St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 September 1893 — Page 4

SUje Jniiqjcnikiit. WALKERTON. INDIANA. SEPT. 23, 1893, W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. The revolution in Brazil is tending to increase the prices of coffee in this country. Mrs. Cleveland has given the baby the pretty name of Esther. Bankers claim that unless there is a repeal of the silver bill at an early date there will be another panic. The burden of running the U. S. senate seems to rest heavily upon the shoulders of some editors. A Chicago paper thinks that if the detectives are real careful there is some chance yet that the train robbers will not catch them. It is lamentable, but nevertheless tfueptharthere is more money in train robbing than in the country newspaper business. The democrats of New York are talking of nominating Samuel J. Tilden for secretary of state. Tilden is a nephew of the great Samuel J., deceased. It is said that New York bankers sold money at a premium while refusing to cash the checks of depositors, Buch disreputable work should be made amenable to the law. The Indiana school exhibit at the world’s fair is pronounced by good judges to be in the lead of all other states. Indiana is becoming famous the world over for her superb schools and educational system. The first train robbery was com-

mitted in 1866 at Brownstown, Ohio, on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad. The Reno gang were the perpetrators and they secured $12,000. From that time to the present the crime of train robbing has rapidly increased. Another .frightful railroad wreck. This time on the Big Four railroad between Kankakee and Manteno, 111. It was a rear end collision and nine persons were killed outright and about twenty injured, some perhaps fatally. The slaughter occurred Monday night. Francis Murphy, the great temperance evangelist, declares that drunkenness is on the decrease. .. Mr. MurIs being wrought by gospel temperance, not by politics, and he thinks it was a grave error when politics and temperance were combined. The L. S. & M. S. railroad company and the U. 8. express company are offering jointly SI,OOO for the arrest of the train robbers. That seems like an insignificant reward to offer in a case like that. Those companies are apt to make themselves popular with train robbers. A prominent architect has personally investigated the condition of the Chicago postoilice building and pronounces it unsafe. He advises that it be immediately vacated, as he fears a tragedy may occur at any time if the occupancy of the building is continued. The matter will probably belaid before congress at an early date. A Chicago policeman named C isey has been suspended from duty for a brutal and unprovoked assault on a citizen, who is in a precarious condition as a result of the fearful clubbing received. Some of those Chicago policemen are nothing but ignorant brutes and are no better than the thugs and 1 thieves from whose depredations they are supposed to protect the city. At an anti-alcohol meeting held in e - Holland recently many prominent phy- h NjUmis were called upon to read pa- t ■Kg"pn the subject of the effects of ^Tcoh.ol fu related to the human sysItem. To the great surprise of the asisembly a large majority of the men of jscience maintained that alcoholic 1 I drink used in moderation is beneI ficial to the system. This view of the ' I matter will be heartily endorsed by a f large number of (dry) people, The kid-gloved correspondent sent ; < out by the Chicago Herald to the [: scene of the train robbery in Noble < county described the region as a dis- : 1 mal stretch of woodland bordered by impenetrable swamps, when the fact! is it is thickly settled with an intelli- । Igent, well-to-do and law-abiding class [ i ■of citizens and is as line a farming Wountry as can be found in any state 1 1 W tlie Union, But the reporter, no 1 A)ubt, in order to make his write-up i Us the robbery real thrilling and ro- ; mantic thought it necessary to allude 1 i Io the place as “a dismal stretch of ’ aßpdland bordered by impenetrable ; i etc. ; etc. 11

Pittsburg gets the next G. A. It. encampment. The Indianapolis Independent, edited by Sol Hathaway, is one of the most interesting, and entertaining weekly papers that comes to this office It is chock full of lively, spicy reading and contains much matter that is of special interest to traveling and hotel men. The United States government is strengthening its naval forces in Chinese waters. The enforcement of the Geary law, it is thought, will endanger the lives of Americans residing in China, and it was considered expedient to be prepared for possible emergencies. Gladstone’s home rule bill for the relief of Ireland, which was carried through the house of commons, was killed in the house of lords. As to the justice of the bill there is no chance for doubt, but when the composition of the upper house of the English parliament is taken into consideration the defeat of the bill is not to be wondered at. It is very unfortunate for this country that the editors of certain newspapers are not in the U. S. senate to shed the light of their wisdom upon the great problems now occupying the attention of that body. There are a few editors who know just how it ought to be done, and it is too bad that the country is being deprived of the benefit of their statesmanly acumen. The New Orleans limited express train on the Illinois Central road was held up near Centralia, 111., last Wednesday night by four men. The robbers secured no booty, however, as they were driven off by the trainmen. The fireman and engineer were shot,

