St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 October 1896 — Page 5

Advertisers in the Independent i have the privilege of changing their advertisements as often as once a month at I least. When they are allowed to run | month after month without any change they become stale and unprofitable to ‘ both the reader and advertiser. The | public are eager to read fresh, newsy ads. that are to the point and every business man should not neglect to attend to the matter.

LOCAL NEWS. No. 499 is a good, honest 5 cent cigar. The races at Plymouth this week were quite a success. If you want to buj a good broom for 8 cents call at the Red Star. Train No. 14 on the I. I. Jr I. does not carry passengers, as formerly. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Curry Miller has the scarlet fever. Watch for announcement of Hallowe'en ’een supper in next issue. Rensberger’s 17 cent bulk coffee is better than Lyon or Arbuckle. The best 3 cent ink tablets that ever came to Walkerton at J. Endly's. (Democratic barbecue Oct. aS. Job printing cash at the Independent office. Don’t ask for credit. To Trade. Good canopy top buggy with curtains, for wood. H. E. Beall. Rev. Riley will preach at the Island Sunday morning at the close of the Sunday school. Go to Hudelmyer’s for your shingles. Reduced prices for the next 60 days. Now is the time to buy. T. J. Wolfe is handling the famous 84 tailor made Apollo pants. Any of their samples are made at 84. Hon. T. J. Wolfe has been confined to the house for the past two weeks with pleurisy and stomach trouble. Fok Sale. Forty-three head of sheep, all ewes. S. D. Martin. Cobbler’s outfits for repairing your own shoes, also findings, at Ake’s. He is selling them 50 per cent cheaper than last year. The Kankakee Land Investment Co. have moved their office to the Arlington block in the rooms at the rear of the Farmers’ bank. Hon. Aaron Jones, of South Bend will address the people of Walkerton at Bender’s hall Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p. m. For Sale. Second hand bedstead, extension table and set of cane-seat chairs. In good condition and will be sold very cheap. Apply at Independent office. All persons indebted to A. I). Johnson, Tyner, are requested to call and settle by cash or note this month or their ac counts will be left for collection. (lome boys, settle your bills. Ake has received his, stock of winter robes and blankets. It is a good time to buy now when there is a good assortment. He is selling fur robes cheaper than ever before sold in Walkerton. The democrats are making arrange ments to hold a great barbecue in Walkerton on Wednesday, Oct. 28. There will be an abundance to eat and a number of noted speakers will be present. Mrs. J. N. Black had the misfortune to cut her hand Thursday. She was turning down a can cover when the can ■ broke with the base of the thumb striking the edge of the glass so as to sever the cord, making a deep gash.

Arnold, the barber who had charge of Mrs. Townsend's barber shop, left last Sunday morning taking with him the money received during thfc week and several razors belonging to the shop. This is the second barber employed by Mrs. Townsend since she has had charge of the business that has played the same disreputable trick. Attend the grand democratic barbecue and rally at Rochester, Wednesday, October 21st, 1896. On the above date the L. E. &W. railroad company will run a eHeap excursion to Rochester. Special train will leave Walkerton at 9:18 a. m., rate 65 cents. Gov. Claude Matthews, Hon. B. F. Shively, Senat • Turpie and other noted persons will be present and talk on the issues of the day: join the procession, hear the band concerts, drum corps, etc. Do not fail to take advantage of this opportunity. For further information call on ticket agents L. E. & W.

Revs. Riley and Black called a meeting at the Presbyterian church last Wednesday evening for the purpose of organizing a Christian Endeavor Society. An interesting primary meeting was held and some committees were appointed. They meet again next Wednesday evening at the Presbyterian church to perfect the organization. Topic cards and literature have been sent for and will be distributed at that time. The society is undenominational and the members of any church are invited to unite with it and develop an earnest Christian life among the young people.

Try the Defender, the smoker’s delight. Two spools of John J. Clark thread for five cents at Noah Rensberger’s. Hoffman & Co., manufacturers of buggies at Albion, have made an assignment. Come to the Chestnut Social at Hill Grove school Oct. 23, 7:30 p. m. Each lady bring a box. The American steam laundry can not be excelled. Leave your orders at Cripe’s barber shop.

