St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 April 1890 — Page 1

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WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1890.

row -limentaiy horn Competent Judges. The Walkerton Independent has changed its form and is now the size and shape of the Weekly Tribune It was always bright; it is now spicier than ever, and has more surface to spread it* self in. Weare glad to see this evidenceof prosperity in the Independent. Endley deserves it. He is giving Walkerton an excellent country journal and | should be liberally supported.—Gener- । al Packard, in the New Albany (Ind.) Tribune. Tho Walkerton Independent has been enlarged to a six column quarto and editor Endley is filling it chuck full of vim.—Rochester Sentinel. Tho Walkerton Independent has enlarged to a six column quarto form on account of excess of advertising patronage. Tho Independent is a good newspaper and deserving of its stated liberal patronage.—Nappanee Nows. The Walkerton Independent takes on tho form of a 6-col. quarto, and is enlarged aud improved thereby. It is the funny member of our family of journals, and its cheery gibes never Aril to dispel gloom from our sanctum. —Westville Indicator. Sam Jones, in his sermon in Tyler, Texas, did not take for his guide tho spirit and language of the sermon on the mount when ho spoke as follows: “lou little Tyler infidel, you little nar-row-eyed fool, a fly can sit on your nose and paw you in one eye aud kick you in the other.”—Ex. In nine cases out of ten if one mnn, or fool, would address such language as the aboye to another in a saloon he would get bis ye blacked, and he would deserve it. But a crank Can climb into the pulpit and abuse everybody who don’t accord with him in views, without stint, and it’s all right. The cause of religion is being injured more and more every day by permitting undignified, uneducated men of small caliber to assume the duties and responsibilities of teaching men and women and children Christianity and how they should live. Chief among this class is the notorious Ham Jones referred to in the above paragraph, and whom many other equally unfit persons for the pulpit, are striving hard to imitate. Education, dignity, and common sense should grace the pulpit. Down and out with such impostors as Sam Jones and his imitators. It’s Th eli Fo ollsliueNN. It’s not earnest enthusiasm aud earnest zeal and honest belief of certain ones in things not proved, but assumed, argued hypothetically, etcetera, that intelligent, worldly people make light of, but their antics aud absolutely foolish utterances. The good man or woman does not hate individuals, but hates their sins. So with intelligent, thinking, discriminating worldly people in reference to certain other folks, they do not hate the man or woman; but their positive foolish and senseless acts provoke adverse : criticisms, and the laughs and the jeers of all intelligent persons possessing the slightest degree of a mirthful disposition or nature. The Salvation Army had a big time last Wednesday evening, in their hall and the vacant room adjoining. It is said that two men, a boy and three women, who had come to town to attend their meeting, took up quarters for the night after the meeting, in a barn near by, leaving their team out on the street. Such foolish enthusiasm is to be severoly condemned—Plymouth Republican. Tut, tut! Never condemn any degree of foolishness which is the result of religious excitement. Michigan City has just organized a Humane Society. Its first work should be to protect the farmers of the country against the editor of tho Dispatch.— New Albany Tribune. It’s all right, General. The farmers in this section are about of the same mind the boy was when tho mule kicked bins. W. A. Dailey telegraphs from Walkerton that the entire republican ticket was elected in Lincoln by majorities running from sto 40. J'hn McDaniel’s majority for trustee Was 5. —South Bend Daily Tribune. The Tribune evidently misapprehends the telegram. The three supervisors elected are Democrats, and one constable also a Democrat. John Me. Daniel’s l majority for trustee is 19 instead of 5. John Steele’S majority for asssessor was 5, who is & Republican.

