St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 22, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 December 1893 — Page 4

Sljc Jiibcpcniknt. WALKERTON, INDIANA. DEC. 16, 1893. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. Congressman Conn favors an income t x. The Roby prize fight eases are being tried at Hammond. Chicago will hold its election for mayor December 19. It is reported that Major Calkins is losing one of his eyes.—LaPorte Herald. The mortality list at Crawfordsville is said to be large, as a result of the g'ip- ___ A Mexican in San Diego, Cal., died SK 3^mother day at the age of 112 years O^wj^i2nQ>Mn<rei^aret l es. members. J. Whitcomb Riley has postponed „ atn engagement at Valparaiso on accounVof the death of his father. Prendergast’s trial is now in progress, and the noose would seem to be tightening about the assassin’s neck. It is said that dishonesty has been discovered among the clerks in the superintendent’s oilice of the Lake Shore railroad. Passes and transportation to the amount of many thousands of dollars have been fraudulently issued by them. Many do not understand the difference between specific and ad valorem duties. An exchange explains that an ad valorem duty is a percentage upon the estimated value of the article. A specific duty is a fixed tariff upon the article itself. A thief entered the wholesale stamp department of the Chicago post office last Tuesday evening, knocked Robertson, the clerk, insensible and secured about M,ODO in cash, making his escape through a window. No clew to the thief has yet developed. That the wealthy do not pay their share of the expenses of government seems to be a well established fact.

hncTmake taxation just, equable and fair. An exchange is responsible for the following: “A man read an advertisement in an eastern paper where a man for a dollar would send a receipt to cure a horse of the annoying habit of slobbering. He sent for the receipt which simply read: Teach your horse to spit. =s!!' ' George H. Painter, the murderer of

Alice Martin, paid the penalty of his crime on the gallows at the county jail in Chicago on Friday. The application of the murderer for a commutation of sentence was refused by Governor Altgeld. In the death of Prof. Tyndall, of England, the world has lost one of its foremost scientists. He was a profound thinker and a most studious scholar, having made it his rule through life to devote live hours of each day to study, no matter what the pressure of other matters might be. Indiana claims, and not without much foundation in faet, that next to Massachusetts she has produced more literary people than any other State in the Union, observes the Inter Ocean. True it is that, whatever be the quantity, the quality of her writers has been most *^nerica has to thank her for three of her present literary lights—Wallace, the novelist, Riley, the poet, and Bidpath, the historian. Experiments with glass building bricks were begun in 1891 by M. FaL conier, an architect of Lyons. These bricks are hollow, being blown like bottles, and are given forms—such as cubes, hexagons, etc., —that permit of ready laying. A bituminous cement, with a base of asphalt, is used with them. The bricks serve as double windows, giving protection against both cold and heat; they are good insulators of humidity and noise; and they lend themselves readily to the decoration of buildings either by their form or their color. Many applications are foreseen. The bricks are neater than marble in meat markets, and are especially adapted for bath halls, hothouses, hospitals, refrigerating establishments, and buildings in which absence of windows would be an advan- | tage. A hot house of glass bricks is I of about ordinary cost, saves fuel, and jesists hail. ]

■ The grand jury in the LaPorte cirj cuit court found no indictment against ! Brakeman Herbert Thompson who was 1 concerned in the Kingsbury wreck. A man who could not read was selected as a juror in the Prendergast trial, but when this fact developed the man was dismissed. This is surprising, but nevertheless quits reassuring. Hom Edwin Fuld ULI, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been appointed assistant secretary of state. The men with the queer, unheard of names are the ones who get there under the present administration. It is a comforting thought, says the Indianapolis Sun, almost too good, in fact, to be true, but statistics assure us that it’s so. Each of us, in point of government circulation, is three cents richer than a month ago. According to some writer it has not vet been a hundred JU,x.. wan—A n Ham nan,„„ f P member of the house shall come balefoot or eat his bread and cheese on the steps.” It is said that some of the sky-scra-pers in Chicago have a population of 6,000 people—all business men and women. Some of the corridors are nothing less than marble streets, where men, women and children walk to and fro all day long busily engaged in their respective labors. The needs of a lifetime, it is said, can be bought within, without stepping out upon the streets of Chicago. Each building, therefore, is a city of itself. There is good philosophy in the following: “The best safeguard in hard times is wise economy. The wisdom to be able to get along well on one dollar is better than the wisdom which earns three and spends it in advance. One valuable result of the dull times will be to show people how many things they can easily dispense with; how few of the things we regard as necessities are really so. The dull times may prove a sort of equalizer and educator combined.” Wonder if those newspapers which have been carrying a large advertisement, for the Ohio Chemical Co., despite the warning given by the Independent and other papers

