St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 28, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 February 1896 — Page 8

®lje Independent. A Local Newspaper, Non-Partisan w: A. KNIM.RY, PUBLISHER; Entered at the Walkerton Posloflice nt second-class rates. Bklta«crip tloii: For,One Year . . . 8I 5Q *«rSix Mouths . . ... 79 For Three Months 40 If,paid promptly In advance a discount of 2* <enU on the year will be allowed. X A cross marked with n blue pencil on the margin of your paper indicates that'vour term of subscription to this paper has expired. If you are in arrearages pleose’-settle nt. once, and notify us promptly if you wish the paper con inued. WALKERTON, INDIANA. FEB. 1. 1896. MID-WINTER SAbfa BLANKETS J ... AT THE ... BOSTON DRY GOODS -STORE,! We must make room for our new arrivals of Spring Goods. We find we have ' more than a surplus of Blankets and their room is spoken for in advance for i Spring Goods; hence the mid winter sale of them. ( Grey Blankets- ‘ We have looked carefully into our I Blanket Department and find in grey ] blankets a good leader in 15 pairs 10-4 grey blankets worth $1 a pair; closing f price only 50 cents a pair. 1 15 pairs 10-4 Grey Blankets, an elegant i blanket for these frosty nights and sold । everywhere for $1 a pair: our price now . only 67 cts. a pair. White Blankets ’ Now is your time to secure values in * t blankets; we have 50 pairs 10 4 White 1 ( Blankets worth SI a pair; if prices will | move them, then here they go at 75 cents a pair. Colored Blankets. We have 50 pairs of Colored Blankets, i The best Sl.^j a pair kind* and not a bit high priced either. Our price now only 89 cents a paTv. A fuU line of All Wool Blankets at $2.50 and S 3 a r..>. Comforters! Comfort rs! A full line of Comforters, from the! cheapest grades, to the very highest | prices made, found here at the very low est prices. Sprin srward We have already opened up some o our daintiest and most fetching Wash Fabrics you ever saw: they are very early i but don't you know that many ladies: have learned to come here in January for Wash Goods. Why? Chillas, Adler & Coble, 201 and 203 So. Mich. St, SOUTH BEND, IND. Store open Wednesday and Saturday Evenings. THE NEIGHBORHOOD. News from the Surroundng Territory as Given by Our Correspondents. LAPAZ. All persons who desire to raise pickles are requested to call at Leonard Logan's store, Fred Myers’ store or George Flake's barber shop and inform these gentlemen how many acres they would like to put out. Justice Row says he will execute pension papers on regular days, viz: Feb. 4, May 4, and Aug. 4, at A. Shafer's store. Married on the 19th inst. by Justice Row. Mr. Otis Gray and Miss Mina^Kineman. both of North township.^Ewiall Co. We wish the young peopLdiHf^rity and a long and happy life. The many friends of Mrs. I. C. Price. -once known as Hattie Rector, will regret to learn that she departed this life Jan. 8. at Wichita, Kansas. She leaves a

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husband and five children, four sons and one daughter there, and Isom Rector, an own brother, Gearge and Jonathan Lineback, half brothers, and Mrs. J. Boyes, half sisterr, here. These are the words of her husband, viz: “The strongest mind, the ablest pen, could not find language to express all the noble traits of this ti ue wife and mother. Nowhere on earth lived a more unselfish or noble hearted woman.” Some of the material has arrived for the creamery. Timber is being hauled and work on the building has commenced. Some stave and heading timber is be ing hauled for Gregg's stave and heading factory. Dr. J. E. Denniston arrived home from Fitzgerald, Ga., last Saturday night. He is now preparing to move there. He will have a sale next Thursday, and leave with his family next Tuesday. Dr. Poffenberger is in Fitzgerald, Ga. He left a number of accounts with William Babcock, who put them into the hands of A. K. Row. J. P., L Some of John Houser's family two ' miles north of Lapaz are on the sick । list. One ease of scar’ot fever is reported in 1 Lapaz, that of Miss Maud Goodwin. The venerable David Shafer is reported on the sick list. 1 The Western Union Telegraph Co. has put in telegraph apparatus in the depot < again. 