St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 November 1887 — Page 3

THE independent^ A Paper for Everybody. - “ Advertising rates • One column for one year, $80; locals, 5 eta. per Itoe for one insertion; fur three insertions, 10 eta. per line. WALKERTON, INI)., NOV. 12 1887. qpoNMrxx and County. Corn, 40 Wheat, 68 and 70 cents. jfov. 21th has been set apart by the President as Thanksgiving. Grain leather boots at Tom Wolfe’s for 12-50, best oil grain, $3. Receipts, notes, etc., put up neatly in book form at this office. A Thanksgiving ball will be held at Fulmer's hall, Thursday evening, November 24th. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,”—and >1.60 is the price of the Independent. During the month of October fortyeight marriage licenses were issued in St. Joseph eonnty. Our readers will find all the latest anarchist and election news on the outHiJe pages of this paper. GwrgcbCraft, the druggist, and BruUkel*s Gricfe?,grocers, have repainted^tp'ir store fronts. Behrens^lftts. want all the best butter in the country, and will pay 17 cents a pound for it . - A revie v of the Haymarket riot appears on the first page of this paper. It is of considerable interest. B. H. Beall has returned to the practice of law, having purchased the law office and business of S. J. Nicoles. Get your sale bills printed at the Independent office. A notice will be published in the paper free to all getting bills printed at this office. Mrs. S. Boss, of Bourbon, and Mrs. Nancy Smith, of near Silver Lake, are here on account of the death of thenfather, Uncle Ja ob Bupel. 11. P. Hollyday, the saw-mill man, moved to town last Tuesdav. He has rented the residence owned and lately occupied by Jake Giberson. The American Patent Agency, of Cincinnati, 0., is handling the patent fence machine invented and owned by Dr. Macomber, of this place. The U. S. Express Co. has absorbed the B. & O. Exp. Co., and the two offices at this place have been consolidated, with John McDaniel as agent. We are in receipt of a bundle of papetH from Washington Territory. The donor did not send Ris name but we return our thanks to Milt, none the less. A man who will not pay for a paper he subs-cnlWd for, after reading it week in and week out, is a retainer of another man's goods, and is on a level with a thief. The new residence of Prof. M. AV. Becker, of North Liberty, is completed, ami the Professor now has one of the neatest and most convenient dwellings in that place. It is said that a farmer in Union township’is so stingy that he makes hi ; tenants muzzle their horses while husking corn for fear they might occasionally nibble an ear. In speaking of the gas well at that place the Garrett Herald says: “The Garrett gas well is down about two thousand feet, and there is ‘strong’ indicationa gas. Trenton roek was reached Tuesday night.” W. L. Farr, of South Bend, is missing. He left home for Chicago about three weeks ago and since then nothing lias been heard from him. His family and friends are becoming alarmed on account of his long absence. A young man by the name of Burr Augustine, a member of the senior class of the .South Bend High .School, lives ten miles from the city and has made the trip daily on horse back, a ride of twenty miles distance each school day, for three years. He is always on time and nevei- misses on account of stormy weather. From such energetic and persevering material as -..this are our successful men made. An experienced postoflice employe says: “Most people moisten the gum on their stamps by licking them, and in doing so remove the larger portion and sometimes all the gum. Only the printed face of the stamp should first be well moistened, and then ]>art of the envelope or wrapper to which the stamp is .to be affixed, then a smart blow or a brief but steady pressure with the hand should be applied and in a few seconds the two surfaces will adhere.” Last Monday the grand jury, at Valparaiso, completed its investigation of the Kouts railroad horror. The investigation being through, every available witness who it was supposed could give any information on the subject having been summoned. Though the grand jury report is not yet made public, it is said two indictments have been found. Lawyers are of the opinion'that a prosecution will be fruitless. Indiana legislators have long since abolished the common law in all criminal cases, substituting special statutes. There is no statue bearing directly on criminal carelessness, hence the probability of the indieted men escaping punishment.