wTrarniis been ToTT them? Their attention is respectfully called to the following dispatch from Lima, Ohio, of Dec. Bth: “A receiver was appointed Friday for the Ohio Chemical company upon application of the Times Democrat publishing company. The chemical company has been doing an immense business all over the union selling so called gold cure tablets for drunkenness and tobacco habit. The concern carried large advertisements in many newspapers which will suffer.”

During the past year only 2,318 persons were killed and 2000 ‘injured by accidents on railroads in the United States.—Nappanee Advance. And were it not for American greed and the powerful lobby influence in the legislative halls of this country the list of railroad accidents occurring annually would be reduced to a mere shadow of what it is now. It would be possible then for laws to be passed compelling railroad companies to adopt all the best and latest appliances, such as are now used in some countries of Europe, Prussia especially (where railroad accidents are almost unheard of)> for the protection of the life and limb of railroad employes and patrons. But all this would cost money, and as long as legislators can be influenced and bought off by lobbyists this much I desired reformation in the j^udxmtof^ our railroads will nevm^-ha-^i^LU plished. w A Sensible Proposition. In advocating the proposition of a w< Althouse in which prisoners committed to jail can bo put to work, the LaFayette Leader says. There is one point that the commissioners should keep in mind, and that is that there are many men who are so afraid of work that they would not be found in the jail of this county, if they knew that occupancy of a cell here carried with it an obligation to perform daily labor. In this manner, it might be that the community would get rid of some of them. Even if there was no saving in the actual cost to the tax payers, there would be more accomplished. The sending of men to the county jail for a mouth or for several months at a time, while it may be neccessary, as a protection to the good citizen, or a punishment to the bad citizen, is nevertheless a severe tax on the community. It is a burthen that should be slutted, if possible. It is । thought the Board will try the experi- । merit, at an early day, of having the I prisoners put at some kind of work in j the jail yard where it will not require [a large outlay for overseeing.

KARL’S CLOVER ROOT, tIF great Blood Purifier gives freshn^r, aud clearness to the complexion ail 1 cures constipation, 25c., 50c. For sar e by Bellinger & Williams. SHILOH’S CURE is sold on a gm W „ anteee. It cures Incipient ConsuiiF e tion. It is the best Cough Cure. Qe 5 |y one cent a dose. 25 cfs, 50 ets.,^ c< SI.OO. For sale by Bellinger & V liams. All that honesty, experience skill can do to produce a perfect has been employed in making , e Witt’s Little Early Risers. The rf’" lfc is a specific for headache, biliouf*^^ and constipation. Bellinger and e liams. W -

REMOVED? Miss Fosdick has moved her stof^ into the rooms above the ol^ pi™ A-uutu sale cost. She invites lie^Wt Y <#nd customers to call and see her ai^c ft | ( advantage of the bargains e^e ing. Ribbons in great variety, hats am] all other goods will beEtj a sacrifice. Hats as low as LILLIE FOSDir.

