St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 August 1896 — Page 4

(fljc JniicpciDcnt. Walkerton, Ind., Auo. 22, 1896. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. Richard P. Bland, among the ablest of the advocates of the free coinage of silver, has been nominated for congress. Hon. B. F. Shively spoke on the court house grounds in South Bend last Saturd ty evening to a very large audience. His address touched mainly upon the money question and was two hours and forty-five minutes in length. Every man who is sincere in his polit icai convictions, though he may differ ever so widely with you, is entitled to your full respect. Men differ honestly on the great questions of public polity, and it is only the man with a very narrow mind that will refuse to grant to those who may be on the other side of the fence sincerity and honesty of purpose. Fanaticism never sees clearly and is incapable of calm and cogent reasoning. It is an unsafe quantity to follow in any path of life. F. Nichols Crouch, the author of that choice song, “Kathleen Mavourneen," died recently at Portland,"Maine. He wrote many songs, but this is the only one of his productions that touched the people just right and secured an endur ing place in their hearts. By this one stroke of genius alone has the author made himself known to fame. All else from his pen has been commonplace and long since forgotten. Crouch’s life was one of disappointment and failure. He never realized a penny of reward from his masterpiece. Attempts to wreck trains are beaming alarmingly frequent in various parts of the country. This form of crime seems to be gradually on the increase. A few years ago where there was but one offense of this kind there are now many. No penalty can be too severe for the infernal !’ nd who will deliberately plan the wrecking of a train, which invariably involves the sacrifice of precious lives. This offense is p.’culia 'y fiendish, and is one of the very worst in the calendar of crime. An attempt to wreck a train, whether successful or not, is an offense that should receive no mercy from the law. An Indianapolis physician says: ‘ People may talk of the great heat as much as they please and tell how they suffered and exclaim with horror at the few deaths reported from sunstroke in the great' cities, but I tell you what, this v>'ither hat been distressingly healthful i. om a doctor’s point of view. There is practical ly no tiekne - ■ there is ro typhoid fever, ncciolera mm! Lum. There. ace of the; earth has be m thoroughly washed by ’he heavy raEs and the poisons nave I ven carried .way in the floods. People feel a dis: greeabh ness, but they are healthy. Last year at this time I was busy looking after typhoid fever cases. It may be that when this rank veget tion (weeds, etc.) dies, we may have some malaria, but 1 thin': t’ ir.gs are in such good shape that we will even escape that. People do a lot of unca’-ed-for grumbling. Doctors r are toe only • es who have just grounds for grumUUq. » ■ J The Township Schools. The schools of Lincoln township will commence Monday, September 7, on the earn L;. ■ hat the Walkerton schools open. Phe f-slewing competent corps of cuehers have been selected to take charge of the schools of the township for the ensuing year: Bert Steel, Jordan; Mamie Witwer, CoD: Ebner Sneatben. Orange; Emma Rinehart, Mount Vernon. Bert Beall, Minnow Branch; Vesta Leibole and Myrtle Platts, Fairview and Dare. The Schools of Lincoln township made an j iomxlly good a’-eragein progress and artenoanee last year as compared TY’fn ♦T n op townships of the county. I Bair is uv-h impressed v. it., the h-^b standard which has been attained bv the schools of this township. The township institute is no doubt a ver - important factor in promoting the interests of the - yh, and it should be the aim of every teachu tae/ka 1 t ■ . < inetitutes as often as possibh ind take an active interest in the pi oceediugs of th. a '. ■ rueti.'? met Jay. The insti tut -s lest year were ;• gi -at source of benefit, and it will be the aim to make them still more interesting the coming year. Tr t o LeiER has be< n giving this phase of educational work close study the past summer, hav ; ng consult el with different superintendents and teachers and obtained valuable ideas wartruing institute work, which he inten r .ve praetic d appii -tion. The li -' .ow .ship institute for the year w :r ’;TId nt the high school building, Saturday. September 5, and it is earnest L d‘ w. :d : there Lea full attendance of all the tc; ..hers of the township. All others w ho desire to attend will be gladly welcomed. At this meeting Trustee Leibole will L ready to contract with teachers. The trustee u yes that parents prepare to send their children at the opening of the term, if posible, so the pupils may have the full benefits of the entire school year.

