St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 13, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 October 1897 — Page 4

3n^cpcni)cnt. MSUEI EVERY SATURDAY Af WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. W, A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. —■ - —-$1.25 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.—— SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 1897. Kansas and Missouri are having big ♦aeps of apples this year, while in most lather states the yield is rather small and Ktot of the best quality. General Weyler has been recalled by a&e Spanish authorities and General SJlasco has been appointed to succeed ns commander of the Spanish army ia Cuba. It is announced that General “will show the Cubans no mercy.”

Thamas Taggert was re-elected mayor «rs L®dianapolis by the Democrats last 'ieaHday' in the face of a most determined •opposition. It was a most gratifying vicitory for Taggert and his party will place popular gentleman in the way ofatfadmug higher things in political affairs. Peter E. Studebaker, a member of the ^xdebaker Bros.’ manufacturing comg»any, of South Bend, died at the sani«arium at Alma, Mich., last Saturday after an illness of several days of heart Viable. The death of so prominent and wseful a man as Mr. Studebaker creates a vacancy in the world that is hard to till. His death is an irreparable loss to JSouth Bend. Wherever postal savings banks are i;a operation, says the Chicago Record, women are among the most appreciative patrons of the system. As a rule ■women are more careful of small sums tihan men, and seem to have a more practical realization of the value of such accumulations. In many families it is ♦only the foresight of the wife that leads to provision being made against a day of aid versify.

'Governor Tanner, of Illinois, has been title special target for the sarcasm of the «Chieago papers for some time. They Slave been roasting the governor to a 4>rown turn, but the worm has finally burned. Tanner has now commenced to roast these fault-finding papers and among other things charges them with stisincerity and corruption. He says ’“the trust newspapers will give their in&uence for a consideration.” The death of Captain J. B. White, of Fort Wayne, which occurred last Satur«day, is a distinct and srorthern Indiana. Captain White was the architect of his own fortunes, and he •did a good job of it. He came to this country from Scotland a poor boy and when Ae died was worth about a half million ♦dollars, which he earned by good judgement and honest, intelligent effort. He was a member of congress from the Fort Wayne district from 1886 to 1888. likh patriots have been twisting the British lion's tail. At the national convention of the Irish Independent League lield at Dublin recently there were about 800 enthusiastic delegates present who, it is said, cheered heartily every utterance made against the English rule. William Redmond, one of the prominent speakers, gave the tail a twist which must have made the old lion wince. He said:

all ths royal processions through our streets, it is time for Irish men to say something. The great mass of the Irish people are to-dav and will foe until liberty is given them the en■amjes of England. England is a bully a fixate and a savage. Whether in India >or Africa, the bloody flag of the British empire has been advanced by plunder - eng and destroying poor people. Our out to thes e P°or people. Wess them and give success to their •efforts. T iree cheers for the men in India who are fighting England ”

| New Store I I in Town! J l^ere to do Business! and by selling the right kind of goods at the lowest possible prices we hope to get our share of the public’s patronage. We have a very nice clean stock of 1 Groceries a good variety carefully selected, and we know we can please you. Our etock of f Dry Goods j-j is well selected and we can do you some good in this line. We want your country produce and will pay the highest current prices for it. —Goods delivered promptly. | {d. pluddmy&r & gon. Two Doors North of Express Office.

The yellow fever continues to terrify I New Orleans. Several cases have devel- I oped there within the last few days. The coming of frost, which is the only hope of checking the epidemic effectually is looked forward to with anxiety. William Holdemail, the treasurer of Elkhart county who is at present under , a cloud, being charged with a shortage of some 819,(XX), has turned the affairs of , the office over to his successor, who was elected by the county commissioners, pending an investigation of the books. Mr. Holdeman, it is said, could not be re instated, even though the affairs of the office should be found straight, as his successor has been duly elected which is a final disposition of Mr. Holdeman’s claims to the position. Local Briefs. See Vincent’s ad. See the new walking hats at Millards. Read Brubaker & Blaine’s new ad this week. Cunning little hoods for cunning little faces—at Millard’s. Boys knee pants as low as 10 cents at T. J. Wolfe’s. See ad. Cobbler’s outfits, 25 cents for a whole set, at Ake’s harness store.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elzy Steel, Saturday, October 9. For Sale. Sow and pigs. Thomas Faulkner. Notice the changes in the ads of Ross & Brady, B. E. Williams and Vincent's. Julius Barnes A Co., LaPorte, have an ad about their new fall goods in this issue. M. Allman & Co., of Plymouth, have a fresh announcement in their space this week. Those beautiful pictures known as artotypes, size 16 by 20, framed, are only 81 each at Vincent’s. The Ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a Harvest Supper and Harvest Drill Oct. 30. Ladies, go to O. H. Millard’s for walk ing hats and sailors in all the late designs. Also Tams for children. Our Cobblei’s outfits at 50. cents. Heretofore they have always sold for 75 cents and 81. Ross & Brady. 11. A. Yearick & Co. have the finest and cheapest line of rugs in the town. Come look at them and convince your self.

