St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 August 1893 — Page 5

Walkerton llaikct. Corrected Weekly by Chas. M. Stephens. }J Butter.... 1® Lard ID fireen Hides 3 Potatoes 50 to 60 Corn, new 45 to 48 □ lover Seed $6.00 to $6 50 Wheat, 47 to 50 Oats • • Beans Sl./o Wool 10 to 13 LOCAL NEWS. T. J. 'Wolfe's ad this week announces a special sale of sixty days; be sure and see it. Try the great Scotch medicines. There is a heavy peach crop in Michigan. llice 5 cents a pound at Noah Rensberger's. No rain to amount to anything has fallen here since J une 3 and 4. All fancy shirts will go at a discount during T. J. Wolfe’s closing sale. Speaking of the weather _ 111 Take your wheat to Mercer & Neal. They pay the highest market price. For Sale. —Two milch cows at a bargain. Lewis Rinehart. The army worms are said to be doing damage in LaPorte county. They are moving westward. During T. J. Wolfe’s closing sale you will buy a suit that has formerly cost you $6, at $4. A dance will be held in Bender’s opera hall, Wednesday evening, Aug. 16. Music by Trof. Scannone, the Italian harpist, and O. F. Townsend. Tickets 50 cents. Everybody come. Walkerton is paying dearly for fire protection without having the benefit of it. The increased insurance we have to pay on account of not having suitable facilities for fighting fire would soon pay for a first-class fire engine and equipments. Rev. William Gosit, of White River conference, and agent of North Manchester college, will preach this evening—Saturday—at Tyner, and Sunday morning at the Barber church. He will preach in Walkerton at the U. B. church Sunday evening. Everybody invited. According to the Indianapolis News a preacher in Noble county is very much disliked because he made the statement that God created the earth in sixty days, and then rested. Later He made man, and again rested. Then He made woman, since which time neither God nor man has had a rest The La Porte Argus has a letter from John Brown, of Crown Point, who is interested in removing the rock in the Kankakee river at Momence. The letter bears the date of July 30th and says: “The contractor commenced work in the river at Momence last Monday. He will have at least two hundred men at work there this week and we hope to have the work completed before cold weather.” A boxing contest was recently advertised at Goshen which turned out to be a regular knock-out tight. The News grew indignant over the event and speaks of it as follows: “The result is that the affair was not a boxing contest, technically and legally, but a knock down, knock out fight according to sporting rules, and is a disgrace to the town. There is a vast difference between boxing for points and a clear knock out fight like that of last night and over the result there is one cause for congratulation and that is its failure to such extent that this kind of “sport” dies with it in this place.” Jerry Ettinger, an old time printer, dropped in to see us one day last week. He had traveled from Texas in the last three months. At one time he was publisher of the LaGrange Standard. —Goshen Democrat. We have often wondered what had

become of “Lightning Jerry,” and are glad to learn that he is still among the ““"Hiving. He worked in this office for several months, and left over three years ago, since which time we had not heard a word regarding his whereabouts. The old man has a heap of good wrapped up in him, but is a victim of whiskey, which has proved the ruin of a life which otherwise would | no doubt have been brilliant and sue- | cessful. In early manhood he met j with a great misfortune in the loss of , his family—a wife and two boys—all । of whom died within six weeks, and this was the beginning of his downfall. Since that time he has been an aimless wanderer over the earth. He is a person who is entitled to a great deal of charity.