County Democratic Convention. The democrats of St. Joseph county met in South Bend last Saturday and ’ placed in nomination candidates for j county officers. The meeting was called to order in the Rink at 10:30 a. in. by George G. Feldman, and the work of electing committees promptly followed. After the announcement of the committees the convention adjourned to 1 p. m. The afternoon session was called to order and Hon. D. R. Leeper was elected permanent chairman: G. W. Reeder, secretary; I’. J. Houlihan, assistant secretary. After the adoption of rules the township delegations organized by electing chairmen. The nominating of candi dates then followed. For representative the foilwing nominations were made: Hon. E. A. Metzger, Sorden Lister, John W. Peters, Capt George M. Parsons and John W. Tallbot. There being no choice on the first ballot a second was taken, J. W. Peters being dropped from the list. , A second ballot showed no choice and a , third ballot was ordered, with the follow- . ing result: Metzger, 115; Talbot; 172 Lister 4, Par sons 9. Mr. Talbot receiving a majority was declared the nominee. The names of G. M. Parsons and Sorden Lister were withdrawn and Hon. E. A. Metzger was unanimously nominated. Simon Venn was placed in nomination for treasurer and then being no other names presented his nomination was made unanimous. The candidates for sheriff were John C. Shenefleld, John A. Hartman and Jesse W. Zimmerman. J. C. Shenefleld receiving a majority of the votes was declared the nominee. The candidates for coroner wore Dr. Daniel W. Me Namara, Dr. Henry A. Fink and Dr. Dwight Phillips. Dr. Phillips was ma le the nominee on the second ballot. Samuel Jennings was nominated for county assesor. The candidates were Jennings and Hiram Rex. The candidates for county surveyor wore William E. Graves and Henderson McClellan. Mr. Graves was nominated on the first ballot. John Lederer was renominated for commissioner and D. A. White for com missioner of the Western district. The convention was largely attended and much enthusiasm prevaihsl. The Hu kleberry Traffic. The traffic in huckleberries in this place this season was quite extensive. The season was of unusual length and the yield very abundant. Since the big marsh and its vile accessories of sin are a thing of the pas’ the huckleberry busi ness is relieved of the odium so long sur rounding it and has become a real bless ing to this community. There are many small marshes wit lin a radius of a few miles of Walkerton and these yield abun dantly most Heasons and throw many a dollar into the ; >ckets <-f needy ones. |To give some idea of’he extent of the , traffic in this placi we ■ retired figures from the two leading shippers. Chas. M. Stephens and J. \. Williams, showing the amount bought and shipped from this place this season. These figures do not give the total amount of berries handled, as a great many were sold to merchants and retail 1. The number of quarts of berries bought and snipped by these two Maiers was 93,040 quarts. The sum paid for these berries w ill ap proximate 85,582.10. All told, it is safe toso that $6,000 wasp..id out for huckleberries in this place during the season just closed. Rev. G. Sickafoose, late of Portland Oregon, and a former missionary to China, will speak, of his travels and labors in Japan and (’hii. i while a mis sionary there, in the Island church at 10:45 a. m. on Agust the 30 and in the U. B. church in town in the evening at 7:30. It will be remembered that the large congregations who heard this gifted speaker last year requested his return again this year. The service will be made shorter and a new discourse will be delivered. We will make room f>r all we possibly can and no charges will be made, but a free will offering will be ’■! ken at the close of the service. I •• .im stand also that Mr. Siekafo e . li bring manynew arth- es >f inters . 1 rii-ntal costumes, the small ■ shoe, chop sticks, pictures, e. . (Mi e, everybody, and bring a dime >r a nieklo and get a quarter’s worth i A n ‘bm. More , next week. I. W. Riley. — I . An Elkhart county negro has sued ' th° proprietor of a ’’’'irkish Lath house , for refusing to give a bath on account of his color. He asks for §5,000 damr ages. ff -W-JB4T' « «>«W —ym । M ni _ A WORD To The Scholars. O BY request of certain parties I have ordered a special lot of long , looked for Tablets ranging in । price from Ic. to 20c. Also, a full supply of Slates, Pens, Penholders, Paper Cutters, Exami- ( nation Paper, Slate Pencils of all kinds, Lead Pencils, Marking , i Crayons, Rulers, Rubber erasers , and Inks of all kinds and colors. Examine goods and learn prices before purchasing elsewhere. J. ENDLY.

