St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 December 1892 — Page 5

Walkerton Market. Corrected Wegkly by Stephens and Co. 5 Blgltgtser i e R B . .. . e e e e el Sroen Hides. .. oot v G o 00l POMRloes . .. ivivaiiia vy D WlB Oovn, new.... ....:.v. .4Dt6 DO Glover 5eed.............¥7.90 to $7.00 Wheat,.. ... .. .00,.060t%0 63 Bv g e BN ... iyl 0B B L e iar i RO .. i i LOCAL NEWS. ~ RPN A Merry Christmas to all. Buy your carpets of E. J. Vincent. See N. Rensberger's new line of carpets. Millinery in the very latest styles at Ida Beach’s. Fresh bread daily at the * bakery. An honest loaf. Malaga grapes 18 cts a pound at the Star bakery. A new assortment of jewelry at Miss Hutchings. The N. L. & S. M. Agricultural Association is $2,000 in debt. The B. & O. depot and freight house look neat with new coats of paint. Be sure to examine my holiday goods before purchasing. J. Endly. For a good quality of mixed candies at a low price call at the * bakery. Remember Chas. M. Stephens will continue to buy grain at the old stand. The authorities are dealing out justice in alopathic doses to the fish vio laters around LaPorte. I bhave in stock a nice line of rockers and chairs that will make nice Christmas present. E. J. VINCENT. A bill will be introduced in the next legislature to compel railroad companies to stop all trains at county seats. Call at the Blue Front Drug store and get a sample package of those wonderful little liver pills. A slip of the saber caused a mistake in last week's INDEPENDENT in giving the date of the K. of P. installation of - oflicers. Instead of Dec. 27 the event - will take place Jan. 3. ; - What looks prettier in a house than nicerugs? You will find something TR O § ~ surely catch your eye. He hasa gn'e ' _ assortment of Smyrnarugs. It is said that the best celery grown in the United States is* raised in Northern Indiana. It is a profitable erop, and it is strange that more of it is not raised.in this part of the country. Miss Madge Decker entertained a party of her young friends Wednesday evening, the oeccasion being her thirteenth birthday. Refreshments were served, and the littls folks had a thoroughly good time. Dave Thompson, one of the chicken thieves, has been caught and is in jail at Plymouth. All of the gang concerned in the attempted robbery at Mr. Turner’s have now been apprehended. William Frantz, who was shot, has furnished boands for S2OO. C. F. Quay, manager of the Turner dairy near South Bend, attempted suicide last Sunday by cutting a gash in his throat with a kife. A physician was called in time to save his life. Quay is Delieved to be insane, as he had no reasonable cause for attempting his own life. Vineent ships goods to all of the towns surrounding Walkerton; name--Iy, Knox, Plymouth, Garrett, LaPorte, Stillwell, Hamlet, Tyner City and Grovertown. All of this is evidence that he is selling good goods cheap. On December 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st, 1892, and January Ist and 2d, ’93, the Baltimore and Ohio railvoad will sell exeursion tickets to and from all stations west of Pittsburgh, at a very low rate, on account of the Christmas and New Years holidays. Tickets will be good for return passage to and including January 3d, 1893. For farther information, ecall upon or address any agent of the Baltimore & Ohio vailroad, or D. S, Allen, Ass’t Gen’l ! Pass’r Agent, Chicago, 111. : i A party of young people met at the } residence of Attorney S. J. Nicoles { last Monday evening and celebrated i the 18th birthdays of Miss Edna Nicoles and Miss May McDaniel. Miss MecDaniel havinag been taken ill on Monday was unable to attend. The evening was a most pleasant one for the young people, the hours being whiled away in parlor games, vocal and instrumental mausiec. A fine lunch was served about 10 o’clock. Miss Nicoles and Miss McDaniel were made the recipients of two fine lamps and other presents from their friends.