but not seriously, and one of the robbers was wounded, perhaps fatally. Four men, supposed to be the robbers, are now in custody. It is hardly possible that the Indiana train robbery was executed by Hoosiers. It was too nicely planned and executed for that. Those who did it had brains.—Milwaukee News. The above, we presume, is to be taken as a fair sample of Wisconsin wit. The sap-head of the News, however, in his effort to be funny and sarcastic, pays Indiana a compliment without intending it. When he intimates that . Indianians are not proficient m the . art of train robbing he speaks the truth. Hoosier talent is not adapted to that kind of business. Railroad wrecks are becoming entirely to common. Can’t there be some plan adopted by which this frightful slaughter of precious human lives may be stopped? Railroad companies in their eagerness to economize sometimes employ too few men who are rendered unfit for their duties by over-work, and the result is some disaster. In England railroad accidents are of very rare occurrence, because greater care is taken to guard against them there than in the United States. And yet, notwithstanding this fact, faster time is made on the railroads of England than in this countrySaid a rich man recently: “If rich people or persons who are in comfortable circumstances would be as particular as are many poorer people about paying their debts it would do ; much toward easing the present hard times. If a man owes $5 and pays it, that man will pay it out again, and by the time it has passed through twenty hands it will have paid SIOO of debts. It is a fact that many wealthy people are very poor pay. Possibly because they know they are abundantly able to pay and so do not give the matter any further thought. In these hard times especially, every one should pay up all his small debts as a measure of justice to his fellow men.” Comptroller Eckles, of the United j States treasury, says: “The financial situation is growing brighter. I believe the recovery from the depression will be more rapid than the people I have ever witnessed. Conditions are I favorable all over the country. There j has been a noticeable increase in the circulation of national bank notes during the depression. 1 have had applications for the issuance of $32,000,000 of additional notes, and there has been a net increase of $20,000,000 | in the circulation. lam heartily in favor of the Voorheess bill tc permit the national banks to issue notes to the amount of their bonds deposited with the treasury. The circulation of the country would thereby be increased I by about $30,000,000. The passage of the repeal bill in the house has induced a better feeling and in Washington an impression prevails that the senate will concur in the repeal. The crisis j is over and you will witness an un- ! paralleled recovery.”

NEARLY ALL TOWNS HAVE. A “smart aleck.” A girl that giggles. A woman that tattles. A neighborhood feud. Stock running at largo, A man who knows it all. More loafers than it needs. Men who see every dog fight. A few meddlesome old women . A boy that misbehaves in church. A tall old maid with a short beau. A drug store with a wet end to it. A brindle cow and a bob tail horse. A man who understands the silver question. A young man that does nothing but “blow.” Some men that make remarks about d women. j Hens that scratch up other people’s a gardens. ■ A hen-pecked husband and a rooster-0 , pecked wife. A man who laughs every time hel t says something. A mother that sees no good in othme j people’s children. , A married couple who “bill and cdeWt publicly but fight privately. Scores of men with the caboose cM their trousers worn smooth as glass. ■ A bully that any sixteen-year old boy j could “lick” if he only knew it. j A girl that chews gum and goes t<. J ‘ the postollice every time the mail comes/ i iu. A man who is too stingy to take his home paper, but borrows the one his ’ neighbor pays for. A high minded woman who always says the wrong thing when she speaks in com pan v. 5 A man who smokes and chews to-1 ’ bacco but kicks when asked to furnish school-books for his children. Men who can tell you all about the 5 finance and how to run other people’s ■ business, but have made a dismal fail- , ure of ther own,—Ex. NORTH LIBERTY. Mrs. Falone, of Nebraska, is visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. John Hartman, Jr., . are visiting the latter’s parents here. David Warner, of South Bend, was ! in the village this week . I Mrs. Sarah Darbey, of Edgar, Neb., is visiting with 11. B. Wooster and ilyFred Thumm is renovating feathers 1 iu the Houser building on Main street. ' Al Finch has moved into his new ( residence. 11. B. Wooster and son William are at Bourbon on business. J. B. Witwer, of South Bend, was in the village on Wednesday. Miss Rosa Campbell, of South Bend, . is visiting with Dr. A. S. Campbell and , family. , J. B. Rupel, of LaPorte, is visiting with his mother here. Miss Mabel blood is the guest of friends at LaPorte. , Mr. and Mrs. Will Whitman have returned from their visit at Goshen and Garrett. Sept. 27 is Indiana Day at the world's | fair. Every cue who can should go at | that time. Mr. and Mrs. Anson Worster celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 17. A large number of relatives and friends assisted iu making the event a happy one. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Morse, of Battle Creek, are the guests of William Hollman and wife. Ed Hoffman has gone to Battle Creek . where he will resume his studies. C. S. Stombaugh and wife, of Davison, Mich., are visiting here. These are the headlines of the trade review in Thursday’s New York world: Cheerful outlook—The World's bird’s eye view of the state of the country's trade—Reports by wire from all parts of the United States— Business is improving and the gloom is fast disappearing—Factories in New England are resinning—Money is easier, and bankers and merchants are I delighted over the fact that the cotton i crop is generally better than was expected; that it cost less than at any other year since ante-war days to “make” it, and that there is enough ■ money to move it—Business in the I west is said to be on the mend, and | it is believed that prosperous times are I close at hand. Fon Sale.--A brand new Stude- - baker canopy top buggy. Will be sold at a bargain. Call at this office. lowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, - . Mississippi, New York, Ohio and Virginia will hold elections this fall. SHILOH’S CURE is sold on a guaranteee. It cures Incipient Consumption. It is the best Cough Cure. Only one cent a dose. 25 cts, 50 cts., and j SI.OO. For sale by Bellinger & Williams. Little vegetable health producers: De Witt’s Little Early Risers cure ma- . larious disorders and regulate the ! stomach ami bowels, which prevents ■ headache and dizziness. Bellinger I and Williams.

