St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 14, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 June 1889 — Page 3

Independent. A Local Newspaper, Non-Partisan. "■ ADVERTISING RATES: One column for one year, #80; locals, 5 eta. per for one insertion; for three insertions, 10 cts. line. WALKERTON, INDIANA, JUNE 8, 1889 SPECIAL. NOTICE. Beaders of this paper are invited to pay partlcT. attention to our advertising columns, and thread the announcements therein. Also to mention this paper when making purchases. Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by the Stephens Store Co Egg® J, 1 : Butter “ Lani .. • • $ Green Hides potatoes 30 Corn 'W Hams ••••' J* Wheat 30 Oats 21 Seans sl-25 Rye 38 Clover Seed M.OO Buckwheat 3o '“local news. Kvnder & Henson, of Stillwell, pay the highest price for wheat. The front of the Wood worth drug store shines with new paint of orange and lemon colors. The Odd Fellows have rented the room over Dau Beall’s meat market for a lodge room. The Catholic folks of Walkerton and vicinity will give a picnic hero July 4, we understand. The Walkerton Cornet band will furnish music for the Decoration exercises at Lakeville to-day. Silveriue watch cases reduced onehalf in price. Call and see prices at which Tom Wolfe is selling watches. Don’t fail to examine the Peerless Lightning Folding Binder before purchasing, Sold by A. Cunningham. Sam Cunningham gave a party to a number of young friends at the residence of his parents, a few evenings since. Many towns and cities in all parts of the country are responding nobly to the call for aid for the flood sufferers in the Coaomaugh valley. Children’s Day exercises will be held at the U. B. church in this place one week from Sunday evening. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Misses Emma Cook and Jennie Pool entertained a tea party Monday evening at the residence of Janies Cook, in honor of Mrs. Lola Miller (neo Leibole), of Garrett, who was visiting her parents here. Henry Shultz, the jeweler, desires to announce through the columns of this paper, that he hus re-opened for business at Woodworth’s drug store, and is ready to do repairing of all kinds in his line. U. B. Quarterly meeting will be held nt the Island church this Saturday afternoon and evening and on Sunday in the afternoon and evening. Presiding Elder H. A. Snepp, of Bourbon, will preside over the meetings; The huckleberry crop in the big marsh four miles from this place will be heavy this season, it is said. Those who have had occasion to visit the marsh and investigate the crop pronounce the outlook very favorable. A large immigrant train laden with six or seven hundred passengers passed through this place over the B. & O. railroad for the west last Sunday at 10:30 a. m. Tho train had been delayed two or three days in West Virginia on account of washouts on the B. & O. railroad. Are we going to celebrate on the Fourth? But little time remains in which to prepare for the event, and if anything is to be done in this direction It will have to be done soon. Let our interested citizens get together and arrange for a genuine, old-fashioned celebration in Walkerton. Mrs. Jacobs, mother of Peter and Lou Jacobs, died at her home, three and a half miles east of town, last Tuesday, aged over 80 years. The funeral services were conducted by Bev. J. H. Hilderbrand at the Barber church on Thursday at 10 a. m., and the interment took place at the cemetery near by. The deceased is survived by five children. Os all that has been said by the great daily papers about railroads, in the way of carrying passengers free or supplies to the sufferers in the unparalleled disaster at Johnstown last week, we haven’t Been the B. & O. mentioned but once, and that uot in connection with any act of charity. It will be a cold day when that avaricious institution wins any laurels by charitable acts, in our judgment. Lovett & Johnsons’s dog and pony show was an attraction at Bender’s hall on Friday evening of last week that drew a crowded house. The dogs and ponies were well trained and performed many amusing tricks. The proprietors had a pony which they claimed to be the smallest in the United Status, It was six years old and weighed one hundred pounds. The company travel in a ear of their own, and went from-here to Laporte.

SAVE MONEY THE DRUG-GIST.

