St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 August 1887 — Page 2

THE INDEPENDENT. A NEWSPAPER, NON-PABT{S4N, Ey W, Entered at the Walkerton Postoffice at sapand class rates. SpUSCHiPTION: For Orje Voar ~,,,. 81.5 Q For Six Months ~.... T» For Three Mouths 40 XA crons marked with a blue pencil an the margin of your paper indicates that your Serm of subscription to this paper h*W expired. f you are in arrearages please settle at once, and notify us promptly if you wish tRe paper coji--ouued. W. A- ENOLEV, PpShISHKR. WALKERTON IND„ AUG. 20, IBBf wii,j.... i.i The loss to favuiers by the drought is estimated Rt $300,000,000. vwi । n i i _ ■■ The latest design for ladies’ hats resembles a dish of ipe cream with ft spoon in it. TULA LJL<JJ> L The majority against prohibition in Texas runs up to about one hundred thousand, South Carolina reports the best corn and the largest yield in the history of the state, The whereabouts of Rev. West slippery divine, still remains as big a mystery as ever. A WalKerton lady in defense of the large size of her bustle says she is not responsible for what goes on behind her back. The losses by tire in the United States ftnd Canada for July amounted to $14,000,000, which is double the average loss for that month in the past twelve years. “Johnny,” said the minister rather severely, “do you ehew tobacco?" “les sir,” was the reply, “but I’m clean out just now; Jimmy Browh’s got some, though. ” A Denver society belle—young, handsome, and rich—was picked up by ft police officer recently helplessly dryuk, She was Oftrfed home to sober up and her name suppressed. Wm. Penn, of South Bend, says that his father, who lives in Canada, writes him that he saw West there a few weeßs ago. He did not Know then that West was a fugitive from justice.—Michigan City News. The Nappanee News man crows loud , and long over the result of the base ball game played last week at that place, between their club and the LaPortes. Look out, bub, don’t stir up the WalKerton boys. They’re pasty when in dead earnest. There are about 130,000 Mormons in Utah, says an exchange. Os these, quite 80,000 are under the age of eighteen years. This leaves 50,000 above that age. Os these, at least one-third are in polygamy, and these one-third are the brains of the whole. John M. Clay, the last surviving son of Henry Clay, died suddenly Wednesday at his home, near Lexington, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, Mr, Clay never entered politics, but lived the life of a successful farmer and breeder of fine horses. His stables were once widely known on the turf, but fifteen yeftrs ago he abandoned racing and afterwards raised thoroughbreds. Speaking of Rev. West, the Chesterton Tribune says: “Now Nothing remains but to catch the criminal. Eyery effort is being made by the St. Louis authorities to acomplish this ob. ject, and it is only a matter of a short time when this will be clone. West’s family had a sale last Saturday, and Monday night they left for London, Canada. Mrs. West will in all probability be tried as an accomplice in the case. Bhe is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” There is now less than $3,000 in the general fund of the Indiana state treasury. With the exception of a few thousand dollars which the insurance companies will pay in during the next three weeKs, the state has no means ot paying its necessary expenses, which during the next two months will amount to $150,000. This is a dilemma, and from the present outlook no permanent relief from the financial embarassment will be had until the legislature meets and provides some means for it. Plymouth’s gas well has proved a failure. The Democrat has the following to say in regard to the situation at that place: Oil failed to materialize in paying quanities, and as the drill passed down foot by foot into the Trenton rock it became painfully apparent that neither gas nor oil would be found; and when the salt water vein was struck the wheel that has been raising up and down the ponderous drill for the past three months suddenly stopped, the men quit work, the bystanders dropped their beads, and all our bright anticipations of future greatness vanished into thin air like the baseless fabric of a dream. The committee deem it useless to gofftrther, and in this determination we think they are wise, The actual fact is, that there is no gas north of the “Wftbftsh upheave!,” except what is Known fts “surface gas,” such as we struck at 320 feet, and that does not exist anywhere in paying quantities. We are glad the agony is ever and we know what is beneath us.

