St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 January 1896 — Page 1

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TOOK HIS oww life. Mtam Werto of South ffoto. Beoomee DeogumAent and Cammrts Suicide. Mr. Altaite® Wend, a |nwnihH»id e<wtnketirw and toiiider to Swtolh Bond, committod sti icicle Hint VI edneodiiy farennKm to 9:30 o’tihwik fey tow«otiiug fetoww-iltf bi tire forwlreud. Su a totitw found wqpni Mb tpnwni to sayw.: -IW any any FattiW^xd Bnatfetw raid .’Stat*®*: "Mi' atfi.sMM.Hh Ihw Uiw «Ww «lj jwws awsM^to #hin.w^Wltol । JW>-WW® ilihS <?cm<ieqiHwr I iMmAra *4* am-ve •miwrrto wre and brought we to »*»«•>« despair timt. I j have dl'toannbred to -end all tiretie I troubles. My b>wief.try»Mi almost eemStmiim me not Io <do Himi mtoi art;

hut I >iw wwi.k; forgive we.* The flrtitwr .clones with aw dftiwtuntfi townit lute Inmiirens uffitois. Mr.; Wwat suffered gretoßy wiMi lute tdicmv aeh to late andnaWl that it wire wafehig Win «mSt fw WHitHw. He wan married a few sn<mlhs ago to Mimi Nettie Tro-aißidge, daughter of Mr. and Mux. Wesley H.nple, to wiiir this plane, and tirey ® ene flew oled’ly totarte ed to each ntirer. Sire te <wmrpMeih’ }n’oßl rated. Altimiigh lite ill IreaMb and ecnwqwot fits of despondeney filled her aalii aunx led y yrt Ateir tomre life aw bo iuiyqy tito it see Mis tinae cmiidaifetle >1 Ami ire «w»u Id w d it ail bo rashly. Mm W««t e«ww Ie Walkejt®® last Wednesday So visit iwr »k4±»m tor a few they® and Mr. WerKt planned to etm* fM»nAay evwmig. Owing f® tire negligence of fete feuetier »lre fail- ’ ed tl® Snare fete bouse a»d buggy newly in rtiwe lie reached the depot to fend tire Irai® gotre. Bril be pnwsaSesi up uu engineer of the engiire to take hire and tirey ®v«rt®ok Hine train at Hw* yards and so reached here to spend a pieatsant Snnday with hh wife arid teer fwwfdr kwae, she reMiru rug bvxne with bin Sunday evening- Uis pleasant genial ways have endeared him tu her pM»f4e and all ah® met him here and they are grief stricken over the terrible affair. The South Bend Tribune of Wednesday says: TROVBLEs ALL OUTRIDE. There was nothing in Mr. Werst’s home life that would have caused him to take his own life. He was liappily married last fall and Ike trial ires of himself and wife with his father, Mr. Deeatur Wersl, his sisters and brother were of the pleasantest. They resided at 54^ West Tull, street. Tl»e sisters are Mrs. Nevin Long and tl»e Misses Ella, Alice and Emma Werst, all of this ciiy.aud the only brother is Mr. James Worst, who resides in the stale of Washington. Members of the family say Mr. Wersf had leen rawer-1 able for some lime past. He carried life irtsarancie to the amount of f 18,000 and * 4- yeaas old. His business affairs, which have lueen -quite exteMsive, are considerably involved. AjmS f Hril*w in negard to his eon section with the court house deal Itu* Tribune says. D. Wetrst & Son were the owlv local bidders oai tike receut projxml of tfee stHHUfy eommissiwnsera to bnDd a new court Bmunr,and Lon, who did all lite figtuing and business few flic Arm. fgieirt a good deal of lime mud j«it in some , kswd JaiMxr in making eidiniides 011 like j big ecnitirurf. He figu red cm Übe mu't- , erial sjieerfiecl by the rornHUMnaners and ( tbeni put in a proviso llud if natawe - field st.one wits used fl,ooo Bomld l>e deducted fi’om his figures on othei kinds of Ht.one. He had evety reason t® eijiect Hull this would give hire the cairt.ract, us lie was satisfied all otibei' bidders^would be^way above him on the home material. He had every reasmtjt.o exjeet , aUn, had almost tire same as a jn-omise, in fact, that the commHfflioners 'would adojit tire St. JosejAi emnrty graiete. Wiren, there fore, lire tdeeision was made in favor of Chno Biuidatone, Mr. Werst, who among many vdiiiers, wire hanging alioiit Hie curi iflor of the etiuiniissiinierB 5 mens awedting tire result., couid Bait etmceid hiß dißiipyuL 'meut. i&utiiering mplpia papeis iguinkly ire Wi the gmiitt house with sewwiy ;a wewfi. Hefiecting over tire mat,ter, ’liowever, and beiiievhegtiittt ire and tire j»eey>ie of tire comity liad been unfairly treatted and tihut tire deal with Caurpfield & ©«. wre not square, Ire att mice k«t. ttbout to undo tire gm«t wonig; engftgcd emuußil, enliateu tire hei)> .of .his Itiemiifi, jutfilred .tire nuttier willi greut