Scotch Tone for Kidney disease. Mercer & Neal pay the highest marj ket price for wheat. ’ $2.25 shoes reduced to $1.75 at T. J. > Wolfe’s during his closing sale. ’ Gasoline 12 cents a gallon, spot cash. T. J. Reece & Co. * A new story entitled “An Idyl of ' Honolulu” begins with this issue of the Independent. Fine harp music by Prof. Scannone at the ball in Bender’s opera house Wednesday evening, Aug. 16. Dr. Charlie and his great Scotch Concert Co. will give a grand entertainment at this place Saturday night. Buy you a summer weight coat and vest during T. J. Wolfe’s closing sale, and save about twenty-five per cent by so doing. । T. J. Wolfe is closing out his entire 1 stock of straw hats at about one-half I their value. Go and see them. N. B. Shoemaker is holding a special sale on buggies. He handles a variety 1 of styles and makes. He is making ' specially low prices on harness, also. The president’s message will be found on the inside pages of the Independent. It makes very interesting reading just at present. Prof. Totten predicts that the end of the world is near at hand. Our de- , linquents will please take notice. We should like to “balance our books” before that spectacular event takes place. Elsie • lachholtz is at home from South Bend where she has completed the W. S. Taylor system in cutting and fitting dresses. She is now ready to receive sewing at home, or by the day at your residence. She very kindly invites the ladies to call and see her. Satisfaction guaranteed. An exchange says that it is predicted that ten years from now the familiar ice wagon will be a novelty upon the streets of a city, so general will have been the adoption of artificial refrigeration. The distribution of the cold air will be as general in cities as is gas or water, and the system will be perfected whereby the refrigerating gas necessary for attachment to a family refrigerator will be delivered in a tank just like carbonated water is to the soda fountains, once a mouth, or as required. The Northwest Indiana M. E. conference will convene at LaPorte. September 7. It has a membership of 172. and represents 12R nnstoHn! charges. Bishop Joyce will preside. Among the celebrities present wail be Chaplain McCabe, of New York, mis sionary secretary; Dr. Payne, of New York, secretary of educational work; Dr. Spencer, of Philadelphia, of the Church Extension society; J. C. Hart zell, of Cincinnati, of the Freeman’s Aid and Southern Educational socie ties; D. 11. Moore, editor Western Christian Advocate, and Dr. John, Greencastle, President Del’auw uni versify. Clyde S. Poole, an old Walkerton boy who resides at Anthony, Kan., had quite a thrilling experience recently. From an Anthony paper sent his brother, Chai les, of this place, we learn that the boilers in the water works pump house at that place exploded on Wednesday of last week, killing the engineer and injuring another man. The large boiler was literally torn in two and the building completely wreck- I ed. fragments of iron and brick flying ! in every direction. Mr. Pool, with his little son and daughter, had just left the building, where he called on business, and was not over 30 feet away, when the explosion occurred. He was unharmed, but both of his children were struck with Hying debris and injured but not seriously. It was a most fortunate escape for them. The local paper in commenting on the accident says: “After viewing the wreck, it hardly seemed posiule that anyone who was in the vicinity should have escaped instant death.”

G. A. R. Picnic. On account of the reunion of the 29th regiment of Ind. Vol., which will be held in Walkerton on Sept. 2, 1893, Jesse Coppock Post will not hold their picnic until the above named date, Sept 2, when will be present several fine speakers and a choir of good singers. Private Jim Dodge, the sil- | ver-tongued orator of Elkhart, and I (.’apt. Kinney and staff of Chicago, will be present. The exercises will be interspersed with speaking, singing and listening to the war stories of the old 29th boys. Come out everybody, and bring your baskets well filled and let us give the gallant old 29th a royal welcome and a good dinner. The exercises will commence at 10 a. m. sharp. By order of Committee.

_ — Bring your job printing to the Independent office. We will do it neat and cheap for you. Don’t fail to go to the great concert given at Walkerton Saturday night by the Scotch Medicine Co. A great many manufacturing establishments that were closed are starting up again. This is good news. The Monitor wind mill manufacturing company of Auburn, Ind., has gone into the hands of a receiver. The assets are $65,000 and liabilities $85,000. On account of the county institute to be held at South Bend Aug. 28, the opening of the Walkerton schools has been postponed from the above date, to Sept. 4. Bro. Endley’s excellent local paper, the Walkerton Independent, is nineteen years old. May its prosperity grow’ with its years.—Mishawaka Enterprise. The city council of Elkhart hasj passed an ordinance forbidding vehicle® on the aide walk*, and now the cycler® declare that the baby cab must gM with the rest. An encouraging word should neve® be withheld where it is deserved. A| little praise doesn’t cost much and { often does the struggling recipient a j world of good. Don't be niggardly with ; kind words. It was rumored on the streets here! Thursday that an officer of the law’ had been killed at Albion by tramps while trying to arrest them. His body, ’ it is said, was secreted by the tramps and afterwards found by some citizens. The Independent has been unable to learn any thing confirming the report. The price of wheat still continues to be against Plymouth. It advanced from 43 to 45 cents last week. and has been 48 this week. Walkerton paid 50 cent- Monday and has paid no less than 45, Bremen 50 and 52 cents this i week, and th*- Bourb* n mill 50 cents. In fact the prices all around Plymouth have run from 2 to I cents higher than here Plymouth Republican. What are things coming to’ Tramps are getting pretty bold when they cut up such caper >as the following, re ported by the Goshen Democrat: “It' is retried that a gang of tramps terrorized the citizens of Sturgis hurt Friday night. The gang was a large’ one and composed of young men from 18 to 30 years of age. Led by a big fellow who carried a lantern thev^ mirO ed about town breaking-up mwjl mgs and shows and robbing t-rrnftc who had the appearance of having anything of value ou thei. personsthey held up fully a dozen persons. I’he town marshal finally organized a posse rmvd with guns and drove the :

