St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 24, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 January 1896 — Page 5

Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by Chas. M, Stephens, BRER. 0 i diiicanenrn iIY BUtler. . ... .cconsconcisescccesesld Green Hides......ccccenveeescecced Potatoes New...... 0......-20 to 23 BN .. e e v eID Clover Seed. ... ...+ ....$3.50 to 4.00 \Vheut.,.........................58 Ole iiaaseet insiiatill B . vt e eenies DO WOELOO R e T OBIONBHEW. .o i covnsosrsorseees 4D Chickens young....ccee..e...-sto 6 e o B 8 B e e—— LOCAL NEWS. Go to Leslie’s short order restaurant for a fine lunch. Another fall of snew on Thursday was just enough to make the sleighing fudc. . MeKensey & DPierce, the barbers, have put in two handsome revolving ehala e . e " Youean get biank deeds, mortgnges, receipts and notes at the INDEPENDENT oflice. The INDEPENDENT has secured & correspondent at Hamlet for the beneit of its reanders in that locality. Through our clubbing arrangrments we can furnish the INDEPENDENT and Toledo Blade one year for $1.75. Through clubbing arrangements we ean furnish this paper and the Plymouth Semi-Weekly Independent for $2. The Walkerton INDEPENDENT and the Plymouth Semi-Weekly Independent will be furnished to subscribers at $2. | The revival meetings at the U. B, church are having a good attendance both from the town and country. All are welcome. The “White Rose” flour, manufactured by the Walkerton Milling Co., retnins its popularity. It never fails to give satisfaction. The regulation holiday weather failed to arrive on schedule time for Christmas, but it got here in time to giveus a typical New Year's. Moses Steel will hold & public sale ile north and oneo s leegarden, on Friday, January 10, commencing at 10 wo'elock a. m. Those who have wood to pay, on their subscription are hereby notified that the INDEPENDENT can use the same to excellent advantage at the present writing. Jefferson Mills, of Anderson, a farmer, last week delivered house-grown watermelonsat §leach. He preserved 2,300 by a process, the secret of which he refuses to divulge.- I'he melons are all right and Mills will ask fora patent on a watermelon preserver. Dr. A. F. Schafer, of South BDBend, who jately returned from a visit to the noted hospitals of Europe, is again giving his full attention to the practice l of his specialties—the eye, ear, nose and throat. He also fits spectacles by | the latest improved methods. Office hours 10to 12 a. m,,2t04 p. m, 7 to 8 p.-m.;2to3p. m. Sundays. Office in Oliver opera house block. E. M. Myers has opened up the Domestic bakery in the Beall building next door to Ross, Jarreil & Co.’s hardware store. He has put in a fine oven at the rear of the building and the front room has been repainted and fitted up with neat counters, showcases and shelves. In addition to the bakery Mr. Myer will handle cigars, confectionery, oysters and iee ecream "

in season. " Michigan City Dispatch: The Laké‘ Erie & Western gives a first prize of | S4O and a secoud of S2O for the sec- ‘ tion kept in the best shape. On the ‘ north end of the L. E. & W. the first was given to F. W. Hunt, of Rochester | and the second to J. J. Quinn, of LaPorte. In addition to these cash prizes the men are given the satisfaction of having large signs erected at the side of the track which announce that their sections have won premiums. The Pivmouth Independent says that

e Rl e e T e T eI oy - e Near Hamlet, on a farm owned l)y‘ James Harness, a curious stone has been unearthed. It was discovered while grubbing out a large tree. It was flat on the bottom and oval on top, weighing about half a ton, dressed smooth on three sides, and bears a number of letters and marks, only a part of which are intelligible, apparently cut by a chisel. On the top, “L. B. 1,000” is plainly marked, and the same characters are on one side, while & cross and some figures are on ‘he bottom.