2 Blankets $1 per pair at Noah Rensberger’s. | Charlie Bose, was in LaPorte on | Tuesday. t Five bottle castors $3.50 at Miss | Hutchings. : Don’t fail to see those Edison talk- ; ing dolls at Endly’s. | Ladies will find the latest fads in the millinery line at Ida Beach’s. Laundried Dunkirk shirts 75 cents, at Noah Rensberger’s. Only a few left. Young ladies call on Miss Hutchings. She will tell you just what to buy for that young gent. Call at Bellinger & Williams’ and see their stock of albums, dolls, toy banks, spelling board books, ete. Did you ever see the like of it? That machine at Vincent’s shows you Just how your carpets look on the floor. 1 A German doctor claims that most drunkards can be cured by eating ap- ‘ ples regularly at every meal. The acid gas in the apples does it. Old Santa Claus, when he ecomes along to fall down the chimney, should not forget to make a few falls in houses where poor children live. Why can Endly sell those large handsome dolls so cheap? Because he bought in large quantity, paid spot cash and so got the benefit of the discount. See? The Walkerton High school will give an entertainment in Bender’s opera house about the middle of January, the object being to raise money for the high school library. The play “Louva the Pauper” will be given. Seventy-five volumes for the new school library have been received and all are in circulation among the pupils. Another order for a like number of books will be sent soon. It is gratifying to all citizens to see Lhis worthy project meeting with such success. The K. of P.’s will hold a public installation of officers in Bender’s opera honse Tuesday evening, Jan. 3. Rev. B. H. Beall is expected to be present to deliver an address. Following the exerciges in the hall will be a banguet at the Nichols hotel at which there will be a number of toasts. Men are to be judged by their deeds, what they really accomplish in life. It is only by acts performed that a true index to a man’s worth or goodGood intentions, unless crystalized into tangible effort and achievement, are of but little account. “Hell is paved with good intentions.” John K. Seltzer, an old and wealthy citizen of South Bend, died Sunday morning. The cause of his death was blood poison ng tne result of injuries received in a fight with a young Swede. Seltzer was about 57 years old. The man who inflicted the fatal injuries is under arrest. Margaret, wife of Samuel Yerrick, died last Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock, of dropsy of the heart, after a brief sickness of 24 hours. The funeral will be held Saturday at 10:30 a. m. at the Presbyterian church. Rev. O. L. Prentice, of Rolling Prairie, will conduct the services. The deceased was 74 jears old, an excellent woman and a member of the Presbyterian church. The INDEPENDENT will be furnished with fuller particulars next week. ‘ Services at the M. E. church next Sunday morning and evening. In the morning preaching by the pastor. Subject, “The Birth in Bethlehem’s Manger.” In the evening there will be a service of song, interspersed with Bible quotations and a talk by the pastor on the “Songs of the Bible.” The music will be under the directions of Mr. Guy Martin. There will be solos, songs by the choir and econgregation. All are invited. Rev. G. R. Streeter, of Hammond, Ind., formerly pastor of the Walkerton M. E. church, lectured at the M. E. church Wednesday evening to a fair sized audience., His subject was ‘‘Washington, the City of our Nation ; or Some Factors of our Civilization.” His lecture is quite interesting, being based upon observations made by himself in his travels over the United States. His descriptions of cities and places of scenic and historic interest are original, unique and ab times eloguent. A vein of humor running through his lecture adds much to lits charm and interest, Mr Streeter ‘ received a cordial greeting from his lold friends here, amoug whom the j genial mivister will always be remem i bered with warm and sludly leelings ; Bon’t Yorgoed | that I have the largest assortment of !Holiday goods and will give yon oo i that will dety competition J. Eadl