AV anted.—Several loads of wood at this office. Last Monday was the last day to pay taxes without costs. A daughter was born to the wife of Philip Gensinger, Nov. 7th. A How does E. J. Vincent get such a run? By giving honest values. If you have No. 1 butter Behrens Bros, will pay you 17 cents a pound in cash for it. Beware of E. J. Vincent, He has more goods than he knows what to do with. The nobby suits and overcoats we see are from D. M. Petrie’s. His workmen are first-class and are giving the best of satisfaction. Dr. Arlington reports that there have been, up to the present time, ten cases of scarlet fever in the late epidemic in Walkerton and vicinity. A pound party was held at Rev. C. H. Bell’s Monday night. The party consisted wholly of young people, about twenty-five being present. L. B. Hummell, of this place, is special agent in St. Joseph and LaPorte counties, for the Old People’s Mutual Benefit Society, of Elkhart. Hon. B. F. Shively, member of Congress from this district, left for Washington on the 10th inst. to be there at the opening of the opening of the comFig season. A ten-year old tramp, from ftpringWGu, HI., was tasen into custody by the marshal at South Bend, one day last week. He left his home two or three months ago. His parents were notified. Bev. Andre.w Luce, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lagro, Ind., died suddenly in the pulpit last week on Sunday evening. Deceased was 74 years old and had been pastor of the church for forty years. Robert Miller, who, last April killed Charles Emerick, proprietor of Emerick’s opera house at Peru, for speaking disrespectfully of his wife, was, on Wednesday of last week, sentenced to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. George Henderson, son of Hon. Joseph Henderson, of South Bend, died a few days since in California, where he had gone in search of health. The deceased was 23 years old, and a graduate of the South Bend High School in the class of 1883. Goshen has a nineteen-year-old youth who stands six feet, five inches in his stockings, and this reminds the News of that city th>it Indiana bears the distinction of having furnished the tallest soldiers for the rebellion, and more of them, than any state in the Union. “It is said that the grand jury of Randolph eowaty, this state, recently retimed indictments against over one bundled of the wealthiest men in the county tn the charge of bailing to return ac^uuts of money .deposited in the bank m the first day of April last, which the law provides they shall do. It is said that simpers are working some of the gas towns. At Marion $lO,000 was subscribed and paid for a glass works, which was established there. Aftt r turning out one batch of glass the property passed into the hands of the firm who received SIO,OOO. This firm then sold the plant for $5,000 and left for pastures new. According to the character or extent of your business, set aside a liberal percentage for advertising, and do not hesitate. Keep yourself unceasingly before the public; and it matters not what business of utility you may be engaged in, for, if intelligently and industriously pursued, a fortune will be the result.—Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine. Attorney Gen Michener, in answer to an inquiry submitted to him as to whether real estate belonging to countv lair societies our county agricultural associations shall be exempt from taxation has prepared an opinion in which he holds that where the property actually belongs to the county it shall be exempt the same at court houses, public schools, and other public property. He decides, however, that where the real estate is owned by private individuals or corporations, who are running a fair thereon for speculative purposes, and which is merely designated by them a county fair, the property shall be taxed the same as any other real estate. Considerable excitement prevailed for a few minutes in the “Thicket” last Wednesday forenoon, caused by the explosion of a can of gasoline in the living rooms occupied by Ed. Simmons and family in the rear of the feed and flour store. Ed. was pouring gasoline from a' can into a pitcher, and being near the stove at the time, the gasoline was ignited from the heat and flashed into a blaze which filled the room, setting fire to the carpet, baby cab and various other articles of furniture, Ed s pants included. The baby was in the cab at the time and was burned but not seriously. The fire was checked before doing much damage, yet a portion came near being overlooked. Just as the people were about to leave, thinking the blaze was out, it was discovered that a rafter between the ceiling and the floor above was burning, but it was noticed before the flames had made much headway and so they were speedily extinguished.

