St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 December 1896 — Page 5

g2~ Advertisers in the INDEPENDENT have the privilege of changing their advertisements as often as once a month at least. When they are allowed to run month after month without any change theiy; become stale and wunprofitable 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. Sam Ross is on the sick list. No. 499 is a good, honest 5 cent cigar. $4 will get a pair of fine tailor made pants at T. J. Wolfe's. If you want to buy a good broom for 8 cents call as the Red Star. Job printing cash at the INDEPENDENT office. Don’t ask for credit. | Hicks' Word and Works and his almanac for 1897 with the INDEPENDENT $2.15. The Boston dry goods store, South Bend, advertises bargains in winter underwear this week. T. J. Wolfe is handling the famous $4 tailor made Apollo pants. Any of their samples are made at $4. Miss Tda Beach is receiving new goods every week and has always the latest city styles in millinery. Adverticing in s 0 good a medium as the InpEPENDENT, if followed properly, is not an expense but a good investment. Those who agreed to pay their subscription to the INpDEPENDENT in wood are hereby reminded that cold weather is here. It is said that if the water in the lakes at LaPorte continue to fall the city will be compelled to look elsewhere for its water supply. A large assortment of felt, chenille and velvet hats in all colors with trimmings to match in the beautiful new autumn tints, at Ida Beach's. The Awerican Business College, Omaha, Neb., offers a complete course of lessous in Bookkeeping and Arithmetic by mail free of charge. Readers of this paper will do well to investigate the matter and profit by it. The work of digging the big ditch about a mile and a half east of town along the B. & O. railroad is nearing completion. The ditch is about 110 rods long, the average width 40 feet and the average depth about 10 feet. The INpEPENDENT calls attention to the ad of the new firm of Stephens & Grider, who have just added a neat, clean, fresh stock of dry goods, notions, boots and shoes to the grocery department formerly conducted by Mr. Stephens. | Sam Cowan and Harvey Yerrick are arranging to open a tin shop in the room formerly occupied by Algabrite & Son. They have bought T. J. Reece's outfit of tools and will be equipped for all kinds of tin work. In addition to this they will carry on a general repair and paint shop. A number of young ladies of South Bend gave a minstrel entertainment at the Oliver opera house in that city on Thanksgiving evening for the benefit of the poor. It is said that the “end men” were immense and the program a great success throughout. The net proceeds were SI,OOO, some of the choice seats selling in advance from SSO to SIOO each. The Plymouth Independent of November 28 says: “Bert Beerbower who was brought home from Walkerton a short time ago suffering with stomach trouble is reported as in a critical condition and some worse. A consultation of physi cians will be held. Mr. Beerbower being a member of the Odd Fellows lodge would appreciate the aid of some of his brothers in his illness and distress.” Merchants who have stocked up for the holidays will do well to make the fact known to the people of thesurrounding country a few weeks before the time for buying. The quickest, cheapest and best way to do this is by using the columns of the INpeEpENDENT. Now is the time to do your advertising. DBring it in and we will render you good ser vice. Valparaiso Messenger: A fakir repre senting himself to be a soap agent is traveling through this section swindling the farmers. He sells his vietim 20 bars of soap for 31 and gives a coupon entitling the purchaser to a fine Russian rug. The man promises that another agent will follow him in a few days, who will take up the coupons and deliver the rugs. The agent with the rugs has failed to appear in every instance. The Thimble Circle ladies will have on sale at their fair rope and bead portiers, hem-stitched table cloths, napkins, handkerchiefs, and towels. Also aprons, dusting caps, sofa pillows, pin cushions, dusting bags, laundry bags, slipper cases, head rests, comforts, lamp shades, sun bonnets and birds of various colors to keep your fingers from getting burned. Come everybody and help the ladies by purchasing some article. You will get your money’s worth, besides helping toward buying new seats for the M. E. church.