The ever popular sailor hat comes out in new and attractive shapes this fall and the favorite short back sailor will be worn more than ever. Miss Millard has them in all rhe new fall shades. We now have in stock one of the largest lines of overcoats ever shown in Walkerton, having bought before the ' advance in price we will be able to give I you_very low prices. The Globe. ' On October 21 the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets to Chicago for all regular trains at very low’ rates. Tickets will be good for return until October 25, 1897. The menu for the 6 o'clock dinner to be given by the Thimble Circle Saturday evening will consist of the following: Chicken Pie, Snow Potatoes, Brown sweet Potatoes, Cabbage Salad, Pickles, Olives, Pumpkin Pie, Bread, Butter, Tea, Coffee.

The Peru Republican says: “Never in the history of oil development has the record of the Peru field for the large number of producers and few dry holes been equaled. Twenty-eight producing wells were completed up to Wednesday and only two failures have been recorded. The old wells which have been pumped for sixty days, show no eigne of giving out and some of the wells drilled in this week have turned out splendidly, one of them being pronounced the best oil well in Indiana.

VUANTED-TRUSTWORTHY AND ACTIVE ’’ gentlemen or ladies to travel for responsible, established house in northern Indiana. Monthly $65.00 and expenses. Position steady. Reference. Unclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Dept. Y Chicago,

Our Special Sale SOOp?As of Btyl^ lit L i^ rOn and hisses shoes a little out of ’ * the usual price, ranging from 20c to $2 j 5 * J M per parr. Call and see them. Ip' You Can t Affor^^ Miss Our Bargains! S. D "ifARTIN. OU^MOTTO: ' WHERE THERE’S ^KviLL THERE'S A WAY.’’ You ought to see our-- t I* r C ndcrwcur. You otight to see om--Overcoats* You ought to see our--Alcit , laojjs N ^htf Jrcii a You ought to see our--'Stocli of Alices You ought to learn our extremely : ow Prices. M. ALLMAN, FlymovitlT, Ind. * NEW FALL AND winter stock DRY goods: Ladies', Misses’ami ('hihlre;, < ||lt™ CLOAKS! A ^ one y Saving Triumph. A Stock to Please the Afany! Bargains that will Silence Criticism. Your Inspection Invited. Noah Rensberger, Leader in Low Prices. H. A. YEARICK, Undertaker and Funeral Director. Also have a la. ar ge and complete line of Furniture, Carpets, Mouldings, at the Very L oWest Liv j ng prices. Embalming done by the Firflt . claas flervic e guaranteed. Day < B Promptly attended to.

(The Globe , | HAS EXPENDED | 7500 dollars for | | suits and over- I I coats. I I 1 | You will make no | 1 mistake by calling. 1 j taro uni' urn | on these now goods and we guarantee our prices to be as low or lower than any cloth3 iug store in the country. Remember when you buy clothing of us you are getting | UP TO DATE GOODS. I I Yours for bargains. 1 | l\oonte & fair. | 3 Leaders in Low Prices. New Fall line of -Dry Goods. Full stock of boots and shoes, groceries. crockery and queensware. -.Tlris is your Chance for Bargains. Are now occupying the room recently vacated by the L. A. Reece Hardware Company. Free Delivery to all parts of town. STEPMENS & GRIDER. THEY ARE HERE! -Our New Fall Stock ofDRY GOODS! A large and elegant assortment selected with great care. Ladies will find in our line of Dress Coods Many fine patterns to select from. Our stock of GROCERIES is complete, as usual, and having added A Yi'ee DeliveiL v Wagon to our business we deliver goods promptly to any part of town. W e don’t need to tell you that our prices are right, because yo u have doubtless learned that already. BRUBAKER & BLAINE. GO TO. B. E. WILLIAMS ! For the Finest Display of PAPERS <Drugs } Medicines and Choice (perfumes, (Books, Stationery, Toys and B'ancy Goods. CzFOJO® TiSSLI© ' n imported Floral, Tinted, Scalloped, L>ouble Wave Edges and Fleur De Lis Design.