St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 July 1890 — Page 1

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WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 26. 1890.

* An exchange says that “How inn oh do yon owe your local paper,” wttfi stricken onto!’ the list of census questions for tho reason that the showing would be larger than tho public debt. A team belonging to a Westville Polander, etc., etc.—Dispatch. V estville doesn’t contain a Pole.— Indicator. I hen you 11 never knock the persimmons. Abraham Lincoln used to tell a story about two men who made a fortune in Kentucky. One of them minded his own business, and tho other he let other people’s business alone. Both of them got rich, lived long and died, happy. r I he Milford Mail says: “The town of Milford only has 800 inhabitants ; .nd has seventeen brick business rooms, thirteen of -which are two stories high, and from GO to 105 feet in length.” Walkerton has sixteen, all two stories high, and room to make them higher. Eh Parks is down on the Walkerton buck lei erry grounds making money I with his merry go-round. Norm Parks returned from there Wednesday night with a line lot of berries. He reports the biggest crop ever known in that locality.— Mishawaka Enterprise. W-a-l-k-e r-t-o-n h-u-e-k-l-e-b-e-r-r-y g-r-o-u-n-d-s! Dure you halfway. Bremen is again worrying along with, but one newspaper, the Banner having once mor? gone dead. This paper asked it when it blossojned out the second time if it would pay but received no information on the subject until lust week, and then from another source. One paper is all that can live and make it pay in any town the size of Bremen. A Mentone boy was bitten by a strange dog that is said to have acted strangely. It is feared tho dog was rabid. This town is plumb full of dogs of all breeds, dispositions, colors, etc., including the regulation “yaller” dorg. Our town board should at once cause them to be either muzzled or eoidir.ed. There is great danger during the hot months, of dogs going mad. John W. Siders, who has edited the Plymouth Republican for the past twelve years, bids farewell to its readers, in the last issue of that paper. The office has passed into the bauds of Brooke & Hendricks, who will continue to advocate republican principles, ami, as they say in their salutatory, “will continue to make it as aggressive as formerly.” Brother Brooke, who has been its editor in chief since last September, will continue to drive the quill in that capacity. Brothers Brooke & Hendricks, we like your paper, and wish you abundant success. Now let ’ergo Gallagher. The huckleberry crop in the vicinity of Walkerton turned out well this year and the berries have been of good size and excellent flavor. Recently 1,100 boxes were shipped from U alkerton, the boxes containing 10 quarts each, aggregating over 340 bushels. Ihe pickers received about SB2 for the day s work.—S. B. Daily Tribune. In writing the above item the Tribune drew its inspiration from the Independent, for it repeats the egregious blunder of saying: “The pickers received about SB2 for the day s work. The pickers received about $825.00 for the day’s work. But before leaving this subject we must say that we feel like falling upon the neck of the good and kind and gentlemanly and truthful editor of tho Tribune and weeping for joy. Id the above item he said, in the vicinity of Walkerton.” How different, oh 1 how different from the usual tone of the malignant editor who is wont to say, “The buckleberry crop or marsh in Walkerton.” The editor of tho Tribune shall have all the —the ice water he wants the first time we see him. A REMARKABLE LETTER. The following letter from Mr. W. A. Thomson, of Columbus, Wis,, is peculiarly interesting: “My wife,” says he ‘ has been treated for her head, stomach and nervous prostration by three doctors in New York, two in Chicago, one in Philadelphia, one in Cincinnati, and at the large institute in Buffalo for 16 months. They all failed. But one bottle ot Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine helped her wonderlul]y.” This should be used in all headaches, brckaches, changes of life, nervous disturbances, fits, rheumatism, etc. Ask at J. Endley’s Drug Store for a free trial bottle and Dr. Miles' new book OR the Serves and Heart.

