St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 June 1890 — Page 1

COUNTy M Igfe Intewntent

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ON DECK! FOR THE SPRING TRADE! With a Large, Fine and Weil Selected Stock of STYLISH CLOTHING! SPRING SUITS, SPRING HATS, UNDERWEAR of Finest Quality for Summer Wear. A Fine Line of Watches and Jewelry always in stock. New Goods con eUntly amnuff. Prices always reasonable, and goods as guaranteed. Call •nd examine my stock. The Old Reliable Clothing; House of T. J. WOLFE. ROSS & BOSE? DEALERS IN Barta, Wail Stoves, a Raving put in a new and complete stock of Hardwa re with a full Une of Stoves, Tinware, PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES, PLAIN & BARBED WIRE, Gasoline Stoves, etc we are now ready to make some very LOW PRICES! Hoping to be favored with a share of your patronage we are. Yours respectfully, ROSS & BOSE. FRY-DOUGHERTY BLOCK. • r the INDEPENDENT S®l IS HEADQUARTERS FOR Sporting* Goods! Base Balls of all Kindsand P rices y including Spauld ng's genuine league. Prices from 5 cents to $1.50 each. H full Une of FISH’NG TACKLE TroXiag lines, spoon hooks, fishing rods, all kinds of lines and hooks, sinkers, bobbins, etc. I*. We always keep a full line of notions, tobaccos., cigars, books, daily papers and the finest line of STATIONERY! in Walkerton. J. ENDLEY & ENDLEY. winTRR’S ELOCK,

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY. JUNE 7, 1890.

Hie New Era believes in speaking the truth, though the heavens fall.—Albion New Era. We haven’t heard of many of them falling. The editors of the Plymouth Democrat and Republican do not sleep together, we are lead to suspect. The picture on the wall” seems to be a disturbing element. J-B. Stoll, of the S. B. Times, is being talked of as a candidate ^or congress. There is not a Democrat in the district that we would rather see go there than J. B. Stoll, mind that. All the Democrat papers in the 13th congressional district, says the Michigan City Appeal, is in favor of Shively’s re-nomination for congress bnt one. What paper that is the Appeal doesn’t state. The "V idette asks, “Do yon see the pint, &c., Bro. Zim?” We might see a quart, Bro. Cully, but a “pint” is too small a prescription for a Democratic editor. Send us an “original packR t?c. —alparaiso Messenger. Last Sunday, according to the Indianapolis Sun,was a very quiet, peaceful day in that city. There were only 33 plain and ornamented drunks in town on that day, i. e., that ww run in by tho police. Yes, very quiet and moral town, that. Congressman Shively notified South Benders last week that the house of Representatives passed the bill appropriating $75,000 for a public building in that city. Tho S. B. Times thinks that the bill will surely pass the Senate. They nre beginning to talk General Packard up down on the Ohio for congress. If they want, a Republican to represent that district, i. e., a competent and reliable one, they needn’t go an inch farther. He has been tried and found not wanting. A FEA RFFL IfK111TA« E? The transmission of Blood Taints entail fearful consequences, and those so afflicted, have urgent need to purify the . blood thoroughly every spring. Neglect of this often leads to fearful complications of disease. A gentleman whose family were greatly afflicted writes us thus: Gentlemen: My wife and babe fourteen months old, and ahoy of five have suffered for years from hereditary scrofula or King’s evil, and would frequently break out in sores. I have employed the Lest physicians, but found nothing to relieve them until I tried Hibbards Rheumatic Syrup, have used fouiteen bottles, and find to my astonishment they are entirely cured. Words cannot describe the value of your medicine as a blood purilier. 1 shall recommend it to all who are troubled from impure blood. John Muellerweiss, Jr. Dealer in groceries provisions, Alpena, Mich. Prepared only by The Charles Wright Medicine Company, Detroit, Mich. For sale by J. Endley. A fine line of Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines, Piano stools, Organ stools, Sewing Machine Needles and Oils at the Independent store, Bender's block. L. 13. Hummell, Agt. FAILURES IN LIFE. People fail in many ways. In business! in morality, in religion, in happiness, and in health. A weak heart is often an unsuspected cause of failure in life. If the blood does not circulate properly in the lungs, there is shortness of breath, asthma etc-; in the brain, dizziness, beadachei etc ; in the stomach, wind, pain, indigestion, faint spells, etc., in the liver, torpidity, congestion, etc. Pain in the left side, shoulder and stomach is caused by heart strain. For all these maladies Mr- Miles' New Cure for the heart and lungs is the best remedy. Sold, guaranteed and recommended by J. Endley. UNCLE SAM’S CONDITION POwDEPi will cure Distempers, Coughs, Colds, F 1 evers, and most of the diseases of which Horses, Cattle, Sheep. Hogs and Poultry are subject. Sold by all druggists. 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 one dollar per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Prepared by the Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, 111, Piso RsineAy for Catarrh i« the best, easiest to use the cheapest Lox safety J. Endley. 1

