St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 August 1890 — Page 1

COUNTy Wert JSk Irteneniient

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WALKERTON, BT. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUG. 2. 1890.

The population of Elkhart ia 11,498. The deepest place in Lake Michigan « said to be six hundred feet deep. Spurious two-dollar silver certificates are circulating in the eastern states. The Baltimore and Ohio and the Northern Pacific will unite Io form a trans-continental route.—South Dakota Huronite. Editor Groves, of the Milford Mail, has had a severe attack of the bellyache, and is mad, we are quite sure, ata certain patent medicine. The South Bend Times is jumping onto the tramp nuisance with both feet. It believes that the time has arrived when stringent measures should be adopted to the end of suppressing the now intolerable, pesky leeches. C. W. Hathaway, of Nappanee, was instantly killed by lightning one day last week, During the same storm, Henry Neufer, living about four miles from Nappanee, was also killed by lightning. Mr. Neufer was in the field plowing corn, and his horse was also struck and killed. When visiting the Michigan City Dispatch the other day, we found Doctor Harrison, editor in chief of that paper, considerably under the weather, so to speak, caused by some form of dyspepsia. He is a sociable, genial, pleasant gentleman, and au interesting conversationalist . It must be his dyspepsia that causes him to write such naughty things about his namesake, Ben Harrison. Christian Hauser was drowned in Pine lake near LaPorte one day last week. He was trustee and said to have been a respected citizen of LaPorte. Several derogatory rumors were set afloat as soon as the discovery was made that he was drowned. It was argued by some that he committed suicide because of being a defaulter; others argued that he had been drinking to excess, all of which is refuted by the Argus. Things are hotter’n blazes nt the big huckleberry marsh near Walkerton, and everything is being run wide open as usual. —LaPorte Argus. It has not been as quiet at the huckleberry marsh when there was a good crop of berries for the past fifteen years, to our certain knowledge. There will be a place “hotter’n blazes," however, in which to roast prevaricating editors, if the plan is as complete as in all probability an All-wise Power would make it. In last week’s issue of this paper was copied an item from the South Bond Sunday News, in which the county commissioners were charged with being short sighted in authorizing the publication of change in election precincts to two papers in the county only. In reference to the matter the South Bend Times says: “The new law provides that the changes in the election precincts must be published in one paper representing each of the two great parties. This will explain the "reason why" publication was not made in more than two papers. Neither the auditor nor the commissianers have discretionary power in the premises.” Chan Fassett, you got us into trouble. A big crop of very fine huckleberries is being harvested, if all reports are true, contrary to the predictions of many, based on the fact that it rained on tiie 24th of June. But 10 cents per quart are as cheap as they get, owing to the fact that they are bought up by the Walkerton shippers at the marsh, and so far as their being plenty and cheap in Plymouth, we might as well be located a hundred miles from them. Plymouth Republican. Huckleberries retailed here during the forepart of the season at 11 cents per quart. They retailed later on at 8 cents, for a couple of days, then 9 cents, now 10 cents. Were it not for other jserious objections Walkerton might as well be Plymouth, so far as cheap huckleberries are concerned. 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.