LOCAL NEWSDoc Dowell is deputy marshal. 01. Fulmer is driving work along on his large brick store building. The Williams & Henderson great store building is about completed. Sam Ross has the cutest invention for trimming shade trees, fruit trees, etc., out. Borrow it and try it. The “Boy’s Delight” is the only riding plow made with rolling land side. B. F. Rinehart. Bremen’s population is 1,403 says the Enquirer. If that is so you knock Walkerton out in point of numbers, and don’t you forget it. Dentist Dowell went to Argos, Tnos-’ day, to do dentistry in that place. The Reflector of that town may say that Dowell is a good dentist. Dentist Dowell of this place will hereafter make regular visits on every Tuesday and Wednesday to Knox and Argos, where ho will practice dentistry. July 22 to Aug. 13, the B. & O. R. R. will sell exenrsion tickets from Walkerton tn Romo City, Ind., and return for $2.35. Good returning until Aug. IG. From August. 2 to G the B. & O. railtoad will sell tickets from Walkerton to Chicago at one fare for round trip, on account of Patriarchs Millitant and I. O. O. F. Tickets good returning until August 11, Albion lias n couple of desperadoes in the persons of Marvin Kuhns and his brother. Tho people of the town banded together armed with pick axes, shovels, hoes, shot guns, cannon, rifles, swords, jack-knives, etc., etc., and went in hot pursuit, chasing the fugitives all over Noble county, failing to capture them. Grandpa and Grandma Culp, of Nappanee, visited their son and family Geo. Culp, of near Teegarden, the latter part of last and fore part of this week. Grandpa and Grandma Culp are aged respectively 31 and 79 years. They l the parents of eleven children; grand parents of ninety seven children, and great grand parents of sixty children. The old gentleman appears to be quite vigorous. The band boys used the band stand Tuesday evening for the first time. The whole town was out ami a]>pearcd to be very much tickled about it. The boys played quite a number of pieces of choice music which the vast crowd assembled to listen to appeared to enjoy very much. The stand was beautifully illuminated presenting a spectacle new, novel, and interesting to the lookers-on. There is nothing more certain than that our people -will be justly proud of this little enterprise when it is fully completed. Geo. Cook, formerly a resident of Lakeville now a Methodist minister stationed at Riverton, Neb , writes his friends that his church building was blown down some time ago by a whirlwind and literally split into kindling wood. George is of the plucky kind and will doubtless soon have a new one. —S. B. Times. George Cook was a farmer of near this place for several years previous to taking up his abode at Riverton, Neb., and is a reader of the Independent, and writes an occasional letter for publication, but has not apprized it of his recent misfortune, as given above. It may be a mistake. A reporter for the Independent quite reluctantly visited the headquarters of the great huckleberry marsh in Marshal and Starke counties day before last Monday, in the interest of the paper and patrons. No matter bow much the reporter may regret or dislike to visit such places, it becomes his bounden duty as an industrious news gatherer to do so' Be must take any and all risks of danger to life, health, reputation, etc., in the discharge of so great a duty. Perhaps four hundred people were gathered there, some for tho purpose of making money in various ways, others merely through curiosity and for pastime. Quite a number of respectable people were there, and a much greater number of whom we caro to ay but little, suffice it to say that neither their Christianity nor morality stuck out far enough to endanger it in being knocked off with a club. Tho good roparter wept bitterly and returned to his virtuous sheets. Take Simmons Liver Regulator, One de : fe is worth 109 dollars,