* Michael’s business college at Logansport was destroyed by fire last week ; causing a loss of 870,000. Mart Wolfe has moved to town and occupies the house he recently bought of Ed Grider and moved onto his lot. For Sale.—The Dr. McCool property consisting of a comfortable residence and two lots. Apply to S. J. Nicoles. Try the American steam laundry, of LaPorte. Work first-class. A. E. Cripe, agent. For Sale Cheap. -A work horse 6 years old; weighs 1,250 pounds and sound. E. L. Sanders. It is said that the appellate court has decided a saloonkeeper is liable for selling intoxicants to a person who meets death while intoxicated. Noah Rensberger donated a very fine hanging lamp to be used in lighting the pulpit of the new U. B. church at Tyner, for which they say “thanks.” Pat Fitzgerald, jr., has moved into the house he recently bought of Henry Hudelmyer, formerly owned by Harvey Gregory in the south part of town. Call and seo sample copies of the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and the New York Thrice a Week World, with which the Independent is making liber al clubbing terms. Chas. M. Stephens has received his holiday stxx'k of chinaware, glassware and queensware. He has an elegant stock which is neatly displayed for the inspection of customers. It is reported that efforts are on foot to organize a baseball league for next season to be composed of teams from : Michigan City, LaPorte, Wanatah. West ville, Valparaiso and Walkerton. Wana tah 'rimes. Bose's slaughter house located on the ! Dare place south of town was burned j last Tuesday night. Eleven bundles of i hides, 400 pounds of tallow together j with the tools were burned. The loss is about 8150, with no insurance. The j fire is thought to have been caused by tramps. Jesse Coppock Post. G. A. R., will place the government tombstones over,, the graves of their departs^ in the Walkerton cemetery October 21, at 1 o’clock. There are 17 tombstones which were furnished by the government. All old soldiers and their friends are invited to be present. The millinery opening given by Miss Ida Beach on last Saturday was well at tended. All the afternoon and evening the parlors were crowded with ladies who came to admire the fine display of trimmed hats. The rooms were taste fully decorated, one room being fitted up all in white with a toboggan slide in one corner. Curtained off from the white room was an alcove for the piano where ; excellent music was furnished by Miss Genie McDonald. ■ । A contract has been closed for the dredging of Kankakee lands from the । mouth of the Little Kankakee to South Bend, a distance of 15 miles. J. C. Houk, of this county, has taken the eon tract for doing the work, which will । commence at an early date. Two i dredges will be used and the ditch will i be seven feet w ide and 35 feet at the < mouth. This is a great enterprise I which will reclaim thousands of acres I of marsh lands. i

The first quarterly meeting of Walker ton circuit, U. B. church and the dedi t cation of the new church at Tyner, will . i be one week from Saturday and Sunday. I Oct. 24 and 25. Rev. G. Sickafoosr will 1 have charge of the services. Several 1 ministers and friends from a distance 1 are expected to be present. All are in c vited to come. t I i Tile Hoslien News says Farmers who feed pumpkins to Lg- should .-» ■ that the seed has been extracted. \t t I several points over the state hogs have ; 1 been dying off by the hundreds on ac < count of indigestion caused by pumpkin ■ t seeds. Cholera was supposed to have f been the cause of the death, but a post < mortem examination of several hogs re- : 1 vealed that the stomachs held undigested f pumpkin seeds. 1 I 1 The republicans of South Bend held a large demonstration in honor of the old generals, Alger, Sickles, Howard, < Stewart and Corporal Tanner, who ' spoke in that city last Monday. Each of the old warriors made a brief speech from the Lafayette street entrance of the court house where a large stand had been erected for the occasion. An immense crowd thronged the city. The parade was an extensive affair, being j one of the largest ever held in that city. In the evening a special train carried a | 1 large delegation of South Benders to Elkhart where the generals spoke in the evening.

