St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 January 1897 — Page 8

Independent. A Local Newspaper, Non-Partisan ENTERED AT THE WALKERTON P. O. AT SECOND CLASS RATES. Sulowcri T> ti o» : for One Year . . .81.60 for Six Months .... 75 for Three Months 40 If paid promptly in advance a discount of 25 Dents on Ine year will be allowed. Walkerton, Ind., Jan. 16, 1897. ^LADIES’ Capes and ___ Jackets Phoenix, x weather is perT | ®MUO UK H ir and fresh wit ? 90. ntain and dese go . ssojß puP MUBJ H'

green and grow | s||i>| g^ jnoij UE JO) >(E ,s crystal and bit | y comparisons.d M express Wt* y— Our stocks are complete, representing the season’s Best Styles. Our prices are Very Much Reduced, affording you an opportunity to buy at advantageous prices. Not one of them out of season. At 86 00. A Rough Cloth Jacket, Latest sleeve and collar, buttoned to the neck, large black buttons. Early price §lO. At $7.50, Plain Kersey Cloths, Rough effects, silk faced, new sleeve and collar, fine tailor finish, box fronts, large collars. Early price, §12.50 Bargains

in Ladies Capes The balance of our Ladies’ Capes, made of Cloth Plush and Astrachan. will be closed out at less than the cost to make them. Children’ JacketsWe have a splendid line of Children's Jackets, tunning from G to 12 years all the very latest styles. Here is your chance to buy a child's jacket cheap. Beaver Shawls, We will close out the balance of our Beaver Shawls at greatly reduced prices Ladies’ Wrappers. An immense line of Ladies' Wrappers, all good styles, the $1,50, $1.25, SIOO quality, of which there mnst be at least 15 dozen, all at 75c each. Ladies' Mackintoshes, Childrens Mackintoshes, At popular prices. Chillas, Adler & Coble, 201 and 203 So. Mich. St., SOUTH BEND, IND. The Leaders in Low Prices. Law for Compulsory Education. Capt. E. T. McCrea, representative of Montgomery county, has prepared a bill providing for compulsory education in Indiana and will introduce it during this session of the legislature. This bill makes it obligatory on all parents, guardians or other persons with whom chil dren between the age of six and fourteen years reside to see that said children attend the public schools for a stated number of months each year, unless the children be incapacitated by sickness. The provides that all school teachers why - b. a record of the ehildren be . out' . -T ‘wsftn.s ears residing in cov bei l" - 2 caSCS t" .nt-'stated age to school. ' "'FoGon of this law parents, guar°r others having the care of chilsllall be Pushed in a sum not less 'U’chan $5.00 or over $25.00 for each offense. In case a child should finish the common school course before his fifteenth year, his parents would be exempted from sending him longer. A special from Washington says that the grand jury has returned an indictment for criminal libel against ex-Repre-sentative Charles G. Conn, of Indiana, the former proprietor of the Washington Times. The alleged libel charged that District Commissioner Truesdell had used his public office for his personal and private gain, instead of the public good, and by means of his office and the public appropriations had sought to benefit sections of the city in which he was a property owner, instead of devoting the funds to more populous sections. Mr. Conn is now in Indiana, but it is understood, will return shortly and give bond to answer to the indictment. AV ’V' * \t>—Several faithful men ot women to travel for responsible established house in Indiana Salary S7BO, payable Sis weekly and expenses. Position permanent. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The National, star Building, Chicago,

I Real Estate | — | FARM LOANS, NOTARY WORK, | LIFE INSURANCE, | FIRE INSURANGE! MM,.. »Awai.i«Minn . 1111 ■ HIT--■ annwwKWiwWTSiM-.-w."HE? - " 5 We have the agency for six old reliable Fire Insurance Companies £ and are also agents for the New 1 ork Life Insurance Co. 5 We make Farm Loans on very reasonable terms. 3 We do all kinds of Notary Work, such as making out Deeds, Con- gX £7 tracts, Pensions, etc. Ey If you wish to sell or buy land see us. Wo will give your interests Ex ^■|MBHlHfeßß||^^MLtion. Kankakee Black Bottom Lands a specialty in gx Ml JHOX UI S||o" aqr^^l from 80 to 1,000 acre tracts. |-.W “ ’• - —