| Bear in mind that I will not be undersold. E. J. VI3CENT. | A girl baby'was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood MceDaniel Monday night, y | Dee. 19. Buy your baby a ring. You will | find them at the new jewelry store from 50 cents up. | The Avilla News has changed from a quarto to a six-column folio. It is a good improvement. You are looking for something fine in Christmas candies. Call at the Star bakery. : Call and see those large silk plush “albums, holding 90 cabinets, for $3.75, at Bellinger & Williams. Mrs. J. . Endley left on Thursday for Battle Creek, Mich., where she will make a visit of a few weeks with relatives. N. E. Barr, a chief mail elerk on the B. & O. road, was in town the fore part of the week the guest of J. P. Barnhart,. Charles C. Richmond left here last Tuesday for Milwvaukee*where he may remain several days before returning to his home in Kansas City, Small in size, great in result: DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Best pills for constipation, best for siek head ache, best for sour stomach. They never gripe. J. Endly. Atbums, Albums. Don’t fail to see my mammoth stock of photograph albums before purchasing elsewhere. J. Endly. Actor Richmond has changed the date of his entertainment from Dee. 27 to the 30th. 'The play will be “The Old Farm Home.” Richmond will take the part of Unele Josh, the rest of the eharacters being taken by home talent. Actor Richmond’s well known cleverness on the stage insnres a good entertainment, and some of our loeal talent is not to be sneezed as, by any | means. | The following item of informzltinn! on ratology is from the TLaPorte . s | Argus: “It is said that rats can be | driven out of any house by depriving : them of water. They ean live almost | indefinitely without food, and when | hard pushed will not hesitate to eat ; each other, but no rat can go twenty- : four hours without drink, and if every possible means of obtaining water is taken from them they will desert the vicinity.” l f : A et ] Arnoldowitl il - poet lanreate, one turns wilh Infores so lhis most entertaining article in th December Cosmonolitan on a “Japa nese Watering Place.” The same number contains seven portraits of Tennyson and interesting views of his late home and surroundings. Thos Gorman has penetratel the myvsterjes * of the silent trappists’ monastery wit) | a profane kodak ; Murat Halstead di- ‘ cnsses “Varieties of Amwerican Jomrnal : ism;” Herrmann throws “Light on the Black Art” and Theodore Roosevelt and | Mauarice Thompson each contriliute in % teresting articles. A feature of the | number is twenty four portraits of Parisian journalists. with sketehes of | their work. A enrions bit is found in | the contrast of the double frontispieces which adorn the magazine—on one side the marvelous painting of “The Conquerors,” by Fritel, which attracted so mnch attention at the last Paris salon, | and on the other “The Conqnered ” by Anton Dietrich; in the one the heroes of war moving down the vista of the centuries in magnificent array between ghastly lines of naked corpses, the other the unfortunate of all times and lands flocking beneath the gentle hand of the loving Christ. The (Cosmopolitan will mark its first edition of 150.000 copies—that for Janunary—by the offer of 1000 free scholarships. In return for mtroducing the Cosmopolitan into eertain neighborhoods the Cosmopolitan offers to any vonng man or woman free tuition. board, lodging and lanndry at Yale, Vassar, Harvard, or anv of the colleges, schools of art, music, medicine, or science. They send ont a pamphlet on application telling how to obtain one of these free scholarships, Efoliday Goods . : ® . in endless vsriety and at lowest prices at J. Endly’s. NOTICE. ‘ All persons knowing themselves in- | debted to Brubaker & Grider are re- | quested to call and settle at once, or | same will be left with our attorney for collection. Please bear in mind that | this is our last call. BRUBAKER & GRIDER.

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++ LAID IN ASHES! WALKERTON'S BUSINESS DISli TRICT RECEIVES ANOTHER : UNSIGHTLY SCAR. ‘: The Mammoth Building of the Stephens 1 Store Co., with its Contents, a Prey ) to the Flames. For the fourth time within a period | of four years Walkerton has snffered , | serious loss by fire in its business district. Tln fact, a fire in this place creates no especial surprise, as such a | thing is becoming quite an ordinary 'loecarence, and our Citizens gview the periodical big fire as one of the in|evitable decrees of fate, and have . learned to put a philosophical construction npon these frequently recur(ring disasters to our fair little city. Walkerton, for its size, leads the | state for big fires and the number of |its fine brick Lusiness buildings. DBut. while Walkerton bas been unfortunate [in its fires it is rising proudly from the ![ushes, aud fine, modern-style