St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 March 1895 — Page 5

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: S o 2 2 X L7 Y TJLOCAL NEWS, Genuine Oliver plows $8.50 at Ross, Jurrell & Co.’s. Attention is called to Vincent’s new ad in this issue. Mrs. Seth Reed and family moved to South Bend this week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis, ~ a son, Thursday, March 28. John Dare, who has been very sick ~with grippe, is reported better this morning—Eriday. A New stock of spring veilings, hats, ~ caps and spring goods of all kinds in ~ the millinery line, at Ida Beach’s. L 2 Mrs. W. F. Fry has been very sick - with the grippe for the past three ~ weeks, but she is mending slowly. h M. D. Wells' $2 full stock calf shoe -for gentlemen is very popular. Try a pair. Tor sale by N. Rensberger. If you have a local item of interest ~ hand it to the INDEPENDENT, or slip it into the item box at the postoftice 3’? Don’t fail to see the splendid assort- * ment of carpets at Vincent's. They ‘g“” are the right quality and the right & price. j’%" George L. Smith has been employed - assalesman by a Kalamazoo nursery ~ firm. George will go on the road . soon. u “Machinery Hall” will be opened for z business about April first. Full line i‘;; of farm machinery, buggies, wagous, 4 ete. DixonN W. PLACE, Proprietor, C. L. GRANGER, Salesman. *‘ The “Delightfu—l’—’hga;wis the delight -of all who use it. This brand of flour ;; is not excelled. A trial will convince § you of this. Mauufactured by the

% Walkerton Milling Co. :LI v.d Og; &&;;éﬁl’iés‘gﬁm«‘ ST 7 an Old, exprienced editor. i ra&oﬁxmnfon service will be observed ~at the Presbyterian church next Sun- ! day morning at 10:45 a. m. Also preaching in the evening at 7:30. Sab- [ bath school at 3p. m. All are cordial- % ly invited. F The Junior Epworth League will give an entertainment in DBender’s opera house, April 10. There will be a “Mother Goose drill,” songs, recitations and other interesting features on the program. Rev. Dressler, of Nebraska, spoke at the M. E. church last Sunday eve- . ning, following the regular services, and presented the situation as it now exists in suffering Nebraska. A collection was taken up for the sufferers. Rev. Dressler was a resident of Walkerton many years ago. George DBrown and family have moved iuto the house formerly ocecupied by Dr. Doud. The question arises, is it safe for any one to occupy that house? Have the premises been : effectually fumigated, and are there no germs of smallpox still lurking there? This is a matter of parcmount ~ importance and should be thoroughly ~ investigated by the authorities. sl Mrs. D. N. Hudelmyer entertained ~ the K. of P. ladies last Tuesday + evening. The evening was pleasantly | r spent in playing table croquet and | archerina. Vocal and instrumental | music also added to the pleasure of | the occasion. DMliss Laura Koontz | presided at the piano, while Mrs. “ Myron Leßoy and C. U. Stockbarger | gave a number of voeal selections. | Refreshments were served at 11:30 | o’clock. ‘ Something novel in the way of’ scales has been introduced in this place. They are computing scales and are a very ingenious device, affording a great saving of time and trouble for business men. The scales not enly give the weight of an article but also register the amount of purchases. For instance, 75 cents worth of sugar at 5% cents a pound will be registered accurately by the scales by placing one beam at the 5% and another at the figures 75. The scales cost §6O each. There are two in town —at the stores of Noah Rensberger and Chas. M. Stephens,

See the Steel Range Majestic before buying, at 1. J. Reece & Co’s. Try the “White Rose” flour. Manufactured by the Walkerton Milling Co. Before bu);ing a cook stove examine the Steel Range Majestic at 1. J. Reece . & Co's. ’ When you come to Walkerton to trade you will find it to your interest| | to learn Rensberger’s prices. | : e : D. W. Place will pasture your cattle |- during season of 1895 for $2 per head. |, Running water in the pasture. 4

