St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 September 1888 — Page 3

£ljc independent A Local Newspaper, Non-Partisan. ADVERTISING KATES One colßmn for one year, $80; locals, 5 ets. per Hue for one insertion; for three insertions, 10 ets. per line. WALKERTON, IND SEPT. 2H, IXBS. SPECIAL NOTICE. Readers of this paper are invited to pay particular attention to our advertising columns, and to read the announcements therein. Also to mention this paper when making purchases. Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by the Stephens Store Co Eggs J* Rutter L> Lard ....... 09 Green Hides d Potatoes 35 Corn 55 Hams Id Wheat 90 Oats 23 Peans $1.60 Rye 45 To wxx and Conn ty. Go to Mrs. Rea’s for the latest styles

in dressmaking. Free trade or protective tariff, Walkerton wants a lumk just the sain \ All goods will be sold as cheap as the cheapest. Don’t forget it. at Reid’s. Rev. Matthews, the uew M. E. minister, has moved his family to this place. Get your sale bills at the Indepenu Est office. Satisfaction guaranteed. A full line of heating stoves just received by the Williams-Henderson Cc. We have been crowded with job work of late. But were not kicking about that. Rev. C. H. Bell moved his family from this place to North Manchester, last Thursday. Fresh peaches just received from Michigan, at Elwood McDaniels. Price per bushel, $2 Note heads, letter heads and bill heads neatly printed ami put up in tablets at the Independent office. Editor Fountain, of the New Carlisle Gazette, issued a creditable daily during the agricultural fair at that place. The one tiling foremost in drugs and chemicals is purity; all goods warranted to be standard *t Reid’s new drugstore. The teachers of Lincoln township will bold an institute in the High School, Imilding in this idace on the evening of Oct. 5. Hon. James G. Blaine will stump Indiana spending ten days in the state . South Bend will be one of his apjiointmeuts Three new dwellings are being built in the northwest part of town. A steady growth is what can truly be said oi ' Walkerton. Any one wishing dressmaking or sewing of any kind done by the day should call on Miss Lizzie Pomert, at the residence of B. A. Pratt. There are some very funny things being cooked in the political pots that are now boiling. Some very nice large messes of crow, for instance. The dance given in Bender’s ha 11 Thursday evening, under the management of J. G. Bender, was a pleasant affair but on account of the rain it was slimly attended. Every one who buys 10 cents worth of tobacco at Adam Baugher's has a chance of drawing a fine new double barreled shot-gun wldch cost $22.50. The drawing will take place in ninety days. The Democrats of Starke county will hold a big rally at Knox, Tuesday, Oct. 2, and the intention is to eclipse the late Republican demonstration at that place. Senator David Turpie will be the principal speaker. The Mishawaka Enterprise says that the big fly wheel for the new engine plant at the dodge factory has been completed. Its diameter is 22 feet. It took 0,000 feet of lumber to cut the rim, and a barrel of glue to put it together. Its total weight is about 27,000 pounds. Fulton and Marshall counties will rnu a grand excursion to Indianapolis to visit General Harrison, over the Lake Erie & Western roilroad, Tuesday, Oct. 2. Train leaves Walkerton at 6:30 a. m., returning the same night at 12:30 o’clock. Round trip ticket, $2. The Independent hereby notifies thieves and burglars that Jeff Reece Las re-filled the show-case recently burglarized, with a full and complete stock of razors, knives and forks, spoons, etc., ■of a better quality than those they pilfered. Give Mr. Reece another call. Try it again, please. The Re publican rally at Plymouth last Monday was om of the biggest demonstrations of the Kind ever held in that place. An immense crowd was in attendance and unbounded enthusiasm prevailed among the Republican hosts. Col. William Hoynes, Republican candidate for Congress, spoke in the afternoon, and Solon Chase, of Maine, and E. G. Hay, of Minnesota, occupied the attention of the people in the evening. A grand torch-light parade, with fully four hundred torch-bear-ers in line, was the prominent feature of the evening. The Republicans, as 'well as the Democrats, of Marshall I county are wide awake in this campaign.

Dr. M. A. Schutt, dentist, guarantees all his work. Office with Dr. Endley. At Millards’ a new stock of fall goods has just been received, incluuing plushes, velvets, ribbons, fall hats, etc. Ladies are invited to call. For Sale.—A good pair of secondhand, double beam, five ton stock scales, at a very low figure. T. J. Reece. Those knowing themselves indebted to me for harness work will save costs by settling the same promptly. A. B. Rupel. For Sale.—22 head of 2-year old steers, 12 head of yearling steers, 10 head of yearling heifers, and 12 head of cows. All will be sold at a bargain. A. D. Johnson, Tyner City. The American Farmer will be furnished free to advance subscribers of the Independent. Sample copies can be had at this office. Gil Kimmel, the young man who shot himself with suicidal intent, at South Bend, one day last week, has since died of his wounds.