LOCAL NEWS. 1 The town of Chesterton ia said to be worth one hundred cents on the dollar. The “Boy’s Delight” is the only riding plow* made with rolling land side. B. F. Rinehart. I-■ _ _ The local freight trains on the B. & O. railroad between Garrett and Chicago, again have their headquarters at Walkerton. A baby was born on the fast train bound for Chicago a week ago last Sunday morning, between Nappanee and Chicago. Caught on the fly, you knew. < A new man" factoring company has been organized in South Bend. It is styled “The Miller-Knoblock Wagon Company. They will make sprinkling wagons and heavy truck wagons. It is said that eight dogs met untimely deaths last week in Walkerton. It is believed that an epidemic of some sort of poison hit the town. It’s a dogoned shame. But, now since the feelings of our citizens have been wounded, it wouldn’t be worth while to stop—so let the good work go on. There is not one man in twenty, we verily believe, who is in the habit of getting intoxicated and annoying everyone with whom he comes in contact that would deliberately make a practice of doing so if he knew positively that he would be promptly arrested, fined or imprisoned for thus violating the lay. Why are the authorities almost everywhere so derelict of duty ? The highly moral inclinations of this paper coerces it to say that it is a shame and an outrage to permit men and boys , to stand upon our streets and fire forth volley after volley of the bitterest of oaths. Men and boys who are in the habit of pursuing such practices, especially in the presence of religious, moral and reflnod men and women, should be promptly arrested and the punishment prescribed by law inflicted. The country editor, of course, should be given some latitude in this connection. Some of our citizens have kindly 1 favored this paper by informing it in one way and another of personal items. Wo take pleasure in thanking all those who have been so thoughtful and accommodating as to do these things. Someway they dislike to notify the paper of personal items because folks will say they are anxious to see their names in the paper. We will not tell on you, but hereby promise to keep all such matters a profound secret, in payment for the trouble you take and the time you spend in thus assisting in getting up a newsy, breezy local paper. You shall be considered editors on the sly. D’ye see ? There has been a sufficient amount of money subscribed to carry the work on the band stand to the point of rendering it comfortable for use, that is roofing, flooring, enclosing it, etc., and leaving off ,the ginger bread fixings. Quite a number, however, have |failed to pay their subscription and work on the stand will have to be suspended until such amounts are paid in. Gentlemen will certainly take the hint and pay their subscriptions at Tom Wolfe’s store, where they will find the subscription paper. Delinquents will confer a favor on those who take an interest, by paying their subscription and not causothera to tag them all over town time and again for the amount. The base ball game here on picnic day resulted in 14 counts to 3 in favor of the Bremens. The boys from Bremen seemed to be a gentlemanly lot of fellows, and made a favorable impression on our citizens. Our boys speak in very favorable terms of them. The Walker tons paid, as they should have done, all necessary expenses attendant upon the Bremens coming here. Five innings were played when Walkerton "peunked.” But two members of what was once known as the famous Walkerton S wipers, played in the game, and they were entirely out of practice. The S wipers should re-organize and practice up a little, or announce to the world that they no longer exist, for they are rapidly dragging their home and friends into disrepute and rendering them the objects of great ridicule. It is becom- • ing a by-word all over northern Indiana and. southern Michigan, that the > Bwipers have dwindled to mere pigmies. Boys, for the sake of your homes, friends and mothers, do something.

The Excursion To The Sandy City. A reporter for this paper was sent out on the excursion to Michigan City last Friday in quest of news. The excursion started from Muncie, this state, and consisted of two sections carrying into the sandy city about one thousand excursionists bent on seeing the sights. Just enough red liquor had been provided to make matters all right in case of snakebites, sun strokes, fainting fits, seasickness, etc., etc. Judging from the amount of the panacea some had taken the snake that had bitten them was of the most venomous kind. The trains arrived at their destination between one and two o’clock. At half past two o’clock the gang was hauled to the prison and a ‘quarter hauled out of each and every one and the solemn march through that terror of terrors was begun. Some of the miserable unfortunates in stripes faced the music boldly and watched the visitors as they passed by, some of them wearing a forced smile, some looking gloomy and abandoned. The faithful scribe got his optics on two former residents of Walkerton, one of whom would not return his glances. Mr. George McDonald, formerly a citizen of this place, smiled a sort of woe-begone smile, or in other words, a sort of two years' smile, while the other gentleman, wore a dejected and still farther-off look. The solemn march through the prison over, the visitors were whirled back to the city wharf where>lay the majestic John A. Dix lazily rising and falling with the gentle swells of the sometimes furious Lake Michigan, awaiting its burden of human freight to bear it across to the great city of Chicago, if it didn’t go to the bottom of the sea enroute. The writer knows but little, if anything, about estimating a boat-load of people, but heard the statement made that there were about five hundred souls boarded the trusty side wheeler, after which the man way up on top tapped the bell and off moved the colossal outfit for better or for worse. This left the plucky writer, who, of course, didn’t care to go, nothing to do but 101 l about on the dock or go out a distance on the Michigan City Belle, a oharming little excursion boat. Ten cents a piece and away went about fifty adventurers they knew not where. After getting out a couple of miles and the little lady, Miss Belle, began to hoop ’em up Liza-Jane, now riding to the top of what seen id to the writer to be a five hundred feet high wave, now a plunge down to what seemed to be the bottom of the sea, here and there a poor sea sick individual heaving up every last huckleberry and inch of bologna they had eaten, caused the writer to wish he could only pray just once, anyhow. He felt as though he could freely write up gratis a two column article on the independence, the freedom, the safety, the joys and the pleasures of landlubberism, could he only be once more on terra Anna. Want it distinctly understood that the brave and faithful scribe was not in the least frightened but feared he might get his feet wUt and take cold. When back safely on land, Mr. James C. Steph-nson, a genial old gentleman, who had been an engineer on the Michigan Central railroad for twenty-five years, but whose health had failed, had been given the position of attending the semaphore, which means the management of the signals for trains in the city. His place is a tower-like building, in which he sits and sees all trains coming and going. He invited the re- : porter up and proceeded to give h ; m some pointers. The old pioneer pointed out Snarltown, a row of dingy huts strung along the lake shore in the sand . where vegetation is scarcer than cat’s > feathers. Notably among these rookeries > is the palatial residence of Mr. and : Mrs. Faulkenberry, or perhaps better i known as the Huckleberry Queen, and t her spouse. ; This Snarltown, our informant, Mr. . Stephenson, says is a locality with a [ history—if it is not so good. It ap- . pears that it is the rendezvous for the ) lowest and vilest two legged beings upon | earth, and, it is thought, were it not > for Hoosier Slide, which lies between j this detestable nest and Lake Michigan, , that God in His infinite mercy would cause the waters to sweep over them . and wipe them from the face of Michi- > gan City sand, as He did a few’ years ago in Noah’s time. Speaking of Hoosier Slide reminds the writer of what Mr. Stephenson had to say concerning the

