St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 November 1889 — Page 3

independent. If '7I^LN^ I,ArK1 ^ Non ' Pabtisan - I ’• ^• a ° lßß ’- ° c 1 * e • , .As this paper are invited to pay panicB e<M € ?I >? to our advertising columns, and ; nlar^rhA announcements therein. Also to to rei ' ak naoer when making purchases. i mention thiHJ^ . _ i ^^alkerto* 1 SEasket. , weekly by the Stephens Store Co I Correeteu I j Bntter y I potatoes • • $ $ I Com ^l2 74@75 O«ts [email protected] ■ Hover Seed ■ Buckwheat

-COPAL newst Hand » u new * of illterebt for P ublioa ' ; tionThere isn’t a fly on the Independent store. - The latest novelties in chairs at Vin | cent s. Now is your time to bu ? furniture at ■ togains at Vincent’s. The Cunningham store building is - Mug pushed right along. Marshall Platts repaired some crosswalks in town_this week. _ Fine brands of cigars and tobaccos at the Independent Store. Farmers claim that the recent week’s : ra in was a good thing for the wheat.

The largest stock of furniture ever brought to Walkerton, at Ed Vincent's. ’ The recent muggy weather was productive of considerable good—for the doctors. You can save big boodle by buying T our nick-nack-notions at the Independent store. "the South Bend Tribune advises ike citizens of South Bend to “flush its gutters.” The store building being en ebed by Andrew Cunningham, Ur the present, is in the soup. Miss Katie Quirk, of Evanston, 111., was visiting at her home here a few da s this week. Mrs. C. V. O'Brien has a good stove suitable either for coal or wood, which she will sell cheap. Dance and wedding invitations neatly printed at the Independent office. Galland see samples. An excellent cross-walk was built this week from the Independent to the Fry-Doagherty job. We didn’t find anything in our i forty-odd exchanges that we consider- | ed worth stealing for this issue. To prove that a man isn’t where he i is, and to prove it beyond a shadow of , a doubt, proves to be somewhat diffi- | cult. There is an “inner circle” in LaPorte I for the Plain Dealer of that city claims [to get pointers from it. You’ll be ar- [ nsted as a suspect. Mrs. Smith received another lot of : fne new millinery goods this week, cou- . sisting of velvets, trimmings and styI lisa shapes in frames. Charley Granger, the new butcher, ! tills us that he never stuck a hog in I all bis life. He thinks however, that he can kill them with a club. A fine lot of new millinery goods : just received at Hillard’s. Ladies are invited to call and see cur splendid assortment of hats, trimmings, etc. Another drayman started business here last Monday. John Morgan is his name. He has an excellent horse, and appears to be doing moderately well. It will pay you now to give some

attention to cat culture. There will ; he a bologna sausage factory started here before long. Prices will rule some higher. The large plate glass for the store rooms in the Fry-Dougherty job finally arrived last Monday evening, and Cowan and Pool had them pasted in before they got cold. Gillis Wright in speaking of the low price of hogs this year, allowed that it was the big fellows over in Chicago that were hoggist about the matter, thus exonerating our buyers here. As was announced in this paper lass week, the Fry-Dougherty store rooms are tilling up this week, J. M. ELerlem being the first store-keeper in. . He displays a large and handsome : stock of goods in a very neat and tasty Way. The Alba Heywood Concert Company opened the Petrie-Fitzgerald ! opera house here last Friday evening, playing to a crowded house and renj dering complete satisfaction. Heywood is fast establishing a reputation | as one of the best impersonators traveling.J Burglars entered the general store of McLane & Co., at Teegarden, the J other night blew open their safe, and । ^ere frightened away before they I reached the money till. They mans a ged, however, to steal about $l5O I worth of goods. They should be t forced to apologize.

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Congressman Shively went to Washlast Saturday. Sleds and sleighs tried it here Wednesday but found it hard sledding and sleighing It will now Le in order for the country press to work off the old chestnut about the “beautiful.” Young man wants position as bartender in a saloon. A home of more consideration than wages; address this office. A Walkerion Loy attempted to tie a knot in a mule’s tail—!j !-v ? he was a good little boy and has gone to meet lus grandmother.—Mentone Gazette. John Gouche had his right arm torn oil at the Singer factory last Wednesday forenoon. The member was tom off at the elbow and thrown some distance against the wall. The Waif, published at Mishawaka in the interest of the. Northern Indi-

ana Orphans’ Home and edited by Julia E. Work, is a neat little eigat- ■ P a ge Waif, and is well edited. A boy having a tooth pulled the other day describes the operation as follows; “The doctor collared me, pulled like wild horses, and just before my head came off, the tooth dropped out.” We purchased the first article of merchandise ever sold in the great FryDougherty building. J. M. Eberlvin sold the goods, the more important feature of the transaction being that of getting his money. It’s going to be a historical fact that wc shall hand down to our great-grand posterity. A young woman, of Mentone, Ind., recently wrote the following letter to u large music dealer in Walkerton:

