St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 September 1887 — Page 2

THE INDEPENDENT. A NEWSPAPER, NON-PARTISAN. X3y "W". .A.. Tim clloy. Entered at the WalKerton Postoffice at second cjass rates. jQ-aloeJcriptloLi: for One Year 81.50 For Six Months 75 por Three Months 40 If paid promptly in advance a discount of 25 gents on the year will beallowej. 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 wish the paper continued. W. A. ENDLEY, PlßLlSukk. WALKERTON INI)., SEPT. 24, 1887 The national debt was reduced $5,pOO,OOO during August. The new law prohibitng marriage without license went into effect in Michigan the Ist of September. The Chicago News wades through half a column to tell that James G. Blaine was late to a tea party. A straight line can be drawn through seventy-five miles of the Indian River, Florida, without touching shore. It is called the straightest river in the world. The Republican convention of the State of New York Wednesday of last week unanimously nominated Col. Fred Grant for Secretary of state. Judge Jesse S. Lamoreaux, of Saratoga county, was named for Controller, and James H. Carmichael, of Erie, for Treasurer. Gov. Washington Bartlett, of California, is dead at Oakland, of a chronic affection of the kidneys. . He was a native of Georgia, sixty-three years of age, and was elected Governor of California by the Democrats in 1886. He will be succeeded by Lieutenant Governor R. W. Waterman, whois a Republican. Business men should look out for a new counterfeit one dollar piece. The piece is of excellent workmonship and when new is exceedingly hard to detect except by its weight. It is made of glass and composition, and after a short time it will tarnish. It is thought to be the work of western counterfeiters. Three hundred and seventy-one delegates to the New York Republican Convention were interviewed relative to their choice of candidates for the Presidency. Os these James G. Blaine, received 201 votes; Chauncey M. Depew 23; Robert T. Lincoln 19; Roscoe Conkling 4; John Sherman 9; the remainder scattering. A school ma’am explaining to her friend how a goat butted a boy over the front gate, said: He hurled the previous end of his anatomy against the boy’s afterwards with an earnestness and velocity which, backed up by the ponderosity of the goat’s avoirdupois, imparted to the youth a momentum that was not impeded or relaxed until he was landed on terra firma, without the pale of the goat’s jurisdiction. Dispatches from Barrington, Nova Beotia, report the appearance of a remarKable meteor Thursday night of last week. It is described as looking as large as an elephant, and having a long tail attached. It fell into the ocean, which is reported as immediately taking on thp resemblance of a huge pot with the water boiling. The name of the Nova Scotian Mulhattan who prepared the report does not accompany it as an evidence of bad faith. The Chicago Anarchists have decided to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, but unanimously decline to plead for executive clemency, taking the ground that they have done nothing for which to ask the pardon of society, and that society might ask their pardon. Three of them, wl ose names are not given, even oppose an appeal. The Defense Association, organized for the relief of the. prisoners will aid in securing an appeal and failingin that will get up petitions praying for pardons or a commutation of the sentences. Almost everyone has read and heard of the belled buzzard. It is a big buzzard with a tiny bell fastened around its neck. As it flies the bell can be heard tinKling. The bird has been seen in Illinois, KentucKy and Ohio at intervals the past four years. Newspapers have frequently made mention of its appeal ance at different places. Saturday it was seen in Richland township in this county. Some dogs had killed six sheep on Jim Lawler’s farm. A. I'.. Gardner and Charlie Knox were worKing near where the dead sheep lay. A number of buzzards were hovering over the spot. They frequently heard the tinkling of a little bell and upon closer observation saw that it was suspended from the necK of one of the birds. They could see the bell roflecting the rays of the sun and at one time the bird lit on the end of a tree and allowed them to approach within thirty feet, when the bell could be plainly seen.- —Anderson Bulletin. Since then, it is said, it has been seen ii\ central Illinois.