The Knox Enterprise has been great* ly improved of lato, both as to its coip tents and general appearance, The recent rains have revived the corn Ip these parts, and it is thought now that tic i whiskey interests will not suffer so much j after all, Home one pomes forward with the theory that cigarette smoKing tends to ‘ a softening of the brain. This is not [ exactly right, but softening of the brain I tends to cjgftretto smoking,—Boston Journal of Health, There is now apparently, some prospects of a good peach season. The makers of peach baskets look for u good deal of fruit. The two basket factories of Smyrna, Del., have made in the three months they have been at work 700,000 baskets, or half enough to supply the demands of Delaware and Maryland this season. Os this number only onedhird have ben disposed of. The remaining 500,000 are stored, Had not foreign orders been canceled, and home consumption looked after, not 5,000 baskets would have been on hand to-day, The prices are quite satisfactory—s4c on the average. Correcting Bad English. “There,” said a woman to a tramp, “is a nice dinner, but I shall expect you to saw a little wood for it,” Certainly, madame,” politely replied the tramp, attacKing the dinner with both hands, “but you will pardon me, 1 trust, if I venture to correct vour English.” ,! My what?” “Your English. Some modern authorities claim that grammer is played out. The word ‘saw’ is a verb in this case, singular number and imperfect tense: saw wood.’ T shall expect you to saw wood,’ T shall expect you to see wood, is correct. If you will indicate the pile to me I will now look at it as I pass out.—Ex. It is generally believed, says an exchange, that the Times, of London, and the Gazette de France, of Paris, are the oldest papers in existence, but this appears to be a mistake. The honor belongs to the Chinese, who possess a journal started nearly a thousand years ago. Its name is King Pan. It was founded, says a learned bibliophiat, in the year 911 of the Christian era. At first it was published at irregular periods, but in 13(11 it became a weekly In 1804 it underwent another transformation and appeared daily. It costs a half penney, and issues three edition^. The morning edition, printed on yellow paper, is devoted to commerce; the noon edition, printed on white paper, contains official acts and miscellaneous news; while the evening edition, printed on red paper, is taken up with political imformation and leading articles. It is edited by six members of the Academy of Science, and the total sale of the three editions is fourteen thousand copies. The Chicago Tribune publishes a curious list of the events of July in the United States byway- of Illustrating the untoward influence of an abnormally high temperature upon human blood and brain. There were 230 murders, a great increase over any other monthly total for many years. There was an average of eight suicides a day. There were 173 persons killed by railroad accidents, and also two hundred were badly in juried thereby. There were 293 persons drowned, exceeding by 100 per cent, the number dying in that way in a month for many years. There were seventy-eight persons burned to death, sixty-four killed by lightning, fifty by powder explosions, and thirty by mine accidents. The fire losses amounted to $12,000,000, exceeding the totals of any other month since the Chicago fire seventeen years ago. When the atmospheric temperature exceeds that of human blood at its normal range the resultant elevation of the latter appears to make it a dangerous compound. A Walking Wonder. John G. Snider, of Hartford City the tireless pedestrian, has been walking over one thousand days, twenty hours out of twenty-four. At the rate of four miles an hour, eighty miles a day, and now has encompassed fully eighty thousand miles, over three times arOund the world, in less than three years, and yet his journey is not ended. In a conversation with the family- about Mr. Snider, they say that he never murmured or complained at his lot, was always pleasant and cheerful, and that often he would walk for an hour at a time supported by some member of the family, sound asleep, snoring so loudly as to be heard several rods away; that in sleeping he sat in the arm chair near the circle and while sleeping sat erect, breathed easily, and on waking at once began his task. Every inducement, every device, every effect at command had been resorted to to get him to forgo his tramp, yet, while he listened to their suggestions and pleftdjngs, he would answer them, “It is impossible to stop,” and “It would be suicide to do so.” Thousands of persona have visited him, and for hours many of them have watched him, thinking, no doubt, to detect in him design or fraud, but all have come away satisfied that the case is marvelous and without a parallel,—Exchange. Plain and fancy busines cards, letter heads, note heads, statements, circulars, posters, etc., etc., printed at the Independent office. I

