St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 October 1897 — Page 1

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VOLUME XXIII.

DONALDSON DEFEATED By Walkerton in an Exciting Game of 22 to 32 Tallies. The Donaldson and Walkerton nines were matched in a game in Dare’s field, a mile northeast of town, last Sunday afternoon. There was quite an audience in attendance and those who were not lulled to sleep watching the game spent the time pleasantly in various social pastimes. The “game” opened at 2:30 p. m. with Donaldson at the bat. There being no hqlge in the bat it was no troul^®*sTfind the ball, and the poor thing

pounded and knocked all over the adjacent country all the afternoon. The score-keeper started out with good intentiomrbut before the game had proceeded very far he was unable to keep up with the 3-base hits, home runs, errors, etc., but he did manage to keep track of the tallies. Hayes, of Plymouth, “twirled the sphere” for Donaldson, but we have been unable to get the names of all the pitchers for Walkerton. There were quite a number of them, we know, but who they all were we are unable to say. We don’t believe anyone knows. It was sun-down when the seventh inning was played and the game was declared off. It was suggested that the game be finished on the following day but this, however, was over-ruled. By request we suppress the names of t^se w T ho were in any way im plicated in the game. As a mere matter of form we give the official score below: 1234 5 6 7 Walkerton, 3 4 5 13 2 5 * -32 Donaldson, 3 2 0 3 7 2 5 22 Simplicity of Dana’s Editorial Sanctum. The country editor may find some comfort in the fact that Chas. A Dana, the most brilliant editorial writer in America, did his work in a room no more pretentious than those occupied by hundreds of country journalists, and in which the only furniture consisted of a few worn out book shelves, an old battered desk, and several dilapidated chairs. No carpet was on the floor and. in a corner stood an old square wooden table that, when- aost a ^'"couple tar donate. Here is where the> famous editor did his work, and in such a place he received his callers, great and small. —Columbia City Post. Horace Greeley was noted for his horrid penmanship, comparatively few compositors being able to decipher his scrawls. Henry J. Raymond, another great editor, has a remarkable fondness for writing hid editorials on. the back of an old envelope. Great men nearly always have certain peculiarities and eccentricities. —South Bend Times. To the Depositors of the Farmers Bank, Walkerton, Ind. This will introduce Messrs. Willard W. Hubbard and Caleb N. Lodge, the , new officers of the bank at Walkerton. We take pleasure in recommending these gentlemen as men of responsibility and character. Mr. Hubbard was formerly Cashier of the Citizens Bank of Delphi, Indiana, and is at present the Secretary and Treasurer of the Island Coal Company and a large owner of real estate. Mr. Lodge is the Secretary of the United States Building & Loan Institution and a stockholder in our own bank. All business intrusted to them will be handled with fidelity and care. Yours respectfully, M. B. Wilson, President, W. F. Churchman, Cashier. Capital National Bank, of Indianapolis, Capital $300,000.00. The new officers of the Bank are:— Willard W. Hubbard, President. Caleb N. Lodge, Vice-President. M. L. Northam, Assistant Cashier. F" The Bank will continue to transact a general banking business; buy and sell exchange and make collections on all points at lowest possible cost. Accounts of individuals and corporations respectfully solicited. Government bonds for sale. The business will hereafter be known as — “The Walkerton Bank.” Financial Responsibility $100,000.00 Dun’s Report R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly report of Trade said Saturday: “Foreign trade in September, the heavy increase in iron production and ^consumption, and the largest payments through clearings ever known in October, are indications which outweigh hesitation in some markets. The increase in employment of labor has continued, with further accounts daily of works opening, and at every point where actual productions can be tested it appears ,gr»ater than ever before. Efforts by the Bank of England have delayed further gold exports, but with a cotton movement rising large shipments to this side are deemed certain and not distant. The best bargains wont always last at T. J. Wolfe’s. Come quick. T. J. Wolfe can prove his prices by showing you the goods. See ad.

