St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 31, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 February 1891 — Page 5

Stye Jntopentant. w: A. ENDLRY, PUBLISHER. WALKERTON, INDIANA, Feb. 7,1891, 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 Eggs 16 Butter 16 Lard 7 Green Hides .4 Potatoes 80 to 90 Corn 45 to 50 Hams 11 Wheat 90 to 95 Oats 40 Beans $1.25 © 1.60 Ry® to 50 Clover Seed 3.70 to 3.80

LOCAL NEWS. Humane societies are winning laurels all arouud us. Organize. Call at Tuttle’s barber shop for a fashionable hair-cut or shave. 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. 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. There are some horses, or rather the remains of horses, being driven upon our streets that should be headed oil'by a humane society. They could be utilized as clothes racks or hat racks at the hotels. The Walkerton Independent has moved into new quarters built and owned by the publisher. The News extends congratulations on behalf of Bro. Endley’s merited success.—Nappanee News. Goat’s blood is the latest over in Paris for consumption.—Walkerton Independent. We hear of a couple of candidates here who are lusting for goat's blood.— Nappanee News. A two year old son of Daniel Brown, of the Island, died Wednesday, from a complication of diseases, and was buried in the Walkerton cemetry on Friday. The funeral was conducted at the Island church. George Chapman, while here this

U. I— —^wuinmjr gJ^Q erection oraHew residence on his ^fflrnvo miles west of tirisplaceT Air. Leibole drew up a plan and also made out a bill for the material. The Walkerton Independent has moved into a room of its own, and now is independent indeed. Well, the rich can build mansions and sich, but we poor mortals must put up with what we can get, in the way of luxuries.—Knox Republican. A silk mill and brass and iron foundries are to be started at Hammond, Ind. The future prospects of that little city are brilliant. Four years ago it was a dull old place having but about three thousand inhabitants. It now has something like ten thousand. Six clergymen have applied through our Station Agent, and received permission to travel over the L. E. & W. lines at a two-cent rate. Walkerton clergymen pay full fare as usual. —Macy Monitor. Walkerton clergymen are always

gentlemen away up in their profession, and therefore get salaries sufficient to pay one hundred cents on the dollar, C. E. Holdeman, of Grovertown, has purchased the grocery store of Henry Allen, of that place, who was postmaster of the place, and who resigned in favor of Mr. Holdeman. Mr. Holdeman is a genial gentleman, a square up and up fellow’, and merits a fair share of the patronage of that comunity—we know, because he takes the Independent. C. A. Bose, the meat man, now handles bread at his market for our home baker, and you will find it there delivered fresh every morning. Mr. Bose keeps it for the convenience of his cus tomers and people in general in the north part of town. But when you call there for bread, don’t fail to see the choice lot of meats which are always to be found at that popular market. Wm. H. Wanamaker, of Walkerton, and Miss Maud Corns, of this place, were married by and at the residence of Rev. C. A. Spitler at North Manchester on the 3d inst.—Nappanee News. Yes, and by jocks -that ain’t all. Mr. Wanamaker claims to be a relative of the postoffice at Washington .—Walkerton Independent. Yes, and it is reported at this place that the two are no longer one, they having concluded to go it alone. —Nappanee News. Who in tunket hath been putting asunder that which God hath “jined” X^ether ?

South Bend has a horse thief from Dakota. He is kept in a little building just south of the court house. All big papers are busily engaged in making a Secretary of the Treasury, not stopping for a moment to think that that’s President Harrison’s job. The combined farmers’ and labor organizations of Indiana have demanded of the present legislature a repeal of the law which permits the voting of subsidies to corporations. Canfield killed a little girl over in Michigan the other day, and commenced a life sentence in the Jackson prison in twenty-four hours after the committal of the deed. Swift wings of justice! The Nappanee News man pitches into our religious correspondent like a chicken into dough. The News has some ideas of Theology which, in our judgement, you’ve no right to poke fun at.

