St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 April 1891 — Page 5

“ Jta&tpentanL W! A. KUDLKY, PUBLISH EB. ? r 1 WALKERTON, INDIANA, April 4, 1891. SPECIAL NOTICE. Ih Readers of this paper are invited to pay particular attention to our advertising columns, and to read Uve announcements therein. Also to B’ mention this paper when making purchases. Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by the Stephens Store Co EggS._ ]2 Butter 1G Lard - 1 Green Hides Potatoes to L^O _ Corn 50 to 55 Hams 11 Wheat 97 to 100 5 Oats •• 45 Beans $1.25 @ 1.60 Bye 75 ■ Clover Seed ^-00 LOCAL NEWS. FICKLE CONTRACTS. Parties wishing to contract to grow Cucumber Pickles this season will do well to call at our factory before April 11th. Please call and get contract at once. H. J. Heinz Co. 4 ‘Hold on, I want this funeral stopped.” New goods arriving every day at Tom Wolfe’s^ Joseph Miller moved to Liberty the forepart of this week. The usual service will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday. The schools of Lincoln township closed on Friday of last week. One hundred and sixty-five deaths occurred in Chicago last Tuesday. Mrs. Dr. Smith has just received a stock of new spring millinery goods. 480 men and boys wanted! to caP upon T. J. Wolfe and each buy a pair •of fine shoes. Bert Williams has accepted a position in the hardware store of Ross, Bose & McDaniel. Great reduction sale for the next 30 days. For particulars see ad of Philadelphia store in this issue. The Merle Comedy Co., are billed to show at Bender’s Opera House House, April 8, in “Uncle Dan’l.” Dr. Kilmer, of South Bend, Ind., pays especial attention to all kinds of surgery and female complaints.

March didn’t go out like a rip-roaring lion. I have a good brood mare and top buggy that I wish to sell, or trade for real estate or cattle. Mare is heavy with foal. Orman Taylor. The first lot of McKinley sugar shipped to Walkerton was opened at the Philadelphia store last Wednesday. They retail granulated sugar at six cents a pound. The deaths registered in Chicago for the month of March numbered three thousand two hundred and twenty.

Still the papers talk about that town being a great health resort. H. B. Whitlock has purchased a store at Elwood, Ind., a town in the gas belt, that is reported to be enjoying quite a boom. We wish him success.—Plymouth Republican. So do his friends in this place, he having many here. Dr. A. F. Schafer, at Dr. J. A. Kettring’s old office, Oliver opera house block, South Bend. Diseases of eye, ear, nose an throat. Fitting and furnishing glasses a specialty. W. A. Pool, better known here as "Brick,” who has been living in Texas for the past two years, recently took unto himself a better-half. The following item in regard to the event is clipped from the Denison, Tex., Gazefter: W. A. Pool, who has been filling the position of stage manager for the McDougall during two seasons or more was, Tuesday evening, married to Mrs. Mary Moseua daughter of Contractor J F. jordon. Mr. Noah Rensbei ger, of this place, and Miss Anna Faulkner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Faulkner, of near this place, were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's parents last Tuesday at sp. m., Rev. W. B. Warren, of North Liberty, performing the ceremony. The high-contracting parties have a large circle of friends in this place and vicinity who extend hearty good wishes. The remains of John H. Dare were brought here by Undertaker Vincent, on Thursday, from South Chicago, where the young man died on Wednesday after a brief illness from a spinal disease. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dare, of near this place, and was 29 years old. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church here on Friday at 2 p. m., Rev. Mathews, of Winamac, officiating.

What an enormous amount of sugar beets exchanges are raising just now! Latest style hats just received at Tom Wolfe’s. Prices always the lowest. “Do you know John Smith?” Uncle Dau’l can tell you at the Opera House, Wednesday eve. The Rush Medical College, Chicago, turned loose 177 graduates Tuesday. Truly a rushing concern. Dr. J. W. Arlington has leased the corner residence property, known as the Dailey property, for a term of two years. Under the caption of “Skin Games” the LaPorte Herald is furnishing its readers with a very interesting series of articles.

