune knocks once at every man’s door; but she dosn’t go hunting through beer salobns for him if he happens to be out.—Puck. The St. Louis Republican says: “The population of Chicago is now increasing at the rate of 21,000 hogs a day.” There never has been a great sight of love wasted between Chicago and St. Louis. A negro living near Calera, Ala., let a rattlesnake bite him for a new hat worth 15 cents. He put a blue clay poultice on the wound, swallowed some plug tobacco, and next day started off for camp meeting with the new hat slanted over his left ear. A Meadville gentlemen wrote to Bill Nye, the bald-headed humorist, and asked him if he could giveta recipe to maKe hair grow, and Bill sent this reply: “Take your hair-invigorator money and buy a town lot in a growing town that supports a home paper, and advertises and goes ahead, and you will be well fixed, and a man who is well-fixed don’t care much whether he has any hair or not” There is a report in circulation, says the Goshen Times, that all the drillers in this section of the country belong to a Union, which is controlled by the Standard Oil Company. An observant also points to the fact that several weeks ago theie were two representatives of the Standard Oil Company in Goshen, and immediately after they were gone, Mr. Robinson was ready to make a contract to go on with the north well. State geologist Thompson still draws the line at the AV abash. He recently said that “the AV abash remains the line of demarkation between the gas field, and the reason of this is plain, from the fact that the Wabash river runs along the line of fracture near the northern limit of the upheaval in Indiana which occured at the|close of the Niagara period. The river breaks through tins upheavel at Delphi. I have expected gas to be found at some point in the western part of the state and north of the AVabash, but have so far been disappointed. One of the hopeful signs of the times is the progressive young man who lifts his hat gracefully when recognized on the .street by a lady acquaintance. Not long ago he was in the habit of allowing the lady to get about sixteen feet behind him before lifting his hat at all, and then instead of doing it gracefully, he would crook his elbow out. snatch the rim with his hand and slide the hat down over his nose and chin to his lowest vest button. By the time he got his hat placed back on his head the lady was two rods away, entirely unconscious of the painful performance. We are glad to see the young man improving. —Goshen Times. Physicians say buttermilk is a most excellent warm weather drinK. It is also a remedy for indigest ion, soothes and quiets the nerves, and is very somnolent to those who are troubled with sleeplessness. Its medical qualities cannot be overated, and it should be freely used by all who can [get it. Every one who values good health should drink buttermilk every day in warm weather and let tea, coffee and water alone. For the benefit of those who are not aware of it, I may add that in the churning of it the first process of digestion is gone through, making it one of the easiest and quickest of all things to digest. It makes gastric juice and contains properties that readily assimilate with it, with very little wear upon the digestive organs. A CURE FOR ALCOIIOLISH. [Connecticut Home.] I was one of those unfortunates given to strong drink. It reduced me to degradation. I vowed and strove long and hard, but I seldom held victory over liquor long. I hated drunkenness, but stil I drank. When I [left it off I felt a horrid want of something I must have or go distracted. I could neither eat, work, nor sleep. I entered a reformatory and prayed for strength; still I must drink. I lived so for over twenty years; in that time I never abstained over three months hand-running. At length I was sent to the House of Correction as a vagrant. If my family had been provided for I would have preferred to remain there, out of liquor and temptation. Explaining my affliction to a fellowprisoner—a man of much education and experience—he advised me to make a vinegar of ground quassia, a half ounce steeped in a pint of vinegar, and to put about a small teaspoonful of it in a little water and drinK it down every time the liquor thirst came upon me violently. I found it satisfied the cravings and suffused a feeling of stimulation and strength. AVhen I was discharged I continued this cure, and persevered till the thirst was conquered. For two years I have not tasted liquor, and I have no desire for it. Lately, to try my strength, I have handled and smelt whisky, but I have

