St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 August 1896 — Page 1

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VOLUME AXIL

CAMP LIFE IN ARIZONA. Phoenix, Arizona, August 17, You may attribute it to my living among the populists all last winter and since then among the miners but, re publican as I am, yet free silver ami Bryan have my voice, if not my voteUnder free silver t he miners ami laborers are benefit ted, under gold the bankers and monopolists. 1 f McKinley iselected and things continue as they hate foi the fast four years for McKinley s financial policy is the same as ('love land's there will, I fear, be much trou ble between capital and labor. The situation is serious and I hi'pemid al most pray tluit the champion of the cause of labor, a western freeman and not a tool of eastern capital and monop dies, may guide thegovernment through the approaching storm. I admire Bry an and think that Teller has no equal for honesty and foresight. With such men to lead us we need have no fear. Os course I am always a firm believer in the protective tariff but that now is of secondary importance. 1 think this is enough of my western political ideas. j When Foster came in from his week’s I trip to the mine he was nearly dead from the heat and the flies. His ears | were raw from the fly bites. The thermometer was 105 to 118 here all the time, so you can imagine what it was out on the desert. We are going to brave the elements, however, heat, flies, etc., and go for a trip to Cave creek again to be gone about a week to make arrangements for our expedition. If I do not feel able 1 may not go over the I

last 15 miles of bad roads, but camp till the party comes back. I shall take along lots of canned fryit ai d be very careful, and I may feel better in the mountains. The Indians have broken out again. Seven people scalped at Negolas. thirty miles from here. Perhaps you read of it. We are going through one n serva tion but anticipate no trouble. The Mexicans are more treacherous than the Indians. A most unusual thing happened here last night a thunder storm and rain j ■ ' '' > r . Life’s Work Ended. Grandma McCarty, a notice of who^e illness appeared in the Indepexoem last week, passed from this life last Saturday morning after a sickness of less than a ' week. She was taken with cholera mor ■ bus on the Monday previous but her case was not considered dangerous until Thursday, when she sank into a stupor, from which she never rallied. From that time on she sank rapidly until death came. The deceased's maiden name was Arzella Wilkinson. She was born at Ft. Ann. Washington county. X. Y., April 16. 1814, her age at time of death being sg years. 4 months and 8 days. She was united in marriage to Morgan McCarty July 26, 1 >32. Mr. McCarty died some 18 years ago. To them were born eight children, three of whom are living. They are: Mrs. M. McCabe, M. E. and C. E. McCarty. They were all at their moth ; er's bedside at the time of her death. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren. 14 great grandchildren and many other relatives who mt urn deeply her loss. She also leaves one brother, J. B. Wilkinson, of Chicago, who is the only one of 14 children now living. Grandma McCarty was a resident of Walkerton and vicinity about 40 years. What we might say in praise of her life would be superfluous. Suffice it to say, that she was one of nature's noble women, and pleasant memories of her noble life and kind deeds will abide long with the many who knew and loved I her. Her funeral was held at th M. F '

church Sunday at 2 p. m. Rev. Stock barger officiating. Burial in the Walker ton cemetery. (LaPorte papers please copy.! B. & O. Excursions. On account of the Grand Army of the Republic National Encampment at St Paul, Minn., September 1 to 14, 1896, the L. E. & W. will sell round trip tickets at rate of 810. Tickets sold August 30, 31, and September 1. Tickets good returning until September 15,1896. An extension of 30 days may be had by depositing ticket with joint ticket agent at St. Paul before September 15. On August 30 and 31, and September 1, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad will sell low rate excursion tickets to St. Paul, Minn., account G. A. R. National Encampment. Tickets will be good for return until September 15, but are subject to an extension until September 30, if deposited with Joint Agent at St. Paul, Minn., prior to September 15. On August 30th the B. & O. R. R. will sell excursion tickets to Jones’ Landing on Lake Wawasee at very low rates account Order of Railroad Conductors Excursion. Special train will leave Walkeaton at 8:44 a. m.

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. INDIANA, S \ TUKDaY.

THE INDEPENDENT’S CAMPAIGN.

