St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 October 1891 — Page 5

Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by the Stephens Store Co. Eggs Hutter...., , 15 fjard , 7 Green Hides 4. Potatoes 25 j Corn, new 30 t 035 G lover Seed M 00 Wheat,. 91 Oats 26 j Beans $1.20@ 1.40 I Bye 70

LOCAL NEWS. A daughter was born to the wife of George Leslie on Tuesday, Oct. 20, It is said that Lake Michigan is lower by three feet than it has ever been before. At Warsaw, recently, a folding bed collapsed breaking both arjns of its occupant—a lady. During September twenty-eight convicts were released from the state’s prison at Michigan City. A gray eagle was shot last week near Elkhart. It is stated that several have

been killed in that vicinity of late. The planet Jupiter is now so near the earth that her four moons may bo plainly seen wjlh gn ordinary field glass. J. W. Arlington, M. D. Officj one block east of Vincent’s furniture store. Calls answ ored promptly, night or day. Jt is said that the eases of Fielden and Schwab, (he Chicago anarchists, are to be re-opened on legal technicalities “Al Beall has opened a restaurant . and bakery in the Flwood McDaniel stapd, apd has a baker in his employ, and ahso furnishes the citizens of Walkerton with bread at their residences from a delivery wagon. This week’s Independent suffers for lack of local matter. On account of sickness and death in our family it was an impossibility to get up much of a paper. Hereafter will strive to give all the news of interest and present it in readable shape. Congressman Shively returned to his home in South Bend last Saturday evening from Ohio, where he has been taking part in the state campaign . He will return to that state to fill a few more speaking engagements before the campaign closes. The medical fraternity have about decided that ‘'grippe” is a scourge of the past. The long hot dry summer lias done much to kill off the germs and ahonld tAie winter lie favorable, that iu 1 cohl and snowy. We shall have no cause to fear a return of the epidemic. The Nappanee News comes out this week wjth a special edition setting forth the advantages of that place in an attractive 48 column sheet. The manufacturing facilities, agricultural resources of surrounding territory and biographical sketches of leading business men are all portrayed in uninteresting manner while the mechanical appearance of the whole sheet reflects much credit upon the ability of the News force, On last Wednesday Aleck Yetter’s horse became frightened at a drove of hogs and tore up the buggy so that it bad to be left at tjie shop for repairs. Aleck started for home on horseback and when at Dare’s crossing the horse became frightened again at an approaching train on the L. E. & W. road and plunged forward across the track ahead of the engine” just barely escaping being struck by it. Aleck jumped from the horse in time to save hiwiself. The Walkerton Independent is

about as spicy a sheet as comes to this oflice.—Kosciusko Standard. We endeavor to inject a little seasoning into the thing, yes. But honestly, we do take delight ip reading the Standard, excepting that we have to now and then dodge some of its sledge-hammer blowsat the liquor traf- I Rave the grit to toe themaAx* ana ugiA >

that worst of trades, the liquor business, like Brother J W. Armstrong, of the Standard. There was a quilting and carpet rag sewing in the Island neighborhood last Friday, at the residence of Mrs. John Dare. The ladies who participated in the pleasant social needle-work were 1 Mesdames Frank Place, Lizzie Place, Mate Arnold, Lottie Stover, Lizzie PeD fley; Austin Wiley, Mary Vanwinkle, Jane Pratt, Sally Ross, Lizzie Paul, Jenny White, Miss Lavina Ross, Mrs. Maxey, Mrs. Jolly, and Mrs. Tank, also Mrs. James Place from Waverly, Ohio. An elegant dinner was served and a very pleasant day was enjoyed by all. A basket of dainties accompanied by a beautiful boquet was sent as a reminder of the occasion to the. Independent office, for which the Judies will please accept thanks.

Don’t fail to see T. J. Wolfe’s, the clothier and merchant tailor, big line of hats and caps. The Stephens Store Co. have placed in their store a cash register, which registers the amount of all sales made 1 each day. It is a convenient arrangement and cost quite a snug sum of . money. A prize was offered by a London journal for the best difinition of money, and it was awarded to the follow-

ing: An article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven and as a ready exchange for everything except happiness. An exchange rises to remark; “If any of our friends have a notion that they are in bad luck just let them read about Frank Duckworth of Franklin, this state. Frank had typhoid fever, pneumonia, mumps and measles right after each other. Then he was kicked by a horse, had a few ribs broken and his cheek cut open. He got all over these and Wednesday was run over by a threshing machine. He will recover.” Coppes Bros. & Zook, the manufacturers, o£ Nappanee, had a write-up in

