St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 17, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 November 1893 — Page 1

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TYNER CITY. Nancy C. Fink moved to the corner of French and Main streets last Thursday. William Beck and A. Sheafs called on A. D. Johnson in his new bed room Sunday evening. Preaching at the U. B. chinch Sun* Those two gentlemen who went to LaPaz from Teegarden the other night after that dispatch forgot and came home without it. Boys do better the next time. Tyner has established a cash trade. No credit any more. There was a debate here Saturday between R. S. Shafer and Bill McKesson. The question was Rite’s character end honesty. The argument was a draw. Will be argued over next Sunday. The constables are making things

lively for some people, or what are called people. Ben Mishler moved into the Williams house. J. W. Baugher’s sister-in-law and a firend, of Bourbon, gave him a short visit last week. I. J. Kreiglibaum and wife made her mother a short visit Sunday. John Snyder and family made Mr. Wesley Rupel and family a visi) Sunday. Protracted meeting commenced hero Monday, Nov. C, and will continue about six weeks. Come everybody. There was a large turnout from Tyner at the Center church Monday to attend Grandma Leinert’s funeral. Morgan Johnson, of Greenville, 0., is in Lown this week on business.

Misses Ella and Chloe Jijme are al Joseph Bnrtisidps’ no » visit Tyner has a shoe shop. Jhe proprietor is Jess Bennett. Work done to order at all times. Ben Mishler, Bill Wallace and Frank Bennett went from Tyner to South Bend on cycles in three hours last

Saturday. Lon Morris has only 1,000 cords of wood to sell, and it is all what you call wood. John Waiterhouse moves back to Tyner Wednesday to live here forever. Who comes next? Charlie Monroe is reported very sick at present. Our county commissioners gave Tyner a short visit Tuesday'. The names are as follows: Ben AV. Snyder. X. Y. Z. Smith. Death of Mrs. Anna Lemert. Mrs. Anna Lemert died at the home of her daughter,Mrs. L. C. Strang, in this place, Saturday, Nov, 4, aged 75, years, 9 months and 23 days, She was born in Franklin county, Ohio,January 12, 1818. She was first married to Thomas Thompson in the year 1835. To them were born thirteen children, four of whom are dead. Nine are left to mourn the loss of a mother. She

•with her husband moved to the state of Indiana in the year 1853. They locat ed in Marshall county in the fall of 1864. She was married to Mr. Lemert in December, 1873. She was converted at the age of 15 and joined the U. B. churchy .sire — died —■pefleemny in she promises of the Christian faith. The deceased was a woman of noble character whose counsel will be sadly missed by the sorrowing children and friends who are left to mourn her death. The funeral services were held at the Morris church at 10 o’clock Monday and the remains were buried near that church. Bev. Snvder conducted the services. ifoh let us drop one flower on thy tomb. For thou did love to see them blc >m,

And think of the hour when we must die Aad find a home with you by and by.” WOMANKIND Ilas won its fame because it deals with what really interests the women of America. It leaves the discussion of the great questions of religion and politics to other papers, and tills its pages with Snaetical articles regarding home life, iow to live delightful yet economically. Its fashion department is complete—the work of experienced editors —and profusely illustdated, but it deals with fashions suitable to the homes of women of artistic tastes and modest incomes. Its stories are bright and inspiring. It is full of hints for the self suj po'ting woman, and aids those who seek t> add to their incomes by brain or hand.

A. P. POTTER, The Confidence Man, Arrested in Chicago. A. P. Potter, one of the smoothest confidence men on the road and who was a visitor in this place recently, has been arrested and locked up in Chicago. Potter with his bride stopped off at this place two weeks ago last Saturday being on their way from Tiffin to Chicago. They put up uV- the Fry uum iuonitay. lotior is a large, fine looking man with a whole-souled manner about him that wins friends. The bride is a fine looking lady. Potter claimed to be a Knight Templar and on the strength of this, together with a former acquaintanceship, tried to work some of our citizens for money, but failed. He succeeded, however, in getting an overcoat at T. J. Wolfe’s establishment, and beating Mr. Leßoy out of « livery bill. For some unaccountable reason, which will never be known, he paid his : board bill at the hotel.

( Potter became acquainted with a party of Walkerton Knight Templars at the conclave at Denver a year or so ago, and claimed to bo conductor on the Santa Fe, running from Chicago to Denver. He tried hard to work T. T. Wolfe, Dr. Reece, of North Liberty, and others for money but failed in every instance, we understand. On the fidlowing Thursday after leaving this place Potter’s wife wrote to Mrs. Iry, the landlady, stating that they were attending the fair and were enjoying a visit from her father, who lives in A irginia. Nothing more was heard of them here until the announcement of Potter’s arrest was made by the Chicago papers. The Inter Ocean ot Saturday, Nov. 4, gives the following particulars of Potter’s capers and

arrest; ■—. “The itoliee nro looking up tho Him tllimnrrrrin - Arr —r-^rerg-future will be less profitable than formerly. It is suia u. L^operated successfully in all the leading cities <m the country, and that the amount of his ill gotten gains will reach well into