1 Two of Henry Miller's girls are sick with lung fever. Mr. David Johnson, living two miles north west of Lapaz, is reported very ill. Miss Lillie Jester, living in Union township. St Joe county, is ill with lung ( fever. < Your Teegarden correspondent stated ( last week that “the Brethren are still , holding their protracted effort with poor success.” He ought to call “things by , their right names.” The Brethren are not holding a meeting there, but the , United Brethren. He also spelled Mr. Kaufman's name with gh instead of f. Your Tyner correspondent calls the , Brethren the “Progressive Dunkards.” That is not the name of the denomina tion but merely a nick name. The church is legally incorporated according , to law as the Brethren church. V I N Kill! KHSMt. TEEG ARDEN. John Lockwood has gone to Coburg to work. William Brown found his saw that was missed since last June. Bill Hornsby has been on the war path for some time. Lemert & Co. are hauling the rock for I the foundation of their elevator. The constables of Tyner haw been making regular calls at this place for Some time. They always find their friends away from home. The saw mill is running regularly. Dan Gensinger has employed his father-in law to help him in the ex change business. Mr. Genginger will go : on the road selling machinery. F. M. Lemert has built a large ice i house and is waiting for the ice to freeze to fill it. The next dance at this place will be Hn Lemert's hall on the night of Feb. 13th. Lewis Paul, of Walkerton, was at this । place Monday on business. Lemert A Co. are handling bread twice a week baked by Leslie Bros., of Walkerton. Dr. Neville is walking on crutches . again. j T. L. Johnson returned from Ohio Saturday night. J. W. McDaniel and son. of Madison county, returned to their home this week. J. A. McDanield. of Missouri, return ! ed to his home but will move here some . : time during the summer. J ACK. HAMLET. | Mr. Hardesty's son Raymond has been having the yellow jaunders but is better. Sidney Bell has his new house nearly completed. Myers A- Jolley are doing the carpenter work. Baz Petticord has purchased a lot from George Garverson and will commence the building of a house soon. Mr. Leehi and also Mr. Pet are going to build an addition to their houses. Rev. Berton, pastor of the M. E. church of this place, closed his meetings last Tuesday night. He will commence an other series of meetings at the Oregon church next Sunday night.

The quarterly meeting will be held at Oregon next Saturday and Sunday. The Hamlet Hay Co, just received their gang plow and engine. It is a fine machine. The sick of our town are bettor at this writing. There is but one case of diphtheria now that we know of. The dreadfulness of liquor is being manifieated by an old soldier of this place who is having snakes in his boots. The sight is enough to make a man afraid to even look in a saloon. D. B. JORDAN. Ths concert given by local talent at Jordan school house Saturday evening was quite well attended, considering the weather. The program was quite lengthy and well carried out. The proceeds are to be used to buy lamps for the house. John Walters is much worse at this writing. Mrs. Sam Thaxson has beerJ^ 11 lagrippe for a few days. Singing has closed at the Pleasant Grove chapel until after the protracted meetings. B. F. Casad visited friends and relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Nora Stover and brother Andy, of near South Bend, visited friends and relatives here a few days last week. David Bradly, of Stillwell, visited Austin Wiley’s, this last week. J. I. B. TYNER CITY. Liss Lemert, who got his arm taken off a few years ago by coupling care in Chicago just received three thousand dollars in cash from the company by a settlement. Miss Hettie Tracy made a short visit in Tvner Tuesday afternoon. John Neff was in town over Sunday with old friends, R. S. Shaffer and J. J. Kreighbaum. Charley Detwiler, of Detroit, Michigan, was home on a visit Tuesday. John Pool, of near Koontz's lake, was in town Tuesday on business. Levi Williams is trading his farm for a stock of merchandise. He intends to go in the store business. I f you want to see a rush just come to Tyner on Saturdays when the Walker ton Independent comes in. They will ask one another if X. Y. Z. Smith is alive this week. Miss Abbie Ackins is visiting her brother, Joseph Burnside, this week. Bill Clark went to Plymouth the other night and forgot to come back till the next day. Marshall county has a suinmei^ivsurt close to Plymouth <q>en winter and summer. Mr. 