the boom edition of the News of that । place last week for which they signed a contract to pay $75. When called upon for the amount they wrote out a check for SIOO and presented it to the editor. That’s the kind of a spirit that builds up a town. Coppes Bros, started out penniless boys there a few years ago and now count their wealth by the thousands. Some superfluous exchanges were lopped off our list this week. Had too ; many. The list was crawling up to near the subscription list in numbers. — Wal k erto u I n dependen t. Well, don’t leave us out in the cold. We would rather pay the difference of exchange in cash than to miss the Independent.—Goshen Democrat. The Democrat is the last paper that we would want to lose from our list of exchanges. JohnM. Garwood, an extensive farmer and stock breeder living near Laporte, has a large stock barn on his farm in which the English sparrows congregate by the thousands to roost. He occasionally goes into the building and hangs up a few lanterns to light it. Then he starts the sparrows, and as they fly from one end to the other he kills them with a pole. He slaughters them by the bushel and supplies the entire neighborhood. They are said to make an excellent potpie. The first prize of §3O, for the best . write up of South Bend was awarded to the Lagrange Standard. The second prize—s2o, went to the Logansport Pharos, while the third, $lO prize was given to the Wate oo Press. These prizes were offered o’ the occasion of the Editorial convention at South Bend last June, the’ awards being made by the business men’s association and it is stated, brought South Bend several thousand dollars worth of advertising. To banish rats, take cayenne pepper, ground to a fine powder and sprinkle plenty of it in their holes and runways. It is an elegant article for keeping rats out of a place after you have once got them out. It operates by creating a violent disturbance in their.breathing apparatus. Don’t be afraid of putting too much in the holes. Apply it liberally and remember it must be ground exceedingly fine and be very dry to produce the best results: You might look around a day or so after introducing it to see if there are any rats lying about with their heads sneezed off.

Wanted—A Job. The St. Paul Pioneer Press advertised for a boy at two dollars a week and received 250 answers. There seems to have been a sort of competitive examination or adoption of civil service rules in selecting a boy, and the one that wrote the following letter was selected:

the Job my folkses is not rich A ITmv ; got to tussell. They are ded. It i betes hel how hard times is I am 14 & ' kin do chores I look good with new clothes on I would like to get a good plac in your offic I kin learn fast.” If it were generally known that but--1 termilk is one of the very best kind of ■ m< Heines for liver and kidney diseases, says an exchange, there would be more of it sold at live cents a glass than there is of beer. The difficulty is people will not try it, simply because it is cheap. It is hardly ever the case that so beneficial an article can be had at so little cost, but nevertheless it is true in the case of buttermilk. It is stated ’ on reliable authority that there are numerous instances of persons afflicted J with Bright’s disease living for many ’ years in comparative comfort with no " other medicine than a daily supply of buttermilk-

Personal Points. E. Leibole was in Chicago Thursday. Mis. Ed Grider went to LaPorte last Tuesday afternoon. Samuel Koontz, Sr., had business in South Bend one day this week. Samuel Koontz, jr., wife and daughter were in South Bend Monday. P. L. Fitzgerald and sister Sadie visited in Warsaw a few days this week. Attorney H. A. Woodworth did bus-

i iness in the county seat last Thursday. Mrs. Henry Adel and Mrs. Enoch Simmons are visiting Ed Simmons and family, of South Chicago. Miss Callie Goodrich was at South Bend last week to attend the wedding of Lillie Vanderhoof to John Harvev of that place. Mrs. Minnie Holmes, of Chicago, sister of the late Dr. J. F. Endley, was here in the last hours of the doctor’s illness and during his burial. J. W. and Peter Lanning, of Sturgis, Mich., were here to attend the funeral of Dr. Endley on last Monday. They were cousins o£ the deceased.

