St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 July 1896 — Page 4

(Stye Independent. W^^ckton, Ind., Jvly 18,189(5. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. The New York Sun espouses McKinley. Tb* meanest of men seem to have &>me g«w»d traits. Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, is a native of Bavaria. He came to this courtrv when he was 16 years old. He is 48 year# of age. _____ For fiftit« men out of obscurity suddenly and returning them there with equal celerity. there has never been anything equal to a vice presidential nomi-iia-Uon. Bast Matthews and Shively, of Indiana, w offered the vice preeidentia normaation at the free silver conference in Chicago on Friday of last week. They declined to allow the use of their names. Aathur Sewall, the democratic vieepresidential nominee, resides at Bath, Maine. He is a ship builder and a man of great wealth and extensive business ntervsts. Contrary to the spirit of the domocratic platform he is said to be a high protectionist. He who walks through life with an •ven temper and a gentle patience- pa tient with himself, patient with others, patient with difficulties and croaaea -he has an everyday greatness beyond that which is won in battle or chanted in cathedrals. Dr. Dewey. The notification committee selected to break the news to Bryan and Sewall of their nomination at Chicago is preparing to wait upon those gentlemen at an early date. In the meantime the country is waiting in breathless suspense to •ee whether the nominees will accept or not The death of Hon. Frank Hurd, the well known democratic politician of Ohio, which occurred on Friday of last week, is a great loss to the free trade cause. Hurd was one of its most able exponents. Some of his speeches on this question, it is said, have never been surpassed by any free trade orator in this country. William Jennings Bryan, the democratic nominee for president, is only 36 years old, a year past the constitutional mje. .He.is the youngest man eu»w nominated*/oi^pretidenK He'is a ’remark able orator, being known as “the boy orator of the Platts." It is his forensic ability that has in such a few years placed him among the national leaders

of his party. The first number of the LaPorte Daily Argus, published by the Wadsworth Company, made its appearance Satur day, July 11. It is an eight column four-page paper, and very neat and newsy. It begins with a good advertising patronage. The Daily Argus will advocate the cause of democracy, and, of course, like the weekly Argus, will strike straight out from the shoulder. If the spirit of Benjamin Franklin, that live American newspaper man, can etill look down upon things earthly, it must be a gratification to him to know the talent for journalism still runs in the Franklin family and that his greatgreat grandson. Rene Bache, who recently unveiled the bronze statue of the old philosopher in Chicago, is a newspaper man, and one who is a credit even to such an ancestor as Ben Franklin. A cynical exchange gives out the following, in which the truth holds a good part: It is easier to sell a bicycle than a wagon. Men will buy shot guns and pay cash for them when they have to give their notes in payment for wtensils which they must have to earn their living. They pay the retailer a hundred per cent profit on beer without a protest and then kick on 10 or 20 per cent the grocery dealer asks Billiards at 25 cents a game di» s not rn-em very high to them but bread tickets 21 for a dollar makes them grunt. Lake Manitou. The popular Summer Resort, near Rochester, Ind., is now open for the pleasure and comfort of its patrons. Keep cool by taking an outing to this delightful spot, where fishing, boating, bathing and numerous other amusements are to be had. Hotel Manitou is situated in a shady grove on the shore of this beautiful lake, with ample accommodations, everything first-class, and with exceedingly moderate rates. Special excursion rate of one fare for round trip is now made over the L. E. & W.,going on Friday and Saturday, returning Monday. This will enable all to enjoy a Sunday outing never to be forgotten, and within reach of every one. For further information, call on agents- or address: C. F. DALY, General Passenger Agent, Indianapolis, Indiana

bott "' CWa *>' 1896. We wiU ruii’^cord.” Uskowski “X"? th ° ,ormer ’ 3 mother, «xcareions to MichigiteeSO pumped up I stedrn£^ a ^ e ’ an d other relatives coaches to let , •i Fare for the round Q. <T ’ Ikebor.

