St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 July 1891 — Page 1

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Reid in drugs and family occupying the residence, all of whose merchandise and household goods were saved. : The next adjoining was Mr. Young’s shoe shop, most of whose goods were saved. The next was the Flake saloon building, quite a large one and owned by Mr. Uncapher, of Grovertown, and which was soon numbered with the things of the past. The contents, we believe, were principally saved. The next building was a horrid rookery and the one in which the fire originated, and which should have been condemned and torn down long ago. It was unoccupied, except it contained some agricultural implements, some of which were burned. They belonged to Andrew Cunningham. The next was a narrow room and until quite recently was occupied by a family. The next was a creation, in the main, of the writer, a snug store building owned by Eli Rensberger and occupied by Swank & Williams as a family grocery, and two families living above. It readily yielded to the forked tongued deyelish flames, just as if the writer hadn’t caused its construction. The two next and last rooms were the property of J. Emily & Brady, one of which they rented for a barber parlor and the other to Mr. Braden, for saloon purposes, and who was in Chicago at the time of the disaster, and therefore knew 'noth- _ lag about his losses, whatever they may be. Dr. Arlington valued his building at nine hundred dollars, a very low estimate, and on which he held a policy for five hundred dollars, Endly & Brady lost all, having no insurance. Eli Rensberger held a policy of SSOO. Swank & Williams, as near as we can learn, were insured for one thousand dollars. Al Hardenbrook, rumor says, held a policy on some saloon fixtures of four hundred and fifty dollars. The Walkerton Independent is en g ged in fighting the tramps again this summer. —Kewanna Herald. And it wouldn’t hurt you to help us BMWMiMmMMMOTnw Os the 5,000 new patent medicine put on the market every year not 10 survive.—LaPorte Herald. But pray, dear Herald, tell us wha per cent of those people who take th remainder survives?.

—---Ki - : . WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH ('OTNTy.nWIA^A, SATIjKy, J^FTTsor^*”'

The tramdfe&hjj^m which is being . agitated by jnWni? wspapor? over the ; country. h *»» should have been . tackled y t .md agof ^t is an evil which is growing very fast md will be as difficult W control as'the evil of fareemperruu’^iß' that ofslavery. “An ouuce of is worth a pound -of cure.” T^HEiould be enacted aj^ofiee to ^npqßEfbodied man "V* *■ * I^MagßSMMte ^NEi: <»bnllson* i TeWMMWou ffif iii l.be'V tluU KdPWnury who j»< ntly deeid< that a uian whoeo^wife bad rue away with another man shoutd have nb damy ages;.that 15,Was, view of sUh T siiuXi/ iWtlm is the first lime that a jury fMfe said bo. - Sonth Bend Tribune. ’That’s an old argument of #is pa’ •* , ■ . _ •' ’ ’•Y »•; -’I -■ ‘V 4’ ■• ■ • 1 *» •» »it xt*' । to chum damages for any such a thing. other words, such a ’great Ing Willy Allie Oooly sort of a thing^s to claim dairiages because his wife fancies an- | other is not fit to have a woman. He has a soft spot, and Billy Beane knows When Gtm Packard of the. New AB bany Tribune disposes of a few hundred more car load? of Ameriean tin plate, then we expect to get a chapter from him on tramps.- WalkertonlndbPBNDKNT. Some of these times when Gen. I Packaid of the New Albany Tribnne, is Ijing in bed waiting for his shirt to dry, and a tramp skins the clothesline •vo’ll hear from lUm concerning the tramp problem. Granulated sng«r will lose its taste and American tin »»Ute its lustre for a time. —Ibid. This is not the first time our good friend of tho Inpepkmdent has laid this duty upon us, and one of these I times not far away we intend to com- I ply with his earnest request. But at ’ present wo are too busy discharging h ; and broad thotitcan never be disturbed. If it were once over-

