St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 April 1892 — Page 1

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VOLUME XVII. '

g DEATH OF JOHN R. HOSTETTER. Died.—Monday, April 4, 1892, John R. i Hostetter, at his residence in Walk■U* erton, aged, 58 years and 15 days. f John R. Hostetter was born near Ligonier, Noble county, Ind., March 80, 1834. He was the son of John and Mahala Hostetter and one of a family of twelve, of whom eight survive' Harvey Hostetter, Joplin, Mo. ; Simon

Hostetter, Whitesville, Ind.; Mrs. N. P. Bowsher, South Bend, Ind.; 11. W. Hostetter Knox, Ind.; Robison Hostetter, Coh rado; Mrs. J. L. Manning, South Bend, Ind.; A. G. Hostetter, | LaGrange, Ind.; Mrs. J. L. Smalley, ’ Ligonier, Ind. 'rheir'father was one of the pioneers § of Indiana and his sons, one and all, y were true pioneer’s sons, who did their < duty towards leveling the forests and I in their place have the fertile fields of I what is known as the Hawpatch. John was the readiest of all with the ax, and here laid up the store of health which aftei wards enabled him to fight so vigorously against disease. He was married, June 17, 1855, to Sarah Aurilla Potter, and a few years afterwards he removed to this county; but he loved ♦he pioneer life too well and in 1872 re-

moved to Nebraska and was one of the first settlers in the Loup Valley in Merrick county; but two seasons of the grasshopper plague caused him to remove to Jefferson, lowa, but ill health made him think of Indiana, so he returned in 1876, since when he resided here. For the last five years he was an invalid, fighting disease with great determination, but finally the magnificent ।

constitution was worn out, and willing to go, he expired peacefully, with the faith of a true Christian, April 4, 1892. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. They are: D. F. । Hostetter, Wauneta, Neb., Mrs. Ella Stroup, Chicago, 111., Emmett HosMrs. John H. Mni.u, ( hunf lafestetFer. Haftm Hostetter, W<il!ig£’ ii । 1 ~

11 1111 .-SI question,” slie said in a voice of suppressed anger. “Not Greek, but plain English, and I wish a plain answer. AV hat did you mean by the look you gave me at breakfast? No evasion please. You know I took a ride this i morning?” An inclination of his head gave an almost imperceptible assent to her question. She understood it, however. “You know,” she repeated, biting her lips fiercely. “How did you know? Did you—see me?” She brought out her words with difficulity, and again Jack assented. “Where?” came more sharply than before. “Starting or—on the way?” “On the way, since you will know the truth.” Her eyes fell, and once more the hot color burned in her cheeks. “Thank you, Mr. Beverly,” she cried, starting up with a passionate gesture, *1 have another remark to make. It is plain English, too. I hate you.” “Don’t go,” he pleaded, as she tried to pass him. “You forced me to tell you. You really did. I’m awfully sorry. I ” “Sorry for what?” “Why, for being there, and —and seeing you,” he returned, taken at a slight disadvantage. “Sorry for being there and seeing me,” she repeated in a voice suspiciously near tears, and with her face persistently lowered. “What a kindly way to put it. To spare my feelings, I suppose. Dcn’ttry. I have none to spare. I like unladylike actions. I take to them quite naturally. I’m not ready to have lessons in deportment from you yet, and I wish to gracious you would go where I can’t be meeting you at every turn.” “I will, by ali means,” he responded as she concluded her half-choked utter- | ances. “I don’t believe you mean a I word of what you have said, though^ not a word. I know ” At this point Jack found himself addressing empty air. Mary had departed and for the rest of the morning remained invisible. At dinner time she insisted on remaining in her room, claiming a headache as an excuse, but when her grandfather, considerably worried, came to inquire for himself, she told him she had never felt better, insisting, notwithstanding, on having dinner in her room. Jeannette thought this a most reprehensible exhibition of self-will, and expressed her views quite strongly to the delinquent. “And your grandpa worried nearly out of his wits,” she concluded, “and wanting to send for a doctor.” “Why will grandpa be so foplish,” said Mary in a slightly vexed tone. “I hope you won’t let him do it, Jeannette.” “Os course I won’t. You need a shak-ing-up much more than you do a doctor, my deal - . And I’m thinking you’d better come to supper.” At supper Mary duly appeared, arrayed in a dress Jack had taken pains to say he disliked. Neither she nor Jack was especially talkative, and h r grandfather, who was quite unobservant, was forged to keep up the somewhat flagging conversation. As the evening was cool they went immediately to the parlor, where Mary,