The lady who informed the Independent that she was suffering from an attack of “influmatory rhamatism” is said to be improving. The Winamac Republican believes that that town would prosper better under the pressure of a canning factory. The craze is epidemic. Rev. Berry preached to a large congregation at the M. E. church last Sunday evening. His sermon was an excellent one, and enjoyed by everyone present. A reward of five hundred dollars is offered for the apprehension of the person or persons who placed an obstruction on the B. & O. railroad track near Teegarden several nights ago. A California mill is now turning out pig tin. The ore in sight will supply the world for years. The first bar was sent to Congressman McKinley a few davs ago.—New Carlisle Gazette. The relatives of the late Father Gorsline hereby return their sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for their aid and kindness during the illness and death of Father Gorsline. The Logansport Pharos believes that the new tax law instead of increasing taxes will decrease them, because there will be lots of heretofore hidden taxables dug out and brought to time. 1 We thought we clipped that item from the Enquirer, but if we didn’t what we want to know is, where are “Bender’s Hall” and those “twenty nice young । men.”—Albion New Era. Right here. You clipped the item from this paper. The Merle Comedy Co., which will appear here Wednesday evening, April Bth, is comprised of people of recog-

nized merit and deserve a large pat- ■■■■ " । ■ . „„ Geo. Henry has purchased of C. W. N. Stephens the 5 acre piece of ground located north of the L. E. & W. railroad between the residence of J. Fogarty and the pickle factory. It is reported that Mr. Henry will erect a fine residence on his ground this summer. In vain does one look in the South Bend Times for an explanation of the new Indiana tax law which will just about double the taxes on real estate. Several of us who have been paying as high as a dollar eighty-seven

( and a half each year are frightened. There are twenty street lamps, of late design, advantageously arranged , on Avenue F and other important streets in V alkerton, which give the town quite a city-like appearance on a dark night. Walkerton is now in the procession, so far as having lamp posts for fellows to lean against and to hang men on, is concerned. Some of the old roosters who get dry on Sunday and have been working the back door racket were nonplussed last Sunday when they found that G. K. Winters had nailed a board over the “slip gap” through which they used to go. But moly hoses didn’t that church member spread himself when he jumped over the obstruction—Bremen Enquirer. The New Albany Tribune is having . lots of fun over the queer attitude of 1 the New Albany Ledger and the South ' Bend Times toward each other. Hear the Tribune on the subject: “The Ledger said the other day that no respectable paper outside of the city of New Orleans had expressed sympathy with the regulators who shot and hung the Italian assassins or words to that effect. And the very same day the South Bend Times, the Damon to the Ledger Pythias, said: ‘We glory in their spunk, in their determination that these Sicilian fiends should not escape punishment for the foul crime committed in murdering Cap. Hennessey.’ This alarms us. If the Times is not a respectable newspaper then farewell forever to Democrat journalstic respectability. These two papers have been as one heretofore. Stoll has called Applegate his philosophic brother and Applegate has called Stoll his statesman friend. They seemed ‘two souls with but a single thought.’ And now, alas, much we fear there’ll be blood-letting, bl ud, bel-lud.”

Will Squeal. The Plymouth Democrat save that: “Farmers that have heretofore Deen assessed for taxable purposes at from $lO to sls per acre will be assessed at the market value, and town lots that have heretofore been assessed at from S2O to S4O per front foot will undoubtedly be doubled. The object of the law is to equalize taxable property so that each property owner shall pay according to the amount of his inheritance.” There will be no end to the squirming among the Hoosiers as a result of this increase of taxes. The democrat party has fixed itself for a long and a hard fight, no matter how just and how necessary the new law may be. When the tax payers of this state once get to whacking up for this doubled tax, then will come the howl.

OBITUARY. James H. Gregory was born in Franklin county, Penn., May 6, 1810, and died at bis home in Walkerton March 30, 1891, aged 80 years, 10 months and 26 days. He emigrated with bis parents to Stark county, Ohio, in 1812; the county then being but thinly settled he had but little chance of acquiring an education. At the age of fifteen he was left motherless and with an invalid father to take the care of six sisters, all younger than himself. In 1833 he was married to Mary Robinson, and to the’” were born six children, two boys and four girls. Daring the year 1838 be was converted under the preaching of the Rev. Geo. Slusser and the same year united with the Baptist church. In 1846 moved to Noble county, Ind., where he then, with his wife, in the year 1848, united with the Christian church, and in the year 1852 was ordained to the ministry. In 1864 he moved to Walkerton, remaining a resident here until his death. His wife died April 20, 1879. Father Gregory was a good citizen, honest to a penny and respected by all who knew him. The funeral services were held nt the U. B. church last Wednesday, Rev. Mattox officiating. The remains were buried in the cemetery at this place. “Sit down Smith.” Dr. Arlington moved into the W. A. Dailey residence last Tuesday. “Si Pettingin made ’em and he’s a handy cuss.” See “Uncle Dan'l” Wednesday night.