no temptation to take it. I give this for the consideration of the unfortunate several of whom I know have recovered by the same means which I no longer require to use. Some of our patrons propose to mop seven squares on Avenue F with us for putting their names in the paper, and cihers propose to do the same thing because we Don’t put their names in the paper. The present outlook is, therefore, that the mopping will be done. The path of an ordinary country editor is profusely strewn with insurmountables. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. VERNON. Pickle patches are doing poorly owing to dry weather. Foxes are doing considerable damage by their nightly raids on the chic Ken coops and melon patches. Most of our farmers have done their threshing: they report the yield as a little below the average. Miss Harriet Phillips, of Chicago, is spending a portion of the summer visting with Miss Sarah McCabe. Seward Rinehart is numbered among the town dudes, having gone to Walkerton in the employ of S. A. Robbins, instead of going west as he had contemplated. There will be services at Mt. V. schoolhouse, Aug. 7, under the auspices of the German Baptists. Rev. J. Hilderbrand is to occupy the pulpit. Chase. —_— TYNER CITY. Mrs. Fred Monroe has been on the sicklist for a spell, but is able to be up and around. The Huckleberry marsh belonging to the county farm, and that, belonging to Henry Jarrel across the way were both ruined by fire. Last Sunday quite a number of children had been playing in an old rickety saw mill in the south part of town, and left just in time to save being crushed by its fall. Farmers in this vicinity report wheat and oats turning out very poorly. Potatoes have ripened without getting half their growth, and pickle vines will soon be dead, unless we get lots of rain. Johnson & Neff have their warehouse filled with grain, and are now filling the old building formerly used as a wagon and bla 4<sn:ith shop. One day last week Earl Fink cut one of his little sister’s fingers, about half off with a Jhatehet, lint Dr. Moore dressed it soon afterwards and at present it has nearly healed. Rollo. PERSON KE POSTS. Dell HuJehnyer was in Chicago two days this week. Tom Wolff was in Chicago last Wednesday purchasing goods. Mrs Jerry Jackson, formerly of this place has returned from Arkansas. Harry Reeves, of South Bend, is visiting among Ins young friends in this place. J. A Wertz, editor of the Milford Times, stopped over in this place last Sunday. Johnßupel, of Liberty, was in town last Tuesday looking alter the tax business. Miss Ina Swartz visited with Miss Maud Curtis at South Chicago the fore part of this week. Joe Endley was in Chicago Mondav, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week purchasing goods. Mr. Philbrick and wife, of Walkerton, were the guests of Mrs. Marsh.— Garrett Herald, July 28. Henry McCool, advance agent for Fuller's panorama entertainment, is visiting his parents in this place. The Misses Lillie and Minnie Bosserman, of LaPorte, returned to their home last Thursday, after a visit of a week in this place. Frank Jonos, who has resided in Toledo, Ohio, for several months, will move back to Walkerton. Airs, .ronescame last Wednesday. A. B. Rupel and Frank Hostetter went to LaPorte last 'Thursday to witness the game of ball between the LaPorte and Nappanee. Mrs: U. F- Townsend, Mrs. Amos Stevenson, Mrs. Horace Woodard, and Mrs. David Swank, ofthis place, attended camp meeting near LaPorte, last Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Geo, W. Huntoon, of LaPorte, agent for the White Bronze Co., manufacturers of monuments and statuary, was in this place last Tuesday, lie reports large sales in white bronze monuments. TEEGARUEN. Oats average about 35 bushels per acre. The thermometer registered 102 deg. in the shade, Wednesday. John Maxey, of Plymouth, spent Sunday, visiting friends here. Miss Lillie Maxey, of Plymouth, visited with friends here, this week. While we write, it is raining, but it comes too late to save much of the corn. Dan Gensinger has turned over his creamery route and business to Henry Crumb who will finish the season. A Mr. Fleeny, of Indianapolis, spent several days here arranging and starting the new brick machinery, which runs out brick as fast as two boys can move them about six feet, taking two at a time. Married:—-Mr. Anthony Culp, of Nappanee, and Mrs. Alice Hoover, of this vicinity, were united by marriage, on Sunday July 31, 1887. The boys treated them to an old fashioned belling, for which they rec’d the sum of $2.25 to get full on. A concert will be given here, on Saturday eve, Aug. 6 ’B7, under the direction of Alvin White, of LaPaz. Music for the occasion will be furnished by home talent, the Davenport Bros., the Seybold Band and the Ward Family. Come everybody. Admission 15 cents or 25 cents per couple. Brickbat.

