St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 September 1897 — Page 4

®ljc Jnbcpcnbcnt. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY AT WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA W. A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. ADVANCE ■ SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1897. Hon. W. J. Bryan was mixed up in a wreck in Kansas the other day and some papers unfeelingly say that he ought to be used to it by this time. Another big ship has returned from the Klondyke with a big lot of gold dust, and two kinds of liars. One tells of its great wealth and the other of the great dangers. Plymouth Independent. The compulsory education law passed fast winter is now infarcts It requires that all children between the ages of eight and fourteen years must attend school at least twelve consecutive weeks. The only excuse accepted is ill health and a residence of over two miles from a school. Parents who do not observe this law are subject to a fine, and imprisonment in the county jail, or both. If the parents are not financially able to provide the necessary school books or other things necessary, this difficulty is provided for in the law and such child ren will be equipped by the school ' board. After having traveled in a country where there is no competition in the line of railroads and being subjected to the 1 independent insolence of the employees ! 1 it is really a pleasure to note the contrast j 1 here in the polite courteousness of the i employees in this part of the country. । 1 At South Bend a few nights ago we P went down to the J. I. A I. depot to come 1 to Walkerton on the 6 p. in. t,aim and ! when the agent notified us. with the ' other passengers in waiting, that the 1! train wouldn’t leave until about 11 p. m., I 1 he actually apologized for the inconven ’ ience that it would cause us. I Politeness doesn’t cost a man anything, ’ and if he will take time to figure on it ; ’ he will see that it pays even from a busi 1 ness point of view. I । Another effort is now being made to ( locate the lost vessel Chicora which । went down somewhere between Mil waukee and St. Joseph a couple of years ago with a crew of twenty five men. The attempt to locate the vessel this time is by Mrs. Bromwell, a medium, from Chi . cago. Her mode o{ procedure is to ride around on the lake where the vessel is likely to be. and when she reaches the correct spot, the information is imparted ! to her in the form of a spiritulistic “hunch. She has located one place' about five miles off from the harbor at at St. Joseph and her faith is sufficient so that she has sent to Chicago for a 1 diver to come and investigate. Should 11 she be successful in locating the lost ” vessel she will receive a reward of $lO,- 11 000 offered by the Graham A Morton Co. ‘

While we are congratulating ourselves : upon our good fortune, with the present , price of wheat, we should not forget that we are rejoicing at anothers calamity. The shortage in the crop of wheat in some parts of this nation, and in others, is directly responsible for the ; present price and what is their lose in these unfortunate sections is our gain. It does not end there. Every consumer of flour in this country, the rich man in his palace, as well as the poor man with his large family, in the cottage will donate throughout the long winter his share towards the present prospertv. The taking of money from one class of people and giving it to another class is not prosperity. The legislation of this country which has been chiefly in the interests the manufacturers, at the ex pense of the laboring class and the consumer, will never assist in bringing the long looked for era of prosperity. Local Briefs. Wanted. A good hustling man to I represent one of the best Fire Insurance ' Cos in the state. Will give good liberal ' terms for the right man. Hartman £ Miller, 136 North Main St.. South Bend Ind. Order Your Hard Coal Early. You can get the best grade of hard : coal for $6.50 per ton delivered by ordering of It. F. Dare, the wood and coal j dealer. Oblige me with your order and I will do i y best to please’yom The Red Star grocery. Archie Will iams prop’r moved into its new quarters Wednesday. With a wide margin he now* has the largest and finest store room in town. Mr. Williams intends to greatly increase his stock. We trust the patrons^of the Independent will continue to be liberaljin their k criticism of the paper during the absence i of the editor. We are laboring under a S reat man y disadvantages and are painT fully conscious of the fact that the paper g is far short of its customary standard. The Independent office has blank deeds and mortgages, notes and receipts for sale.

School opened Monday morning with an attendance of 219. On Thursday morning the attendance had increased to 225. The teachers and the number of pupils going to each are as follows: J. W. Rittinger, Prim, 23; B. E. Steel < < rammar Dep’t 18: A. D. Swank Upper Inter mediate, 31; Kate Fogerty, Lower Intermediate 59;Vesta Leibole, Upper Primary, 58; Mrs. Lizzie Townsend, Lower Primary, 36.