We received two communications from North Liberty this week, the second one arriving after’ the first was in type, and as we were a little short on space were compelled to omit the former. They had a couple of days of cool weather over in Chicago, and the Herald has dislocated its jaws by throwing the top of its head back in delivering its demoniac yells for more fire in the street cars. The protracted meeting held by the Methodists, of this place, closed last Saturday evening. Six conversions are reported as having been brought about. The accessions numbered eight, two of which were by letter. The “kids” of Auburn have formed a trust, and no wood will be carried hereafter for less than a quarter.—Albion New Era. While the wood yard boys here have formed a mistrust, believing that their wood is being carried for much less than a quarter. A meeting of the Indiana State Dairymen’s Association will bo held at Indianapolis, Wednesday, February, 18th. The cow question will be discussed by Mrs. Kate M. Busick, of Wabash, Ind., at considerable length. Kate, we are impressed with the idea, is fully up to snuff in all its phases concerning the cow. Some milk tests will be made. This paper acknowledgs itself under many obligations to D. M. Barber, the genial and efficient postmaster of Teegarden, for numerous favors extended this establishment iu the past. He has been a steadfast friend to the paper ever since we have had charge, and Ims

■ niUMfid an nnnnrhmitv to speak a good word for the office or to help u,sTh~ every way tlml he possibly could in his locality. All of this is heartily appreciated by us, and we propose to “get even” with Dan, if wo can. Farmer Lanning, whose anti-high tariff communication appears in this issue, evidently speaks from the fullness of the heart. He is a farmer and produces more than ho consumes, and therefore naturally, if at all selfish in the premises, would advocate protection, for, as he claims, protective tariff increases prices. No matter how much mistaken he might be in his belief, he evidently means just what he says, for being a producer to a much greater degree than consumer, he, if arguing for self interest, would advocate high protective tariff. We therefore must give him credit for being honest in his remarks. The best bill the present Legislature can pass, is one to ferret out the bandits known as “White Caps” in the South T.art Os fho nnd

uuuui pan ui otme, auu mwg every mother’s son of them without tho benefit of clergy. These midnight assassins or murderers, have brought disgrace on our State long enough, and it is high time their vile carcasses were strung up between the heavens and the earth. If the local and State authorities are powerless to protect its citizens from their fiendish assaults, it is time for the beiter class of people to organize vigilant committees and hunt these brigands down, and give them an eternal rest from their lawless, ess.—Macy Monitor. Everybody knows how this paper stands on the question of capital punishment. However, while the wholesome advice of the Monitor is being carried out, you may suppose this paper to be dead. People needing the services of physicians in Walkerton and vicinity should know that the town is not flooded with doctors all the way from the most dangerous variety of quacks up to the physician of fairly good attainments, as used to be the case. Doctors fairly well qualified have considerable time and money invested in their profession, and therefore expect pay for services rendered. Quacks will run at all calls, pay or no pay, just to make a show. Do not feel disappointed if you can't get a physican to run after yon day or night when you owe all the physicians in town, and have for years and years and make no effort to pay them. Doctors are “partly” human, and those of Walkerton have about discovered the fact.

Personal Points. Mrs. Josie McMaster is home from Chicago. Attorney W. A. Dailey was in South Bend, Wednesday. J. F. Duffy, of South Chicago, was in town last Saturday. Mrs. Minnie Holmes, of Chicago, is visiting relatives here. Attorney J. S. Bender, of Plymouth, was in town last Saturday looking after his interests here. Mrs. Mary Perley, of Des Moines, is visiting her cousins, J. Poor and Mrs. A. Petrie, of this place. Mrs. O. L. Prentice returned home Friday last, after a three weeks’ visit among friends in Noble county. J. Willis Cotton has sold his interest iu the agricultural implement business to J. L. McDaniel, and will hereafter devote his attention to the wholesale culture of onions and cabbage.