Additional Local Nows. An old man by the name “of Stoup, residing about two miles southeast of LaPaz, shot at his son-in-law last Sunday morning while the latter was in bed. The old man fortunately missed his mark and no harm was done. A son of the old man rushed in and tried to get possession of the revolver, but the latter resisted and’threatened to shoot his own son for interfering. Smith, the son-in-law, made his escape from the house, the old man following in hot pursuit with murder in his eye. Tile son-in-law, however, being the fleeter of the two, soon distanced his pursuer. The old man’:; anger was now at a white heat and in the desperation of the moment he aimed the revolver at his own head ami fired, the ball penetrating his forehead and indicting a dangerous wound. The trouble was duo to the fact that Stoup was dissatisfied with the marriage of his daughter and Smi’h. At last accounts Stoup was still alive. The old man is said to be of sound mind but his actions would certainly indicate that he had a screw loose somewhere. Wanted.—To buy a good brood mare. 8. A. Ullery. Buy your lumber of Sam Hude!myer. Subscribe for the !Ns>i : r ■emx T. Money to loan. D. McDuffie, Plymouth Ind. Receipts, notes, etc., put up neatly in book form at this office. Radway’s Reidy Rel’of for bowel complaints, at Endley’s drug store. Oriental laces at less than cost. Philadelphia Store. Highest cash price paid for butter ami eggs at Jake Taylor’s. Ice cold soda water at Endley’s drugstore. Shingles! Shingles! at Hudelmyer’s lumber yam. Dr. Arlington’s office next door to Hunsberger's grocery. Call at the Independt nt office and get a sample copy of the American Farmer. The Indi i i xdknt office is pv pared to do all kinds of job printing m ady. ami at low rate-?. John Bright, the English fat sic: never attended school a day hwas 15 years old. It you intend to build it will pay yon to buy your lumber < f Sai a 1! dehnyer. If you want ..n . xm llent farm journal free, pay your subscription tot r Ixm - miNin xr one via? in advance. Hats both med and untrmmed sold at a sacrilie-e within th next 1«» days at Mrs. J. W. Brown’s. Dr. Arlington intends io remain per manently in WalKerton and in the future will devote his whole attention o. the practice of medicine and Smgery. Calls promp ' ■ answered night or day . Office next door to Rensberger. • ♦— Lath, ami all kinds of lumber for sale by Sani Hudelmyer. • At the polls in Manchester, Clay comity. Kentucky, last Tuesday, a desperate battle took place between the republicans and democrats, involvingsixty’ persons thirty on a side. 'The fight was carried on with revolvers, guns and clubs, ami it was discovered after the affray was ended that six pelsons had bc-en killed outright during the battle. That’s the way they “do them up” across the river. W hen ; i u want newspaper favors, says the Valparaiso Messenger, you strike your “home paper,” don't you? If you want yo r town homed an! your property increased in value, you expect your horn ■ paper to do it, don’t yon? let you kick be< au.se your home paper hasn't as much reading matter in it as a city paper don’t you? Still on the whole, you thiuK y nr hi m paper is a mighty good thing f n a tow n, don’t ■ you? And you prech per from thinking the town is a good thing for it, by not giving it sufficient patronage, don’t you ? You would not expect the home paper circulating only hundreds, to give you as much reading matter as the city paper, circulating thousands, xvould you ? You would not expect ^he price of the former to he as low as the latter, would you? Niagara Fails and ClsatasiQua S.ake Excursion. Bell’s Fifth Annual Niagara Falls excursion to leave Valparaiso, Aug. 15th, via Nickel Plate, N. Y. C. & St. L. Ry. This special train will be made up of Pullman day coaches and parlor sleeping cars. Fare for the round trip from Valparaiso to the Falls only $7.50, to Chatauqua $1 extia. Train will leave Valparaiso at 9:53 a. m., arriying at the Falls on the following morning. Returning will leave the Falls, Aug. 17th, arriving in Cleveland at 3 p. m., and remaining there until 10 pm. Parties desiring to visit Chautauqua will leave our train at Brockton. Tickets- are issued for special train only, but will be extended by applying to excursion agent on train. Our excursions are largely patronized by the best people, are conducted in a first-class manner, and have become very popular. A large delegation of teachers and students accompany us each year. Every accommodation of "last year will be given. We spare no pains in mak ing this excursion inexpensive and pleasant. For further information call on agents of the company or address, W. J. Bell, Excursion Manager, A alparaiso, Ind.