’ LOCAL NEWS. 3 Don’t forget tho fair ground project. Might begin to figure a little on a 4th of July celebration. i Joe Miller, of North Liberty, has moved to Walkerton. • John Miller has set up house keeping in the northwest part of town. I w know all men by these presents, that । Walkerton wants a planing-mill. Stun Robbins has been improving his residence by a fresh coat of paint. [ Mr. Foylor, of D. W. Place's addif tion, is building an addition to his residence. “Stub” Rensberger tells ns to “put it i In the paper” that a band stand will - cost from forty to fifty dollars. Lewis Rinehart, the contractor for stone mason work and plastering, reports plenty of business this spring. The Stevenson laundry will do no business on Sunday. They will work late Saturday nights to accommodate you, however. Superintendent Chapman was down from the Bend to exercise the God given right of casting a free and untrammeled ballot. Father Otis Williams, in attempting to climb into his wagon the other day, slipped and fell with his side against the wheel and fractured a rib. By Rpwtal request of Fred Decker himself, we suppress tho news item in rexerence to him having invested in real-estato in Chicago, last Week. Last week’s South Bend Times contained twelve pages, everyone of which teemed with interesting news. It is ono of the best newspapers in Indiana. The first ice cream festival for this season was given by tho M. E. church on Monday evening. It was held in Hudelmyer’s hall. Out of tho thirteen townships in St. Joe. county, nine Democratic Trustees wore elected. Portage, Olive and Union townships whopped over from tho Republican side to tho Democrats. It is said that the B. &O. railroad have let tho contract for building a double track from Walkerton to Chicago.—Westville Indicator. Wer’o in the habit of clipping just such news. Tho Epworth League gave nn egc; supper in Hudelmyer’s Hall, on Saturday evening. It, was entirely under the management of tho young people of tho League and reflected credit upon their efforts. The remnant of the 30th Indiana Regiment of volunteers, amounting to about one hundred and t wenty, penned at Albion last week,and the Eta prints an exhaustive account of their proceedings. They seemed to feel that it was good to he there. On last I riday evening a large party of young people were entertained by Miss Loda Brubaker at the pleasant Binbaker residence. The party was in honor of Misses Lillie anil Minnie Bosserman, of LaPorte. Tempting refreshments were served, games indulged in and all spent a delightful evening. Superintendent Chapman of the county asylum, called upon us while hero this week, and states that there are 49 inmates in the asylum at present. Says they average all the way from a little bit off up to crazy, pure and simple. Five are maniacs and are kept in close confinement. Says that there are some things connected with the superintendency not at all desirable, the managing of some of the inmates being very disagreeable. We crowded Rev. Beall to the wall to learn his theme Sunday evening at Argos. Ho averred that he did not want newspaper notoriety, but found it difficult to discourage the faithful scribe in his persistent efforts for news. Persistent inquiry elicited tho fact that his theme was the liquor question. He proved that the American people wero subject to certain nervous diseases that tho inhabitants of no other country were, and that, therefore, spirit drinking in this country was a practice fraught with greater danger than that of any country on the globe. He spoke at an hour and a quarter’s length, and we are convinced that bat few, if any, of his congregation slept soundly durtbe #fecourse.

The Township Election. Tho weather last Monday was favorable for election purposes, the entire day being a bright, warm one. Although earnest work was done by both parties, wo never saw so closly a contested election take place with less discord and bitter feeling between the rival parties. Good men for the respective places wore put forward on both sides of tho house, and but very little was said of a disparaging nature about any of the candidates. It seemed that each party had come to a realizing sense of the fact that the other party also consisted of human beings instead of brutes, as sometimes appears to bo the case. Everybody, with very few exceptions, wore a bright and pleasant look, corresponding in marked degree with tho bright and pleasant day with which God had favored them for the discharge of tho arduous task of electing John McDaniel, (Rep.) Trustee; John E. Steele, (Rep.) Assessor; Juutioe of the Peace, Silas George, (Rep.;) James Shoemaker, (Rep.) Constables, Ed. McCarty, (Rep.;) 8. J. Reed, (Dem.); Road Supervisors, Geo. Goodrich, (Dem.) Dist. No. 1; William Beatty, (Dem.) Dist. No. 2; James McCabe, (Dem.) Dist. No. 3. NOTES. The job of consoling Councilman Tank was undertaken by offering the argument that it was close work, inasmuch as four Democrats were elected against five Republicans. He w’ould not take consolation, however, saying in response that he was a great hand for cream, and that the Republicans had procured all of it in the late contest. It cost Frank Paul sixty-fivo cents to obtain tho valuable information that he was no politician. The polls wero open until C> o’clock. Several parties wero hauled to the polls in buggies. Said to be too lazy to walk. Frank Paul says it’s no disgrace to be defeated by good, Christian men. Geo. Brown wanted us to say something about him, bnt we have forgotten what it was. Frank Paul will continue to do business nt the old stand. 'Squire Townsend said beforehand that he didn’t care. Harvey Brown isn’t sure but that it was a put up job. It was the largest vote that was ever polled in Lincoln township. The Fire Fleud Finds Enel. About 2 o’clock, p. m., last Sunday, while the members of tho family, excepting a babe and little girl, were at a neighbor’s taking dinner, Andrew Cunningham’s fine, large residence was discovered to be on lire. The alarm was given by the ringing of church bells and cry of “fire! lire! fire!” that thrilling sound that pierces tho innermost caverns of tho heart of every citizen of Walkerton, since that eventful night of not long ago, and soon hundreds of men, women aud children, wero at the sceno of conflagration. The new tiro engine, recently purchased, was brought into requisition by tho boys, and after some trouble in getting it into operation did noblo work. 'Tis true the large residence of Andrew Cunningham was totally destroyed, but the little engine, no doubt, was the direct means of saving many others and some quite costly buildings. Mr. C. thinks that the fire originated between the upper floor and plastering quite near tho chimney, which ho thinks must have been defective. The house cost two thousand and four hundred dollars, on which there ■was a policy of fourteen hundred dollars. He also had an insurance on tho contents of tho house to the amount of one thousand dollars, about six hundred dollars worth of which was destroyed by tho tiro. Ho lost tho contents of three upper rooms, a clothespress and wardrobe. Mr. C. will at once proceed to erect another residence with which he hopes to rival tho ono lost. Albion Swank has moved his family back to their neat little residence in town. Bill Stull went to Plymouth last Wednesday to pay for a ditch. Bill says that when he buys a ditch ho pays for it.