A Word to the Thoughtless, The Elkhart Review- says the statute • in regard to the mutilating of trees and shrubbery by any one not author- . ized by ownership, or otherwise, to do so is very severe, and if more generally understood would probably’ result in less of that species of vandalism being indulged in. For injuring trees on the highway, a fine of not more than five

. hundred dollars nor less than five doh . Mrs shall be imposed. The injuring of . trees, vines, shrubbery, ete„ on private , or public grounds sh ill be punished by , imposing a fine not less than five times the amount of damage done, to which may be added imprisonment not longer than twelve months. If this information can in some way’ be conveved to those vandals who have girdled and i nn the bark from trees on some of our principal streets, either from ignorance or malice, it might deter them in the future from indulging those criminal propensities. Convict Labor on Roads. A little the sickliest attempt to any aigument against the employment of convict labor iu building permanent roads is this from a Chicago agricul- ]

tural journal: “Royally it is very questionable if farmers would not much rather get along with the roads they have than submit to the presence of felons iu their townships. It would not be an edifying sight forour children to see convicts at work covered by the lifies of their keepers. Criminals should be kept out of sight as much as possible, not paraded be-

, tore the people. ” It is proposed to ’ bring the felon from his workshop I where he is competing with the labor of honest men, neither for ornamental I nor yet educational purposes, but inI cidental to the real object a sight more edifying for a young man inclined to become a law-breaker than the stripe-euited chain-gang engaged in jaaMait

hour later Jack brought his chair and placed it close by Mary’s. "Let me have that,” he said, taking the work from her hand and putting it on | the mantel. “Now please tell we whether I am to stay.” “Stay, of course,” returned Mary, feeling that he had taken some of her spirit with her work. “I have some idea of pd”liteness.” “The last part of your sentence rather । spoils the first. Do you find politeness :so hard to practice? You have almost turned your back upon me. That is j really not good manners. Is it?” “I’m not capable of judging. I know nothing of good manners. I pride my.self an having particularly bad ones. Y'ou need not concern yourself in either event.” He elevated his brows very slightly. “Needn’t I?” he asked. “May i tell you just why and how far I should like to concern myself in your regard?” He asked this last question pointedly, and with a new earnestness upon his face. Her eyes drooped. Something in his glance warned her, and rather precipitately she left her chair and walked to the window. Yet even in the dim light he saw the vivid color that dyed her face, and made a mental note of the fact. In the moment that followed he had time to think. He was not a man given to impulse. Never before had he been conscious of a feeling stronger than simple admiration for any woman. But for this unconventional, self-willed little country girl he felt something deeper. Just what he scarcely paused to analyze. He was content to wait until time should make him surer. These reflections passed through his | mind with the rapidity of light, and the > next minute he had joined Mary at the window. “Let us have a light,” he said briskly.' “This twilight is melancholy. Do you think I can manage those lamps without blowing up the house?” “I think you had better not try,” answered Mary turning from her contemplation of the landscape outside. “I will light them, if you will close the blinds.” When Alary ran in to kiss her grandfather good-night, she placed her arms about his neck with unusual affection, whispering as she did so: “I pained you to-night, grandpa; I know I did. lam sorry for it. So very sorry. I don’t know why I should have been in such an ill-humor, but I was, and I do find it so hard to feel one way and act another. I intend to do better after this. Indeed I do. Now, kiss me and say you forgive me.” CHAPTER VII. Meanwhile Jack was wondering what had become of his friends. “Haven’t heard a word from one of them,” he told himself, when nearly j three weeks had passed, and even volui ble Frank had not sent a line. “I suppose I am entirely forgotten. It is | rather trying to one’s vanity to drop out 'of his friends’ remembrance so soon. I i never thought I could be content away | from civilization, as it were. If I stay | here much longer I’ll begin to like these I I mid-day dinners and going to bed with ।

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,

local briefs. — — Plymouth is to have a new bank, with a capital stock of $50,000. Dr. Arlington has moved his office over Brubaker & Hudelmyer’s store, first door to left. The Independent and the Western Plowman, an excellent farm and family paper, all for $1.50.