'Warner hits built him a very large ice house at Koontz’s lake and is filling it with ice. Mias Ida Cudney is lying under the diH-tor's care at present. Mrs. Sam McDonald is on the sick list. Bad colds and son* throats arc raging in this locality at present. Nearly every body is barking like a fox. Frank Bennett made a flying trip to Marion, Ind., Tuesday and made G. F. Jarrell and family a short visit. Edward Stover, of St. Joseph county, was over to Tyner last Sunday evening. Jo English was in town Monday. J. E. Johnson shipped one car load of hogs to Chicago Monday. Uncle Joseph ■ — £ Scientific American Agency fil trade marks, design patents, COPYRIGHTS, etc. For Information and free Handbook write to MUNN & CO., 861 Broadway. New York. Oldest bureau for securing patents in America. Every patent taken out by us is brought before the public by a notice given free of charge In the Largest circulation of any scientific paper In the world. Splendidly illustrated. No intelligent man should be without it. Weekly, M.OOa year; *U)O six months. Address, MUNN & CO., Pum-isHEBS, 361 Broadway, New Yorkdty. ^^=7-RIPA-N-S u - The modern standW ard Family Medicine: Cures the “ common every-day ~ ills of humanity. o MAR* FEMALE PILLS. N - Anew, rehabie and sale relief tor sap. 7 or painful men- ■ Jtrafton. Now U3e a by over SO,O(M> I ‘“d*” “®nthly. Invigorates these I <»«■•>«. Mnwamof imitations. Nams or trial box SI. Ben# sealed ta plain wrapper. Send «e in Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Pair Hipest Award. sfpppesf in 29 minutes by Dr. MH oh 1 ain riiji^s. Ouc© cent* a dos©-** -— All druggfete sell Dr. Mll es « N erve Plastera.

Westerville accompanied J. E. to Chicago. Corn 22 cents per bushel and you ought to see thoee great big 40 pound hogs coming to market. Henry Ford was in Tyner Monday shaking hands with his friends and old acquaintances. A. C. North, of Plymouth, was calling on the Tyner people Monday. Marshall county has 27 applicants for the county infirmary, to be let next month. This position has been filled by W. E. Bunch for ten years past and he has done well by everylxxiy and now he files his resignation with the auditor of Marshall county. X. Y. Z. Smith. NOONTZ’S LAKE. Elmer E. Koontz has been closing book for Samuel Koontz, Jr., the Globe clothier. Mrs. Barbara Coil, wife of Thos. Coil, has been visiting the family of Daniel Koontz. Tom, as everylxxiy knows him around here, moved to South Bend about three years ago and is doing well. Mrs. Coil left for home last Sunday accompanied by Miss Alta Koontz, who will stay the week visiting. The following are reported to be on the sick list this week: Mrs. Retta Sult, Sam Sult and E. G. Lancaster. The grippe is getting in its work. Your correspondent spoke some time ago about there being another wedding in this locality. We will remind you once more. It is not very far off. We are informed that protracted meet ing will begin next Sunday night at the Oregon church. There are three in the family of James Borst sick with the grippe. For sale, 256 white oak fence posts. Enquire of the Independent. . Retsacnal. ISLAND Leonard Smith, who has been housed up for three weeks with lung fever, is able to he up and around again. Dr. Arlington waited upon him. Little Bessie Mull is on the sick list with lung fever but is rejxirted better again. Addison Snell moved his household goods and family onto a farm nea^ Wanatah this week. Elmer Sneathen has begun his school again after a week's sickness. Sam Dillion. who has been under the Dr.’s care for the juist four weeks, is no better at this writing Wednesday. The farmers are making good use of this fine winter weat her getting up their next year's supply of wwxi. Skating on the marsh is tine. Gould and McDaniel are sawing wtxxl this week. The Dare school is closed this week on account of the teacher being sick. Bill Beatty is up and able to go to work again. Dr. Jones attended