In Memory of My Sister, Mrs. A. C. Renbarger. BY MBS. E. 11. TWIKO, A message came to me in mourning guise, The letter opened, it was quickly read, Witli anguished sobs and tear-dimmed eyes It told me, darling sister, you were dead. 0, to the spot on sleep’s light wing I fly, Drop tears of memory o’er your narrow bed; ' Where you are sleeping—peaceful sleep ng— Summer grass and Howers creeping. And you arc dead! your pure, sweet spirit lied, O, my own sister, bitter tears j weep! Yea, many idle tears my heart has shed i To think I was not near you then to keep One vigil o'er your siek and weary head, Now' beneath the cool and tender sod, Sleeping, dear sister, peaceful sleeping, Where round thee loving footsteps trod. O, but to gaze, how fondly kiss your face, In my arms hold your dying head— To fold you in a long and close embrace. Truelove to show, however vain, We call, but those dear lips speak not again! In death she sleeps, O. ye who pass her bed, Speak in whispers and lightly tread; Sweet sister is sleeping, peaceful sleeping, Where summer grass and flowers are creeping. They cannot wholly die whom love doth keep Shrined in our heart of heartsand treasured deep; You came to me last night in sweet dreams. And on my pillow’ laid your head. Methought your cool hand om my brow was lain Toealm its unrest, ease the bitter pain; I woke to find the heavenly vision lied, But 1 kissed the pillow w here had lain your head. Eldon, lowa, Aug. 19, 18S7. A man named Day recently married Miss Week in Minneapolis. Th ere are now two days to the Week in that famHy. General John C. Black, commissioner 1 of pensions, is accused of having charged and collected a fee of $25 for addressing a soldiers’ reunion in New Hampshire . recently, and the trouble is that the ac- । cusation is backed by proof in tin'shape of Black’s receipt for the money. It is a curious fact that PatricK Henry I was the first governor of Illinois. In 1778 Virginia created the county of Illinois (in Virginia), which embraced the territory now forming the State of Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, making probably the largest county ever organized, exceeding the whole of Great Britain and Ireland; and thus the great orator of the Revolution, then Governor of Virginia, became the first Governor of Illinois. Just Try It. , Try sun bath for rheumatism. Try elam broth for a weak stomach. Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas. • Try eating fresh radishes and yellow . turnips for gravel. , Try swollowing saliva when troubled with sour stomach. Try eating onions and horse-radish to relieve dropsical swellings. Try buttermilk for the removal of tan freckles and walnut stains. Try the croup tippet when a child is likely to be troubled in that w ay. Try hot flannel over the seat of neura’gia pain and renew frequently. Try a cloth wrung from cold water put about the neck for sore throat. Try walking with your hands behind you if you are becoming bent forward. —Traveling Waif. Some Whoppers. A Spanish mackerel weighing fortynine pounds has been caught off Long Branch, N, J. An inexpert lowa farmer tried to plant some popcorn during the late heated term, but it popped as fast as it touched the ground. Renova, Pa., contains a cow which can remove the bars from a fence, enter an inclosed lot, and then replace the bars when she goes out. . Tho cow i s s aid to do this every night. A long, thi n youth of Pittsburg can imitate a steam whistle perfectly. The other day the hands in one of the factories quit work at half-past 11 when they heard him toot. They thought it was noon. At the farm of Griffith Bros, in the town of Mount Pleasant, Wis., the hub of a heavily laden lumber wagon struck a gate post, and the friction was so great that it set lire to the post The gate was burned up, and also grass for several yards in the locality. One of the queer freaks performed by the bolt of lightning that struck the residence of Mr. Mayo at Americus, Ga., Tuesday night was the lifting of a chimney' from a lighted lamp, extinguishing the flame, and setting the chimney down in an upright position upon the table without breaking it. A hen belonging to a farmer near Rolla, Mo., is said to have laid her first egg May 10. 1886, and to have laid one every day since that time. She sits on her nest continually, and has hatched one egg every day except the first three weeks of her career. She is now the mother of 315 chickens. The Walla Walla I nion says: A gentleman just from Pendleton says that on Saturday night the train ran over a dog there, cutting him completely in two. The tail-piece of the dog three minutes after being severed from the rest of him, wagged its narrative joyfully as though glad to launch his “bark” upon an unknown sea. A resident of Roctcn, 111., was driving to the creamery the other day' when his team became frightened and ran away. The horses were rather highstrung animals, and were only arrested after they had got tired and had covered eight or ten miles. When the owner , came up to the place where the ruu- . aways had been stopped lie wassuprised k to find that the cream in the wagon Lad been converted into a prime quality of L butter that only needed salting and the finishing touches to make it ready for the table or market.

