St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 40, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 April 1892 — Page 4

Clje independent. WALKERTON, INDIANA. April 23, 1892. W. A. ENSLEY, Editor. Diaz lias been re-elected president of Mexico. Jie is the leading and mpst popular man in his country. In South Dakota the prohibitory law has been declared uncpnstitutional by the state supreme cpurt. The children’s penny collection in seventy-one counties for the Indiana educational exhibition at thp world's fair was $4,050.97. si!! ha The true aim of the highest education js to give character, rather than knowledge, to train men to be, rather thqn to know.—Mark Hopkins. It is said that the name of Hon. H. G. Thayer, of Plymouth, has been mentioned in connection with the republican nomination for governor. Postmaster Wanamaker when a boy lived near Galveston, Kosciusko county. His principal occupation in those (lays was coon hpnting and trapping for furs. Knox has new street lamps and is also showing other signs of life and progress in the way of new public improvements. Starke county has improved wonderfully in the past five years and the county seat is keeping pace with it. At the degiocratip state convention at Indianapolis last Thursday, Claude Alathews was nominated for governor and Mortimer Nye for lieutenantgovernor. Th? convention undoubtedly exercised excellent judgment in selecting Mathews. The editor of the Milford Mail is personally acquainted with Prof. Totten, the man who is doing the tall predicting about the world coming to an pnd. The Mgil main knew Totten at New Haven, and says that he is looked upon there as a wild, long- 1 haired crank, and many believe his 1 mind is affected. i

The other day Private John Allen, congressman from Mississippi, entered the House at th? close of 3 yoll call, and several members shouted out for him t° vote. “Mr. Speaker, how did Col. Moore vo.te ftp th? question?” The inquiry was unusual, but the Speaker informed him that Col. Moore had voted T^S^^S^^^olonel in the confedcr- ( ate army, and he never led me where 1 there was any danger, and so I’ll stick ' |o him.” The survivors of the 30th Indiana Regiment held their ninth annual re- । union at Milford on Thursday, the I,4th inst. There were present 120 of the Veterans. Several eloquent speeches yvere delivered, and the reunion was a pronounced success in every respect. The time, and place for holding the next meeting is Monroeville, Ind., April 7, 1893.. The new oilicers elected for the ensuing year are: I’resident, W. 11. Brown; Vice-presideht, Capt. J. B. White; Secretary and Treasurer, H. y. Stoner. The Milford. Mail contained an excellent and very complete write-up of the reunion.

The Chicago Herald says that a glance at the bureau of labor statistics ‘.‘shows that Indiana owns more property to the man than any other state in the Union. Something in (he line pf educational journals will tell you (h^t the state lias a richer school fund than any other, commonwealth, and that the percentage of scholarship is better even than Massachusetts with |ts Harvard, and Connecticut with its Yale. History will tell yo,u that no, pther state was so decimated on the field of battle. It has more cattle to (he acre, more, bushels of wheat, more money in the bank, more pianos in the parlors, and more diplomas in frames ihan can be boasted elsewhere from sea to sea. The New Carlisle Gazette says: The heirs who brought suit to set aside the John Reynold’s will have dismissed the old case and brought a new one because of complications, arising in the former. The original case called for a change of venue and Mort Nye was appointed. He was objected to and called on to appoint another special judge. This he refused to do from the lack of jurisdiction and for the sium cause Judge Npyes, refused to appoint The new case has been placed on the June docket and recites that the. es tate is worth one million dollars am should be divided among the heirs o: nine brothers and sisters. The com plaint alleges that John Reynolds wa: pf unsound mind when the will wa; ^rawn irmb cember, 1890.

TEEG ARDEN. Wheat looks well. Farmers pip wing for pats. Watch the Teegarden thief. Ben West has moved onto F. L. Johnson’s farip. Teegarden needs a barber shop and a barber. George Swathwood wil| soon move onto Ira Watkins' farm. H. C. Swindell, of Plymouth, was in town Monday. A. Han sop made a business trip to Plymouth Tuesday. Smith Davis is lying very low with consumption. J. D. Johnson made q trip to Plymouth Monday. Oar school will close April 28. D. M. Barber has a line 8 year old colt for sale. Master Harry Barber is <p;ite sick at this writing. Joo Bowers and his best girl ride in a fine carriage, and also William Frantz. Norman Allen, Wip. Jones, Fred Lemert and Norman Sheaks made a business trip to Chicago.

H. W. Ford is about ready to commence making tile after the two factories running, They will employ about 30 men. There will Re plenty of work in Teegarden this summer. You two fellows who had a row in the saloon last Saturday night had better be careful what you say or the people will find out your past history. The,citizens of teegarden have been annoyed the last mouth by a man visiting corn cribs, wood piles, chicken roosts and stealing every article he can pick up. They all know who this thief is and why not use the law on him. If not he will still keep on storing away property. Jack. The B. & O. railroad, the Chicago Eastern Illinois, the First National Bank of Michigan City and the First National Bank of LaPorte have refused to pay the increased taxes imposed by the new tax law. It is said the object is to test the validity of the law.