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Mews from the Surrounding Territory as Given by Our Correspondents. OREGON. Subscribe for the Independent and get all of the news. Jacab Paul lost a valuable horse last week. J. M. Davis gave a surprise party on last Tuesday evening, in honor of his son, Charles’ twenty first birthday. A good time is reported by all that were present. J. H. Peddycord has his saw’ mill in operation in Mr. Rosencriss’ woods. E. G. Lancaster, of Walkerton, was visiting the Koontz school last Wednesday. Leonard Boyer drives a fine colt which he has just broke Ben Miller, of Hamlet, was calling on friends in this vicinity last Thursday. Chauncy Wright and wife are visit ing in South Bend and vicinity at present. John Goppert and family, Herman Goppert and sister, Minnie, were the guests of E. 1). Boyer and family last. Thursday evening. A. F. Baird. John Paul and W, 11. Dipert were at Plymouth last Friday Miss Stella Dipert visited with Miss Attie Boots the later part of last week and the fore part of this. John Paul drives a tine team of gray i

horses as he has traded M. Rose out of ■ his driving horse. Tn ARG. G ROVERTOWN. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson is seriously ill with Pneumonia. □ Miss Bertha Await, two miles north i of town, is quite low with consumption. Goppert Bros, are up to their necks in the hoop business, with employment for 1 quite a number of men. । Jake Sult and wife entertained about ■ ' forty of their friends New Year's day । with a bountiful dinner, all having an ! enjoyable time. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allen were called 1 to South Chicago last Monday to attend . the funeral of their little nephew, Johnny Doran, eldest son of Mr. and *Mrs. Will y I Doran. The^parents have the heartfelt . Sympathies of their many friends at this . ; place in their sad bereavement. j The fourth teachers’ Institute of Ore- > i gon township convened at this place Sat- . urday, Jan. 9, ‘97, with a full attendance . [ and G. E. Butcher in the chair, Miss El- ; la A wald acting as secretary. 1^ singing No. 153 in 'Ht and Life No. 2. T^he subjects for . 1 discussion were as follows: , Literary Interpretations, by Miss Ella A wald. Guizot's History of civilization, Lee- • ture V., by J. E. Minnick. , Lecture VI., by F. E. Head. On the purpose of religion on human 1 life, Miss Atta Boots. Grammar, G. E. Butcher. History to part 4, Miss Kate Healy. History to part 4, Ed Kab. The subjects were all very ably disposed of by the members of the Institute, which I adjourned to meet the second Saturday | in February. Chase. NORTH LIBERTY. T. J. Reece and daughter, of Walker- | ton, were in town Sunday. John I). Troyer, of South Bend, was in I town Wednesday. Protracted meeting is in progress at the Wesleyan church, two miles east of here. Mrs. Laura Lentz, Mrs. Mary Keltner and Mrs. Geo. Shrop, of South Bend, are here during the illness of their father, Dr. D. Hoffman. The venerable Anson Worster, who has been sick the past week is improving, j The best 3 cent ink tabjets that ever ■ came to Walkerton at J.Endly’s. i I

HA MLET. \V . ( arl, of M arsaw, Ind., is here vis iting relatives. I W. H. Martin stopped off here for ; few days to see the boys. He is enrout from New York to Chicago. C. Smothers has completed the den with the Hay Co. for the Alberson prop erty. Alberson will probably stay at Mil Creek where he now is. W . Bliss, J. A. Martin, W. Grosham and C. Lehy distributed the ditch no tices over Davis, Oregon and Washingtoi townships for the enlarging of the Rob bins ditch. This is another good mon and all should help push this good, work ias it will benefit all farms in said town I ships. I font forget the revival meetings at the M. E. church, all turn out and be benefited. The Lauther subdivision in Hamlet if steadily being cleaned up. giving lots of work forthose that have no other employ ment The creamery at Hamlet has got the machinery in place now and is readv for spring work. They also have got a feed mill and wih grind feed for farmers this winter. Hamlet’s surrounding country is like a sea of glass on account of lots of water and the recent freeze. C. J■ Danielson is in Indianapolis ou business this week. Thereistalk of fighting the Robbins ditch. That is a bad step. If those who think they ought not to pay assessment