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history of that famous hill. It reaches an altitude now o* about one hundred feet, having settled about one hundred feet since Mr. Stephenson hit the place, something like forty years ago. It was then densely covered with trees and vegetation. But the sand of Hoosier Slide, about which Hoosiers remote from that place are won’t to poke fun at, is valuable. Mr. Stephenson says the sand is worth one dollar and fifty cents per square yard when delivered in Chicago. Thousands upon thousands of yards have boon sold in Chicago and eastern cities from that bank, and the end is not yet. Digging from the base and removing the sand is what causes it to slide down and become lower and lower each year, and is also the cause of its present barren condition. Generations to come will know Hoosidi’ Slide only as a wonder of the past. The above brief account of the visit to the city of sand would be still more deficient were mention of the fact to be omitted of the, reporter’s visit to those excellent printing offices, the Dispatch and the Appeal. The courteous treatment given the reporter while in tho hands of those gentlemen shall never be forgotten. Both of those offices are well equipped to do the best of work, and as to the ability of their editors nothing need be said in this connection. The proof of the pudding is eating it. Michigan City is a pretty town of between eleven and twelve thousand inhabitants, and which inhabitants are surely up to mediocrity morally and intellectually. The reporter took something and returned to his huckleberry haunts. Charles Pool, this week, painted the calaboose in excellent taste. It was a rough, ugly looking affair previous to receiving its present painting. No wonder gentlemen whom our authorities now and then so kindly invitee! to abide there for a little season objected. “I’m mad at you," quoth a gentleman the other day, “because my wife went visiting and you didn’t say a word in your paper about it.” We didn’t kill the gentleman exactly, but felt like it because he hadn’t by some means let us know about his wife’s visit tiiat we might have pub! shed it, thus rendering the personal column of still greater interest. While it is a fact Dr. Smith, Sam Ross and Joe Endley don’t care anything about who to jes visiting, and. probably never read the personal points, it is a fact that the ladies do read, with considerable of interest, said column of personals. The ladies know that if Mrs. or Miss Jones, as the case may be, goes visiting somewhere that she has a new dress or hat or wrap or something of the sort, and interest is at once aroused by the all important question of “Is it like my new one!” and the serious question at once becomes the popular topic in the locality in which Mrs. or Miss Jones, as the case may be, resides. So it is plain to be seen that the Independent is very anxious to get hold of all suck important news, for it should be every editor’s darling desire to please his readers. But alas 1 ’tis impossible.

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