St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 11, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 October 1897 — Page 1

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AN EXCURSIONIST'S I XI’I.RUXI S ON LAKE MICHIGAN. Sol TH CHIi AUO. 11 I • On Saturday evening, at nine oeh>ck p. in., the steamer City of Louisville, with about 150 passengers on board, steamed out of the Calumet harbor. Our first stop was made at Chicago, where we were transferred to the large side wheel steamer City of Milwaukee and were joined by a party of 200 more jolly excursionists. At 11:30 our boat started once more, everybody feeling gay. In an hour’s time there was quite a different scene on board, as the wind was blowing a gale of fifty miles an hour and our ship was being tossed about like a leather. The passengers were beginning to feel oh, so sick. Men and women, old and young, were tumbling around in the cabin, some praying, whilst others were singing, and this was the state of affairs until we reached St. Joe, at six o’clock next morning, where an hour was spent in unloading freight and passengers, after which our boat steamed on up the river to Benton Harbor, arriving at 7:30. Benton Harbor is a very beautiful town of about B,(MX) inhabitants, supplied with water works, electric lights and ears; the streets are clean and neat. Through the courtesy of Mr. Bates (not the famous Gates-Bates, over whom so many of the Chicago ladies went mad), we took a ten mile drive into the fruit belt, for which that country is noted, and indeed it was a great sight to see so many fine large peach and berry farms. We found the country quite hilly. The soil is mostly of a clayish substance. Peaches are about Lj of a crop, but the quality is good; grapes about 1 2 of a crop, while the berries are about e 3 of a crop; corn looked slim on account of the drouth. Arriving back at Benton Harbor, we took the ear to St. Joe, which is a pleas ant town of between 4,000 and 5,000 in habitants; it also has electric lights and water works, large brick houses and handsome residences. We visited the large gun “Farragut,” which lies on the shores of Lake Michigan at this place. This gun did service in the war of the V, S hiv —LManon. Size,it incurs; weight, 15,899 poitafs; is said it will do good execution with 200 pound shot or 135 pound shell ata distance of three miles; war received from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1807, as a gift from the government to the ( hand Army of the Republic of St. Joseph; the gun was unveiled and formally dedicated on July 5, 1897. St. Joe has seven churches and about five times as many saloons, and is a very quiet, peaceable place. I saw one policeman and he was sober. Two papers are published here, one daily and one weekly, and are in a flourishing condition. I met Henry Mui doon here, who informed me he had struck a Klondyke gait and intended to remain right here. At 6 p.m. we boarded the steamer City of Chicago, homeward bound. The lake was rolling mountains high, as the wind had increased during the day, and every body as- usual started on the voyage in high glee and full of spirits, but alas, before our gallant ship had been at sea an hour the old epidemic struck the gay crowd and there was a regular whoop! haw! oh! my I! will I ever get home alive! It seemed to strike everyone alike with renewed vigor this time. Soda water, lemons and the “black bottle” were in great demand, and the porter was kept busy passing the pails around to the sick; but still the waves rolled higher, until the boat was covered from stem to stern. Among the sick was the jolly Capt. Jenkins, who never gets seasick—no, never—when all at once he was heard calling on the Ruler above to “settle his little stomach;” as he only weighs 325 pounds, of course he was treated just the ►—-same as the “skinny" ones: although Dr. I Harrington did his duty, the captain lived. After battling with the waves for six hours we arrived in Chicago at 12:15 a. m., thoroughly satisfied that we had gotten our money’s worth and fill of | boat riding on Lake Michigan at this , time of the year. Old mariners said it { was one of the worst storms of the sea i son, and were very thankful that there i were no accidents. G. L. S. The New York World. The Thrice-a-week Edition of the New York World is first among all “weekly” papers in size, frequency of publication, and the freshness, accuracy and variety of its contents. It has all the merits of a great ?6 daily at the price of a dollar weekly. Its political news is prompt, complete, accurate and impartial as all its readers will testify. It is against the monopolies and for the people. It prints the news of all the world, having special correspondence from all important news points on the globe. It has brilliant illustrations, stories by great authors, a capital humor page, complete markets, departments for the household and women’s work and other special departments of unusual interest. We offer the World and the Independent together one year for $2. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.50.