j B. M. Seybold, of South Bend, is in this place for a few days in the interests of the Fidelity Building and Savings Bank Union, of Indianapolis. He will endeavor to organize a local board of the above association in this place. The Fidelity is said to be the strongest association of the kind in Indiana, and it has men at the helm of unquestioned character and ability. A laughable thing occurred at a revival meeting at Walkerton last week. The minister noticed a tough looking chap sitting in one of the front seats, looking as though he needed religion or a square meal; so he stepped up and asked him if lie was a Christian. “No, sir!” said he, “1 am the editor of a nonpartisan paper published here.” “Then in the name of God and the Holy Saint John, let us pray," responded the minister.—Macy Monitor. The last Michigan City Dispatch tells about another horrible crime attempted by a tramp, and headed oil only by a shotgun. If our legislators would spend a little time in trying to do something to restrain the tramp element in Indiana, and less time in talking about matters at Washington, over which they have no control, they might draw ( their salaries with less compunction of conscience, if they have any conscience at all. The Studebakers began business iu South Bend many years ago poor men, and the Goshen Democrat iu speaking of their rise and progress, says: “The only way for most children, is to be raised in abject poverty, if you want to make anything out of them.” Well, if that is the rule, there are many excepTi- .., num who .have passed the meridian of life who had the above advantages in a superlative degree, having been reared in abject pov-" erty, and not. only that, but who were favored with a continuance of such advantages all through, and yet never rose above kuee high to a duck. M e don’t blame the fellows who conducted the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, by order of Ptolemy Bbiladelphua, king of Egypt, for jangling a little about what should and what should not be Bible, as the history of the affair conclusively proves they did do, if it was as difficult to settle what should be and what should not be Bible, as it is to select and reject what shall and what shall not be Independent. It requires the undivided time and attention of one editor to keep out the mass of what would be obnoxious news to this and that reader. We find that it absolutely requires more tact and judgment to decide what shall not

go in the paper than what may go in. A Deplorable Evil. ; If there be any one thing more than ! another’ calculated to rase discord in ' families, it is the whisperings of meddlesome neighbors. Gossip is one of the i crying evils of domestic life, and is responsible for more family quarrels and disgraceful scandals than anything else. If you would peruse the records of divorce courts you would be amazed at the prominent part gossip plays in the separation of many a husband and wife and the breaking up of many’ a happy home. Aside from its being evil, yes, villainous, it is iu contradiction to all Christain teaching, to charity and to refinement. It is an outrage on education, and can only lower and debase those who participate in it. —South Bend Daily Post. For Sale or Trade. One store consisting of dry goods, boots and shoes, ready-made clothing, hats, caps and groceries. Will sell at a great bargain to the purchaser if sold within twenty days. Also one butcher shop and tools to rent. Come and see me. My reason for wanting to rent the butcher shop is that we sleep too late in the morning. Come and see me if you want a bargain. ■ A. D. Johnson. Farm to Kent. 100 acres mow land, 20 acres clover sod for corn. D. W. Place.

“BAfe in Persia.” klr. Abraham Moorhatch, of Oroomiah| Persia, delivered his lecture on “Fife in Persia,” at the Presbyterian church Saturday evening last. Notwithstanding the unpleasant condition of the weather a good house greeted the lecturer. Mr. Moorhatch spoke for about an hour on the customs, habits, religion, etc., of the Persians, receiving the closest attention from his auditors throughout the entire lecture. He is a lively, witty and instructive speaker, and our people, were never better entertained by a lecturer than by this exMehommedan. He conducted a mock Persian wedding ceremony, the high contracting parties being four young people of this place who were attired after the Persian mode on such occasions. This ceremony was indeed amusing. Mr. Moorhatch was reared in the Mehommedan faith, that being the prevailing religion of his country. He has