' | Oysters in all styles at the Domestic । bakery. ! i 84 will get a pair of fine tailor made pants at T. J. Wolfe’s. | Watch for announcement of Hallow e’en supper in next issue. (Democratic barbecue in Walkerion Oct. aS. The L. E. &. W. will make speciaLrates to Peru Oct. 22 to the democratic rally. The democratic barbecue at Rochester has been postponed from October 21 to 22. For Sale. —The O. F. Townsend barber shop. Apply to Mrs. Lizzie Townsend. The annual convention of the Sunday schools of St Joseph county will be held in South Bend on October 19, 20 and 21. Lumber, lath and shingles at a bargaih for the next 60 days at Hudelmyer’s. He is offering inducements to reduce his stock. . Among the most attractive novelties this season are the chenille hats. Miss Millard has them in all the stylish shapes- ' The L. E. &. W. will make half fare rates to the republican rally at Peru . October 17. Thos. B. Reed will be j among the speakers. Mrs. Vincent, our enterprising furniture dealer, donated a very beautiful pulpit set to the new U. B. church at Tyner, for which she has their sincere thanks. David Walters, the township S. S. president, is arranging for a grand con- । vention in the new U. B. church at Tyner shortly after the dedication. More about it in a few days. W. W. Place has received by express from O. E. Replogle, of LaPorte, an extra tine Shropshire sheep. Mr. Replogle holds ,a World's Fair medal and diploma on this class of sheep. An embankment at the approach of Poofs bridge has been partly washed away, making travel dangerous. The proper authorities should be notified at once. Flora Monroe, the pacer owned by Dan Fitzgerald and E. L. Sanders, of this place, entered the Plymouth races this week. Her time was 2:29. She has beaten this record. The oldest son in the family of W. L. Hopkins, who resides two miles east of Hamlet, has diphtheria, making the fifth case in that family. A daughter diet! of the disease last week. Hardenbrook A Mayo gave a sparring exhibition at North Liberty Wednesday I evening. Tht.’»&. gave an entertain i. •IXI 1 6 CST | P H«y evening, f lys. noon and 2 | 5 P ‘ . — The younger ladies of ^he M K. church met on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ed Koontz and organ ized an auxiliary aid society the purfM^e of which is to raise money for improve ments ufx>n the interior of the church. I They will hold regular working meetings once a week and give public entertain ments from time to time. A dance was held in Bender’s hall I on Friday evening of last week. The ' music was excellent and the attendance j good ami the evening proved a most on I joyable one. The dances which are given here alwiut every two weeks under the management of T. .L Wolfe, Jr., are a treat to lovers of this pastime and have iM'come deservedly popular. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Williams’ little son J mot with a pah fio a 'eidevp th-' latter part of last week. He was tripjied up by a loose board while running along on the sidewalk and he fell striking his chin on the wulk with such force as to bite his tongue about half way through. Dr. Arlington, who was called, reports that the tongue is healing in g<x>d shape. A Greensburg school girl has written । the following physiological essay, that may stir the scientists up: “The human 1 body is divided into three parts the head, chist and the stummick. The head contains the eyes and brains, if any. The chist contains the lungs and a piece of liver. The stummick is devoted to the bowels, of which there are five a, e. ' ~• , D i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. The cure - f Rheumatism has often 1 1 taxed medical skill, but it’s prevention has been very easy by an occasional use : of Simmons Liver Regulator. It keeps, the liver well regulated, and the system free from poison. Therein is the secret I of health. "1 have used it for years for ! Indigestion and Constipation, and also found it gives one relief from a touch of Rheumatism." N. Hughes, Lordsburg, ' N. M. A printer don't rush to the doctor every time he is out of “sorts.” Nor to the baker when he is out of “pi.” Nor to hell when he wants the “devil.” Nor to the wood pile when he wants a “stick.” Nor to the Bible when he wants a good “rule." Nor to the gunshop when he wants a “shooting stick.” Nor to the cabinet shop when he wants “furniture.” Nor to the bank when he wants “quoins.” . Nor to a girl when he wants a “press.” Nor to a lawyer when he has a “dirty case. Nor to a butcher when he wants “phat.” Nor to a pump when he’s dry—and has ten cents in his pocket.—Ex.