‘ The 1 ot of a Gold Seeker. ) ct in spite of the privationsand hard ships there is no more fascinating pur suit than the occupation of the gold ( seeker: for the stimulating elixir of hope puts strength into his flagging limbs and courage into his sinking heart. It is this । magnificent stimulus to fresh endeavor that causes the prospector to laugh at cold, hunger and fatigue, and. rolled up in his tattered blankets at night, to fall into a slumber - from which the storm above does not waken him and the dreamy deliciousness of which no pampered dweller of the city ever knows. The hazy summer days of the West, where the sunshine is so golden and the distant hills so blue, where the waters of the running streams leap clear and cold from the bosoms of tin - mountain snows, ! and the still night air is laden with the ' ' aromatic fragrance of the pine and sage brush, make a month of prospeetii' bet ter than a trip to Europe. ■ % But let the man beware who^uhl dally with this pleasure with tho^dea that it can be put aside at will. The chains that bind the opium eater teethe ■ slavery of the drug am as ropes of sand , i compared to the life servitude that claims i the gold seeker when once the hot fever i i of the chase for wealth has taken pos , session of him. The successful man, no i matter how successful, always sees some one else whose wealth annovs him and i whose success ho would surpass, and when fortune lays the gold of Ormus at his feet he begins to covet the wealth of Ind. The luckless gold seeker never j gives up tin* battle until his life pays the penalty. Sam Davis, in The Chautau I quan. Postal Cards Duns Mailable. Chicago postoflice officials have re ceived from the post master general a new opinion regarding the sending of dun i ning postal cards through the mails The opinion is by James N Tynur, as sistanl attorney general for the postofllce department, in which he states Please call and set tie account, which islong past due and for which our collector has eME'd sever'd time ”i mwIHHr the words are written without display. But I if are added the words: “If not paid at j once, we shall place with our law agency for collections," or "If not paid at once' wo shall place the same with our lawyer I for collection," the card is unmailable. I Judge Tyner says a card to be mailable J must not eantain language of a threaten ' ing character or language calculated to j reflect injuriously upon the character or ; conduct of the person addressed. A Big kailroad Mortgage Recorded. A mortgage for $900.(100 has been tiled i for record in the recorder’s office at Sout h I Bend. It was executed by the Milwau ' kee, Benton Harbor A Columbus railway j company to the Mercantile Trust com ■ pany, of New York, to secure the issue of j 900 SI,OOO consolidated bonds for the] purpose of obtaining funds with which | to complete the construction of the road i from Benton Harbor to Nappanee. Ind.. I and stock the same. The bonds run fifty , years at live per cent. This road has . already been completed from Benton i Harbor to Buchanan, Mich., and this! mortgage is undoubtedly given to obtain I funds to complete the road to Nappanee Ind. Some Astonishing Figures. Few persons looking at an ocean steam I ship have any conception of its carrying i capacity, declares an exclange. The s Baltimore A Ohio Raihoad loaded a 1 steamship the other day and this is what | it took to till her; (16 cars of lumber, 1 i of starch, 19 of oil cake, 6of provisions. I of grain, 1 of flour, 22 of tobacco, 2 of j wire, 3 of sugar, 13 of frosh moat, 20 of i sheep, or 1.0,00 head: 13 of cattle, or 888 Imad.; three of lard, one of copper, four ; ' of merchandise and 161 of grain, making i a total of 371 carloads. This is equal to I ten long freight trains, which if placed I i in a row, would cover a distance of about j two miles. KANKAKEE MARSH ON FIRE. < A dispatch from New Carlisle states ■ that the large tract of Kankakee marsh ' land, four miles east of that town, recent- , ly purchased by the Armours, of Chicago, ■' is on fire. It has been burning for two i weeks and the farmers seem unable to ; get it under control. A large field of cabbage, 100 tons of hay and several hundred rods of fencing have already been consumed. Looking For a Location. The Routh packing establishment, of j Logansport, is looking for a new location ' for its plant. The firm pays $75,000 per ! year to Cass county - farmers and employs j twenty men. If they are looking for a point to locate in that is surrounded by the best of farming land, and a place that has railroads running in six directions from it. Walkerton will fill the bill. Cobbler’s outfits, 25 cents for a whole set, at Ake’s harness store.

WzVLKEKTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY. INDIANA. SATURDAY. OCT. 2. 1897.

