St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 January 1896 — Page 5

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LOCAL NEWS. Sole leather in any quantity at Ake’s. See ad of Boston store. South Bend, in Uiis issue. Go to Leslie’s short order restaurant for a fine luneh. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smith Friday night, Jan. 10. O. F. Townsend has had the windows of his barbershop neatly lettered. You can get blank deeds, mortgages, receipts and notes at the Indbfbnd ent office. Orders for bread at the Domestic bakery will be delivered to customers if desired. Albion expects to have Its new water works plant in operation iu a short time. Julius Barnes A Co., of LaPorte call attention to Um bargains offered, in their ad this week. Mill full of bran and midlings. To empty out willsell low. Farmers tase heed. Walkerton Milling Co. Through our clubbing arrangements we can furnish the Independent and Toledo Blade one year for fl 75. Leslie Bros., the bakers, are new running a delivery wagon for the accommodation of their customers. Through clubbing arrangements we can furnish this paper and the Plymouth Semi-Weekly Independent for f 2. Our Koontz’s Lake correspondent returned last Wednesday and will try to furnish all the news around the lake again. The “White Rose” flour, manufactured by the Walkerton Milling Co., retains its popularity. It never fails to give satisfaction. We shall appreciate your patronage and give you the biggest and best loaf of bread in town for the money. We deliver bread if the customer so de seirea. Domestic Baxekt. Attention is called to the display ad of the Lincoln Medical and Surgical Association, of Chicago. Dr. May, a representative of the aesoriatino, will be in this place at the American hotel Saturday and Sunday, February 1 and 2. Dr. A. F. Schafer, of South Beud, who lately retarded from a visit to the Doted hospitals of Europe, b again giving hb full attention to the practice of hrs specialties—the eye, ear, none and throat. He also fits spectacles by the latest improved methods. Office hours 10 to 12 a. m^ 2 to 4 pc m, 7 to Bp. m.; 2t03 p. m. Sundays. CNfice in Oliver opera house block. The six year old sou of T. P. Kessler, of Brimfield, was playing about the machine that was grinding wheat and com for fodder and trying to feed the machine by shoving in the straw bis arm was caught by the grinder and crushed to the elbow before the machine could be stopped and even then the homes had to he backed before he could be extracted. Dm Teal and ' Gilbert of Kendallville amputated the am.

The waller work* test veU » flow a 113 feet at th» writing—Friday worn- ’ i»g_ It h i> a fail vein off water , which ftvwß thr<o>«agh the pipe to with' in fifteen feet «*f the Muface. The . ft«w a* bmo4 strong and the weii will he drive® deeper in hopea of sfirnkimig a eauwe aatiafaetawy fix. The drill! is in a gond feed of grave! and the conditions all point to the probability of striking a good snpp*iy of water. The L. £. & IF- laiiroed eoaapwny has HMthil&ed those owniiDig prwperltj aliong iheti right of way in this p*aee that they aanst keep ail ruibbHrik, snurh a* sakes, hoaesy honetey etc., o< off the costpony's grounds. The en«ep«my threatens to fence i» its gnwrnds, lbws preventing egress or ingress to pro petty along its Hine, nnfew said deMMBds an CMBpflaed with, The camgany any mesa it, and therefore the wfetsttitfag that iwtenated >««*erty bsltkn an do ft to waft Ite cteft.

Oysters Iu all styles at Leslie’s. The American hotel is now running a bus to trains. The Independent has blank deeds and mortgages for sale. Mrs. George Ross, who has been very sick with lagri ppe, is reported to be improving. It is reported that a new counterfeit S2O bill on the South Bend National bank is in circulation. We will give you the biggest and best loaf of bread iu town for the money at the Domestic bakery.