WALKKKTOSI. ST. J«KPH <VOmY. IWIAM. SATUKOAY. JAB. 18. 1896.

©wHigy, giiwihig Bft, liuiaiiMifdiiwiWieds»ei'H»niad ijirtltieiiltiMW few sewernl wihhlcb mfefafe ' emeled iin tire tiMißuwuiy ideal! Iwhig ’Wiuiillly lonoeiked ,»wrt 4m’ tine ißcnutß. Mr. Weiwf.ts eonrse la tinis anumnnr was flionmi'alUe. He imd n»> eerprecttiitieui wewiiwing ti»e mmirtn’ant. wl»w»iild tire Clawpfields W downed, as tireie were eitlbeir bids Ireilow iiifi, lent Ire was BiKtiHe tied tire ttauunßwertiiem wire mi imdßwfM <mre„ tiniit. tire jwwj&e vwie Wmg ftwwWlwhilked and gouged, and wjwi w®hig tt.»> 3«» d r>i tiire .nrelae^* l a^amat / tawMcdaery «v»d wmang. it re nol. Sikerty ; aeortiiirtg would have heen done along 1 tids line had io4 Lem Wernt tnikmi tire ftiiitinthre, few Lung ft IVnnt, tire next lowest hiddeni to Catnpfieild, made no mow anitid Werst d id.”