DEATH OF A PIONEER. I'ncle Jacob Rupel passes Awaj Peacefully. After a lingering and painful illness of several months Uncle Jacob Bupel, as he was familiary known, passed away peacefully Thursday afternoon, Nov. 10. Since Februrary last he has been a sufferer from bronchitis and of late heart disease and dropsy set in and from the result of a combination of these diseases, together with his advanced age, resulted his death. Jacob Bupel was born in Prebble Co., Ohio, Nov. 1805, and was one of a family of nine children, seven brothers and one sister, of whom only one survives him, a brother living somewhere in the west. He was married to Leah Miller in the year 1826, and in their early wedded life they joined the Methodist Episcopal church, of which they were devoted and faithful members. Fifty-two years ago be with his family came to Indiana and bought Government land two miles south of North Liberty, where he built a home and lived for 26 years on the homestead now occupied by John Witwer. I hree of his brothers and one sister also settled in the vicinity a” A Lave families who now -■'■Lue in different parts of the county. In he sold his farm at North Lil: erty and bought the land where Walkerton now stands, but which then, with the exception of a half dozen lots, was a farm and for many years Uncle Jacob plowed, planted and harvested where the town is now located. AVhat was then, his farm house is the one now owned and occupied by U. F. Townsend and family. A few years later he built the commodious residence where he lived up to the time of his death. The deceased was one of the best known and most respected citizens in this locality. His character was without reproach and his disposition perfect and altogether he was one of the most generous and kind hearted of men. He gave a lot for each of the churches except the Presbyterian, which was formerly the school property, and contributed liberally to their support. He also donated considerable laud to the railroad then owned by the 1. P. & C. company His first wife died in 1850 and he was subsequently married three times and was the father of nine children, of whom seven are living, and these, with liis wife, 24 grand children and 9 great grand children, are left to join with other relatives and numerous friends to morn his loss. His children who survive him by his first wife are Mrs. Sarah Ross, of Bourbon, Mrs. Nancy Smith, who lives near Silver Lake, Wesley Bupel, w who lives on a farm near Walkerton, Mrs. Mary Paul, who also lives near Walkeftou, Mrs. Susie Stephens, of this place, and Mrs. Lydia Kennedy, of Lal’orte City, lowa. His second wife, Sarah Henry, to whom he was married in 1855, was the mother of Arvid Bupel, who resides in AA’alkerton. The funeral services will be held in the M. E. church at Walkerton, Sunday, Nov. 13, at 10:30 a. m. and the remains will be taken to the North Liberty cemetery for interment. We make a specialty of sale bills. If you intend to hold a public sale give us a call. We will give you a notice in the paper free. Newspaper publishers are warned against the following foreign advertisers, who are said to be n. g.: Dr. Timothy Dwyer, New York; Magnetic Appliance Co., Chicago; Mary L. Miller, AValla Walla; G. W. Foster, banker, New York; W. Gouldspee, Boston, Mass., and Mrs. M. Holmes, New York. The benefit of doing business honorably and squarely, and in dealing with the public, to try and gain its confidence and once having gained it, never misuse it, was never better illustrated than in the case of the Old People’s Society, of Elkhart. It started out with the determination to win; it has withstood every assault against it; it has overcome every obstacle thrown in its path, and now safely lays claim to being the only reliable Old Folks Insurance company in existence. The above endorsement should put a quietus on its enemies for all time, and establishes the fact that the Society has won the confidence and is justly entitled to the patronage of the people generally.—LaPorte Her-ald-Chronicle. Fence! Fence! Something New. Farmers examine the Centripatel Wire and PicKet Fence Machine. The simplest lightest and the easiest worxing 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 worx. It has traits 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