Miss Christina Stiekley writes the Independent an interesting letter from Knoxville, Tennessee, this week. Bryan B. McDaniel, an old settler near Teegardeu, died Friday morning at 10 s. m. The funeral will beat the Center church Sunday at 2 p. m. There will be quarterly meeting at the U. B. in town week from Saturday and Sunday. The revival meeting are doing well, there has been 7 out to the alter of prayer. Ihe Independent is sending out. sample copies each week. IVhen you receive a copy it is an Invitation for you to come in and subscribe. At- 1 tention is called to our clubbing terms with various papers. Fob Salk.—Twenty acres of good land, all improved, located 2| miles north west of Walkerton. Would make a fine truck farm. Good, rich soil. Will be sold very reasonable. Call on or address A. E Cripe, Walkerton, Ind. Paul Seifert, house, sign and buggy painter. is prepared to do all kinds of |mhit ing and graining in first-class style. I’rices to suit the limes. Satisfaction guaranteed. Shop over Groshans* blacksmith shop. A party of intimate (rteuds were iuvited to the home of Chas 8. Robbins, last Saturday evening, in honor of bis 81*1 birthday. A pleasant social eveuiug was enjoyed and at 12 o'clock the guests were treated to a line supper. There lias been no school iu North LB»ert.y since the holidays. The cause of the above is stateri to lie due to the town not assumminga portion of the school house debt, which is said to be about $6,000. A court decision is called for to settle matters.—North Liberty News. I lie Daughter* of lUibt'ccw installed their new officers isst Friday night as follows: Mrs. Ed Shetland, V. G.; kites Addie Wolfe, recording secretary ; N. E. Hailey, finance secretary; Mrs. lloae LaFeber, warden; Miss Minnie Burger, conductor; Mrs. M . R. Burger, R. 8. to N. G.; Mrs. Ezra Andrews. L. 8. to N. G ; Mrs. Jesse Jackson, ILS. t<» N. G-; Miss Mary Young, treasurer; M. R. Burger, I. G. The Heinz Picket Co. made their January payment at their factory in this place January 14 and 15. A nice lunch was served at the factory^ The amount paid to picket raisers was about 44,2(0, the Mnalhst January payment made by the firm in thia place ui fourteen years. It was or.e third of what it was lust jimm - . The poor crop this season knocked the bottom out of the pickel business. Section bauds of the L. E. X W. are 1 required to have their eyes examined for color blindness, and Anthony Dr is. cxdl sent the following letter, with a package, to the eye inspector: ••Dear ! sir—'nie day before yesterday at mine i I got word to eum down and have my ■ ise looked after fur eulur blindness as ye call it. I had forty five ties and ten rales to put down beyond the sand cut, und ns Jerry Sullivan and Domi- : nick Cooly were laid up since the! wake that wuz holded over the corpus of Danny Doherty, my hands wur too short to spare me. ’ Twas that the I right oye that wuz first in my head (wuz put out with the blow of a pik i

; and me glass eye is a perfect tiggvr of Itirroye that win not put out is sent । to you together with my watch for | | ^examination. I culd spare the glass I wye better than the one in the head, 1 and if she is culm blind I'll get onei 'that ain’t. Yours truly, Anthony : Driscoll.”—lndianapolis Sun. New York World i The twice a week Edition of the I Sew York World has been converted i into the Thrice-a-w eek. It furnishes 1 3 papers of 6 pages apiece, or eighteen '! pages every week, at the old price of l«we dollar a year. This gives 156 pah jpers a year for one dollar and every . • pamper has 6 pages eight columns wide ; 1«w 48 columns in all. The Thrice-a ! »<eek World is not only much larger . ijthhau any weekly or semi-weekly news- . I but it furnishes the news with J anu.eh greater frequency and prompt- _ I awisa., In fact it .eoimbines all the crisp, fcesfli qualities otf a daily witn the atI 4maelive«^i>e6iallfeatures of a weekly. F DUe Dhrice a-week World and the . | l^iEPi£NJ>£Sf!r one yeaj for $2.