Fo rrou 1 Na ifven pent: i It seems to mt' rather strange that I such a man as the Hon. Hiram Brownlee, ' a man of boasted intelligence, will in ; this enlightened age undertake to teach ' the peopleof this country th U the causes ■of all our hard times, eon wreial dis ' alters, bankruptcy and financial ruin. are to be found in an over pnxluction of wealth. I believe the idea to be preposterofis, that wesee men starving because of an over production of food, naked be cause of an over product ion of clothing, ‘ and wirhout shelter becauße of too many

houses. Such argument, in my opinion, is entirely void of truth, and can serve * to but mislead the people. 1 believe, and will endeavor to prove, that the causes leading to our wide spread disas ters are to lie found in an under con sumption, caused by a contraction of the currency of the country, and not in overproduction as claimed by Hon. Brownlee. And in support of my opin > ion I will quote from several of our best ' writers on political enmoiny. E. Feri shine Smith says: ‘The pro|x«ition | that any good thing has ever Ix'en pro duced in excess of the wants of human ity will not bear a moment’s examin atiom The trouble is. that many of those who would like to buy. have not the means which to exchange for what they desire.” John Stewart Mills says A general over supply, or excess of all commodities above the demands, so far as demand consists in means of payment, is shown to be an impossibility. There

, may be an excess of till 'ommodities . above the money demand; in other w ads. , there is an under supply of money." The North Ameriean Review say- ■ ‘•There is no wealth of states or nations ; except labor products. This being th*' ■case, how can idleness iv wt dth “f i financial health to a people? Experim has shown that there can be no over pr>> duction when exchange is costless ami ample. And the tool of exch u; is money. For want of the- m-mey ■• . j change the children of New England Ish^-makcrs starve for want of corn, * whilfYtheft* cousins Afi’ western- prui rt/M ’ are burning it to warm their slu>Ah-~ I feet.” Money is to bnsii • ■ ■ what ..i is to the lungs; as healthful bbs>d i- L» th< physical body. s.> is ,m cup c l ■ st less circulating medium to the body p I i itic. We find by examination of the ■ records, that in HD w ; I a p.p ; .c •: of people, and that w.- had m round numbers $2,000.1 mi in money floating amongst the j. q-E- whi J । amount was equal toabout >55 per capita j This amount of cufeney m circulat. ; | among the people gave to them a: a "de:.: ■ means to carry on their <■'!> 1 I • ■ b : • prises with profit. Tim year Is'D in which this immense sum was th a ted ar t in quick, active use was one noted for I the prosperity of the people and ' x . traordinary amount actually product at th? hands of skilled and um-kUd ,i I- | The rates of interest then W' re 1 >w< ■ i among the people than they had been ' within the memory of man. Mauufae turing establishments h all parts ■ f the country were running full time and at a profit. Houses all over tin . untry v--re being built, repaired, improved, beauti tied and made attractive through the production of working men in their several places of I asimss. The pawn brokers and professional mom y lenders during this year were alm Ist entirely out of employment, except in large cities, where their business was not one-tenth so profitable by actual returns, as during the year 1873, '74. '75 and '7G. Money was bxi plenty for those who expected to make fortunes by lending it. but was not ; too plenty for those who were borrowers ’ ! and users of all they could übtam. ' While this money w a plenty h.- Unit I '

States increas. d in general prosp, rity, in appearance, in the extent <>f her produce and manufactures more in one year than she increased from 1867 to 1876, a period of nine years. By an examination of statistics we find that we raised 13 percent more of cotton in 1865 than in 187 s ; 33 per cent more hemp: 66 per cent more of one silk was manufactured, and 40 per cent more tobacco was raised. Notwithstanding the immensity of the crop of 1865, and the fact that we had 34,000,000 less con- 1 sumers then than at the present time, ’ we heard at that time no cry of over-pro-duction, and the reason for it is very apparent. We then had 855 per capita floating amongst the people, and at the present time less than 820 per capita, a loss to every man, woman and child of about 835. It is a truth self-evident, that as you contract the currency, to that extent you lessen the means of purchase and as a result consumption is dimin- ; ished. And from that fact there is a surplus left in the hands of the producers, prices will as a consequence decline, labor will lay idle, because the demand is not

! oqual to the .supply, (live us back a full ' volume of currency, equal to the demands 1 <of trade, and the spindles and workshops ; will again sing the song of prosjierity i throughout the land, workingmen will again be happy and content, new houses will be built, ohl oiws repaired and beau I titled. There will lw no strikes or lock I outs, debts will be paid promptly, edu- ' cation, religion and prosperity will march ' side by side as in day s of yore, and what 1 more can we ask.? W. J. T. Aug. 20. IHfid.

