St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 30, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 January 1891 — Page 5

Sndepcndcht. W. A. KNDLEV, PUBLISHER. WALKERTON. INDIANA. Jan 31,1891. SPECIAL NOTICE. Readers of this paper are invited to pay particular attention to our advertising columns, and to read the announcements therein. Also to mention this paper when making purchases. Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by the Stephens Store Co Egg 5.......; 18 Butter 16 Lard 8 Green Hides .4 Potatoes 80 to 90 Corn .. .45 to 50 Harus 11 Wheat 88 to 90 Oats 40 Beans $1.25 @ 1.60 live to 50 Clover Seed 3.70 to 3.80

— LOCAL NEWS. See change in the ad. of Koontz's mill. To Martin Tuttle and wife, a boy, Jan. 29, ’9l. Indications point to quite a building boom in Walkerton during the coming season. The South Bend Daily Post is worked off in the morning in that city and is on our table at 9:45 same a. m. Charles Robbins reports to this paper that about one-half of his pupils of the Mount Vernon school is sick with measles. Books,.novels, and school supplies in endless quantities at Emily’s drug store. Prices lower than ever before known in Walkerton. George Ross, purchasing clerk for Ross & Bose, bought three bushels of jack-knives the other day. Savs bought so can sell cheap. $7.50 overcoats, now $6; $6.50 overcoats, $5.20; $5 overcoats, $4; $1 mittens, 80c.; 75c. mittens, 60c., at Tom Wofte’s. Mishawaka knit boots and best quality heeled rubbers for $2.50 cash. Felt boots and rubbers $1.25 to $2 at T. J. Wolfe’s. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wright hereby express their sincere thanks to the old ^^^^Ui£_Walkerton and vicinity for •" during - tlie sickness 6T The Walkerton Independent is to have a new building in which to do its work. Bro. Endley’s head is level.— Knox Ledger. VeTe in it. The editor of that excellent daily, The South Bend Daily Post, must have a cb’omo. He wroteup a surprise party without using the word'‘perpetrated.” William Harness, of Stillwell, and Miss Laura L. Shultz, of Marshall county, were united in marriage at the residence of and by Elder Hummer, of this place, Tuesday, Jun. 27, 1891. On account of receiving the LaPaz correspondence a little late and an unusual demand on our space we were compelled to postpone the publication of the above communication until next week. One by one the great newspaper openings are being taken up. Wanatah has recently been supplied. Hamlet, Grovertown, Donaldson, Tyner City, Teegarden and Stillwell are yet open. Yes, and there’s Burr Oak Flats. Claus Behrens has turned his large store building over in Germany, broad side to the street, will put a tasty veranda in front, divide it up into residences for rent. The change will materially improve the looks of things over there. i “ ~ The South Bend Daily Tost, a new morning paper - started there not long ago, is a beautiful and newsy 7-folio. ‘ If the editor has thirty or forty dollars 1 to back it with we can’t see why it ■won’t be a go. { . ’ Commissioner Place will move to < South Bend sometime in the spring. { He is not going to build a residence. £ The rumor had no foundation. There ( is a fairly good house on the ground he < purchased, Mr. Place says, “plenty good t enough for him.” ] The former pupils of Prof. J. A. 1 Jones, met and organized a permanent society for the purpose of perfecting < arrangments to hold a re-union of all t the pupi's who were under the instruct- ( ion of Prof. Jones v hile he had change i of the schools of this place. The fol- j lowing officers were elected: J. T. I Fitzgerald, Pres.; Chas, S. Robbins, Sec.; executive comittce, F. M. lios- 1 tetter, J. P. Barnhart, XV. A. McCool, ; P. Fitzgerald, jr. The above committee, with the President as chairman, were given authority to appoint such subordinate committees as they may deem essential.