For SaLe.—One good road horse, | | four years old. Cash or good note. 1 F. R. WILEY. | ¢ Vincent'’s have the very best goods : ~at the lowest possible prices, and we : wish to impress that fact firmly on t your mind, ‘ Ducks are said to be quite plentiful along the Kankakee, but they are hard to get. They are “flying high" at present. \ et ~ The Michigan Central accepted the }Three I's extension at midnight Friday. Several trains have already been run over the line.—South Bend Times. The ladies of the Presbyterian i church will hold an Easter sale on the ' Saturday before Easter. List of arti- | cles and place of sale will be given j later. A case of smallpox is reported in| the family of Con Dailey, living about | five miles east of Lalorte. ILizzie, a sixteen year old daughter, is the one afilicted. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bose, a daughter, Thursday, March 28. Mother and child are getting along nicely. Father Bose is alsy doing| quite well. | The infant child of Mr.and Mrs. A. | E. Yetter, of near this place, died on | Monday, aged about {ive weeks. The | funeral was held at the residence on| Tuesduy at 2 o'clock p. m. Rev. | Stockbarger officiated. ‘ The LaPorte Herald tells of the following coincidence: Mrs. George Bear, living on the Yellow river road, ‘ and Mrs. Keithline, residing near| Kingsbury, are sisters. Monday morning at the same hour, 5:40 o'clock, each gave birth to a girl baby. The INDEPENDENT is in receipt of |

the fivst namber of the North Liberty News, D. & L. Woodard, editors and | -sot 2 neat and m Its advertising columns are well pat- | ronized by the local business men, whichisevidence that they know a good | thing when they see it. Ths people of North Liberty are quite loyal to their town, and now that they have a newspaper that ean be read without the aid of a powerful magnifying glass, they will no doubt give it the proper support. A combination eup and chair case is a new piece of furniture which O. F. Townsend has just placed in his barber shop. It is the finest thing of the kind that was ever in the town. The case is for two chairs and has a mirror set in handsome frame-work on each side of the receptacles for cups. Itis made of Norway pine with artistic walnut trimmings. With the hard oil finish on the case the difference in the two kinds of wood makes a very handsome contrast. I'he workmanship on the case reflects much credit on the skill and taste of the maker, E. Leibole. Death of William Liggett. William Liggett, of near this place, died on Monday, March 25, of lung fever. He was born in Dark county, Ohio, May 10, 1832, his age being 62| years, 8 months and 15 days at the time of his death. He was married to | Ellen Fetzer in 1864. They lived | happily together until her death, July, ( : 1891. Seven children were born to i them, four daughters surviving. Since | his wife's death he has resided on the ‘ farm with his daughters. As aneigh- | bor he was kind and obliging, and en- i’ 1 Joyed the esteem of his acquaintances | generally. ‘ The funeral was held at the M. E. 1011\&1‘0?\ in North Liberty on Wednesday, Rev. Stockbarger having charge of the services. \ Look Before Jumping. In rendering a decision in a divorce I_ case, recently, an Indiana judge is rei ported to have addressed the following | | just but comfortless lecture to the wife who had sought the law’s aid: *“You | married a drunkard voluntarily, aud ’ \you should discharge the duties of = \ | drunkard’s wife. His failure to keep a | pledge of reformation made before | marriage does not justify youin deserting him., Having knowingly married a l : l drunkard you must make yourself con- | iteut with the sacred relationship.” [

_.—_.__—-——_-—-—-——————‘——‘———'—'—'—m THE FLORENCE HOTEL IN ASHES. An old Landmark of Walkerton Wiped Out. : Between 7 and 8 o'clock Thursday 'morning smoke was seen issuing from the roof of the Florence hotel. Rollo Pepple, who was standing at the back door of Leslie Bros.’ bakery, was the first to see the smoke. He gave the alarm and rushed to the building. Mr. Pepple and Tom Dougherty ran upstairs to the attic to locate the fire. Several pails of water were thrown on the fire but it spread so rapidly umti nothing could be done. The fire started in the attic and Messrs. Dougherty and Pepple state that they smelled coal oil plainly and could see blue flames as if oil was on fire. How the oil got in the attic and how thel fire started there is something of a

