St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 March 1895 — Page 1

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VOLUME XX.

S PP B, | SRRESE SN S e O N TEEGARDEN. ‘ T. L. Johnson and his mother were | in Chicago visiting J, Liuville and wife iast weel. B. I'. Letherman has hived to a man in North Dakota to work on a farm and will move there with his family next week, : Daniel Gensinger has purchased the ~ lot in front of Liemert’s store and will . erecta building for the postoffice. It “is reported that the bunilding where the postoffice now is will be occupied by - Rothenberger & Liogan aud Mr. Gensinger with a feed aud flour exchange, - also machinery. ~ William Alderich is the happiest man i town, as a boy came to live with ~ him. The Mennonites will commence 'meetings Saturday night and will posi- ~ sibly hold meetings the following week. ~ John Plake has rented the Lether- - man farm and will move there as soon - as Mr, Letherman gets off. { The Dr. 1s having bad luek with his ~ sheep, Thinks some oune is feeding ~ them poison. A dance is given out to be in Lem- - ert’s hall, April 6. QOue of our young men was called on " to make acknowledgements for disturbanee at church Sunday evening. OQur merchants are still paying ~ twelve cents for eggs. | A number of our citizens were at- ~ tending the trial of Johu Sheaks aund ~ the Morris Bros. in Plymouth last Saturday. Mr, Sheaks guined the suit. Andrew Keck moved to Walkerton where Le is employedin a wagou repair ! shop. : - Jacob Faleoubury moved into Mr. XKeck’s house. It is no wonder that Norman Allen bas such a swmiling face as a ten pound - dish washer came to live with him. : B eW L —. . ‘A‘ ;";‘ - - ,\me fixst time in several weeks. ~T'his indieates that Lis Lkeultls is some- | what improved. Your correspondent spent last Saturduy aud Sunday in Koscinusko county oun business and visiting relatives. A large number of saw logs were hauled last week to George Lineback’s saw mill and also Adam Longaker’s to be sawed into lumber for the new Brethren church. Teams have been hauling the lumber this week. Tie new house of worship will be built on the cross roads where the Michigan road crosses thie eonunty line. Mrs. Jacob Waltz visited her daughter, Mrs. Brenly, at North Liberty last week. Gus McNeil and Miss Orie D. Casady | were married last Saturday evening at the Methodist parsonage in Plymouth. | Last Sunday a sumptuous dinner was prepared for them aud a number of invited guests at the residence of the bride’s brother in-law and sister, Mr. | and DMrs. George Plake in LaPaz. |- Your correspondent being oue of the i ‘ invited guests could not be there; on account of Lis absence, a number of the | good things were kept for him and brought to his room yesterday by tire | kind hostess and a lady friend. We wish the happy couple much joy and happiness and hope that all their troubles will be “‘little ones.” J The millinery establishment of Mrs. Geo. Plake is almost of city propor- i tions . Ladies can get anything that b they may need in the millinery line, | without going to some large place, and jast as cheap. | Mrs. William Hilderbrand is re- | ported seriously ill with the grip. "The | disease seems to have settled on her | lungs. ‘ Elder Peter Hummer and wife have | both been on the sick list for sgome | time. A part of the time they were contfined to their bed. The venerable Elder, however, is considerably bLetter and able to walk to the postoffice. We have some men in town who delight in the barbarous and cruel amusement of cock fighting. They keep game cocks for that purpose. Thebhumane society ought to get hold of them, VINEDRESSER. e 0 HANNA. Ouar streets are dry and dusty, The creamery took in 11,000 pounds of milk, Monday.

T WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, IND A A, SATURDAY,

Jacob Schlosser, of South Chicago, I was in town Wednesday. Philip Schlosser and family, of Wanatah, visited with D. M., Barber, Sunday. Buif Applegate, who has been very | siek, is slowly recovering . Sheriff Small, of LaPorte. was in town Monday. ‘ Albert Shelby has taken an eight pound boy to raise. | Thomas Brown, of Hamlef, is visit—ing friends in Hanna. ‘ Oranges at the postoffice for one cent apiece, | Gus Breiger and wife attended the funeral of Mrs. Goff, Tuesday. Dr. Smith, of Knox, was in Hanna. Suunday. The Ladies’ Sewing society met with Mrs. Loyd, Thursday afternoon. Hanna will have a 10 months term of school; will be out in June. Dr. Short, of Union, was in town. | Mys. Jesse West will move to Knox the first of the week. | Rev. Harrington was present at the Good Templar's lodge, Monday evening. A young man from Plymouth either fell off or jumped off of a fast line Saturday evening one mile east of this place and was badly hurt. Our trastee toolkk care of him until Monday morning aud sent him to Chicago. Q.F. 8 s L TYNER CGI'TY, Ed Boon has purchased Ben Mishler’s wheel and is enjoying fast life, Jim Snyder had a load of fish in town, Wednesday, canght in the river. Jacob Kisser, of North township, sold A. D. Johuson one wagon load of sheep pelts, Wednesday, killed by dogs 1 and frozen to death. | Mrs. Rachel Kreighbanm is visiting her danghter in Fort Wayne. J. E. Johuson has overhauled his store nud given it a nice coat of white—wash . Reuben MeKesson is happy sinee his | wife made him the present of a nice township, made Ed Neff and family a short visit Sunday. A. D. Johuson and A, Harmon made a business trip to Hawlet saud Grovertown, in Starke connty, Mrs. Cliff luglish and Mwrs. Mary Morris made Mrs. C. A. Johunson a short visit Saturday. Some thieves were out stealing turkeys the other night. Qne of the turkeys got away and in the operation lost most of its tail feathers. The turkey is in T'yner awaiting the owner. There will be a large immigration from here soon. John Ritehardson has commenced his house. Wallace & DBennett have the contract. Charles Powell started his saw-mill here Tuesday. Frank Rumley is hauling wood from Bert Yockey’s to Donaldson. X. Y. 7 Bwirn, S g The New Congressional Districts. The congressional apportionment bill which was made a law by the late Indiana legislature reapportions the distriets of the state as follows: Tirst distriect—Posy, Vanderburg, Gibson, Pike, Warrick and Spencer. Second—Sullivan, Knox, Green, Owen, DMonroe, Lawrence, Martin, Daviess. Third—Dubois, Crawford, Orange, Washington, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Perry. Fonrth—Jaekson, Brown, Bartholomew, Decatur, Ripley, Jennings, Jefferson, Switzerland, Ohio, Dearborn. I'ifth—Shelby, Haneock, Rush, Henry, Wayne, Fayette, Union, Frank- | lin. f Sixth—DMarion, Johnson. ‘ | Seventh—Morgan, Hendricks, Putt man, Clay, Vigo, Parke, Vermillion. 'l’ Eighth-——Madison, Delaware, Randolph, Juy, Blackiord, Wells, Adams. \l Ninth— Hamilton, Tipton, Carroll, } Clinton, Boone, Moutgomery, TFoun- “ fain. ‘ Tenth—Tippecanoe, Warren, Ben- { ton, White, Jasper, Newton, Lake, | Porter, LaPorte. ‘ Eleventh—Cass, Miami, Wabash, | Huntington, Grant, Howard. { Twelfth—Allen, Whitney, Noble, - i Dekalb, Steuben, LaGrange. Thirteenth—Elkhart, Kosciusko, IFultnn, Marshall, St. Joseph, Starke, Pulaski. ! If your buggy needs repairing or | painting send for estimates to Wm. C. i Pitner & Son at LaPorte.