Old clothes made as good as new. Take them to the Globe. Vern Hardenbrook is learning the barber trade with his brother, Harry. Some of the free silver papers advise saving your Bryan buttons for 1900. - The InpEPENDENT office has blank deeds and mortgages, notes and receipts for sale. . The American steam laundry can not be excelled. Leave your orders at Cripe’s barber shop. Harry Hardenbrook, the new barber at Townsend’s old stand, invites you to call and see him. 1 The Nappanee canning factory is putting up an ocder for 100,000 cans of Boston baked beans. The Michigan City car works paid its employes on Wednesday of last week all in gold, amounting to $27,000. The bridge gang, who have boen working east of town on the L. E. & W. railroad, were laid off last Saturday morning until spring. The head and neck of a pelican is on exhibition at Endly’s drug store. 1t was brought from North Dakota by Mark Masterman. Work had to be suspended several days on the new court house at South Bend on account of defective work in laying the foundation. Mrs. Thomas S. Stanfield, widow of tho late Judge Stanfield, died in South Bend last Monday afternoon of paralysis. Her age was T 4. Hamlet will hereafter be regularly represented in the correspondence columns‘ of the INLEPENDENT, we having socured‘ a good correspondent at that place. | Harry Hardenbrook, of LaPorte, has bought the Townsend barber shop, two doors north of the postoffice, and will continue the business at the present stand. He is a first-class barber and guarantees satisfactory work. The revival meetings at the Island have done very well chis week. There were five accessions to the church and several others rose for prayers. Rev. Riley will preach there Sunday evening and Rev. Neville will fill his appointment in town. All are cordially invited. E. Leibole raised the smokestack at the water works station last Thursday and Sheatsley & Pead have the two six inch wells driven. The plant is nearly completed, and the InperENpENT will give a thorough write-up and illustration of the works as soon as the latter can be procured. A dispatch from North Judson to the Associated Press says that J. N. Smith, of Chicag;), while hunting in that vicinity Friday, was shot and seriously wounded by one of his companions. The two men became separated and Smith was standing behind a clump of bushes into which his companion fired. At Endly's drug store you will find a large and well selected stock of holiday goods, embracing toilet goods, albums, fancy articles of various descriptions, toys, games, and other articles “too num erous to mention.” For further particulars see ad in this paper. When a girl is sixteen, she deserts her mother, but when she is twenty six, and has discovered that the flattery of sweethearts and friends is all dead ashes, she goes back to her mother, and the two are firm friends until death separates them. Ex. The bicycle works at Plymouth are to be sold at auction next Thursday to set tle the demands of creditors. It is feared by the Plymouth people thatforeign cap ital may buy the property and move 1t away, and the local newspapers are urg ing that steps be taken to keep the sac tory there. A dispatch says that state superintendent of public instruction has sent a letter to each member of the legislature in which he asks their support of a bill he will cause to be introduced at the coming session. The measure will prcvide that Latin be taught in the common schools if any pupil shall desire to study that language, and that all applicants for teachers' licenses b pelled to pass an examinatic | n before a certificate is issued. Strong opposition to the bill has devel ped among teachers, and a fund is being raised to employ a lobby to defeat the measure. The cause of the failure of the arc lights on the streets to shine forth with their usual brilliancy on Saturday night was a broken circuit. The experience of one night in the darkness was suflicient and we think few of Albion’s citizens ' would be willing to return to darkness. —Albion New Era. After a town has once had a taste of the advantages of such public improve- ' ments as water works, electric lights, etc., iit could not be driven to do without i them. But against what bitter opposition must such enterprises always be pushed through to success! But with all the ill feelings, misunderistandings and misrepresentation arising from the inauguration and consuma;tion of a public improvement, a time comes when all are glad that such advantages have been obtained, the tomahawk is buried.-and the white-winged dove of peace again hovers over the community. “All is well that ends well.”