Dr. Kilmer, of South Bend, Ind., pays especial attention to all kinds of surgery and female complaints. The Western Plowman a first-class farm paper, and the Independent for SLdO. Call and get sample copies. Extra size overalls (42 to 46 waist) price same as regular sizes, at Tom Wolfe’s. Use Wolverine Blood Purifier and Wolverine Liver Pills. Ask your druggist for them ; take no other. The best. H hen you need wedding invitations, dance programs, folders, fine calling cards, etc., call at this office and select what you want from our line of samples. The well known Render residence, now the propertv of Henrv limum,,

— vxxiemynuueimver, is being altered in away to greatly improve its appearance as well as to add to its convenience. George Enders, who was injured by a Lake Shore railroad train at South Bendon Friday of last week, died from his injuries on Monday’. He was a contractor and builder and aged 65. Henry McCool has been appointed

by the Presbytery to establish Sunday schools in Oklahoma territory. He will begin his work in that country soon, the Independent understands. The town election will be held on May 2. The officers to be elected are as follows: Trustee for First ward, Trustee for Second ward, Clerk, Treasurer an^Maj-la l ,

let of : I wonder what possesses people to imv so many children. The law really should fix a limit. lam half inclined to draw up a bill for Congress to consider.” Two days later another comma sication from Mr. Thomas Bailly arrived. “Confound the man," muttered Beverly, recognizing the writing. “ What mid r heaven has he to say for himself now? " A glance at the written page enlightened him: “Dr.ar Sin—-I am at a loss to understand your action in returning the bill I sent you. It is impossible that you have forgotten the articles ordered from my house in April last. I once more assure you of my regreat in being obliged to press my claim. But if you still refuse to recognize it, I must take steps to recover. I await your answer. Yours truly, Thomas Bailly.” “There is but one way to look at this thing,” mused Beverly, tapping his boot thoughtfully. “This" fellow is either a lunatic or a scoundrel, more probably , the latter. Perhaps he will find this ! convincing.” This was merely three lines: “Alr. Thomas Bailly—You are either • ad— fool or ad — scoundrel. In either : case, you and your little account may go ’ to the devil. Jack Beverly.” ; “I hope that is the end of it.” TO BE CONTINUED. A Cure for Earache. “I am afraid I have greatly interfered with my own practice,” said a celebrated aurist, “by giving the following advice to many of my friends: A t the first symptoms of earache let the patient Hi on the bed with the painful ear uppermost. Fold a thick towel and tuck it around the neck; then with a teaspoon fill the ear with warm water. Continue doing this for fifteen or twenty minutes; the j water will fill the ear orifice and flow over the towel. Afterward turn over the head, let the water run out and plug the ear with warm glycerine and cotton. This maybe done every hour until relief is obtained. It is an almost invariable cure, and has saved many cases of acute inflammation. The water should be as warm as possible, but not too hot.” Some Atmospheric I’hcnoincna, A man weighs less when the barometer is high, notwithstanding the fact that the atmospheric pressure on him is more than when the barometer is low. As the pressure of air o,n an ordinary-sized man is about fifteen tons the rise of the mercury from 29 to 31 inches adds about one ton to the ' load he has to carry. If a well could be dug to the depth of forty-six miles, the density of the air at the bottom would bo as great I as that of quicksilver. By the sanm j law a cubic inch of air taken 4,000 miles above the earth’s surface would expand sufficiently to fill a sphere 2,000,000,000 miles in diameter.

INDIAN SATURDAY, APRIL 9. 1892.

Ed Grid) icting as town clerk, in placd of Gt Leslie, resigned. Harvey 1 is clerking in T. J. Reece’s harL store, having commenced in Ipw position last Monday. Tickets fclndrews’ Raid,” April 12, are for s;it Noah Rensberger’s, John Bradeind Brubaker & Hudel-

niyer’s. Rded seats at the postoflice. The creaiy is about ready to commence mak butter. The engine

and machin'atre about all in position and buss will probably begin next Monday A poet seip an editor a contribution entitleirwhy do I live?” The editor answet “Because you sent your contribim by mall instead of bringing it iijrson.”—Ex. Miss MinnPlatts purchased the residence prorty’ of Sarah A. Rowell in the south jt of town Wednesday,* The sale wasjide by 11. Nelson, real estate agent. Two ne^ u»ds have been added to the vocabnlar A “was-er” is a per-

1 son who has l| n something he never can be again, |d an “is-er” is the fellow who is on he top wave at this present ihomet Kato is'a fi» Norman Percheron stallion, iron g| v and weighing 1650 pounds. He i» strong, well built horse and has dod action. Kato can be seen at the (table of his owner, .Myron Leßoy, $ any time during the season. The Millards during their stay in Ft. Wayne selected an unusually large and fine stock’ of spring millinery. Their hats, trimmings, etc., are of the newest and choicest designs and ladies are cordially invited to call and inspect before befell.