Notice. James H. Gregory in bis will named and appointed Silas George executor. Attorney John S. Bender, of PlymSaturdayT lift, Mr. and Mrs. Thombson Turner, ‘ of Plymouth, visited with relatives here over Sunday. John B. Pepple and wife, of Albion, Ind., were guests of John Schwartz and wife, of this place a

few days this week. O. L. Prentice has returned from Noble county where he was called to the sad service of burying brother and father who died but ten days apart. On account of an unusual demand on our advertising space this week we were compelled to omit the regular correspondence, besides other matter of in terest. George Burton will hold a public sale of personal property at his residence, one half mile east of the Barber church, Thursday, April 9, 1861. sale commencing at 10 a. m. George Ross, formerly with Ross, Bose & McDaniel, of this place, has accepted a situation with the wholesale V ebber hardware company of LaPorte. He will travel. J. H. Myers, the practical watchmaker, does watch, clock and jewelry repairing and makes all work satisfactory. He is here to stay. Has had eleven years experience in the business, and always keeps on hand all kinds of m.|terial. Work promptly done. Loca^ ed in Martin’s grocery store, Walked ton, lud. N Attention Comrades. As Monday evening, April 6th, will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of the institution of the G. A. R., it has been decided to celebrate the event in meeting with the Epworth League at the M. E. church. Let every comrade be present, and a hearty invitation is hereby given to the public to be present and enjoy an interesting program. Committee. Overcoats! Overcoats! I have over 400 Overcoats on hand that I will sell AT COST to responsible parties on eight months time at 6 per cent interest. T. J. Wolfe. The Imperial Plows and repairs will be handled by T. J. Reece daring the coming season. They are the best plow in the market. Go and examine them. Two more men were hanged in Pennsylvania Thursday.

r —— - . — ~ ULTRA-RADICAL. “The degenerate son of an illustrious father,” exclaimed a Democrat paper in speaking of Stephen A. Dougias, son of the “Little Giant,” and the former’s affiliation with the Republican party. “Dyspeptic political dude,” fiercely quoth a Republican paper in noting the foet that John F. Andrew, son of Massachusetts, affiliates with the Democracy and is a Democratic member of the Fifty-second congress. What nonsense! What rot! Why should these. men be coarsely berated for exercising the right to determine their own. political affiliation? Are they to be tied to this or that party simply be cause their fathers “belonged” to this or that party ? Not much! Let them follow their convictions fearlessly and stand up for what may appear to them to be fight now, not what may have been right or wrong in the days of their illustrious fathers.—South Bend Times. Ultra-radical partisan editors might put the above in their pipes and smoke it. The above brief editorial from the Times is just about multum in parvo. It shows in a few words the bitter hatred of the political foe manifested by almost every partisan editor. It is a deplorable fact that the partisan editors who can see one redeeming quality in those of the opposite side are far betw^tl\ They never let up from one catfpaign to another in maligning, tradumng, berating, hog-walloping the opposition until it absolutely becomes disgusting in the extreme to the average reader. It is the same old, old monotonous sing-song harangue from issue to issue of fault-finding about what the other fellows have done or propose to do. At the expense of briefly noticing in a slovenly manner, with but a single dash of the pencil, matters which should be discussed at length for the benefit of the public, do they keep up this detestable harangue of slush and nonsense just to give vent to their venomous feelings toward the party opposed. It were betterdid they inform themselves of the grand achieve, ments of Moses and hand the information down to their readers; discuss the better methods of ridding the , country of the tramp pest; devote a fair portion of their columns to denounc- , ing the practices of plebeians, Larbarians, especially the outrageous one so much in vogue in this so called civilized country, that of legal murder; put in more time in devising ways ami means of lessening drunkenness; teach more morals in lieu of raking up scan--1 dds of all dimensions to stuff into the young readers of their papers; discuss al greater length the better methods of

nising the sugar beet and of getting ijd of the dead-beat, etc. One can see ajd almost knock off with a club the v»nom sticking out of every ultra-radi- ’ ) soul as a result of his selfish desire j>r the glory of victory and especially the money there is in it, and not by any means the desire he entertains for the welfare of the people. The editor, from whose paper the aforesaid multinn in parvo is taken, is,