Blank notes printed at this office. Where is E. j. Vinceut’s Bargain House ? At the corner of two main streets, Walkerton, Ind. ’ Stillwell now has one of the finest ' roller mills in the country, and is doing a fine business. We invite the public to give us a trial. We guarantee satisfaction. Forrey & Chapman. Il —— _ , Mrs. J. W. Brown has received another lot of new good? this week. She ’ determined to have a good assortment, and not be undersold. Saw Logs Wanted. I will pay cash for oak, ash, basswood and hickory logs at the saw mill in AA’alkerton, or will buy standing tim’ *>er. R. p. Hollyday. 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. Warning to Cigarette Smokers. Lon Dean, a Goshen boy, is said to have died the other day from the effects of cigarette smokimr. , the most poisonop 1 form of the weed and frequently re hear of deaths resulting froPA xliS use. ’ TAKE NOTICE. As my wife, Phoebe Nichols, has deserted my bed and board, I warn the public not tc let her have goods on my credit. Twill not be responsible for debts cout. acted by her. Ebenezer Nichols. Killed by Gossips. A dispatch from Elkhart, of Nov. 1, says that “the city was startled at about 6 o'clock this evening by the announcement that Mamie, the fifteen-year-old adopted daughter of Rev. F. W. Adams, of St. John's Episcopal Church, had committed suicide. The familv returned from attending a funeral, and upon going to Miss Adams’ room found her in a stu]>or, but succeeded in arousing her sufficiently to learn that she had taken strychnine on account of some utterly false gossip concerning herself. She then died.” Geo. A incent called our attention, AVednesday, to 'he peculiar affection of a black cat for a spotted hen. both the property of C. AV. Nichols. The cat will follow the hen about by the hour and purr against it and curl its tail about the hen’s neck. Last spring the cat had three kittens, two of which died. The eat would take the kitten and lay it down in front of the hen and when the fowl left, the eat would repeat the performance, evidently wishing the hen to mother the kitten. The peculiar actions of the cat and hen may be witnessed on tli^,.street any day.— New Carlisle Gazette. The LaPorte Public Spirit of the Bth inst. contained the following in reference to the gas well at that place: “The well is now down about 800 feet and is progressing at the rate of about thirtyfive feet per day of twenty-four hours. Saturday about C>oo feet of casing was put down but had to be taken out this morning on account of an irregularity in the hole. At one o’clock, when our reporter made a visit to the well, it was being rimmed out, about two hundred feet from the bottom. Mr. Reynolds, the foreman in charge, stated that he expected about one hundred feet more of limestone, and would probably strike a sandy shale then.” How to Kill a Town. The authorship of the following receipt for killing a town is attributed to Horace Greely. AVe should think it would be very effectual. It is as follows: “If you want to keep a town from thriving don’t erect more dwellings than you can conveniently occupy yourself. If you should want to rent it demand n Shylock price for every foot of groun I that God has given you stewardship over. Turn a cold shoulder to every mechanic and business man who seeks to make a home with you. Look at every new comer with a scowl. Run down the work of a new work-man. Go abroad for wares rather than seek to do business in your midst. Fail to advertise or in any way support a newspaper so that the people abroad may not know whether business is in your own town or not. Wrap yourself with a coat of impervious selfishness. There is no more effectual way to retard the growth of a town than by actions like those enumerated. ” Guardiau’s Sale. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an order of the St. Joseph Circuit Court, as Guardian of xAnna Sheatsley, a minor, I will sell at private sale at my office, room 8, in Oliver opera house, City of South Bend, Indiana, on and after November 30, 1887, and continuing until sold, the following real estate in St. Joseph county, Indiana. The umlivided five-eighteenths (5-18) of the following: The west half of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter ot section ten (10)The west half of the southeast quarter of • section ten (10). Also commence at the northwest cornep of the northeast quarter of section fifteen (15), thence east one hundred ami twenty-six (126) rods, thence south eighty (801 rods, thence west one ; hundred ami twenty six (126) rods, thence north eighty (b(') rods, to beginning in all the undivided five-eighteenths (5-18) of ' one hundred and sixty-three acres more 1 or less in Township Thirty-five (35) North, । Range One (1) East. Terms, one-third , cash; one third in six months, one third in one vear from day .of sale, the deferred payment to be secured by mortgage on premi.-es sold. Lut ius Hibbard, October, 1887. Guardiuu. I