gang out of town." Thvrv is XcthsDg Like It. It u the best rt u, «nh. Througittut St. J »eph .. -unty H prue it f t tU real worth. Itu! chink f ncri: f>rit * twenty. WHITE ROSE, u ns nue Übel, With no thorns m the ROSE, Harvesters ask to have it 00 the table, Just a fen f ill , and d in it goes. Set yout yeast at early dawn. Make y m sponge with WHI 1 E RO-E f. ur, Wash your dishes and sprinkle the lawn. Then the bread i* ready, which bakes one hour. Do n t cut the bread while h«t, But rather lay away till c..-01. And yet st matters not, Because the children love t h t at school. Ob.! there’s :. -thing like it. This, or that way. wherever y.u go, | The neighbors are talking about it. I And say to each other, ’’l told you s .” Go and ask Rensbergcr Noah, He w ill tell you no doubt. That his trade was never so large before, Till the WHITE ROSE brought it about. Then just across the way. Call on our friend C. Behrens, And hear what he has to say, How he gets the money he honestly earns. There is also, Charles M. Stephens, Whom you all know, To him the ladies bring their grievance. But with WHITE ROSE he heals their woe. Hudelmyer & Henry take the cake, WHITE ROSE on the counter they always keep, And tell of th* lovely white bread they bake. And from its sale a large profit reap. Our tale would be nowise complete. Without our merchant Shoemaker, lie is a courteous gentleman to greet. And in WHITE ROSE is a Urge participator. The public can plainly see. When there’s so much said about it, With the Walkerton Milling Company will ag-ee. There’s surely nothing like it.

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SS.' L ix Personal Points. Chas M. Stephens was in Chicago Friday. “Fat” Taylor, of South Bend, was in town a portion of this week. Mrs. Geo. Kern went to LaGrange, . ednesday, to visit her parents. Miss Mamie Quinn, of LaPorte, is ' visiting friends and relatives iu this ! place. . Miss Anspaugh, of Albion, has been visitingin this place with John Schwartz and family. Anson Frame, who is working at the barber’s trade iu Chicago, is at home on a vacation. Mrs. Tom Anspaugh and little daughter, of Garrett, were visiting with friends in this place several days. Miss Maggie Farrington and Maggie Blake, of South Bend, are visiting with relatives and friends in this place. Miss Agnes Lampson returned to her home in LaGrange, Wednesday, after a visit here of several weeks. Grandpa Yerrick went to Winnebago, WUn.. Mondey, to remain for a visit of M^eral weeks with his daughter, Mrs. [Hervey. ’ Miss Ida Kennedy, daughter of Nat | Kennedy, formerly of this place, now of LaPorte City, lowa, is visiting in i this place. Mra. Newton Rungan and Miss Grace ; Arris, of South Bend, spent Sunday | here with the former's niece, Mrs. ■ Harry Wenger. Mrs.D W. Place and children, of <South Bend, have been spending sever'al days in Walkerton visiting with friends. B. A. Byers spent a week's vacation here returning Sunday to Chicago, where he is employed on the elevated railway. M.«. George Nelson, of Marion, Ind., ' is visiting in this place with her brother iu law-and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. Nelson. Rev. B H. Beall was np from Argos \ I last Thursday. He expects to remain there another year as pastor of the M . E. church. Mrs. Cann and daughter in law, of I Chicago, are visiting in this place with their cousins, Mrs. P. Jacobs and MisJ. W. Brown. Miss Florence McGogy, who has 1 been visiting here for a number of , weeks, has retnrned to her home at Shenandoah, lowa. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnes, of Elwood, Ind., were guests of friends and relatives in this place last week • a porliou of this. $ Mrs, I. V. McGogy and her oldest 1 Miaghtor. Alo LU L utiuu, ui ahenuu | ’ doab, lowa, are visiting with relatives and friends in this place. Mrs. fl G. Welton went to Walkerton this morning to attend the funeral jof her aunt, Mrs. Henry Adie, which

