St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 August 1892 — Page 4

Jnbcpcndcut. WALKERTON, INDIANA. AEG. 20, 1892, W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. More than half of the inhabitants of the earth subsist by means of irrigation. -niiiim .uuiuiM. Mrs. Harrison is in very poor health ; and tin- president is said to be greatly ; concerned about her. Ex-Senator John C. Spooner has been nominated by the republicans of Wisconsin as their candidate for governor. Billy Beane has edited the Goshen Democrat for thirty-two years, and successfully, too. He gives a tone to a newspaper that is peculiarly his own and inimitable. It is said that a woman of Lyons, Neb., has a noso four and three-quar-ter inches long. It is hoped that she nose enough to keep it out of other people's business. The great railroad strike at Buffalo, N. Y., is assuming a very serious phase, and a bloody battle is feared. Soldiers nre being transported in large numbers to the scene of trouble. The body of George Wittig, who was drowned last Sunday at Tower Hill, Wis., while trying to save a girl, was found Wednesday night. It had been carried six miles down the river from the point where the brave young man sank. Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge has received from the proper authorities an invitation to deliver the dedicatory address at the opening of the World’s Fair. He is said to be one among the foremost of America’s eloquent sons. He is a leading member of the present congress. ■awonraerssnrßTTM Gen. Butterfield is responsible for the following story of Commodore Vanderbilt: Commodore Vanderbilt, the founder of the family and fortune, a man of great character and wisdom was once asked what he considered the secret of success. “Secret! secret!” he replied, “there is no secret about it; all you have to do is to attend to your own business and go ahead.” saippsa-p^ M x JBH^MBR^presenting the leading men in the opposite party is not argument and disgusts the majority of the people. The days of such rank nonsense in campaign work are past. An editor or anyone else who has any sense will not resort to such tactics. The numerous strikes now prevalent all over the country must mean something more than appears upon the surface. There must be some deep, underlying cause for grievance or there would not be so much unrest and violent dissatisfaction manifest among the working classes. Perhaps these numerous labor troubles may be shadows cast before coming events of great consequence. We may be upon the eve of a great revolution in the labor world. A young man at Smithville, Mo., shot and instantly killed his father, the other day, whih the latter was on a drunk. He then shot himself and died in two minutes. There had been no trouble between the father and son, and the only reason that can be assigned for the son’s act was the fact that his father was in the habit of getting drunk and raising disturbances on the streets. The son was not a drinking man. He was sensitive and - could not stand the disgrace. It is a l *s^ery peculiar case. fl— Glaccd^tone has a scheme looking to ( certain chXqnges in the government of ; India. His uKsa is to have a thorough . overhauling of the s^sstgm of administration in India and giving u7S.wiiation- . al government similar in its essehcTftrU^ . characteristics to the constitution of Germany, establishing an Indian par- p liament comprised of representatives s < from the various states and possessions, a with the sovereign of Great Britain as eemperor or empress, the dignities, y' emoluments and estates of the native - r princes being interfered with as little p as possible. P Congressman John G. Warwick, of Ohio, died at his rooms at the Biggs house, Washington, D. C., last Sunday e< night. He was serving his first term in congress as sueppoq^r to m--Kinley, 'R whom he defeated after a very bitter -■ and hotly-coi.tested camtaign. Mr i ll Warwick was a nativi of Ireland T conn... ; ■ interested m men . ing, milling and I . . n entrance into public life ql,, icl tenant governor m Ohio, b dug w.- et- 1

The democratic and republican parties are both claiming Indiana with equal confidence. The democratic editors of the state held an important meeting at Lake Maxenkuckee on Thursday. Some newspapers seem to have a horror of noticing their neighboring exchanges, and guard against, such an awful breach of dignity with a zealous and persistent care; The Mishawaka Enterprise has entered its 39th volume. The present editor, Ed Jernegan, has been at the helm of the paper more than half of that time. The Enterprise is a newspaper in every sense of the word. Did you know that You was nominated for congress by the 12th district republicans at Rome City, the other day, and that in all probability You will be elected? A. J. You, the nominee, is a railroad engineer and having the endorsement of many of the labor organizations of the district, stands an excellent chance of being elected. A big demonstration, in fact it was an enthusiastic public endorsement of C. G. Conn's nomination for congress, was held by the democrats of Elkhart, the other evening. A procession with over eight hundred people in line inarched the streets, ’which was followed by ringing speeches from a number of the prominent democrats of this district. Biot and incendiarism mark the beginning of the strike of the switchmen on the Erie and Lihigh Valley railroad at Buffalo, N. Y. Buildings and cars are set on fire, a train was derailed, the passengers narrowly escaping serious injury, and many new switchmen are being assaulted. The cause of labor will not be advanced by such blood-thirsty, atrocious methods as these, and labor deserves failure, and ignominious failure, when it manifests such a devilish, destructive spirit as that displayed by the Erie & Lihigh Valley switchmen. To run a newspaper -without occasionally publishing an item that is untrue or gives offense is like running a railroad without having smashups or accidents. It can’t be done. No man in the world is so likely to be i missed upon as । statement in your home paper, bear this fact in mind. “Don’t fly off the handle,” but go to the editor for correction and take our word for it, and nine times out of ten, if your statement is just, you will be received like a gentleman and the correction made with pleasure.—Brownsburg Becord. Walkerton is to get the “three I” read according to the Independent. A new survey has been made from Knox to South Bend.—Leesburg Standard. The Standard puts it a little strongly. The Independent simply noted the fact that a new survey had been made through this place to South Bend. This paper has not yet stated upon its own responsibility that the Three I extension would go through Walkerton or any other point. The Independent makes no profession of being an authority on the Three I railroad (tins distinction being claimed by the Goshen News), but iias simply given the news from time to time regarding the proposed extension of the road as the reports have come to it through representatives of the road. Tower Hill, a pleasant summer resort in Wisconsin, was the scene of a sad double tragedy last Sunday afternoon. A young lady by the name of Edith Lackersteen while in bathing with a party of friends drifted into a dangerous current of the river and despite the efforts of friends to reach her was drowned. - The cries of the affrighted party for help brought a handsome and athletic young man upon the inw^xtind without a moment’s hesiation QrTj^^wt^ng to remove any of his slothing he plun the water to ;ave the girl, but the young\man sank, md according to the accounts -of the jye-wntnesses was seen no more. The ’oung man, handicapped by his < Glothng, had no chance for even hi;*^ own ife and he sank like lead in tlilv waer. The girl’s body was afterwaiwds bund, but that of the rescuer, up to Wednesday, still remained undiscover- * id. It was learned that the young nan’s name was George ‘Wittig, and hat he was a traveling salesman for a.aes H. Walker & Co., of Chicago. Ils parents live at Terre Haute, Ind. The heroism displayed by mis untorunate yernng man was of a most loble, sNI-sacnficing and sublime haracter. 4 J ■. •i; Vi Ai nnpp.

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