PERSONAL POINTS. Mrs. J. G. Bender has Returned to Go shen. Doc. Arlington was at South Bend, Mon’liy. Tom Plake, of Teegarden, was in town. ! last Wednesday, L. DeCoudres and wife attended the Indianapolis fair, this week. Willard Kline and wife are visiting with j the formers parents at Avilla, Ind. | Mrs. William Johns visited the latter part of last week in South Bend. Miss Mary Ballenger, of Hegewisch, 111., is visiting friends in town. Miss Maud Curtis has returned home from South Chicago to remain. B. L. Keck, the tailor, ofNorth Liberty, is assisting D. M. Petrie, this week. John Curtis, of Kansas City, but form erly of this place, is visiting relatives and friends in town. Mrs. S. Ross, of Bourbon, Ind., is here on account of the illness of her father, Uncle Jacob Hupei. Miss Ida Beach returned, last Saturday, from a visit of several weeks with her parents, of South Bend. N. P. Bowser and wife, of South Bend, spent Sunday in this place with John Hostetter and family. Mrs. W. A, Endlev left here last Wed nesday for a visit of two or three weeks in South. Bend and Galien, Mich. Mrs. Ella Decker and children have returned to their home in Ft. Wayne after a visit of several weeks in this place. Mrs. Tillie Doak, of Streator, 111., who has been visiting rohitiies and friends in this place, returned home last Wednesday a week. Dave Petrie, Bert Williams and Joe Fitzgerald leave this morning—Saturday—for Chicago, to remain three or four days. Mrs. Martin Smith, of Rochester, Ind., who has been watching at the bedside of her sick father, Uncle Jacob Rupel, re turned home the first of the week. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. GROV liRTOWY Grovcrtown is flourishing. Well, Frank, how is the tea? The people are still making hay on the marshes. The boys will soon commence shooting ducks on the sloughs. John Shaffer is around again doing his work. Mrs. Dr. Abner has been visiting friends in Knox, the past few days. Jacob Beiders has made an improvement in the way of getting into his new barn. Frank Yeager and sen and Dr. Abner, of Grovcrtown, went to Michigan a tew days ago to get some peaches. After taking in the South Bend fair they went to Buchanan, Mich., bought their peaches and took a scoot for home. They reported the corn crop good but peaches not so good. Zack . isla Mid hew. Wheat sowing is about over. Ella Gould visited at home last Sunday. Rob Dare skipped up to Stillwell, last Tuesday, Edson Goit and family were on the Island last Sunday. Henry Smith went to Buchanan, Mich., last Monday, on business. Wes. Harmison commenced gathering his cranberries, !a-t Monday. Isaac Sneathen made a flying trip to Bremen, last Tuesday, on business. Born, to the wife of Samuel Mull, a fine baby girl. It’s birth dates from Sept. 22, 1887. Let’s smoke, Sammy. Rev. J. S. Cain, of the M. E. church, de livered his first sermon at the Island church, last Sunday morningJohn Snell is repairing his house this week. Amos Stevenson, John Jackson and John B. Smith are the carpenters. Eddie and Robb’e slipped over to Jor dan, last Sunday eve., to see their best gir and report having a splendid time. Miss Jennie Todd, of Nappanee, who has been visiting relatives here tor the past week, returned home last Wednesday. Mrs. Addie Pollock and mother returned from South Chicago last Monday, where they have been visiting for a week past. Mrs. Geo Cook and children attended the fair last week at South Bend, while George kept batch and eared for the little things at home. Tyler. NORTH LIBERTY. Manass Kaser has moved into his new dwelling. Rev. Pettit started for his new work last Wednesday. Born, to Mrs. Laura Flagler, a daughter, Sept. 18, 1887. Mrs. Lucy