because they live two or three miles from । the ditch will go down totheold Robbins' ditch they will see that all of the water । that they run off from their farms is overflowing the farms adjoining the old ditch I they wont kick. J. A M. MILL CREEK. A. Alberson and wife, of Hamlet, are visiting with relatives in this place. G. P. Tenner, of Galien, Mich., was on our streets Saturday. D. S. Woodard, of Kalamazoo, Mich., was on our streets Monday. E. E. Ryan went to LaPorte Monday on business. A boy was born to the wife of Lewis Wiltfong Jan. 8. Ira Gilchrist's horse broke loose from in front of Collom Bros, store and ran away last Wednesday evening. He was found shortly afterward by Y. W. Collom in a culbert just east of town on theC. A G. T. Railroad. Fortunately the fast ! train from the east had just gone. With the exception of a few bruises he was not injured. Chas. Melcher’s house just north of town burned down last Friday. The 1 , eausr is unknown, Frank Shafer, who < was residing in the house, was away | from home. We are informed that Melcher had an insurance of $250 on the ; house. Shafer’s loss is about SIOO. No i insurance. Whiz. Land Owners, Attention! If you want to sell your land, and wil sell it at a bargain, come and see’us and we will furnish you a buyer. Kankakee Land Investment Co., Walkerton, Ind. (Cowan &Yearick, | TINNERS A and Wood Workers. a Repairing and New X Work in Metal or J Wood Solicited. Al A so Gasoline Stoves X repaired and cleaned y WORK AND PRICES GUAR 2 ANTEED SATISFACTORY. X AVENUE F. J

Local Briefs. Jones, the murderer, has been sentenced to hang at the Michigan City prison May 7, 1897. The Chicago Times-Herald says: Sev oral young women in (his city are raid to have perfected an organization for 1 the purpose of substituting a live-year [ marriage contract for the present mat- | rimonial regime. As a rule, however, j public sentiment will probably be averse to lengthening the term of marital re- , lations to five years. According to the Rochester Sentinel a ! Wabash conductor on the western divi- ' sion is credited with a piece of unusual brilliancy. He was making out a report about killing a cow with his train and misunderstanding the word “disposition” where he was to tell what was Jone with the remains he put it: “She was of a kind and gentle disposition.” I It is a mistaken idea to stop the home paper because of “hard times. - ’ Some ' i people think newspapers never have any discouragements or losses. We have ' yet to become acquainted w.th the newspaper man in Dekalb county, who has ' won a fortune, small or great, out of the business. times are hard a ^dollar 01 ^^^^^^break any ne up. wHiTeYhe aggregate to the naper

’ll!lay be a serious matter. Waterloo . Press. A special from Rochester to the Indianapolis Sentinel says: The pastors of the catholic, Christian, spiritualist, adventist, baptist and presby- | terian churches have resigned and the ’* church doors will remain closed for j some time. The methodist and evange--1 list are now the only churches in the ' R । town where religious services will be held regularly. The ministers resigned, ! it is said, because their congregations I ; were unable to pay salaries. 1 . -— r Some insurance companies have this } kind of a clause in the policies which they issue: “It is a part of the consider , ation of this policy and the basis upon I which the rate of premium is fixed, that , in the event of loss tin* company shall not be liable for any amount greater than ■ three fourths of the actual cash value of property covered by this policy at the' time of such loss, and in case of other insurance, whether policies are concur rent or not, then for only its pro rata pro- 1 portion of such three fourths value.” I Attorney General Ketcham has rendered unofficial opinion that this clause is in violation of Indiana's insurance law. A Washington correspondent says: Congressman Royse, of Warsaw, laughs good naturedly at the suggestion of his name for the other of attorney gen eral. He does not seem to take the matter verv serioiislv stunu* tin,..