WALKERTON, ST. JOSEPH COUNTS ‘NI|(FFFsATrRI*AY. OCT. 23. 1897. ‘■'l

Robbery of a B. & O. Car. No. 97, a through freight, west bound, ' on the B. <fc O. railroad was robbed of a | quantity of merchandise on Thursday ' night at this place, the robbery occur- ' ring about 2 o’clock near the water tank. One of the robbers was caught by detectives for the B. & O. road, Messrs. Fyke । ' and McKinley, who were on the train | watching for thieves. No. 97 has been robbed a number of times between here ( and Chicago within the past few weeks and detectives have been on the train every night for the past month looking for the thieves, who must have an organ-

) ized gang along the line. The detec- > tives came out from Chicago Thursday evening to board the train here. They got on at the coal chute and noticed a car broken open. They called the brakeman’s attention to the car. He said that it was all right at Syracuse but had not noticed the car since leaving that station. It was evident from this that the car had been opened either at Bremen or Walkerton. The detectives then walked back to the water tank where they saw two men carrying goods on their shoulders and immediately went after them. Ono of the men, who was some distance down the track, got away but they succeeded in capturing one of > the fellows, who had a big bolt of fine 1 cloth in his possession. The other fel- > low threw his bolt of cloth down near the bridge east of the water tank where • No. 47 picked it up and unwound the : cloth along the track. The detectives heard some one whistling over on the ! North Liberty wagon road near the ’ bridge and a wagon, which no doubt contained some of the stolen goods, was driven away rapidly. The goods found consisted of five rolls of fine cloth for * men’s clothing and two cases of ladies’ shoes. One bolt of cloth was found in Pine creek near the wagon bridge. The thief who was captured said that he was from Minneapolis but did not give his name. Detective Fyke remained here with the prisoner until the following « day, taking him then to Auburn where the fellowjyill be quizzed and made to w’hwhis ncmmpflcee were,lf “possible.

The amount of goods stolen can not be ascertained until the contents of the car are cheeked in Chicago. Two heavy robberies have occurred on No. 97 in the vicinity of the Illinois state line within a few weeks, one haul amounting to $1,600 and another SI,OOO. PEN AND SHEARS. The following is an extract from the Klondike Lyre: Our esteemed townsman, Bud Gravel, placed on our desk yesterday a handsome shaped gold nugget. It weighed twenty-seven pounds. We are pleased to see that Mr. Gravel, who is one of our best citizens is doing well. He is one of a syndicate who expect to buy a quart of whisky Saturday night.” A bereaved husband up on the Dakota border has posted this notice on a pine tree: “My wife Sarah has Left my ranche When i didn’t Doo a thing Too hur an’ I Want it Distinctly understood that any Man as takes her in and Keers fur ur on ini account Will git hisself pumped so Full ov Led that Sum tenderfoot Will locate him for mineral clame. A word to the wise is sufficient and orter work on fools. P. Smith.” Almost a Lynching. A dispatch sent from Kendallville October 19, says: “Seventy-five masked men met in a school house near Brimfield last night, near where Adam : ago, and proceeded separately to Albion, the county seat, where a suspect of the murder is held. They went to the jail and demanded the prisoner, but the deputies had been forewarned and slipped away with him and he is still kept in hiding. The mob dispersed, but a pair of shoes found near the jail, it is believed, will lead to the apprehension of some of them.” NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS. As a mere matter of fairness we request that water takers and others refrain from using water other than during the prescribed limit of hours or in wasting water in any other manner. A waste of water has occurred on several different nights and this must be stopped at once or no pains will be spared to ferret out the guilty parties. Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the crusade against wearing birds, these feathered beauties are used more than ever on feminine headgear this season. Parrots in their beautiful tropical plumage, wings in all the rainbow tints, the lovely bird of paradise aigrettes, and coque feathers of every description are to be seen at Millard's. Farm For Sale.—For a good farm of 160 acres, close to Tyner, at a low price, enquire at this office. Ladies’ calling cards —latest styles in cards and type.