’ LOCAL^NEWSMentone had a fire scare the other 1 day. Fishing tackle of jail kinds at T. J. Reece’s. , Childrens Day Service at the U. B. church in Walkerton, Sunday, June 8, at half past nine o’clock. Anybody that can put down good cement walks can make a barrel and a half of money in Walkerton. We beard of a theft that would disgrace the lowest thief on record. John Garrett's grave had been decorated in an exceptionally beautiful manner with some of the choicest of floweis, and some envious, low, dirty thief stole away quite a considerable portion of them. Stealing the pennies off your dead mother’s eyes, or acorns from a blind pig would be elevating compared to the above dirty steal. We can lick the wnman that did it. Rex Means King. The Rex Wind Mill is certainly king of all wind mills, manufactured by the Nqrth Manchester Manufacturing company, which company gained letters of patent Feb. 27, 18S>0, for the direct lift, and having only 14 pieces :n engine, where most of onr competitors have 28 pieces. Me have a better constructed wheel and is warranted to run with loss wind than any other mill manufactured. L. B. Hummell, Agent, Walkerton, Ind. Died. Fl LMER—Mrs. Jacob C. Fulmer at her home in Walkerton, Ind., on Friday, May 30th, 1890. Resina Fulmer, nee Hayes, was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Aug. 3, 1835, being 54 years, 9 months, and 28 days old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of R-mben and Elizabeth Hayes. She united with tho M. E. Church when about fourteen years of age. On the first Sunday in October, 1857, sho united with the Baptist church at North Liberty, Ind., continuing in that faith till the time of her death. She lived a consistent life, was a devoted wife, a tender, loving mother. Her life was a continuous benediction to the circle in which she lived and the unanimous testimony of her neighbors . is that she was kind and obliging, good and ptire. She seemed to understand the Saviour’s words, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”; for she would rather minister to others than to be ministered to herself. She was married to Jaoob C. Fulmer in Amsterdam, N. A., March G 1857. To them was born two children both of whom are living—Prof. Schuyler C. Fulmer and Mrs. Maria E. Byers, both of whom are living in South Bend, Ind. She lived to see both her children give their hearts to the Saviour she loved and her sou after a successful career as teacher in South Bend schools to give his life to the ministry in the Baptist church. One brother preceded her to the better land. One survives her whois living in Oregon and preaching the gospel in the M. E. church. Her father is still living at the advanced age of eighty a devoted Christian and member of the M. E. church. Her husband has long been a highly esteemed Christian and is connected with the Baptist church. She leaves to mourn father, husband, brother, two children and five grandchildren. That her spotless life may be remembered and imitated is the prayer of the writer. O. L. Prentice. The funeral service was held at the family residence Sunday, June 1, at 10:30 a. m., and was attended by a large number of friends and neighbors. Revs. Prentice and Mathews officiated. The remaius were laid to rest in the Walkerton cemetery. PRONOUNCED PERFECT BY AN ENGINEER. I have been a great sufferer from Rheumatism for several years, and hearing of ' the success of Hibbards Rheumatic Syrup, concluded to give it a trial. I havo tested the curative properties of the mineral springs without finding relief from that or any other sources until I tried Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup, which has done wonders for me. I can now walk with entire freedom from pain and my general health is very much improved. It is a splendid remedy for the blood for the debilitated system. Fred Herman, Engineer Water Works Big Rapids, Mich. Sold by all druggists. Prepared only by The Charles Wright Medicine Company, Detroit, Mich, i