Wanted.—Six cords of four foot wood. It must be dry and all clean body wood. Sugar prefered. J. G. Bender. Inquire of Behrens Brothers. Read the American Farmer, one of the best farm and stock papers published. Furnished free for one year to those who pay the full subscription price of the Independent one year in advance. Those sidewalks that were ordered put down by the town board last spring and that have not been attended to yet, should be looked after by the town marshal before the fall rains and bad weather comes on. William O’Connor, we presume, does not want ns to say anything about the batch of nice large potatoes presented this office the other day, but when a man serves us such a trick as that his name goes whack into the newspaper. Bill Stull, the farmer, exhibited three potatoes at Joe Endley’s drug store, which in the aggregate, weighed four pounds and fourteen and one half ounces. We presume they were of the big-boned China breed. Jacob Taylor and family moved on Thursday to Latty, Paulding county, Ohio, Juke’s former home. Mr. Taylor , goes there with the hope that his health, which has been very poor for several months, will be benefitted by tin' change. Any man who moved into Indiana on or after May 7, 1888, is deprived of his vote next fall, and any voter who moved from one township to another on or after Sept. 8, 18X8. will also lose । his vote, as will also the voter who moves from one precinct to another on or after October 8, 1888. For once Walkerton car. truly boast of a first-class harness establishment. The Gibersons have fitted up and filled brim full of new work and raw material a shop that would do honor to a larger place. We’d have our readers to know that they need no longer go to neighboring towns for work in that line. Experienced carpenters tell us that in shingling buildings during a drouth like that of the present summer, the shingles should be slightly dampened before putting on, else if laid edge to edge, rains will warp them to a carved shape. Examples of this kind can be seen on some of the buildings shingled during the past summer. A young couple were nearly dashed to death while driving across the L. E. & W. track near LaPorte, the other night. They said cliey were asleep and didn’t see the train. It was slowing up else they would not be alive to tell their story. The young lady was considerably bruised, and the buggy demolished. The young man and the horse escaped injury. Hon. B. F. Shively spoke on the political issues at Tyner City last Tuesday evening, to a large audience. The meeting was held in the open air, the speaker addressing the crowd from the hotel veranda. Music was furnished by the Plymouth cornet band, and a large torch-light procession was a crowning event of the occasion. A good sized delegation attended from this place. Six weeks ago Messis. George and Noah Shoemaker were called to Carroll Co ,0., on account of the sudden death of their sister Mrs. Emily Pontius. Two weeks later a younger sister, Mrs. Baumgartner was taken ill with a complicatation of diseases and lived only four weeks, dying exactly six weeks from the day her sister, Mrs. Pontius, expired. These two sudden deaths, following each other so closely, are a severe shock to the members of the family. A Woman’s Discovery. ‘•Another wonderful discovery has been made and that too byjalady in this county. Diseases fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its sever est tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she slept all night ’ , and with one bottle has been miraculously ’ I cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.-” ’ ■ Thus write W. C. Hamrick & Co., of Shel- ' bv, N.C. Geta freq trial bottle at J. ■ I Endley’s.

i Read the American Farmer. Dr. Arlington answers calls night or I day. Office at his old stand. ’ Go see the new device for filling your lamps with coal oil. Geo. Ross, at Jeff Reece’s hardware store, will ex- ■ plain all. To sell on trade. —A second-hand drill in good condition. Inquire of J. Wolfenbarger. I have three stoves that I will sell at 1 a bargain. Oue heater, 1 cook stove and 1 gasoline. A. B. Rupee. AU those indebted to me, and the same being due, will please call and settle with me by Oct. 1, and keep your accounts out of the attorney’s hands. E. J. Vincent. Millards’ have ft lot of new goods on hand embracing the latest styles in hats, fancy feathers, etc. The ladies are invited to call and look over their large and varied stock of new goods. We Lave not made any inquiry as to the number of wrecks on the Exterminator this week. It’s the good news we long to give, not the heart rending catastrophic's of that institution. Wood for Sale.—so cords of 18-inch d-y wood; if sold within 10 days will take 50 cents per cord. Also 75 cords of 4-foot dry wood which I will sell at $1 per cord, if sold in 10 days. A. D. Johnson, Tyner City: The following are the names of the teachers who will take charge of the schools in Lincoln township, begining Monday: Emma Rinehart, Mt. Vernon; C. S. Bobbins, Dare;John Steele, Cole; Ed. Rupel, Jordan; Walter McCool, Fairview; I. Rensberger, Orange. The new postal card which the postoffice department expect to issue, is very much like the present one, only double. The back folds are split and open like a four pointed star. These four corners are folded in, to the center, and joined by a piece of gummed paper. By this folding, the postal card will be more private, but will contain wo more writing than the one in present use. A town is generally measured by the advertisements which appear in the local press. The stranger who wishes to change his residence is not very apt to locate where merchants are asleep. To familiarize himself in this regard he 41. .. X* all f XX' . X .