FB RSON AL POINTS. Attorney Robbins, of Knox, was in town Monday. Chas. Shoatsloy left here this week for Missouri Miss Dora Fulmer visited in Plymouth, t|;is week. Mrs. Dr, Dowell visited in Plymouth, lust Thursday. Miss Ida Beach is visiting with her parents at South llond, 'Squire Nicoles was in South Bend, Monday. Business. Mrs. Dr. Arlington visited two days fp Plymouth, this week. Ed Bose attended the firemen’s tournament at Plymouth, Thuisday and Friday, Miss Maud Nicolos is visiting with her sjster, Mrs. North, at Plymouth. K. C. Knulsley made a trip to South Bend and Plymouth the fore part of this week. Mrs. J, G. Bender and son Ben attended the firemeu's tournament at Plymouth, this weeK, Mrs. Geo. Curtis visited her daughter Maud, at South Chicago, a portion of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sum Hudelmyer attended the firemen’s tournament at Plymouth, Thursday. T. R. Harlan, of Cincinnati. 0., succeeds George Leslie as agent at the B. & O. depot in this place. Mr. and Mrs. Sain Hudelmyer were among the excursionists to Michigan City, last Tuesday. Charlie Robbins was called to Goshen Inst Saturday evening on business, returning home on Tuesday. Mrs. William Long and daughter Lona, of South Bend, have been visiting relatives in Walkerton and vicinity. Mrs. Noah Shoemaker, went to Miami, Ind., last Saturday, to visit with her sister, Mrs. Asa Haines. Henry McCool advance ftgent for Fuller’s ateyiopticon entertainment,will start out again on the road, next Monday. Mr. Heinz, one of the proprietors of the pickle salting factory, and his son, from Pittsburg, were here several days last and this week. Mrs. Noah Vanscoit and children, of Garrett, were the guests of relatives and friends in this place and vicinity, a portion of last and this week. W. C. Copenhaver, a harness maker, of Tyner, has entered the employ of A. B. Rupel, of this place. Mr. Copenhaver intends to move his family to this place soon. Rev. B. 11. Beall returned to Pittsboro, Ind., last Wednesday, to finish his yearly work as pastor of the M. E. ehnreh, of that place. He will return to Walkerton in übout four weeks, Frank Jones returned from Toledo, last Wednesday. He made the trip with a team. The distance from 'loledo to this place is about 200 miles, and he drove through in four days. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. NORTH LIBERTY. At William Walters’, a son, July 28. At Simon Mangus’, a daughter, Aug. 3. At Schuyler Warner’s, a daughter, Aug. 12th. Franklin Pearse is improving slowly. Mrs. Elmore Irvin is visiting friends in Ohio. Daniel Robertson Is very poorly at this writing, 17 th. M. D. Kaser’s new residence is fast approachiug completion. Rev. Cherry is in a very critical condi tion at this writing. Miss Anna Travis, of LaPorte Co., is spending a few days with relatives here. James Robertson, of South Bend, was in our town for a short time last Tuesday, Mias Mary Bulla has been visit’ng with friends in Plymouth, for the past few days. Allen Nelson has recently bought of William Briggs, horses, harness and wagon. Albert Poynter is arranging to build a dwelling house on his lot recently purchased from N. S. Miller. B. M. Fink has recently purchased two lots from Mrs. Josephine, on the corner of Harrison and Lafayette streets, J. N. Reece and D. C. Cole, with their families and some friends from Illinois, indulged in a picnic at Ball Hill, last Monday, A young child of MF. Baldwin fell and broke her arm, last Tuesday, one fracture above and one below the elbow, the former being compound. Mr. Albert Anderson, of Paxton, 111., and Mr. S. W. Brewer, of Rankin, 111., have been visiting the Misses Alma and Alice Cole, for some days past. Rev. Scott, of LaPorte, will conduct divine service and preach a sermon at the Episcopal church next Sabbath evening. All are most cordially invited to attend. Verdant Horn. TEEGARDEN. Miss Grace Kipfer is visiting at home this week. Rutland Mead, of Maxinkuckee, spent Sunday here with his brother. Friends and relatives of Jaoob Lehman are visiting with him, this week. Born.-=To the wife of Butler Williams, on Sunday. Aug. 7, ’B7, a girl. Weight, eleven pounds. Next Saturday eve. closes our singing school, and on Sunday eve. Mr. White will try to organize a class at the Gilead church, northeast of this place. Elmer Aldrich was arrested, last Monday, by Constable Hansen. The charge was, kicking and seriously injuring little Sammy Goon. He was taken before Esq. Shafer, at Tyner, where he plead guilty, and was fined one dollar and costs, which in all amounted to fifteen dollars. Brickbat. TYNER CITY. Dr. Richardson took in the toum&me&t at Plymouth. Del. Knott and sister Lydia returned Wednesday from a trip in Ohio, The big tent is still here, but the meet ings so far are not very largely attended.

