St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 August 1889 — Page 2

®ljc Jnfcpcndent. A Local Newspaper, Non-Partisan. Entered at the Walgerton Postoffice at second-class rates. Subsciiption: For One Year .... 81 50 For Six Months ... ' 75 For Three Months . 40 If paid promptly in advance a discount of 25 coats on the year will be allowed. XA cross marked with a blue pencil on the marg in 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. WALKERTON, INDIANA, AUGUST 31,1889. Macy, Indiana, wants a bank. The Bible contains the word Lord 1,855 times. Indiana has 33,809 square miles; was settled in the year IG9O, at Vincennes, by the French. Doleful sounds from the Albion New Era: “Albion has but one dry goods store.” “Only one boarder at, the hotel McLean at present.” “Has the new cemetery project fallen through with ? ” There had been nine hundred millions of dollars spent for liquors, in the United States, up to the year 1886. For Christian missions, five million, five hundred thousand. Whisky, therefore, has the bulge. The Marfa, Texas, Sun, divested itself of the following defense of the Bible the other day : “All the assaults of that blatant infidel who edits the aesthetic sheet across the way cannot bring discredit upon the Bible or tarnish the fair name of its author, Thomas Jefterson.” Almost anybody, even the illiterate, the school boy, can use invectives against the best of people—can cast slurring, slanderous reflections against those against whom no direct charge can or dare be made. Persons given to such a mode of wordy warfare are but a trifle above the one who occupies the slimy slough of the polluted libertine. We know of a couple such. We haven’t said that the editor (?) of the Mentone Enterprise is one of them. Argos is or has been somewhat disturbed of late over the arrest of the three saloon keepers there for Sunday selling. They were each put to an expense of sl9. One of them, byway of retaliation, had R. Railsback arrested for selling a pair of shoes on Sunday, and he was fined one dollar and costs. Merchants all along the line, it is hinted, quaked in their boots in fear of the retaliating act being pushed further. The Reflector in speaking of the matter says : “Vv hat will be the effect of this prosecution on Sunday business in the future, no man knoweth. We might cite section after section of law to prove that it was unlawful to do business on Sunday, but when many people in the community who are known as “Christians” make a regular habit of buying on the Lord's day, there seems to be some excuse for worldly-minded dealers to engage in selling. We entertain no fanatical ideas in regard to the observance of the Sabbath, but we believe it would redound to the good of the community in general and many individuals in particular were professors and non-professors of religion alike to show a more becoming reverence for the day, and as far as it is possible to do so regulate their buying and selling to the six days of the week.” Worked oil a Job Lot. A job lot of men were hanged at New York last Friday a week, three of which were killed in highly commendable style, their necks being broken in firstclass, workmanlike manner. Not so, however, in the case of the fourth one, Lewis by name. He was bunglingly strangled to death, requiring five long minutes to perform the horrible work. Some newspapers speak of the awful struggles of Lewis in his terrible death as if it were perfectly satisfactory and the will of the Creator had been complied with to a letter. To coolly and premeditatingly take the life of a fellow being, under any pretext whatever, save in self defense, i must certainly be assuming an awful responsibility. Self preservation is the first law of nature; hence the right of an individual to take the life of one who is about to kill him. But, if we are not woefully mistaken, no man has a right to even shoot down and kill another who is about to commit murder, even though he has threatened to do so and is positively attempting to carry out his threat. If an individual has no right then to interfere by killing the wouldbe murderer and thus preserve the life of an innocent one, how much better does it make matters to stand by and permit the killing of the innocent and then take the life of the killer, after putting the State to thousands of dollars of expense? It is contrary to sound reasoning. The Almighty Power that placed us hfere will take us away in His own good time, and we cannot conceive of any right that He has given us to take life except, as we have said before, in self defense. Man unquestionably has the right to pass laws to punish for crime; but to kill one for killing another connot be • God’s will. It is a question debatable. If not, why do certain States reject capital punishment?