occared there at 2 o’clock this after-noon.—-Monday’s South Bend Tribune. Francis Bose, of Marshall county, A Kited here the fore part of the week ' with his sons, Charlie and Ed. The । old gentleman is over 80, but is quite active for his advanced age. He will i soon retire from his farm and go to I Plymouth to pass the remainder of his ! days. Rev. Leonard and wife have returned ; to this country from Japan, where they have been in the missionary service for i the past five years. Rev. Leonard i dropped a letter from Chicago to N. B. Shoemaker, of this place, last week, notifying the latter of their arrival, and that they intend making their many Walkertou friends a visit during the coming fall. ■ — Scotch Tone for the blood. Take Notice and Save Cost. It is now after harvest and all notes, and accounts due me, are due, and must be paid at once to save cost, as I must collect what money is due me. All notes and accounts due me, and not paid by Aug. 15th, will be placed in the hands of a collector, to be col-lected-without further notice. 1 know wheat js low > and times are hard » but I mus>^ ud wm collect what money is <lu< - or pnt the same in judgement at once and then will know just when I can expect my money. T. J. Wolfe, Walkerton, Ind., Aug. 3rd, 1893.

TSE COSMOPOLITAN MAQAZIHE AND THE WALKERTON INDEPENDENT Both for $2.25 a Year! The Great Illustrated Monthlies have in the past sold for $4.00 a year. It was a wonder to printers how the Cosmopolitan, with its yearly 1536 pages of reading matter by the greatest writers of the world, and its 1200 illustrations by clever artists, could be furnished for $3.00 a year. In January last it put in tho most perfect magazine printing plant in the world, and now comes what is really a wonder: We will cut the price of the Magazine in half for you' 1 hink of it, 128 pages of reading matter, with over 120 illustrations—a volume that would sell in cloth binding at sl.oo FOR ONLY 12^ CENTS. Ale will send yon The Cosmopolitan Magazine, which has the strongest staff of regular contributors of any existing periodical, and The WALKERTON INDEPENDENT BOTH FOR OXLY $9.25 A YEAR. CALL ON BELLINGER & WILLIAMS FOR FiflC Fcrftoilet We carry in stock the following brands: Orchids of Roses, Smilax, Crab Apple Blossoms, Locust Flower, White Lilac, Jockey Club, etc. FIYE TOILET SOAPS. TOOTH BRI SHES, STATIONERY, ETC. We carry in stock a full line of Patent Medicines, Tobaccos, Cigars, etc. Physicians Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Call and see us and you will save money. Hudelmyer Block. Ave. F. GENERAL HARDWARE, GASOLINE STOVES, PAINTS AND OILS, j fools of various kinds, a general line of Tinware, and in fact everything usually kept in a complete hardware stock, for sale by ROSS, JARRELL & CO, “Live and let live,” is our motto, and an investigation of our prices will prove this to you. PLEASE CALL AND SEE US. How Pretty the Goods are this Season” is the spontaneous and familiar exclamation heard from those who Know a good tuiug wuen tney see it. THE BEE-HIVE invites attention to DRESS GOODS, SILKS AXD VELVETS, IN GREAT VARIETY. We are showing some exceptionally good values in Dress Goods, Carpets, Moguettes, Brussels, Three Ply, Extra Supers, Straw Mattings, at Popular Prices. Lace Curtains in Brussels. Irish Point, Nottingham, Chenille Portierres and Silk Curtains, Curtain Shades, Millinery, Spring Capes and Jackets. We expect the Capes will have the “call” this spring. Very stylish, from $3 to $lB. We have cleaned house and are ready to help our friends put the home in order, at THE BUSY, BUZZINGBEE-HIVE, With $25 of goods purchased we give a picture handsomely framed worth $3.50. Julius Barnes & Co. MICHIGAN AVE.. LAPORTE. the HOTEL, fry Is now opened to the public. This new, elegant, fire proof hotel has been newly furnished throughout, and the proprietor will spare neither time nor money to make this one of the best hotels in northern Indiana. Large and well ventilated (Rooms, (Best Location in the City «FFREE BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS.^* TRY US AND YOU WILL COME AGAIN W. F. FRY, Proprietor. -' — ~ ~ ^^^ St> ECTACL-£' S These LENSES ofter being properly fitted arc GUARANTEED by TOLLEY BROS. & CO.. 113 AD AMS St.. CHICAGO, to never leave the eyes, or if they should do so at any time the purchaser ■ will be furnished a new pair of LENSES E RLE. Os CHARGE. As in a very large majority of cases I T eßSes should be scientifically adjusted, this firm send-a skilled optiean to visit ,j, p ; r pe . c ,. ts several times during each year to scientipcally adjust their Fi-est Prand ,c ee»a<es F - Glasses Special attention elven t.» Gi'oren < - er’ ct fit s.:. - ~eei ev;. . a his paper for date—the Oi>t ; can wit be her- * Complete assortment always v- -i - • ; .1 r - — :- r - ; ... -. •