FUWi KfeOXVtLLE. TEHWESSEt Eb. leluent:I eluent: It may Ire «mne es my friends would lilkie to law bow J etijeyed my Iriji to Knoxville and if Tm at all suited. Ha d a woy plensan t trip mni am well pleased so fay sjtii soeli amitige roents as it’s -lawi pewKilde for me to in nW. 1 Bmd not gone very far eae I fenind I was among a parffy of t wemlly five who were on Ureir way t.o (Georgia fo,j llreir tenues in future and that Mr. D C. McC'cdlnm. oi LaPuiite, «wb uiotig, ire feeing tire «-nigiuaU< of tire effort. Wai# hitmdneed It® several <»f tire party and they seemed to toisk I’d better go adtfa Urem, but we this had ireard a gentiemau «ay: “That people ®f Tenneiwee «we so irealtiifwl that lllhey weiw obliged <,» m®v*> away w+ren they neie ready to die,"” so tiMMighl Haul rd ratines go tireve. One of the party with « bom 1 became arqnuunited was Mr. Sellars, of oar o«u eoanty, aba ra® far shw iff at bwd *4ee«w*ri, but as he snid,—*Wa« ®oi in the great huad slide.” At Laatorille tire Ga. colony ritang ed tan for rernamdec of their journey leaving me to wait ne>ui< twenty-four hoars before it was iKissible tn get a through train for Knoxville. Jxrt no lime, however, as it gave me time to visit New Albany and Jeffersonville and saw quite a good portion of Louisville. Went to New Albany on the Daisy street car hue and telunied byway of the Dinkey rail road as this would give me a chance to cross all three of the bridges which »|«n the Ohio river here, having crossed the one from Jeffersonville the evening before. The Ohio river must be nearly a mile wide here st its greatest width. I'm sorry 1 did not get to see any more of Kentucky as it was tone after eight o’clock before I oonkl gel away and I was in Tennessee by drylight wd soon among the moimtains. For some ditdaace ne followed Hie CSinrfe twid amd liu’cuigh this portion the soenw’ is roust varied and benotifwA A Her crossing same the ccmnlry has less moHiitaiM but is quite rougfi. It is irereyou see tire queerest littie hula one can imagine and a lit tie ■ jialcli of ground with cmth st alks to ccwrespcmd. If tiiiß M'ejireHenls tiKor Bourne of wnst.enanoe, surely tireiir Irriiig is Beatify enmtigii. kl’iiiie I was facAtog jtcHTy f.«r tiiose penyfle I i»eard tire mmdnet.oT sny in twenty minnties more' we v ill lie in Knos ville.. Hud t.bongbt to keep perfeetly calm but tlmse words did niuke airy ireurtt beat lasl<er and uiy cheeks t® get waaan, yet theie wits do need of it, as 1 1 newer befui’e meet with bo many 1 warm hearted ktannigerß. Knoxville is divided into East and Weat and North uud South Knoxville.. Have lieeu ueroß® the TenneHßee rivser to Smith Knoxville as in this duwtieu are tire iugliest nmuiituins. This bridge is kimam us tire momfiy liridge, but. re now owned by tire ;eity j wldeh exempts tme tram yiaying toll wiiich lure been tire uiretuui OU witluu a few anoifClfß pimt Knoxville oiuinre fiytfy -.five Huiuaand iuhuhituiits/hire tliiityreagiit Churches, Ite atreeta lire jiaved with Wick «ud I lite buiHiuigß are unmLiy srf atw mu--1 teriall. I find nittuy uttruct hms but bo far nothing Jias given me mure iseal titan :a walk down Market Square these beautiful spring like days where you see some wf tire queerwit wagons wliiCli seem to ccntain a jrart of evety-