scans the columns of the different country newspapers and invariably takes the advertising patronage as a basis on which toestablish his conclusions. Ex. A couple of weeks ago we made mention that the cabbage worm was doing considerable damage to the crop of cabbage. A gentleman who has tried the remedy and found it to be beneficial, hands us the following: Sprinkle the the cabbage with graham Hour or bran when the dew is on. The worms engorge themselves with the flour - It swells and the worm has therefore no appetite for anything. This is a harmless remedy for that pest.—Ex. •An enthusiastic Republican meeting was held in Fulmer's hall on Friday evening of hist week. The meeting was presided over by Attorney W. A. Dailey, Republican candidate for Representative from St. Joseph county, and the speaker of the evening was Capt. Hambleton, of South Bend, who discussed the issues in a fair and able manner. The Ben Harrison Glee Club enlivened the occasion with several stirring campaign songs. The South Bend Daily Tribune of Monday gives an account of a murder that took place in South Bend last Sunday evening. The name of the victim was Carl Zeitler, a young man aged 28 years, employed at Beek & Son’s ice houses. Zeitler became involved in a quarrel in a saloon Sunday evening with two young Poles, whose names were Frank Keizer and Joe Schultze, which ended in Zeitler getting a terrible pounding about the head with a sharp stick of stove wood wielded by either Keizer or Schultze, and from the effects of which Zeitler died Monday morning. All three of the men had been drinking. The murderers, at last accounts, had succeeded including capture, but they will, no doubt, soon be gobbled in—if they have not already been —by Sheriff Finch and his deputies. — Miss Birdie Dodge, daughter of Mrs. Mary Dodge, died of consumption at the residence of her mother, near this place, on Saturday last. Her age was about sixteen years, and she was the fourth member of the family—the father, one son and two daughters—who have died within the brief period of one year and eight months, all victims of the same dread disease—consumption. The funeral services were held at the family residence at 9 o'clock a. m., after which the remains were taken by train to Larwill, Ind., for burial. The sorrowing friends have the sincere sympathy of the community. New I9rug Store. I wish to make known through these columns that I have opened a new drug store at Dr. Arlington's old Drug Stand, where I will do a general drug business. All goods kept for sale are guaranteed to be the best that can be bought .Believing that pure goods and fair dealing will ! assure us success, will be pleased to have a part of your patronage. The store will be kept open day and night. Call and see us. Yours truly, J. F. Reid, Druggist.

Milk tickets, bread and meal cheeks, , etc., furnished at this office. Wood Stove for NaieGood second-hand wood stove for sale cheap. Call on E. J. Vincent. Farm for Salk. —Black Grove farm, 105 acres. For terms apply to W. A. Dailey. Coal Move tor Hale. A good second-hand stove, bard^beal burner, for sale at a bargain. Call at Endley’s drug store. Horse* For Sale. Fifteen head of horses for sale by the Williams-Henderson Co. Terms to suit. Onion*! Onions! at 50 cents per bushel, either at my ware house or at my farm. Cured in good shape or in bushel crates at 60 cents per crate. J. Willis Cotton. Settle Cp. Ail accounts and notes due me must be paid by the 15th of October, or they will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. Sam’l Koontz, Jr. The American Farmer is conceded to be one of the best and most reliable farm monthlies published. It will be furnished free for one year to all who pay a year in advance for the Independent. Room* to Rent. Visitors to Chicago during the Exposition, who intend to remain in the city several days, can secure pleasant furnished rooms at No. 409 N. Clark street, at reasonable rates. A certain lady, sixty-nine years of age, who had for years lived within three miles of a railroad and never seen a train of cars before, took the train at this place for the west a few days ago. It's dollars to doughnuts that trip was replete with curiosities for her. Her home is in litis county.—•Avilla News. FayVp. All those knowing themselves indebted to S. F. Ross A Co., either by note or book account, and the same being due. are requested to call ,unl settle at once, or the accounts will be put into the hands of a collector. S. F. Ross A Co.