Bentley’s tent show will exhibit in his place this evening. -—Friday. Foil Sale A ticKet to Niagara Falls and return, on Bell’s excursion. Aug. 15. AVill be sold dirt cheap. Call at the IxdEpendent office. The Lake Erie train leaving this place about 9.30 A. M., will maKe connections at Argos for Bell's Niagara Falls excursion, Aug 15. An exchange says the “KicKer” in a community has the same disposition as a scrub mule, and is worth just about as much to society. _ Bob Lincoln’s boom for the presidency aj»]>ears to bo steadily growing. It is the opinion among some of the leading politicians that Blaine will retire from the presidential field. Artificial light shone forth from the new Rensberger block for the first time last Saturday night. And let us add right here that that light illuminated the sam-tum sanctorum of the Independent. V e are snugly ensconced within the jiomltrous bricK walls of the finest structure doing honor to the town of AValkerton. all of which we are proud. Drop up ami take a look at us. An u<-cid< id e. eurred in (his j>l:^' last veek that few people have been privileged to see. A “nkarlv Nkw” Buchanan wagon only three years old had a tire come off this dry weather. It was such a strange occurrence that thememl vrsof certain firm turned out in force to view the sight, even neglecting their busim -sto do so. Do you see? Now. if it had been a Coquillard, for instance, nothing would have been thought of the wagon breaking down or a fire e ming off. A certain member of said firm look occasion to impliedly con,h um the Buchanan wagon, couching his condemnation in tin advertisement of his wares. We will not stop to q’.i stion th, j-rora-ivty of such a step in ant siness man, but will simply say that it may not be necessary, or even expedient to have that wagon sent to Hot Springs, Ark., to soak that tire. 11 w<-v r, if all else fails us, we shall ciTtainly avail ourselves of the health;ri\im: qualit ff> oi' i hose noted springs :md send the wlioh' wagon th.Te. But you can still g, t the Buch.man of S. A. Robbins A Co. for $55. S. A. Roimixs A Co. Dr. Arlington's Offict- next door to ih'-.sber.me ff greet y . C ills in town or e< mfr promptly answered. THE W' i ~i AN F SJIMER fne fi r one year to cash in advance lb ■ r; ms of THE INDEPENDE.. T. If yon want a bargain in Millinery Goods go to Mrs. Brown s. m-xt dor to ’i’. J. \\ elf. \ clothing store. OTTEKBKIX lAIVEIISiTy. 1 k nie l nt Westerville, Erimkiin county. Ohio, of, is -iipi nor tub niitngi’ torn thorough tshieu m»n Eour course:- ot study ■< Ins-lenl. I’hdo--sophical. I Utrary and Normal. Commercial, Musi-- ami Art depurtim uts. instruct on thorough. lo< .ii:on healthy, village tree from saloons, ai.d exp, ns. - low. Eo;- entnlog'ie and iiaiti.a: lar.sad.iies> the President, Rev. lleni > must I>. 1) Wustei ville, Ohio. This is Stiaight Goods. I was ilriving through town, and nr, sen commenced crying-. 1 -ays, “son what i- t’.e ,i.r. r? "I want one of those wagons at Vineetil's.” Then my wife was sighing tor one of those parlor suits. Jlv daughter says, “1 want one of those bed room suits;” and so it went, until I hail to stop and make an inyr.-tment,and I leli you 1 was glad they all cried, for I never saw such bargains in my life; and all at Vincent's! Gosh!’’ "buggiesT Fifty new Michigan buggies have been ordered by the Williams-Hender-son Co. and will be here in a few davs; they will be sold at prices lower than ever, considering the quality. Ilse Greatest Opportunity lo buy Glotbing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, etc., ever offered in Walkerton. I will sell ah broken suits, odd coats, and all goods Kept over from last year, regardless of cost, before moving into the new bricK. All' such goods, not sold before, will be sold at auction the weeK before we move, as 1 will open the New Store’ with the largest stock of New Goods ever seen in Walker ton- Tom J. Wolfe. RSWUIER TOURS. Excursion Tickets to Deer Park, Oakland, Mountain Lake I’ark, and all tbe other famons Su.mmer Resorts and Medicinal Springs in Maryland, Pennsylvania, the Wrginias and North Carolina, are now on sale at all principal stations along the line of the, Baltimore and Ohio R. R. These tickets are valid for return passage until October 31st, and are good for stop-over privileges both going and returning. B. A O. iicket Agents at minor stations will secure Excursion Tickets for passengers dosning co take trains at such stations, provided application is made a few days in advance. BOSE BROS., WALKERTON. IND. CWVIW CdfyyywM —DEALERS IN— Fresh and Salted Meats, Fish, Bologna, etc. Pay the highest cash price for all kinds of Butcher's stock. IN one but the choicest meats sold at this market.

