St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 3 January 1891 — Page 5

’ Jn^epcnlitnt. W? A, KNDLEY, PUBLISHER. wALKEKTDN, INDIANA, Jan 3.1891, ^sSPECIAE notice. Reader*\Of this paper are invited to pay particular attention <oaur advertising columns, and to read the announcements therein. Also to B mention thia paper when making purchases. • 7 —————— Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by the Stephens store Co Eggs 21 Butter 16 Lard 8 Green Hides -4 Potatoes...... 75 to HO Corn,...’. 40 to 45 Hants U * Wheat.,, 88 to 90 CYats ’» «••••••<»•••• 40 Beans" .’ . .fl. $1.25® 1.00 **B Rye 501 o 48 “—rTUVBF-Seed 3.50 to 3.60 LOCAL NEWS. A party of young people met at Sam Ross’ to watch the old year out. A daughter was born to the wife of David Shelton, December 30, ’9O. Singer sewing machines, attachments a id supplies for sale by T . F. Strang, agent. James Taylor, of^ie Island, is clerking in the graWfydepartment of Stephens’ StoJpj. ReV-JHenry McCool will preach his first fijj»mon at the Presbyterian church ^Hnty evening. J^The children of the Presbyterian ■Ronday School were given a neat surj prise treat at the close of last Sunday’s w service. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Jolin Curtis fell into the window, Thursday, cutting his arm quite badly on the<n oken glass. Martin Tuttle has added another chair to his barber shop, and has a young man by the name of Hathaway, of North Liberty, assisting him. The LaPorte Herald has become very generous and invites its exchanges to help themselves from its • columns, with or without credit. Kind, beuevole»Vgenerous old quarto, that. i s woifflßMPWWWWmfnrackingthe right of way from the business part of town to residence portion lying in a westerly direction therefrom. The object of the move is to avoid disastrous collisions in the future. _ Nappanee promises to enjoy a great boom the coming year. Heal estate continues solid, with a healthy and steady advance.— Nappanee News. There isn’t a town in all Christendom that will make bigger promises to enjoy a boom than "Walkerton, if the boom will only come. The U. B. friends held a Christmas meeting Wednesday evening at tlnir church, which was fairly well attended and presents were given to all the Sunday school children. No one handed in any particulars for publication, and the above is as full an account as we can give from the scanty notes in our posstssion. KootAz’s flouring mill, located near this place, is now equipped with a new outfit of machinery for manufacturing roller process flom- The mill now has a capacity of forty barrels per day, and is undoubtedly one of the best mills in this part of the country. It is said they are making an excellent article of flour. See ad elawhere in this paper. The dance given by the Catholic friends New Years night, although the weather was bad and the roads verj- muddy, was well attended. Quite a number from Plymouth and Warsaw were pres- ■ —cut. As usual at their dances an excellent time was enjoyed. When the old stagerw, Pat rick Fitzgerald, Sen. and Jerry Fogeity undertake a job of that kind they make it win. The Knights of Pythias held their semi-annual election, last Tuesday evening, electing the following officers for ensuing term : Chas. Knott, C. C.; D. W. Place, V. c.; James Cook, Prelate; G-L^Tank, M. of A.; E. L. Sanders, Jfevof R. and S.; Fred Ross, M. of F., Ed. Grider, M, of E ; William TankTrustee, Geo. H- Leslie, the retiring P. C , was eleotefi representative to the Grand Lodge, Farewell, '9O, old boy, you're dead. You’re too dead to skin. For a twelve month have you struggled, be it said to your memory, to give us the McKinley bill, the LaGrippe, an Indian war, the world s fair, no sled ling, lots of mud, a drouth which frightened us all out of our boots, the latter having gone up in price, a smattering of reciprocity, the best crop of tramps ever before known, a tine sprinkle of banging matches, a financial fright, and, by the way, the dirtiest, lying campaign ever known i„ the history of this .on tr • " the well, old boy yo. re A . ! r

Go to Draw ns for fine charms and chains. Go to Drawna, the jeweller, for spectacles. He carries a full line. A good elgiu movement in a filled . case warranted for 15 years for sl6, at Drawns’, the jeweller. ■ Parties in need of first-class sewing । machines, should see the Improved Singer before buying. For sale by J. F. Strang, agent. Our delinquents have done nobly of late. We just showed them the seat of our pantaloons, or rathe.i, the place ‘ where it ought to be. I The celebrated .Singer- sewing ma--1 chine is now sold by J. F. Strang. Office at residence, first door south of Cotton's implement store. Read the two and a half columns of incidents of interest occurring during the year 1890, deceased. The.chronological list will be found on page seven. Rev. R. M. Williams, a student