Latest styles in hats and caps at Tom Wolfe’s. Buy your shirts and overalls of Tom Wolfe. Mrs. Smith receives new millinery goods every week from Chicago. Get your wheat exchanged for flour at the Stillwell mill. Cash paid for wheat. Kynder & Hanson. Children’s Luy will bo observed with appropriate exercises at the M. E. church to-morrow evening. Everybody invited. A surprise party in honor of Lon Rogers was held at the residence of his father, Postmaster Rogers, a few evenings ago. The H. J. Heinz Co., proprietors of the Walkerton pickle works, completed their annual distribution of cucumber seed, in this vicinity on last Saturday. O. F. Townsend will build a neat little residence this summer. He has purchased a portion of his father’s ground fronting on Eighth street, for that purpose. Walkerton now has six good substantial brick business blocks. Less than three years ago it had but two. Several more are in prospect and will surely be built in the near future. Some man with a few superfluous dollars could invest them profitably by erecting a number of tenement houses in Walkerton. Every house in town ia occupied and there is a cry formore. The basement under Brubaker & Grider’s store is being fitted up for Anthony Frame |who will occupy it with a barber shop. It is being overhauled, lath and plastered, and a front entrance built. The ill-fated city of Johnstown, Pa., was the former home of Miss Maggie Ringlieben, of D. M. Petrie’s tailoring establishment. She had a number of near relatives living there, but has received no information regarding them since the day of the terrible disaster. Several of our exchanges have made note of the occurrence of Esquire Johnston’s Jersey cow getting lost in Wilkinson’s cabbage patch, as a very remarkable event. —Mentone Gazette. The same remarkable event occurred here, except that the cabbage patch got lost in Esquire Townsend’s Jersey cow. Mrs. Ed Simmons and Miss Collins have opened a dressmaking establishment in the room two doors south of Reid’s drug store, and invite the ladies to call and see them . Cutting, fitting and all kinds of sewing will be doue, and satisfaction guaranteed, both as to terms and quality of work. On last Wednesday George Shoemaker received a telegram announcing the death of John A. Young. He died Tuesday evening last at 7 :45 o’clock at the residence of his son, John W , at Peru, Ind. The disease which caused his death was dropsy, from which he suffered for some time. During the last two weeks of his illness Uis daughter, Mrs. Noah Shoemaker, of Chicago, was a faithful nurse and attendant at his bedside. Mr. Young was a resident of Walkerton for a number of years, but since the death of his wife, which occurred about four years ago, he had made his home, most of the time, with his son at Peru. Mr. Young was well advanced in years, and is survived by three children, all of whom are married. They are —John W. Young, Mrs. Asa Haines, Peru, Ind.; Mrs. Noah Shoemaker, Chicago, 111. The surviving relatives have the sympathy of their friends here in their sore affliction.

Memorial Exercises. Owing to the fact that no decoration exercises were held here May 30 in consequence of the incessant rain, it has been decided by the G. A. R. Post to observe Memorial Day in this place (Saturday, June 15. The program as published in the Independent of May 25 will be carried out. In addition to the committees already selected and published the following individuals have been named as a soliciting committee iu their several localities for an ice cream and cake festival, to be held by the Post in the afternoon and evening: H. A. Adel and wife, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Platts, Mrs. Enoch Simmons, Mrs. Wm. Stickley, D. C. Swartz, Miss Alvina Frame, Miss Shaw, M. E. O’Connor. Tho latest straight-out swindler is a young fellow who claims to represent the “New London R. R. Show," as advance agent, and signs his name as M. E. Ashton. He comes into a town and makes contracts w’ith hotels, newspapers, grocery dealers, butcher shops, and other parties, for which he gives them a cheek, payable on the date of the show. Hu works his game by entering a business house, and “gives them a tip,” by offering to let the proprietor have a contract instead of a rival firm, providing that the proprietor will give him a few dollars for the preference, which is to be kept a secret. The above mentioned fraud was in Bremen several days ago and made a number of contracts for his show to be in Bremen on June 10th, and stated that the bill car would be hereon the following day, but as tho bill car failed to appear, it is probable that the fellow was traveling from town to town working his scheme on business men. As far as we can learn no money was advanced him by our business men on the contract racket that ho was working.—Bremen Enquirer. Tho same ohap was in Walkerton a few’ days ago, but failed to work his game on our business meu, and departed for greener postures.