Opening of the Walkerton Schools. The fall term of the Walkerton schools will oiwui Monday, September 7. The following corps of teachers has bean appointed for the coming year: William (’iem. principal; D. E. Rupel, grammar department; A. D. Swank, second inter mt*diate; Jay F. Miller, first intermedi ate: Kate Fogarty second primary; Rose Millard, first primary . With these thor ough and painstaking instructors in charge then' is no question as to the ex ci lienee and efficiency of the schools dur । ing the coming year. Under the thor j ough ami conscientious direction of i Principal Ulem, with the co operation of > faithful instructors under him, the Walk ’ erton Schools have Iwen growirg Iwtter 1 each year until they have attained it very i high standard. New methods and im \ prot aments w ill be added this y ear which ; will give the school still greater efficiency I I’he high school is nicely equipped with * apparati, consisting of a sei of relief maps i of the world, a natural seirno cubincL mensuration blocks. micnw»mpe, globe, I physiological managin, skeleton.a library I of idmut 12a volumes and an organ. In I the first primary room there is n lot of kindergarten supplies. Au A-nericanized I edition of Bitanmca of 2G volumes and I two Webster's international du ternaries i have ixsen added to the sch<» Js this year. I Everything promises for an interesting ; and profitable school year, and parents I are urged to co operate in th- ess »>f t the schools by 1< *»kmg after their > htidren i ■»md weeing that their attondni'ee Hpnne' 1 ’ tualas jM .Hbie, Rigid run-. tn reg od tn | tardiness will !«• adopted md enforced I the miming vear Principal ( mr- qu- (.« ‘ that all pupds. whop, blyc.m b- po- ' ent on the Opunicg d.o of -d I a Pa 7 Miss Lillie Sherhmd of South E> d. j is visiting with hercmon. William Sher ! Sherlands. a . she expects : » rem .<■ !» > ' i- c. ; '. ■ I I , . , ! , , , ‘ tv ide her adve' t n the f i H Bunch The followi: , r p. .ms are on | Linville, Mrs. |l. ~r y Mhr 4la i Sy : -y t'.d. . Weh.'i: . b lerlaud ami family a d l:at>. Ihlhand wife attended th Pi-m nh fail Tncsd.c M- ! 1 n. Ind., was vi ti g W. F. Fuller .m: wife several days ago Mrs. W. F, ; Fuller went to Mdif -rd Wednesday to I visit relatives and friends Mr. Pool. * of South Bend, was in town I’uesday . riiirLy little boys are being drr < d a. military • . 'tieshy lb \ I>. C. Linville and i Dave Kodenberger. They expect to be ; uniformed this week . Dr.U.F. Holt/en dorff has a new horse Sam Hostetler and wife and Robert Gillasand wife will I attend the general confen ikt of the U. ; B. church at Winona Park. It m gms tomorrow, and will close September 3. . I Elder I. X. Miller will preach on the county lino on Sunday. Svi tember 6, n ii,„ and evening . .The Sun day ••■h Is of Wa »h to.vnsldp v ill ob- ’

serve September 27 as a Sunday school rally da> Abe Shafer and Schuyler i McChesr.ay were at Plymouth Tuesday, i Remember the Third Annual Reunion at Lapaz. Thursday, September 3. Rations will be served to soldiers free. Other persons will be required to pay 10 cents, it is supposed most personswill bring their lunch baskets with them, and eat their own dinner.... The ladies of the U. B. church will serve ice cream and cake, and also warm dinners forthose i who desire to patronize them ... .Judge i Biggs, of Warsaw, will speak here to night from a Republican standpoint. Ue is an able speaker.... The creamery at this place gets about S,(MM) pounds of milk per day.... James Montgomery, operator at, the Junction, has been at Terre Haute about three weeks, and will have to remain there awhile longer. His brother John fills his place at the June tion until his return. Vinedresser. \V ANTED—Several faithful men nr women to ’’ travel for responsible established house in ' Indiana. Salary S7BO. payable sls weekly and • expenses. Position permanent Reference. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. The ■ , National, Star Building, Chicago.

at South Bend, Sept. 7 to u. HaV ■r i ill Annual Exhibition o f the Northern Indiana & Southern Mich:ln nd -m U,tUral i 8 now at I , ,3 he bniu d “ f fiiroctors are using giea^fforts to make this exhibition supert<^> all previous ones held by the tt will be the banner district •Hf^^tather Indiana or Michigan, be I ,n £ *^B»dinoneo f the most beautiful ■ lr ^ 1 ’ communication as Come and spend a tew 't’ 1 .'’’^Kpng nat In ■■ s boners. <'”'i,pare ?wEess ami improvements that arc 0,1 * n t,u ‘ shop, tie- fne torr farm. Het the week of the j fairj^>ue a vnealion from the trials ’ and incident to a busy life, ('ome one, ppmr all.

