St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 January 1895 — Page 5

'■ I — Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by <' bas ' M - Stephens. „ 16 Eggs ]4 Butter...., • y Lard 3 Green Hides to 40 Potatoes, new * 35 Corn, new • • ■■ • • • • ■'' □ lover Seed $4.50 to 5.00 Wheat, of! Beans 4() By® 35 to 40 Onions, new

LOCAL NEWS. p Albion has six churches and but two saloons. Sam Smith killed two nice red foxes on last Tuesday. For Sale.—A pair of bobsleds at McCabe’s blacksmith shop. Some people can say something aboutnothing but nothing about something. I Wanted.—lo cords of second growth green oak wood. Apply «< thia oOice. '

For Sale. —A set of carpenter tools. Will be sold cheap. For particulars call at the Independent ollice. A farmers’ institute will be held at LuPorte Feb. 15 and 16. It will be addressed by Hon. Aaron Jones. The B. & O. company has bought the Jacob Defreese farm near Syracuse for $7,000 for a gravel pit. The first car load of hay to go over the Three I road from Walkerton was shipped this week by D. W. Place. A big stock of sleigh bells now ready at Ake’s harness shop. Now is the time to buy, as I must close them out at some price. Mr. Vincent is the first member that the K. of P. lodge of this place has lost by death since its organization, four years ago last July. The report comes that Orman Tay lor, of this place, lost his case against the B. &O. Railroad Co. It was tried in the circuit court at Goshen. There will be a “Spider Web” social Tuesday evening, Jan. 22nd, at the residence of Louis DeCoudres, near this place. All are invited to come. The jury in the case of B. F. Rinehart vs. the Three I R. R. Co. stood 9 to 3 in favor of Rinehart on Gist bullet, of the. nine was for hundred dollars. The “White Rose” flour manufactur ed by the Walkerton Milling Co M is i still at the top of the heap. Get the “White Rose” and you are sure of having good flour. The folly of prejudice is frequently shown by people who prefer to suffei for years rather than try an advertised remedy. The millions who have m such notions, take A ver’s ffor blood diseases, - J ir much for common sense. There is no business so good that it can not be improved by judicious ad vertising. A merchant, by keeping a good stock and being accommodating to customers, may build up a good trade, but he could make it better by a judicious use of printer’s ink. Ad vertising is one of the important elements of success in business. Boyd’s minstrel company, which gave an entertainment in Walkerton a few weeks ago, went to pieces at Niles, Mich., recently. The company was talented but had too many people with them to pay in country towns. Five of the company landed at Mich igan City with only two dollars in their possession. They managed to get enough financial assistance there to pay their way to Chicago. — The proposed prize fight between {Jreenburg and Whitsell to come off in Plymouth, February 12th, we are informed by knowing ones on the inside, is for blood, and hiding behind the glove contest cUvlm. It hYiomIA not and will not be permitted by the authorities of either the city or State. We are not ready yet as a city to become a Hammond.—Plymouth Republican. Do you remember, says an exchange, bow pleased you used to be when your parents called at the school you were attending? Do you remember how you would study so as to be sure of a perfect lesson when your class was called on before your father and mother? Well, you have children of your own now, who are attending school. Have you ever thought of visiting the school where your boys and girls attend? Remember Hit pupils of today are as well pleased tc have their parents visit them as yoi were in j our school days, besides i encourages them to do better worl and also convinces the teachers tha you are interested in the work.

When you go to LaPorte call at Lay’s European hotel and restaurant Meals, 25 cents. _ A. D. Reynolds, the old reliable horse doctor, is in town every Saturday to treat diseases of the horse. He makes chronic diseases a specialty. For Sale.—Fifty cords of round stove wood, mostly hard wood. Will sell it on the ground at my farm. Jerry Steel. A plug of tobacco is said to be a good weather barometer. When tbe weather is to be fine the plug will become dry, and if rain is threatened the tobacco will get damp. I hereby request that all indebted to

me call and settle at once. I must have a settlement in some way. If you haven’t the money call and give me your note with good security. D. N. Hudelmyer. The I. K & W. will I his year I fall but a few dollars short of earning $5,000 per mile operated. Roads that earn $3,500 to $4,000 are looked upon by capitalists as being very good investments.— La Porte Herald.