~ Opysters in all styles at the Domestic ‘bakery. i ~ Bed lounges at $lO and sll each at Vincent’s. . { Ladies’ calling cards—latsst styles in ‘cards and type. : ~ For SaLE.—l5O gallons of fine maple ‘syrup. A. H. NoBLE. “ For Rent.—Rooms for light housekeeping. Mgrs. R. RuPEL. The milk men of LaPorte are waginga war and the citizens are profiting by get- ‘ ting their milk at two cents a quart. Harvey Yerrick is negotiating for the| purchase of H. Granger's business property recently occupied by Algabrite’s} tin shop. | One blacksmith and wagon shop in Tyner to rent for only $1.50 per month. Come soon or it will be taken. Apply to A. D. Johnson, Tyner, Ind. Call and see sample copies of the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and the New York Thrice-a-Week World, with which the INDEPENDENT is making liberal clubbing terms. | Young people are always wishing something would happen, and old people are thankful when nothing does. They have learned that when things happen, it usually means more trouble. —Ex. Our method of instruction by mail is highly recommended by our patrons. Send for testimonials and list of names and addresses of students. It is free. American Business College, Omaha, Neb. T. J. Wolfe, Jr., will give a public social dance in Bender’s hall on the evenings of December 11 and 25. Excellent music and a good caller will be provided. All invited. Tickets for the evening, 50 centd; spectators, 15 cents. The InpErPENDENT office is connected by telephone with Knox, Grovertown, Hamlet, Donaldson, Bremen and Plymouth and any news itews, orders for advertising or job work can be transmitted direct to this office without expense to the sender. J. W.Baugher received an order Thurs. day from the Michigan City car shops for 50,000 feet of oak lumber, with the assurance of enough orders to keep his mill going the rest of the winter provid ing this order is filled on time. He will put a good force of men to work next Monday. ~ While the American Business College, of Omaha, Nebraska, now offers to give a complete courss of instruction in busi'ness branches by mail without charge } for tuition, we would advise our young people to secure enrolment as free students in their mail department. The high standing of this College insures BUCCHSS, Mr. Billings, of LaPorte, is scliciting our business men with a view to writing up the town in a special edition of the InpeErENpENT. Mr. Billings, we under stand, is a newspaper man of experience, and should he receive suflicient ecourage ment will no doubt do his part in a satis factory manner, There was & good attendance of teachers from Linceoln township at the meeting of the St. Joseph County Teachers' Association at South Bend last Friday and Saturday. A very inter esting and profitable meeting is report ed. Among the papers read was one by Prof. Clem, principal of the Walkerton schools, on “Free Text Books.™ It is said that the ruling of the attor nev general of Indiana that insurance companies when unable to obtain the amount of 200,00 on regular assess ment, can not do business in Indiana, has compelled the Protective League to withdraw, and its policiesare being trans ferred to other companies. This ass ciation has been in busintss seventeen vears, operating chietly among the la DOring Cclasses Noutish ! ! # Q& .a;.lme € That's the whole secret in a word. We can cure no disease unless we can keep up the patient’s strength. And there’s only one way to do that—feed him. PRutif the system refuses food? Then use SCOTT’S EMULSION of Cod-liver QOil with Hypophosphites. It goes STRAIGHT TO THE BLOOD. stops the wasting, rekindles the vital fire, makes new flesh and so renders a hopeful fight possible against A.N% disease. Espcciafiy is this so in bron- | chial and lung troubles, in the | relief and cure of which Scott’s | Emulsion has won its reputa- | tion. Book about it free. } Scott’s Emulsion is no mysterious ' | mixture. It is palatable, non-nauseat- | | ing and infinitely preferable to the | § plain oil. The genuine has our trade- ' | mark on salmon-colored wrapper. Get | | the genuine. | For sale at 50 cts. and $5.00 by all | druggists, i SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.

