St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 January 1892 — Page 1

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COLLISION OF A MAN AND A B. & O. ENGINE. t The Man was going East and the Train was going West. The news reached town Monday forenoon that a man had been killed by a train on the B. & O. railroad at Jackson’e crossing, about two and one half lb _ miles west of this place. The details Ec the affair which we have been able to gather are somewhat meagre, no one seeming to know much of anything about it. The accident was a very peculiar one and the circumstances attending it unusual. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, who reside within a short distance of the place where the accident occurred, say they saw a man walking rapidly towards the east on the ties at (he side of the (jack as the 9:12 a. in. mail train was approaching from the east. They watched him for some dis-

tance and he seemed to be in a great Lurry to get some place. The train drew nearer and still nearer but he paid no attention to it. The engine whistled fiercely all the time but he seemed oblivious to its warning The breathless watchers wondered if he wouldn’t soon get out of the way of the approaching train. But he kept on walking rapidly towards it never stepping to the right nor to the left, until the engine struck Him hurling him several feet in the air. Ihe (lain was stopped and the man picked up and taken to Union Centre. About every bone in bis body was broken and when put. onto the train he was still alive and tried to talk but uo one could understand his meaning. He lived but a few minutes. Section men claim they saw the same man one dav j last week a few miles west of this place. He was walking along the track and stopped to make inquiries as to the distance to Union Centre. They state that he was a rather good looking man, tail, light complexion and dark • He wore a light overcoat, | BllU .. , The case is a very strange out, .

XUV A- O - nud the unfortunate man must have ■ been insane or else deliberately planned sui. i le. The day was clear and he could not have helped but see the train. Railroad men here have been unable at this writing - to learn further particulars of the affair. A Ghost with His Throat Cut. A dispatch from Tipton tells of a very strange circumstance that happened there recently. The Independent is no believer in hob-goblins, but as the story makes mighty good reading we clip it, anyway. The dispatch is as follows: “On the night of the 24th of October last Alexander Yoke, living in Madison township, ten miles southeast of there, committed suicide bv cutting his throat with a razor. The Diamond plate glass company ol Elwood had a gas lease upon the farm and commenced drilling a gas well two weeks ago, two gangs of men beingemployed. After a few nights work the night men discovered a strange form about midnight appearing at the engine and then making its way to the derrick, where it mysteriously disappeared in the darkness. The men not knowing anything concerning the Yoke suicide, related the story to the

neighbors, who came to witness the mystery. Sure enough there appeared near midnight at the engine Alexander ( Yoke as natural as life, the blood pouring out of the deep ugly gash across ; his throat, yet holding the razor in his ; hand. He made his usual trip and then disappeared. Considerable excitement prevails throughout the neighborhood, and now the night men have quit work and the drill is only operated during the day.” Work on the Wabash. The Wolcottville Globe says that the right of way has been secured and paid for from Montpelier, Ohio, to seven miles west of Wolcottville, with but one exception. The line is open from the Indiana-Ohio state line to seven miles west of Wolcottville. From the state line to Montpelier the road was graded some years ago. j Grading is now being done also on at ten-mile strip in the vicinity of West- ' ville, and at Lakeville, in St. Joe county. West of Westville in Porter county, the contractors are there with cars and steam-shovels and are now at work. Within thirty miles of Wolcottville, there are, at present, thirteen sub-contractors, with outfits, at work. 399 teams are employed. A large number of the laborers live in tents.

THROOP AND SNYDER GET LONG SENTENCES Ihe case of Herman Snyder and । Fred Throop, who were indicted by the J grand jury for the robbery of Daniel Snyder, of near Lakeville, a few months ago, was called up in the St. Joseph circuit court Monday and the two men were tried, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary. Throop received ten and Snyder fourteen years, the former pleading guilty. These two criminals were brought to justice mainly through the slick work of a sharp Pinkerton detective named Tracy, who for several months simulated the character of a drunkard, and was looked upon by the citizens of South Bend as a worthless, good-for-nothing fellow. He was placed in jail several times by the police for drunkenness. While incarcerated he cultivated the acquaintance of Snvder and

Tracy, became on very familiar terms with them and finally succeeded in getting them to divulge information establishing their guilt beyond a doubt. On the day ot the trial an exciting scene was presented in the court room. I racy, now finely dressed and smiling, took the witness stand to the consternation of the two criminals. Then it was that they weakened and Throop put in a plea of guilty, knowing that the game was up with them anyway. Judge Noyes pronounced the crime as one of the most sneaking, wicked and malicious in the line of midnight robbery that had ever come under his notice, and as this sort ofcrime was be coming entirely too prevalent be proposed to make an example of the ease in hand. Herman Snyder was in no way related to Daniel Snyder. LOOKS DARK FOR PETTIT. A Decision in the Supreme Court That WiH Not Help His Case. ^ays the Crawfordsville Journal:

just one I ' that day according to law the applica- ; tion for a new trial must be tiled with | 1 the supreme court. This application has not yet been filed and neither have Pettit’s lawyers stated when they will file it. It has been currently rumored that no application ever would be made and even if there is a decision made by Judge Mcßride of the supreme court the other day makes the case of Mr. Pettit look pretty dark. It will be remembered that the great thing upon which Pettit builded his hopes of a new trial was the socalled error of Judge Langdon, of Tippecanoe county, in sending the case here over Pettit’s protest. His lawyers demanded of J udge Snyder before the case went to trial that he remand it to Tippecanoe county. Judge Snyder held that if an error had been made it was not his and he had no jurisdiction over the Tippecanoe court. The case was here and must be tried. Pettit went to trial under protest and was convicted of murder. His attorneys at once moved for a new trial and have prepared mountains of documentary evidence to sustain their motion. Their great error they claimed was the ruling of Judge Langdon in sending

the case here and they have made , their great fight on this issue. The decision of Judge Mcßride above referred to is squarely against their position. The decision in question was in the case of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Carrie Naugle and was taken up from Jasper county. Judge Mcßride after stating that no one has the right to ask for a change of venue in order to delay the ease comes squarely out in the second clause of his decision and says: “Statements in the affidavit in regard to bias and prejudice in counties adjoining the one from which the change is sought are not binding upon the ' court in determining to what county case will be sent.” The above seems to be a clincher ; and unless Pettit can get a new trial ■ on other grounds it seems that he will never get one. He was warned against the woman— She was warned against the man, ' And, es that won’t make a 'ddin, ( Why, they’s nothin’ else that can! —James Whitcomb Bjley. — M. D. Le IB OL E IS AGENT for. the Fort W a yn e laundr y . Headquarters Indei PEN DE N T OFFICE.

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,

local briefs. I • , Men’s underwear 50 cents per suit at N. Rensberger’s. T. J. Wolfe has a complete stock of trunks and valises. Leave your order for your tailor made suits early at T. J. Wolfe's tailoring establishment, as a big rush is expected for spring trade. Having bought the Rensberger & Fitzgerald stock at a bargain, Noah, Rensberger is selling goods below cos/ Drop in. Seeing is believing. An exchange gives the following advice, intended for men only. “Beware of the man who squeezes your hand, he may want to pull your leg.” A Farmer of Portland, Mich., owns a chicken with the crow, comb and

spurs of a rooster, yet able to lav eggs every day in the week. He calls her “Woman’s Rights.”—New York Recorder. Noah Rensberger, at the Rensberger & Fitzgerald stand, is disposing of all seasonable goods at a price less than cost. Go there to buy your dress flannels, skirt flannels and cotton flannels. dhe Marshall has killed twenty-one dogs. It is whispered about town that our Marshal is about to open a hospital for the cure of consumptives; and that, he has those twenty-one dogs in pickle somewhere.—Nappanee News. A large boiler was placed in th Knott flouring mill this week. The old one was too small for the capacitv of the engine. The new boiler is one and a half times larger than the old 1 one and furnishes about sixty-horse 1 power. M e have received an enlarged crayon 1 portrait of the late Dr. Endley from ' the Rosenthal Art Co., of LaPorte. •

The wofk is an(i likeness oc the iZ gma!.'**, calling at the LNDKr^wK... L... t-v i r Ed Koontz has favored the Independent with a copy of the Echo, published at Darlington, Ind., where he is employed in a roller flouring mill. The Eeho is a newsy six-quarto and judging from its general appearance and the large number of local ads it carries Darlington must be a busy, thriving town with an enterprising and wide-awake class of business men who appreciate the great benefits they derive from a local newspaper and patronize it accordingly. An exchange explains why barbers, as a rule, are talkative: Men will kick and newspapers make a lengthy item concerning the same, but a barber has a reason to talk to his customers. Sometimes it is to be entertaining and sometimes it is to keep his customer awake. Some men easily fall asleep while getting shaved and it is to prevent an accident, perhaps of a serious nature that the tonsorial artist keeps the attention of his customer, who would, if he fell asleep, awake with a start and injure himself with the razor that was in the hands of the barber. Bro. Mattingly, the venerable editor

of the Bourbon Mirror, in the following article reflects the sentiment, as well as the situation, in which every editor is placed: “Our friends who want cards of thanks published will please write them out themselves. The editor has writen so many that he feels totally incompetent to write any more—his stock of original modes of expression having become completely exhausted, and he will either have to decline writing them in the future or get a stereotyped form to use on all occasions.” This is the way a certain farmer explained to a neighbor Low it paid him to take a local paper: I take the pai per and read it for the news. My wife j reads the advertisements and tells me 'by so doing she saves in one year twice over what the paper costs. For instance, she is about to purchase some household articles or clothing that she has been paying $4 for. By looking over the paper she discovers that some one sells the same article at $3.50. She goes there and gets it, saves fifty cents in buying some ordinary article of ! clothing for the home. In the course : ' of a year this amounts to a very large ■ sum ^here considerable clothing is - used and will more than pay your sub- | scription.