The revival meetings at the M. E. church are being well attended and much interest seems to have been awakened. This is the first week of the meetings. The prospects seem good for a season of successful religious work. “Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer” by Ayer's Sarsaparilla. This wonderful medicine so 1 invigorates the system and enriches the blood that the cold weather be- . comes positively enjoyable. Arctic ex- ; plorers would do well to make a note । of this. A dispatch from Roby states that . an epidemic of smallpox exists among , jockeys and horse owners here. Six . cases are at the city hospital. Health Commissioner Reynolds has notified Secretary Metcalf, of the Indiana state board of health, to take immediate action. I “Yes,” said a good lady in this city the other day. “It’s awful curious 1 how much new’ sicknesses they is , There’s apprehendiat us and prutonious and the other day 1 heard of a woman r * with nervous prosperation—thiU’s get tin’ common. We never had them ailments when I was young. It’s a wonder more people don't die." 1 Fjaukriju News. ’ This •ewoulls so^htr-of the peculiar diseases which have developed in this locality at different times. One of these diseases was the “leptandrin," R which a would-be horse doctor several p years ago claimed was the disease 1 which caused the death of a mule. Another disease which caused the v death of a horse here a ft ,v years ago, * according to another “horse doctor,” । was “spasmodic on top of cloguation.” “ For Sale?’ O a saloon, tin* only om* in town; 1 ug store, 1 batcher shop and tools, 1 dncksmith shop, 1 barn, 1 dwelling l house, 1 ice house, 1 chicken park, a - good well 69 feet deep, all on same lot 1 except blacksmith shop; a good horse r and buggy and cutter. All will be sold | very cheap if taken soon. I have 40j acres of land within three miles of Tyner that I will sell for S3OO, one-half down and the rest on long time. I have 70 good white oak trees standing on the ground which I will sell at a bargain if sold soon. I have 7,000 tamarack fence posts 7 feet long to sell by the wagon load or car load. Will sell very cheap. Come and see ‘ me or write. A. D. Johnson, Tyner City, lud. A Pleasant Dance And they all danced at John Gould's - house on the Island, last Monday night. Those present were: Messrs. B. E. Cook, Jim Adel and wife, James Jackson, Chas Stickley, Joe Gaw, Chas. Jackson, Earl Dillon, Conn Dillon, Wm. Cook, Bert Smith, Elza Smith, Fred Wolf, Ab Wolf, Jno. Cripe, Dan Wolfenberger, Chas. Snyder, Aleck Yetter and wife, Chas. Gould, Ed McDonald, Harley McCarty, L. Bently, Andrew Jackson, J. Lancaster, Wm. Harmison, W. B. Rowland, Geo. Blain, Ham Blain,.Jake Kneisley and wife, Guy Gould, Clifford Kneisley, Denny Ake, Frank Wilcox and wife, Geo. Smith. The Misses Helen Rosenbaugh, Em- ‘ ma Bishop, Allie Jackson, Blanche < Teleen, Allie Smith, Minnie Beatty, 1 Maud Thompson, Mary Everly, Fannie f Brennan, Cynthia Gill, Louis Kneisley, and dozens of others whose names we f failed to get. Hess Gould was master s of ceremonies, and everything passed ® off quietly, in tripping the “light fan--0 tastic toe” until after midnight. Ott u Townsend and Vern Hardenbrook it furnished the music, which of course, k was just right. Taking it all through it it was a grand affair. | Reporter.

Personal Points. Rev. B. H. Beall, of Romney. Ind., was in town the fore part of the week looking after business matters. Mrs. Chas. Wisenbangh, of Walkerton, has been visiting John Todd and family.—Nappanee Advance. Mrs. W. D. Decker and little son, of Ligonier, have been visiting in this place for the past two weeks. Thompson Turner was in Indianapolis several days last week witnessing the opening of the legislature. D. M. Woodaid and wife arrived here from Chicago the latter part of last week on a visit of a few days. Major John Baugher, of Marshall county, thinks of leaving soon for an