A number of improvements are going , on in the south east part of town. John Baugher is building an addition to his mill which will be 20 xSO feet. Jonah Thompson and son are building a neat cottage on the property adjoining the new Millard residence. John DeMyer । has just finished building and painting a . wood house and other out buildings and > John Baugher is re siding and painting and otherwise improving the Beckner house. The exhibition of the Deering Ball , Bearing Corn Harvester and Binder given on the farm of D. W. Place last Saturday was a complete success in every respect. Every one present ex I pressed themselves in unmistakable terms of approval both as to dispatch and quality of work done. Mr. L. S. Shoup and It. W. Rarick, employes of the Deering Co., were present and super i intended the work, and sold two ma chines. The ladies of the Presbyterian church came near being responsible for the death of the entire Independent force on Thursday afternoon. On that day they brought to this office a bowl containing two quarts of delicious ice cream, and being naturally of a generous disjur sition we invited the entire force in to help eat it. We would like to have it understood however, that while the pro sentation of icecream or any other delicacy to a country editor is liable to produce a fatal shock, it was not that, that so seriously effected this force. Upon investigating our culinary department it was discovered that there wasn’t a spoon in the house. The cream was fast melting and in order to save it we each took the most convenient thing, which of course was a composers rule, and vent at it. Even this would have been all right under most circumstances but in this particuliar case, the composers rules had lately been washed in a strong soln tion of coi sentrated lye. In our ha^te to set* that we each got our share of the cream we overlooked this important fact. Kimi reader, if you d- a t ahc.uly know ; the effect produced from rating coixm । trated lye, don't try it. Although the . paper this week will probably come out a little latter than usual, the ladi< - still have our thanks for the ice cream.

THE 1 Ol R COUN HUS. News of St Joseph. I nPortc, .Marshall and Starke Counties Briefly Told. Knox is now lighted with eh etrieity.

The Republican family h <1 their resi denee in the west end. last week to A. J. Miller, of Walkerton, who will move therein and the Republican family have moved into Will SwartzeH s house east of the court house, till they can select a lot and build a residence. Knox Repub lican. Hrant Keene, a young farmer living at Rolling Prairie, says the Westville In dicator. was returning home on his wheel last Thursday from Hudson Lake, where he had been spending the day j with a party of campers, when Ins wheel became disabled. In his efforts to re adjust the wheel his pack on the handle bars became loosened and Ins revolver in the pack was discharged, the ball strik ing Keene in the abdomen. His wound is pronounced mortal. A fishing party com posed of young people, went from Koontz’s lake last Saturday afternoon to Eagle lake. They were E. G. Lancaster, of Walkerton, I. I'. Dipert, W. H. Dipert, Frank Baird, A. Baird, and the Misses Lulu Baird. Stella Dipert. Maud Miller, Kate Farrell and Altie Boots. Plenty of cat fish and blue gill were caught. The weather was too clear for black bass, of which the lake is reported to be full. A splendid time was enjoyed by all. BACKACHE makes the young feel old, and the old feel j that life is not worth the living. It’s a dan- | ' signal of Kidney Disease—the unerring : evidence of weak, inactive and sore Kidney’s. 1 Any person cured of Kidney weakness will tell you that when the back ceased to ache, all troubles ended. Neither liniments, nor ' plasters, nor electricity can cure it. The seat of the trouble is not in the skin, flesh or muscles. It sin Iha Kidneys. It can be CURED M hen a man has any serious trouble I with his kidneys, as I have had. and has | for years tried all kinds of kidney medi cines without getting any benefits from them, it is natural if he tries a new • remedy, and it cures his pains and aches, ■he should say a word in its favor. I have J had kidney troubles and backache so long that I don’t know when it com menced. But 1 do know that until I s bought, some of Hobbs Sparagus Kidnev » I ills, at the drug store of C. H. Leonard and used them thoroughly, I never had any such relief from pains and kidneyweakness as I have now. Hobbs Spara gus Kidney Pills are the kingbee pills r for kidney trouble, and I know it. H. 3 W. Moore, Fireman, L. S. & M. S. Rv. v Elkhart. Ind. HOBBS Sparagus Kidney Pills. 1 HOBBS REMEDY CO., Proprietors, Chicago. 3 Dr. Hobbs Pills For Sale in WALKERTON, IND., by J. F. REID, Druggist.