“Eave you got a song with the words & accompliment call chippy Get your Hair cut. johnny get your gun—l don’t know the name of the song but I think that is part of the first verse. Please let me know right away if you have it & the price of it & also have you the music of a Song called of the day & the price of it, & have you got a song called she is my big Fat Consumpted liza jane & the price of it.” Some of Billy Beane’s philosophy: “We have often wondered how long our wife would remain a widow after our ‘demise,’ and what sort of a fellow she would get, and whether he would lie a printer, and ‘continue business at the old stand,’ and whether he would ‘fill our place’ in the local department, and if things would go right along as though wo had no ‘deceased.’ We do not blame a woman for getting married os often os she can, if she ‘likes it.’ ’’ — From Chan Fassett’s Sunday News. Vern Hardenbrook, while out hunting rabbits last Saturday forenoon, was standing with his shot-gun, heavily loaded with buck shot, muzzle resting upon the right foot, hammer up, and by some means discharged the entire load into his great toe. The bone was badly shattered, and the result was that it became necessary to amputate the toe at the joint of articulation with the bones of the foot, technically called the metatarso phalangeal articulation. Vern will never, never, never do so again. Last week the following appeared in this paper: “We want to pay all cash down for a horse, at this office.” The ink had scarcely gotten dry on the paper until this office was fairly besieged with persons wishing to sell us that horse for the “all cash down. W e were, in some instances, compelled, to call the attention of the horse dealer co the fact that we had said that we wanted to pay all cash, etc., but that we couldn’t. The pointer is just this, Mr. business man, advertising does pay. Put just one line in the paper to the effect that you want to give away a package of coffee for next two days to all who call to your place during the time specified, and gaze upon the rush you will have. Advertising does pay. Charley Granger has resigned his position with the Stephens Store Companv to engage in the butcher business.

He purchased a half interest in the new Dan Beall market, and is now doing business there. The company will start another market in the Thicket soon for die benefit of their customers living in the north and northwest part of town. Monopolizing the meat trade does not appear to be the object in starting the new marked, as they had an opportunity to buy out their competitors. The boys have rented the Endley store building for'their market, the Independent office and store will be moved into the Bender block into the room to be vacated by the Behrens Bros. The Epworth League met at the parlors of the M. E. church on Mond .y evening last. J. P. Barnhart was chosen chairman pro tern , calling Del Woodard to the chair when taking part in the deliberations. The question discussed was, “Resolved, that a woman should have the right of suffrage.” The affirmative side of the question was supported by Rev. Mathews and Walter McCool, the negative by Frank Hostetter and J. P. Barnhart. A large audience was in attendance. An interesting program was prepared for next Monday evening, as follows: A reproduction of a speech on woman suffrage by Senator Vest, Loda Brubaker; Etiquette, Walter McCool; Biography of David, Minnie Flatts; recitation, Grace Mathews. , Everybody invited. Turn out and encourage the society, I which has for its object the moral and ini tellectual welfare of the young people of this community.

• | They are beginning to use electric lights on locomotives. The Vandalia is now testing such a light. Mrs. Joshua Lancaster, living a few miles south of town, received quite a severe burn on the head and face last Saturday. The hay industry was brought to a sudden close in these parts last Tuesday, xn consequence of the snowstorm. Reference is here made to the cutting, stacking, etc., of the commodity. Pressing the goods for shipment, of course, will move briskly on. The firm of Behrens Brothers, general merchants, moved into the new store building last Wednesday. When Clause and Grant and Will take a notion to go the elements are futile in their attempts to prevail against them. The firm has a beautiful, well lighted and commodious room in which to do business. Just a hop, step and jump from the postcffice. Public School. Report for the month ending November 22, 1889. First Primary.—Number enrolled, 74; number withdrawn, 6; average daily attendance, 59. Second Primary.—Number enrolled 46; number withdrawn, 0; average daily attendance, 41. Intermediate.—Number enrolled. 51; number withdrawn 0; average daily attendance, 44. Grammar.—Number enrolled, 42; number withdrawn, 0; average daily attendance, 87. High School.—Number enrolled, 17; number withdrawn, 0; average daily attendance, 16. Total.—Number enrolled, 230; number withdrawn, 6; average daily at-