Willis Wright and O*:^J?ulmer, of j this place, and Dr. Buriat, of Plymouth, left here last Wednesday for the northeastern part of Wisconsin where they will spend about two weeks hunting deer and bear. Esquire George returned home on Wednesday from a visit of about three weeks with relatives at Akron, Kent, Snffield and Mogadore, Ohio. The esquire had the pleasure of hearing the great apostle of protection, McKinley, deliver a speech at Akron on the 10th inst, Jacob Fulmer, formerly of this place, now of Elkhart, is visiting friends and looking after his interests here. Mr. Fulmer informs this paper that Reuben ! Hays, formerly a resident of this place, and familiarly known as Father Havs, died at the home of his brother in law, in Herkimer county, N. Y., being near 80 years of age at the time of his decease. I so Wolverine Blood Purifier and Wolverine Inver Tills. Ask your druggist for them; take no other. The best. Out of sight I 'Those fine square crowned stiff hats for only $2.50, at T. J. Wolfe's clothing house. Don't miss seeing our line of overcoats. We have over 1,500, and offer you rare bargains in them. T. .1. Wolsk. lam now prepared to manufacture eider on Mondays and Thursdays for first two weeks and thereafter only on Tuesdays, at Goo. IL Dry’s farm, three 1 miles west of Walkerton. Price two cents a gallon. GEOIIGE HaRMISOX. People should read their insurance policies carefully, and call attention to the fact that some time since it was discovered that certain insurance companies bad added sunstroke to the cause of death, a list of which is printed in very small type in their policies, for which they will not be responsible. Now a company has placed asphixation in the same list. There is no reason for the exception of either ailment i from operation of the policies and it is j simply a bit of sharp pratiee which the ! courts should rebuke at the first opportunity. From 81 to 810. Louis DeCouders hereby givesnotice that during the present fall season he will have his fine stallions, Davy, True Type, Hero and Cleveland Bay at his ; farm near North Liberty, where horse- 1 men can see them atany time. Prices ' have been reduced as follows: §4 to ■ §lO. Attachment Notice. State or Indiana, ) Before J..mes Shoemaker. J. St. Joseph Co. j P., Line Jn Twp. of said Co. David W. i U j . I | The plaintiff in the above entitled cause having I i filed his complaint and affidavit in attachment proceedings against the above named defendant, and summons having been issued on the sth day of September, IE9I, and delivered to M. E. McCarty, constable, made returnable on September 15th, 1891. at ten o’clock a. m. and at the day and hour set for ! trial summons was returned endorsed by said coni stable “not found.” j Now therefore the said defendant is hereby noti- ■ fled that said cause is set for trial before me at my office on the 15th day of October 1891 at ten o’clock ; a. m. and unless he appear and answer to said cause the same will be heard and determined in his absence’ Witness my hand and seal this 15th day of Sept., lß9l ' James Shoemaker, J. p. I — T. J. Wolfe’s tailoring establishmen i . j is miming in full blast. L | He has over 3000 paterns of suitings I . ami pantings to select from ’ I, Has two experienced tailors to do • , his work, and therefore can fit a man > | out on short notice, with anything he f 1 wants in the line of suits and pants. ; lit and workmanship guaranteed.