*n the main, free from the above allegaions, excepting an occasional smatter. ing which now and then appears in his columns. The same is in a measure true of his “esteemed” (?) contemporary, The Tribune. OBITUARY. Marvin Gorsline, familiarly known in all this section as Father Gorsline owing to his advanced age, was born in Ransom county. New York, in 1805, am. Ted Feb. 26, 1891, at his home in this place, aged 86 years. When a mere boy he moved with his parents from New York to Ohio, thence in 1834 to Adams county, Indiana, thence to lowa in 1842, and in 1846 returned to Adams county, this state, remaining there until 1865 when he removed to Walkerton, where ho has ever since resided until his death. He followed farming the most of his life, but in recent years was unable to do so on account of feeble health and old age. He was married in 1831 in Athens county, Ohio, to Julia A. Dailey, who, with six children, survives him. The deceased was a member of the Masonic order for forty years, and a member of the M. E. church for many years. He was a good, straightforward man in every respect and always enjoyed the respect of his fellow-citizens. The funeral services were under the direction of the Masonic fraternity and occurred at the M. E. church last Saturday at 2p. m. Rev. Berry preached the funeral discourse. The Walkerton Pleasure Club gave a pleasant little dance in Bender’s opera house Thursday evening. The occasion was not a success so far as numbers were concerned, there being only enough people present to dance two set, but those present thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The music was exceptionally fine, Rocco Garromoni, the Italian harpist of Albion, and a violinist from Argos furnishing the music, Your attention is called to the change in the Stephens Store Co.’s ad in this paper.

THE NEW SPRING STOCK OF CART’S, DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, JACKETS, BMets, Lb Wai, CHENILLE CURTAINS, FLANNELS, UNDERWEAR .And all Sorts of Dry Goods, Useful and Ornamental, are in full supply at THE SUSY B-HIVE. The joke of it all is, that it’s to be a ‘ BARGAIN PICNIC” this Spring for our customers. Space will not admit of telling yon all the story, but don’t you see? vkeu 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 Fostoffiee, LAPORTE, IND. JULIUS BARNES & CO. Now for Business! And Low Prices Must do it. Jf'e always sell the same goods for less money, or better goods for the same money than others. Prices below prove this fact.

Our Mammoth Dry Goods Department. Our Ladies’ Circulars, of which we have a big line and will guarantee them: The Raglin $3.00 Bucinham 3-00 Queen 2.50 Peasant 2.25 Mineral LSO Anchor 1-25 Just received ten cases of gents’, la- ‘ Rubbers. , Children’s 25 Misses’ au Ladies’ 30 and 35 The Hold Fast 45 Gents’ 50 to 75 A very large line of Gents’, Ladies’, Misses and Children’s Shoes, on which we defy competition. All prices, from 50 cents to $3.50; our best Gents’ Plow Shoes $1 to $1.25.

Call in and give us a chance to show you our goods and low prices, and w e will give you with each twenty dollar sale a nice Folding Work Table. Tin; STBI’IiENS STOKE COMPANY. We ARE Ready! To Show 7 vou a fine display of STOVES! Have just added to our stock an immense line of the be^tt Cook and Heating Stoves on the market. The genuine GROUND OAK STOVES> BURN WOOD OR COAL ds the best round stove manufactured, and requires less ft el 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 foun ’ in bundance at our place. We have a fua a^e vi tinware and all kinds of tin repairing. SIGN OF IT T THE LITTLE STOVE), i , J , JALjLjULj,

Thirty dozen of Geui* 1 Fancy .Silk Flannel and black Shirts in all styles, and which we will sell at a bargain. A nice line of prints... 4 to 16 Dress Ginghams 8 to 10 Checks -5 to 10 Unbleached Sheetings 5 ito 10 Bleached Muslin... .6s, 7,8, 9 and 10 Shirtings 5,6 s, 7, 8 and 10 Tennis Flannel '. 10 Denims 12$ to 15 The famous Wilkins Seamless . Hosiery....; 12$ and 25 FLOOR OIL CLOTH. - 1 yard wide 30 1$ “ “ .''4o 2 “ “ 50 Now is the time to buy Ladies’ coata and shawls which we are closing out at ' cost.