Look! LoiOx! G-reat SL lighter Clothing. Hats, Caps, Boots, stMflß As I expect to remove to the NEW ' BLOCK about August Ist. and wishing t with the LAEGtIST and BEST SELECHnI of goods in my line ever seen in Walkerton, I will sell for cash until theSv ■ NEW GOODS’ x-x "1““^ T JIB® 30 Per Oei» Below their value. 1 Broken Suits, Heavy Underwear, R ip Boot, etc., at cost. Odd Coats, Hats and Caps re^ less of cost. 200 Boys’Vests at 10 and 20cm Tom Wolfe. ' Ml J. V7ILLIS C0TT0^~~" DEALER IN STUDEBAKER One and Two-horse Wami* Champ-on Light Binders, Mowers and Reapers Single and Double Buggies, and Bead Cam & sell’s Improved, Fairfield, New Castle, Toledo Moline and Bryan Chilled, Steel and Combi^ i tion, one, two and three-horse PLOWS. p. C- & H. C- Heed & Co ’s Spring Tooth, Lean anc Son’s steel frame and steel tooth, Moline double tripple and smoothing and Evans trippleß HAKROWS. Deere & Co.’s original tongueless New and Old Western, Enterprise Malta, Fremont, Sylvan and Albio; walking and riding corn CULTIVATORS, wood beam, iron beam and sprin tooth. Double and single shovel plows hay forks, hay carriers, pulleys track hi. or hooks, etc. Sid . ney all d scrapers, Mohn one and two-horse BAKES. FAIRS ANK SCALES, |S< Evans Corn Planters and Cheek Rowers, Roller Grain Ml ; superior Hoe Ih ills, One-Horse Drills, IVhwlbarrws. <• llonie Sowing da.diiues. Needles for all maehiues. Spell kifj-r’UiD and Lard (Ills, V\ ire picket fence, etc., etc. 'i eu are especial!} invited to call and see me and iih’oc . gootis. (air prices, and gentlemanl v 1 real me nt will wi I shall count you. too. among my already largejlistt > customers, ( ail and see me. Respect!nilv, your frien . andwen-v.i-her, J. 11 LIS COTTON. WalkertonJ Inc j_ 2 - . ■ ‘ We Don’t W^t the BrthFl II 1 MODEST DRK ES WILL SATISFY US. WHEN IN NEED 0 ANYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE IT WILL BE TO YOU INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL. wK i WE ARE SELLING THE BEST G . )Llj 1 STOVES! I . IN THE MARKET—THE GOLDEN STAR AND JEWEm THB , ARE ECONOMICAL, SAVING MUCH FUEL AND 4 WO^ ' IUJRINU TiJK HOT MONTHS. THEY ARE A OF \ ENI ENi mTHAT E\ERY HOUSEKEEPER SHOULdIhA^ - CALL AND SEE THEM. M VrELU I ^^^ 6TOCK 0F BUILL, INU ANDFENC ‘ paints and oils, M 1 DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS,^IRON AND WOODEN^^^B' 1 INWARE, etc., etc. CALL AND SEE OUR FINE LINE OFCOG. SW\ ES. REPAIRING TINWARE, AND ROOFING A ; S. F. Ross <fc C