tendance 197. . A. H. Barber, Principal. ’ The Walkerton Independent thinks that L. Paul, the incendiary, brought ’ up to jail from Walkerton, is not re- ' sponsible for his acts.—South Bend 1 Times. And what would the Times’ judgment be in reference to the soundness of one’s mind who will climb to the very peak of his barn roof at the hour of midnight, after sleeping soundly the fore part of the night, and insist upon sitting there until morning; and who will get up late in the night, kill a rooster, cut his legs off close up to the body, roast him feathers, viscera and all, and gnaw away at it until morning, and who will pile up boxes and other material for fuel in a store room at an early hour in the night while people are passing to and fro and in plain sight, then ignite the same and make no effort to get away when people rush in, but stand there apparently unconcerned with a vacant stare and remark, “I have made a fire and can’t put it out” ‘I Scarcely responsible. Tliat Toe! Vem Hardenbrook's amputated toe was placed in alcohol and left at this office merely for inspection by a few who know all about everything of the kind. The whereabouts, however, of the disfigured and amputated member was winded abroad and this office had a run for a few days the like of which it never before experienced. We have been compelled to follow up retiring inspectors and close the door of our sanctum about a million of times; have had to explain the more important functions of the great toe about as often; have burned about six dollars worth of fuel more than the usual amount in order to neutralize the cold waves wafted in by the almost incessantly flying door, to say nothing of numerous other pleasant little matters to which we were compelled to give our attention as a result of the great toe having been left in our tender care. if there are any 1 others, citizens of the state, who haven’t seen the toe in question, they would better call at their earliest possible convenience, for the toe will not be on exhibition after the holidays. ! It is not a difficult matter to publish a non-partisan paper—but very nn-

pleasant. It is tne province, as we understand it, of a non-partisan paper to give all tne news, political and otherwise possible. A political party is successful at the polls; crushing majorities crown its efforts; candidates qre all elected and party jubilant; and the defeated party silent, sullen, gruff, gloomy, crabbed, churlish, surly and ill-humored about it, and you print the simple facts, no more, no less, and the vanquished find more or less fault, claiming that you lean a little. On the other hand, you remain silent in reference to the election returns, and the jubilants are astride your neck disfiguring your stand-up collar instanter. The above will hold good in every case where there are opposing parties, even in the case of business competitors. There are enough narrow minded persons in all political parties, religious denominations, and in each department of business, who can not see a spark of good in any party or any one who does not see exactly with them from their narrow minded standpoint, to govern, or nearly so, their party. RHEUMATISM CAN BE CUBED. It has battled the skill of our best physicians and there are to-day more men, women and children suffering from this terrible disease than ever be- ’ fore, and the opinion seems universal ■ that it is incurable, but this is a mis- . taken idea for it can be cured by using as directed Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup ’ and Strengthening Plasters. Prepared bv Rheumatic Syrup Co., Jackson, f Mich. $1 bottles, 85c., 50c. bottles, I 10c. at Dudley’s drug store.

j The Independent store has been i moved into the Bender block, and the office will follow to-day—Saturday. r Miss Dora Brown, daughter of t William Brown, of LaPorte county, t died Thursday morning after a brief illness. t Last Tuesday evening about two . dozen of the friends of Miss Nellie Stephens dropped in unexpectedly upon her to help her celebrate her . 11th birthday. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by all and Miss Nellie was made the recipient of some nice presents. Bose Brothers’ meat market is still , the headquarters for all kinds of fresh and salted meats, sausages, bologna, Frankfort sausages, head - cheese, smoked hams, dressed chickens, and corned beef. We propose to do you good by furnishing you with good, sweet meats, and at the lowest prices possible for first-class goods. Call In as yon pass by, Select a boil, a roast or fry— Always plenty on the hooks and blocks, And people say that that's what knocks. Truman Barns, of Three Oaks, Mich., was in the attic of his house the other day, “unbeknownst” to his wife. He slipped and fell through the plastering so that his legs—like those of the “good fat duck” in the nursery rhyme—“hung dangling down.” Mrs. Barnes thought the legs bslonged to a burglar and she grabbed them and held on, meantime lifting up her voice in agonized yells for help. The neighbors came, inspected the upstairs end of the supposed burglar, and all is serene in that household once more.—Middlebury Independent. < We have made a special arrangement