in McCormick, preached two very able and interesting sermons to appreciative audiences in the Presbyterian church Sunday last. Chailey Shaw, who broke into Brubaker & Grider’s stere and purloined goods sometime ago, pleaded(guilty, and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. Young Reed, his partner, was acquitted. Reed,s trial came off last Monday morning. We shall be obliged to cut off a number of non-paying subscribers with this issue of the Reflector. Our purse isn’t deep enough to scatter papers around indiscriminately without remuneration. — \rgos Reflector. Same here. They ought to have their heads cut off, too. We noticed, when too late to remedy it, the omission of the comma after the first gentleman’s name in the law firm of Reeves, Stiff, & Company, in speaking of the law firm of which Mart Nicoles is the junior member. It is punctuated in this squib strictly in accordance with the rule laid down, but not practiced. The first annual fair held in Walkerton by the Catholic friends on the evening of December 30,31 and Jan. 1, was in every respect satisfactory to the projectors. The fair was held in Bender’s Hall and was fairley well attendAd, closing on the last night with a well teudeddance and an excellent supper. The receipts uqe said To fawo "been I ■about one hundred and twenty-fix* dollars. Some pointers on beet culture in Indiana, and the establishing of a plant right here in Walkerton for the purpose of manufacturing sugar, were handed us through the postoffice, for publication this week. But the writer leaves ns altogether in the dark as to his oilier identity. We will preserve the manuscript for a time and if the writer will make himself known tons will pub lish the hints. We are inclined to the belief that some of the hints contained in the communication are of considerable value. The LaPorte Herald wants you to: “Don’t find fault with others until you can see from their standpoint.” “Don't get stuck on your good looks, many a one will disagree with your idea of beauty and call you ugly.” “Don’t claim that you could make a better world, when you are too lazy to earn a living in this.” “Don’t boaiat of your wealth until all yqur debts are paid, an unpaid bill is not a pleasant visitor.” “Don’t growl about high taxes when you don’t pay any taxes. It makes you look ridiculous.” You can track a bear, and hunt a tiger, and kill a lion, but a lie evades the skill of the huntsman. God help us all when a dangerous lie is let loose in the world by an unscrupulous tongue. A good record may be jours, and a blameless reputation, yet let the hungry wolf of a lie get on your track, and nothing short of a miracle will save your- good name from its fangs. I used to think that a lie could be lived down, but I begin to think that a good man might as well be a bad one when lying tongues assail him, for all the good his past record is going to do him. This is an evil time, and men’s thoughts turn reudily to evil reports. Like hounds that hear the “view halloo,” and scent the fresh game in the dew, so do men’s thoughts run forward to join the chase lias for game a womman’s honor or a good man’s fame.—Ex. Card of Thanks. I desire to thank my many friends and customers for their patronage dur- ! ing the year which lias just closed, and : assure them that the same has been highly appreciated by me, I kindly i . i ask the people of Wolkeytpn and vicinj ity when in need of anything in my | . line to remember that I will do all in . ’ my power to please by selling goods at , j the very lowest prices.

I Personal Points. D. M. Petrie was in Chicago Thursday and Friday. Dell Woodard, of Chicago, spent the holidays at home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnhart were in LaPorte Monday. Sid Ewing spent the holidays visiting friends at Winamac. Miss Minnie Clark, of Plymouth, is visiting Mrs. Ot Townsend. Mrs. J. P. Taylor visited her sister in Bremen one day this week. R. E. Cunningham is home from South Chicago on a visit. Frank Hostetter visited his parents, in Knox, during the holidays. Miss Katie Quirk is here from Chicago to spend New Years at home. Charles McCarty is home from Kentucky for- a few weeks’ recreation, A. C. Hardenbrook was in Chicago several days this week, on business. Miss Ora Mathews spent the holidays at Winamace visiting her parents. Banker Nelson and son, Verner, were in Chicago one day last wee’’. Mrs. Sam Cowan spent the holidays visiting with relatives at Nappanee. Mrs. Sam Ross spent New Years in Ligouer visiting Mrs. W, D. Decker. Miss Mary Alice McDnffy has returned from a few days visit in New Carlisle. Mrs. Clayt Nichols and ceildren spent the holidays with her parents in Knox. Madge and Irma Decker visited their cousins in Knox during the holiday vacation. John Miller and Chas. Stephens, jr., were in Chicago the fore part of this week. J. P. Barnhart