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The Nature of Man. REPLY NO. 2. It is surprising that any careful student of the Bible can entertain such a gruesome and groveling conception of man as that entertained by Dr. Richmond. He says man is a “material being, made of dust.” While God says, “For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and honor.” However surpising it may be, yet it is a fact that whenever a man begins to imbibe strange doctrines his finer sensibilities become so paralyzed that he cannot distinguish the difference between the tbnant and the tabernacle, the steam and the engine, the outward man that perisheth and the inner man that is renewed day by day. His idea of death is as erroneous as his conception of the dignity of man. To him death means a cessation of existence, a suspension of vitality. Christ says, “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abideth alone, but if it die it bringeth forth much firuit.”—John xii. 24. And in addressing a materialist on the same subject Paul says, Thou fool! that which thou soweth is not quickened except it die. So, too, in the case of the devil and his angels the curse of God, or the penalty of the law has been inflicted upon them and they still live. Death has not suspended their existence for they still believe and tremble. Again He says. “The soul goes into the grave”—Ps. xvi. 10 There is no reference here to the race at all, but to Christ alone. See Acts ii. 27. He says again, “The soul can be killed.”—Ezek. xiii. 19. Why, I ask, if he intends to be fair in this discussion did he not quote the verso following: Thus saith the Lord God, Behold I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. I prefer to let the Master settle this question. He says, Matth. vi. 28: “Fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul.” Also, Luke xii. 4, 5. This clear and unequivocal announcement of the separability of the soul from the body has been very perplexing to the advocates of materialism and they have been so haunted with its plain statement that the death of the body does not involve the extinction of the soul that no two of them can agree in their efforts to explain it. Every instinct of our nature revolts against such an unwarranted interpretation of the Word of God. And the calm exercise of reason agrees with the scriptural declaration that there is a “spirit in man” and the inspiration of the Almighty “giveth them understanding.” “The soul is the man formed of dust,” says the Doctor. Now, the brain is composed of water 80 parts, albumen 7, acids, salt and sulphur 5.15, phosphorous 1.5, osmazome 1.12, white fatty matter 4.53, red fatty matter 7. And if this combination constitutes the soul, the discovery is worth something, and when the wise man asks “Who knoweth the spirit of man? ” Dr. Richmond answers: “I do, sir; it is dust, water and phosphate of lime.” Have dust and phosphate of lime caused the manifestations of intellectual brilliancy in the ages past. Is it osmazome that has given birth to the creations of art? Was it oxygen that gave to Cicero his eloquence? Was it hydrogen that made Newton the philosopher ? Is it simply phosphate of lime that aids Dr. Richmond to say that he is the shell and not the kernel ? No, Doctor, the man is invisible. Behind the pen, the eye, the ear, the brain is the ruler proper. Can’t you see it ? B. H. Beall. GROVERTOWN. Pickles coming in now at full blast. People in this part of the country most all done threshing. Miss Hetty Allen, of Chicago, is visiting friends and relatives in this place. Work has commenced on the addition to Grovertown school house. The foundation is laid and the carpenter work is being pushed by Andrew Rhinehart. How about the singing school at this place? Will we get up another now or not? We understand that Ed Schrock, of this place, has sold his property to Mr. Davis, and will locate in other parts. We understand that Yeager is talking of selling one of his colts. Well, some man will get as fine a colt as there is in the country. We understand that Mr. Ella Davis, formerly of this place, but now of Nebraska, will be here in a few days to make this his home again. Health is good here at present writing. Marsh hay is beginning to come into market at $2.20 a ton. We did not know that the city of Walkerton had any dudes until quite recently. Andrew Groshaus, of this place, was down to Walkerton and brought a high stepping dog home with him and he says he is a regular |high toneel dude and he don’t believe that country life will agree with him. Now, Mr. Editor, if you have any more dude dogs or dog dudes down your way just send them over to Chicago to catch muskrats, for they are worth nothing to drive country cows. Pedbo.