The Walkerton Milling Co. want , wheat. They pay the highest market price. Four papers a week for $2 —the Independent and the New } ork Thrice-a Week World. We bake domestic, New England, Boston brown, cream, Vienna, rye, graham, Columbia and pan bread at the Domestic bakery. The T. J. O. M. Club was entertained January 7 at. a drawing meeting at the pleasant home of Miss Alta Kellogg. L’ght refreshments were served. The guests were very pleasantly entertained. The Indiana, Illinois & L>wa railroad company will sell home seekers Excursion tickets on Jan. 14 and 28, Feb. 11 and March 10 to points in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Southwest. Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Indian reriilory and Oklahoma at low rates. For particulars call on Agents 3 I Route, or address. s s. Whitehead, G. I’. A., Kankakee, 111. A young lady walked into a store at Goshen, so we are informed, and on selecting a piece of cloth inquired what it was worth. “Four kisses pei yard,’’ replied the polite clerk. The young lady was abashed for n moment, but recovered her self possession and replied sweetly that she would take four yards. The cloth was cut off nicely, wrapped up and handed to the fair purchaser who received it with a smile and said: “Send the bill around to my grandmother, she will settle it.” Odd Fellows Installation. Walkerton lodge, 1.0 O. F, No. i 437, installed their new officers for the : eiiauiug term Monday evening, Jan. 6, aa follows: Marion Bellinger, N. G .• Jeaae Jack-; hod, V. G ; E 8. Nichola, recording aecretarv ;M . R Burger, treaaurer; N E. Bailey, R 8, to N. G ; David Dipert, L. S. to N. G ; J. M. Roh« conductor; W illium Jarrell, R. 8 to G. ; Henry Hndelmyer, I <1 ; J. W, Brown, O. G ; Dr. J K Aimer, IL 8 supporter; M. R Borger, L. 8. sup porter; Charles Thotupaon, warden. The Wicked Compositor Dowu at Shelbyville a bachelor edi tor is iu a terrible predicament as the result of a reckleaa proof reader. Having occasion to apologize to Gim read era for a delay in isauing Lia paper, be wrote: “We beg the indulgenceufour readers for being a day late thia w»ek. Our failure to get out on time was the result of tire physical demoralization of the editor, caused by slnepiug too close to the boarding house window," The cussed compositor set the last word “widow," and the proof reader failed to discover the omission of the “u." The poor editor’s truuk is still at the Iroardiug house and lie hasn't hail a change of shirts or nocks for five weeks.—Columbia City Post. Intelligent People. And people of go«al taste ate earnestly recotmemlvd to try Dr. Caldwell's Byrup Pepsiu for disorders of the stomach. Constipation and indigestion cured A trial of this great remedy can be made for 10c (10 <h»sea lOe) also in 50c ami $1 sizes, at Bellinger A Williams’. Tie Secret of Beauty Os complexion, hand arms and hair is found in a perfect condition of the tpmacli ami digestive organ*. Keep yourself right iu these respects by ns ing Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, ami nature will do the rest for you. In 10c, 50c and $1 sizes, of Bellinger & Williams, FREE MEDICAL REFERENCE BOOK ! (64 pages) for men and women who are afflicted with any form of private dis ease peculiar to their sex, errors i f youth, contagions diseases, female troubles, etc., etc. Send 2 two cons stumps, t<> pay postage, tn the leading specialists s"d phy -.icians iu this co iutiv. Dr. HA I'll i AWAY X CO., 70 Dearborn Street, । Chicago. A Preacher Os Wateiloo, Ind., Rev. S. P. Klotz writes; “I have been afflicted over 20 years with dyspepsia or sour stomach. Have tried different remedies I without much benefit. A 10c bottle | jf Culdwell’s Syrup Pepsin gave me j great benefit. Have taken nearly i jne large bottle, and feel like u differ i ent person." For sale by Bellinger & | Williams. PROF. NIEL, government chemist, writes: I havecart> fully analyzed your “ Royal Ruby Port Wine,” bought by me in the open market and certify that I found the same absolutely pure and well aged. This wine is especially recommended for its health-res-toring and building up properties; it strengthens the weak and restores lost vitality* particularly adapted for convalescents, the aged, nursing mothers and . those reduced and weakened by over- work and worry. Be sure you get'‘Royal Ruby”; s <1 per quart bottles, pints 60 cts. Sold by |J. F. REID.