with the Farmers’ Friend Pub. Co. at South Bend by which we can furnish to - all our advance paying subscribers, free ( of charge, one year’s subscription to the Farmers’ Friend, a sixteen-page Agricultural and Family paper, pub- ] lished twice a mouth at fifty cents a • year. This Is virtually making t ach of our advance paying subscribers a pres- < ent of half a dollar. .Sample copies can be seen at this office or will be sent ; to any of our subscribers who will write for them to Farmers’ Friend, South , Bend, Ind. ] Though the Johnstown disaster oc- 1 curved more than two months since, the interest of the public in so remark- • able an event has not ceased to bo ac- , tive. 11. S Goodspeed & Co., of NewYork, have just issued a very co plete and richly pictorial history of the event which is a work of the deepest in- , terest and power. Noread r will care to , lay aside this thrilling narrative untin- i ished. In the world's horrible rec- 1 ords of evil wrought by the untamed forces of nature few catastrophes have , been more heart sickening. The fearful loss of life, the vast waste of prop- 1 erty, the greatinterruption to business, destroying the complex machinery which fed so many thousands and contributed to the interests of the whole land, are hard to match. Death and ( ruin take a thousand shapes, but rare- । ly have they assumed a guise so hor- . rible as that in which they rushed down on the people of Conemaugh Valley. The record cannot fail to be of peren- , nial interest, and to stir the hearts of J all who read it for the next generation । to come, for such a catastrophe, merci- i fully, comes but once in a century, if so often. TMongh time has not elapsed to enable the proper verification of the ; facts Io be made, and a careful and , studied statement to be given to the : public worthy of so startling a subject. Any hurried and hap-hazard narrative of|an event which stands so unique in our history, is far from doing it even partial justice. The author has given us in this book a record both vigorous and accurate, and every reader should have the work in his hands. The book is an octavo handsomely printed and bound, and contains 522 pages, embellished with forty-eight fine full page illustrations .

If you wish to buy your wife something nice for Christmas you can find it at Ed Vincent’s. CROUP. Some reading that will prove interesting to mothers. How to Guard Against the Disease. Croup is the terror of young mothers especially during the early winter months, as it is then most prevalent. To post them concerning the cause, first symptoms, treatment and how to prevent it, is the object of this article. The origin of croup is a common cold, children that are subject to it take cold very easily and croup is almost sure to follow. The first symptom of croup is hoarseness, it is a peculiar hoarseness, easily recognized and once heard always remembered. Usuallv a day or two before the attack, the child becomes hoarse and gradu ally shows symptoms of having +aken cold, and this is where the mistake is usually made, the mother thinking her child has just taken cold gives it no especial attention until awakened in the night by the violent coughing of the child, finds it has the croup and remembers it has had a cold or be«n hoarse for a day or two. Such circumstances often occur, and in many cases the mother has nothing in the house that will relieve it, and may be several miles from a physician or drug store. You can well imagine the situation and her distress. The time to act is when the child first becomes hoarse or shows symptoms of having taken cold, if Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is freely given from that time on, all tendency to croup will disappear and all danger be avoided. For sale by J. 1’ • Reid.

H. B. Whitlock and family, of Ply mouth, visited with George Shoemaker and family Thanksgiving day. Father Gregory was attacked with dizziness and fell striking the back of his head on a bureau causing quite a severe contusion. HAPPY HOME BLOOD PURIFIER is the Peoples Popular Medicine for purifying the blood; preventing or curing Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Headache, Boils and all Fevers and Malarial Diseases. Price 50 cents and one dollar per bottle. The other evening a number of gentlemen, during a conversation in a certain store in town agreed to pay a dollar apiece to the oue who would tell the largest and most ridiculous story. The first commenced his story thus: “There was once a wealthy editor—” “Stop!” cried the rest of the party, “here is your money.”