Our Special Sale 500 pair oi Ladies’, children and Misses shoes a little out of style at half the usual price, ranging from 20c to $2.35 per pair. Call and see them. You Can’t Afford to Miss Our Bargains! j s. D. MARTIN. £ OUR MOTTO 5 | “Where there’s a Will | £ there’s a Way.” | Opportunities may come to every man Here is i ZS jy; chance for you. Before o|*ening the new f n || season 73 we want you to come and look over the many bar ZZ gains left from our summer stock We have Bom<* 73 very good things in our 73 | XJcn’sanel Boys’Clothing X department, such as all w<*l clav suits for men for X ?7 M’; Imy's for ^»i.si>:good ahiww for men. tl: for ladies 33 •Z £1 An extra good pair of trousers for 73 cents X Don't miss <>ur store when in Plymouth. We are on rZ the East side of Mich St I M. ALLMAN. I .. . 'Gig bargains in SAy Goods, G>Oceries, it Wools, Shoes, Glass and GueeKt.oa; t " The Largest Assortment AT PRICES THAT OTHERS DO NOT MEET. Your doLar does double duty when you buy yow yeds c/ ^ensberger, Leader in Low Prices. .lit, $ , U New Furniture and Undertaking Establishment. he furniture hne and can assure the mibli,. that they will be pleased With my stock and prices. I have a cotn plp e OU W for the undertaking business, includmg a hne new hearse, and Inn ,-snared to give this department careful and thorough attention I’ S P Respect! ” I*?, -H. A. Yearick.

— —-—= The fiGlobel s | GREAT BIG | | Clearing Sale! | 1 OF CLOTHING I a FOR. CASH! | SATURDAY, AUGUST 14,1897, | We will commence to sacrifice our profits to the trade in order to close out our Spring Goods to make room for our t | Big Stock of Fall and a f | Winter Clothing 4 f ~ W hich we have now bought. Now is your time to buy B Clothing while so cheap. j=E 3 Jk Few Prices Men s Half W(x>l Suits, - - now § 3.50, worth S 5.00 - .. - - 5.00, “ 800 B •• Clay Worsted, black, ’ . 1 ‘‘ | 12 ~ “ ? 8.00,’ “ loioo 5 “ 10.00, » 13.00 B 3 , .... 121X)1 « 15 00 3 - “ 15.00, “ 25.00 E E We Have a Good Line of b | Young Men’s and Boys’ Suits | which we will sell at a very low price. We have a lot of Odd Pants which will be sold just as low as the lowest. We also have a line of IB Purcale Shirts with collars and cuffs, now 75 cents, worth sl. Bring B us your cash and see what good results we can give you. | l^oonfe & fair. | 3 Leaders in Low Prices. B| New Coods and New Prices. We take pleasure in announcing our Fall Line of BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS are here for your inspection, also our Fall Lines of DRY GOODS — including Dress Goods. Flannels, etc. Our lines of Gloves and Mittens, Un derwear, etc., will be ready for the -Early Buyers.” We will again meet any and all prices our friends will make you. Kindly call and let us convince you we are right when we say we are the lowest in town. SPRING GOODS A very few left yet, and are yours for a mere trifle. Trusting we may have a share of your fall trade, we are, Yours for competition, STEPMENS & GRIDER. To Close Out! 2 haee a few 4 funnel (Doors thoroughly seasoned, 4 Light Window's, 2 6x66 Screen Doors, 26x68 Storm Screen doors, 200 gallons faint reduced from si.2j to Sh 2 Gasoline Stores at a bargain. L. A. REEGE. JLeiv and bewildering Assortment of Lawns and Dimities, ord the u\ew_ POLKA-DOT LAPPET MULLS In all the Fashionable Colors. SHIRT WAISTS jJf ew Lawns and Linens and Linnen Effects. A full line of Wraffers and a Jdice Assortment of Prints. JLew Line of Shoes in Coin Toe, and the latest effects in black and the new shades of purple andjpreen, also a full line of Children’s Shoes. ■■ - BRUBAKER & BLAINF