- tin'hvg '»»n rewrlAi ttiba’t <eain be ‘gowwau 1 Hailed ifiuy re mw esoeqptihm. { Haw Wiritton uilhwnit all I <ts»rw ino.w . and a;ni a® amredhuw® tt<® ffbt. <**uß frt' 1 wmrtHmr iwaillk inud see mmne <®ff tire >eity, Wmi Id i ndeed ire glad i.l swene Amur to enipy ttihre iheii>»itiTml! wwutiier. iß’Mwpnutifn^Bly, fWMBnUA'A WtKUUUET. , — Tawnehip Teachers. The toaClrei-s <®tf Dbie»d® it.wreutfWip a,»d iiiJk-Hi’tiau held filredr filth institute to tire fe'alltouttoui Aiigli imAwwA ibuild i i^g, Jan. SU. Prom.pfily -alt 9;B@ ItotßWknMt Otani ejuilihrd tire inßtitiirtiC to under. Tire ikuHtitirte Kang a Bung &i«4 tire jri’HHident ti^qaiutliud a cninHijUtiee cni progriian. Mlbs Fogarty wwO wd wure time f< tier wui'k to “Method” and W. C. Heuirx dievueHion ,wf "(G-rwmiUNiii'” bad to be deferned tammae of tos Jill ireatth, bo tire work was md really breguu 848 H. E Beaiß anntnnneed thart tire terwdiers shtni'ld jn’ejminr 8® irear a Huw henirs" hwtore cm Ska heßfreare’s H+wy ; TH Mr. Itoaio drttonwd a very able ' lert toe, showing wirerein tire great new ' of lire queen lay and why TTolsey natsj a great man after all, etc. After a s.lkm-1 reeeHS I'rmdee I^dhrt* gave a very intor^Bting Inlk .ms •“Him® to emidmel liwwtatoltoß,* and actoud ma.tuigeurent wkiirfe terowg^M about a lengthy diacaUMto® of Itoure wahprtaby diff+uwit mem Irern rt lAre hurtitoto. | lire amditoto adjourned at 12 e'cJork for tire ikm*u bowt. At 1:15 p m. tire iaHdiirte Wga® tire iest of its «mb by waging atedhei amig ;amd I tren l*ref. Clew dtaOMaMßl tire "Slate OrerW Oelhea"" aid a general dtHcmwimi I«dk»ed M>w Bree loaf read an excelle®l pa|re« «a "8«eeUfic l eaapenutcie,’" atreS led suto a dncnmmm as I® h«* to teach the sub jerl property. The eosatwiUer cm pro gram lire® rr|«6rtrd and tire ruaUtulr adjoenred Illi Feb 8 A auauber «»f pupil* and others ww® prearnt. V ia»U<» are always wetoaase and it is to be hoped more patrons may be among the number at Ure next meeting. NoTKERBIdscal Briefs Blank dreils and mortgages at Um# btOErKKUKXT office. Pattern leather chairs are all Ure go. See Vinecnrs elegant line. Ckrme Ibis week to buy fine pig*D- C- Swariz. A. C'- Hardeubrook has el‘*ed his temperance naloon in the Fry building. Our offer of lire Inter Ocean and Ikretendext at tl 6h for one year still holds g<»ud. Take advantage of it. The Anrericr n House. J Kensbergrr, pr quirt or. lias good acrom modal ions for boarders arid h>dgere. Kate*fl a day. ’Dre Star latundry. South Bmd. dors aJI hand wojk. First class uoak ' •gnarantired. A. E Cripe, tire kuwfeer. agent.. Tire WalkiUrtrni Ixj».e?’EM’T.nt and : tire riymoutli Srrni W eekly Jndrreiideuit will be fiimiHbed t® suhßeriheis al ft. Hutt btrt ’ hot’ drinks of all kindsp fwdhidiug coffer, cocoa, beef tea. h-mounde and }>hoHphat«‘S nt Lestie’B, fountain. Anything nsunUy kc.pt in a fmnritnre atone you will find to the greatest variety and tire lowest prices, at Vincent’s, tire lenders in £unuitiiu^J Walkerton, Ind. Items put in tire iN’IXEPEKaw.’T item li box at the postoniue ahouild have tiie Biguatiu-e of the writer, tiust ,we niuy knew tbry are genuine.. What ts Life? ••Lite is asmiß;’ , '»o^piped t|B:fiKuSh, JlwJlietl on.a sweet White blossonwiHhltfii’Xis.an awakening,’'emilett llw ro^q, ■mu9htng.l»erjj«als-tp '•’TEis rplciisiirej’.lispeii tlhe’huuettlj;, Kissed tthe ro»<- and :fiuti<:rod ;bjt. ■•-TEiS Wo*k>‘’ Inraxed'ont the :bi«\jib.<te, Sipping ihr.rnse sweets greedily:; '“ ’TEis freedom, ’’ Aht idked :fhs «qgle [Proud, IHieroing .the:flewy summer si lend.; In greenwood eqpse rthcjgentle .dove, iQoued s<rttlK,r^lUtmUsln^' , '!L^iffe:is^bw<^: , ' “<Tis labia.‘that.andinulhing mu^ JEte warermoaned ibretlkingmothesCws}; i "A theanv>'’’.lheinibtiagtlitftfl,t*etrwith itears;'’ 1 IDhe softitam wept “ 'JUi# tears, >aU vmrs." —-Hwy \V, S'^her.ip.XUnj^gjrFijs^

I®tal VaMto. ffito tire dhthtes with loeee ewfiiMUß Vtooewtl-s. Ort tttbre Ibtetredirt ( »tf tire towni'Bam3®nr’k tju etuinni .uffur. IBrtmne (htqpittg a toed eurtltor hw tire 'Tmnuuto to. Machinery Atuill. ChM«y amirtt and tank mk it Are ireaaaet®: to tiuste*- Ttomunr’® towre tiotwi. <S«ft ptfcto mi eutlet's and hub «Mlf to. Mactldirety Hall fesdtm btiyisng. Rtreum 1® mmit n giound flm»r. A fitter. Jam. L lOd Ayqily to J. W. Authia^Imvwyutur toimdry to A. E. Cripe’s tortter afewp. He is ngeto Tin tire Sdai Lu«andiy, of Soirtli Bend. Wire® yew tome* and bettd® tml jwfwatog talks fihMß to Jrdiu NrtO He wO de y«m a ireto amd fiirt-ebtss jtoi, OR.KI LMERS S»^p ko oY «*-*»’KSMtUVEB-js "c-SSL" La Grippe, gtMraa the 1•< otinr eWert* <rf tim tiry-taw opß I dear aa>< rwwurrra tat »V»or mA sVlalAy-. Diabetes, Bm—fli 1 spaamxr asd twh ocdomA wrtata Impure Blood, jOeneraßl WeidkueHH, rt r»» dimw. Maa ar waMtaiwL ftwr—ta ■ r» «uwe«fOw»m*»Mi i im< itPrecxßUkiAr-m*, pl.MIMaa. •VaMOUre o«M« w Mm»- »w O im»a®n— trw. Em. Kil«« A Oa. P*ckuito». X. T. Farmers! Look here. Remember w»- are still at the old ataml ready to receive your grain and wod and |wy yon Hie liuht-to market price; »• blmo hare on band all ktadfof aer<l for anwing or planting Have juM received a large rapply t.l grain Img*. which we will ►ell at coat. When you bare anything to offer in car lota or lea* ew any track call in and let tut make you a price. T.mra truly, MERCER & NEAL. Jr ^ssdlOTO^ger Sweepers 8150 and up, at Vincent’s. We have also just received a line of Curtain Stretchers, something new for doing up lace curtains. ■Ldfl KmSS «toaSwßM,\iiSs; 'smnwlbo awwwW om 4W»fliH<teH ißse* mwh»eo« rrtve* oi* Mradiial^ ^ eeae-W Ota«lhw- . . _ .. I ^^l^l ft* KY» I

1 000 Over^'i i—Casos of froTsTup.l NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. Wk 'Wfc -VB. we aremow receiving our Fall and Winter Stock of CLOTHING, HATS, CAPSBOOTS, SHOES, TR.'CTXJKS. Valises and Gents’ Furnishing Goods, and are offering them at lower prices than the same quality of goodH were ever before offered in Northern Indiana. LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PRICES; Men’s all wool worsted suits #lO 00 Men’s half wool suits as low us 4 00 Men’s heavy cotton suits 3.00 Over 75 cases of best quality of Rubber Goods at prices others sell sec. onds nt. we warrant every pair of our rubbers. ILatest Styles of Hats and Caps at Great Reductions. I’llll Stock of Furnishing Goods in latest styles and at popular prices OVER 1,000 OVERCOATS at/rom Cne (Do^ar up. Come and see us before yoM buy, and it you have the C^SH you can buy goods cneafer than yoti ever saiv them. ! Boys’all wool suits (long pants) $4 00 h,llf ” “ “ 250 “ (knee pants) 200 ....... 1G Men s oild coats, all wool (small siz « 2 00 odd coats, half wool, suiall Bizp 1 00 Boys odd coats, all wool 1.00 “ “ half wool 50 vests from 10 to 50 cents —^LEATHER GOODS-*^ Have gone up, but we put thtrn lower than ever before. Look at son:e of oztr prices: Men’s best calfskin boots $ 3 00 ” <'il grain 250 *' kip boots, $1 50 to 250 Boys' “ •* 75 cts. to 150 ~ Boys’ All T I wni rr (Men’s All Wool ’• J* VtULiL. |Wool Suits ’ Suits $4, |$ 1 O. SEE OUR ELEGANT (|^ LINE OF WOOD AND COAL HEATERS. Garland, Radiant Home and Radiant Stewart, for hard coal; Marion and Cheerful Oak, for soft coal or wood^ Garland wood heaters; Monitor Parlor, Bruno and Radiant Parlor, base-heating stoves for wood. ALSO A FINE LINE OF RUGS & STOVE BOARDS Paintsand Oils in large variety. We hancle the celebrated Home Sewing Machine. ROSS, JARRELL & CO. I

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