thrown an invasion of involuntary tramps would sweep over this country that would be to the present voluntary ones as a western cyclone to a gentle summer zephyr. —New Albany Tribune. By that. General, you must mean that, should the free traders get on top, open the gates to foreign manufactured goods to be tumbled in free of duty that this country would bo flooded, prices g” so low that our manufacturers would be compelled to cut down on labor or shut down and then we’d get a whole rush of tramps by force, do you? GineralPackardthetariffisataxanddon’tyoufurgitit. HITCH RACKS. We notice that some of our merchants are erecting hitch racks in front of their costly cement walks, which proves that they are bound to drift along in the old rut. —Milford Mail. The above is the first sentence of a long rticle in the Mail, and which article opposes the building of hitch racks in the business streets of towns. For once we vlll have to beg pardon of the Mai' for agreeing with it. The Mail offers cogent reasons why racks should not encumber our principal streets, and although the Independent has said but little about the matter of hitch rucks it fully acquiesces with the Mail in its views on hitch racks. What can make a street look more disgusting and uninviting than to have little puddles of stagnant water standing in depressions made by pawing ’ horses, and the filth which necessarily ! accumulates where horses are hitched, ’ and on warm days becoming an attraction for a hundred and fifty millions of flies which sail in and out of your busij ness houses almost at their pleasure, I (your scr< n doors are but little protection, for in a live town like Walkers ton they are constantly open) settling down upon the cheese, in the sugars, on the meets, fruits, dried and green, [. all around the molasses barrel, etc? s The Mail suggests that the farmers and business men go in cahoots, or a. words to that effect, and erect hitch racks off from the main or business streets, and thus avoid the nuisance of )0 dirty, dug-up, filthy streets. The suggestion is certainly an excellent one, nt and again we beg of the Mail to pardon le us for agreeing with it in the latter proposition,

IOC 4L BRlfi^. This office is indebted to Mrs. T. Wolfe foy"a bucket of fine June eber^ Hes. ’ A whale of a boy was born to thh wife of John Miller, Sunday rhorning, •Tune 28. __________ • It is doubtful if there is a p«oi a; j M h J* 1 *l l " n ft w bo is as extorikiyjffiy is (Icnof^ PMkatftJ|Eß| ^^Hp&anf I ? ''S^^i'^WltfufcPKNDKNT is o £ oo s ’un.'—Ußsu^rp TIF-urp knows!/goodt^^ it s^P'^ftnk ybu. *^'J fe Bend’s been m'ftkirig^r Tribloj fnssrftl!^, its water supplies. That’s/ just < « attention of ontsW^ from the great amount of^ I other Ihu-i- con'/iraeJ flier, | There is somAffl^p^Tof the L. l & W ruilyoad company building a ne<j j depot at this placemen, so Agent El^ [ lison informs this paper. The present stricture i&! difepi4»ted concern aw^ very unoouifoi table for passengers wU® *— ■ Ai This paper to be up with the tsmoK. and equally enterprising with its oo^j temporaries must tell the following The ghost of Mrs. Pettit, dead wife <E Fred Pettit, who is a life prisonef i^ the northern prison for poisoning Mr^ P., haunts Shawnee Mound where sl^ was poisoned. The story is tol# 1^ very respectable liars. . Attorney hT a'/ V^Wworth, Henderson, P„ 0. Wood worth and y j Leßoy, of th^ place, with their lies wont picnicing to Pine Lake near LsPorte, Sunday last Tlu^kUei-ed together on the green at JBKKvlht Assembly grounds where tlfe^^took of a well prepared luuch^fi&^ter which a walk around the grounds boat ride on the Ip’ * made tlw d very pleasant one indeed. u 2-^ 1 I d nS & let^ sleps to bring about thia very desMfW*> improvement. What can we do with

