St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 February 1893 — Page 5

Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by Chas. M. Stephens. Eggs 26 Butter 20 to 21 Lard Hi Green Hides 31 Potatoes 70 to 75 Corn, not' .....45 t<> 50 Glover Seed $7.00 to $7.75 Wheat, 63 t o 65 Oats 33 Beans 85 Rye 45 Buckwheat 55 LOCAL NEWS. Caps from 10 cents up, at T. J. Wolfe's. Choice Ohio hulled buckwheat flour for sale at the Walkerton Milling Co. Watch the advertisements in this paper and trade with Walkerton merchants. Rubber is now used for horse shoes. It is light and durable, and is said to improve the hoof. The town was crowded with people last Saturday and the merchants en joyed a good trade. A. R. Cripe, barber and hairdresser. Old stand, one door south of the Woodworth building. An Anderson school teacher says that it requires mental as well as brain work to teach school. Great head. The Presbyterian revival closed last Sunday evening. About twenty-four new members were rece'ved in the church during the meetings.

Joe Endly has a fine blooded Irish setter and Gordon dog, which was a present from his brother-in-law, Mr. Fahnestock, of Fort Wayne. A biographical sketch of the great American statesman, James Gillespie Blaine, will be found on the inside pages of the Independent. The question as to who will be our next postmaster will soon be settled. An election to decide the matter will be held Saturday, Feb. 11. Notice of same is published elsewhere in this issue. The Indianapolis Journal favors the increase of the State liquor license fn from SIOO to SSOO, and estimates that it would increase the revenue by $2. 500,000 and thus reduce the tax levy to six cents. The Indianapolis Sun is our authority for the following: “Prof. Farnham, president of the LaPorte business col lege, has left for parts unknown. Collected college subscriptions, and it is alleged that he got away with $25,000.”

Ed Koontz has been seriously ill with peritonitis. He was attacked ' with the-disease the latter part of last , week, and for a few days he was in a very precarious condition. At this writing—Friday—he is much improved. Fok Sale. —One six-year old horse, good for working or driving, one 2 year old colt, and one Ideal grain drill in good condition. Reasonable terms. Call at John M. Parker’s, two miles northeast of Walkerton. Albert Parker. How fate sometimes hangs upon the merest trifles is illustrated by a little incident at Peru. By a mistake of the busman James Pomeroy, of Valparaiso, missed the train that went through the bridge near Peru, which resulted in the death of two persons and the serious injury of others. Sam Studebaker’s tongueless horse is flourishing. The horse had its tongue bitten off by another horse several weeks ago and it was feared it would have to be killed to keep it from starving, but the wound has entirely healed and the animal eats well though more slowly than if it had a tongue.—South Bend Tribune. Rev. Goss commenced revival meetings at the M. E. church Sunday evening. Great interest is being awakened, which increases as the meetings ’ goss’ earnest and able L work n is e having its effect, as quite a number have already manifested a strong desire to become Christians. | These meetings promise to be very | successful, and a potent instrumental- i ity in pointing to many people the error of their ways and leading them to a better and more righteous life. Edward Fikentscher committed suicide near Lakeville last Sunday night. He was in Lakeville Sunday night and was drinking quite freely. He remarked to his companions that he was in great trouble. He left town about 9 o’clock that night, the last seen of him until the next morning, when he was found lying dead beside the Michigan road north of town with a bullet hole in his head. He was lying on his back with the revolver by his side.

Oyster stews at the * bakery. Noah Rensberger has been bothered considerably of late with heart trouble. Ed Bose thinks he will have to go to smoking again. He is getting too fat. It is estimated that there are about forty thousand men out of employment in Chicago. Geo. E. Paul has embarked in the real estate business and will office with L. M. Lauer. —Plymouth Republican. A. E. Cripe, the barber, invites you to call and see him. All work guaranteed to be satisfactory. At the old stand. A bill passed the House which permits fishing with seines but prohibits fishing of all kinds in March, April, May and June. Cal Sinninger, editor of the Bremen Enquirer, has sued the man who recently assaulted him, Lewis Velner, for $5,000 damages. Rev. Goss will have for his subject Sunday morning, “Justification.” In the evening his text will be, “Thy Maker is thy husband.” A defines a widow as a woman who lias lost ner husband and a grass widow as one who has simply mislaid him. An exchange says that “the law making sixty-eight pounds of grain a bushel instead of seventy pounds, as prior to January 1, 1393, is now in effect. Mart Tuttle has opened a barber shop in McDaniel’s express room, and is prepared to attend to the wants of customers. He solicits a fair share of the public's patronage.

Under the proposed new judicial arrangement, St. Joseph and Marshall counties are to form one circuit, in stead of St. Joseph and LaPorte, as at present. The latter county is to form a circuit with Starke. The Nappanee News says that the financial loss consequent upon the ex plosion of the water works boiler in that place is not as great as was at first supposed. The insurants will re duce the total loss to only about SI,BOO. A private dancing party was held at the Nichols hotel on Thursday evening. The spacious dining room was cleared for the party and to the music of tin Walkerton orchestra they danced until about 12 o'clock. The number present was small, but a verv : ' . nl tine was enjoyed by all.