The New Telephone Line. The telephone line reached this place Friday from Hamlet, and will be eomI pleted and ready for service, in all probability, today—Saturday. The location of the office has not been selected as yet, but will be decided by the local stock holders as soon as practicable. This line will have direct connection with about 3(X) towns and will give Walkerton a good talking chance with the rest of the world. The lino is to be built on to South Bend, where it will connect with the long distance telephone running I from Chicago to New York. The pro ; motor of this enterprise is the Flint, Mich., Telephone Co., which is repro sented by C. P. Wright, who is the active manager in charge of the extension of the lines. This enterprise will bo practical and a valuable addition to Walkerton's interests. The stockhold । ers at this place are as follows; Dr. i Arlington, Thompson Turner, Walker-1 ton Milling Co., Chas. M. Stephens, E.j L. Sanders, Samuel Koontz, Jr., and son ' Ed, Daniel Ktamtz. and son Elmer. Local Briefs. Fok Salk Cheap. A span of draft horses, weight about 2.7(H), for cash or! good note. Or will exchange for good) driving team. A. Cunningham. W. S. Williams, residing two miles; south of Teegarden, reports the wheat crop in his locality very poor this season. I Mr. Williams harvested nine acres which averaged only about five bushels to the* acre. Ed Neff, living in the same local ity, had out 20 acres of wheat which was so {XM>r that he did not consider more than two acres of it worth cutting. The crop all through that immediate locality is jioor without exception. Orville Webb's crop averaged 12 bushels to the acre, which was the largest yield in that vicinity. The fly and rust combined are} responsible for the Milurc of the crop. A Broken Arm. Worth Lcßoy while climbing up a buggy j>ole to chin himself with some boys in his father's livery stable Tues day afternoon lost his hold and fell. He was swinging at the time and he struck the hard cement floor on his right arm, breaking it just alsae the r|ls>w. The Irone protruded through the fl.-sh and he was rendered almost uncons. ;.ms for a time. Medical assistance was called and after the arm was set he nwted, quite easy. The nnu i mending tn good shape. M. E. Supper. The Indies of the M. E. church will give asup|>cr in Ben dvr's hall from 5 t" 9 p m.. Fridax evening. August 28, the proceeds to be usihl for the Irenetlt of the church. A fine supper will be rv<*d nt the low p!ice of 2*> cents. Al! invited, rolloa ing is the Gill of fan Pickled 1 ggs IL > t Pickhn. Cucumber Pickles, Cold Slaw, Chicken, C >ld II un. Slic I r PotaU. Salad. Cake, Peaches and Cream, Biscuit- Butter, Succotash, C< iff re. Tea. That Hack c in bo rurea wits br. Mil, s- M-.KVE 1 LAs l EIL Oalj Jic. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World’s Fair Highest Award.

1 am ready now to do any Planing, Hatching, or Re-sawing, on short notice, and usual ly while you wait. Logs and Pickets sawed at once. Ail work guaranteed. Pro ces same as other mills. HARD & SOFI WOOD LUHBER always on hand. Twenty thousand fine oak fence Pickets A and 2 inch, 1 feet lone, at per 1,000. TRY THE VETERAN MILL MAN. J. w. BAUGHER. ——**■ —— «»*■ ** "■P*-** Q- - « I Wf ■»«■———— — 4H»— The System Weeds 3 M T r—tC. U I I THIS HOT WEATHER. AT THE RED STAR You will always find a nice stock of Friuts in season. Also a complete stock of Family Groceries and X >tions. J. A. WILLIAMS. dCE CREAM By the Dish or in any Quantity. /-— _ Special orders for Parties and — , -7- Festivals Given — —m prompt Attention. GY /SR TA TT T T TV VT7 V7 TA Cold as the Arctic Regions &ODiH W LESLIE BROS. -oct K out thf> ! ’^l ’ I — - ~~~

George F. Steel, house painter, grainer I 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. Stei>liena. Eggs 9 Butter 12 Lard 7 Green Hides 4 Potatoes new 25 ■ Corn 22 i Clover Seed 3.50 Wheat 55 Oats 12 Beans 60 Rye 23 Onions new 30 to 40 Chickens young 6 to 7 Wool 10 to 12 TIIFJ Fanners’»Bank, Walkerton, lud John E. Johnson, Pres. Morgan Johnson, Vice Pres j Thompson turner, Cashier. T Does a geueial banking business; buys ami sells exchange, makes col lections on all points nt lowest possi ble expense. Accounts of individuals and corporations solicited. AT BEALL’S MEAT—i - market You will always find the choicest cuts of Render AXD Roasts, Boils and ChopsEverything Neat and Clean Try Beall’s RIP-ANS u - ~ The modern stand- i L-’ ard Family Medial cine: Cures the “j common c\er}’-day “ ills of humanity. O gS 5* A*ll

16 to 1. J* 1 <>r ^ er .^ h*ke in sixteen dollars where we <ire now taking in one we will have a CASH QlearanQe Jalel 1 1 Os Goods on hand Comprising Clothing and Shoes, -THROUGH AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. We have a Surplus Stock of MEN'S ? SHOES And will dose them out at 20 PER GENT OFF. Our line of Clothing will go at almost Wholesale Prices. We have more goods than we wish to carry now. Money is what we want. Our Fall Stock of Hats is Complete. NEW AND NOBBY STYLES. SHIRTS « We are closing out our $ 1.50 Percale Shirts at $ 1. Don't Miss this Opportunity for Bargains. THE CLOBE. We Invite all to Come and Inspect Our NEW LINE of 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 Always on 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, EtcBUYERS TV RS MHNTED 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.