r . . — -—. . • -— so little expense that would so much improve and beautify our already handsome, live town? Echo says, “Nutbin.” Now the friends shouldn’t be backward, and if they have a good ham (must be smoked) to present the editor, or a couple bushels of good ripe cherries (must be of the largo red variety), or a couple of bushels of black raspberries, bring them right in and you, shall have a nice little crack in thd paper. You’ll find there’s nothing little about this paper. Will give a two liu® crack any time for a good, big smoked ham. HOW TO SCCCEED. This is the great problem of life which few satisfactorily solve. Some fail be cause of poor health, others want of lock but the majority from deficient grit—tan of nerve. They are nervous, irresolute changeable, easily get the blues and *tak( the spirits down to keep the spirits up,' thus wasting money, time, opportunity and nerve force. There is nothing like tin Restorative Nervine, discovered by the great specialist, Dr. Miles, to cure ail ner vous diseases, as headache, the blues, ner vous prostration, sleeplessness, neuralgia St. Vitus dance, fits, and hysteria. Tria bottles and fine book of testimonials fra at J. Endly’s. t “Excuse me, George, but when I sad you a year ago, your face was covered wit pimples: it seems to be all right now •'Yes, sir ; that’s because I stuck to Ayt J , Sarsaparilla, the greatest blood tried icfl lin the world. I was never so well iu nt life as I am now. A FATAL MISTAKE. Physicians make no more fatal mist a! than when they inform patients that ne vous heart troubles come from the sto^ 1 ache and are of little consequence. R Franklin Miles, the noted Indiana spq । ialist, has proven the contrary in his n| book on “Heart Disease,” which may I 3 had free at J. Endly’s, who guarantees al recommends Dr. Miles’ unequaled Nt 1 Hc .rt Cure, which has the largest sale if 3 any heart lemedy in the world. It eui f nervous and organic heart disease, sht e breath, fluttering, pain or tenderntssh , the side, arm or shoulder, irregular >ub 5 a fainting, smothering, dropsy, etc. ft r Restorative Nervine cures headach, fs | etc, 11

j lCQ£c f .TDED.] I “BLACK JOE.” .'/"T! 10 ’'. 1 " “ tte Mrag the' ' ■ I.l elavs u wa 3 lon<£ past . hhrX ? 1 !ls r ® a(, y tor W l ® road Mio * ,a j* 'too aronnd to ’ wh Tx’ 3 ? and ItaLhim with Adam, and S arOUQd to the front or W houselgp was seated beside When my wif^ame to get into . ta '^^th Adam, and ber-i I cdW"’ ‘ e waft to Qp^^^take care of what I v >otj|gw without buy1 '•'^im^, a bad td rhe lastb^^Wn’^he sEgtSoldier ui only a straight rSnM Adam ^ r « ? ’ R's'^s-hp, I could see tlu^ horizon lightly illuminated, on th •idghb-haud •W 0 ahoad of us » iu tlie direction of the I’wuse. •• ■ _ y T^' i)riv ^’ Adam.’ I cried, ‘for all the j^orses a f Q worth!’ Down came the ^r»p. and the spirited team dairKr flew, ^pweroukl soon see that it was indeed My wife was fradio. It |r USaU 1 could do to hold- her in The V3i gC : T he P l a»Mon fortu/“W’y ^ood open. dashed in aa d