Buy summer clothes of Tom Wolfe and keep cool. Call on A. Cunningham for Buggies, Carriages and Wagons. W. E. Bailey has been re-elected county superintendent of schools of Marshall county. Services were held at the Catholic church last Sunday, tho Rev. Father Kroll officiating. If you are feeling bad and a stimulant is required, go to Woodworth’s and get a bottle of that delicious wine or brandy, imported for medicinal purposes. Sim Coy, the tally sheet forger, who has just served a term in the Michigan City prison, passed through Walkerton Monday enroute for his home at Indianapolis. It is a fact that the people appreciate a new, fresh and pure stock of Drugs and Medicines. We judge from our fast increasing trade. Nt. Woodworth & Co. An exchange says there is probably not more than one person in a thousand who knows that any railroad company will redeem unused tickets. Such is the case, however, and in fact there is a State law requiring them to do it. Au inventive genius in St. Paul has turned his attention to weeds. He is making an excellent quality of binding twine from the coarsest kinds of weeds. The new invention will be of great benefit to farmers, as tho new article can be manufactured much cheaper than the kind now in use. Two gentlemen from Foit Wayne were looking at Mentone Tuesday with a view to locating a notion bazar.— Mentone Gazette. They told you that to fool you. They probably meant to buy the town, but didn't like it. Tho McConnell bank, of this place, received its new mammoth safe last Monday, to replace the old one. This vault is a strong, massive affair weighing six tons, with time lock, anti-dyna-mite patent, and has, in fact, all the more recent improvements of modern invention, making it absolutely fire and burglar-proof. Two huckleberry bushes laden with green berries have been left at this office by Harvey Brown who brought them from tho big marsh last Thursday. The bushes hang full of berries which are well developed for this time of year. The crop this season will no doubt bo the largest for years. The idea of reducing letter postage to the iate of one cent per ounce does not meet with favor among the business monos tho country. They are inclined to think that so far as cheapness is concerned tho department has reached a stage where it may well pause for years to come. Instead of cutting the postage rate in two it is contended that the head of the department will do better to attempt to give twice as good service. Carrying the Joke too Far. It’s carrying the joke a little too far when tho want of a time card knocks our business men out and especially bankers. Tho other morning Banker McConnell wanted to attend a bankers' meeting of some kind in Chicago, the association imperatively demanding his presence, and finding no time card in his Independent, which he, of course, looked carefully over, was misinformed by parties, resulting in his getting left by the train he ardently desired to go on. He, however, managed to get to Chicago, but w hether in time to look after important matters pertaining to the Walkerton bank or not, we have uot been informed. It’s carrying the joke a little too far for any company to try to run a railroad that’s too poor to have a time card, thus deranging public matters of business after the above described fashion.

There is nothing uncertain about the effects of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The fact is, it is the only preparation in the market that can always be depended upon, and that is pleasant and safe to take. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by J. F. Rc id. LOOK HERE! 1.0084 HERE! And don’t say there is a Twine Trust when you can get it for 14 cents at S. A. Robbins’. INDEPENDENT STORE! Immediately after J. Endley vacates the room he now occupies as a drag store the room will bo overhauled and fitted up for a notion store and news depot. The Independent will occupy the rear rooms, and the front, about 16x35 feet, will be jammed full of stationery of all grades and kinds, notions of every description, base ball outfits, croquet outfits, fishing outfits, rubber goods, albums, perfumes, fine candies, and to make a long story short, every conceivable article in tho way of notions and toys. One leading feature ot the Independent Store will be that a full lino of periodicals, novels, etc., will be kept constantly on hand, and at prices lower than ever before sold in tho town of Walkerton. J. Endley & Endley.

PERSONAL ITEMS. Jerry Fogarty is working in South Chicago. J. W. Brown, of Hamlot, was in town the fore part of tho week. Harrry Renbarger, of Bourbon, was in town Thursday and Friday. Mart Nicoles and wifo returned to Brainard, Minn., the latter part of lust week. Mrs. Alice Rupel, of Plymouth, was visiting relatives and friends here a few days this w r eek. Miss Dodson, of Oxford, Ind., is a guest of her cousin, Miss Forest McConnell, of this place. Mrs. Quirk and daughter, Mary, went to Koutts, Indiana, last Monday to attend the funeral of a relative. W. G. Roberts, representing the Chicago Herald, was in town Friday in the interests of that publication. Mrs. Aunspaugh and little daughter, of Albion, are visiting with tho former’s aunt. Mrs. John Swartz, of this place. Milt Barnhart, of this place, is selling sheet music in Cass county, this State, for Prof. Beck, of North Liberty. Misses Anna Swartz, Callie Blain and Christina Stickloy, all of near this place, are attending the Valparaiso Normal.

Mr. Colwell, of Ligonier, was iu town the fore part of the week meetiong old friends. He was a resident of this place many years ago. Frank Nicoles returned to Spooner, 111., Wednesday. His wife and baby will visit with B. A. Byers and wife at Garrett before they return home. Prof. A. H. Barber will spend a few weeks of tho summer vacation in Steuben county, this state. He and his wife will leave for there in a few’ days. C. O. Hafer, traveling representative for Chamberlain and Co's, Proprietary Medicines, Des Moines, lowa, was a business caller at this office last Tuesday. Chas. Wamsley, a portrait artist, of Ada. Ohio, visited Tuesday and Wednesday in this place with George Shoemaker and family. He is a relative of Mr. Shoemaker’s. Mrs. Emma S' nith, who has been sojourning iu Hardy, Nebraska, for some time past, returned to this place Wednesday. Sho was accompanied by her sister in-law, Mrs. Milton Yerrick, ami child, who will visit here several weeks. N. S. Nugent, a former resident of this place, but now located at Butler, Dakota, requests the Independent sent to his address. He is employed as agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. Co. at the above named place. Mr. Baker, of Indianapolis, representing the National Building and Loan Association of Minneapolis, was in Wal u rton a portion if this week soliciting our citizens and business mon with a view to organizing a local board of the above named association in this place. Ed McGarty and family formerly of this place, but who have resided in Streater, 111., for the past few years, have returned to Walkerton to reside. We are glad to welcome them back to their old home. Ed has two lots in Place's addition on which he intends to build a residence for his family this summer. D. C. Colo has sold hia mills and lumber in Arkansas, and is now visiting at Kingman, Kansas. A letter from Mrs. Cole to her father, J. F. Langenbaugh, says that there is a fine prospect for fruit and crops of all kinds ; n Kingman county, and that Daniel B. Langenbaugh, John Maxey and their families are well and doing well. Mr. Langenbaugh and Mr. Maxey are employed on tho Kingman Courier.— Plymouth Republican. For Sale or Trade.—One threshing machine and engine, one clover huller, ami one buzz saw. Terms reasonable, J. L. McDaniel. Buy a hammock at Woodworth’s and enjoy life. The New Brick Meat Market. Dan Beall, the meat man, is now located in his new brick building, in the burnt district, and invites the public to call and see him when they desire any thing in the meat line. The finest meats that can be had will always be found at this palace meat market. Everything neat and clean, and a splendid new refrigerator in which to keep moat. Call and see Dan. Our enterprising and popular druggist, J. F. Reid, endeavors to supply hia customers with the best and most reliable medicines in the market. His most recent acquisition is the agency for Chamberlain’s Remedies. He will soon be prepared to supply these celebrated medicines to his customers. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is famous for its cures of throat and lung diseases, and is said to cure a severe cold in less time than any other treatment. Chamberlain’s colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy, is standard throughout tho United States for bowel complaints, and is recognized as tho most prompt and reliable medicine known for colic, cholera morbus, dysentery and diarrhoea, many cases of chronic diarrhoea have been cured by it that had resisted all other treatment for years. Mr. Reid was certainly fortunate in securing the agency for such valuable medicines. He will have them in stock in about ten days.

LOCAL LEGISLATORS. Proceedings ol the Council at its Meeting Wednesday eve. The Board of Town Trustees met in regular monthly session Wednesday evening, June 5, with all members present and President Leibole in the ; chair. The chairman called the meeting to order, and after the reading by Clerk Williams of the minutes of previous meeting and approval of the same, the Board proceeded to the regular business of the evening. The following claims were presented, passed and ordered paid: M. R. Burger, exp. to So. Bond.s 1.60 P. Q. Nichols, road work 1.25 W. A. Endley, printing 4.00 W. A. Dailey, legal work 14.50 H. Pratt, draying 75 Williams & H. Co., hardware... 60 Jacob Platts, marshal’s sal. and road work 26.00 P. Q. Nichols, lumber. 50 The town treasurer made his report for the month of May as follows: Town licenses $ 3.00 Distribution of SchL IL funds. 201.71 “ Corp. “ . 29.40 License to G. R. Wolfenbarger. 25.00 John Wolfenbarger. 25.00 “ A. C. Hardenbrook. 25.00 Amt. carried forward 81.43 $390.54 Less claims paid, 49.10 Bal. in treas., $341.44 E. J. Vincent's term as officer on school board having expired, on motion of A. 11. Stevenson, seconded by E. Leibole, he was reappointed by the Board to serve the ensuing term. On motion of A. H. Stevenson, seconded by E. Leibole, W. A. Dailey was retained as attorney for the town for a period of one year, to receive $2.50 for each successful prosecution, unsuccessful to bo no charge. A paper signed by a number of the business men was presented by E. J. Vincent, one of the committee appointed for the purpose of hiring a night policeman. The matter was talked over but no conclusion reached, as all of the committee were not present. A meeting was called for next Wednesday evening, June 12, for tho purpose of discussing the matter more thoroughly and having the committee all present, was decided upon. No other business before the Board, on motion of A. H. Stevenson, seconded by W. A. Tauk, meeting adjourned. Fourth of July Meeting! A call is hereby made for a meeting of our citizens in Bender’s hall, Monday evening, Juno 10, at 7 :30o’clock for the purpose of making arrangements for a celebration in Walkerton on July 4th. Let every interested citizen be present and assist in making plans fora regular old-fashioned Hoosier of a time in Walkert on on tho one hundredth anniversarv of our Constitution. Com.

Buy your summer underwear of Tom Wolfe. DOI REE SHOVEL PLOWS From $1.50 to $3.00. Six different styles, at S. A. Robbins’. F. J. Smith, editor of the Ft. Abercumbio, Dakota, Herald, says: “The most wonderful medicine, 1 have ever met with, is Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In case of colic it gives speedy relief. On hunting trips I have found it indispensible. Put in alkali water, it imparts a pleasant taste and prevents the painful diarrhoea which alkali water produces. I could not feel safe without it iu my house.” 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by J. F. Reid. The Verdict Tnaniineusi D. W. Sult, druggist, Bippus, Ind., testifies: “I can recommend Electric Bitters as the very best remedy. Every bottle sold has given relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years’ standing." Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: “The best selling medicine I have ever 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 J. Endley's drug store. CULTIVATORS From sls to s2l at S. A. Robbins’. BINDER* TWINE! At S. A. Robbins’, and warranted to do satisfactory work, only 14 cents. Monument*. Persons who are thinking of placing a monument or tombstone at the grave of their friends, can be shown designs and prices at Vincent’s furniture store. All work warranted to give satisfaction. 100 LADIES WANTED. And 100 men to call on any druggist for u free trial package of Lane’s Family Medicine, the great root and herb remedy, discovered by Dr. Silas Lane while in the Rocky Mountains. For diseases of the blood, liver and kidneys it is a positive cure. For constipation and clearing up the complexion it does wonders. Children like it. Everyone praises it. Large size package 50 cents. At all druggists’. C. B. TIBBETTS, Attorncy-at-Eaw, PlymauHi, ludiana. Special attention to uottloment of estates. Money to Loan At lowest rates —on long or short time. Call or write for terms.

A. Cunningham, DEAFER IN HAMWAO, BUGGIES, WAGONS, Agricultural Implements, the celebrated Studabaker Wagons and Buggies, Indianapolis and Kalamazoo Buggies and Carts, Harness Collars, Halters, Breaking Plows Cultivators, Spring Tooth Harrows’ Peerless Binders, Mowers and Repairs, Walter A. Wood Mowers and Repairs, Buckeye Corn Plows and Cultivators, binding twine and Machine Oils, the Adams and Upton Threshers and Engines, Hay Rakes and Tedders. Binder Trucks and Binder Covers, Pumps, Well Piping and Wind Mills, Sewing Machines and Repairs, Wheel Barrows, Hand Carts and Garden Plows, Weisers Patent Spark Arrester. Call and See Us. “THE SPRING TIME HAS COME, Gentle Annie.” Yes and with it an immense stock of Spring Clothing! —At ThoMAMMOTH CLOTHING HOUSE —Of— T. J; WOLFE, Where can be found a very Fine Line of Men’s Youth’s, and Boys’ Clothing. Prices tho lowest, and Goods first-class. Call and seo me and you will uot regret it. lii Rensberger Block, rtwnueF. WIEKERTOV, IVDIAM. T. J. REECE, - —Dealer In

HARDWARE TINWARE. STOVES, DOORS, SASH 8 BLINDS, more than V 'Wi seven hundred different styles and differCD $ Stoves for V7 Heating and Cooking are /1W under the x 7 Ta'/A meafl3 ^TQ la ma rk Thia Jfo e MW n “ «• ill LT^re WL T T Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes and painters Sup* plies, iron and Wooden Pmps, etc. ' TIN ANT) IRON ROOFING If’ill be given Special SLitentlon. rd Superior line of GASOLINE STOVES IN STOCK. Agent for the Famous Garland StovesM goods Sold at the lowest prices. Look forthe Sign of The Little Stove. s7Tr~ROBBINS, —DEALER IN—- § iwPSllb^^ § is «aiO -® Farm machinery, Plows, Harrows. Single and Double Corn CuL tivators, Pumns, Pipe and all kinds oi WELL SUPFLIES! WISE MILLS! Erected on short notice. Hay Took of every description. Triumph and Odbome Binders specialties. \lso New Clipper Mowers in soc ^“OUR MOTTO; SQUARE DEALING. jE<C>»HI3Kr«