• -r: I -11 l < . ( r - I > AVtjen v * had j •*« o i thf national dobLJ#^W»o. »nal banks of 1 the Unite^j^Pjv'ourrendered SIB,OOO,Oce National Treasury as a threat ’ Ode for the purpose of inducing । a veto from the President—a thr. at which effected its purpose—and the result of this withdrawal of $1*.090,000 from circulation put interest up in New York at the rate of one emit a day. Notos and b nds are not money—they are conveniences. The whole fight over this Issue is between the eapit .fists who demand interest and the people who demand money instead of interest. The gentleman di nounced the periodic attempts made for international conferences and intei national agreements every time the free coinage of silver is proposed, and said: Are wo to be shackled here by the apathy of tho governments of other nations? Is our financial system to be regulated, not by our own Ideas of justice and our own conveniences, but by the conveniences of other ; nations? The moment that this great gov- ! ernment declares for the free coinage of ; silver the other commercial nations, too, । will solve that question. Self-interest will compel them to do so. The restoration of ' silver here means the restoration of it everywhere—thee—the world over. The moment . you restore silver, if gold is taken from cir- ’ filiation, prices will go down in proportion ; and that’necessitates money from abroad to purchase commodities here that go down because of the contraction of money. Everything will be effeap. The man who holds his gold is simply holding it for silver, for silver will take the channels of circulation. Let silver be coined once and see what the result will be. You may have to pay a little more, if you have the two metals at par.ibut let us remember that as a rule when money is plentiful prices are geo 1. Labor, after all, is the only money. Air. Bland then explained the last section of the bill providing that whenever France opened its mints to free coinage of silver at a ratio of 154 to 1, the United States should adopt that ratio. He called attention to the fact ; that for seventy years France had by its open mints fixed tire price of both metals and kept them on an unvarying parity of l&i to 1. To allay any apprehension that might arise because of the French ratio being 15j to 1, while ours was 16 to 1, it was proposed that the United States should adopt the ratio of 15| to 1 whenever France did so. Continuing, Air. Bland declared that the action of the Government of the United States on the silver question iiad been an invitation to Europe to go upon the gold standard. AVe began silver’s demonetization in 1872, and in all our efforts to restore silver we had been defeated by limitation. When a fro ■ coinage bill was passed in the House in 1878 by a two-thirds n a'oritv and sent to the Senate, the same idea of an international agreement was injected into the quesi tion, and meanwhile we provided for the I purchase of from $2,0'00,000 to $4,000,000 a month. The last Congress passed an act to purchase $4,500,000 of silver monthly, and its friends proclaimed that it was done in the in- : terest of ^i^ver. He opposed that bill, I and said the gentlemen were deceiving themselves and the country, and that silver c®ul 1 not be brought to par in any such manner. The law of 1873 compelled the coinage and use of the silver dollar. The luw of the last Congress used the bullion as mere dead

(SKEAT gliQgffl® OUT SALE! ids the time for taking our annual iiw^tory is near a hand, and wishing to reduce our stock, we will offer for the next 30 Days Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, etc. AT Rod Bull! Prices, AND THEN GIVE 10 PEK CENT OFF FOH CASH ]fe have a surplus of Odd Coats, Vests, Heavy Boots and