buildings are replacing the old ones that have ‘been destroyed. This fime it was the large building of [ the Stephens Store Co. which was ’ wiped eut by fire, and by its destructlion an old landmark connecting ear[ly with modern Walkerton is gone. | ‘ This building was a frame but a very Igood and substrntial one, the dimensions being 44 by 100 feet, two stories high. It was built by C. W. N. Steph ens, the pioneer merchant of this place, in 1854, and was remodeled and | made a double building about fifteen [years ago One side was occupied by i Seider & Yeager, dealers in dry goods, j ete., and the other by Stephens & Co., ,;__;mcers and grain dealers. The fire gstart,ed in Seider & Yeager’s. It was first discovered about 9:30 o’clock. C. | W.N. Stephens and his son Chas, AL | were preparing to close up in the !grncm'y department when they smelled ' the odor of burning cloth, which they 't!mught emanated from the adjoining % room. They burst open the door lead- ' ing to the dry goods (lv!):lrtmvnt and | fonud the room filled with smoke so f(lflnsu that it was impossible to get at [ the fire or save any goods. An alarm { was tmmediately given and stout and { willing hands were soon upon the | scene to save, if possible, the building !nml contents. But all efforts were of } no avail, on account of the clonds of | smoke inside the building, and soon the whole establishment was a mass of flames. The goods in Mr. Stephens’ !resi-l'umx adjoining, however, were nearly all saved, with the exeeption of ! Mrs. Stephens’ gold watel, some clother articles. “Mrs. Richmond’s residence near by and the barn at the rear end of the lot were saved only by the hardest fighting. There being but little wind proved the salvation of a number of fhuildiugs in the locality of the fire. | 'he furniture and everything in the | 0d Fellows’ ball in the second story |of the building were destroyed, nqtht ing being saved. The loss to the i lodge is about £SOO, with an insurance ! | of S3OO 5 How the fire originated is not defin- | Litely known, but it is believed that it ;wux caused from a conl of fire falling IT from the stove-pipe onto some samples %us carpet which were on the counter iiu the back part of the room. '? Seider & Yeager estimate their loss {nt about §4,000, with an insurance of { $3,200. | The Stephens’ Store Co.’s loss is |about $6,000. Tlnsured for about $2,i'f)UO- Stepliens & Co. lose $1,500, covierw’l by an insurance of SSOO. | The INDEPENDENT is pleased to state | that Chas. M. Stephensand also Seider . & Yeager intend to again open up busi l | ness as soon as possible, aud both firms i '_‘will probably oceupy the Fry Daughl ]lort.v building as soon as it is vacated by ‘ -1 the Nichols hotel. » ‘ The Stephens Store Co.’s policy was “lith the Tmperial Insurance Co., who :inot,ifiml the former a few days prior to lthe fire that their policies had been )cmu‘eled, owing to the various changes _imade ‘n the firm recently, and request- ’ |ed that they immediately look after the Emattor. It was not attended to and Ei'noprohal;ility of the Stephens Store - Co. getting any insurance seems to be - ‘involved in more or less doubt at presU | ent. 'l Qee the mixed candies at the Star t - bakery. | ’ Bhort breath cered by Dr. Milee® Heart Cure.

D S S e et - JACKETS! : 8 We have cut down the prices on the whole line from 10 to 50 per cent- . First come, first served. They are going, going. Dress Patterns. Sweeping Reductions. TFormer good values for 25¢, 30¢ and 35e. Black Dress Goods. Black and Colored Silks and Velvets; all reduced. Japanese Antimony Ware. Card Receivers, Pin Trays, Pen Trays, Vases, Jewel Boxes, ete., at wholesale prices. Very beantiful, very desirablie, Said a lady who knows when the proper time to ‘“‘sneeze” has come, *“Why don’t you advertise this ware and tell the people it is useless to go to Chicago and pay double price when they : can get the same goods for half price : AT THE BEE HIVE?” : {F™ We take her advice and you can act on her suggestion. &7 On the Second Floor are Carpet Sweepers—the $3 article for £250. Also Baskets, Albums, Caps and Sancers, Dolls, Booklets, Cards, Rugs and Fancy Articles. In the Basement— Mechanical Toys, Dolls, Horns, Drums, and a variety of articles to make the little ones glad. We invite you to o TrP?! . THE BUSY, BUZZING BEE-HIVE, Julius B & C ULLUES IDATIIEeS C. MICHIGAN AVE., LAPORTE, P2= & @ jHave you seen our fine stock? Our * o ! line is a large one to select from.

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