T W E?. Boun in fßnt of tl& house. ' was old - tWngh- subV jE* l d lj’ hullt by many !* 3^* aa * uas were-roar t fcßftßre. The first object EWtliiLf 0 on ns she leaped 4 was old Auut Mimba. 4 .®Rr L,nv! , she screamed. Aunt ,4 poor old soul was onC.her B k^fe> rip g»og her hands, and c ..ling " dPw Lord. ’She's dap. good Lord. <ta b^ek chamber,’ a,nd she pointed nOhe upjxir fldor-cf the buil ling, now oy g rapidly consumed. JpLiic front pari of the uotise was a flame- The parlor windows MS melted like wax, and wo could see OTurnitttre beyond feeding the fire. front chambers and roof above . ’ere sending their showers of embers id sparks far up in the air, ami the sement and tUr floor of the structaco/dd not tong support the totterftbove. The door of wHuxiiii hall was standing open. L’O of negroes had burst it (,p en . hu dto^o no farther. The banA ami Mans were burning freely, yj f a Mgßf e that Lh.y was lost. My B^iMnlng, “Lilly, I'd IParted for ti.e bumiog Stairv :u,u '’ k iV.W’uw fellow,’ r thougifT^W^’ / <• to nisdeath.’ yly wife hail fainted, ami I had just digged her under the spreading fn >s of a tree, away from the intense | [ IO , when out of th<* fiery furnace bonded a figure covered with tlame, lai a bundle which he carried in his aps at our feet, tore the flaming V^nkets from her form, and there on p ground lay Lilly. I grasped a yanket from the carriage, and thing jt round him who had braved death . nid the flames to save my child. \\ ilh ahe help of Adam and the overseer, ^who had arrived, we soon had the I flames extinguished. In fact there - v^is not much to extinguish; for his ) rtl^ed clothing had literally burned frotihini. It was tne flaming quilts ’ nndyiinkets in his arms, in which Li^was rolled, that made him look lit a pillar of tire. ‘The smoke like to have strangled .illy, but the tire had not touched her. 1 She lay unconscious of her danger . asleep in a rear chamber, to which the lire bad not penetrated, though the ouUide was burning fiercely. Joe had burst in the door, thrown the blankets and quilts over her head, gathered her up. blankets and all. and dashed down the flaming stairway. “We put Joe iu the cabin and had the best medical attendance the county could afford. The next day I went overund bought his wife and ijhild, and her faithful nursing and the physician’s together finally pulled him through, though it was months before he could walk. “It seems that Aunt Mimba had put .Lilly to bed and gone over to some of 'the cabins to gossip with the negroes there. The fire had broken out in the ; basement and made such headway that when it was discovered they dared not j enter the house. The overseer s house t being so far from my residence, he had 1 aot got there when I arrived. ■ - “Os one thing I am sure; had I not I hour it Joe that day my Lilly would have been food for the flames. Do you wonder now that money wouldn’t buy him? I've offered him his freedom, but he won't leave me. His wife is our cook, and Joe is my messenger and handy man, and the boy is a bright little darky and Joe’s pride, 1 wouldn’t let any of the neighbors know it, but Lilly has taught him to read and write. I suppose I’ll die some of these days, and when I do there's a provision in my will that leaves Joe ami his family free and provides for giving them a start in life, but I doubt if they'll leave Lilly.” “Oh, Joe!’’ and iu he came, “show this gentleman to his room.”— 11. E. Scott. For the races at Peru July 7,8, 9 and 10, the L. E. & W. will sell excursion tickets at one fare for the round , trip. Fare from Walkerton will be [51.70.

—tiic. i-Etslß’ 1 ’— ' ' ft \ J vT/ ! \ Reward wilEbe paid for the detection ft amt OUR INCOME^ ** — will look larger than ever when compared " with the Big Baltes we offer in - . - . ■ ... —" x ■ K Dry G-oods,

■ ■ . BQOTg & BHOES. ■ GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES ON Gents’ Wslfc M We will close out onj Resent stock of White Shirts col* f wed Shirts. Neckties and everything pertaining to'this line at. cos-Lw below, as we must close out these good* at some prieb. We will not quote prices here but asinX -you that they will be low enough to induce you to bs. ' if* / ft VISIT T. J. WOLFE, THE CHEAPEST CMer and MercW W IN NORTHERN INDIANA. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! To fit anybody of the male sex, be they fat or thin, short or tall, young or old, we can fit all alike, and satisfaction guaranteed. If we sell you once you will bo our CUSTOMER FOR LIFE, * ] Because you will be unable to resist the recollection of MONEY SAVED! Don’t forget that we also carry a full line of . Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Trunks and Valises, I 7 J ’ which are selling at equally low prices. NO ROOM FOR DOUBT about the quality, and the prices represent true value. Everybody can rely upon a cordial reception and a satisfactory bargain i T. J. WOLFE, e ■