Actor Richmond, w ith local tah n! consisting of Sid Ewing, Wiloi Groshans, O. L. Daugherty, (). 1. Townsend. Irv Wolfe, Maud .Ewing. Pearly, Nichols and Loula Braden played Rip Van Winkle in Bernier’s opera house on Friday evening of last week to a good audience. Richmond, as Rip Van Winkle, displayed excellent talent and a comprehensive conception of the finer and more subtle points of this picturesque character. The support rendered their parts in a creditable manner. The handsome new’ scenery with which the stage was recently fitted showed to good advantage in this play.

While pity goes with them who go down to the sea in ships when cold winds blow, the kind heart bleeds for the poor brakeman on their windy perches or icy runways on top of freight trains, says an exchange. In severe weather the life of the freight brakeman is probably the hardest and most perilous of all the toiling trades. His danger and suffering are, however, much diminished on some roads by the adoption of modern contrivances for coupling ears and braking trains. These improvements, when they are real, practicable improvements, greatly facilitate the operation of trains, decrease dangers :•••■' *””*’* b ’ , , I..UK run, economical, and are. in • b

St. Joseph County Farmers' Institute. The St. Joseph County Farmers’ Institute will be held at Price's theatre, South Bend, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 15 and 16. An excelent program has been arranged and topics of great interest and vital im- ! portance to farmers will be discussed, i The program will include addresses j from Mayor Leeper, Aaron Jones, Clem Studebaker, A. L. Brick, J. B. Stoll, Dr. C. M. Stull, H. C. Rose and D. W. Place, of South Bend; Prof. Latta, of Purdue university; Mrs. V. C. Merideth, Cambridge City; Mrs. Chas. Howe, Buchanan, Mich.; C. B. Harris, Goshen; Chas. H. Reeve, Plymouth; O. C. Howe, Buchanan, Mich; A. J. Byers, Sumption Prairie, and others. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings and participate in the discussions.

Waltham movement in silveroid case $6.50, at Miss Hutchings’. Clayt Nichols is arranging to give a masquerade ball Feb. 14. Don’t get you a spring suit till you see T. J. Wolfe's big line of samples. It is said that President-elect Cleveland looks upon the question of annexing Hawaii, with favor. Boots, boots! Leather boots of all kinds at half off to close. T. J. Wolfe. This passage of scripture, taken from the Bible, shows that reporters were a necessity in the early days, as well as at present: “And behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the ink-horn by his side, reported the matter, saying: ‘1 have done as thou hast commanded me.’ ’’—Ezekiel ix, 11. The Goshen News man who makes some pretensions as an authority on railroad matters, especially on the Three I, says: “It now transpires tha(, the officers of the ‘Three I’ railway company, while fully determined to extend the road from Knox to Goik/**’ or South Bend, have no! decide?® ; advantage of the Plymouth-Na pfS&F®’. Goshen route. At the same fii^ H> 1 officers are not prepared at prese® I make any definite propositionsanl* n ) j negotiations at this time will no re- I suit in any good. This is the M’ n y matters stand at prr/Cut.”

NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ‘ Notice is hereby given that I col> D. Henderson, have beet *’P ’ pointed ami am now act ing as n !civ- ( er of ami for the Stephens St •.■^J^?m । pany, of Walkerton. Indiana. A| accounts and claims due the eonjpany _ have been left with William A. lVl>h‘y, ( for collection, and parties knowing themselves indebted to the company are requested to settle at once, cither with Mr. Dailey or myself, and save , costs. i I Jacob D. Henderson. Receiver, j South Bend.lnd., NOTICE OF ELECTION. To the I’li'iocraw voter* W Lin ; COLN township: I here will be a prlumry election held Walk ■ I vrton. In<l . Fi b. 11. ISM. for the purpose of--a ctndldalv for poatmuttr for Waikerton By of Dkmwbatic TowMHtF Com i MHTKK. ■ DEATH OF THE GREATEST MAN Os ,* THE 19 TH CEN JURY. Hi J.me - <«. i- oo uk. 7'^ i . ifiv gi«<t majority, ami the I world is mourning the lorx. Mr. < Blaine was the id ■ ! of sixty millions of ■ I eople, the toweling giant of Ameii ■' can stiUemiamdiip, the defender of : American hmmr a id institutions, the matchless ot the United States Semite, the greatest American of the age. Upon bis eloquent tongue our National Congress hung for thirty years enrnpt, and his every public utterance the nations of the earth inclined their ear to catch. In summing up his wonderful powers ami public virtues, it is but just to say. he was as wise and diplomatic

as Benjamin Franklin, as patriotic as George Washington, as versatile and eloquent as Henry Clay, as profound’ and powerful as Daniel Webster. In a word lie was t he greatest American who has ever lived. He came from the ranks and he rose from obscurity to the pinnacle of fame, and his distinguished services in both houses of Congress, and in the cabinets of two presidents has made his name famous throughout the world, and every person is anxious to read the story of his wonderful career. T. C. Crawford Esq., who has so ably prepared the life of Mr. Blaine, has enjoyed the con. fidence of Mr. Blaine for upwards of twenty years, and was his most confidential friend and companion in years past; also passed through political campaigns and in travels abroad has made him eminently t'** ' 1 ° (! . than any living man. The book is endorsed by those from political and literary life, and there is not a doubt but whst Mr. Crawford’s “Life of .lames G. Blaine” will have a phenomenal sale as it should. Published by E. R. Curtis & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, who will take pleasure in mailing copies, postage prepaid on receipt of $2-00. See advertisement in another column of this paper.