Another Great Drop in Drugs at Endly’s Drug Store. Come and ask what it is. J. ENDLY, the Dr uggist. ■cTbTtlb BETTS, Attorney-at-I.aMV, VlyuAoaath, Indiana. Special attention to settlement of estates. Money io Loan At lowest rates —on long or short time. Call or write for terms. EILERT’S DAYLIGHT LIVER PILLS are a boon io sufferers Ircm Sica Headache, Sour Stomach, Torpid Liver end indigestion. Sugar-coated, pleasnio to take and warranted to go through by daylight. MILES’ NEIiVE & LIVER PILLS. An important discovery. They act on the liver, stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new principle. They speedily cure biliousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles and constipation. Splendid for men, women and children. Smallest, mildest, surest. 30 doses for 25 cents. Samples free at J. Endley's drug store. UNCLE SAM'S CONDITION POwDER will cure Distempers, Coughs, Colds. Fevers, and most of the diseases of which Horses, Cattle, Sheep. Hogs and Poultry are subject. Sold by all druggists. Jesse (loppock Post meets the first ftiiii third Saturdays of each month at their Hall over Brubaker & Grider's Store. Comrades are cordially invited to attend. E. LEIBOLE, Com. Ed. McCaety, Ad j. Mon u men!*. 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. ISuciilen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. Endley Mothers wilt 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. The best Trusses for the least money at Endley's Dray Store. Eilert Extract of Tar & wild Cherry is a safe, reliable and pleasant remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, and all throat troubles; will relieve and benefit consumption. Try it and be convinced. Every bottle warranted ; price 50c. and oue dollar per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, 111, A STARTLING DISCLOSURE. Rheumatic Syr. Co., Jackson, Mich. Gents: For years I have been greatly afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism, the pain and soreness of the joints at times being almost unbearable; could move about only with the use of crutches. In addition to this my stomach became badly diseased, " and neuralgia set in which threatened to end my day. A traveling man stopping with me gave quite a history ot Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup, and the peculiarities of its combination, which induced me to try it. I have taken six bottles, and no act in my life affords me greater satisfaction than in writing you that I am a well man. I believe it to be the best remedy ever formulated. A. J. Bowley, Proprietor, Empire House, Independence, la. $1 bottles, 85c.; 50c. bottles, 40c. at J. Endley’s. EUPEPSY. This is what you ought to have, in fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy life. “ Thousands are searching for it dailv, and mourning because they find it not. T’housands upon thousands of dollars are spent annually by our people in the hope that they may attain this boon. And yet it may be had by all. We guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring you good digestion and oust the demon Dyspepsia and install instead Eupepsy. We recommend Electric Litters for Dyspepsia ami all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold by J. Endley, druggist.

A Large and Choice set setion of Sheet Music! JUST RECEIVED AT T.HE Independent Store! . SOLD AT IOCTS. A COPY! Equal in every respect to High-price € Music and sold by other dealers at from 25 rents too One Dollar a Copy. The Latest and most 'popular works of Fiction Magazines, daily papers and books of all kinds alwa \ys stock and sold at the lowest city prices S J. ENDLEY & ENDT/PIY. HARDWARE FOR Till: MILLIONS! ■ World’s Bestj There are many reasons why they are the best. They re P resent aii that 1S P r °g re ssive in the art of A<l St ° Ve :aaking ’ Jre ricn in desi Sn, and perfect । '©A j in operation. They never get out of order. They 'X S* ve a uniform heat, and their baking is perfection. J - 1° s k° n » i ^- e Garland goods are absolutely the very bes; that can be produced for the money. O More have beer, bought this year th„n ever before in the aistory of a single season. There are many imitations which unscrupulous dealers claim to be the yrx Garland or "just the same” as the Garland. It is no such thing. Ask W CXI Xm- (or the genuine Garland, and see that you gel it! For sale by first-class merchants everywhere. I handle a full Tine of Heating Stores, chief among which is the 110UXD OHK, manufactured by P. D. Seckwith. I glee the biggest bargains in all kinds of Tinware, of which 1 hare an immense stock. Fl full line of Superior BO3ES,' BLANKETS' AO’ WHIPS. .V complete line of Paints, Oils, Tarnishes, brushes'and T. J. REECE, Tho Greatest Man on Earth for Quick Sales and Small Profits. REKSBEEGER BLOCK, Avenue F- SIGH OF The Little Stove. Ml I, —bit— max !■ ■■—■i I 'll ■——WRI as —MWi—n u —^—n —'~i —i —nr rri eu iiiriii ■ —sm mi an iwhwum^w - _______ HONEST PRICES_TALK 1 We cannot be beac iu styles and prices on Men’s, Youth’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing’! Our Hat and Cup, also our Furnishing Goods Department is complete. A good Line of Trunks and Valises always in stock. MERCHANT -- TAILORING. Having purchased 1). M. Petrie's Tailoring Establish i* 1 wish to announce to die public that 1 will run iht same in connection with my Heady-Made Clothing Business. I have a fine line of Cloths and Cassimeres on band. Also a good line of Scotch Goods for business suits, which will be made up at reasonable prices. It will pay you to examine our stock and prices. T. J. WOLFE, Leader of Low PricesIN BLOCK, W A LEi E KTO », IA 081 VA. L . ||L |, M—Tl-.~ 1111 IIM 111, ■■!■■■)■ nil—l—l I IT"" "'"V — S. A. ROBBINS,’ —DEALER IN— S bd S g £ Fam machinery. Plows, Harrows. Single and Double Corn Cultivators, Pumns, Pipe and all of WELL SITFLIES! WISE MILLS! Erected on short notice. Hay Tools of every description. °* borno Binders s’* dallies. Also New Clipper Mowers tSf-OUB MOTTO: SQU4BE DEALING.

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