NORTH LIBERTY. Dance at the brick hall on Thursday evening, Sept. I'2. Good music will be in attendance. Colon Wolfis the happy father of a fine daughter, born, to his wife on Thursday, Aug. 22. The Rev. Walter Scott, of LaPorte, will hold divine services at the Episcopal church here on Tuesday eveining, Sept. 5. Mrs. J. W. King nnd children, of South , Bend, spent Sunday with Mrs. K's parents near this village. I Henry Kinzie left on Thursday morning, August 29, for Perry, Lake county. ' Ohio, where he is employed as principal of the Perry schools. Born, on Saturday afternoon. August 24th, to the wife of George Tinkey, of Green township, a daughter. Miss Currie E. Rush is over at Elkhart this week visiting relatives. D. C. Cole and wife and J. N. Thumm and his family go to Tennessee this week where Mr. Cole will engage extensively in the manufacture of hard and soft wood lumber. Trustee Rupcl and wife spent hist Sunday in LaPorte county visiting relatives. The public schools of Liberty township will open on Monday, September 30. Mrs. Winfield Motts was given a surprise by a large number of friends on the evening, Ang- 21, in honor of her 27th birth day. Levi Manguss and Son have just burnt a large kiln of superior drain tile. Only four days were consumed in burning’ MOUNT VERNON. Chas. Markwaulder was in Garrett City last week. Mr. George Stack, of Chicago, is spending his vacation visiting with his uncle, B. McCabe, and family. B. F. Rinehart was in South Bend on Wednesday of last week. A number of our citizens attended the baptismal services held at Koontz’s lake on last Sunday. Geo. Hummer was in this vicinity a portion of this week, taking care of his share of the grain threshed on his farm. Some of our young people attended the surprise party upon Miss Hermine Goppart, who resides near Oregon church. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nolan, of Chicago, are visiting with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McCabe. Bert Ball is enduring his usual siege of hay-fever. It is a very disagreeable complaint and, we understand, Bert proposes going North iu search of relief. B. F. Rinehart was called to his other place, near North Liberty, on Wednesday last to take care of his share of grain which was being threshed there, while at the same time the threshers were to be at his place here. He savs he would not care for this once, but this is the third successive year thesame has happened. The sad and untimely death of Willie Shoemaker east a gloom over this community. His being a schoolmate and an associate for so long, has caused him to be regarded, almost as a brother and son. The citizens in unison extend to the bereaved fa mily their most sincere and heartfelt sympathy. The bob. LA PAZ. A. Shaffer has sent to Chicago for his P. 0. outfit. Dr. Hamilton drove to Bourbon last Saturday on bu.-finess. There seems to be considerable sickness. The doctors are tolerably busy. Monroe Schroder lost a hog with cholera last. Other persons in this place have met similar losses. John Walter, living about one and a half miles north of town has lost about 40 hogs. The Rev. David Linville went to Knox last Satu day to hold Quarterly meeting, by request of Rev. Worth, conference evangelist, who could not attend. Eleven persons were baptized last Sunday at Riddle's Lake by Rev. Sharpnack. The “Saints" held an ordinance meeting at Buffalo on the same evening. Their meeting closed on Monday night. The Rev. George Debold, of South Bend, will preach at this place on next Wednesday evening at early lamp lighting. He is a talented preacher. Wm. Patterson and wife, and another lady, of Chicago, were visitinc at Fred Myers. Mr. Patternson is a publisher in Chicago. He is an uncle of Mrs. Myers. They took a train for South Bend to-day. The Rev. David Linville started for the Wesleyan Methodist conference to-day, which began its session at Fairmount, J Grant county, yesterday. Will Hostetter went to Plymouth last Monday to attend the Institute, which is in session this week. Monroe Schroeder and Byron Shiek went to day. The Rev. H. Sharpnack, accompanied by the Rev. Mrs. McCormick and Miss Drury, left here