HYp NOnZ!NGRABBITS ■ e a S’'“ l! Z’ bemethod of hunting rabbits isT^ 88 ^ 1 sat* Murray of Melbourne J « hn Francisco Examiner brings fl 1 I mation, which may nrovc^f 1 nfor * i» the papets^hl'ofhj? ° ne of that the killing o comtes w the rabbit full Ind i 8 gmn - life of the sheeptX? e'sv the rT“ •’ K said 1^: ■iJ UiaV re Yet ay if l 1 r g m nt deal of trnt, ‘ about rabbits’then « ifc Vl would ntbbito k i e n Q Fre COnlraet t 0 kHI all 111 « i .id )i s in liesno county for $->OOO I is a very 81mplo matter to Lt rid t the little creatures if you -o at it the right way. J “ 11 tue mauertf StraHa thc rabbit P est was a m n r/ en .‘ uore consequence than It is in California to-day, but it is not so uow, for they have away of hunt--1U? tbat ’ s £° in g to clean the colours as sure as it is kept up. - X^^Vieiorian government was so mtioh^iceriied about the plague of rabbis that an inspector was appointed called the vermin deBtraMMtitfict. and great efforts were tv lluv.l OVAA-AV J.XACLIAWI wf exD^fwation. “s>mh pains were taken to advertis the matter, ami as a result suggestions were received from all over the world. The particular one which has proved such a godsend to the country came from Bengal, if mv recollection serves me right. It was “tried first by the inspector, and the information was then sent out io pamphlets, and uow all over Australia the rabbits are being hunted in the same way. •■'Die rabbit-hunters gather to the number of eight. One carries a buH’se\e lantern and another a big bunch of smail iron rings, each fastened to a string so that they will jingle together. J iie others carry clubs or air-guns—-usually air-guns. 'The party goes very quietly to the haunts of the' rabbits, aiming to get there between 8 and 9 o’clock in the evening. The men witii lanterns and rings choose an open place aijd the ones with clubs get in the shelter, forming a circle about twenty yards in diameter about the two. The fellow with tiie rings sets up a great jingiing aud the lantern is moved rapidly around the circle. This charms the rabbits, and they come from all directions toward the light ; I just as moths rush to a caudle. They ; I can be clubbed to death at leisure, for the lantern and the ringing sound I seem to stupefy them. “It all seems simple enough, and yet I have known six men to kill thousands of rabbits iu two hours. I went into the bush to my uncle’s range last April to attend a ’hunt. There were ten of us, and we chose an open space just at the edge of a grove of gum trees. I had the rings, and no sooner began rattling them than the rabbits broke cover and came jumping to their death by hundreds. We VhysimiHy Ailvanclnjj? Enward Atkinson has examined the record of hundreds of ready-made clothing establishments to discover whether the while man of the I’uiled i Slates is deteriorating in size and weight. As the general result it was G found that the average height of the New Englander is 5 feet 8 1 2 inches and of southerners 5 feet 10 inches. The average weight of the Anu rican of to-day is between 155 and 160 pounds. Mr. Atkinson discovered tbat the average height an I weight ci \ men in this country has perceptibly increased since the war of l>Gl-5. and that we are slowly increasing rather than decreasing in size and strength. tieii. Butler’s Kcpartee. Gen. Butler’s recent experience in Judge Carpenter's court in Boston brings out this narrative in one of the papers of that city. It was while the late Judge Colt was presiding in the Supreme court of Salem, during the trial of a noted case in which Gen. Gen. Butler was counsel, that the general insisted upon his right to intro- I duce certain evidence which had been ' repeatedly excluded by the court. Butler nevertheless renewed his attempt until the court peremptorily ordered him to desist. Judge Lord, then of the Superior court and a resident of Salem, was within the bar, and as he passed B itlcr, said: “Butler. if I were on this bench an I you persisted in trying to introduce evidence after I had excluded it. 1 would commit you.” Quick as a flash came tiie reply: “Judge, if you were on the bench 1 shouldn't try it.” llnorinou > Ocean Depths. 'a£iu the' AyUpGc. "SIS; t nl^ChaTlduj’^F expedition' eigldy miles' \ll*tl| of the Virgin islands, the depHi at point being 23 25 ) feet, 3,875 fatfl^ms, or about four and one-half miles. The deepest soundings ever taken in the Pacific, or, iu fact, any place on the globe, prior to ISIW. were made in i 1885 iu the vicinity of the Ladrone ! islands, in north latitude 12 degrees 1 and 4 minutes, east longitude 143 degrees aud 16 minutes, where the depth was found to be 26.850 feet, 4,475 fathoms, or about live miles. In June, 1890, the United States survey vessel Tuscarora, while trying i to determine the practicability of a I cable route to Japan from the western ! coast of the United States, discovered • a remarkable depression on the Avest i coast of the country first nai. "1. the ! basin being known to the g- .. pliers of the expedition as the Tuscarora , peep-” The first sounding made was I June 12, when 3.427 fathoms of wire i were run out. A few days later ti>ej I found what is now considered the ! maximum depth of the Pacific, 4,655 j fathoms, or 27,930 feet. — Harpers I People- _ I '

T„ .: ' . -- , . NE W FALL ATTRACTIONS AT THE BUSY, BUZZING BEE-HIVE, on Michigan Ave., LaPORTE, [nd, IN Carpets! CURTAINS, DRESS GOODS, SILKS, VELVETS, LJndd' Wear, JEsla,n3Ke'ts, H'luLxuxids. It pays to trade at the BUSY, BUZZING BEE-HIVE. Colored Rhodemes Silk, former price $1.25, now celling at yg cents. GLOAKS ARD SITWLB. 1 he new stock zs in and selling rapidly. IFe invite yozi to The Busy Bee-Hive, LaPorte, Ind. , JULIUS BARNES & CO THE STEPHEi SME CO. OUR SOLE OBJECT Is to Hake OUR PRICES DRAW! Our Fall and H 'inter stock is ready and watting for you. The goods are beautiful and marked at irresistible figures. C'ome yourself and bring your filends, and you will find what a Low Price really means in the Une of Plush Cloaks and Jackets, Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, shoes and Rubbers. THE STEPHENS STORE COMPANY HIS NOBS The Picture Knob, the Door Knob and sundry other Nobby Goods are to be found, at reasonable prices, at the well known HARDWARE STORE of T. J. REECE, Where can be fov.nd a complete stock of Vailders’ and other Hardware, SASH, DOORS AHO BLIKTfg; Latest Makes of Gasoline Stoves, Imperial Plows and Repairs. Tin^Lcofung done promptly by Competent Workmen. AU Paints and Oils, Brushes and all other Painters’ Goods of first’ class quality will always be found in abundance at our place. We have a full line of tinware and do all kinds of tin repairing. SIGX OF rp T TUE LITTLE STOP Ed 1 . U , Ja£jlLU£j