the thousands. At the Vickery hotel, Twelfth street and Wabash avenue is Potter’s heartbroken wife, whom he married less than a fortnight ago at Tiffin, Ohio. Not until yesterday did she know of her husband’s dark career but believed him, as he represented himself to be, a Santa Fe railroad official with a home in Denver. His appearance is that of a gentleman and his manner of speaking and pleasant disposition would indicate that he is a man of culture. She had never questioned his honesty, and hud o. ly thought of the bright future in an elegant western home. Yesterday her dream was shattered. Iler husband was carted away to the Central station in a patrol wagon and she was prostrated with grief and shame. The same day on which they were married, Oct. 18, Potter and his bride came to Chicago. They engaged rooms at the Vickery hotel. During the day time Potter would be gone on

a pretense of transacting important business. One day he met J. N. Briggs, manager of the Minneapolis restaurant, and they formed an acquaintance. They visited the fair together and also the theater. They be-r^vrHn-nnn7-rrtniTnTTm<TT^ made it iF point to meet Briggs at least once a day. He claimed that he was stopj>ing at one of the prominent hotels of the city, and that he and In’s wife were soon going to Minneapolis, where they would spend some months. Last Monday, as the two men were eating dinner together at a restaurant on Wabash avenue, Potter asked Briggs for a loan of SSOO, explaining that he would be able to pay it back in a week or two, as

he expected money from Denver. ‘I haven’t that amount with me,’ said Briggs, ‘but I can let you have SIOO if that will help you any.’ Potter said it would help him out nicely, and invited Briggs to call at the Auditorium, at which he claimed to be stopping. Briggs called and found that Potterhad never lived there. He swore out a warrant for his arrest and the case was । put in the hands of Officers Howard ■ and McCarthy, of tlm Central station. | Yesterday they located Potter at the | Vickery hotel, and the warrant was : served. Potter refused to say anything about the matter and declined to discuss his past record.

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It is also said that Potter has several hundred dollars which belonged to his wife and now refuses to give it up or tell where it is. She, however, does not care to prosecute him. It is asserted that the very day Potter was married a telegram was received at Tiffin ordering his arrest fori forgeries in Illinois, a SSOO reward j having been offered. Mrs. Potter, i whose maiden name was Mamie Hall/] uuo Tnminsband aLFWwubunt, W. VftTJ The police of Denver, where Potter? said he lived, know nothing about the I man.” local briefs. Thursday, Nov. 30, will be Thanksgiving Day. Charlie Granger is keeping books for D. W. Place. E. J. Vincent has a complete line of furniture and will be sold cheap. A com-husking machine is in operation in Steuben county, this state. a r .

a young eagle was shot near Laporte, recently. It measured 3 feet 8 inches from tip to tip. A farmer near Bourbon, Marshall county, fell from his windmill, 45 feet, and received fatal injuries. Men’s shoes, good, solid goods in e\eiy particular, only 98 cents per pair, worth $1.50, at the Globe. A citizen of Walkerton went to the institute at Warsaw, last Monday, to be treated for the liquor habit. Robbing ourselves of $2,000 profit on goods to close them out at the Globe. That's right. Call and see. My stock of parlor furniture is complete now. Call and see. E. J. Vincentt^t

Closing out sale of men’s and l»oys' | | ISC ! I I US """l">M for long „ g „, bro„ZT to tins onice before the roads become Alex Stuckey, a former resi«^ Clay township, St. Joseph county, was

found dead at Seward, Oklahoma Territory. During the month of November the earth passes through a belt, of meteors. Two falling stars were seen last Sunday evening. Fast trains No. 9 and 10, running between Chicago and Pittsburg, on the B. A 0., were discontinued last Sunday night. It is claimed that certain residents of South Bend feasted on the carcass of a colt that had died from injuries inflicted by a railroad train. A large assortment of men's and boys’ gloves and mittens just received at prices lower than ever sold anywhere before, at the Globe. The closing out sale of goods at the Globe clothing store, of Koontz, Swank & Co., is an opportunity that you should not miss these hard times.

The saloon-keepers in this state have scored a point. The supreme court has just decided that the city ordinances forbidding the use of screens in saloons are unconstitutional. A choice variety of the latest shapes in felt hats in all colors, with aigretts, plumes and other trimmings to match at Miss Ida Beech’s. Velvets and ribbons in all the late fashionable shades. The people are complaining all along the L. E. & W. road over the removal of the night trains. They were a convenience which the people greatly miss; but the company declares that it doesn’t pay to run them.

An observing editor has come to the conclusion that the great trouble with American journalism is that the men who just know how a newspaper ought to be run are unfortunately engaged in some other business. If they were engaged in the newspaper business they would make miserable failures. Another cigarette victim is thus reported by the Elkhart Truth. “Harry Dwight is a young man well known here who is now at his home in Fremont, Ohio, slowly dying from the effects of excessive cigarette smoking. At least, that is the sad intelligence conveyed in a letter just received by one of his former companions.

j We take your wheat and give you | he best flour on earth in exchange. Walkerton Milling Co. ■ Just received a car load of men’s Htnderwear at T. J. Wolfe’s. The best Bdade for $1 per suit ever offered in town. w ^Jlll at this office and get a free Xypple copy of*‘ Womankind,” which ^miTitstroireryear free to subscribers Spying $1.50 in advance for the IndeR indent. • Good advice. An exchange says to all: Pay your debts just as fast as ypu can get hold of the money to do it. Ibis will enable people you owe tq pay the people they owe and set the iHoney in circulation, paying all the way around until it comes back to you again. If anybody owes you don't play the part of a shylock. ’ If your debtor is honest give him all the time you possibly can to meet his obligations.