Mrs. Knott and daughter Clara visited with friends about Plymouth, last week. John Fink, jr., of Fort Wayne, was here visiting his parents and friends, the forepart of this week. Vigilants are nt work here, and Sunday night stoned the Falconberry shanty, and after driving out the inmates burned it to the ground. The Holsten family were then given till Wednesday night to vacate their shanty, and did so Wednesday afternoon, but came back and watched it all night with shot-guns, and it has not yet been burned, and we didn’t hear of anybody getting killed. Rollo. INLANO ITEMS. Peaches (ire getting ripe. The pickle crop is booming. The new school-house is almost completed. Sara Mull has been under the weather for a few days past. John Snell has put a new roof on his barn. Miss Etta Stieklay and Mother Harmison are reported on the sick list, this week, miss Ivy Snell visited in Walkerton Saturday and Sunday last. Mrs. G. L. Smith, of South Chicago, visited relatives on the Island, last Sunday, returning homo, Tuesday last. Mrs. R, Snell went with her for a short visit. The late rains have done a great deal of good in this locality. The corn will bo much better than farmers expected. The Misses Rinehart and Lizzie Pomert were on the Island, last Sunday. Charley Wolf ar.d Geo. Cook talk of go ing to Kansas, this fall, to buy land if the location suits them. Success to you, boys. (Let’s smoke.) Tyler Additional Local News. More rain is needed, the farmers tell us. Geo. Leslie talks of making a tour in the Great West. Pears are selling on our streets atone dollar per bushel. More tenement houses are needed in AValKerton, and likewise a banx. The Stophen Store Co. are putting a new brieK foundation under their corn house. Bill heads, note heads, letter heads, statements, etc., put up in tablet form at the JNDKI'EMH <T office. Bill Covert and George Curtis are very busy in their blacksmith shop. They report plenty to do. Ed. Vincent has torn away the old wing from his residence and is putting up another of greater dimensions. He has also put a new roof on the main building. John McDaniel, the genial and efficient man at the l^ake Erie depot, is kept busy as a bee attendhig to his duties as passen ger and freight agent ami I’. S. exp. agentMarshal Wolfenbarger put down, the other day, a new cross-walx from Bender’s to Ed. Vipcent’s store. A fresh ly of AMERICAN FARMERS just received at this office. Cail * in and get a free sample copy. Rinehart's Compound Syrup of Blackberry Root, an excellent remedy for diseases of the bowels, sold at Endley’s. Attorney Dailey will lit up ami occupy the room vacated by Justice George. Buy your lumber of Sam Hudelmyer. Subscribe tor the Independent. Money to loan. D. McDuffie, Plymouth Ind. 1 Receipts, notes, etc., put up neatly ■ in boakij^rm at this office, Railway’s Ready Relief for bowel • complaints, at Endley’s drug store, Bose Brothers have had a new sidewalk put down in front of their meat market. Oriental laces at less than cost. Philadelphia Store. p Highest cash price paid for butter and eggs at Jake Taylor’s. Ice cold soda water at Endley's drug ' store. Shingles! Shingles', at Hudelmyer’s lumber yard. D?. Arlington’s office next door to Rensberger’s grocery. । Call at the Independent office and ' get a sample copy of the American Farmer. - The Independent office is prepared 1 tu do all kinds of job printing neatly, and at low rates. -•If you intend to build it will pay you tv buy your lumber of Sam Hudelmyer, If you want an excellent farm journal , Bee, pay your subscription to the IndePendent one year in advance. t To whom it may concern. Know all men by these presents, tl at on ami as- ■ top August 15, in the year of our Lord, ' eighteen hundred and eighty seven, > Warner’s Safe. Liver and Kidney Cure ' and warner’s Rheumatic Cure, will be sold at one dollar per bottle. Joe Endley, i Geo. Craft. Sam. Koontz, • C. w. N. Stephens, Dr. Arlington intends to remain per- ■ manently in WalKeyton and in the fu- ' ture will devote his whole attention to the practice of medicine and Surgery. Calls promptly answered night or day, Office next door to Rensberger. EXCURSIOIV TO PI TTSBURG. On Saturday Aug. 20, the B. & O, R. R., will run their Second Annual Excursion to Pittsburgh. For full particulars see notice in another column of this issue.