I* Surely Not in Chicago. I .f^^-out 01(1 gentleman from a ♦wcounty was just finishing up . ‘ "'o days’ visit at the fair. Slowly one th ß dignified win ■ h e a3 ^ e d: “Can you tell me re I will find the immortal rail“lf y° u are looking for the railway,” said the guard, Is down the avenue to the right, &as for the ‘immortal’ railway you Fhave to go up a great deal higher Chicago.”—Kendallville Sun. K&hn L. Sullivan has been in Indian■Djis. While there he was asked ^At he thought about the coming ittchell Corbet light. ® II think it will be one of the grand--K Alights ever seen in a prize ring. 1 I Impose they won’t allow the fight in ■ n state, .vill they?” 1 [He was told that it would not be ■llowed here. • “Yes, I suppose not. The men are matched. Os course I hope •Hirt Corbet will Win. I want the belt stay on this side of the water. KfiFcliell has never suffered a decisive Ideieat. I think he will get it in the keck this time. I shall go and see the ■ght wherever it is. I don’t think the «ew Yorkers will allow it in the Conev Beland club. I don t see any place for ■ but New Orleans. No, I don’t think it likely that I shall ever enter the ring again. I may, though, if circumstances should render it advisable.”

I Fahys Gold Filled * Watch Cases are so far ahead of all competition that you can’t see the competition at all. These cases are for sale by IDA HUTCHINGS. the Fanners’ Bast Walkerton, Ind., — JOHN E. JOHNSON, Pres., MORGAN JOHNSON, V. Pres. THOMPSON TURNER, Cashier. Does a general banking business; buys and sells exchange, makes collections on all points at lowest possi-, ble expense. Accounts of individuala and corporations solicited. u P you i to cali and st o us w hen you want anything the line of FRESH, SAL’S OB SMOKED r \ MEATS, as we can ploal yon We deal in strictly ( fivst clasß meats. We pay li gbMt cash prices for Live StdL^ Hi(les Pelts, Tallow, etc.V als ; handle the celebrati -i r d RETSOF LUMp SALT for stock. It is furl. superior to the common barAj D. W. BEALLk CO. I

WE AKE GOING TO CLOSE Our Entire New Stock of 421 SUITS MEN'S, YOUTH’S, BOV’S AND CHILDREN’S SUITS AT WHOLESALE PRICES Just what they cost us. YOU CAN BUY ONE OR A DOZEN SUITS AT THE SAME PRICE. A Wlai Btale Bushl On suits until all are closed out.

We have rTITH /TTP plenty of J_ ±±VLHj. Gent's Fiirnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Trunks and Ta Uses will be sold at a very low ma j gin of profit, DOV’!' FAIL TO SEE IS BEFOIIE XOF BUT. | ' MERCHANT TAILORING. FIT and STISFACTIOX Guaranteed or no sale. New Fall and Winter Samples now in. PRICES THE LOWEST. KOONTZ. SW & ft SIG^I OF THE GLOBE. EI NEST LINE OF GROCERIES AND FRUITS IX WALKERTON. Keep the moat complete line of Fresh Staple Groceries, and Choice Fruits always in Season. HIGHEST PRICES FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. gHAS. STEPHENS. DRY GOODS, groceries, ROOTS. SHOES. NOTIONS, and WATT PAPER at — HUDELMYER & HENRY’S. B 8 S B S 5 # I « 8 Goods rllways as Represented and Prices that will Suit You. hhb h h Highest Market Prices Paid for Country Produce. Trade with us and we will guarantee to give you satisfaction. Hudehttfter & Henry^