A So utA Bend Relic of Forty Years Ago. Goshen democrat says: The Tribune speaks of an old copy of the Reg ister which was published in 1852. It calls to mind that we worked awhile in the office in the fall of the <ame year. Mr. Colfax was around will hw hands Mteiruu, a A uuu .u^bidas them. In people knew each Other bet- ' ter than they do now. The names mentioned in this issue are quite familiar to us, and we knew many of them personally. Tim Tribune says the whig ticket, “Scott and Graham,” is at the head of the editorial column and the whole paper except the editorials and a half column of local is devoted to politics. Th o half column of local has an account of the late Mr. John L. Listenberger, father of Albert and Minor E. Listenberger, being shot in the breast with an arrow, during an at- j tack by Pawnee Indians, near Fort Laramie, while Mr. Listenberger was crossing the plains with his family. Nicholas Carpenter pus sjaot in the legs, and Lud Hopkins killed an In^an just in time to save his father, Simeon Hopkins. Nicholas Carpenter, referred to, was a son of the late John Car penter, of

Goshen, and a brother of the late Mrs. Mary Mercer, and the father of Mrs. N. Fitzsimmons, living at Huntertown, Allen county, Indiana,. No doubt she remembers the circumstances, as she was then a young girl of 14 or 15 years. The home advertisements were L M. Taylor, W. Chess, Sol Miller & Co., Kingsley & Beach, Wm. G. Whitman, John Brownfield, Defrees & Sample, and Patterson & McMurry, dry goods; A. G. Cushing & Co., and Hendricks & Comparet, hardware; P. Holler and John Day, Groceries; D. Deming and Samuel Finles, drugs; Wrn. S. Vail, clothing ;boots and shoes, Davenport M Newell; undertaking and cabinet making, David Stover apd J. D. WL„tman, The lawyers who Lad cards in this Register were Stanfield & Davis, A. S. Dunbar, Elisha Egbert and J. L. , Jernegan—all dead but Mr. Dunbar. The physicians represented were Dr B. Van Tuyl, L. Humphreys, A. RPlank, R. Harris and J,. R. Brown. 1 The last two are yet living. ’ Jeremiah Banning was the postmas--1! ter ami the list of, letters advertised 1 I was much larger tljan today for the e ■ reason that postage was not prepaid. e • An ordinance is advertised, giving L i the Northern Indiana railroad (the e ' present Lake Shore) permission to lay »' water pipes from this depot down La d Fayette and Washington streets to the >f west race. Mathew Stover was presii- dent of the village board and Daniel is Mathews clerk. is S. C. Gaylord advertised the American hotel and a free bus.

MERIT ALWAYS WINS. ASTONISHED! WHO? Those who hate visited the Globe Clothing StoreWHY? BECAUSE THEBE THEY FIND Inot cheap goods, I BUT GOOD GOODS CHEAP. We harp the ball moving uiu] it all moves togotber-uol one single lino of goods lags—all move. Our Motor is our customers, and it is likened to an omnibus always room for one more. Our Latest Style Hats have met with a sale to such an extent that we have already beep compelled to duplicate our first order. We buy huts by the case at $ reduction on dozen rales, and then take advantage of a spot cash discount from that. We touch the Lott<m in prices on HATS AS WELL AS OTHER GOODS. 0 FIDE WKWEAR Older has been Duplicated. LATEST STYLES IN MEN’S & BOYS’ SHOES. Children’s Shoes 8 to 12 Sizes at 73 ets. Just in, puy new Huo of Men’s and Misses 5 fine Shoes made to order direct from thp factory. Every pair warranted. New line of Men's and Boys’ Shirts and British Hose. A most carefully selected stock of BOYS’ KNEE PANT SUITS. They are going, too. Call in while flip assortment is fine. Such Bargains as we are offering in this line you never saw. Yonng men, you can’t afford to miss our fine assortment of pants for you. All tailor cut patterns. TRUNKS AND VALISES In a Few Days. Our TAILOR-MADE GARMENTS .re giving Five gx cent off on all orders 1. Unlaundried Shirts at 89 ccuts. hi P ri <^> <J ll ‘ility considered-

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0. F. TOWNSEND’S BARBER SHOP REMOVED = TO THE FRY-DOUGHERTY BLOCK, Where he has fitted zip a complete and first-class tonsoriad roomj and he is pleased to say that he is now better prepared than ever before to attend to the wants of customers in his line. Artistic hair^cutting and JVq. ] shaving. • YES! SAVE THEM! OF COURSE YOU CAN. J\o trouble at all: I have knocked the bottom out of High (Prices^ and LOW PRICES hold full sway. I have the faagest and Moil Carefully detected Stock of Dry G-oods AND GROCERIES, Ladies , Misses and Children’s Shoes that you ever saw in Walkerton, and my Prices strike the very bottom notch of lowness. Come and See. ONE, JWtIAIf WILL CONVINCE —- NOAH RENSBfKSEft. SIGN OF THE RED FLAG.

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