— ■■" — — L l ,— Roll of Honor. The following named persons hftv paid the sums set opposite their names । in payment for their subscription to the Independent since publishing our last roll of honor: John McDaniel sl-50 S. A. Ullery 1-30 Silas George ~..., 1.50 O, D. Reeves 1.50 Tom Dougherty 1-50 Chas. Wolfe 1-50 Isaac Mastermau 1.50 J. F. Strang 1.00 Daniel Barber 1 50 Moses Herschberger 1.50 Dr. M. F, Smith 2.05 G. W, Shenks 75 Henry McCool ~ 75 Why will you be troubled with Sprains and bruises, Old sores and ulcers, Neuralgia and toothache, Sult Rheum or Eczema, Scald head and ringwor.n, Pain in the back and spine, Swelling of the joints, and not try Bergs’ Tropical Oil, if it does not relieve it will cost you nothing as we warrant every bottle. Geo. Craft, Druggist. HOOF SKIRTS, Langtiy, 50 cts., sold for SI.OO. Bustle skirts, 25 cts , worth ?5 cts; 15 spring wide tapes, 20 cts., worth 35 cents; Misses' skirts, 10 cents, sold for 20 cents. Philadelphia Store. Dr. Arlington's Office next door to Ronsberger's grocery. Calls in town or country promptly answered. Till’. AMERICAN FARMER free for one year to cash in advance subscribers of THE INDEPENDENT. If you want a bargain in Millinery Goods go to Mrs. Brown's, n.ext dor to T. J. Wolfe’s clothing store. OTTERBEIN UNIVEWTY, Located at Westerville, Franklin county, Ghia, offers superior advantages fora thorough education Four oourses of study—Classical, Philosophical, Literary and Normal. Commercial, Music and Art departments, instruct on thorough, location healthv, village free from saloons, and expenses low. Fur catalogue and particulars address the President, Rev. Henry Garst, I>. 1)., Westerville, Chiu. For same back.side or chest, use Shiloh's Porous I Plaster. Price 26 cents. s SHILOH'S COrUH and Consumption Cure is ' old by us ou n guarantee. It cures Consumption SHILOH’S VITALIZER is what you need sot Constipation. Loss of Appetite, Dizziness, and all s\ uiptoms ot Dyspepsia. I’rii elO and 75 cents per bottle, CROI'P. WHOOPING COUGH ami bronchitis immediately relieved by Shiloh’s Cure. Sold by Geo. R. Cratt. BOSE BROS., WALKERTON IND. W'' 45^2*50^ ’DEALERS IN Fresh and Salted Meats, Fish. Bologna, etc. Pay the highest cash price for all kinds of Butcher’s stock’. None but the choicest mi ats sold at this market. BICBHES! Fifty new Michigan buggies have been ordered by the Williams-Hender-son Co. and Will be here in it few days; they will be sold at pricos lower than ever, considering the quality. Lath, and all kinds of lumber for sale by Sam Hudelmyer. Application for License. Votice is hereby given to the citizens of the town of Walkerton, in Lincoln Township. of St. Joseph County, Indiana, that 1. the undersigned, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of said county, at their September term of 1887, for a license for one vear to sell spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors, 'in quantities less than a quart at a time, at my p ace of business, with the privilege of allowing the same to be drank at my place of business, where sold, which place, and premises, where said liquors are Co be sold and drank, are described as foLows, to wit: In a certain one story frame building 20 x 70 feet, situated on a strip of land six feet in width oft of the northwest side of lot No. sixty-eight and a strip fourteen feet in width oft’ of the southeast side of