yesterday. They expect to rest two or three days, and then go to some other field of labor. About a dozen claimed salvation at Buffalo. John Eckert, of Linkville, who died on the evening of the 20th inst., was buried on last Friday at Fairmount cemetery, on the Michigan road, about fonr miles south of this place. The funeral was preached by Rev. J. 11. Palmer, from Job v. 26, to a very large congregation. His age was 62 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Emmet Smith, a boy of about sixteen years, attended the “Saints" meeting at Buffalo, one night last week. Intstead of going into the house, he remained outside, and while standing on a wheel of his father's wagon, near a window, making some kind of a motion, as if to jump, he fell on the hook at the end of the wliifflletree, a piece of which about two inches long broke off, entering his thigh near the hip, and was cut out by Drs. Hamilton & Denniston. It made a fearful gash of about three'inches in length. Vinedresser,

TEEGARDEN. Sickness is increasing. Will Aldrich is on the sick list. Levi Baily is seriously ill. Peter Clark has auction Saturday evening, August 31. Link Rupel is driving for D. M. Barber. Mrs. L. L. Lemert has gone to Arkansas to visit her sister. Litile .lim Holsten has moved into Sam Robbins’ house. Dan Barber has quit buying cream and gone to work for Uncle Sam. There were four threshing machines in sight of Teegurden Tuesday threshing grain.' John Halt threshed 350 bushels of oats in one hour for A. Dolph. Duella Webb got hurt very badly in making an effort to take east bound train to La Paz. M. Plake, son of George Plake, got his hand cut at the sawmill this week. Mrs. Hartsaugh departed this life Aug. 28, and was laid to rest in the Center Cemetery. She was aged 57 years. Elmer Webb and Louise Casaday were united in marriage August 28, 1889. We wish them a long and prosperous life. Jack. COMMERCIAL BANK, Walkerton, Ind., Is now open and ready for business. Deposits received, Exchange bought and sold and a general banking business done on as favorable terms as is consistent with good, safe and conservative banking. The parties owning this bank, own a controlling interest and manage the following named banks, to-wit: U. S. National Bank, Chicago, HL Citizens’ National Bank. Attica, Ind. Commercial Bank, Oxford. “ Citizons’ State Bank. Rensalaer “ Citizens’ Bank, Union City, “ Citizens’ State Bank, Boswell, “ Wabash Valley Bank, Covington “ Citizens’ Bank. Rochester, “ Central Bank, Clinton, “ Commercial Bank, Lowell, “ Citizens’ Bank, Kewanna, “ Central Bank, Verseilles, Ohio. Wo solicit the accounts of Farmers, Firms and Individuals, and invite all to call and see us. We court investigation. i. w. McConnell, Chas. b. mcconnell, President. Cashier.

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DR. JAQUES’ German worm cakes destroy worms and remove them from the system. Safe, pleasant and effective. Mothers will find Dr. Winchell’s Teething Syrup just the medicine to have in the* house for children; it will cure Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, and regulate the Bowels. Try it. HoTforti^ L. F. Paul, who has had Twenty Years’ experience as a Tinsmith, has opened a Shop in the Steele building on Avenue F, and solicits a share of the public’s patronage. Will do your tin, sheet iron and copper work at the lowest rates. Try him. New Tonsorial Room. — • - Having opened a barber shop in the basement under Brubaker & Grider's store. I will be found there at all business hours to attend to the wants of customers, and shall strive to give satisfaction. A share of the patronage of the people of Walkerton and vicinity is respectfully solicited. ANSON FRAME. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is the best, easiest to use nnd the cheapest. For sale by J, Endley. J Endorsed bf/Oic^SppEßi or t 0 ss™ STS AVI rfL Marble or GEORGE lItLVIOON. General Agent, LaPorte, Indiana. Myron l.eltoy. Local Agent, Walkerton, Indiana. THE STEPHENS STORE COMPANY. Just Received, the Finest Line of LACE CURTAINS in Town. Also an elegant Assortment of Ladies’ KID GLOVES. A large stocK of Men’s Fancy Shirts. Immense stock of TINWARE! full line of dry goods, boots and shoes and groceries always in stock. 