LOCAL BRIEFS, S The roads are now in first class condition. Where do you get your letter heads and envelopes printed? Ross, Jarrell & Co. sell genuine Oliver points at 30 cents each. All the new shapes in spring hats to be found at Millard’s. ' ‘ The Farmers’ bank has put in anew Smith Premier typewriter. i Call and see the new novelty ribbons, laces and flowers at Millard’s. /‘ ‘The Red Star grocery —and motion swre has a change of ad in this issue. An electrie railway to connect TLaPorte and Michigan City is being talked of. Spring veilings, hats, eaps and all the latest novelties in spring millinery, at Ida Beael's. Sunday evening services will commence at the M. E. church at 7:30 o'cloek, beginning with next Sunday evening. : Furniture of all kinds and household decorations, selected expressly for you, and each article at a price“j you can afford to pay, at Vineent's. Pat Fitzgerald and family have moved into the front rooms on the second floor, south side, of the EndlyBrady bloek. 3 Harry Harrls, & brakeman on the!‘ Vandalia road, met. with an acecident at South Bend on Iriday of last week which resulted in the loss of his left leg. | A representative of the Lincoln Medical and Surgical Association, of | Chicago, will be in Walkerton, March 30, at the Nichols hotel, to treat all chronie and suegical diseases, eye and ear, private and nervous diseases. Alex Staples, of South Bend, will be in Walkerton “b‘:“,fimu‘ Just of the Anouthoand will be prey : Kinds of moving. Any one having any moving or raising will do well to see him, or address, A. Staples, at Walkerton. ALEX STAPLES. The projeeted road, known as the Benton Harbor & Southeastern, to run from Nappanee to Benton Harbor, way be built this summer, if reports are relinble. The B. &O. company is negotiating, it is stated, to get possession of the new route. The INDEPENDENT is not given to blowing—Dbut for every dollar’s worth of patronage extended this office full value is returned, whether for subscription, advertising or job work. Our job printing department is fairly ! well equipped and we can do you a satisfactory job at satisfactory prices. One trial will convinee you. A party was given at the residenece of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Nicoles, on Friday evening of last week, in honor of their son, Mart, who is visiting with them. The guests were mainly old time friends of Mart's, and the occasion was in the nature of a rennion of old times. The evening was most enjoyably passed with music and games. Refreshments were served. The following strange story is going the rounds of the press. While it sounds rather fietitious yet such things have been known to really happen. A clock in the bank in whkich Minister ‘Gmy was largely interested stoppe(f on the night of his death and all at--I‘[ tempts to get it to running again have | failed. It had never been out of order ‘ before during its long service. One of | the clerks, who noticed that the time l] piece had stopped, exclaimed that Mr. { Gray must be dead, and an hour later \ the news of his demise reached Union City. ‘ James Greene, the Smteeu year old son of John B. Greene, of Warren 1 township, this county, was crushed by & log rolling upon him while he was \\\uiug in a logging camp on his father’s farm last Saturday morning. The boy very imprudently got in front of the log, which was raised to the top of the wheels on skids. 'The rope holding the log broke and struck | roung Greene on the chin and bore ' him to the ground erushing his skull, "1 Death resulted almost immediately. .| The boy had been warned by h~is I brothers not to get in front of the log.

A% Y | H v v;wwas born to Mr. and Jiec® : @ Steel, Monday morning, g ; papers one year for $1.50— th!‘ PEPENDENT, American Farmer and Wonmankind. T & 0. company will soon open gßeir large gravel pit near SyraCh f'Robblns has been confined to thgghouse during tne past week with @ severe attack of rheumatism. oiter prepared than ever hefoulil) 40 Uinning on short notice, e E SRR g e k 5 avieggFwo experienced tinners in our empPißl _ Our prices are reasonable. T. J. REECE & Co. It s ?- that a steamboat with a capaciig for 150 passengers will be put on th b. Joseph river this summer to ran bémween South Bend and Mishawaka.g Mrhrbert and the Three I railroad Glpany settled their right of way dmerences, last week, without recoursemp law. Mr. Harbert received §550 B the company. Mrss Abigail Adams Becher, of Mishag@ka, was one hundred years old M@h 17. Notwithstanding her great e Mrs. Becher is said to enjoy fair hg@ith and to be iu possession of all her@aculties. Thalnly difference that we ean see betwed the Majestic range and the | Garlagd yange is that one has to wait for a gustomer while the olher waits for agorder. k Ross, JARrReLL & Co. ThEL. E. & W. railroad will sell excursigh tickets to Indianapolis, April 23 a ’34, at one and one-third fare for L@@ Tound wip, on account of the mectii of the Grand Chapter, Order of tha@@nstern Star. Tickets good returning@ up to and including April 26. It s@rised many visitors to the Chicuggl 'V orld's Fair to find that of A1 the@lod-purifiers, Ayer's SarsapaoLW ‘ e i ilAe reason I 8 that Ayer's Sarsaparii | is a Jlandard remedy, and not a patent medicine, or seeret nostrum. Farmers in the vicinity of 'Teegarden will plense take notice that after April & they ean bring wheat to 'l'eegarden on Tuesday and Saturday of each week and exchange it for Nappanee flour, which is warranted to be good. Everybody invited to give it a trial. DANIEL GENSINGER. Miss Mae Atwater, daughter of Editor Atwater, of the Wanatah News, has been appointed deputy supreme commander of the Ladies of the Maccabees of this state. She is now engaged in instituting new lodges in different parts of the state, and judging from newspaper reports she is meeting with good success in lher work. S A SR, - B STTR T A W NSRBI SRR S T Y / | /,» / s./ ’ / / ,‘{ / 10 1) Ab 4 /3 / e (g 3 e K A W f Vs g RO A / Ry 3 / / %o)/ / 11/ AUN/ \ 7 ,f¢ / 'Qb 4 ,/},' /I/ / ! /S 5 / / : . ik ¥ : a {' ,'/ //// / £Lo - / ¥/, Proof / // D F D [nrerlined ¢‘Cellnloid”’Collars and Cuffs urn water like a duck’s back and show ueither spot nor soil. They are not effected by perspiration, and always bok as if right out of the box. When they get soiled you can clean them 1 a minute by simply wiping off with n wet cloth. These are but a few of the | wdvantages of wearing the ‘‘Celluloid”* Collars and Cuffs. There are many others that you will readily discover the‘hrst time you wear one. _They are the only waterproof interlined collars and cuffs made. Besure to get the genuine with this trade mark ‘ E TRADE D gI; MARK. stamped inside, if you desire perfect satisfaction. Made in all sizes and all styles. If you can’t get them at the dealers, we will send sample postpaid, on receipt of price: Collars, 25 cents each. Cuffs, 50 cents pair. State size, and whether you want a stand-up or turned-down collar. THE CELLULOID COMPANY, | 427-29 Broadway, NEW YOR K., L L e