him. William Divine has been having a tussle with lagrippe but is better again. Scribbler WEAK MEN MADE VIGOROUS. P’MV. S'" DAY. I8 T "DAY. What PEFFER’S NERVIGOR aid! It acta powerfully and quickly. Cures when all Others fall. Younu men regain lost manhood; old men recover youthful vigor. Absolutely <iuarituleed to Cure Ncrvontne**, Lo»t V itality, Impoteney, Nlwbtly FPower, either «x, Falllnsr Memory, Waiting Dl«ctuiea, and all tfuti r>f tels abuse or eicusrs and 4n JUerrtton. Wards off insanity and consumption. Don't let druggist Impose a worthless substitute on you boeanse ft yields a greater profit. Inslstonhav. Ing PEEPER’S NERVXOOR, or send for it. Can be carried in vest pocket. Prepaid plain wrap, r t. fsl per box, or fi for S 3, with A Fo.ltlve Written tluaj-antee to Cure or Refund the M o-sey. Pamphlet free. Sold by druggists. Address PETERS MrniCAl. AMS’S, Chleugo, IU. Sold by Emily. At Beall’s Meal Market! Yon will nlnnyx find the choicest cuts of Tender Steak, । Boils and Chops, Roasts, Etc. EVERYTHING NEAT AND CLEAN I Tn Beall’s. * or °* hGr ’ wbo to JSbP util I this paper, of obtain estimate* on advertiwr.g space when in Chicago, will find it on hie «’ ’5 TAOKAS. WANTED-ANIDEA of bchw simple BURN & 00., Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. C., for their prize offer. All pain banished by Dr. Mllee,' Pain Pills-

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FIVE FHCTS KBOUT - — THE Great Rock Island ROUTE. First. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. runs through Vestibuled Trains daily Chicago to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, leaving Chicago via Kansas City daily at 6 00 p. in., and via Omaha nt 10.00 p. m., arriving mountain cities second morning Second. The regular Tourist Car to California via Kansas Citv runs onee a week, and leaves Chicago every Thursday at 600 p. m , Kansas City at 10 50 a. m. every Friday. Tickets based on second class rate and car runs on fastest train., and known as the Philips Rock Island Tourist Excursions. Car arrives at Colorado Springs Saturday, 735 a tn., and Los Angeles Tuesday. Third. Many persons are buying farm lands in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. The Great Rock Island Route runs to all this territory. Fourth. For Mexico C.ty the Rock Island runs a Through Sleepers from Kansas City daily at 840 p m . via Topeka. McFarland. Wichita and Fort W-Tth and Austin to San Antonio. Two routes from there are—lnternational R. R. to Laredo, and Mexican National to the City of Mexico; Southern Pacific and Mexican International via Spofford and Eagle Pass to City of Mexico. Connections a;e also made at Fort Worth via the Texas Pacific to El Paso, and over the Mexican Central to City of Mexico. Fifth. Send to address below for a Souvenir called "Summer Vacations,” that gives much information to tourists. Sent free John Seba tian, 6. P. A., Chicago. I’lie Independent otlicp prints 50 Hille hills on good water proof paper for 11 50; we also give a free notice of sal<» in Ilie paper. pTotel l^ern, The Leading Hotel of Walkerton. Centrnllv locnted. Recently overhauled. Nice, pleiismit rooms and excellent board. A First-class SAMPLE ROOM In connection with the Hotel. RATES REASONABLE. GEORGE KERN. Proprietor. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL CARDS O. F. TOWNSEND, BA II BER & HAIKDKESSEB. Next door Behrens' store. VVAI.KERTON, - INDIANA P. M. JONES, M. D., PHYSICIAN ANDSUKGEON WALKERTON. IND. OFFICE HOURS : From Btoio a. m.: 2to 4 p m ; 7 to 8 p m. Office over Hudelmyer & Henry’s store Night bell !I — — Trustee’s Notice. E. I. Leibole, Trustee of Lincoln township, hereby gives notice that he will be in Ids office at his residence on Avenue F, near the flouring mill, on Saturday of each week for the transaction of township business. 0 M CUNNINGHAM. zlttorny at Law, South Bend, IndODD FELLOWS BLK. ROOM 10. A. E. CRIPE, (Barber and Hairdresser, WALKERTON, IND. Shaving and hairentting done neatly and expeditiously. Drop in and see 118. M H. CROSBY, Attorney at Law, Prompt attention given to all legal work and collections. Office in Kndly-Brady block, over Endly's drug store. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’* Fair Highest Medaland Diploma.