t Personal Points. L Wolfe was iu Chicago over Suuday. M ’“»on Bellinger was in South Bend Ihuraday on biiHineaa. • J°naß GoHH.of Roclieater, made this office a pleuHunt call U s t Tuesday. Plush robes at a sacrifice at Ake’s; will give a big discount to close them out. M 'hh Minnie Clark, of Plymouth. viHitcJ with O. F. Townsend and wife Sunday. Mi. ChilhiH, of the Boston store, South Bend, whh in this place Friday <>» business. Rev. George Cook, of Kearney, Neb., ih viniting relatives and old friends in town and vicinity. J. Reece was in Sullißeud, 1 hurminy on buHtneHH connected with the school fund. Mihm Blhuuohh Brown Hpeut several dzya in Harnlet thin week with her • friend, Mies Alma Buraou. Hcott Blaine left on Tuesday for Jacksonville, Florida, where lie goes for the benefit of his health. Ed Atwood, who is taking s commercial course at Valparaiso, has been koine on a visit for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cleveland, of Plymouth, visited over Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mis. C. Groshans. Miss Leia Collar, Miss Jessie Teel, Roscoe Cullar ami Oliver Williams, of North Liberty, were callers at this office last Tuesday. , George H. Story, of LaPorte, who ( htv» been selected to superintend the (•ouhtrnotion of the eater works system ' iu this place, was iu town the fore part । of this week looking after some details । concerning the plant. Rev. Jame* Leonard, presiding eld ‘ er, of N orth Platte, Nebraska, preach jed at the M E church at this place , last Friday and Sunday evenings. Mr. Leonard is hete iu the interexts of the i Nebraska anffcrerH. About eighteen dollars were raised at the church Sunday evening for the stifbwet h. Mr. ; Leonard met with a pleasant surprise here in meeting Grandfather Barnes, an old friend whom he had not seen for j thirty years. Notice. I want to trade my saloon, meat shop, dwelling, barn and ice bruise for a farm or a stock of metebsudiae. fCntt on or write A . D. Jeliueon, Tyner, Iml. Foresters' Election I I T be i 10. ti m of officers for Court Eveutule, N<>. 38, I nilod Order of Foresters, was held January 13, slid to ! •ulterl as fll«-, C. R ,T. J W01f.., Jr.. V R .James । Goro'lius; R. S , Chas. 8. Robbins; F ... i 8., (.ha* L. Granger; IreM., Jamea ’F. Reid; S W. Geo. Korn; J. w., (his . Far ver; C. A., Jesse Jackson ; Chaplain, Chas- M. Stephens; phy. siciau for the Court, Dr. II D Decant; C. D H C R., Chas. M. Stephens;’ PastC. R , Cha* S Robbins; representative to High Court, which convenes in Chicago January 28 am] 29, Chas. M. Siephen* Pleasant words from Buffalo Friends Buffalo. N V Jsu 7, ‘»6 Ed. Imwem'la i: Dkak Sih: Inclosed you will find $125, which entitles us to another year’s pleasure of reading the Im>e j TEN KENT The arrival of the paper is eagerly j watched for and as soon as it reaches j us everything is stopped until the I “personals" at least are perused and jas soon as the time can possibly be spared all the home news is devoured with avidity. We are deeply interested in the .development of the town and surely l R your earnest efforts can avail anyI tblnw. Walkerton should make rapoi strides toward great improvtmeut. May all your efforts meet with very I great success, is Ihe wish of your Biif- . falo friends, from Walkerton. Mk and Mus. Wamslev , \Tkda Shoemaker.

Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair. •DIV twctf CREAM BAKING POWDIR MOST PERFECT MADE. ’ A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free ' from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD.

“15 Minutes to a Pound.” That ought-to-be-forgotten rule our mothers followed when roasting meats in their cast-iron stoves. We are now living in another day. The quickest of aukk baking is accomplished on the 9 q Majestic IX b!ic iJincin?e TIC Wkf n opera J e ^ u P° n a new and scient lie principle. When meat is roasted in the oven (which is an air-tight compartment) the natural juices are presen-ed. Bread baked in it ta sweet and Est and will keep so for days. ’ £ he Majestic is like no other stove you ever saw. It is better than any other. T. J. REECE & CO., Agents. SPECIAL SALES Through January! AT THE • J Busy, gueeing Bee-fdive. Fur Capes, 40 Per Cent Discount. Jackets, this season’s purchase 25 uer ct. discount. Lot old cloaks, at 32, former Drice 812 to 325 Knit Underwear, ten per cent discount. Dress Coods, ten ver cent discount OUR LINEN SALE is Attracting attention. It will pay you to look this department. over with care. There is money in it for you at J ulius Barnes <fc Co. Michigan Ave., LAPORTE. Stoves at Bargains! ILiving decided to close out our stock of Stoves, we will sell them. nt prices never before heard of iu this place. This is your opportunity to get a stove very cheap. Sash and Doors. A few sizes Hint I will close out at cost. Don’t care to band!® them any more. Smooth Wire. Several hundred pounds at cost, to close out. Come Quick while the Assortment is GoodT, J. REECE & GO. LESLIE BROS. KancA' Baking a Specialty. Give us your Orders for Birthday and Wedding Cakes. Bellinger & Williams, DRUGS, Notions, Stationery, Perfumes, etc. HuaeUPyer Block.