THE FOUR COUNTIES. News of St Joseph, LaPorte, Marshall and Starke Counties Briefly Told. I’he LaPorte schools opened l^nday, after being closed two weeks on ; j count of diphtheria. < New Buffalo. Mich., had a 820,000 the mi Tuesday morning. Thirteen business houses and two residences were i“irnM Help from Michigan City save£ tire town from being doatroy« A. . Mrs. Martin Weber, of thought she would learn to ride 'her! wheel in the house where ary # n< ‘ wouldn’t see her. She fell through Hie front window and was quite badly in jured by the broken glass. North Manchester was visited by a , very destructive tire last w«‘k, entail ing a loss of SSO.(W. The Big Four; j depot, two mills, one factory building , and other structures werr destroyed. ; Their water supply gave out Mid a call : for help was sent to Wabash, Elkhart ' and (ioshen. (ioshen has passed a curfew ordinance ami children under fUbsSH years of age ' must not bo out after eight o'clock in I winter or nine o’cl<K - k unless i accommpanied by par^hts or guardians. ; Such an ordinance her* would makes great difference in the looks of <mr streets at night, and would remind one of a desm leti village. Henry A W. Brown a V’alpamiso photographer, and Thoalons Hanten a Porter county ynung man have been ar u 4b d for cunterfeiliisg and have taken to LiPorlc for tnaL Brown has b. »n heard of Ircfore, a* he was vesociat ,cd with Parsons tmd N-c’a during the J Hay market not in Chicago. They tery ’ sm - c< ^fulh counterfeited five <L4lar | bills. Luther S. Hutchens, the South Bend druggist who skipped a abort time ag’> withsome funds balonging to the C. K LjApnw.* faiitonsi at I ”’•’11, . — COhfesaud at the vrlnl that be t«»»k | His sentoned waa two veare itnprhsm I ment, two years disfranehuaqucnt ami | j $lO tine. Oscar Towell, n young man down at I i Auburn, furnished a little amusement t. J I the street loafers, for a while. He Ut ’ ! another young man that he could mil a | I peanut with a toothpick n half of a mile < I in m hours. The bet being taken he | demonstrated that he could by rolling it ! I while on his hands and kms s, down the j main stre. tof town. He won in 3 hours J । and 13 minutes. A well dressed man giving his name tu> i Oleson was found in a drunken sleep on i : the Lake Shore tracks at Laporte, with । ?h>l, the savings of two years from work 1 i ing on a dairy farm near Elgin, Illinois. I j on his person, which fortunately had not 1 | been molested. He was enroute to his । old home in Sweden. He fell into honest ' hands or he would never have seen his I native land. The man was sobered up । and started on his journey. Encampment of G. A. R. at Hamlet. । There were perhaps 500 visitors in j Hamlet on Thursday. Sept. 23. to attend ; the annual reunion of the Grand Army ; of the Republic and Womens Relief .Corps. Although Hamlet is a small j town they easily took care of the visiters j and gave them splendid accommodations. I’here was plenty of "tanglefoot" gotten away with during the day but no harm was done and the majority of the people had a very enjoyable time. Hamlet will, no doubt, snrnetiiue be a thriving city, as they are favorably I located. It consists now of 3 dry goods I stores and groceries, two soloons, three । hay preesi r one church and school build ! ing. It also has a very good hotel which is run by John E. Jolly and he under- | stands his business. The K. of P. band of Knox furnished j the music for the day and was a great J treat for the people. The band is under । the leadership of Prof. E. E. Reed and 1 heard that under his leadership the band j had made very rapid progress. E. G. L. New Hardware. W'e, the undersigned, having purchas ed the entire hardware stock of RjbsX Jarrell, and expect to add thereto until we have a complete line. Such as builders hardware, stoves, tinware, glass, : paints and oils and everything usually j kept in a first class hardware store. Hav j ing no coinpetion and doing a cash busi- : ness will enable us to sell goods lower than they have ever been sold before. With our experience we will keep on hand a seasonable line of goods at all times. Thanking you in advance for your patronage we remain ) ours Respectfully, Ross & Brady.