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NORTH BOUND FROM WALKERTON i INo. 20 Faxsenger Leaves 12'28 pnr INo. 22 " “ 654 “ SOUTH BOUND FROM WALKERTON. I (No. 23 Passenger Leaves 9.18 ar& INo. 29 “ “ —4.52 pm Immediate connections at Tipton with main • line trains for Sandusky, Bloomington and all points south, east and west. For tickets, rates and general information, call on W. F. LaFeber, Ticket Agent L E. A W. R. R„ or address . C. I\ Italy. Gen’l Paa. Agt. Indianapolis Ind. It. & <> TIIIK TIBI.K. , I GOING EAST. I “ 16 Mail 910 a m i " 8 Limited 12.42 p m i GOING WEST. “ 5 Limited 823 a m I “ 17 Mail 3.15 p m 11 Walkerton Accommodation 6.15 am S Walkerton accommodation arrives from Chica- । go at 7.40 p. m. Where no time is given trains do not stop ? chas. o. scull. o. p. mccarty, Gen. Pass. Ag't. Assist. Gen, Pass. Ag't., Baltimore. Md. Columbus O. '■ I E. L. SANDERS, Ag't.. Walkerton. I. I. & I R. R. Time Card. It I Regular Passenger Train service operated daily p I between Streator, 111., and South Bend, Ind. ! ; Elegant new equipment and fast lime. West Bound train No. I leaves South Bend at 7 o'clock 1 , a. m., arriving at Streator 11;50 a. m. East bound ' I train No. 2 leaves Streator 6.15 a. m„ arriving at j South Bend 11.15 a. m. Following Height trains . will carry passengers. West bound Nos. 7 and 9 ■ from all stations. No. 13 between South Bend . , and North Judson. East bound Nos. 8 and 10 be- । tween all stations. No. iz from Kankakee to i Shelby and Wheatfield. No. 14 from Streator. Dwight and Kankakee to Momence. I. TRAINS LEAVE WALKERTON West Bound ' No. 1 Mail and Express 7.44 a m - "9 Local 8.25 a m “ 13 Freight P m East Bound. No. 2 Mail and Express 10 39 a m 11 Local 3-58 pm Trains Nos. 1,2, 7,12. 13 and 14 daily. Trains 'B, 9 and 10. Daily except Sunday. Tickets can be had for all principal points. For rates 1 and all information apply to y I F A. SHORT, P { , Agent, Walkerton. 9 Whitehead, G. P. A., Kankakee, 111. 9 ■ "■ g 11/ y Agent wanted for new hook. La IV C Splendid seller. Rare opporI 'unity for any active man or lady. $75 pet month easilv earned. No cxpe» titnce A gTAIT rc *l" ‘ ra > BB we give Al wS I full instructions. Me pay express and allow UO days . Ciedit. Let us t'll von abotr ic I*. W. - WAITED Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder.