St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 August 1896 — Page 4

—— "‘.V - 2 — Jnbcpcnbcnt. Walkerton, Ind., Aug. 15, 1896. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. Bourbon has but one paper again. '•Harris & Son, who recently purchased /the News plant, have moved it to .^Bkiomington, Ind. The nu;V£cation committee informed Mr. Bryan last Wednesday that he had , Ibeen nominated by the democrats for ( {president of the United States. ।

The first article in our campaign deqpartmenf is from the pen of Dr. Arlingi ton, -vho handles the silver side of the • question in a logical and interesting K^^sa»nutr. Both sides of the question will wyh* sen ted from week to week. TFiB too late- now, perhaps, to talk xabout a ball park and race track for this t season, but a number of our citizens are interested in the matter and are anxious io see such an enterprise established. ' They manifest a disposition to contribute liberally towards the project, and no -doubt a sufficient sum could be raised -in a short time to insure its success. An ■agricultural association could be formed in conjunction with the enterprise and a tiownship fair held each fall, which would be of great benefit to the town and sur rounding country. Walkerton is aplen- • didly located for such an enterprise, and there could be but little question as to «ts almost immediate success. It is too Sate to think about doing anything of the kind this season, but it might be a ?good plan to commence now to talk up Ahe matter and get ready for next year. M_ETTINO OP WATER WORKS CONTRACTS. Last Monday was the day set for openang bids for the water works contracts. Representatives from quite a number of firms were present. The meeting was called in Bender’s hall at 10 o’clock by President T. J. Wolf, and each bid was -opened and read publicly Below is a list of the bids and bidders: Stillwell A Bierce Valve Co., pump set -in place, 9560. Wallftce & Co., steel tank and steel Storer, 13,625; wood tank and steel tower, t $3,220; entire system except engine house ; md pipe, 94,511. William Walter, pump house, $394.50 Sheatsley A Reed, laying mains, set-'-ting hydrants, all complete, 7E cents* xper toot. , ; , ’|

MndfPW' v^s. MO each.; * ■Bourbon Copper and Brass Wvzrks, ) hydrants, #2l eacfi: Bineh gate valves, : $6 each; 6 inch gate valves, 810 each. Flint A Walling, steel tower and wood (tank, painted, $1,697; wood tank and । ste(4 tower, galvanized, $1,793. Tippet A Wood, steel tower and steel ttailk,s2,674, with metal roof add SIOO, ; steel tank alone, $1,432. Chicago Bridge Co., steel tower and vwood tank, $2,359: steel tower and steel ttank, $2,275; brick tower and steel tank. . $2,915 Samuel J. Pope A Co., entire system • except furnishing pipe, 37,215. Chandler A Taylor, boiler, 8840. Worthington Pump Co., pump set in t place, S6OO. Laidlaw. Dunn, Cordon a Co., pump s set in place. $655. The pipe laying was awarded to Sheats Uey A Reed, of this place, tower and tank to Flint A Walling, of Kendallville. Ind.. ! and the hydrants and gate valves to the Bourbon Copper and Brass Works, of '•Cincinnati. Ohio. The tower will bn of galvanized steel and will bepmof ac ih.st ' rust and requires no painting. 1' will lUe a very handsome and substantial 1 •structure. The cost of tank and 0 v r I<3 $1,793. The Independent will print; an illustration of the tower in the near { future. The pump house contract was awarded to William Walter, w ho was the only bidder on the job. The contracts have not all been let as ’ yet. Work will commence at once on the tank and tower, which will be completed and in position in about six weeks. Wheat Crop is Short. I’he State Statistician gives Sign -in i recent bulletin compiled from re] nrts made by th * 1,016 township nsse< to t this bureau, as required by the law. The average yield of wheat for the se eral . counties is made from reports received from .nl threshers, representing every county in the state, giving the number f bush is ’reshed from 145,648 acres. The acreage for 1896 is 2,'562,136, an in- • ;rease over last year of 141,018 acres. • Ehe total bushels is 24,564,853 being an fiverage per acre 8.5 bushels. This takes ii no account of abandoned or uncut acreage for his year, which last year was C -estimated at 8 per cent, and is doubtless ? full as large this year. The reports from - Jtae threshers show that much of the h wheat is of an inferior quality, weighing fifty-five to fifty-eight pounds. \ tramp while sitting asleep on the m l of the railroad ties at the Albion vater tank Sunday night was struck by a B. A O. fast train and badly injured about the head. He was taken to the county asylum. South Bend Times: South Bend ind -surrounding cities and towns furnish some hard bicycle riders. Among these . are Clark Brown, of Butler, who holds the world’s quarter mile record; George Crowe, Elkhart: C. W. Donovan, Goshen. sivety in win- mixture. M

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. (Jeorge Leslie's Residence Slightly Damaged by Lightning. A very severe electrical storm, engen , dered by the long heated term, visited this region Tuesday night. Ihe artillery of heaven kept up an almost constant fusillade most of the night as if the hosts of the skies had declared war upon this mundane sphere and were bent upon its annihilation. The blinding flashes of lightning and the sharp reports, which came with unpleasantly frequent regu larity, made the scene a grand though fear inspiring one. It was one of the severest electrical storms ever known in this locality, and continued with almost

unvarying severity from 8 o'clock in the evening until about 3 o’clock in the , morning. About 2 o’clock George Leslie’s residence was struck by lightning, the bolt striking on the tin roof of the kitchen and running down the eve spout at the northwest corner of the house, C and when it left the end of the spout J about two feet from the ground it divided * and split the siding each way for six feet 1 and knocked out a part of a brick from the foundation. Mr. I^eslie and family felt the shock very distinctly, though with no injurious effects. Barge Leslie didn’t propose to be disturbed and he refused to be awakened by the shock. Miss Leila was affected more than the rest of the family. Her fingers, elbows, and arms felt a tingling sensation as if she had hold of a galvanic battery of more than ordinary power. The stroke of lightning was accompanied by a crash ing report which aroused many of our citizens from their slumlx-rs. LAPAZ The venerable Nathaniel Sherland, of Donaldson, attended the W. M. Quarter ly meeting here last Saturday ami Sunday. He is the uncle of Wm. and Luther Sherland and James and Alonzo Sher land. He is now paying his nephews what he calls his last visit. He is 8| years of age. He wcma to la- quite active yet for a man of his age. He was here at the time of the W. M. Confer ence about ten years ago. All of his old friends were glad to him.... Miss Lillie Bondurant is at home from South Bend ami expects to remain awhile.,.. Dr. Hamilton was at Chicago last Satur day.... Miss Carrie Linville- returned t«» Bremen Sunday evening, where elm is employed in the Garver house.., .Schuy ter McChesney is tlwnev ' keeft^A , for the cmnmery_...\ leap year party jls talked of by.Xhc young ladies. Make I hay while the sun shines. There will

not by another leap year for eight pan — i ;H. Logan of Plymouth, was in b>wn I hursday.... C. D. Benton, a traveling man for the Kerfer Medicine Co., South Beud, was delayed here over Sunday at the Hotel Brugh, on account of aickmw Mrs. Fred Myers wan taken sudden ly ill on Wednesday evening of last week She was so bad at times since then, that she seemed at the point of death. Dr. Holtzendorff is the attending physician. Dr. Reynolds of Plymouth, was also sent for Saturday . \kv Thompson, of Ply nouth, father in law of Fred Myers, who has been employed in the latter’s store, spent Sunday with his family Frank and Jake Boas and a young mar. by the name of Miller, of Plymouth, started for South Bend Sunday via the Michigan road. On their arrival at LaPaz, they decided it was too warm for their horse । and 1 ‘ft it in care of Mr. Brugh and t<x>k . the train. Glad the boys had so murh sympathy for the poor brute Xbuut ; day break on Sunday morning as Char .ley Albert was on his way home from । Mr. Pittman's as he got to the north end ।of the marsh on the Michigan road, . about 1 1 . mile south of LaPaz, a strang ,er approached him and asked, him for a ' chew of tobacco. Charley handed him a plug, the stranger t ok a chew, handed , the plug back to Charley, and while the i latter was putting it back into his pocket I the former sandbagged him and robbed I him of 81.58 and the plug of tobacco. He lay unconscious for some time, when two bicycle riders came along and assist ed him back to Mr. Pittman’s. .. .Mr. Halt lost a valuable horse last week from the heat, and it is rumored that Mr. Dolph and Orville Linville met with •‘■mlav mi fortunes Rev. ThomAS, presiding elder of the U. B. church, was the guest of Rev. K nfman last night. . . Fred Myers and Billy Bessie r shipped a car load of sheep Monday... .Geo. P. j Kothenberger, of Teegrrden, was in town I Tuesday... .George Schaal and family i ,! were at LaPorte Monday to attend the funeral of his brother in law, D. W. Miller... .Remember the ice cream social next Saturday evening at W. Sherland’s... .Mrs. Win. Linville, of Garrett, Ind., came here last Monday to visit her father, also her bus land’s parents and other relatives and friends. She was accompanied by four neighbor children, who brought with them a violin, guitar and mandolin. They have considerable musical talent. They are Miss Almira McCarthy, aged about 15; Miss Kate McCarthy about 13: Masters John and f James McCarthy, aged respectively, 11 1 and 9. They are the guests of Eli Stoup I and wife... .Please remember the ap--1 pointmcnts of Elder I. N. Miller on the e county line on Wednesday’, Thursday, and Friday evening of next week. Busij ness meeting at 10 a. m. Thursday. a Vinedresser. e 3 An Elkhart county negro has sued e the proprietor of a Turkish bath house b for refusing to give a bath on account of his color. Ho asks for $5,000 damages.

Local Briefs. , For Salk Cheap.- A span of draft ' horses, weight about 2,700, for cash or 1 good note. Or will exchange for good i driving team. A. Cunningham. P. Q. Nichols wants to announce through the Independent for the benefit of afflicted ones that he has a sure cure for hay fever. The inhaling of burning sulphur, Mr. Nichols says, cured him and he says that it is the only thing that ever did him any good. In using the sulphur but very little should be inhaled at a time. A street preacher visited this place last Tuesday and edified a large crowd, with a long and vehement dissertation on the scriptures. He called ata number of residences in the morning and notified the inmates that he came with a mtmage from God, the import of which waAthat the world would come to an end August seventeenth. The chronic grumbler still Rr^Wbut there are less cases of ehronit Indigestion and Dyspejwia than formerly. The fact is so many people in the past have taken Simmons Liver Regulator that they are now cured of tht<4e ills. And a great multitude are now taking Simmons Liver Regulator for the same troubles and they’ll soon be cured. ‘Tt is the beat medicine.”- Mrs. E. Raine, Baltimore, Md. Cute Cullings. A railroad generally begins to ask for a receiver al*>ut the time there isn’t any thing left to receive. Straw hats usually show which way the wind blows. Truth crushed to earth, has a peculiar way of rising again and kickiigs the stuffing out of the consummate liar. Never wear tight corsets. If you must be squeezed, let some man do it. Never marry for money, hut always for love. If a girl has money though, try to love her. Steep is conducive to beauty Even a silk hat look* Worn when in jL.-. its nap Some jokes should be printMß', thin paper so the reader could eegWirough them. A few flashes of silence i-ecamonllay wi-uld greatly improve --ni- । >p|eN convert- tiou. ^eb has tend in t^r Way she -T? Jou kn<-« Philosophers take thing* a* they come. Rag pickers and pi k jox kc'.s tA* them as they go. He Whistled as He Wentf He went so blithely on the w*) Which people call the Rondos Lit-. That gixHi folks w ho had stopped P- pray. Shaking thmr heads, would look, and say It was not right t > be so gay Upon I weary road of strife! He whistled ns he wont ami stall He boro the young wheir etnajus were deep And h>’lp-d the f-esbh- up the hill. He MM imsl to go with heart a tlirill, Careless of deed and wild of null: He whistled that he might not weep. Hallett Fuguet in the Augi^t C>«mo • > r Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder W orld's Fair Highest Award. That lAtnie Burk can be enrol Or Mlle*' N EKVE FLASTEIL Only Jfc. „»■ । ■■■*

I am ready now to do any Planing, .'latching, or Re-sawing, on short notice, and usual Iv while you wait. Logs and Pickets sawed at once. AU work guaranteed. Pri ces same as other mills. HARD & SOFT WOOD LUHBER always on hand. Twenty thousand fine oak fence Pickets and 2 inch. 1 f t 1" gfat $4 per 1,000. TRY VETERAN MILL MAN. 8 J J. W. BAUGHER. — The System Needs FRUITS — THIS HOT WEATHER. AT THE RED STAR always find a nice stock of Friuts in season. Also a complete stock of Family Groceries and Actions. J. A. WILLIAMS. ICECREAM By the Dish or in any Quantity. Special orders for Partiesand Festivals Given Prompt Attention. SODA WATER, Cold as the Arctic Regions; Candies and 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 Grove chapel. Walkerton Market. Corrected Weekly by chan M. Stephen*. Eggs 9 Butter 12 Lard 7 Green Hides 4 I Potatoes new 25 Corn 22 Clover Seed 3.50 Wheat 55 Oats 12 Beans 60 Rye 1......... 7. . 25 Onions new 30 to 40 Chickens young 6 to 7 Wool 10 to 12 . - - Tills Wiißank, Walkerton, Ind John E. Johnson, Pres. Morgan Johnson, Vice Pres, Thompson turner, Cashier. Does a general banking business; buys and sells exchange, makes col lections on all points at lowest possible expense. Accounts of individuals ami corporations solicited. ' AT BEALL’S 1 MEAT— * I ^MARKET You will always find the choicest cuts of Render AND Roasts, Boils and ChopsEverything Neat and Clean T ryl&eall’s RIPANS ’ ! i! ‘ The modern stand- • to loesr a l Eaniily Medi<1 ’CinW Cures the ~ common every-day X ids of humanity. v C 2 raAa*^||^ c NA«g

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Embraces White, Plain, Fancy Colored and I Working Shirts. Hats We have the latest in hats and can suit anybody and everybody. Shoes in Good Vriety of Styles &. Qulity. THE GLOBE. * —. We Invite all to Come and Inspect Our NE W L I O f *’ = QUEENSWARE & GLASSWARE Including the Latest Patterns in 'DINNER sets: Remember we have the best line in the city and prices the lowest. Also, do not forget we are to the front with a full line of GROCERIES,^

And a full supply of CHOICE FRUITS Alway son hand. Please bear in mind that we can always save you money. YOURS FOR BARGAINS, Chas. M. Stephens, Fry-Daugherty Block. I Will Save you Something On Every Purchase From my splendid assortment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes and Queensware. Buyers are Wanted to move this large stock to make room for my fall stock. No inducements will be left unmade to sell the goods. Accept my friendly invitation and come by the well beaten path that leads to my store. NOAH RENSBERGER. The Leader in Low Prices. ; 1 1 . Xi.

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