and Walter McCool spent a few days at Laktvill during the holidays. Milt Barnhart, of South Chicago, , visited with relatives here during the | holidays. Miss Nettie Taylor is visiting her brother, J. P. Taylor, and other friends hero this week. Geo. Smith and wife, of South Chicago, were here visiting relatives a few days this week. Prof. J. 11. Bair and wife spent the holidays with relatives at Mishawaka and vicinity. Elliot Aman, of South Chicago, is spending his holiday vacation with his parents in this [dace . _______ The Misses Lillie and Minnie man, of LaHorte, are visiting with fiiends in this place. Mr. McDnffy went to New Carlisle Wednesday to see his mother who is very low with a cancer. Mrs. Doe Dowell was called home to Ligonier by telegram on account of the sei ions illness of her sister. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Chas. Miller, of Garrett, are spending the holiday vacation with the family of E Leibole. Rev. P. P. Keg’s wife and daughter are visiting am ig their friends in Walkerton and v minify. E. L. Sanders and G. L. Tank attended a ball given by the Knights of Pythias at Plymouth on New Year's evening. Bert Townsend, of Knox, and Willie Clark, of Plymouth, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Ot Townsend. Ben Rhinehart and wife, and Mrs. Frank Reed, of Knox, spent the holidays with relatives and friends in this place. J. P. Barnhart spent Christmas in Oxford, the guest of I. W. McConnell and family. He reports an enjoyable time. James Jobson, of Ohio, is visiting in this place with his brother in-law, Jlarshal Fry. Mr. Johnson thinks some of locating here. Miss Elsie lachholtz is at home from South Bend visiting her parents. Sh^ is accompanied by her cousin, Mwi . Myrtle Eller, of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Will White, of Oxford^' Ind., visited the family of Banker Nelson a few days this week. Mr. White is a brother of Mrs. Nelson. Mrs. Ed Grider has returned from Lookout Mountain, where she has been for several months. She is improved in health and says that Bertha also is greatly improved. H. A. Barnhart, editor of the Roches, ter Sentinel, visted wjth his uncle, J. N. Barnhart, of this place, last Friday and Saturday. He made the Independent office a friendly call. Mr. Robert Rigney, a genial gentleman, employee in the Wolfe tailoring establishment of this place, took a “lay off” and visited friends and acquaintances at Valparaiso and Chicago, being gone several days. HAPPY HOME BLOOD PURIFIER is the Peoples Popular Medicine for purifying the blood; preventing of enr- ; ' : ■ ' I I < ■

A WHITE MAN A CURIOSITY. Intrepid Explorer Itinger the First One to Ent^r the City of Kong. Kong, a Mohammedan city, far up the Akba River? which flows into the Gulf of Guinea, had never been seen by white man before Capt. Binger, the intrepid Fe*ich explorer, entered it in February. WStl. Ou the coast there have been for years vague stories of Kong and its people, Mohammedan negroes, aMI Capt. Binger found that these accounts had more basis than most of Ike reports of cities in interior Afriea. In his narrative he says: Several hours before we reached Kong there were evidences that we were approaching a great center. Everywhere all the timber had been cut down, and the soil, impoverished by dong cultivation, was barren. I saw not even a hill a-iywherc. The Kong mountain chain, which appears on all the maps, exists only in the imagination of some incorrectly informed travelers. Soon I saw rising among the bombax and palm trees far ahead the’ minarets on the mosques and the fiat roofs of Kong. As 1 entered tlmjdly. modestly mounted on a steer, I s;rv large crowds of people, who applied neither friendly nor tros—• tile, but >y eager to see a European. The roofj£ the trees, the streets, the cross-ro^ were full of people, and I would nqlßhave been able to force my way through if the slaves of the Chief of Kong had not cleared away for me. I hey were armed with whips and vigorously lashed all who lagged in their path. In chairs under two great trees in the market-place were seated, on the right King Karamokho Onio and his friends, and on the left the Diarawary, Chief of Kong, and his officials. There was perfect silence in the two groups, which I estimateil to number about a thousand persons. It was an assemblage of the patriarchs, for nearly all were white-bearded, elderly men. They were fully and neatly dressed in Arab costume, though thy are fullblooded negroes. After I had successively presented myself to the chiefs of the two groups the* King conducted me to his palace and placed at mv disposition some of his attendants’, who endeavored with only partial success to shield iuc from public curiosity. I confess that when I saw Kong, which I was first to visit. I did not feel any ; of the emotions which some other travi tiers on the Niger and