MISSING LINKS. 1 Tb ? P en . dnln m w as first attached to * clock in 1656 by Huygner. f Joseph Walker of Massachusetts invented the wooden shoe-peg in 1818. Mr. Florence had been working on r ns memoirs for a year previous to his death. j ty ius Field is one of the few Americans who have a standing acquaintance - with Queen Victoria. Senator Stanford has acquired the , reputation of giving some of the finest i dinners in Washington. One hundred thousand natives now worship in Methodist c lurches in the . islands of the mid-Pacilic. Sir James Ferguson, the British Postmaster General, has a hobby. Ho wants a universal penny postage. The Chicago physicians almost unanimously approve of Keeley’s bichloride of gold cure, but denounce i Keeley. Ex-Senator Edmunds, at a little distance and from a pi utile view, bears no small resemblance to Secretary Blaine. I lie Grand Duke of Baden is a great fancier of carrier pigeons, and has devoted much time in raising and training them. I he late Governor Hovey was a poet of uo small merit, but he would never allow any of his producing to be published. ° Die New York Chamber of Commerce has been in existence 123 years, and now has for the first time a full membership of 11,009. ’het Harte is said to be always . ' iai '“ U P’ lu spite of the fact that t>e income from his books is well up in the thousands yearly. James Campbell. President Pierce’s Postmaster General, is still a familiar iJiure on the streets of Philadelphia. He is 80 years of age. 1 A Brooklyn, N. Y., clergyman, recently conducted a -mock” marriage, and in so doing actually married'' a man to a girl he bad deceived. Diomas Nelson Page, it is said, has accepted the offer of Harper's Magazine to furnish the Editor’s Drawer every month, vice Mr. Carles Dudley WaZ

UVA. Aitcu A w&y iMom th B tisiness, - z iT.flPortc Herald,] brought before Justice - n ..o, them ten days each in jail to rest up. It looks rather hard to take men away from their busin css, but Simon is sort o’ queer sometimes. Dr Are you going to pay me? J. END LEY, The Druggist.

Its peculiar efficacy is due as much to the process and NOTHING skill in compounding as to I IT tile ingredients themselves. LIKE ll Take it in time. It checks diseases in the outset, or if they be advanced will prove a potent cure. Na Hom stain te Without It It takes the place of a doctor and costly pre- wunce scriptions. All who lead FOR WHOSE sedentary lives will tind BENEFIT it the best preventive of and cure tor Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, Biliousness, Piles and Mental Depression, No loss of time, no interference with business while taking. For children it is most innocent and harmless. No danger from exposure after taking. Cures Colic. I’l- - Bowel Complaints, Feverishness ami Feverish Colds. Invalids and delicate persons will find it the mildest Aperient and Tonic they can use. A little taken at night insures refreshing sleep and a natural evacuation ot the bowels. A little taken in the morning sharpens the appetite, cleanses the stomach and sweetens the breath. A PHYSICIAN’S OPINION. “I have been practicing medicine for twenty years and have never been able to put up a vegetable compound that would, like Simmons Liver Regulator, promptly and effectively move the Liver to action, and at the same time aid (instead of weakening) the digestive and assimilative powers of the system.” L. M. Hinton, m.d., Washington, Ark. Marks of Genuineness: Look forttiered Trade-Mark on front of Wrapper, and the Heal and Signature of J. H.Zeittu de L<>., in red, va the side, lake no other.

icons THAT YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS! Just now is the time of year to close out winter goods, and to do so T. J. Wolfe, Walkerton and North Liberty Clothier and Merchant Tailor, Proposes to Cut the Prices of OV’RCOATS A WINTER GOODS to Cost! If you want to strike bargains as big as mountains don’t miss seeing his line cither in ITatterton or North Liberty. Ue keeps a complete stock of Rn c QJ^ e SHOES, HATS, RUBBER GOODS, at each of his houses, and will guarantee his prices in these lines so low they cannot be beaten. Call at his stores, learn his prices, and you will see that you can save money by dealing with him. C. L GRANGER & J. H. MILLER, , Salesmen at North Liberty. GOLD DOLLARS. FOR DIPETY gEDWI THE STEPHENS STORE 00.^ 000 Mufflers from 25 cts. to ^2. 1,000 Handkerchiefs 5 to ^0 cents. 24 Hlush Wraps front 7.50 to S2O. Also an elegant line of Jackets from $2.50 to $6. (Boots and Shoes, Pubbr Goods. Ladies' and Gents' Underwear. An elegant Une of American Serges 36 inches wide, 6 I^4 to 12 cents per yard. An Elegant line of Horse Blankets from 82 to 84.50 a Pair. Shawls from $1.50 to 86. i । Missed and Ladies' all wool Hose 15 cts, per pair, T

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