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mystery. There was no chimney in that part of the building nor any stove in operation except in the kitchen which was in the addition to the back part of the building. It is plain that the fire in the kitchen was not the cause of the trouble. The house had just been vacated by Mr. Nichols, who has conducted the hotel for about two years, and most of the furniture had been removed from the building. The house was being cleaned and placed in readiness for George Kern who had rented the place. The fire spread so rapidly that the attic along the entire length of ; building was filled with smoke and flames in a very short time nfter the fire was discovered. All attempts to | We have the Majestic Steel Range in stock. You don't have to wait for us to order one for you. 1. J. Reece & Co. At “Machinery Hall” you can iind Deering binders and mowers, South Bend chilled and Economist plows, hay rakes, corn cuitivators, harrows, buggles, Coquillard wagous, ete. For Local Sportsmen, Men who find delight in taking fish are sending many letters of inquiry to the newspapers and to the state officers about the two fish laws passed by the recent general assembly. Some of the newspapers Lave misstated the Holler aet. It provides that it shall be unlawful for any one to take any fish from any of the lakes of the state between the first day of April and the 156th day of June. The word “'lakes” and not ‘‘lakes and streams” is used in this act. The MeDouoald ‘act, authorizing jnstices of the peace to issue warrants for the search for implements with which flsh are unlawfully ‘aken, names both lakes and streams. —Bluffton Banner, Utilizing Prison Labor. The concurrent resolution introduced by Senator Holler which ealls for the appointment of three holdover senators to make inquiries regarding the experience of other states in utilizing prison labor in the construction of good roads is an important matter. The dispo-| sition of prison labor so as not to come into competition with free labor is one of the most difficult problems with which states have to deal. New York has put into its new constitution a provision forbidding the contracting of prison labor with any manufacturer. The production of goods by prison labor has never resulted satisfactorily, as the i popular prejudice against them has kcompelled them to be sold at a price below the outside cost of produetion, which has reacted unfavorably upon | the general market for the same pro- ! ducts. Can this labor be used in part in road making? Before the next legislature shall meet other states may bave tried the experiment. Senator Holler’s resolution seeks to place before the next legisluture whatever information can be obtained upon the subject. He is interested in the sub ject because a few years ago the con- | tracting of prison labor ruined an in--1 dustry in South Bend. The senator | would be a good man to put on the | committee.—lndianapolis Journal,

e e s ; rﬂho attie after the fire had got |& BT proved futile. The people H riven back by the suffocating SMOK and flames. All that could be dong Was to save what furniture re- | malged in the building. 'The fire (burled very rapidly, the building | Delig In ashes in about an hour after the fre was first seen. |, 48 conditions were very favorable |Yor e safety of neighboring buildingsghere being hardly any wind ex“ePUßhat produced by the fire. The fire digine was kept in operation on the Wildings that were in most danger Ofbelhg set on fire. After the hotel bulldhe had been nearly consumed, an Algm of fire was lustily given, the causebeing a burning roof on the barn of th¢ Henderson property, about a block Way. A rush was made for ‘ the bfilding and the fire wag soon put out.