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Pergonal Toiuts. Miss Kate Fogarty is teaching school near Grovertown. George Kruyer, of Plymouth, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday. C. S. Wolfe, of Ligonier, made a short visit last week with his brother, I. J. Wolfe, and other relatives. Miss Minnie Richmond, au accomplished young lady of Crawfordsville, has been visiting in this place with her brother, Harry Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Johnson, of Fyner, were in this place Tuesday. I’he latter took a B. & O. train for Illinois where she will make a visit with relatives. GROVER TOWN. Dr. Abner reports considerable sickness in the country surrounding this place. Those desiring pickle contracts can get them by calling on A. J. L’ncapher at the big store.

Orlando Holderman has sold his stock of groceries and dry goods to ^gi^er and Yeager, of Walkerton. The Mr. Holderman has opened up a butcher shop in the old McCormick building; he will also handle feed and flour and wishes his old patrons to remember him in his new line of business; he is ilso notary public. Rev. Simmons began protracted meeting at this place last Tuesday evening. It is to ba hoped that his es forts will avail much. The road from Geo. Butchers to I Pete Wolf’s has been badly drifted, crowding teams pretty well to the fence; the ruins of last week softened the roads up making them almost impassable, last Sunday morning while Dr Abner was on his way to see a patient and in going through this road his horse became unmanageable and in •Im melee the Dr was thrown out ami quite seven dr injured; he is able to be about again, however. Airs Andrew Rinehart is reported quite low with heart trouble. We hope to report her at least better in onr next. Chase. — Henry Smith, the negro who as<aulted ami then killed Myrtle Vance, Pgcd f uir years, at Paris, Texas, was captured and executed with lire in the presence of a mob of ten thousand people on last Wednesday. The father of the little girl was a policeman who had arrested Smith some time previous for drunkenness, and the latter then swore he would have re ■eent-e. VlflWi IW daughter wi > picked upon the street by ^milh and i carried to the woods where she was as vaulted bv the brute ami left dead. | Smith was captured at Hope, Ark., | ami brought back to Paris where he | was burned inch by inch with red hot irons until his head was reached and singed to the scalp. Kero-ene was 'then poured ever the negro and a torch applied, which soon completed the job. The miserable wretch’s appeals for mercy were answered by cheers from the crowd. This is the most horrible execution ever known in the history of the country, and seems more in keeping with the barbarism of past ages than with the enlightenment of the Nineteenth century. It is a blot on Texas —but if ever any one deserved to be burned alive it was this black fiend.

The only rubber company that warrants all their goods is the New Brunswick. T. J. Wolfe handles their goods only. Buy them. We want a few cars of choice green prairie feeding hay. £ Walkerton Milling Co. Short breath cored by Dr. Mlles’ Heart Cure. Wanted, for Spot Cash. ft/'ictly second-growth white oak p—cs, free from knots; diameter 10 ...Cjs at small end, 30 or 60 inches Apply to Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., South Bend, Ind MILES’ NERVE & LIVER PILLS Act on a new principle—regulating the liver, stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new discovery. Dr. Miles’ Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipation. Unequaled for men, women, children. Smallest, mildest, surest! 50 doses, 25 cts. Samples free at J. Emily’s.

LEFT OVER! Holiday trade was UNUSUALLY GOOD, but we have some stock left. If possible we must close it out BEFORE INVOICE. LOW PRICES WILL DO IT! We will begin with the Cloak: Stock, And make THE LOWEST PRICES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLOAK BUSINESS. Also in DREbS GrOODS, " The stock is too large, it will soon be smaller. Come and get your share of the bargains, at THE BUSY,! BUZZINGBEE- HIVE, Julius Barnes & Co. MICHIGAN AVE.. LAPORTE,

STOVES! Have you seen our fine stock? Cur line is a large one to select from. r’ ftL “T ■ j “ O lihwW tv § n bu * iv tv ’—l I—9 1 —9

Stoves for Wood or Hard and Soft Coal. In fact, anything you want- Our prices defy all competition. We can make it an object for you to call and see us. SIGX of the little stole. T. J. REECE & CO. FARMERS AND BUILDERS, ATTENTION! Please bear in Mind that at Henry's Her Yard Will always be Found a large and first-class stock of Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Brick. Lime and Cement and all kinds of BUILDING MATERIAL, Um* Prices are the Lowest.