Smith, of Arkansas, has been visiting in this vicinity recently. William Huffman and Geo. Flood, with their wives, were in Chicago during the first of this week. The tent meetings now being held by the Wesleyan Methodists at this place are growing in interest. Louis DeCoudres’ stallion True Type took first premium, and his two Clyde Filleyß took first and second. T. J. Ileece has disposed of Ids 170 acre farm in LaPorte county to James Bailey, the consideration being $7,550. Isaac Reamer’s stallion Pacific took first premium over eight other Norman horses entered in his class at the South Bend fair. The church social given at the homo of Mrs. Rupel last Tuesday evening was a very pleasant affair. The members of the church ami their friends giving welcome to Rev. Skinner, the new minister for this place. The sad feature of the evening was the goodbyes said to Rev. Pettit and family. Verdant Horn.

ST. JOSEPH’S CAPITAL. Itemr of Interest from ihe County Seat Dished up for the Independent. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Seybold, of Liberty township, took second prize at the fair. 1 he Grand I rank R, R. is erecting gates at the crossing on Michigan St. to protect t he public safety. Mr Thos. Ragan, prop, of the Grand Central Hotel has been arrested for running a gambling house. The base ball game Sunday between the Elkharts and Greens resulted in favor of the Greens. The score was 4to 17Next Sunday the Crawfordsville club will play the Greens. The Crawfordsville club is said to be the best Amateur club in the state. Contractor John Platz and wife went to Chicago Tuesday and returned Friday. They were visiting friends and the city. The fair was a grand success in every sense of the word. It is said that 30,000 people visited fair on Thursday, and a corresponding number on other days. Mr. Ed Sewel, our turnkey, is suffering from a broken hand which he received while handling a prisonei. He is now visiting at Ft- Wayne and Plymouth until he is able to return to his regular duty. Mr. Haring, an old resident of South Bend, is back from California on a visit, His description of the country and fruit is glowing, and it must be a grand place. He will return soon. It does not seem possible that South Bend is to do without the use of the telephone, but such is the case- All poles and wires are being removed as rapidly as possible, and from the city limits. It is hoped that some company will establish a reasonable rate system. It would be a great assistance to the business class of people. A fire broke out in the basement of Porter’s grocery Monday night. It was supposed that it caught Com the use of burning sulphur. Had it not been for tin.' promptness of the fire compant. a clean burn-out would have been the result. Ihe damage was Sight but the excitement great. We don’t see how the Independent can claim that the Anarchists were unjm t!v convicted. [We don't think that taking life is justifiable under any circumstances, sate in self-defem. ■. U.m 1 Can a civilized people live a free people and tolerate anarchism or tree ।u? N . |(’ertaial not. But establish guilt beyond question, and punish within reason. Fm] Additions! Local News. Yobby lints. ’Torn Wolfe has received a lot more of those young men’- hats. Prices very low. Dr. Arlington’s office next door to Kensbergei s grocery. Receipts, not, . , ' , pat up neat] in book form M tl,. . office. (all nt he Independent office, mid g t usauq 5 .... ft'. imericun I'ur mer. The Ix'DEriADEM office is pi pared to do all kinds of job printing neatly, and at low rates. If you want mi excellent farm journal free, pay your subscripts i to the Im 1 PKXDKXT one y, nr in a Ivauee, Geo. AV. Iluntoon, of LaT’o t •, is agent for iron fences for cmet. rie s and other purpos. s. Call nt ihis office or address Mr. Iluntoon at LaPorte for particulars. Ed. A ineent is knocking the socks out of prices on furniture. Ed. won’t allow South Bend. LaPorte, Plymouth, or any of the neighboring towns to undersell him. Excursion to Niagara Fails. On Saturday, September 24th, the B, &O. R. R,, in connection with the Nickel-Plate, will sell round trip excursion tickets to Niagara Falls, at $6,25. Train xxill leave Walkerton at 11 a. m. Tickets will be good returning for five days. Take advantage of the extremely low rate offered, and visit Niagara. For further information, apply to agents B. N O. R. R. Wives! mothers! Daughters! BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN! A lady who foe years suffered from distressing female complaints, weaknesses, etc., so common to her sex, and had despaired of a cure, finally found remedies which completely OVUED her. Any sufferer can use them and thus cure herself, without the aid of a physician. Two recipes, treatise mid full directions fuee, Sealed. Address MRS. W. C. HOLMES, 658 Broadway, N. Y. (Name this paper.) vlßnll l a.i I- * naW' A SODA Best intheWorlX

Mm lhu Bean, O s Knox, Dis- I covers Ilie Nth Wonder of The World. Dr. Henderson, Knox, Ind.; Dear Sir—You remember that you recommended me to take a bottle of Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup and if no cure no pay. I have been using it and it has helped me more than all the other medicines I have ever taken, and believe it has cured me of that old mid long standihg complaint, iheumatism. It. has renewed my appetite and cleansed the rheumatic poisons from my blood. Therefore 1 recommend all who are afflicted with this dread disease to call upon Dr. Henderson, of the City Drug Store, Knox, Ind., tor a bottle of Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup. Respectfully, Martha Dean. Knox, Ind., Aug. 27, ’B7. Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup is put up in large packages. Its peculiar combination makes it. a specific for all Blood, Kidney and Liver diseases. For a billions or a constipated person it has no equal. Read our pamphlet mid learn of the great medical value of the remedies which enter into its composition. For sale bv J. Endley. Why will you be troubled with Sprains and bruises, Old sores and ulcers, Neuralgia mid toothache, Salt Rheum or Eczema, Scald head and ringworm, Pain in the back and spine, Swelling of the joints, and not, try Beggs’ Tropical Oil, it' it does not relieve it will cost you nothing as we warrant every hottie. Geo. Craft, Druggist. For Sale.- A No. 1 grade (J) Durham bull. D. W. Place. Dr. Arlington's Office next door to Rensbm ger’s grocery. Calls in town or country promptly answered. THE AMERICAN F \RMER free for one year to cash in advance subscribers of THE INDEPENDL.. f. Dr. Arlington intends to remain permanently in Walkerton and in the future will devote his whole attention to the prm t ice of medicine mid Surgery. Calls promjitly nn-iw^-red night or day. Office next door to Rensberger. "IIACKMETAI'K ' a liuting and fragrant per futile. I't ice 2a mid 50 cents. SHlLoll's ci It]’ will immediately relieve Croup. Whooping Cough, mid llroncmi'is. FOR DYSPEPSIA mid l iver Corapluint. yon hat ea printed guarantee oil every Lottie of Shilohs Vilali/vr. it never fails i.xmrc. A NASAL IX'JIj TOK tree with each bottle of Stiiliili's Cata>.rli Ueniedy. Price .>0 cei.Ls. Sold by Geo. R. Craft. HOOP SK I R IS, Langtiv, 50 ets , sold for SLOO. Bustle skirls, 25 cts , worth ”5 cis; 15 spring wide tapes, 20 vis , worth 35 cents; Misses' skirts, 10 cents, sold for 20 reais, Philadelphia, Store. K AL SETBOIJ^ IXToto-X’y - wu — Real Estate Agent. A !so fnsuranee and Collecting Agent. All bus in< entrusted in mv hands will |>roniiitly mid , iirvinily be atteiulcd to. lb , in Un: 1 CJ 1 ' Id Jl.b , k ESoxitiA Ind. BOSE BROS., U ALKEK I ON. IND. I f t . .a. •- ■ " ' DEO.EKS IN Fresh and Seated Meats, iasii. Bologna, (de. Pay the highest cash price for all kinds of Butcher's stock. None but the choicest meats sold nt this market. Luth, and all kinds of lumber for sale by bam Hudclmyer. . xv7 rS;' H l < Marble cn LuvU' .nit/ f GJ ‘' X Stu ■ J- 2 . - i! CALL AND SEE Cl FS AND SAMPLES AT THIS OFFICE, or Address G. W. HUNTOON, Agent, Laporte, Ind. SHILOH’S VITALIZEK is what you need ibi Coti.'ti ration, I of Appetite, Inzzlness, and al st mptouis ol Ovspepsiit. Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle. For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. SHIP OH’S COt’GH and Consumption Cure is sold !y us on uguarantee. It cures Coiisumption, CROI P. MIIOOPIMi COl'Cll mid bronchitis irnmedimcly relieved by Shiloh's Cure. Sold by Geo K. Craft. Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup is put upin largo packages. Its peculiar combination makes it u specific for all Blood, Kidney and LivtT diseases. For a billions or a constipated person it has no equal. .Read our pamphlet and learn of the great medicimd value of the remedies which enter into its composition, For sale by J. .Endley. Price one dollar per bottle; six bottles live dollars. That hacking cough can besoquickly cured by Shiloh’s cure. "We guarantee. WILL YOU SUFEER with Dyspepsia mid Liv Complaint? Shiloh’s Vitalize! is guarantee cure you. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS made miserabl ■ .hat terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is t medy for you. ' CATARRH CURED, health and Sweet breath secured, by Shilosh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal Injector free. Sold by G. R.Craft,

Great Slau^hter^M Cothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, shoes, fl I have removed to the NEW BHICK BLOCK and have opened up with the LARGEST and BEST SELECTED stoJ of goods in my line ever seen in Wakerton. ■ Come and see the New GoodJ AND JLow Prices! Broken Suits. Heavy Underwear, Kip Boon etc., at cost. Odd Coats, Hats and Caps regur® less of cost. 200 Boys’ Vests at 10 and 20 cts. eaclß oltel — . • - - :r • / -V - ■ .1 w -r- » -•. v r - • i w . -^eTr>u v ■ J. WILLIS OOTTOr, | ZEPozr | ker wagons and buggies,! Boiler Grain Drills, Heed’s spring tostbi spiral spr ; | Buggies! I Soever buggies and carriu^es, ler Bros.’ South. Bend bugg^H New Horne sowing machines, American Bissells pio^rs and extras, Fairfield plows and j repairs, incline Steel Empress plows, steel tooth | harrows with 40, 60 or SO lhgH., mees fiflH 188 to 315- Sewing machine needles, oils anWI ! extras. I Tour trade respectfully soliciwU J. WILLa?3 COTTON, tralkerton, Ind. J a r.-m; j.. .v. .... a. cvu. < ..Mi ■v.'tfva Wo Don’t Want tho Earth!® ‘I I MODEST PRICES WILL SATISFY US. WHEN IN ?\FED \NYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE IT WILL BE TO YQUaI INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL. g| WE ARE SELLING THE BEST IM GASOLINE STOVES 9 IN THE MARKET—THE GOLDEN STAR AND JEWEL. TH^p ARE ECONOMICAL, SAVING MUCH FUEL AND DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THEY ARE VENIENCE THAT E\ ERY 11 OUSE REEF ER SHOULD HAYS GA LL AN' I) sE ETH ICM. WE CARRY A FULL STOCK OF BUILDING ANDFEjM MATERIAL, PAINTS AND OILS, 'M^ DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, IRON AND WOODEN TINWARE, etv , ete. ('ALL AND SHE OUR FIN E LINE OF; STOVES. REPAIRING TINWARE, AND ROOFING A = r Y o. F. Ross <fc CM I