at Timbuetoo have described. And yet Kong and its suppositious mountains have greatly perplexed geographers,and have given rise to many hypotheses. Kong is a large, unwalled town, whose liuildin"-s are of clay, with Hat roofs, pis huHt in a most irregular manner, and its narrow tortuous streets radiate from a large place about 700 feet square, which serves as a market. ' The town has a population of about 15,000, all Mohammedans, and there are live large mosques, surmounted by minarets and several others of smaller dimensions. Education is well advanced in this retion. I In Kong there are few who cannot ^vyipl,. They all write Arabic, are well ^<dFs3flTWTTf* , -t>>r r .,i i . -nmk, my sup. prflSe Hound that they are not fanatical 'ike the Reuls am! Arabs. They recognize three great religions, which they call roads—the road of Moses, that of Jesus, and that of Mohammed. In conversation on religious topics no one attempted to demonstrate that Islam was superior to the other religions. Many of them told me they considered the three religions to be practically identical, because they all led to the Same God. They said there were creat and holy prophets among the champions of all these religions, and there was no reason to proclaim one better than another. The commerce of Kong is very flourishing. The market is a veritable fair. Besides all sorts of provisions, one may procure there European articles coming from the eoast, such as cloths, guns, powder, a;4 hardware. There are also many domestic products in the marker. The money consists of cowry shells and gold-dust. A Sunken Forest. There is a sunken forest of white cedar in New Jersey which has been continuously --mined" for its valuable timber for over eighty years. The curious industry of digging for the sunken logs is carried on by the people of Dennisville, Cape May county, a village which was brought into existence solely through the wealth of the buried timber in its vicinity. Over the sunken forest trees of large size are growing, and in many instances these are cut away in order to get at the more valuable timber, which lies only three or four feet below the surface. All the sunken trees are of enormous size, two to five times larger than those now growing on the surface. The exact n mjgta^^mc^^ieyliveil is a matter of ~ probable tl>nl they were btnhe^^lßUß centuries ago by the action of uu earthquake. To Keep Flowers from Flagging. One way of preventing delicate and swect-scentod flowers from flagging is to cut them with several leaves on the stem, and when the llower-head is placet! in waler to allow only this head to remain above the water, while the leaves are entirely submerged; by this means the leaves seem to help support the Hower, which will then last for three days in a fairly cool room. Report has it that Thomas I. Jetton, who was sentenced to serve 21 years in the northern prison for killing Snyder, has been pardoned by Gov. Hovey. If the report is true his family received him as a New Year’s present. Notice. Any one knowing the whereabouts o James I\l. M< ad. formerly of this place» ’:i, • 1 . ?» 1•• -. r •’ • ’‘‘ itKi . , will

THE NEW FALL STOCK OFCARPETS, DRESS CODDS, CLOAKS, JACKETS, Blatt, Lk Mains, CHENILLE . CURTAINS, FLANNELS, UNDERWEAR And all Sorts of -ilev -Q-oods, Useful and Ornamentalfarei^p^ff^^Ma^i^^^^^ THE BUSY BEE-HIVE. The joke of it all is, that it’s to be a “BARGAIN PICNIC” this Fall for our customers. Space will not admit of telling you al! the story-, but don’t you see? when you call in at the BEE HIVE, you’ll take in the idea that it’s a home-like place, a money-saving spot, for the purchase of your fall and winter supplies. Oh yes! at the BUSY BUZZING BEE-HIVE, Michigan Ave., opposite Postoflice, LAPORTE, IND. JULIUS BARNES & CO We Are Ready! To Show vou a fine display of STOVES! Have just added to our stock an immense fine of the best •Cook and Heating Steves on the market. ‘Che genuine ■WOUND OAK STOVES®-' ~"bWn WOOD OR COAL. Is the best round stove manufactured, and requires less fuel than any ether round stove in the ^narket. Remember, we have the exclusive sale of :ese stoves in this place. THE GARLAND Cook Stove, the world’s best, always in stock A full line of Paints and Oils 9 Brushes and all other Painters’ Goods of firstclass quality will always be found in abundance at our place. We have a full line of tinware and all kinds of tin repairing. si ay of rp t nrrpr THE LITTLE STOTE. 1 , J , £j. J. WJERJS COTTOX, Champion and Wood Binders Mowers aud Rp^aejg, Thomas Hav Tedders & Rakes, Hay Rakes, Potato Dig yers, Grain and Corn Drills, Rin der Twine, Seed Sowers, GARDEN & FIELD SEEDS, By the Ounce, Pound, Peck, Pint, Quart or Bushel. Pure Bone Men and Fertilizers. Daisy Garden Plows, ote, YOUR PATRONAGE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.

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