See change in the ad. of Rensberger ft Fitzgerald. Will Tank will erect a residence in this place as soon as the weather will p n-mit. At an early hour on Wednesday evening the traveling men in town numbered just twenty. What has become of the high prices which prevailed so extensively not long ago? Any fellow who desires may stand up in a row and answer. According to Tom Wolfe’s cash offer, it reduces his sls overcoats to sl2 and his $lO overcoats to SB, which is a loss to him. But they must be sold. The Plymouth Republican will soon have to have an introduction to itself. It has new quarters, new presses, new everything, in fact. Congratulations, Bro. Brooke. The war with the hostile Indians is said to be ended. General Miles took

two car loads of them to Washington this week to have a pow-wow with the Great Father. . sls Cassimere Suits, now sl2: $12.50 Cassimere Suits, $10; $lO Cassimere । Suits, $8; $7;50 Suits, $6; $6,50 suits, $5; and everthing else in same proportion at Tom Wolfe’s. Cases of measles are becoming less numerous. They nearly swept the platter this epidemic, but comparatively few families escaping a visit of the unwelcome intruder. Koontz’s mill is now so crowded with orders that they are compelled to run night and day to meet the demands. They are turning out fine work with their new roller process machinery. Last Tuesday the gas which had accumulated in nn extensive coal mine near Mount. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, exploded killing 131 miners. The concussion caused by the explosion was felt for miles around the mine. Probably the largest load of stove wood that ever came to town was brought in to John lachholtz's wood yard lust Wednesday by C. E. Poss. There were three and three-fourths cords in the load. The wood was green oak. In all probability extensive prepara tions will soon begin now to put a roof on the band stand. Should that achievement bo bioiight about during the year ’9l, no doubt would remain but that the stand could be finished in time lor ITnr world’s fair. Organize a humane society. Why not a few ladies having sympathy for poor, dumb brutes cruelly treated by heartless and drunken owners, make a move in that direction ? It will be no trouble, neither will it cost anything to organize a society of that kind, and which society could do an incalculable amount of good right here in Walkerton. Rensberger and Fitzgerald now occupy the entire Bender building, consisting of two rooms 20x80 feet. They had a double arch cut through the partition in the front end which gives the establishment a mammoth appearance. These boys are enterprising and energetic to a finish. Walkerton now has two establishments of that pattern, the other one being that of the Stephens Store Company. O, Walkerton moves right along, huckleberries or no huckleberries. The Crawfordsville Star announces that it will hereafter refuse all deadhead favors, and says: “This is a reform that, ought to be more generally adopted.” Not much! Last fall we got in two nice, large, yellow pumpkins, four whaling big radishes and a quart of sorghum molasses. Who’d be fool enough to cut off such supplies? Let it be distinctly understood that everything goes at this office, dead head favors included. We this week received a letter from a respectable citizen of Macy, Ind., for publication, severely reprimanding Parson Enyart, of the Monitor, for sleeping in church. But we shall not publish it. AVe suspect from the tone of the letter that the Parson has fits, and that his days of usefulness are about over, and that it is as much as ever that the old gentleman can even ; 1 get to his favorite church. Let us have due respect for the aged and decrepit, let their short comings be what they may. This issue is w >rked off in our new j office, and we feel more than ever that the name of this paper is no misnomer. Our home is 16x40, light as day, which is an almost indispensable factor in a ; printing office. No loafers need apply. ' If you wish to transact -any business with us, such, for instance, as paying up your delinquency, call, take a comfortable seat and make yourself at home while we run out and get your change for you. Job work a specialty. Seventh Street, between Bender Block and i Florence Hotel. P. S. Clean towel. 1