Sample Jals and Cans, we will sell adjust

- absolute!v rejects nor ng., . posed modus vivendi. An absolute rejection would have been more acceptable to this Government than the vague and unsatisfactory answer that has. come. It is ascertained that one results, rhe Cabinet meeting was that another dispatch was sent to L. r i Salisbury by this Government. One who should know says this dispatch is peremptory in tone ami that it demands a speedy categorical answer to the inquiry as-to whether or not a modus vivendi wiil be agreed i upon. Your correspond nt’s informant says that the dispatch • sent Lord Salis.bury is in many respects as vigorous as the famous recent dispatch by President Harrison to Chili, which is characterized I as the ultimatum. There seems to be among the Senators • more of a disposition to reject the arbitration treaty than there was a few days ago. It is not probable that the President will send to tho Senate the last communication from Lord Salisbury until a reply shall have been received to the last note sent to Great Britain by the direction of the President. THAYER STILL FULL OF FIGHT. He I lles a Motion for the Reopening of the Gubernatorial Contest. Ex-Governor Thayer, by his attorneys, Alessrs. J. H. Blair, C. A. Goss and exChief Justice AI. B. Reese, appeared in the Supreme Court at Lincoln, Neb.,and filed a motion for leave to reopen the ' Thayer-Boyd gubernatorial contest case, ' asking th.tt the judgment r> ndered Mar. 1 1(5, 1892, on the man-late of the Supreme Court of the United States, that the defend .nt go hence without delay and recover hs costs, and execution be awarded thereupon, be called, vacated, and set aside; i that the relator be given leave to file a reply to the answer of the defendant, and that th • case be then set fortrial. A noti e was also served on , Governor Boyd, informing him that at the opening o the court, or as soon 1 thereafter as the case can be heard, this motion for a reopening of the case will be presented to the court. Gover- i nor Boyd is unconcerned and is attend- j ing to the duties of his office as though there was no claimant to his title. He says that if the court allows the case to j be reopened he will be readily able to ! prove his citizenship ami will continue ' to act as Governor of Nebraska until such time as his su'cessor shall be | elected an l qualified. How far the criminal law was violated, and how far it was avenged, in regard to murder, during 1891 is shown by ' the following figures which relate to the ' United States: The number of murders in this country last year amounted to 5,996, or 1,(>16 more than in 1890, and 3,339 more than in 1889. The executions ' in 1891 numbered only 123, of which 27 took place in the North and 96 in the , South. That is, one murderer in 48 re- । ceived capital punishment. During the : same period the lynchings which out- i raged instead of avenged the law num- j bored 195, or 68 more than in any previous year. The lynchings all occurred in the States west of Ohio and south of Alaryland. i

NUMBER 38.

v Im 1 arrived, an > It reudinguj^ Lord Salisbury’s letter was i listemj^Rzi with great surprise, which -toted the appetites of SenavS tor the President’s response. The response was generally commended as firm and to the point. The President renewed his former declaration that a modus vivendi seemed to him the natural and only proper manner of dealing with the question, pending the action of impartial arbitrators. He did not dis- , cuss at great length the effect of pelagic sealing, for he considered its destructive character sufficiently established by the reports of experts and the facts already laid before the British , Government. j The President d dares Lord Salisbury’s suggestion about exchanging bonds with the poachms to Tie impractiticable and undignilid, and altogether 1 beyond serious consideration by the Government of the United States. Ihe President leaves a loophole still open for Lord Salisbury to a ceptthe renewal of the modus vivendi, but deciares that If the modus vivendi be not renewed this । year he will not ho d himself respensible for any consequentes that may follow. This is an almost literal quotation I from the message i repared by the President, and is intended to inthrato in the language of diploma y that our Government will endur * no further trifling in the matter, and that, if the British ( ov- । ernment refuses a reasonable arrange- ' ment for the piott ction of the seals, the United States will enforce her extreme rights with her full naval pow r. The u-ual moti m foil .wed the reading of the papers in the Senate to refer them to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. There was s >me running debate on this motion w ieh disclosed a gen r.:l feeling of indignation against Loid Salisbury and a willingness to sustain the President. One of the Demo ri'." Senators wanted the correspond- n e made public, but Senator Sherman obi jected, and succeeded in defeating ti e : motion to make the left rs public, but their importance and the gravity of i the situation they disclosed were soon known to those interested and • were a lively subject of discumion j about the hotels at night. Senator i Sherman is in fav< rof ratifying th > ■ treaty now pending and th n following I with whatever action may be m c ’ssary to enforce the laws i gainst the poach- ■ ers, and protect the seals within the rcc- : ognized jurisdiction of the United States, I even if the entire navy be require l for j the purpose. Senator Teller and some of the oiher AVestern members,notably those from the Pacific coast, arc not dispos. u to notice the pending treaty any further, lout favor immediate steps to arrest poaching, regardless of any feelings Great Br.tain may have on the subject after this ac- । tion. The families of the non-naturalized : Italians lynched in the New Orleans affair are to bring suit against tho city for i damages. If they win their suit it will : be in order for the relatives of the murdered Hennessy to bring suit against them. —Baltimore American.