The fourth quarterly meeting of the U-, B. chinch will convene at the Island church, June 14 and 15. Rev. J. Simons will be in attendance. David Ragan, of LaPorte, had his neck broken last Saturday evening in a saloon fuss by William Bykles, who slugged him in the neck. Bykles’ associate named Lee Wade was mixed in the killing of Ragan in some way. Seventeen reasons why the Singer Sowing Machine is the best. Prices and terms as good as any first-class machine. Call at the Singer office, Bender’s block, and be convinced. L. B. Hummel, agent. Black. Grove Farm For Sale. Black Grove farm, 103 acres, good frame house, over 70 acres improved, all in good condition. Will be sold at a very reasonable price. For particulars apply at the Independent. F. O. Kraokovicz. “Don’t buy a pig in a bag.” It costs money to make a good binder or mower. Examine the machine that is offered you at a low price. You may find it is not worth what it is asked for it. Champion binders and mowers are built upon honor, from the best material obtainable and in the best way known. For the meeting of the National Ednoational Association to be held ut St. Paul, Minn., the B. & O. R. B. will sell tickets June 28th to July sth, good returning until July 15, or by depositing the return portion of ticket with the St. Paul terminal lines, the return limit will be extended to September 30 at rate of one first-class limited fare for the round trip, plus $2 membership fee. We are informed that Mrs. Dodge, of Rochester, formerly of Mentone, was married last week to a farmer of Walkerton.—Mentone Gezette. “F'anner of Walkerton!” Think of it! We suspect that it is the Widow Dodge who formerly lived near Walkerton, and she may have gobbled a farmer of near this place. But the idea of saying that she got a farmer of Walkerton, when there isn’t unoccupied ground enough in the incorporation on which to raise a striped broom handle, is superlatively ridiculous, and we shall wholly ignore the insult. About twenty minutes of eleven o’clock last Sunday night the cry of fire aroused our citizens—most of them—from their sleep, to find that one of D. W. Place’s large hay barns was wrapped in flames. Men, women and children hurried to the scene of excitement from all directions, but too late to render any service. Mr. Place himself lives but a few rods from the site and when he discovered the barn on fire the siding and roof was almost burned off. The main building was 40 x 60 feet, and the wing was 30 x 30 feet, and about 25 feet high. The barn was a large and excellent one. Nothing in the way of contents could be removed, the entire establishment being completely enveloped in flames when discovered. The old hay press that pressed the first bale of hay that ever landed in Pittsburg for packing purposes, there and then ceased to be. Mr. Place also lost his double seated carriage, which was a very good one. From 50 to GO tons of baled hay met the same fate, and about 12 tons of unbaled hay also burned. Two mowers and one reaper were destroyed; one wind pump, and one double corn plow. There was one thousand dollars insurance on the outfit. Mr. Place has made an estimate of his loss above the insurance and finds that it will amount to between five and seven hundred dollars. THE PULPiT AND THE STAGE. Rev. F. M. Shroat, Pastor United Brethren Church,Blue Mound, Kan., says: “I feel it my duty to tell what wonders Dr. King’s New Discovery has done for me. My Lungs were badly diseased, and my parishioners thought I could not live only a few weeks; I took five bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery and am sound and well, gaining 26 lbs. in weght.” Arthur Love, Manager Love’s Funny Folks Combination, writ esq “After a thorough trial and convincing evidence, I am confident Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, beats ’em all and cures when everything else fails. The greatest kindness I can do my many thousand friends is to urge them to try it. For sale by J. Endley. I used Simmons Liver Regulator for indigestion with immedirte relief.— O. G. Sparks, Ex-Mayor, Macon, Ca.