extended trip in the southern states ami to the Pacific const. Ho will go with a view of looking up a location for his saw mill. The Hotel Kern is having n good run. Rev. Stock burger commenced revival meeetings at the M. E. church last Monday evening. Grant Tank, traveling salesman for McNeal & Higgins, sold Garner Bros., of Knox, a new stock of groceries this week. The second quarterly meeting of the U. B. church will be held at Tyner, Saturday and Sunday. Preaching by presiding elder nt the usual hours. County Surveyor Leslie has been surveying some ditch lines in the vicinity of Lal’az. The deep snow compelled him to abandon the work for the present. The revival at the Barber U. B. church is simply grand; 13 or more out, and the whole community seems moved. Elder Thomas js preaching some grand sermons this week. Can’t near all get into the house. Reporter. Winter came down upon us in earnest on Friday night of last week, the mercury falling t<> 20 degrees below zero. The weather moderated until Sunday night when another cold snap was ushered in, the mercury registering six below. The State Editorial association will request the general assembly to pass an act requiring township trustees to publish annual reports in two county pit pars representing Hie twoualiUca! parties. They bellevethaOh^publication of reports would be a great check on extravagance in office. About forty of the friendsand neighbors of Mrs Jennie E. Cripe gathered at her pleasant home on Friday evening of last week and spent the evening in a very enjoyable manner. th stern were served. The guests left at a late hour hoping to meet their hospitable hostess on many more such occasions. Presbyterian Church. Services next Sunday morning and evening. Preaching by the pastor. Rev. C. B. Gillette. Sunday school at 3 o'clock. All are cordially invited. A New Three I s Train. The Starke County Democrat, 'of Knox, the old teiminus of the Three I’s railway bus the following interesting pointers: The Three Is is coining to the front and taking its place among the firstclass roads of the country. In a few days two new passenger trains are to be put on, carrying the fast mail and express. The west boun 1 train will make the 154 miles from South Bend to Streator in four hours, a schedule time that compares with the best roads. Among the Three I's trainmen it is said that John Shouts and John Larimer have been notified to provide themselves with uniforms for passenger service, from which it is supposed that they are to have charge of the new passenger trains to be put on soon. Late Literary News. An old fashioned sea story full of interest and adventure, with a strong love motive, is begun by W. Clark Russell in the January Cosmopolitan. “Onida” succeeds Fronde, Gosse, Lang and other distinguished writers with an instalment of the “Great Passions of History” series, which has been appearing in The Cosmopolitan. A disj mission is aroused by Mr. Edward Bok’s article on “The Young Mau and The Church,” which will consume tons of ink before it is settled. Just proceding the famous Charcot’s death he prepared an article for The Cosmopolitan on Pasteur, to be published after Pasteur’s death. But Charcot has died first, and so with the consent of Charcot’s executors, the article is giv।en now. The present “Theatrical I Season in New York” is critically con- , sidered by Mr. James S. Metcalfe, , editor of Life, and there are stories by Tourgee, Howells, and the famous French writer Fruucois Coppee.

TOSS OF A VALUED CITIZEN. rard J. Vincent Expires After a Brief Illness. J .4 •

E»irdX Vincent, one of IValkertonUi ^prominent business men and enterAsing citizens, died at hia home in thli place on Tuesday evening, Jan. lifter an illness of but about 11 weekj He had been failing in health br several months but by an effort h|d kept up and attended to busined until Monday, Jan. 7, w hen he tooldto his bed. Mr. Vincent had suffered with a catarrhal trouble in a severe form for many years, and this had nueh to do with causing the final breaking down of his constitution. The immediate cause of his death was an aggmvated form of indigestion togather rlth an effusion in one of his lungs. His constitution had become so impaired in the past few months that he was an easy prey to the ravages of disease. Mr. Vincent seemed to hare a forbodlngkf his death several weeks before itj occurred. A considerable change|n hia ways was noticed by his family |nd friends for some time before he|vas taken bedfast. Ho had lost m^ch of his cheerfulness and s«^med n a serious, th.-ugt.tful mood much ol the time. Remarks that he midetixhis family at various times clearly plicated that he had a presentiment f hia approaching death. ^Jhifsd^ncent was born in Mishawaka, St, Joseph county, Aug. 19, 1846, an 4 was aged 4S years, 4 months and -16 days at the time of his death. He had always resided in St. Joseph county. At an early ago he moved with his parents to a farm near ’Walkerton where h<- lived until a young man. li< then moved to town and followed the trade of a carpenter for a number of years I . 1876 he and his father, Benjamin Vincent, went into the furniture and undertaking business In WalkerUn. The elder Vincent died about tai years ago and since that time the subject of this sketch had conducted the business alone. He built up a largo and flourishing busint ss in both the furniture and under taking Ifoes. He occupied a promt nent plsce among the professional undertakers of Indiana. The dtceased was a member of the M. E. dutch and for several years officiated as suja-rintendent of the M. E. Sunday school. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of this place and of the Masonic lodge of North Liberty. He was a good citizen, always ready to lend his aid and influence to any enterprise looking to the advancement of the public interests. He will be greatly missed in the community, and each and every one of his fellow-citizens will feel a deep sense of loss in his death. The deceased was the sou of Benjamin and Betsy Vincent. He was married to Rebecca S. Woodward July 25, 1869. Seven children were born to them, six of whom, with the mother, survive.. The oldest child, Cora V., died in Infancy. Mr. Vincent will be buried this afLernooin -Friday’—the funeral services be^P^ hvld at the U. B. church. The Ku gbts of Pythias and the Masons w ill attend in a body, the burial being conducted with the ceremonies of the K'. of P. order. Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair. DR, jwtj CREAM BANN6 wwia MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD.

“sifter the Storm, a Calm." . .. Christmas Sales were very good, thank you. Now we want to give a “Benefit” to those who have been waiting for a MARK-DWN IN - B. X 1

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