lot No, sixty nine, in the original plat of the town of Walkerton, in Lincoln Township, of St. Joseph County, Indiana. August 12th, 1887. JOHN W. BROWN. Fence! Fence! Soiuethin^ Sew. , Farmers examine the Centripatel Wire and Picket Fence Machine. The simplest lightest and the easiest working device ev er produced “Simplicity is the beauty of construction.” Unnecessary bulk or com plication are indicative of imperfection. The inventor is aware that quite a number of similar devices are extant. The lower shelves aye full but there is plenty of room up here. 1 o appreciate this apperatus you must see it and see it work. It has traits and conveniences that no other has, that was greatly needed. Patent granted, lerritory for sale. Canvassing agents wanted, For further particulars call on the subscriber at Taylofs restaurant, opp site the post office, on Wednesdays or Sat unlays. 11. N- Macomber, Inventor. Walkerton, Ind statuary. & AGRANITE. A® Rb Ar VCALL AND SEE CUTS AND SAMPLES AT THIS OFFICE, or Address G. W. HUNTOON, Agent, Laporte, Ind.

Look! LooM Great Slaughter v Cothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, shoo^K^ As I expect to remove to the NEW Mg BLOCK about Sept. Ist, and wishing t 3 with the LARGEST and BEST SELECTS of goods in my line ever soen in Waker3| I will sell for cash until thO NEW GOODS! 30 Per CeA Below their value. | Broken Suits, Heavy Underwear, Kin-M etc., at cost. Odd Coats. Hats and Capsf^H lessofcost, 200 Boys’ Vests at 10 and2octs^ Tom Wolfe.H । r J. WILLIS COTTOH,K®; DEALER IN . STUDEBAKER, One and Two-horse Ymß I Champion Light Binders. Mowers and Bea Single and Double Buggies, and Road Cara? sell s Improved, Fairfield, New CastleJH Moline and Bryan Chilled, Steel and ComH lion, one, two and three-horse " | PLOWS. D. C & H. C Reed & Co s Spring Tooth, LemKH Son’s steel frame and steel tooth, Molin«idfO trippie and smoothing’andEvans trippl®! HARROWS. Deere & Co.’s original tongu^Kg New and Old Western, EnterprS Malta, Fremont, Sylvan and walking and riding corn CULTIVATORS, wood beam, iron beam and swytooth. Double and single shovel hay forks, hay carriers, p^m| track hangers, floor hooks, etc. ney all steel road scrapers, Mi||E one and two-horse RAKES.I FAIRBANK SCALES.HR • Evans Corn Planters and Check Bowers. Roller GrabM Superior Hoe Prills,/hie-Horse Drills, Wheelbarrow^H Huhh' Sewing Machines, Needles tor nil machiiM!& j Eldorado and Lard Oils, W ire picket fence, ete.,£M| on are especially invited to call and see me and if 2,00d5. lair prices, and gentlemanly treatment w I shall count you, too, among my already customers. Call and see me. Respectfully, and well-wisher, j. WILLIS COTfOraR” Walkerton, M i 2 22222^ • We Don't Want the 1 MODEST PRICES WILL SATISFY US. WHEN IN ANYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINK IT WlLluflpd INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL. S WE ARE SELLING THE BEST I GASOLINE STOVES IN THE MARKET—THE GOLDEN STAR AND JEWB® ' ARE ECONOMICAL, SAVING MUCH FUEL ANmI DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THEY ARE VENIENCE THAT EVERY HOUSEKEEPER SHo3K ll& CALL AND SEE THEM. IMHSk WE CARRY A FULL STOCK OF BUILDING MATERIAL, PAINTS AND OILS| DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, IRON AND WOOUM TINWARE, etc., etc. CALL AND SEE OUR FINE UNM STOVES. REPAIRING TINWARE, AND ROOFINGAM TY - S. F. Ross & c4|