^Destruction by Lightning. A ’^tmw stack located near the two barns on the farm of Joseph (’ripe, four mile^northeast of this place on the North I Liberty ruad, was struck by lightning | almut । o’clock last Saturday evening during a severe storm. The straw stack was in>im*diately ablaze. An effort was I ■ made to Btnother the fire by piling on 1 straw hut this was of no avail, and the I | fire spread rapidly from the sta- k to the > two barns which were soon Iteing licked I up by the flames. Mr ('ripe huo^|«| I in getting his homes and farm impie mentis from the building but his summer cn^weonatoting of wheat, oats, timothy and millet hay. which ware stored in the •aras’ were destroyed. The insurance ! •hi the buildings was alxmt but the ‘ craW"ere a total kw* Setrnd years ago two barns |oe,i* -d ■»n Uti same ground were burned from a thrashing machine engine. The Mormon Temple. It Wai only four day s after the an nd ■if the M >rmon emigoo te in the L isin of * the Kdt l<ake that Brigham Young maHieil >mt the site for the t -it Mo»s on temple. The |swple of th* .o| ony'Tals'r d bn the rslifi.n for many । yerits htitihng the granite of whi. h J is ■mg' ;• E d fro- I qi... . ;-y aob-s d*WiL .At la*t. after the • xpen b‘nre <»f urv’iut mii-r : sos Joi u ; it has i« . a cooid’TM. and te on«» of the m<»«t *4id ! 3? ■ bllddC': Au.«.^. 'G ar*' '- ' ■ ' ' prMv.hly stc I without > .rack a th- sand yvar*i Tie tempi*' amt t- • ’ . ary ' proud. Fr-.m Wonderland^ of th* ■ ■ n. ■ Ma f An I xt ra Scr v ke. Don’t foil to h. ar Ib x Swknb ■ .<t i |- • . at the U, B. i hue h in tn wn in tlm vv« > child to hear bun. Uu te early to _et J. W Ki In th’ pt< —.s. Williaru M■ Kii i- ' M‘ »md cousin of the republican cambdat- acm buried at P. itland. ImL. last w. H was laid out by William J. Bry. a ^cuod c. I.air. f the d. rati.- । ■ dwitial candidate. New Carpet Samples TXT XZINCeNT'S Represents _ O. W. Richardson a Co.’s snp i ’ cive carpets X.> b.s ■ ■ made. Be sure ti set' th> :i, i’h< ■ : 1 PURELY VEGETABLE. 't .m» io .... Ma: '.ki T-X I y JaCMU’ V. AND j

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AUGUST 29.

Local Briefs. i Try RennbergoFß 18 cent coffee. । Ihe Davis sowing machine is one of , the best machines on the market. Vin , cent's sell them at S3O to $35. ! Ino maximum age assigned to the : pin »is said to be 700 years; to the red ; beech, 215; to the oak, 110, and to the . ash. 1 15 years. Jesse Lancaster is slowly improving . but will he a cripple for quite awhile on । account of one of the cords of his right j k^r being drawn up. | A htrge ahum nt of copper wire was ; stolen from the telephone people while they were putting up wire from Hamlet to this place. The stolen wire cost about. 800. Conn, the manufacturer of band in strumenUs, is building a tine conservatory of band music at Elkhart. Some noted musicians have been employ ed as teachers and thorough instruction will ' be given in all kinds of band music.

Annual Clearance Sn . For ten years I have each sea s>m made a clearing sale of

/ •• / . ma A . . a’njsn-w.j.-xnrar- ’ ■ vxrW 1 \ ■ / L.> 35. a L- ’ । 7*’ s J t- • _ 1 -A ■ ■** ■ •■" L ... .;

CLEARANCE SALE.

UWR I G AUGUST AND SEPTEMI And This Year W : l] be no Exception l ! - ’: •. „ S: ■l. g :u; i Sum: G.h«ls f•)X ' I lllhh • ■ oXE HALF FALL ANS WINTER GOO \ • i i 1 ■ !< ■ thm. a ; ■-f my comp< ti 1 ors. X' ; lung is i s-o'-; g ’hissale. Come, get pricesand witm-ss V i WAI £"5" CLOTH IE I.J. W Wi-r 5 Gent’S Futt Rensberger Block. ROSS, JARRELL & 00.^ GENERAL HARDWAR ' FARMING IMPLEME?

e e e Barb and Smooth Wire, Ui ILK Me AL GAS -°^ E s - ] — ELEGANT NEW DESIGNS. m S^NEW OLIVER - and James Oliver Sulky.

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Bread, pies and eak. s ah t : the I domestic bakei y. The Ixdepexdkx I and '■ 81.75. A cheap combinati< vantage of the offer. Fok Sale. A horses. < ; u huh W 'The famous Hoosim SI Grain Drills for one and with prices right, at Machi Miss Hattie Hardy ret Wednesday from a several Northern Michigan. Wiseoi ncsota. She came home so< c < intended on account of the father, Videntine Hardy. Ilie Lake Erie and West : a number of railroad tki •' - nights ago by a robbery a: ■ tion, the junction of the West .Michigan and Lak. Western roads north •■( to\ J leraid. tVAS I'ED—Several faithful nn ’’ travel ILr re-ponsible e^tabi lieliHaa Snlnry -<7BO, payable exjien.'i' P. vitaai perinnneat, elie.. -elfHtlilrv'seu stamped < NiitionH), star Building, t Idea go

GLEAHANCE SALE.