0. F. Townsend, Ton so rial Artist, Walkerton, Ind., He respectfully asks your patronage, and guarantees satisfaction. SILAS GEORGE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, WALKERTON, IND. Prompt attention given to collections Office in Rensberger’s blocK, upstairs jamesn.iieeciT Physician and Surgeon, Walkerton, Ind. All calls promptly attended to, day or night. Office over Brubaker & Grider’s store. JAMES F- ENDLEY, Physician and Surgeon, WALKERTON, IND. Office, second floor, one door north of Rensberger’s bricK blocK. Ijulxo Erie efts W oHtorn Solid trains between Peoria and Sandusky and Indianapolis and Michigan City. Direct connections to and from all points in the United States and Canada. NORTH BOUND FROM WALKERTON. *No. Ifi Passenger— Leaves 4:08 a. m tNo. 10 Passenger Leaves 12.56 n in tNo. 12 " •• __ 7 lfi tNo. 100 Local “ •* 155 « SOUTH BOUND FROM WALKERTON. tNo. 11 Passenger Leaves 9.14 a m » r •> " 5.08 pbi tN 0 .17 except Sat. “ 10.49 pm tNo. 101 Local - 8.45 am " Daily except Sunday. fDaily except Sunday. No. 11, yja Tipton, arrives Bloomington at 9 M p. m., making direct connection with C. & A. fast tiain arriving Kansas City 9.30 next morning connecting direct at Kansas City for Deo ver San Francisco and all points West. Free reclining chair cars between Tipton and Missouri river tot through passengers. Nos. 9,10,11 and 12 connect at Tipton with main line trains for Sandusky, Bloomington and nil pointseastand west. For tickets, rates and general information, call on F. QUIRK I icket Agent L. E. & W. R. 11., or address ' 11. C. Parker, R. T. Brydan, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt Indianapolis, Ind.

GALL AT THE fl Philadelphia Store! And See the Jew | Ginghams] AND f FANCY PRINTS Just Received. । RENSBERGER i FITZGERALD I J. WILLIS COTTON. S. F. ROSS ' COTTON & ROSS, ' AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, I Wagons, Buggies and Carts, We respectfully solicit your patronage. We shall keep only the best goods I Tn onr line, ami shall endeavor to so conduct our business, that each customer 1 shall receive 100 cents of value for each and every dollar he or she may invest 1 with us. We shall sell among other goods of we', established reputation--Chamrion Light binders, Improved Champion Mowers, Champion Light Reapers, Milburn 1 and 2-horse wagons, Auburn buggies & carriages, New Home, New American, Love & Standard sewing machines, Thomas tedders & rakes, Reed’s spring-tooth harrows, New Western, Bradley’s and Tongue less cultivators with Both' steel and wood wheels, Plain or parallel beams, Harrows of all kinds, Wood, steel or iron frames, Bissell’s chilled plows, Empress steel plows, Fairfield chilled and steel plows, GARDEN SEEDS, AND CULTIVATORS, WHEEL BARROWS. MACHINE OILS, SEWING MACHINE OILS, Needles & Extras. New Books! tisce: INDEPENDENT STOKE! We have also placed an order for over THREE HUNDRED NEW NOA ELS BY POPL LAR AUTHORS, which will be on hand in a few Days. We receive fresh literature every week. Chicago papers daily. A full line of School Supplies—Slate Pencils, Lead Pencils from one cent up, Pens and Penholders, Inks, School Bags at 10 and 15c. each, Writing Tabs, Plain and Fancy Writing Paper and Envelopes, etc., etc. FINEST STYLES BOX PAPER. All kinds of Notions, Pocketbooks, Albums, Scrap Books, Dolls, Toys, and a large variety of fancy Baskets, Japanese Goods, etc. PRICES ON ALL GOODS WAY DOWN-

JOHN W. PARKS, 8. D. PARKS, R. B oglesbek, Bourbon, Ind. Plymouth, Ind. PARKS 8 OGLESBEE, ^TTOH^EYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, AND NOTARIES PUBLIC, Office First Floor Brick Building, Garro Street, Plymouth, Indiana. J. R. "A BN ER, Physician and Surgeon, GROVERTOwN, IND. Office in residence.

H. S. Dowell. Dentist. WALKERTON, Ind. Does eyery variety of work in “ ern dentistry. worK reliable. , reasonable. Office in Bensberge block, upstairs. Trustee’s Notice. Samuel F. Ross, Trustr of . Township, hereby gives notice that be in bis office at the store of 1' • on Saturday of each wees transaction of township business^4 । y