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Should have Hotter Fire Protection. Several of our boys manifest their willingness to become members of a fire company, something absolutely necessary for every town of the importance of Walkerton to have. Now that wo have an excellent little engine with which to combat lire, tho town board should encourage tho organization of such a company for the purpose of properly managing it in time of need. Tho boys manifest a willingness to organize and practice until they become familiar with tho manner of managing the little giant, provided tho board will । exempt them from road work, which is certainly as trifling a compensation as our citizens could ask such valuable services for. Tho Independent interviewed George Ross, who is well up to snuff in such matters, and learned that it would require at least twenty members to successfully manage tho machine at a tiro. He says that there should bo one Chief, two noZzlemen, one engineer, one coupler and font levormon on a side while in operation, leaving soven leverraon as relief men. Mr. Ross also states that the engine will draw a full current of water from the earth at a depth of 33 feet, but thinks that that is about tho extent of its power iu that capacity. Our wells will not average a depth of more than 20 feet, thus showing that the machine will be of practical utility iu this place. Notwithstanding the fact that Councilman Tank has on exhibition, at Bohrens Bro’s store, about a quarter of a cord of boards, chips, beer bottle rubber nozzles, etc., which ho removed from the pipes and valves of the machine after tho Are last Sunday, the little engine, just as surely as tho sun shines and water runs down hill, prevented what would have been as disastrous, or quite so, a conflagration as the well remembered and never to be forgotten ono of comparatively not long since. Finally permit us to urge that the members of the town boat'd at onco act upon this matter, exempt twenty of the boys from doing road duty that tho organization of tho fire company may be effected immediately. Better lire protection wo need, should and must have. The Independent would hereby modestly suggest that the citizens of Walkerton build a band stand. We now have a band that we need not be ashamed of, and the boys are constantly striving hard to become better and better. Band concerts are becoming quite popular, and but few, if any, towns of importance aro without them. Wo fool confident that tho boys would willingly play ono evening every week during tho summer, if they had a rospectablo stand, to play in. A very small contribution from each one interested in tho town would bo sufficient to erect a stand which would do honor to tho place. A subscription paper might bo drawn up 'and placed in tho hands of some responsible 11 rm—in tho bank, forinstance—where anyone wishing to contribute their little could do so. The Independent will head the list with ono dollar. Later wo learn that the boys already have iu taoir treasury twelve dollars to bo devoted to tho above purpose. Now let every citizen who possibly can donate sums anywhere from 25 cents upward. A neat little band stand will be nn ornament to the town. They tell us that they will play twice a week if a stand is erected for tho purpose, and that free of charge, while it is usual iu other towns to pay these organizations for such services. EXCURSION TO THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, VIA B. & O. Tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will sell round trip tickets at ono fare, April 1, and 15, to Woodstock, Winchester, Staunton, Lexington and other points in tho Valley of Virginia. Tickets will be good going ten days and returning 30 days, with stop over at any point, east of Bellaire. Now is tho time to visit your friends, or to seek a home in old Virginia. For full information and tickets, call on agents of the B. & O. R. R. School speakers, dialogue books and short dramas for school exhibitions and literary societies, for sale at the Independent store. Chicago Sunday papers—Herald and Inter Ocean, delivered every Sunday at your homes at 12:30 o’clock. Leave orders at the Independent storM