NUMBER 50.

Below is a part of Rev. Beall’s sermon preached to the graduating class of the High School at Argos a week last Sunday, as taken from the Reflector of that place. Text, 12th ver.se of the 13th chapter of Romans,—“Let us put on the armor of light,” etc. “Every race, he said, that had succeeded in gaining a place in history was the promulgator of one gaeat Idea, and no nation had ever succeeded in getting a place in history that bad not succi'eded in producing some great thought. It was so with Egypt. With Persia every step of her progress was toward Light. In the Hebrew nation Purity was the dominant thought. Amid the multitude of Grecian thoughts, the idea of Beauty expressed it all. Every poet, every statesman, every teacher embodied this in his thoughts. The Romans cared not for Light nor Purity, but Law meant everything to them, and permeated every aot. The Anglo-Saxon race, made up of all peoples, had tivo great thoughts —Civil Liberty and Spiritual Christianity. These permeated the history of our race. Men were known by their ideas. Success in achieving greatness depended on their fidelity to one great idea. It was so with Cicero, and Lycurgus, and Luther, aud Wesley. In the formation of character, he asked, to what extent are we responsible? God furnishes tho tools bnt we enn’t be all alike. The material is different, and each one is responsible for its manipulation. Manhood and womanhood represent consolidated habit. Habits become chronic, either good or bad. Wo aro making character rapidly, he said, as e .emplified in the growth of our western cities, which sprang up in a night. In the formation of character we were building faster than that—we were building all the time, and beyond the comprehension of man to understand. He believed men were as good as they seemed to be—*B good on the outside as they were on the inside. If a man doesn’t do right it is because he isn’t right. The outward is a reflex of the inner. Character building, he said, is one of the most powerful of all things. Like the great forces of the universe, it can not be seen. Christian character is a precious aggregation to those who enjoy it. In this life we have rules to measure the value of things. We measure them according to what they cost us in effort. In this sense character moulding has cost something. Patience—how much has it cost us I Its value can’t be measured only as God measures value. Purityhow much that has cost some of us. Many owe their very life to it. Many live on a crust to maintain it that might enjoy luxury in its relinquishment ; Christian character was formed as a sculptor forms a statue. It is rude in form at first, but he chisels and scrapes away until the beautiful lines are revealed. God furnishes the crude materials. Wo aro the sculpsors, scraping off and perfecting. Every stop must be positive. We can’t be anything in this life without meeting antagonism. In character building it is more so. Tho time for testing its value is not here. We can’t test it here. Time alone will test it. If it isn’t genuine it will crumble. The time is coming when God will Jet in the sunlight of his presence and then its value will be revealed. The first stages of character building are all out of joint. But God is patient and we must be. Life must be sustained by God’s grace in the heart. Christ is the vine and we are tho branches. There are artificial things in this life, but manhood is genuine. There are under currents in tho ocean that bear in opposite directions from the surface. So things in this life are deceptive. We may think we are moving along toward a certain goal but tho under current may be carrying us in the other direction. Amid all our troubles here we need a rudder to guide the ship. Our strong impulses will not load us astray if we have something to guide them aright. He appealed to the class to have a high standard. They had finished their school work here, but life work had just begun. Knowledge was power, but its value depended on how they used it.” Fnlted Society of C'briNtlan Kudenvor, St. Koulm. Mo. The Baltimore and Ohio R. R, for this occasion will sell tickets from all points on its Western Divisions, to St, Louis, Mo., and return at the low rate of one fare for the the round trip. June 10th, and 11th. Good for return pass: age until June 17th.