I’EN AND SHEARS. ' ’ Xe ' lan k e very pertinently remarks: f People would remember to thank the newspapers for what they keep out in stead of jumping on the editors for what they pm hi, they would be very much more equally balanced all around." i has struck another gusher oil well, the fever is extending to the surrogi ling towns. Rochester has forme , , k company and will at once I >ring. One hundred harness rw«i i i mm, n P’H. is ah Timw: A country com's pcndp'W w ho would shine as a brilliant gpm crown of yellow journalism, f W rtß tt ^ ac t ; “Mrs, Goodwife, . living 4auth of town, met with a very I painfdl Accident last week. In getting corn to| dry she elimbed up a stalk to chop am an ear of sweet corn. Shaken by she slipped and fell about . twenty three foot, breaking her left leg I just above the elbow.** A few evenings ago a Walkerton young man enfled on his best girl to spend the evening. When he was als>ut to return home the conversation chanced to turn to art and the young lady said to him he reminded her of the Venus of Milo, whereupon the young man was delighted, thinking surely it was bis symmetrical form that hie sweetheart alluded to. " hen bn got home he consul ted an en cyclnjMßdia and found U» his chagrin that ' Ihe Vasus of Milo had no arms. He j want down into the cellar and tried to butt big brains out on a soft cabbage. I If the United State* annciaa the Hnwaaieu islands it will add to its pos sessions* country that in one respect M at legist more civilised than itself. I I Hawaii has in suwnMful operation n . I postal Hivtugw bank system There is on , , de|wwut with the postal Lank about । fLnOO.Gtt), which is a pretty gxwxi whow i mg for * country erf 100,(MH populgtion. i mostly »U,terete native* and foseign laborers *1 -SrSl&ti- >. iiLi'.ds were *•> jjt jMh I"" exti’f.-, Hto the* C'oin •vjws * there Grat wml be a for annexation, (‘hicago IL c A -..t0 in Kit.-i- h»v» ' ' ird f I <w - rt»atinnal methods and wanted t“ ; give jjr* congregation a surprise. \ | uwgrn boy was taken into his confidence a« a < rf.derate and •'t.iti mi-d <>i th-' I r.*>f just aiwive the pulpit. In the lads ks pinK was entrusted a pig.-m, which war to lw* li t loiev in the church through ' a Comciiient hole at th* proper moin'-nt. j The, hurvh was packed and the preachcr, having stormed his denouement. ! raised his voice and cried And the ! Il>4y Ghost descended in the form of a j dore,’ but no dove appeared. He r< I ja'Ated the sentence. Still no dove. At ■ the third outcry a black fare appeared at the h' le in the roof and the query i came •Pahson, a cat done gone an’ eat de Holy Ghost, but I got de cat. Shall I frow her down " Ex The Independent and Toledo Blade ♦1.75. A cheap combination. Take advantage of the offer. Farm for sale. An acre farm, one mile west of Walkerton, well improved, with fair 1 buildings. Call at Independent office or address P. O. box 77, Walkerton, Ind. ! Parties thinking of taking a trip south or west should not fail to obtain , rates and good time made via the I. I. A I. and its numerous connections.

°7’he Foot a Fly ” says an eminent English doctor, "will carry enough poison to infect a household.” In summer-time, more especially, disease germs fill the air, multitudes are infected, fall ill, die ; multitudes escape. These messengers ,of mischief do not exist for millions. hy not i Because they are healthy and strong — protected as a crocodile is against gunshot. It is the weak, the wasted, the thin-blooded who fall ; those who have no resistive power so that a sudden cough or cold develops into graver disease. We hear of catching disease! Why not catch health ? We can do it by always maintaining our healthy weight. of Cod-liver Oil, is condensed nourishment; food for the building up of the system to resist the attacks of disease. It should be taken in reasonable doses all summer long by all those whose weight is below the standard of health. If you are losing ground, try a bottle now. For sale by al! druggists at 50c. and |r.a»

A ©ood f to Sciild—-^ j 7s when material iz cheap. The hard I times have made every thin g cheaper, and ] building material is very low now. Ip you think of building now is a good time. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. A. I CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF LUMBER, - Lath and Shingles, Sash, Doors, Binds and Mouldings, Lime, Brick, Hair, Stucco and Cement, Hard, Soft and Blacksmith’s Coal, Mixed Paint, White Lead and Oil. D. N. Hudelmyer. BANKRUPT SALE. \ ' 56,G00 worth of clothing bought • 050 cents on the dollar to be sold at 60 cents on the dollar We do as we advertise. See our announcement and prices in supplement. Thus. J. Wolfe. THE CLOTHIER. I GENERAL JARDWARE. | | Paints and Oils, j g Rubber HOSE and all Attachments, B Screen Doors and Window Screens, Good Line of Cook and g I Gasoline Sims, j F Bai'becl and Smooth Wire, s I ROSS & BRADY. 1 ^UiUiUUiiUUUUUUUiUiiiUUiUUUM

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