A Veteran ot the Mexican War. Oak Harbor, Ohio.— l met Geo. O. Memeny an old veteran of the Mexican war on the streets to day who told me th^t after reading about Simmons Liver Regulator be bought a bottle, and the first three doses gave him ini med iats relief.—Geo.Gosline. Your druggist sells it in powder or liquid. The powder to be taken dry or made into tea. Artist Walker's Skecthes. Harpers Weekly has the following to say in answer to press criticisms of the picture representing Hoosier rural festivities published some weeks ago: Ti^Keekly has been at some pains to Assure itself that the article is quite H W- tl,at sucs ‘ Bailees as its nrRaV* 3 Rre not rare >’» IndMust all American youth be too chase a greased pig or run in a Must American harvest homes Y (■La— iuipuitca cakFon these degenerate Hoosier's! FieWwill be telling us next that James Wlip»mb Riley’s spelling is a libel

on tJie State of Indiana. Be comforted, friends. So long as Indiana poetry outsells all other American verse, and the romances of Indiana novelists outsell all other novels, and Indiana statesmen out-office hold all other politicians lio picture of Indiana rustic sport is likely to mislead any one to a dangerous extent as to the bottom facts about the Hoosiers. ‘‘By their fruits ye shall knou r them,” is the Scriptural test and the Hoosiers can well afford to accept it. Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life away is the truthful, startling title of a little book that tells all about No-to-bac, the wonderful, harmless guaran- ‘ teed tobacco habit cure. The cost is ■ triliihg, and the man who wants to quit; and can’t runs no physical or flnaacial risk in in using “No-to-bac.” Sold by all druggists. Book at store, or by mail free. Address, The Sterling Remedy Co., Indi-

anjWMmeral Springs, ma. Sick Headache cured by Dr. Miles’ Nervine. I Dorit ~Tbu Know 1 that you can secure alI most immediate relief | from Indigestion, and I that uncomfortable full- ■ ness after meals, by simply taking a dose of Simmons Liver Regulator? Some people think that because it is called Liver Regulator it has nothing , to do with Indigestion ' and the like. It is the inaction of the Liver that causes Indigestion, and i that fullness; also Conistipation, and those BilLious Headaches. Millions have been made to understand this and have been cured from these troubles by Simmons Liver Regulator —a medicine unfailing and purely vegetable. From Bev. M. B.Wharton, Baltimore,Md “ It affords mo pleasure to add my testimony to the great virtues ot Simmons Liver Regulator. I have had experience with it, as occasion demanded, for many years, and regard it Ss the greatest medicine of the times. So good a medicine [ Reserves uu .yersul commendation.

I " — — “ WE’VE LIED THREE WEEKS Fall and Winter Goods, But we state J"^' aVe goods to prove our assertion when we say that w The Best and Largest Line of OVERCOATS, SUITS, HATS, CAPS, BOOfS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS mnl guarantee our prices below those ot competitors throughout tlßi northern part of Indiana. ALWAYS SEE OUR STOCK BEFORE GOING ELSEWHERE. & POSITI TELY THE EOWEST PRICES EVER OFFERED HERE ON GOODS. T. J; WOLFE. Six Dw’ SalE= at NOAH RENSBERGER’S. FROM NOV. 6 TO 11. In order to have the purchasing power of your dollar developed to the fullest extent, I have concluded to make another Special Six Days Sale, commencing Monday, Nov. 6 and continuing to Saturday, Nov. 11, of DRY GOODS, CLOAKS, BOOTS, SHOES AND CANNED GOODS. Domestics Dress Ginghams, • • 8 Lawrence LL Muslin, Worstetl Dress Goods. Fine worsteds, former price, 25 and 30 cts., - 20 cfs. Fine till wool Cashuicrcj former price 50 and 60 cts., 40 Cloaks at CostLadies’ Newmarkets, size 32 to 34, .... SI.OO “ Black Beaver cloth jackets, 5.00 CURTAINS. Chenille Portiers, former price $7, , - • • • -5.00 Ladies’ and Gents’ FootwearLadies Shoes 1-00 Men’s full stock Congress Shoes, 1-50 “ Arctics, 1-25 “ Rubber Boots, 250 “ Saddle seam Boots, LSO Groceries. Best Tomatoes, 10 ct 3, “ Corn,... 10 Rice, per pound, 0 Monarch Mince Meat, 9 cts. a package, 3 for 25 cts. Men’s Underwear Regardless of Cost. I can quote only a few prices in each department owing to my limited space. lam here to save you money, to give you bargains, an investigation of which will produce confidence and assurance. ]Toah ^ensberger.

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