St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 January 1893 — Page 4

<uljc Jiibcpaitent. WALKERTON, INDIANA, JAN. 28. 1893. W. A. KND LEY, Editor. The national quarantine bill has passed the lower house of congress. President-elect Cleveland, since th () death of Hayes, is the only ex-presi. dent now living. The oft-quoted maxim, “II e serves his party best who serves his country best,” originated with the late ex--I’resident Hayes. The late Orange Judd, for many years editor of the Prairie Farmer and supposed to be wealthy, left his widow the magnificent sum of $l5O. Justice Lamar, of the United States supreme court, died last Monday night. President Harrison will have the opportunity of appointing Lamar's successor. Carter Harrison is itching to become world's fair mayor of Chicago. During the great exposition this ofllce will be one of the most conspicuous in the country. E. H. Zumbrun, a newspaper man of ability and experience, has associated himself with V. A. Geiger in the publication of the Churubusco Truth-Dis-patch. The new firm wil' enlarge and improve the paper in other ways. Some of the newspapers down yonder on the other side of the “line'’ are everlastingly abusing Ben Butler since he is dead. A regard for common decency, it would be supposed, would prompt them to withhold such unseemly tirades against a dead man. The world’s fair delegation of ladies and gentlemen who went to Washington to importune congress to legislate in behalf of Sunday opening, seem to . have met with poor success, as they have returned to Chicago apparently very much discouraged over their trip. The proposed bill for the improvement of roads in this state should become a law. The improvement of the highways in the past has been of too slow a pace, as the wretched condition Umm will attesj. Some s---’ — jc; needed Without a doubt. The Indiana legislature is asked to appropriate $50,000 for the encampment to be held at Indianapolis. To grant this appropriation would be no less than a rank imposition upon the people throughout the state. It would cost the tax payers of each county a considerable amount, for which they ’could receive not an iota of benefit. Gov. Chase in his late message gracefully refers to state educational matters as follows: “I cannot speak too highly of our educational advantages. Indiana bears the palm in this field. Recently a representative of Massachusetts visited the schools of ■ the leading cities of the country, and. j after thorough examination, declared that the high schools of Indianapolis were the best to be found anywhere. The same may be said of schools in other cities of the state, and we should ever bear in mind the great advancement we have made in education, and cherish the high standing our state has attained.” Col. William Hoynes in a letter to the Plymouth Democrat, severely censures President Harrison for not permitting him to control the patronage of this district in accordance with the usual custom. Among other things absolves me from all obligation longer | to hold my peace in the matter. It ! cannot now harm President Harrison politically, and it may have a salutary effect in suggesting to men of all parties the advisability of keeping in close touch with the people in the exercise of the appointing power. A man elected by the people to an office to which the appointing power appartains lias no right to weaken his party by making unworthy and unpopular appointments. He has no right to reward personal friends with offices belonging to the people. Not unfrequently men vote against a candidate of their own party in order to force out of the public service the incompetent, di honest or impertinent favorites appointed by him. A man invites defeat for himself and party by treating public office simply as perquisites or gifts that he may confei according to his own judgment upon whom he will. * * * The president did not strive to bo in touch with tin party in making appointments, and his course has injured some of the mei who worked hardest for him in 1888.’