Th@Florence hotel was an old landlmark having been built Ly Jacob |Gi n about twenty years ago. It | was affine, large hotel building, being ' bullt §fter the southern plan. The | main part was 90 feet long, 28 feet | wide &nd two and a half stories high. ‘A véanda along the entire 90 feet of ths bunilding added much to its apfpeamce and comfort as a hotel. The Tbnlliﬂg cost about $5,000. It was ownell by Tom Dougherty and Charles | Shealsley. The latter had SI,OOO in- | suragee on Lis half interest, but Mr. | Dougherty had no insurance. | Theloss of this building is another black pye for Walkerton. I'he origin of thejfire was peculiar, and it is to be hoped §tat the mystery will soon be thorg gny solved. ———y—————— . F®ersonal Poluts. HogfJohn 8. Bender, of Plymouth, was ig town on Tuesdsy. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Byers aud chil3dmn visited over Sanday bhere with | relatives, | Miss Alice Stiles, of North Liberty, i was the guest of friends in this place | last Wednesday. ’ Mms. W, A, Eudley Jest on Tuesday | for & visit of about a week with rela- | tives at Galien, Mick, ‘ Mr. Lamson, of LaGrange, is visiting | with his son-in- law and daughter, Mr, | and Mrs. George Kern. ‘ “Jack” Ransom, a traveling sales- | man of Chicago, was visiting a few days ihere this week with Lis friend, Mart Nicoles. { Mrs. Mary Brooks, of North Liberty, was visiting with Ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Keck, of this piace, a few days this week. W. 8. Frisby, representing George A. Ogle & Co., map and atlas publishers, of Chicago, is in this place making a plat of the town of Walkertou and Linecoln township, which is to form a part of an atlas of St, Joseph county to be published by this firm in about a year. Miss Clara Kunott, the actress, of Tyner, visited with friends in this place last Mounday. Miss Knott has been enwith a very popular company dariigg the past winter aud has been phyi in the leading theatres of New !York hicago and other large cities. She filled an engagement at Fort Wasyne Monday evening. Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair. ‘DR m lE’ - | BAKING POWDIR MOST PERFECT MADE. l A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free | from Ammenia, Alum or any other adulterant, | 40 YEARS THE STANDARD,

Those needing treatment for disease of the eye and ear or any chronic ailment can consult a physician from ' the Lincoln Medical and Surgical As‘sociation, of Chicago, who will be in Walkerton at the Nichols hotel Satur‘day, March 30, M— We Want Your Trade! We want it in away to hold it. By selling the best and dividing the profits we ecan do it. If we merit your patronage on this basis, come at once and pick out the goods. Prices ex—tremely low. If it’s bargeins 1 you are looking for ‘ COME TO VINCENT'S Every purchase made at our store is an assurance by us that you have received the Dbest qnality, the latest style, the lowest price. g

OUR SPRING STOCK OF Dry Goods, Carpets, avo FANCY GOODS, Is vow coming in and bids fair to eclipse all previous efforts to supply the wants of our customers. In Carpets we have an unusually fine stock in store, bought at the Lowest Market Prices, thus saving the charge of 5 to 10 per cent, which we would have to payothers to carry the stock for us. To be sure you are onto the original David Crockett principle, ALWAYS START IN AN STAY WITH The Busy, Buzzing Bee-Hive, = Julius Barnes & Co. Michigan Ave., LAPORTE. ‘!';!:'![1 - ooeo] i%mla = J U Y1 B U —MaIESTIC: /. | o =\ / [t T ;:i:;{‘/:—f!{-x, BAN GE ~___7.;:_ 2 T - ’J ' T T e RS TRADE MARK - ecistentaz <o =y 0 PRINCELY! GRAND! SPLENDID! ELEVATED! STATELY! LOFTY! AUGUST! Is the meaning of Majestic, which is now on exhibition at our store. @ Come and see whether you want to buy or not. T. J. REEGE & GO.

NOTICE. Round trip tickets at rednced rates are now regunlarly on sale between all stations on the Indiana, Illinois & Towa R.R. Save money by purchasing them. Thousand mile tickets are also on sale at all priucipal points, good over this rond and twenty other prominent roads in this territory. For full particulars apply to any agent. Chrough tickets to all prominent points via this line and conuections are regularly on sale at principal stations. For rates and information eall on or address any agent or, C. W, Cook. G. P. A., Kankskee, 111. —— GRASS SEED, And all other kinds of Seeds for sale at Mercer & Neal's | e ELEVATOR. Remember that Mercer & Neal always pay the highest market price for Wheat, Corn and other staple grains, ~FARMERS~ Will find it to their interest to deal with us, i