THE FOUR COUNTIES. News of St. Joseph, LaPorte, Marshall and Starke Counties Briefly Told. Ellis Michael, an old and prominent citizen of LaPorte, died recently. ! The North Liberty creamery has been sold to Schlosser Bros., of Bremen. j South Bend has the “greater” fever and wants to annex Mishawaka, calling the combine “Greater South Bend.” Amos C. Hall, one of LaPorte’s oldest citizens, died the latter part of last week, aged 81. He was formerly auditor of LaPorte county. Michigan City’s new public lib ary building has been completed and is now open to the people. It is a handsome stone structure, two stories high, and cost $25,000. The Pinkerton murder trial will be heard again next Monday in the LaPorte circuit court and a special venire of 25 has been ordered summoned by JudgeBiddle for that case. Plymouth News: Swindell Bros, are handling about four million eggs this year, all of which are produced within a radius of perhaps ten miles of Plymouth. The Marshall county hen is not so slow. The Hitchcock Chair Co.'s factory at Michigan City burned last Monday morning, causing a loss of $50,000, which was fully covered by insurance. Five hundred men are thrown out of employment by the fire. The pickle works over in Starke county will buy 200,000 pounds, or 1,000 tons of cabbage at cent a pound to make up into sauerkraut. A threshing engine will furnish power to cut it. The same concern bought 11 .(MM) bushels of cucumbers. Andrew Kuntzman, a well known citi zen of South Bend, died last Tuesday morning from i inflammation of the bowels He had been ill but a week. He was well acquainted in Walkerton and owned land near this place. Ho was about 60

years old. The Free Methodist church of the Knox district of the North Indiana con feience will hold the first district quar terly meeting for this year at South Bend, beginning Oct. 21 and continuing over the 24th. Rev. W. T. Loring, of Fort Wayne, presiding elder, will have charge. LaPorto Argus: The Union Mills Gun club is making arrangements for a big clay pigeon shoot to take place here at the lake front, October 21. It will be open to everybody and is expected that all the clubs from surrounding places will take part. In connection with this shoot there will be a live pigeon contest with several hundred birds, which are now being collected. LaPorto is obliged to take immediate action to secure adequate watersupply. Figures submitted to the city council show that to pipe water to the city would call for the expenditure of from $50,000 to SIIO,OOO. Disbelieved the city will be forced to get its water supply from Lake Michigan. The lakes which surround the city and about which Indianapolis resorters own summer homes, are rapidly being pumped dry. A Crown Point correspondent says tl e ' fomous Kankakee duck marsh, which • j extends over three__counties Lake. I dezvous for hunters this fall, as dur-T ing the past years. Not an ounce of wa- I ter is in the marsh, and the consequence is the ducks and geese will not stop at that celebrated marsh while on their migratory flight and the usual fine sport every fall will be lacking this year. The Saturday Plymouth Independent says: “There was a marriage consummated in Plymouth last Saturday and at the time it was supposed that all was lovely and serene. The bride is pretty and the groom a very promising young man and no one thought for a moment but what they were as happy as two peas in a pod. But for a cause known only i to the young bride, she very flatly re- | fuses to live with her husband, and she j has told him to go his way as life was too short to be bothered with a husband.” Plymouth Independent: John W. Thomas received another letter from his eon Frank today, dated ten days later than the one published in Friday’s issue. He is over the pass and is happy as a lark. He is well provided with provisions and will spend the winter near Lake Bennett, hunting and enjoying life. He and his companions will make a break for the mines early in the spring and from Lake Bennett it will only take a few weeks for him to reach Klondike. He writes a glowing letter and he feels 1 that the worst is passed.