MARCH 30, 1895,

By investing during our annual CI.EARING SALE! Which will extend from now until MR R S SRS 15th SRS IE N|SOT AR A ou:-mll,:? ?’ear findf us with more choice goods to close than any previous year in ¥ ;‘)"’.088,1)0“1"5; to the fact tlmt. onr fall trade was awfally hurt on account R Oth.ered 88 we were with contagions diseases. Now ycu can bLu y all winter goods including our fine winter goods, Our Fine Winter Suits, ‘M - Overcoats, Caps, Underwearz‘ GLOVES, MITTENS, FELT BOOTS, + +« And all heavy garments at prices that , , . Knoer oat all f Off iu our line. We are going !;o close out many things in winter goods regardless of price and will be pleased to show all who may call For Spring and Summer we are going to show you m Fine All Wool Black Clay g Worsted Suits at . ; S e eI ‘ \ 4 "-~ S> Ay 8 4ik Vi 4 - b! : - Lt 2208¥ e, S~ - ¥ 3 w:: f"i;; S)'t E " ; v || Osceolar—" Srpeae Sofo g, 1 PUG 500 o, | R "«”’«‘u“v‘lfi;flw;i :’u.’-l')l'll()‘:‘ ;:"J l“]]h‘l;g\ ” 2 1 A Postuy W " Tailor M its! - Taillor Made Suits! i which are cut, fitted and all made Liere at the low price of | i e E: E:“ IRC A ainee sil | [ aNd will have at least 1,000 styles to select from. In made to order suits where - your measure is taken and sent away for suits, as most clothing firms do, we can l make your suits from FOURTEEN DOLLARS UP! and can sbow you 3,000 samples to select from, representing the best houses in Chicago and New York. We have the latest things in hats, ineluding the square erowned stiff hat and the PASHA, tlLe new thing in soft hats. We caun shoe anuyone in any kind and grade of shoe they may want, having in stock a large variety of funcy shoes and a complete line of shoes for the working man’s wants, We strive t¢ please and guauantee our prices lower than others. ... l 2 J - w 0 |fe 5 THE QUICK MEAL AND [ - NEW PROCESS. i leod Eane of . . . F o e AN IANCIEIS «_COOK STOVES AND RANGLS._» We furnish the Garland Steel Range on Application, These ranges are Unexcelled. [M § BARBED WIRE SMOOTH & , Extremely Low Prices on Nails. N FARMING IMPLEMENTS. it See the New Champion Low Elevator Binder, the Birdsell Steel Skein Wagon and the Plymouth Patent Sand Skein Wagon. We have a full line of implements. Paints, Oils and Varnishes. PRICES TO SUIT NCQO IARDLC] | E. ' THE TIMES e F‘Qx\:f ,-‘i“tg inELL O ‘!\‘,

NUMBER 36.