READ Ato BE WISE! I wish W n Jl your attention to the 1 ==~==NEVER WISING BARGAINS=E^ I have I People must have die gHWOM P^SERT-S . and in order to put k’q within their reach I have made a Win Great Reduction insiLVERWARH audJEWELRY r | of all iGmls. Quadruple Platif Tg* .gets 310 and up. |rt Castors, ... s3 ( l'bd ap 18 ^ a bham aud Elgin j SSHSBJSbbbhb^S!?®®9 •he*. I Size 6 Walt, or Elg. watches, - 6.50 lablespoons, - Waltham or Elgin in rolled Knives aud forks, 2.D0 “ “ g O )j caae> ou jy . qq I his is only a few of the many bargains I have to offer yon. I also have a most complete stock of very the wares, such as Berry Dishes, Celery Dishes, Cream Spoons, Biscuit Jars, Chetse Dishes, Nut Picks, Toothpick Holders, low' and high Celery Dishesj Fiuit Knives, Fancy Clocks, Marmalade Jars, Napkin Rings, Bon Bon Dishes, Sigur Shake^, Hat Marks, etc. I guarantee satisfaction. Please give me a Umi. lam sure you will come 1 again. Ida plutchings. P. S. Call and get one of the Hauk curds aud guess. Get a fine present free of charge. GOOD ROADS! GOOD SLEIGHING! AND V hat can we do to help make it a pleasure? We might as well buy GO DD, SUBSTANTIAL GIFTS for instance: ( Moquette Carpet at SI for Yard. Brussels Carpet at 15 85 cents. All Wool Extra Supers at! 59 cents. OR A CLOAKi New’ Goods at Manufacturers’ Cut Prices, or the first purchases of the season at 15 per cent discount, or last season’s cloaks at H ALL and LESS THAN HALF PRICES. DRESS GOODS. Attractive prices for Goods and inducement reductions in all kinds of dress goods SHAWLS. I The. best goods for the|]Q^- es (; prices we have ever known. Look at those at $9.98. < bibles, Books, Carpet; ; wee p er s, Blankets, Muffs, Fur Capes ami m the basement, Dolls Horns and things too numerous to mention. These are some f y ie that will occupy the attention of yourself and friends lt tho BUSY> BUZZING BEE HIVE. Julius trues & Co. MICHIG AN^ jr LAPORTE,

I , We always pay the highest market i price for wheat. Walkerton Milling Co. Dowell, the dentist, extracts teeth . Without pain.

WE WANT YOU to call and see ns when you want any thing in the line of FRESH, SALT OR SMOKED meats; as we can please you. W r e W^^s^eal in . strict!Mass prices for Livestock, Hides, Pelts, Tallow, etc. We also handle the celebrated RETSOF LUMP SALT for stock. It is far superior to the common barrel salt. D. W. BEALL & CO.

©oing out of EBusiness I TWlftMilSlDß We have decided to close out our entire SB,OOO STOCK OF CLOTHING Gents’ Furnishings, Hats and Caps, k- Trinas^ud Valises, Ladies’, Misses AND GHILDiyfcTTS’SHdEr - and Hosiery, at Private Sale AT WHOLESALE COST! Many goods below’ cost to close them out. Avail yourselves of this one Und only great offer. Hard times make it doubly necessary that you should not miss it. Remember we have no old and shelf worn goods to work off, which are dear at any price. l^oonfe, §wani^ & (Jo. of the olobe. WALKERTON, IND., Nov. 20, 1893. NUTS AND CAWg 8 FOR THE HOLIDAYS'! Cocoaiiitis, English Wcilmits, Filberts, (Pecans, (Brazils Chestnuts and Feamds. All kinds of Candies, Fancy an<? Plain. Special Prices by the Pail. ALSO A GOOD LINE OF DATES AND FIGS. £HA§. MA GOOD STOVE IS A LUXURY THIS IS WHAT THE Rbiiiiil Oai or Fenin HAS PKOVEN TO BE. The Round Oak is a combination stove, burning either wood or hard and soft coal. The Peninsula is a grand coal stove ebz and a favorite. HE These stoves are IMfe lIISiSH economical in fuel, o easg to operate, great heaters, and the cleanest stoves K to take care of JI e ; 1 f \(/uara utce them tn ■ • he se^e-od to nene. A full Une of these stoves for sale bg AffV | t 1 - /B’ | Sor’ Ssf ?