I’IIILK MALES. Andrew Hanson u ill sell at public auction nt his residence, three-fourths of a mile east of Tecgarden, Oct. 1, 1888, at 1<» a. m., a lot of personal pro;>er*y, consisting ofctittle, hogs, wagons, agricultural implements, 300 shocks of corn, etc., etc. A sale of personal property, consisting of cattle, horses, hogs, agricultural implements, etc., etc., will take place at the farm of Benjamin Cripe, miles southeast of Walkerton, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1888, at 10 o’clock a. m. The Democratic meeting in Fulmer’s hall last Saturday evening was u rousing affair and the large hall was crowded to its greatest capacity. Hon. Andrew Anderson, of South Bend, was the speaker of the evening, ’Squire S. J. Nichols presiding over the meeting. Mr. Anderson spoke earnestly on the questions involved in the present campaign, from a Democratic standpoint, dwelling at conaiderable length on the great cardinal issue of the. day -the tariff. He spoke about two hours and commanded the closest attention throughout by the large audience present. The Plymouth Glee Club was secured for the occasion and rendered a number of campaign songs in a very pleasing manner. AMELIE RIVES. This gloriously gifted girl contributes a marvelous poem to No. 23 COLLIER’S ONCE A WEEK, entitled Asmodeus. It is absolutely liquid fire. So startling, weird and wonderous a flower of genius has not appeared in this century. The Great Crop in Kansas. The crops in the state of Kansas promise a greater yield this year than has been known in the history of the state, and the prosperity of its farmers is assured. The large number of farmers in the eastern states who wish to see the country at harvest time and immediately after, has induced the “Santa Fe Route,” the great railway system of Kansas, to make exceptionally low rates from Chicago and other stations, to all points in Kansas, and the lines east of Chicago will make correspondingly low rates up to Chicago. Ask your ticket agent for particulars or write to Emmons Blaine, General Passenger Agent “Santa Fe Route,” Chicago, and you will be sent an accurate map of the state of Kansas, together with desired information. Excursion starts on Tuesday, September, 25th. Notice. All persons indebted to the Philadelphia Store will find their accounts in the hands of Squire George who is duly authorized to collect and receipt for same. J• S. Bender. Koerner’s Indianapolis Business College, School of Short-Hand. Type-Writing and Telegraphy, VANCE BLOCK, INDIANAPOLIS, IND 25th Year Under Present Proprietor. The Most Thoroughly Equipped and Cheapest Business College in the United States. Address for Catalogue, C. C. Koernei:, President, Indianapolis, Ind. (A Scholarship can be bought at a great bargain by applying to the publisher of this paper.)

PERSONAL ITEMS. Arrivals and Departures. Barney Ocker is visiting with his parents at Butler, Ind. Mrs. Elder Hummer is visiting with her son, D. L. Stowe, of Chicago. Otto Carpenter, formerly of this place, was in town last Wednesday. Otis Williams, jr., attended the agricultural fair at Now Carlisle, this week. Mrs. Tillie Doak, of Streator, HL, is visiting with relatives and triends in • this place. Miss Exie Smith, of Mentone, visited two days with her parents here the fore part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Court Townsend, of Knox, were in town over Sunday, the guests of relatives. Mrs. Witmore, of near Toledo, Ohio, is visiting in this place with her cousins, Stephen Grom mon and sisters. Jay Jones and sister, Miss Lou, formerly of this place, now of Galien, Mich., are visiting with relatives in town. Thompson Turner, of near this place, is now an employe of the First National Bank of Plymouth, in the capacity of teller. 'Squire George, Ed. Vincent, Noah 1 hompson and Jeff Reece went down to Plymouth last Monday to hear the venerable Solon Chase, of Maine, discuss the political issnes of the day. Mrs. N. B. Shoemaker spent last week in Chicago. Returning home Saturday, she was accompanied by Miss Jennie Lantz and Miss Maggie Mullen, who spent Sunday in Walkerton. Misses Mullen and Lantz have for years held positions in Lantz's leather manufacturing establishment, and this was the first time Miss Mullen was ever outside of Chicago. Both ladies were very favorably impressed with our town. Mrs. Laura Sheatsly has filed suit against Chas. W. Sheatsly in the circuit court for a bill of divorce. Thechargcs are cruelty and failure to provide. The Prohibitionists. will have a speech here to-night (Friday). We are compelled to say in advance, for we go to press to-day, that the .speech was an excellent one, muJ that the two old dead bent whiskey parties were shown up in

• 1 all their badness. The Verdict I nmiihumin. W. 1), Sult, Druggist, Bippus, Iml., testifies: "lean recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold bus given relief in every ,case. One man took six bottles, ami was cured of; Rheumatism of 10 years' standing.” Abraham Hare Druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms; "The best selling medicine 1 have ew handled in my 20 years’ experience, is Electric Bitters.” Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at 1 J. Endlcy's Drug Store. ’ Amelie UheN-Dion Bouci ca ult. No. 53 of Collier’s ONCE A WEEK, published 29th of September, is a literary ami artistic marvel. Never have so many stars appeared in the same firmament. Never have so many living authors of highest celebrity been gathered together in one number of one journal, while the magnificent illustrations arc on a par with the fascinating literature. AMELIE RIVES (Chanlcr) contributes u weird, thrilling aud enchaining poew., entitled Asmodeus. DION BOUCHICAULT commences au Irish-American serial that is bound to cause a tremendous sensation. The list of content* speaks for itself. AMELIE RIVES, Poem “Asmodeus.” Illustrated by Sterner. MARION HARLAND, Story “Dodder,” Illustrated by Steeple Davis. JULIAN HAWTHORNE, Story, “Sal ly Kirk's Easy Chair." Illustrated by Hal Hurst. BENSON J. LOSSING, “Pioneers of Painting in America. ” Portrait, BILL NYE, Story, “Ciononhotonthologas.” Illustrated by Zimmerman. DIGN BOUCICAULT, Novel “Hy-Bras-Ayl; or the Nine Lives of Con O’Neil.” Illustrated by Mcllvaiu. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, Poem, “Couleur de Rose.” EDGAR FAWCETT, “The Pathos of Growing Fat.” R. K. MUNKITTRICK, Novellette “Diary of a Giddy Girl.” Illustrated by Coultaus. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, Poem ’’Down around the River.” JOSEPH HOWARD, Jr., “Reminiscences.” MARY KYLE DALLAS, “Woman’s World.” MAURICE THOMPSON,Poem “America.” PATIENCE STAPLETON, Story “True to the Heart’s Core. ’ Illustrated by Peloze. CHARLES BARNARD, "How to Make a Mau of a Boy. ” MINNIE IRVING, Poem “Heliotrope” Continuation of serials “A Masked Marriage,” aud “A A oman s Mistake. This wonderful number can be had for seven cents, and we would urge our readers to apply to their newsdealer without delay. COLLIER ONCE A WEEK has taken a lead that from all accounts it means to keep. Such enterprise is a credit to the country, and thoroughly American.

D. M. PETRIE, MERCHANT TAILOR, nobby suits and fine trimmings DTado up in style by first-class workmen, and A PERFECT Fil’ GUARANTEED. li> HUNDRED STYLES TO SELECT FROM. Suits miulo up iu Stylo to 111, ou tor J2O an,l upward. Pants to onlor, from $5 and upward. Please call and see me. Kooms upstairs in Rensberger’s Block. ■■—— s T. .J REECE, (SUCCESSOR TO S. F. ROSS & CO.) Dealer In HARDWARE, TINWARE, STOVES, DOORS Sns/i dud Lliuds. Puhits mid iron und woodon pumps, etc. lam maling a SPEC Ltd LTY of TIN AND IRON ROOFING. SMOOTH BARB AND WIRE, Gasoline Always on Hand. A Full Line ot Cook and Heating STOVES! IIEXT IMG STOrES-Both coal ami wood Always on hand, and everything usually kept in a FirstClass Hardware Store. Last but n 4 least, The Superb Lamp Filler. Please call and examine our goods and learn prices. Hoping by fair dealing and low prices to merit a reas^ enable share of Hie public patronage, 1 am very resju'ctfully, T. J. REECE.

J. Willis Cotton. AGRICULTURAL Implements OJXT JS! J3LJSTTD TWO-IIORS ZE Wagons, Buggies and Carts, Sewing Machines, jxtjezeuxjEisi, oiij exth Reed’s Spring-Tooth Harrows, Fairfield Chilled Plows, Bissell’s Steel Plows, Empress Steel P ows, Fairfield Steel P ows, Bissell’s Chilled Plows, Bradley’s Steel Wheel Rakes, Moline wood wheel Rakeu. Call and see Them.