e PERSONAL POINTS. : - J. W, Baugher was in Plymouth last ‘Wednesday on business. ‘Misses Carrie and Zadie Rupel were in South Bend on Friday. - George Barnhart, of Wyatt, this county, was in town last Saturday. Mrs. H. 8. Dowell visited with friends in Garrett a few days last week. John Kinney, of Benton Harbor, Mich., is visiting with his uncle, A. Atwood, and family. Mrs. Zerua Sanderson, of Union Mills, is visiting with her niece, Mrs. George Ewing. Mrs Hattie Leibole, who was visiting here several days, returned to Chicago on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Van E. Wilkinson, of Ambia, Ind., are visiting with the latter’s mother, Mrs. Lizzie Place. .8. B. Stults, of Huntington, Ind., was in town Thursday on business with the inkakee Land Investment Co. § Will Klingerman and family arrived st Friday from Walkerton to remain Igdefinitely.— Plymouth Republican. /Mrs. Philander Gee, of Painesville, Ohio, came Wednesday on account of the illness of her daughter, Mrs. J. N. Black. Miss I. A. Compton, of Fort Wayne, and Miss Lila Fosdick, of LaPorte, were visiting Miss Minnie Burger this week. Ed Atwood of this place, and John Kinney, of Benton Harbor, Mich., went to Chicago Thursday to remain until Saturday. Mrs. Leroy Gillen and Miss Etta Blake, of South Bend, are visiting a few days with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Parker, of near this place. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Stevenson moved to Chicago last Tuesday, where they will keep roomers. Their house here is occupied by Scott Davison, fireman on the milk train. Clyde Vincent went to Indianapolis last Tuesday to attend a course of lectures on embalming and other subjects pertaining to the management of fu- | nerals. He will return next Monday. | Mr. and Mrs. Ziba Hornbeck, of Grand 1 Rapids, Mich., are visiting with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Koontz, Jr., at Koontz's lake. Mr. Hornbeck recently recovered from a severe sickness from gastric fever, but is getting ‘quite strong again. S A smooth individual representing himself to be a traveling man for a wholesale blacksmiths' supply house called at Chas. Farver's shop in this place a few days ago and solicited him for a bill of geods. The fellow quoted goods con|.“nhly below the standard prices, for iu t. He, however, insisted on an ad vance payment. Mr. Farver suspi cioned the man and refused to bite. When told that the money required in advance would be placed in the bank | and [‘;\i(! over on l't‘t'(‘il!t of the gmnds | the man departed and failed to show up ‘! again. We understand that this same %du-’k found victims in some of the sur- { rounding towns. His scheme, of course, g i Bto get the “advance payment” and { that is the last heard of him or the ex % pected bill of goods. A gentleman | traveling for an Indianapolis house that | deals in blacksmiths' supplies was in i this place a few days ago and stated that | he had been in several towns where this | swindler had worked his game and { found that he had been making from 25 : to 850 a !15‘:_\ } Accept This Offer at Once. | The December issue of The College | News, issued by the American Business College, Omaha, Neb.,, will contain a large number of testimonials of students | and graduates of the A. B.C. Send for a free copy. George F. Steel, house painter, grainer and paper - hanger. Kalsomining, ete,, done to order. Work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Address box 27, Walker ton, Ind. Residence near the Pleasant Grove (‘h(i}'t‘l. Oak Logs Wanted! | Any one having oak to sell will do well to call and see me at once. ; J. W. BAUGHER. g { License N otice. Votice is hereby given to the citizens of the %nl Ward of the town of Walkerton and to the e'i!ze::s of said town of Walkerton, in Lineoln | toynship, of St. Joseph county, in the state of In diana, and to the citizens of Lincoln township, of said county of Bt. Joseph, and stata of Indiana, that I, the undersigned, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of said county of St, Josepi, at their December term of 1896, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors | for one year, in less quantities than a quart at a ‘mue. to be drunk on his premises, and at his place of busincss which is located in the first story in a room twenty-five (25) feet wide and i fifty (50) feet long in & two story brick building, f fronting on Avenue F and situated on twenty- ! five feet in width off of northwest side of lot No. [ thirty-two (82) in the original plat of the town of { Walkerton, in Lincoln township, in the county of St, Joseph, and state of Indiana. i And the undersigned gives further notice, that i at the same time, he will apply to said Board of I()Qmmissioners for the !nri\"ilege of carry‘ing on { within said room, a lunch counter, the ‘sale of | eigars and tobacco, and for the privilege of run- ! ning a pool and billiard table. ! ALBERT C. HARDENBROOK. | Dated this 14th day of November, 1896. Low Ra{c_lZxcursic;ll—tTéhlcago. On November 28 the Baltimore & Ohio ' Railroad will sell excursion tickets to | Chicago, 111,, at greatly reduced rates, good for return on all regular trains un- ' til December 2, inclusive, e e Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Fair Highest Award,

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