“I The eldest daughter of Senator I^man, of South Carolina, was killed by • lightning last Wednesday. = Teller, it is said, has endorsed Bryan. 11,. do« not want hi. ti o populist convention in St. Lome. There is some little talk of nominating Col. William Hoyne, of Notre Dame, as the democratic candidate for congress i i the Thirteenth district. The colonel > i eas on finance are said to eoinen e w th the free silver plank in the demo cratic platform. The Financial Question. “An honest dollar, worth one hundred cents everywhere, cannot be coined out of 53 cents' worth of silver, plus a legis lative fiat." So says the lion. Garret A Hobart, Republican candidate tor Vice President, and the statement gives to the heart of the question Mishawaka Enterprise. The cause of free silver cannot be truly said to have received an impetus from the action of the Chicago convention. The effect, in reality, is pretty certain to be of an opposite nature. South Bend Tribune. The depreciation of farm property in the state of New York is doubtless the main cause of the rapid spread of the silver sentiment in the rural districts of New York. Low prices for potatoes, grain, etc., have caused “down oast" farmers to search for the cause of their tribulation, and to locate it in close proximity to the financial system of the country. South Bend Times. At the present commercial or bullion value of silver it is impossible there shou'd l»e a ratio of 16 to 1 lietween sil ver and gold. Ratio means, as applied to these two metals, their relative values. And that is not 16 to 1, but nearly 32 to 1. The adoption of a ratio between ail ver and gold has always, at all times and in all nations been baaed on the relative commercial values of the two metals. When our early ratio of 15 to 1 was adopted fifteen ounces of silver were equal in value to one ounce of gold. Afterwards it was found that it took about 15‘ 9 or 16 ounces of silver to tm equal to one of gold and the 16 to 1 ra tio was adopted. Now wo are asked to odopt this arbitrary and immpoMible ratio when the relative values of ths two metah require a ratio of nealy 33 to 1. New Albany Tribune. We note that some of our exchanges are trying to moralise on a little incident wherin a laboringtnan was asked the question, “What does 18tol mean?" It is said by our gold bug friends that hornv handed workingman remarked as he rushed away: “16 men looking for one job." It is to be surmised that this fel low had a job of work and that sixtorn fellows were after it and trying to crowd him out, for that is about the conditon of affairs today. But the goldites want the financial system manipulated in such a manner that ratio of the metals shall be kept at about 32 to 1, or to entirely crush out the use of the whit*' metal as money Reasoning on the hypothesis of our am gle standard friends, this wmlld mean job for every thirty two lal*»rcrs, and finally no work for anyone. Oh. they are patriotic, three fellows who opposs the “dollars of <»ur daddies." Plymouth I ndependent

Drowned in Pretty Lake. Wayne Wilkinson, of Plymouth, was drowned while bathing in Pretty l^ke l.nt Wednesday afternoon. He. Frank Tanner and Lee Kendall took a Ixuit and rowed out into the lake where the) went in bathing. There was quite a breeze stirring, and before the young men noticed it the boat was floating away from them at a rapid rate. They started after it, but Wilkinson became exhausted before the Ixmt was reached and sank, his companions being helphw to eave him. M.C. Walls and Jamee Hofman who were fishing in a b»xit heard the cries for help and pulling up anchor rowed to their relief as soon as possible. Wilkinson had gone down before they reached the struggling swimmers, and Tanner and Kendall were completely ex hausted and would doubtless have met the same fate as their companion had not the rescuers reached them bo oppor tunely. Walls and Hofman anchored a l>oat as near the spot where Willkinson went down as they could remember. A number of other boats were soon at the place and several divers went down in search of the body but without sue cess. A diver was sent for at Chicago and his arrival was looked for Thursday evening. The deceased was about 24 years old, and a promising young busiI ness man of Plymouth, where he was I held in high esteem. He had a number ' <>f friends m tins place anil visited here । July 4th in company with his friend, \\ . E. Peterson.