We Don’t Want the Earth! : J t MODEST PRICES WILL SATISFY US. WHEN IN NEED OF ; ANYTHING IN THE HARDWARE LINE IT WILL BE TO YOUR ' INTEREST TO GIVE US A CALL. WE ARE SELLING THE BEST GASOLINE STOVES IN THE MARKET—THE GOLDEN STAR AND JEWEL. THEY ARE ECONOMICAL, SAVING MUCH FUEL AND WORK DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THEY ARE A CONVENIENCE THAT EVERY HOUSEKEEPER SHOULD HAVECALL AND SEE THEM. WE CARRY A FULL STOCK OF BUILDING AND FENCE MATERIAL, PAINTS AND OILS, DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, IRON AND WOODEN PUMPS’ TINWARE, etc., etc. CALL AND SEE OUR FINE LINE OF COOK STOVES. REPAIRING TINWARE, AND ROOFING A SPECIAL- ■ Y. S. Hoss Co. Great s *er of Clothing, Hats, v. >, shoes, &c I have removed to i. iEW BUCK BLOCK and have opened up with the LARGEST and BEST SELECTED stock of goods in my line ever seen in WalkertonCome and see the New Goods' 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. each Tom NVolfe o P J. WILLIS COTTON, For Studebaker wagons and buggies, Roller Grain Drills, Reed’s spring tooth harrows, spiral spring Bug’g’ies! I I i Staver buggies and carriages, Winkler Bros.’ South Bend buggies, : New Home sewing machines, New American I Sewing* Machines F ; Bissells plows and extras, Fairfield plows and > repairs, Moline Steel Empress plows, steel tooth : harrows with 40, 60 or 80 teeth. Prices from ’BB to 815- Sewing machine needles, oils and ; extras. f * Your trade respectfully solicited, r i J. WILLIS COTTON, Walkerton, Ind. f ; h ii li I k I k 1 1

business cards SILAS GEOBGE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, WALKERTON, IND. Prompt attention given to collections Office in JR e nsLergcFs block, upstair D. M. PETRIE, Merchant Tailor, FIT, STYLE & WORKMANSHIP POSITIVELY ASSURED. Rensberger Block, Walkerton. Ind. TOIVSORIAE ROOM, In basement under Brubaker & Grider's store. “Man wants but little here below.” The statement causes mirth; It must have been in early times, For now he wants the earth. I don't want the earth but would like < i portion of your trade. HENRY SCHULZ; owKMart WATCHMAKER. (twenty six yeabs’ experience.) JMr. Schulz, a first-class ■workman in his line, has established himself permantly in walkerton, and will repair jewelry, watches and clocks in a satisfactory manner. Give him a trial and be convinced. 0. F. Townsend, Walkerton, Ind., _ lonsorlal artist, facial operator, phy siognomical hair dresser, cranium manipulator, and capillary abridger, shaves and cuts hair with ambidextrous facility . He respectfully asks your patronage, and guarantees satisfaction. f)ne door south of Endley’s d BOSE BROS WALKERTON. IND. i ropn Victorio —DEALERS IN— Fresh and Salteil 1 Fish, Bologna, etc. 1 Pay the highest cash price for all kin_ : Ji Butcher’s stock. None but the choi<xA meats sold at this market. B. Notary AND Real Estate Agent. Also Insurance and Collecting Agent. All business entrusted in my hands will promptly and carefully be attended to. Rooms 5 and U Odd Fellows Block. Soutll Jttoxxd, Ind. Dr. H. S. Dowell, Dentist. WALKERTON, Ind. Does every variety of work in modern dentistro. Work reliable. Prices reasonable. Office in Rensberger’a block, upstairs. J. R. ABNER, Physician and Surgeon, GROVERTOWN, IND. Office in residence. JAMES F ENDLEY, Physician and Surgeon, WALKERTON, IND. Office, second floor, one door’north of Rensberger’s brick block. NOAH. THOMPSON? DEALER IN Salt and Fresh Meats, Fish, Bologna, Etc. Pays cash value for all kinds of Butch- * er’s stock; also pays highest cash prices for salted and smoked meats, etc. WALKERTON, IND. r DIRECTOR CHURCHES IN WALKERTON. METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Rev. J. S. Caik, Pastor. Services at 10 A. M., and 7T. M. Sabbath School at 9 A. M. ROMAN CATHOLIC.—Priest, Father Kroll. Services at 10 A. M„ on every second Sunday of each month. UNITED BRETHREN in CHRIST.—Rev. C. H. Bell, Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 7 o'clock p. m. Week-day services Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 o'clock. Sundayschool at 9 a. in. THE CHURCH OF GOD.—Holds its meetings in the Pres, church every Sabbath (SATURDAY) at 2 o’clock P. M. Exercises—Sabbath School —Social worship—and preaching. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —Rev. J. M. Leon- . AKU, Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10*^ o'clock a. m . and 7^ p. m. Sabbath school at L 3 o'clock t>. ni. Prayer meeting Thursday eve., । at 7:45 o'clock. LODGES IN WALKERTON^ । I. O. O. F. Liberty. No. 437’meets in their new I ■ Hall every Monday evening, at 7 o'clock. Visu iting brethren are cordially invited. B. F. Yekkick, N. G. AP. Atwood, Sec. MASONIC. Stated meetings of Walkerton Lodge No. 356, F. & A. M , of Ind., will be held in their Hall in Walkerton on the 2d and 4th Wednesday evenings of each month. at BP. M Visiting brethren iu good standing, are cordially welcomed. B. A. Byers, Sec. S. J. Nicoles, W. M. COURTS IN St J6SEPH coilNTr COUNTY' COURT meets 2d Monday in March, 4th Monday in May, Ist Monday in October, 4th Monday in December. Daniel Noyes, Judge. A. J. Egbert. Prosecuting Attorney. COMMISSIONERS’ COURT meets the first Mon. days in December, March, June and September of each year. C. G. Towle, Jacob Eaton, and D. W. Place, Commissioners. COUNTY OFFICERS Aaron Jonxs, Aud’tr. T. M.HowaHd, Recorder Wm. McMichael, Clerk. John Finch, Sheriff E. R. Wills. Treas’r. W,M. Whitten, Survey’r Dr. IT. T. Montgomery, Coroner.