i ^ he *j of the late Peter E. Studei. a ' r i ! '®esents about one million dolars, moß^i which is divided with the ।w! ow children. Other of his relalives ar&H i , Ml number of special friends are also sulfcX f , ’’mntially remembered. | ^°^ a .^®fcorbin of this city went to h< 100 early day in central New 1 ? f neral Tracy, republican can- < idate fc® nia y Or o f Q rea t er New York. lom PJaE the republican Bose Hanna of NewMvrk, wm at the same time a schoolml| of Judge Corbin. He says Platt waß very dumb boy, and was fre9uentto get hiir then he has made his ' row one of the shrewdest men uncrowned capital” of this country. , lymouth Democrat. In th<Mj rcu j^ cour t a t South Bend cashier €> e h Kimball, of the First National Ba on citation from the court, produced;^ B t ron g box left a t the bank by the Wteh g. Kern, who died recently, and whtgc will o f igpo j 8 being contested by Valparaiso, Logansport and Nebraskal.q a ti veßi being prior to one made in it and of an entirely different tenor f repealing the former will. Ihe later Fil was alleged to be in the strong The will was not found, however. |The contcatiou now will be that he h (n ded to destroy both wills, but negle^ed to destroy the one of 1890. State wologist Blatchley, who was in the yesterday, says the chances of stnkinKgji or g HB j n northern Indiana is a* ne re matter of experiment. Irenton j n w hich these natural resource® ire found, is non-porous in this part the state, so far as examination hr shown; and gas and oil exist only u the porous rock. Yet a streak porous rock might be found if ’ yop] e were willing diligently to spend’ Soney sinking holt’s in the I ground. , ♦ j a a |] a mere matter of luck. Ihe greas fields of Peru were only recently di^overed, notwithstanding the country is -mounding that city is in proximity L, the gas and oil regions, and the existeiwe of oil there was not expected li-y one went to work and ex perimeuted. Michigan City Dispatch. Fok A hyear old mare, suitable for drivin; or farm work. Enquire at Young’s U lor shop. Albert Cronk. See theqew autumn shades in ribbon at Millardd Buy yonf goods of Brubaker A Blaine and have them delivered free and promptly. ‘ Real Estate Transfers. Daniel W. Beall to Thompson Turner, a tract in Liberty tp, $lO. Jonathan Huffman to Lottie L. Stover, a tract in Lilierty tp, $1,200. Sarah A. Colton to Wm. and Melissa Bennett, a tract in Lincoln tp, S9OO. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice 1’ he eby giv»n to sIl whom it may concern ihat the tiudersiKned lias been duly ap- ■ pointed assignee, ami lias qualified as such, of (he estate of' F Roas ami William W Jarrell as partners utnler the firm name of Koss & Jarrell, ami that the matter of said assignment is now. pending iff (he St Joseph Cirvu.t Court of the State of Imtiami. Hated, Widterum, In lian 1. September 2S '97 S. J Nl< HOLES. Assignee. 3enj. F.Sh' vely, South Bend Indiana, attorney for Asdrj'ee WelF children that arl> not ver y «*obust need a war mibuilding and fat-forming food —seething to be used for two or three months in the fall —that they may not suffer from cold. SCOTT’S EMULSION of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda supplies exactly what they want. They will thrive, grow strong and be well all winter on this splendid food tonic. Nearly all of them become very fond of it. For adults who

arc not very strong, a course of treatment with the Emulsion for a couple of months in the fall will put them through the winter in first-class condition. Ask your doctor about this.

Be sure you get SCOTT’S Emulsion. See that the man and fish are on the wrapper. Aft druggists ; 50c. and JI.OO. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. \Y an ted-tkustworthy ANO ACTIVE ’’ getitiemen or ladies t<> travel for responsible, established house in northern Indiana Monthly S6LOO and expenses. Position steady. Reference. 'Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The romitron Company, Dept. Y Chicago.

A ©ood • to Is when material is cheap. The hard times have made every thin g cheaper, and building material is very low now. 1J you think of building now is a good time. - - Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. I CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF T T TA/FD IF'P J—j Jis r\, 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. OUR BANKRUPT STOCK Is going fast and ousht to at 40 In 00 Ms on lie DnW Men's overcoats, worth $13.00 for SB.OO . “ Suita “ 13.00 “ 9.00 " “ “ 10.00 “ .7.. .... .... 6.00 “ “ “ 8.00 “ 4.50 “ “ “ . 5.00 “ 3.00 “ " .2.50 “ 1.50 Boys’ “ “ 5.00 “ 3.00 “ “ “ 4.00 “ 2.40 “ “ “ 3.00 “ 1.80 long pant suits “ 6.00 “ 3.00 “ “ “ “ “ 4.00 “ :... 2.00 3.00 “ 1.50 " knee “ “ “ 75 “ 30 1.25 “ 40 Men’s Odd Pants at 40 to 60 cents on the dollar. THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK Ever seen in Walkerton. Thus. J. Wolfe. THE CLOTHIER. WINTRY BLASTS Are on the way. But they will have no terrors for you if you provide yourself with one of our celebrated — AIR TIGHT HEATERS — l Which we are selling from $5 up. These stoves are a snap for the money. Remember that our stock of Hardware, Tinware and Paints and Oils is very complete, and our prices will compare with those of any competing towns. — Ross & Brady.

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