bIOUNT VERNON Spencer Koontz is home ami will re main for an indefinite time. Jake Alsfasser and wife, of LaPorte, are visiting with relatives in this vicinity. John Suders and family, of Mishawa ka, visited with Samuel Wenger and family as well as other relatives in this locality a short time since. Emma Rinehart visited with friends in LaPaz a part of this week. Miss Nellie Fink, of Mishaw aka, visited with friends in this place the first of last week. Alta Koontz visited with relatives in Warsaw a part of this week. Mrs. Whittaker and little daughter, of West Union, 111., are visiting with B. F. Rinehart, this week. Mrs. Curry Miller, of Koontz's Lake, spent last Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. E. L. Sanders. Mrs. Charles McCowan and friend

Local Briefs. If in need of a good buggy it will pay you to examine the Quaker City at Rose, Jarrell & Co’s. Elegant finish. The beet of material and prices right. For Rknt. 1 good 7 room house, good cellar, cistern, wood house and small barn. Will rent to a small family. For particulars call on J. A. Williams. H. J. Irwin and J. Quinn would respectfully call the attention to those owning marsh lands to their excellent facilities for ditching. They have a machine which does the work rapidly , and well, and with their improved fncilities can ditch your land at small cost. 1 Their price is 20 cents a rial. Jack Haverly, the minstrel man, brother of James Haverly, of this city, is said to again be a rich man. He dropped about 1300,000 in a Colorado gold mine within the last twenty years, and has recently realized $250,000 from his investment, with the prospect of m iking a cool million out of it. His mine is nt Bull Hill, nine miles west of Cripple Creek, Col. He certainly has had bull head luck. LnPorte Herald. Administrator’s Notice. Those persons knowing themselves in debted to the estate of Louis DeCoudrea must settle with me on or before Aug. Ist, and save costs. W. S. DkCovdrks. ICR -r Having put up a large quantity of ice for the purp»*»c of doing a regu lar ice business this summer 1 here by give notice that I am ready to supply the wants of the people in this line promptly. 1 will run ade livery wagon for the accommodation of customers, and ice will lx» doliv ervd at 25 cents a hundred. Get your Refrigerators ready. J. W. BROWN. All Kinds of HACHINERY REPAIRED! c at u>e • I* Walkerton Machine Shop. LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED. GASOLINE STOVES REPAIRED. All kinds of Pum(* repaired I also sell the best grade* of pumps C. w. SHEATSLI-Y. ini ■ ■■■■ ■■—■■■■■■■■■

1 am ready no* to do an) Planing, Hatching, or Re-sawing, on short notice, and usual ly while you wait. D>gs and Picket* sawed at once. All work guaranteed. Pn cce same *8 other mills. HARD & SOFT WOOD LUMBER always on hand. Twenty thousand tine oak fence Pickets ** and 2 inch, 1 feet long, at fl per 1,000. TRY THE VETERAN MILL MAN. J, W. BAUGHER. The Red Star — Is a Good, Reliable Place to buy Family Groceries and Notions. ICE CREAM By the Dish or in any Quantity. Special orders for Partiesand Festivals Given Prompt Attention. SODA WATER, Cold as the Arctic Regions; Candiesand Fruits. LESLIE BROS.

George F« Steel, house painter, grainer and paper hanger. Kalsomining, etc., done to order. Work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Address box 27, Walkerton, Ind. Residence near the Pleasant Drove chapel. Walkerton Market. CwrreCteJ Weshlj by (Ima M. Siephem. £««« 9 Butter ip Lard ' .7 । Green Hides Potatoes new 39 | Corn ’... 27 Clover Seed I W heat ... 55 , Oats 1 Beans go Rye 22 Onions new 30 to 40 ! Chickens young g to 9 < to 12 •mac xu Farm’ Bank, I 1 Walkerton, Inil, JOHN E. JOHNSON, Poa.. MORGAN JOHNSON. V. P.—. THOMPSON TURNER, Cathm Dovs a general banking biiHinees; buys ami sells exchange, makes col lections on all points nt lowest poani Ide expense. Accounts of imlividmiln and corporations solicited. At Beall’s MEAT i MARKET. Yotl *ill al nays find the choicest cuts of Tender Steak, Boils and Chops, Roasts, Etc. EVERYTHING NEAT ANDI (LEAN! Try Beall’s

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