St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 October 1887 — Page 2

THE INDEPENDENT. A NEWSPAPKE, NON-PABTISAN. WILL A. ENDLEY, Editor. Entered at the WalKerton Postoflice at second-clase rates. 9uk>Bcription: For One Year J 1,50 For Six Months 75 For Three Months 40 If paid promptly in advance a discount of 25 cents on the year will be allowed, 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, Publisher. WALKERION IND., OCT. 29, 1887 The national military encampment at Chicago was a fizzle. The Chicago exposition closed last Saturday, and it surpassed all previous exhibtions in its history, It is claimed that the Democrats will have a majority of at least ten in the next House of Representatives. President and Mrs. Cleveland have completed their “swing around the circle,” returning te Washington last Saturday morning. Robert Garrett, president of the B. & O. railroad, is taking a trip in the west in search ofh alth. His friends entertain fears that his mind is failing. The manuscript of the original ordinance of secession adopted by the state of Virginia was sold recently for SI,OOO. That is just about SI,OOO more than it is worth. The prohibition law of Kansas, it is believed, will be declared unconstitutional by the supreme court, on the basis that it deprives a man of his property without compensation. Gen. B. F. Butler, it is authoritatively announced, has been retained as counsel in the Chicago Anarchist cases. He will receive a retainer fee of $1,500 and the modest consideration of $250 a day. The Louisville Courier-Journal thinks the true greatness of the United States can not be realized until one has reflected upon the factjthat we have climates where base ball may be played all the year round. The first issue of the New York Daily Evening World reached the unparalleled circulation of 111,410 copies. This is phenomenal, and is said to be the most successful debut jn the history of American journalism. Boston Cobbet, the slayer of Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, is hopelessly insane. He lives in Topeka, Kansas. A guardian has been appointed to take charge of his property. The cause of his insanity was fear of being killed by sympathizers of Booth, from whom he received threatening letters. The Prairie Public Spirit, General Packard’s semi-weekly paper, was born last Friday, Oct. 21, and is a gusher. It is a handsome, six-column, eightpage paper and replete with all tlie latest npws. It is something of an innovation in the journalistic line, being designed to fill the place of a daily for farmers. The General will also continue the publication of the daily Public Spirit. Moosflucmeguntic, Mollychunkemunk and Welokennebacook are the melifluous names of three lakes in the Caugely region in Maine, the happy fishing and hunting grounds of the Boston sportsmen. The folk lore of the locality relates that the first mentioned lake was named by an old hunter who shot a moose near it, and in describing the action afterwards, said simply: ’‘Moose-Ilook-my-gun-tick, ” —LaPorte Public Spirit. Such names are, in our judgment, simply prepossyossywottimus. Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, ex-Min-ister to France, died at the home of his son, Hempstead "Washburne, in Chicago, last Saturday, of congestion of the heart and brain. This distinguished statesman was born seventy-one years ago at Livermore, Me. He received a good education, and began life as a journalist. He afterward studied law at Harvard and was admitted to the bar, beginning the practice of law at Galena, 111. He wss elected to Congress on the Whig ticket in 1853, and continued to be a member of that body until 1869, when he was appointed Seo, retary of State under the Grant administration. Owing to ill health he was compelled to resign this office, and was appointed minister to France, where he distinguahed himself as being the only foreign minister who remained at his post during the eventful period of the siege and Commune rule in Paris. It said that he was able to assist eight thousand Germans to escape from the city after the declaration of war with Prussia by the Government of Napoleon 111. His services in this direction were recognized in a handsome manner by the Emperor of Germany. Mr. Washburne was a prominent candidate for the presidential nomination on the Republican ticket in 1880. In his death the Nation loses one of its ablest statesman and a most useful, upright citizen.

CHICAGO GATHERINGS. Reported fob the Independent. Chicago, Oct. 26,1887. The North Side Cable Car Company ; will put their trains on Clark st. Dec. Ist. The horses begin to manifest signs : of approval already. • ♦ ♦ Twelve robberies were committed on the South Side last night. Now and then one of the perpetrators was gobbled. One woman hugged one of the fellows close to her peaceful breast, he holding a large knife in his hand, until a policeman came to the rescue. * To-night (Wednesday; the remains of the late lamented Elihu B, Washburne, once Secretary of State under Grant, the great statesman and lawyer, goes by rail to Galena, 111., for burial. He expired at his home in Chicago, last Saturday night. Gov. Oglesby and other dignitaries are among the pall bearers. ♦ The medical colleges liftve all got fairly into the harness for the winter course and are striking out to excel each other, not so much in quality as quantity; that is, to make the greatest number of doctors. The stock on hand at each mill out of which they propose to manufacture them, looks to your correspondent as if it had been gathered mainly from the rural districts and was very much the same kind of stuff. # ♦ ♦ I am credibly informed that the occupants of the buildings near the jail, where the anarchists are to be hanged, are rapidly vacating them in anticipation of a general blow-up in the event of the hanging. Your correspondent made a prodigious effort to gain entrance to the jail for the purpose of seeing the “seven,” but two healthy looking policemen in a menacing attitude, said “No,” and I node. Reporter. Dakota, Montana and Idaho are hankering for admission, Their cases will probably receive attentien in the next Congress. Goshen is envious of the Ligonier band over its recent triumph at Chicago, and the two daily papers of that city are venting their spleen at the Ligonier organization in away that is not calculated to reflect much credit on the writers. Nine-tenths of the worry of life is borrowed for nothing. Do your part; never leave it undone. Be industrious; be prudent; be courageous. Then throw anxiety to the winds. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof; therefore do not borrow any trouble for tomorrow.—[Gen. Jasper Packard. From the following it will be seen that Uncle Sam is in no immediate danger of bankruptcy: “The gold held by the Treasury in its vaults at Washington weighs 519 tons. If packed ipto ordinary carts, one ton to each cart, it would make a procession two miles long, allowing twenty feet of space for the movement of each horse and cart. The silver in the same vault weighs 7,396 tons. Measuring it in carts, as in the case of the gold, it would require the services of 7,396 horses and carts to transport it, making a procession over twenty-one miles in length.” Last week on Friday night a mob took Amer Green from the jail at Delphi, Ind., and hanged him. He was accused of the murder of Miss Luella Mabbitt. The inevitable newspaper reporter was present at the execution and interviewed the prisoner after the rope was around his neck, and to him Green asserted his innocence. To the father of Miss Mabbitt he declared that his daughter was alive and living with a man named Samuel Pane, at Fort Worth, Texas, a statement which the mob refused to credit. The American Party. [lndianapolis Journal.] The new American party proposes to establish an organ in New York, and claims to have then money to do it. It has already established an office and headquarters on Broadway, and is giving signs of considerabe vitality. The managers say the party will take no part in the November campaign, but will thoroughly organize the state and hold a state convention in April, with a national convention later on—perhaps in June, when they will nominate a presidential ticket. There does not seem to be any urgent necessity of more political parties, but possibly there may be a long-felt want which we do not perceive. There is always room qt the top. The Prohibitionists of lowa have been so unreasonable in the enforcement oi the constabulary provisions of the prohibition law that even the New York Tribune feels constrained to denounce their conduct. “There is more liberty, more freedom from espionage,” the Tribune says, ”in Moscow or St. Petersburg during a Nihilistic panic than in the cities and villages of lowa under the prohibition regime. Domiciliary visits, legalized . house-breaking, intrusion into the family sanctuary and the infliction of insults and outrages such as even the Austrians in Italy never dared to venture upon have been the outcome of the statutes intended to suppress the drink. ” In the face of all this it is not to be wondered that public sentiment is being aroused in lowa against such un-American persecution. —South Bend Times. Prohibition is a humbug and an impracticable institution, anyway.

PERSONAL POINTS. Grant Tank was in Chicago this week. Dan Brubaker went to Chicago this week. Mrs. H. A. Adie visited relatives in LaPorte last Sunday. Rev, J. S. Cain attended a wedding at | Argos last Wednesday. ; Leonard Smith and August Ruhnka, the tailors, visited Chicago this week. Miss Kate George and Miss Annie Fulmer were in Plymouth last Thursday. Ed. McCarty and family, of Streator, 111., are the guests of relatives in this place. Miss Annie Fulmer returned this week from a visit of three weeks at Plymouth, Bourbon and Argos. Mrs. C. A. Wolfe, formerly of this place, but now of South Bend, visited relatives here last Sunday and Monday. Charlie W'senbaugh and wife have returned to this place from New Paris, 0. Charlie will probably ic-locate here. Oscar Emory, formerly a member of the Walkerton cornet band, played with the Ligonier boys in their recent victory at Chicago. Reuben Varner, of Garrett, was in town last Wednesday on business. He is still engaged in the boarding-house business and reports things lively in that line. George Craft, the druggist, was in Chicago two or three days this week ordering goods for the approaching holiday trade. Charlie Janies, a former resident of Walkerton, but who now resides at South Chicago, is spending a few days with relatives in this place. Dentist Dowell, of this place, is, at this writing--Tuesday—reported to be quite sick with typhoid fever at the home of his parents near Ligonier. 11. Fearnow and family, of Frankfort, Ind., returned to their home last Wednes day, after a visit of a week here with Rev. J. S. Cain and wife. Mrs. Cain is a sister of Mr. Fearnow. Dr. J. F. Endley left here Inst Monday for Chicago, where he thinks of remaining three or four weeks or such a matter, on business connected with Bennett Medical College. ’Squire S. J. Nicoles leaves here next Monday for Kansas to remain an indefinite period. The ’Squire’s intention, we under stand, is to make some investments in western real estate. J- Kettring, who recently removed from th is place to Bremen, where he{ has engaged in the butchering business, was in town a few hours last Thursday , having been called here on business. He states that he is having an excellent trade in the meat business. George Washington Irving Jones, of South Chicago, was in town a few hours last Tuesday between trains, being on his way south to look after matters of business. G. W. I. was looking well, and we understand he is doing a thriving business in musical instruments at South Chicago. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. STARKE COTSTW S < AI'ITAL. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM KNOX. Health in our town remarkably good. Our mechanics are all busy, and houses to rent are very scarce. Andrew Cunningham made our people a visit. He is always welcomed here. The wheat crop sowed this fall looks unusually well for this season of the year. " in. R. Beattv is here from Marion. He contemplates removing back to this place. Good potatoes retail out of the grocery for $1 per bushel; eggs, 15 cts. per doz’, and battei, 15 cents per pound. Ilie bar at this place turned a cold shoulder on Judge Conner when he came here to hold court for Judge Burson. Dr. Arlington was here and took in 80 acres of land in Oregon township. We would be pleased to have him come and stay. Parties having lost property by fire set by the railroads are demanding judgments in our courts. Mrs. Min tie has charge of the millinery department in R. R, Green's mammoth store at Knox. The case of Bish vs. Beatty has been sent to Rochester for trial, on account of the convenience of witnesses. Henry Hostetter makes a host of friends here by his square way of dealing with his customers. What was Walkerton's loss is our gain. A grand jury is ordered to be empaneled here on Nov. Ist and to remain in session the balance of the week. It is greatly needed. Henry Secrest has taken out letters of administration on the estates of the late Dr. Perry and wife, who were burned on the C. & A. 11. R. J. D. McLarren, M. A. 0. Packard, John S. Bender and A. C. Capron are among the legal lights coming here from Plymouth this week. The Free Methodists hold their conference at our place commencing on the 26th and closing on the 31st of October. A large attendance of the brethren is anticipated. Judge Burson closed his trial as judge in the murder case at Rochester in the case of The State vs. McGuire. In that case the jury failed to agree, and were discharged Monday the 24th after having been out four days and nights. The judge is now here holding court. MOUNT VERWW. Joe Klingerman spent Sunday and Monday in Argos. B. F. Rinehart made a business trip to South Bend last Friday. S. C. Wenger spent the fore part of the week in South Bend and Mishawaka, visiting friends and relatives. The Misses Ida and Zella Groshans spent Saturday and Sunday in this vicinity. visiting with the Misses Emma and Libbie Rinehart. Miss Sarah McCabe left here last Saturday for Chicago, where she is employed in a dress making establishment. And now it has come to pass that Mr. George Rough has purchased himself a rip, spankin’, bang-up, brand splinter new daisy buggy, in which he glides hither and thither and makes Elizabeth’s heart flutter with gladness. Chase.

Additional Local News. Fresh OYSTERS at Jake Taylor’s. । $1.20 will buy a boy’s overcoat of Tom Wolfe. Dr. Arlington’s office next door to Rensberger’s grocery. A good Fur Cap for One Dollar at the Farmers’ Store. $2 Will buy a man’s overcoat of Tom Wolfe. Receipts, notes, etc., put up neatly in book form at this office. Call and see onr new stock of Clothing. S. Koontz, the Clothier. For Gloves and mittens go to Tom Wolfe’s, where you will find the best assortment, and lowest prices. WATCHES! Gold, gold filled, silver and ore silver watches, at Tom Wolfe’s. We make a specialty of sale bills. If you intend to Ipfld a public sale give us a call. We will give you a notice in the paper free. Ladies, we will be pleased to show yon all the latest styles in shoes which we are selling at a very low price at the Farmers’ Store. Five Hundred Men Wanted! Each to buy an overcoat oi Toni Wolfe, as he has over 500 men’s and boys’ overcoats on hand that he is selling at remarkably low prices. Ladies call at Millards’ and see the latest styles of trimming, hats, bonnets, fancy goods, ribbons, velvets, tips, feathers, ornaments and everything used in first-class millinery. Mrs. J. W. Brown has just returned from Chicago, where she purchased as nice a line of millinery and fancy goods as has ever been brought to Walkerton. Ladies are kindly invited to call and ' see goods. Midnight burglar (sternly)—Give me your watch! Humorous Mr. Poggs— Certainly sir. There you are; it's a Waterbury. Burglar (recoiling)— Great heavens, man!|doyou take me for an organ-giinder. John C. Forsyth will make public sale, at his residence, two miles northwest of Teegarden, Thursday. Nov. 3, at 10 a. m., of a quantity of personal property consisting of one brood mare, 7 cuttle, 1 one-horse wagon, etc., etc. , S’ F. Ross & Co. have the finest line of cook and heating stoves ever before seen in this market, and invite all who intend to buy stoves to call and see their stock before going elsewhere. Their elegant line of coal stoves is especially worthy of attention. Everv farmer should know that the 1 r common axle grease used for wagons and bought in boxes, is just the thing to keep tools from rusting. When done with plow or cultivator rub a coating of it into the bright surface. When wanted for use again, a little kerosene and cloth will readily clean it all off and leave the surface as bright as when first applied. General Heth, special Indian agent, gives some interesting statistics of the Miami Indians who still mautaiu a tribal existence in our state. He says there are now thirty-eight Eel river Miami Indians, who at tjie present time have claims extending into perpetuity. Twenty-eight of these reside in Miami county while the others are scattered throughout the Indian territory. These people, as long as they keep their tribal existence, receive annually from the United States government $l,lOO or a per capita of S2B. Should any of these ally themselves with the United States by becoming citizens through naturalization. thus losing their tribal existence, then and only then can the whole amount be drawn, due them from the principal sum which is deposited and upon which the annual interest is now paid.—Ex. Fence! Fence! Something New. 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 are full but there is plenty of room up here. To appreciate this apperatus you must see it and see it worK. It has ti'aits and conveniences that no other has, that was greatly needed. Patent granted. Territory for sale. Canvassing agents wanted. For further particulars call on the subscriber at Taylor's restaurant, opp site the post office, on Wednesdays or Sat urdays. H. N- Macomber, Inventor. walkerton, Ind Dr. Arlington intends to remain permanevtly in WalKerton | and in the futun will devote his whole attention to the practice of medicine and Surgery. Calls promptly answered night or day. Office next door to Rensberger. Don’t Head This. Fresh bread and buns baked every day at Elwood McDaniel’s. He also keeps a first-class line of cookies and cakes fresh every day. Lunch served at all hours. A fine Une of groceries always on hand at Mr. McDaniel’s place. He keeps u full stock of the best teas in the market. Elwood deals on the square with everybody, and respectfully solicits a fair portion of ihe people’s patronage.

School Enrollment. The following is the number of scholars enrolled at present in the Walkerton schools: High School 26 Upper Intermediate 52 Lower “ 46 Primary 92 Total, 216 Wanted. 50,000 Hoop-poles, 8 feet long. A. D. Johnson, Tyner City, Ind. New Saw Mill in Walkerton. Messrs. Dougherty and Rogers in connection with R. P. Hollyday have set up their saw-mill in Walkerton just east of the grist-mill, and will do custom sawing on short notice, and will furnish lumber to order at the lowest rates. Cash paid for good saw logs. Weggs’ Cherry Cough Syrup. Is the only medicine that acts directly on the Lungs, Blood, and Bowels, it relieves a cough instantly and in time effects a permanent cure. George Craft, Druggist. Dr. Arlington's Office next door to Rensberger’s grocery. Calls in town or country promptly answered. THE AMERICAN FARMER^ree for one year to cash in advance subscribers of THE INDEPENJ )L*< L. That hacking cough can be so quickly cured by Shiloh’s cure. We guarantee. M ILL A OU SUFFER with Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure you. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS made miserable by Unit terrible cough. Shiloh’s Cure is the remedy for you. CATARRH CURED, health and sweet breath secured, by Shilosh's Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Nasal Injector free. Sold by G. K.Craft. Great com mol lon in Graden’s Drug Store. Wabash Iml., Aug. 8, 1887. J. T. Gardner: I want to say to you shat Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup isthe greatest family med icine in the world. 1 have suffered with rheumati'in for over one year and have tried u great many different remedies but found no relief until, by your advice 1 took Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup, and it has done me more good than all the medicines I ever t< ok. 1 am fast being cured and am satisfied that by continuing the use of it for a short time longei it will afford me a complete cure. It is a great blood and family remedy, and you should highly recommend it. Stephen Vnndergrnft. Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup is put up in large packages. Its peculiar eom- ’ ination 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 and learn of the great medical value of the remedies which enter into its composition. For sale bv J. Endley. /rfWi Ik V 0 / i J; 4 I * , jSHIRTCO.f A \ /CROMWaiX Sa UK Cr’AtAPPLItCFOR/ : i^ij i / y , /j/ Bet you hundred dollars this is the best Shirt ever sold in Walkerton for the price. For the shirts, dicker with Tom Wolfe. Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup is put up in larg Q 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. Bead our pamphlet and learn of the great medicinal value of the remedies which enter into its composition. For sale by J. Endley. Price one dollar per bottle; six bottles five dollars. ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indigestion Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite. Yellow Skiu? Shiloh’s Vitalizer is a positive cure. WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh’s Cure will give immediate relief, Price 10 cts , 50cts, and 81. SHILOH'S CATAARH REMEDY—a sure cure for Cataarh, Dipththeria and Canker Mouth Sold by Geo. R. Craft. Monunienlsx^^^Statuary ‘ ^granite. ■ CALL AND SEE CUTS AND SAMPLES AT THIS OFFICE, or Address G. W. IIUNTOON, Agent, Laporte, Ind.

j Great slaughter ofl Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, shoes, &c I have removed to the NEW BRTdM BLOCK and have opened up with the LARGEST and BEST SELECTED stoM of goods in m yline ever seen in Wakerton.il Come and see the New Goods! and Low Prices! | Broken Suits, Heavy Underwear, Kip Boots etc., at cost. Odd Coats, Hats and Caps regardless of cost. 200 Boys’ Vests at 10 and 20 cts. Tom Wolf e ii f f r" । J. WILLIS COTTON, FoiStudebaker wagons and buggies, Roller Grain Drills, Reed’s spring tooth harrows, spiral spring ■ Bug-g-ies! ■ Staver buggies and carriages, Win! kiei* Bios.’ South Bend buggies* New Home sewing machines, New American Sewing Machines • Bissell’s plows and extras, Fairfield plows an 4 repairs, Moline Steel Empress plows, steel tooth harrows with 40, 60 or 80 teeth. Prices from $8 to 815- Sewing machine needles, oils and extras. Your trade respectfully solicited!' J. WILLIS COTTON, Walkerton, Ind.^^s! t_ L bI h Mu —— ——.ll MMMggWg We Don’t Want the Darth!® K MODEST PRICES WILL SATISFY US. WHEN IN NEED ANYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE IT WILL BE INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL. WE ARE SELLING THE BEST GASOLINE STOVES flIN THE MARKET—THE GOLDEN STAR AND JEWEL. TOT ARE ECONOMICAL, SAVING MUCH FUEL AND WOB^’ DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THEY ARE A Cw VENIENCE THAT EVERY HOUSEKEEPER SHOULD CA LL AN D SEE TH KM. WE CARRY A FULL STOCK OF BUILDING MATERIAL, PAINTS AND OILS, DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, IRON AND WOODEN p VO TINWARE, et«., etc. CALL AND SEE OUR FINE LINE STOVES. REPAIRING TINWARE, AND ROOFING A SPEC® K s. F. Ross & o<|i 1 I I.