Personal Points. ( Miss Mamie Hardy spent a week at । Kankakee visiting friends. O1 Fulmer and wife spent a part of two days in South Bend this week. Dentist M. A. Schutt, of LaPorte, was in town on business the other day. A Mr. Voorhees, of Noble county, , Ind., visited S. F. Ross a couple oi ’ days. Sam Cowan and Charley Pool made a trip to Nappanee Wednesday. What j they were after is past our finding out. Calvin Moon, our genial county superintendent of schools, was here this week looking after the welfare of the towu--1 ship schools. Charles Stephens, jr., went to Indianapolis Friday morning where he will remain several days looking after business matters. Mrs. Crosby, who has been visiting with her sister at Elkhart, was taken sick while there and returned to her > home here, this week. Isaac Bonner, wife and child, of Napi panee, spent several days in this place this week visiting with Mrs. Bonner's father, E. Leibole, and family. Sam Cowan, who is braking on the B. & 0., was at home a few days the forepart of this week. He has been transferred from the east to the west run. Miss May Finch, who has been visiting with her aunt, Mrs. Martin Wolfe, for the past three weeks, returned to her home in South Bend Friday morning. Miss Nellie Blake and Miss Emma Staly, of Peru, spent a week visiting with Mrs. John Blake, of near this place. They were accompanied home by Aggie Blake. Cunductor F. A. Brady took a ten day lay off for fun, after which he resumed business, ran his train from here to Chicago and concluded to take another lay off. This time for a sore throat. Miss Annie Schwartz, of near this place, who conducts a school in LaPorte county, was compelled to abandon it for a couple of weeks on account of having an attack of measles. She returned to her duties, Thursday. The editor who will write up a birthday surprise party without using the, word “perpetrated," will at once become nn object of curiosity.. Editor Harrison, of Hie DispaffT, struck Editor Francis, of the Appeal, several times in the Vreeland .House, in Michigan City hist Saturday, for words said in newspaper debate. It originally grew out of the county seat controversy, and it is probable tho end is not yet. Why can't the editorial brethren everywhere dwell toother in peace like that prevails in this city and passeth understanding?- LaPorte Argus. Preachers tight, deacons fight, lawyers fight, doctors tight, women, bless their hearts, tight, and what's the matter wit’i letting editors have an occasional scrap? There is no question but that onr merchants sell goods as low as they do in South Bend, LaPorte or Plymouth, but a certain per cent of the trade of this community always has and probably will for a long time, at least, go to the above places. The advertisements | that we carry for the South Bend and LaPorte merchants, we have no idea drives trade from us, but simply points out to that portion of trade above mentoned the places to go when in those towns for the purpose of trading. Shrewd business men of the above places realize this • fact. They claim that they do not advertise in the Independent hoping to draw trade from our merchants, but to draw that per cent to their places of business which goes to those towns believing that better bargains may be had there. The one and only advantage to be derived from going to those larger places to trade is that they carry a greater variety of stock. We therefore advise you when you do go to South Bend to trade, not to fool around, but to go straight to the Boston Dr Goods Store, Chillas, Adler & Cobh 1 , the leaders of low prices. When in LaPorte for the same purpose you will, of course, make one straight dive for The Busy Bee-Hive, Julius Barnes & Co. Farm to Rent. 160 acres mow land, 20 acres clover sod for corn. D. XV. Place. Pay up and Save Cost. On Feb. 1 all notes and accounts due me will be placed in the hands of a collector, to be collected as he thinks best, and in the quickest manner possible. T. J. XVoLFE. — — - World’s Fair Consti action. Chicago, 111., Jan. 27.—The first shovel full of dirt on the World’s fair construction work was thrown to-day. The work will be prosecuted vigorously, i —b. B. Daily Post. I