i n—————————ese i eare————————————————————————————————————————— Oysters in all styles at Leslie’s. The INDEPENDENT has blank deeds ; and mortgages for sale. ) [ Blank deeds and mortgages at the | INDEPENDENT office. ; Get the benelit of the INDEPENDENT’S premium offer. Rev. Riley will conduct baptismal and ingathering services at the Island next Sunday morning at 10:45. All are invited. Items put in the INDEPENDENT item box at the postoflice should have the signature of the writer, that we may know they are genuine. Two colored musicinns have been in this place for a few days. ‘They are experts on the guitar and their playing has captivated many of our citizens. Miss Christina Stickley has resigned her position as tencher of the lower intermediate room of the Walkerton schools. \Walter Beall has been appointed to succeed her, The young people held a New Year's party in Bender's hall on Wednesdny night. Games of various kinds were played and music was furnished by the two colored guitar players. The party continued until midnightFor SALE.—Twenty ncres of good land, all improved, located 2§ miles northwest of Walkerton. Would make a fine truck farm. Good, rich soil Will be sold very rensonable. Call on or nddeess A. E. Cripe, Walkerton, Ind. The INDEPENDENT has just received some elegant samples of programs, folders, wedding invitations, fancy cards, ete. When you want anything in this line please remember us. { ‘The high school was dismissed on Tuesday evening for the rest of the week. Principal Clem being o witness in the case of McMuasters vs. Walker. ton which was held at South Bend this week. 1 T'he INDEPENDENT I 8 sending out sample copies each week. When you receive n copy it is an invitation for you to come in and subseribe. Attention is ealled to our elubbing terms with various papers, Paul Seifert, house, sign and buggy painter, is prepared to do all kinds of painting and graining in first-class siyle. Drices to suit the times. Satisfiction gunranteed. Shop over Groshans’ bincksmith shop. The case of MecMasters vs. Walkerton was brought up in the St. Joseph circuit court on Friday. Many of our citizens were subpoenned as witnesses. Thursday was taken up with selecting a jury for the case. No verdict has been reached at this writing. The distinguished American sculptor Mr. Lorado Taft contributes to the New Year's number of The Chautau‘quan & remarkably bright and clever article on “American Sculpture and Sculptors,” beautifully illustrated from photographs of many of dhe masterpieces mentioned. Dr. A. M. Shaw, who has been lo- ‘ cated in this place for the past eight months, left for Wedron, 11, where he l -will practice medicine. Dr. Shaw has | i many friends here who regret his leaving, especinlly will he be missed in the K. O. T. M. lodge room. OF this order he was a valued member.—North | Liberty News. l } Married, at the residence of Mr. and 1 iMl‘s. Frank Ake, New Year's eve, i \l)ec. 31, Mr. Daniel Loring and Missi Ella Mull, Rev. C. U. Stockbarger per- | ! forming the ceremony. T'he young couple begin life with the good wishes of their large cirele of friends. They will live on the farm of the |

groom's father for the present. This happened at LaPorte, accm'd-} ing to an exchange: “My chrildren,” asked the Sunday school superintendent of a class of little ones, “can you tell me who led the people of Israel out of Egypt and through the wildernegs?”’ The answer was not forthcoming as the earnest questioner ran down the class. At the last he point- | ed to a half-scared boy and repeated ; | the gquestion. “Wasn't me; my folks - \ gist moved from Missouri last week.” : l The superintendent announced a song.

| e It is reported that the state board of‘ health has arranged to supply at cost to county boards of health that dcsire\ them, culture tubes for use in case of diphtheria. They are to be placed in drug stores, where the physicians can get them at any time, so as to take « portion of the spittle from the suspected cases of diphtheria and make a microscopical examination. Arrangements have been made with Purdue university for a chemical analysis of the water and food products free of cost.

e ——————————— T ———————————————TTTTTTT The Walkerton Milling Co. want | wheat. They pay the highest market prics. : Four pupers a week for s2—the INDEPENDENT and the New York Thrice-a- Week World. A bieyele swindler has been working Indinna. He collects $5 as « first payment on & wheel and then disappears. The water works company, through its directors, has secured an option on William Devine's ground near the school house and a test well will be put down soon, The will of the late Leroy D. Webber has been probated. The estate is estimated to be worth from two hundred thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and is nearly all left to his wife. He gave his daunghter, Mrs. Bosserman, one thousand dollars and his grand-daughter, Miss Mabel Whitaker, one hundred | dollars, and made provision for the payment of $75 « month to his broth- | er, Steb. Webber. 'The remainder goes to Mrs. Webber. H. L. Wenver, Mrs. Webber, and Chas. Bosserman nre the executors.—LalPorte Argus, Mr.and Mrs. J. M. Ross, formerly of this pluee, but now of LaJunta, Col,, ure stricken with grief with the loss of their daughter, Nora, aged 20 years. Typhoid fever was the cause of her early demiss. An article published in the LaJunta Tribune is evidence of her worth and the esteem in which her many friends held her was demonstrated by the many beautiful floral tributes from the different societies of which she was n member. Miss Nora was an earnest member of the Baptist church, prominent in Sunday school, Christian Endeavor and s valuable member of the King's Daughters.— North Liberty News. A girl in an adjoining town found a package of love letters that had been written to her mother by her father before they were married. The daughter saw that she could have a little sport and read them to her mother, substituting her own name for that of her mother and a fine young man for her father. The mother jumped up and down in her chair, shifting her feet, seemed terribly disgusted and forbade her danghter having anythirg to do with a young man who would write such sickening and nonsensieal stull to a gir, When the young™ girl handed the letter to her mother to read, the house became so still that one could hear the grass grow in the back jard.—Ex, Late Literary News. No one ever thought of introdue ing 8o expeasive a feature na lithographic color work in the daya when the lesding magizines sold for $4.00 » year and 32 dents & copy. But times ohange, and the magazines change with them. It has remained for The Coamopolitan, sold at one dollar & year, to put in an extensive lithographie plant capable of printing 320,000 pages per day ( one color,), The January issne presents as a frontispeice w water-color ‘drm\'inghy Erie Pape, illustrating she lust story by Robert Louis Steveuson, l which has probably never heen exeell{ed even in the finest dollar Prench periodieals. The Cosmopolitan is also changed, a drawing of page leugih by ! the famous Paris artist Rossi, in lishographie colors on white paper takes the lpla«.'e of the muuille back withits red stripe. Hersufter the cover is to be » 1 fresh surprise eacli mouth. 3 oy » i independent Coupons. ' | Asis well known the price of the Semi-weekly Independent 1s §1.50 per year, but there is a permanent offer to make & reduction of 50 cents on | atl paid-in-advance yearly subscripE.. e e LNI

tions. For the benelit of those \\'ithl whom it i 8 not convenient to pay at the actual time of subseription, 50 , cent coupons will hereafter be issued | to all yearly subseribers whose subseriptions are not accompsnied by cash. These coupons, accompanied by &1, will entitle subscribers to receipts in full for one year if presented within 30 days after date of subseription, so that postal eard or mail orders may be sent in, still leaving subseribers a month in which to take ndvun-i tage of the 50 cents reduction, making the net price only §l. l

The Semi-weekly Independent is | issued Wednesday and Saturday of each week, two papers at the price of one. Address all orders to The Independent, Plymouth, Ind. e e, [W. A. Dailey, Attorney. | NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, Administrator with Will anexed of the Estate of Moses Hershber- | ger, late of St. Joseph County, deceased. L Said estate 1s supposed to be solvent, NELSON G, HERSHBERGER, Administrator. December 21st, 1895,

Ten A————— Plymouth. SIS - Edward % O T St Miss Alice MoDuffie returned home: lromowm. Mrs. Charles Farver and sou are visiting in Bouth Ohicago. Jumes Denaut, of Ohioago, is » guest of his W. Dr. Denaut, Preston Chapman, of Bouth Dend, was home during the holidays. Simon Fogarty, of Oleveland, O. wus at homethrough the holidays. Mrs. Marion Bellinger visited with relatives in Lagrauge, Ind., last weelk, Mr. wad Mrs. 8. A. Robbins aud daughter, Josie, spent New Year's in Kuox. Miss Anuie Miller and Miss Effie Fiuk, of Mishawaks, have becu visiting in this place. Mins ¢ y Neoff, of Chioago, visMr. m.mm,m,mun former'®parents at Plymouth Tuesday nod Wednesday. Lawrence Groshans, of South Chioago, ia visiting with his brother iulaw, Charles Farver. Mrs. P. A. Williams and soun, Gold, ‘ of Riverton, Neb., are visiting friends in this place and vieinity. | W. E. Potersen and family, of Plymouth, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. F, Towuseud on New Year's du)y. Misses Marie and Emma Counuer of North Liberty were the gueats of Mrs. Quirk snd family Wedueaday of lust woek. Johu Oripe, who is employed iua barber shop ia Chioago, has been visit!iug with hisbrother Al, aud bis pareuts | near this place,. ; Clarence MoClars, of Crawiords | ville, was » guest of Rev. aud Mrs ‘Stuc\inrgu s part of last aud this % wook. He in & brother of the laller, g Asbury Rose notifies the INDEPEN ‘*btfl to change his paper to Daclisusn, ',i&lich. M: Rose haa beeu 8 losidount {of Jewell ovauty, Kspsss, for many ’g_vnn but recently moved to Dnclianan. | M. Hayen, of Brookston, W Lite conu igty. lud., was in this place on Wednes {day oo busioess with the Kankskee [ Land luvestment Compsny. Mr. ifllgm is a real satate mas sad will l,roF'M"n! the “above company w' lis .é place, ) The recent rain is estimated 1o have [nggregated » fall in this settivn of t ‘ least seven inches. 1o speaking of the {rain and flood the Bikbart Truth is lod ;lu muke the following remsrks about [ the flood of 1856. The down pour of {rnin for the past twe or three days Mortrgs Lo mind the great flood of Feb %runry 10, 18, 1887, when the St Josepl land Elkuart rivers overflowed thei Ebmakl as never before known and in- | flleted considerable damage upon the [oity. DBefore that time the high water ‘uf 1856, which cut & new chunnel between the Elkhart and Bl Joseph, a@u‘« used ng & rail-race for the Pigdraulics on the last named river [Bore the palm. The flood of 1856 has | almost been lost sight of, and is rarely ‘ , mentioned sinece that of 'B6, when the | water in the rivers was two feet higher | than before, and for three days and nights onr people lived in fear of the ' 'dmns giving away, permitting the re. | gistless flood to s7aeep over our town, | earrying death and distraction in its | way. At thattime we were virtaally jent off from the north side except by | terry, seventy-five dwellings and thei ’iunthousm were ander water and some 'il{the streets resemble those of Venice (p B¥hble only to boats. It is donbtful Lif Elkhart will ever have another such !exporfience. heavy and eontinuous fruinfi,&*w(gl SNOW werg meitedl away and con ributed to the

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