since, however, been converted to the Christian belief, and is now in this country completing his studies for the mi listry anil will return to Persia todo missionary work among his people. Hi lauds the Christian religion and dJa’ics Mehommedauism, and seems jj^itious that his people be rescued inp tEeir dark superstitions and convened to Christianity. He delivered a sermon at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening on “Mehommedanism,” and was greeted by a large and interested audience. Although but a young man, Mr. Moorhatch possesses considerable ability, and is said to bo the best mathematician in Persia. The (airly, How They Sutler. Girls are of few days ami full of mischief, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. When the fair young girl elmweth her gum with greater haste and stampeth her pretty foot, do thou look out. She cometh forth in the evening in low neck and short sleeves; but in the morning she lieth in lied while her mother hnstleth. When the sleigh bell link loth sin* standeth at the window and yearneth for a beau, and when he cometh she dtjetb up his purse. He wrappeth the buffalo robe about her and huggeth her much and stayeth out beyond his time, the livery man addeth four dollars tojbis bill. [n the evening he hieth himself away to her father’s mansion. He goeth in at 1 seteth by the fire, and ere he leavet ihe poppeth the question, and she ju Mieth at the chance. Io getteth bis license and goeth foif h on the morning of his wedding day,’ uni employath a goodly man to do the joj, and when the sun ectt&tli he findhimself a married man. Selah! . Ghe robin nesteth again and he dothet£ himself in sackcloth and ashes and riiineth swiftly unto the gates and kaocketh, and telleth the doctor that wife of his bosom tiavaileth much, and rusheth back again. The old mother prophesieth a boy and he jumpeth up and craeketh his heels together with joy; the doctor speaketh words of wisdom, and also cautioneth him not to ratify before the returns are all iu. The night weareth on and the young man waxeth impatient, but the old lady speaketh words of cheer and prophesieth yet again, and he bideth his time and waiteth his reward. A cry smiteth his ear and the. drum thereof, and he biteth his lip and kicketh himself again as the old woman poketh her head in the door and bringeth tidings of two girls.—Ex.

Wild Western Justice. In a frontier settlement in the wild west a German cobbler was elected police justice. His reputation as an honest toiler was well established, but his legal knowledge and sense of humor were so far of unknown quantities. One of his first eases was that of a tough citizen who was duly arraigned for breach of the peace. The justice heard the evidence in the ease and prouduheed sentence of three months in Cl This so enraged the defendant file e»'i«d in ti vigorous abuse of jojirt by promising to call on him p rO |Uptly that day three mouths and pren^ re bim for a first-class funeral. The)» judge heard this abuse silently, ambthen, without emotion, cogitated as follows: ‘•Veil, you kills me to-day three months ago, vill you? Let me see. This is Aug. 1. Three months vill be Nov. ? hanksgiving will be the 27th. I vill miss my thanksgiving dinner. Christmas is next. ] vill miss Christmas, too. Six months from Aug. vill be Shauuary. I makes it six months, und den you kills me, vill it? You shust go right avay to jail six months, and then 1 see you any more I shoust shoot you so full of lead it vill take von steam derrick to lift you down to your grave. You hear me?” The six months were up long ago, and the justice still sits upon his cobbler’s bench when not dispensing justice from his official seat. The tough citizen is presumably herding ] cattle in Arizona. ; The tunnel suggested between Scot- I land and Ireland would be about tvven- | three miles long; the estimated cost is j $40,000,000 and the worst gradient in I it would be one to seventy-five. ■

THE NEW FALL STOCK OF CARPETS, DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, JACKETS, Btett, Lie Mis, CHENILLE CURTAINS,! FLANNELS, UNDERWEAR .And all Sorts of Dry G-oods, Useful 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 Fail for our customers. Space will not admit of telling you all 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 Postoffice, LAPORTE, IND. JULIUS BARNES & CO. We Are Ready! To Show you a line display of S T O "V E S! Have just added to our stock an immense'line of the best Cook and Heating Stoyes on the market. The genuine GROUND OAK STOVES^ 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 CcoklStove, 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 lull line of tinware and all kinds of tin repairing. SIGN OF rp 17)1717^17 THE LITTLE STOVE. 1 , J , laELjWj, Try The IPDEPEnDEPT OFFIgE , FOB. JOB PRINTING.

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