The velocity of electricity is two * hundred and eighty-eight thousand - miles per second. It is said that hoop skirts are apt to i come into general fashion again. It is to be hoped that the country may be saved from such a calamity. s The Wanatah News recently passed । its third birthday, and gives evidence ;of a liberal patronage. The News is a J paper of which the citizens of Wanatah have abundant reason to feel proud. ■ ■■ I , The Valparaiso Messenger says that there are nearly 3,000 students in attendance al the Normal this term. Largest term in the history of the school. Advertising and a good school brings them. A bill is before the Indiana legislature the object of which is, plainly, to abolish the office of county coronor. The bill puts the salary of coronor at $5 per year. The duties of coronor, it is urged, can be performed by township trustees. That old chestnut, again. It is reported that Charley Ross has been found in a southern town. The young man who is thought to be the chap is | 22 years old and is said to tally with the description of the long lost Charley in many ways. The distance of a thunder storm from you can be ascertained by count- I ing the number of beats of the pulse I from the time a Hash of lightning Is seen to the time the thunder is heard, and dividing by live, which will give the answer in miles. Ben Butler, before his death, in referring to Blaine’s sickness, said: “Mark me, he will outlive us all yet.” Two of the gentlemen to whom he .made the remark were Ex-l’resident Hayes and United States Senator Kenna, who died shortly after the . death of Gen. Butler. The occupations of the members of ! the Indiana senate are: Lawyers, 25; 1 farmers, 9; mechanics, farmers and millers, 2; merchant, 1; bankers, 2; j teacher. 1; physicians, 2; farmer and banker, 1; grain dealer, 1; civil engineer, 1; farmer and teacher, 1; journalist, 1; farmer, 1. The preachers of Rensselaer have, boon mopping up the earth with pom old Tom Paine, the infidel, in their sermons of late. For a man who has been dead for about a hundred years and whose works are so weak, as many claim, Paine seems to be re ceiving a great deal of attention in | this day and age of the world. Why is it? The Chicago papers say that Phil , Armour, the philanthropist, every morning places one hundred dollars on his desk which he distributes in char-, ity during the day. And yet. notwithstanding Mr. Armour's nobility ot character, he comes in for a large share of abuse and misrepresentation from the public because he has succeeded in accomplishing what most men strive for but fail in consummating. The reports have it that Mr. Cleveland wil! make no changes among the various departmental officers, except for special cause. As these officers are nearly all republicans, such action on Mr. Cleveland's part would no doubt create great dissatisfaction and discord in the democratic party. Mr. Cleveland's friendly attitude toward civil service refdrm is well known, but it is doubtful if his followers were anticipating such an allopathic dose of reform as this. Governor Chase, in his message, draws the following little picture of j Indiana's prosperity . Do we as citizens of the state realize that within our border we have the largest wagon factory of the world, besides the largest plow factory, the largest glass producing plants, the largest grain drill factory, and that recently we have acquired the largest reaper and mower factory, while Evansville stands foremost of all cities ■ as the hardwood lumber market of any country, and Jeffersonville and Michi1 gan Chy have the largest ship buildj ing concerns off the Atlantic coast? ’ I ’ । j Gas Inspector E. T. Jordan has made a report to Geologist Gorby, in - which it is shown that there has been >! a very material decrease in the gas - j supply of the Indiana gas region, t The field in the immediate neighbori hood of Kokomo, it is said, is pracy ' tically exhausted, and in various other s portions of the belt an almost similar r condition is noted. This failure of n the gas supply will no doubt be folt low' dby great depression in the life e and business of those towns whose s wonderful prosperity and growth in the n past few years has been largely due to ” । their gas fields.

LOW PRICES CONTINUE! I i Our very Low Trices have great^ reduced our Stock, yet our asSOI mt n is gooi >nt will not remain so long, so come early. We want to reduce our stom, i - , k low as possible to make ample room for new goods. Low Pi ices aie doin^ it and Must Continue SH#EB. Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s at cost till all sold. ICiU save yea 35 cents to $1 per pair. This line ice are closing out for want of room. Our sales hare far exceeded our expectations which proclaim the popularity of our Goods. ICe attribute this success to Not Cheap Goods, But Good Goods Cheap. I With One Price to AIL Will not buy cheap shoddy goods for sake of naming lower prices. The after effects are too pernicious. The Best is the Cheapest, ... —j Thanking the public for their liberal response to our barking (for we shall continue to bark) and asking a continuance of same, with best wishes for a Happy New Year, we are Yours to please, KOONTZ, SWANK & CO. Hatters, Clotbiers and Furnishers. Merchant Tailoring. SIGI’ OF THE GLOBE. Always the Cheapest. AE ARKtHE PEOPLE That have the digiti Lind of Goods and sell at . * THE EIGHT PRICES. Oitr eslciiaishe.C'and successful business is the string that proves the pudding! Ottr stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, etc., Is carefully selected and bought at the lowest possible prices, as ice pay spot cash and get a discount, the benefit of which goes to our customers. JCheii you want anything in the line of general merchandise call on The “OLD RELIABLE” store of BRUBAKER & HUDELMYER, and you will oe sw e to g^t equivalent for every dollar invested. 1 i I

« DO YOU THINK YOU ARE WISE? In not trying to do -» same old on in the YOD ™ JO BETO I am not trying to make a fortune in a year, and MY PRICES PROVE IT. Come and judge for yourselves what pleasure, satisfaction i n l economy there is in trading with Noah Rensberger. * ! A WORD TO THE CITIZENS OF WALKERTON AND SURROUNDING CuUNiRY. Having opene 1 a first class stock of groceries in the Woodworth room, I tesirc to call your attention to the excellence and variety of my stock, and invite-the public to call and see ma and take a look at my line of goods. It Is n>t necessary to enumerate here my stock, as you will find that I Keep Everything to be Found in a FIRST CLASS GROCERY STORE. You will find my goods fresh and clean and. Prices down to the Lowest Notch ■ consistent with a fair living Profit. lam anxious for your trade, and feel sali-fiel that if those who are not now my customers will give me a trial they will not hesitate to grant me a fair share of their patronage. CALI. AND GU E Mi: A TRIAL. HARLES M. STEPHENS. WOODWORTH BUILDING.