7 —. — L . . Goat h blood is the latest over in Pans fo F consumption. It turns out that 151,Vuead of 131, as reports first had it. miners lost their lives in the terrible coal mine explosion in Pennsylvania. An editor in Jefferson county, Pa., has been elected to the legislature and ho observes: “We shall endeavor to avoid the pitfalls ot sin, and our constant prayer will be, ‘Lord preserve us from the ‘Big Head,’ which is of all maladies the worst.” Ihe Hon. XVilliam Windom, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, died suddenly Thursday night at 10:05 o’clock in a banquet hall in New York City. He made the first speech at the banquet, seated himself and expired at once. Heart disease. Ho was about 64 years of age. Thousands of mechanics and workmen of nil kinds are said to bo flocking to ^'l'^° for a job now since work lias coiwß n Ced ou the world’s fair buildings/ The daily papers raise a warnwgjoice against the influx, saying that therAre already five hundred men on handßo do the work of every ten. All doubts as to (he practicability of flyiug ships in the air have been dispelled of late. There is one in Pittsburgflying right along. Joseph Renard is the inventor, and has been sixteen years in perfecting it. It is thirteen feet long and egg-shapped. It goes big end ahead and is wafted along by fans. Pennington will fiy his production before long. It is now in Chicago. Air ships will be thick as crows ere long. There will be no right of-wav to quarrel over, no track to lay and everybody cun gothrough theair, which is free as water. Iho air ship era is dawi ing. , The Walkerton INDEPENDENT, the Idenien Enquirer, and a few more pipers in this locality seem to be getting somewhat cranky, on the subject of capital punishment. They have been harping away on their opinions for some time, and we doubt if they have changed one vote in our Democratic Legislature, to vote in favor of their way of thinking. We are also op ftosed to capital punishment, but what is the use of continually shooting off rbout it? Knox Republican. Neither do we believe that the Knox Republican has changed a single democratic vote in the “democratic legi-s-IsUure” by ite uuiuterrupted bowl about er 'Jthiuglhat a.democrat does. The I^.pubTi eau is just as persistent, and I even more so, in its continual fault finding with the democratic party, as are the papers to which it refers, in battling against a horrible, revolting relic of barbarism. The Republican is radical »nd inconsistent and says many bitterlv partisan things which are not only senseless but without the shadow of foundation, and all for "pennies." Those papers which are opposing that radically wrong practice of capital punishu eut do so be cause they feel it a duty, and not for ivnnies. Inuit finding, fur pennies, is more fairly expressed by the words "cranky, shooting off,” etc., and is far more applicable than where our esteemed contemporary applies them. They Itoili Nnored. Hotel ( k-rk—Good im rning, Colonel, how did you sleep? Colonel — I did sleep some, I suppose, ! but 1 was awake most of the night listening to the snoring of the man in the next room. He is a good one nt it. He makes more noise than a steam whistle. Another gentleman approaches. Hotel Clerk—Good morning, Major, how did you sle“p? Major- —I got asleep occasionally during the night, but there was a fellow in the next room to me who srored as f he was filling a contract to taw forty cords of wood be fore daylight. At least, that's the way it sounded. Colonel —That's just what I had to lis101*10 all night long. What is the number of lour room? '^’ajor—Number twenty-two. XVhat is the^nuniher of yours? Colonel—And mine is number twentythrU Tableau. MISSING LINKS. The metallic tones of the urafonge. a Brazilian bird, are said to resound through the forest like the stroke of a hammer on an anvil. Louis Janvier, a Haytian negro, has lately published in Paris a novel which | is said to show considerable ability aud j undoubted originality. Sir John Lubbock kept a queen bee for fifteen years, a lest proving her eggs to be just as fertile at that age as they were twelve years before. Montfancon notices a very ancient book of eight linden leaves, which on the back had rings fastened hv a small linden rod to keep them together. They are now raising English walnuts out, in California, and single trees yield S2O worth of nuts, which is far better than can lie done in England. An Indianapolis man has constructud a bicycle of steel tubing and aluminum,which though exceptionally light, I is claimed to be practicaliv unbreakI able.

THE NEW FALL STOCK —or CARPETS, DRESS CODDS, CLOAKS, JACKETS, Blatt, Lb Curtains, CHENILLE CURTAINS,? FLANNELS UNDERWEAR ^lhll all Sorts of Dry G-oods, Usefzil and Ornamental } are in full supply at THE BUSY BEE-HIVE. The joke of it all is, that it’s to be a ‘ BARGAIN PICNIC” this Fall for onr customers. Space will not admit of telling yon all the story, but don’t you see? when you call in at the BEE-HIX’E, 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 Postoffice, LAPORTE, IND. JULIUS BARNES & CO. We Are Ready! To Show von a fine display of STOVES! I Tr . nave, -ust added to emr stock an immense'dine of the best Coox and Heating Stoves on the market. ‘Hhe genuine - WOUND OAK S _ BURN WOOD OR COAL, Is the best round stove manufactured, and requires less fuel than any other round stove in the market. ^Remember, we have the exclusive sale of these stoves in this place. THE GARLAND Cook^Stove, the world's best, always in stock A full line of Paints and Oils, 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*. SIGX OF T DPPpT? THE LITTLE STO J'E. 1 , J , lAIII UJLj. Try The TDEPEHDEEF OFFIEE FOR JOB PRINTING. I

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