mavvci wrv wnousiy. home lime ago his friends in northern Indiana were : discussing his availability for the <>f flee. Among the Indiana delegation the Warsaw member is regarded as one Os the best lawyers m the state of In diana, and they think he would make a good attorney general, but the indications arc that the state of Indiana will have no representation in the cabinet, and that the office of attorney general will go to Judge Nathan Goff, of West Virginia. Salaries at the Capital. To be an employe of the Indiana legis lature is no small thing when thesalaries are considered. In the house the law declares that there shall be a door keeper, one postmaster, one cloak room custo dian and eight assistant doorkeepers at i $5 a day each; four janitors at $3 a day ■ each; five pages at $2 a day each: one tile clerk, one reading clerk, one registry ' clerk, one indorsing clerk, three engros- I sing clerks and three enrolling clerks at j $5 a day each: one folding clerk at $3 a I day: one minute clerk, one principal jour ■ mil clerk and five copying clerks at $5 a day each. Jhe standing committees of i the house are divided into six groups, each of which 'is entitled to a clerk at $5 a day. By thissame bill the senate is en titled to one doorkeeper, a postmaster and seven assistant doorkeepers to be paid $5 a day each. I,Under the doorkeeper are also one paper । folder, one spittoon cleaner and one sweeper, each of whom gets $3 a day. . The president of the senate appoints one Jpage for himself and the principal secre | ■taryand two floor pages, and the senate lappoints two additional floor pages and , Ijjne messenger, the pay of whom is g : f — 11 ■ ■ clerk, one indorsing clerk, one register elerk and one file clerk at $5 a day each. The committees of the senate are di- ! tided into eight groups, each of w Inch is Entitled to a clerk at $5 a day. -THECrescent Sanitarium. Special Departments for the Radical Cure of Cancers, Tumors. Ulcers, Skin Diseases, ' Malignaut Growths, Whiskey, Opium, I Morphine and Tobacco Habits, Neuras- | thenia, and all Chronic Diseases of the i Human Body A N VANRYPER M. D J B WAYNICK, M D Residing Physicians. Address Crescent Sanitarium for circulars and particulars in regard to home cure for Chronic Diseases, Epilepsy, Neurasthenia, the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits, New Carlisle, Indiana. Trustee’s Notice. E. I. Leibole, Trustee of Lincoln township, hereby gives notice that he "ill be in his office at, his residence on A venue F, near the flouring mill, on Sat urday of each week fur the transaction of township business. \VANTED—SeveraI faithful men or women to ’’ travel for responsible established house in Indiana. Salary S7BO. payable sls weekly and expenses. Position permanent Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envefope. The National, star Building, Chicago.

ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED KT THE Walkerton Machine Shop. Lawn Mowers SHARPENED. GASOLINE STOVES REPAIRED. PUMPS Repaired. I also sell the best grades of pumps. c. W. SHEATSLEY

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NORTH BOUND EROM WALKERTON. I No 20 Passenger Leaves 12 28 pis I No. 22 “ “ 5M •• SOUTH BOUND FROM WALKERTON. (No 23 I'assenger Leaves 9 22 a m |No. 29 “ “ 4 52 cm Immediale coinieclions at Tipton with main line trains for S»iidi>sky. Bloomtugtoii and all points south, east and west For tickets, rates and genera! information, call on W. F. LaFeber Ticket Agent L E. & W R. R., or address <; r. Gen’l Pm. Agt. Indianapolis Ind. E & 0. Time Table. GOING EAST. No 16 Mail .9.10 a m " 8 Limited 12.42 pm. GOING WEST. ‘ 17 Limited 4;()S a m “ 17 Mail 3,|5 p m II Walkerton Accommodation 632 Walkerton accommodation arrives from '' go at 7.40 p.m. .

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I I I & I. R R.TimeCard Regular Passenger Train service operated daily betw en Streator. 111., and .South Bend, Ind. Elegant new equipment and fa t time. west Bound train No. | lea res South Ben lid 7 o’clock a. m arriving at Streator 11 ,;,oa. n -fast bound train No 2 leaves Streator 6:50a m. arriving at South Bend 11.15 a. m. Following ft' ight train's will carry passengers w est hound Nos. 7 and 9 from all stations. No 13 between South Bend I and North Judson East bound Nos. 8 and 10 be- . tween all stations. No. 12 from Kankakee to ' She'by and Wheatfield. North Judson, WalJ, । erton. North Liberty and South Bend. -RA SLEAVE WALKERTON we<t Bound ' No. 1 Mail and Express 7 44 a m J " 9 Local 8.53 am “ 13 Freight 7 10 p m East Bound. No. 2 Mail and Express 11.03 a m I “ 1» Local 3.55 pm I “ 12 Fast Freight 6:13 pm Trains Nos. 1,2, 7. 12 and 13 daily, ’trains 8.9 and 10. Daily except Sunday. Tickets can be had for all principal points’ For rates and all information appp- to F. QLTRK. Agent, walkerton Jas S. Bartle, G. P. A., Kankakee, 111. WANTED-AN IDEA of some simple thing to patent ? Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDEK--1 BURN & CO., Patent Attorneys, Washington, D. C., for their SI,BOO prize offer. ^r. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Pair Highest Award-

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