Burglars Visit Walkerton. Tuesday morning between three and four o’clock the report caused by Rensberger & Fitzgerald’s safe being blown open awoke Airs. Doc Dowell and being alarmed called tho doctor and both went to their front windows and saw four persons going on the sidewalk from the store of Rensberger & Fitzgerald to the hardware establishment of T. J. Reece and begin to pry the door open with largo chisels. The doctor never having lad an introduction to tho gentlemen and being a perfect stranger to them, felt a delicacy about opening up a conversation with them but repaired,to the rear end of his residence to get his shot gun, and on returning tho gentlemen had fled. One of the gentlemen, Mr. Dowell say-s. performed the operation of prying the door open while two stood guard about ten feet away and tbe fourth one crossed tho street toward the window from which he was watch iug. The first robbery committed was at Al. Ilardenbrook’s saloon, where they blew open the safe and extracted therefrom about fifty-live dollars in cash. They then blew open the safe at Rensberger & Fitzgerald’s and secured forty dollars in cash. They opened Jeff Reece’s safe, which was not locked, it having been blown open and spoiled a couple years ago, and which contained no valuables. They, however, took twenty-live dollars worth of revolvers and cartridges from this establishment. Had Doc Dowell, depu- ' ty marshal, been acquainted with the gentlemen so that he could without any violation of propriety and etiquette yelled at them, the Jeff Reece loss might have been averted. However, no one knows just what they would do under such circumstances. Onr merchants dispensed with the services of a night-watch a short time ago, believing that the burglars had all been killed and the town was fire proof. Os course, it won’t pay to hire a night-watch under such circumstances. ————— A few scraps are reported as having come off at the huckleberry headquarters last Sunday It is said that they take place regardless of ring rules—sort o’ promiscuously, as it were. A very trifling mistake was made last week in this paper in stating theamount paid to huckleberry pickers the Tuesday previous. A couple of expert accountants, lightning calculators happened to stumble onto the slight error and kicked higher than a cat’s back for a correction. In order, therefore, to please those precise gentlemen will say that instead of saying that the pickers realized about SB2 50, we should have said about $825.00. But there are some folks who will strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. In speaking of the baseball game on the Fourth, between Walkerton and Knox, the Independent says: “Our boys are laying for bigger money. Look out for them, they’re slick.'” That’s what we like to hear, Bro. Endley. Now, your amount, please.— Knox Ledger. Well, our prices areas follows: For one afternoon’s instructions by the Swipers, decidedly the best club in northern Indiana, fifty dollars. The boys who tried to play your fellows the Fourth, may come over at any time they can conveniently, for, say, their ; suppers. The Decatur Journal devotes considerable space to vilely berating Maxen- ' kuckee as a summer resort, classing it •with the very lowest rendezvouses for tho vilest class of people upon earth. In speaking of a recent Sunday excursion to that point it claims that “out of the crowd of two thousand five hundred persons, two thousand of them were men and women of the very lowest character, and that drunken women wallowed on the ground like hogs,” etc., etc. The Plymouth Democrat, however, comes to the rescue and denies 1 emphatically the vile story in the main. The editor was present on the occasion and noted little irregularities, admitting a slight sprinkling of unwarrantable conduct on the occasion, but no more nor worse than must be expected at all such large gatherings. The Journals harangue sounds very much like those of certain envious papers about Walkerton during the huckleberry season. The Journal should be confined ' in a lard rendering establishment until it makes the proper apologies for its un- : called for attack upon Maxenkuckee, where Sam Jones sometimes preaches.

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A mad dog scare has hit Mentone and the powers that be have said, “Thou shall muzzle thy dorg.” Now let the Walkerton authorities go and do likewise. Caller—l supposed I would find your parents home this time of day. Both out, are they ? Small Boy—Yes’m,. Mother ain’t got back yet from the woman’s every afternoon temperance meeting, and pap’s gone to Ginsling’s free lunch saloon to get. his supper. The superior merits of the ‘‘Boy’s Delight” riding plow over all other plows are universally acknowledged by competent judges. ■* - B. F. Rinehart, Agent. A stitch in time, Take Simmons Lives Regulator and prevent sickness. Notice. All persons found trespassing for the purpose of hunting or shooting on our lands will be fined according to law. I. F. Place, B. F. Dare, Geo. Henry, Lizzie Place, John Dare, Geo, Harmison, John Taylor, C. W. Pollock, John Schmeltz, Wm. Gould, James Blaine, E. W. Smith, Philip Weller, William Robinson. Hunters take warning. Kidney affections of years standing cured by Simmons Li vet Regulator.—J, W. Poynts. A grocer who had a lot of liraberger cheese for sale advertised it as an approachable bargain.” A census enumerator tells of a vo man who, in reply to the question where her two children were born, said; ‘‘One over to mother’s and the other in the spare room.” A FORTUNATE WOMAN. Mrs. Mary L. Baker, of Ovid, Mich., has reason to be very thankful. She was a great sufferer from heart disease for years- Was short of breath, had hungry spells, pain in side, fluttering, faintness. After taking two bottles of Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure, she says, “I am better than for twenty years. My mind and eyesight have improved wonderfully. I advise all persons thus afflicted to use this great rem? edy.” J. Endley druggist, reccommends and guarantees it. Dr. Miles’ work on Heart Disease, containing marvelous testimonials, free. PRONOUNCED PARFECT BY A PRACTICAL ENGINEERI have been a great sufferer from rheumatism for seven years, and hearing of the success of‘Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup, concluded to give it a trial. I have tested the curative properties of the mineral springs without finding relief from that or any other sources.J tried Hibbard'^ Rheumatic Syrup, which has done wonders for me. I can now walk with entire freedom from pain and my general health is very ranch improved. It is a splendid remedy for the blood and the debilitated system. Fred Herman, Enfiineer Water Works, Big Rapids, Mich. Sold by J. Endley- Prepared only by the Charles Wright Medicine Company, Detroit Mich. If you want to enjoy your meals, strengthen your digestion with Simmons, 1 Liver Regulator.