PERSONAL points. Ed Ror>^ Chicago l as ? Th W “ buying gooda in * last Thursday. with Mr ot Kno ’’ is viß ‘ tin K w.Z . ,ckc ”“ liDg - Benton two °d visited relatives in “ 0 Harbor . Mich, last week. Bend, Seifert ’ nt 800111 visited m town last Sunday. with^h M-'™' ° f is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. C. Hardenbrook. is viSs? 8 "/ Bnrdenbrook, of LaPorte, family Wlt ^ A' Hardenbrook and dav^k Chicago, spent’SunAtwwd US Parentß ’ Mr ' and Mrß ' A ' Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Strang^fand “ aug hter Ruth went to Chicago Tuesday ° remain a week or two. Irs. ( has. Farver and son Brooke re°rned the fore part of this week from a visit of several weeks in South Chicago. Mrs. Maud Garvey, of South Bend, visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, a part of last and this es!^ ind Mrs- Elias Knepp and family ^^k turned ,rom » pleasant trip in q ho among the hills and the home of Jpeir childhood. MMrs. Dr. Smith and sister. Miss Kate west, of Hanna, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pratt this week. Miss Frostie McDaniel returned last Monday from South Chicago where she has been since last July working for her uncle, George McDaniel. Mr. Thomas, of Chicago Junction, a mail clerk on the B. A O. road, was the guest of J. P. Barnhart on Wednesday. Mr. Thomas thinks of moving his family to this place. John Devery has sold his interest in the boot and shoe store at Huntington with which he has been connected for some time. He is at present visiting with his folks near town. Mrs. Obenchain and children, of Cass county, have lieen visiting here with her mother. Mrs. J. N. Barnhart, and brother, J. P. Barnhart. She will also visit relatives at Bremen before returning home. Clyde S. Pool, of Joplin, Mo., was visit ing here with his brother Charlie last Wednesday. He will visit at South Bend. Michigan City and South Chicago, before returning home. Clyde is engaged in the jewelry business at Joplin and is prospering. A. D. Reynolds returned a few days since from a visit of several weeks with his brother at Middle Falls. N.Y. Dud was presented with a novelty in the shape of an Australian rabbit eat. It has a short tail and hops around like a rabbit. It is six months old and weighs 19’s pounds. It is a lightning rat Mr. Young, of Watseka, spent Sunday here. He is a practical tailor of long exjM>rience and will take charge ofT. J. Wolfe's tailor shop at once and holies to receive the orders of all for their winter suits. He has worked with Dave Petrie, formerly of this place, for three years and Mr. Petrie recommends him highly. Three I Shops at South Bend. South Bend is likely to get the three I railroad shops, the head officials of the • with the location and inducements which that place offers. The city agrees to donate 15 acres of land for the shops ln'sides giving other encouragement to the enterprise. If the shops are located | there it will be the greatest lift South i Bend has had for many years. Saw -mill Plant for Sale. I am offering for sale my saw-mill I plant, consisting of boiler and engine, matcher ami planer, one Bailey’s guage I lathe, hand lathe, double headed shaper, mortiser and tenon, hard jointer, boring machine, dado, grooving machine, two cut off saws, sand paperer, rip saw, sticking machine, in fact a full outfit of machinery for making furniture, sash, doors, etc. Will sell the whole outfit very cheap. Jerry Steel. Will Fill the Coliseum. Next Monday night. October 19. the Barnum and Bailes Greatest show on i earth will begin an engagement of two weeks in the Chicago Coliseum. This ’gilding is the only structure in the w Wrld that is large enough to accommodate on one floor all the departments of this vast amusement enterprise. The Madison-Square Garden, New York, where the show has begun its annual pilgrimages for some years, can give room only for the circus and hippodrome on the ground floor; the splendid menagerie and Oriental India are relegated to the underground passages, where they are partially eclipsed. Even the Olympia Gardens in London were not commodious enough for the great and varied spectacle afforded by the show. Every available foot of room in the Coliseum will be needed for the Barnum and Bailey exhibits. The seating arrangements have been completed, and as arranged the raised seats will accommodate about three thousand people more than could find entrance last spring during the run of the Buffalo Bill Wild West. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.

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