Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 October 1908 — Page 5

I Announcement! have opened the New | ’ ’ Walkerton Pharmacy with a new stock of Drugs, I Druggists’ Sundries, Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc., and are prepared to fill all physicians’ prescriptions, family receipts, Etc., with the purest of drugs and chemicals, at moderate prices. All goods guaranteed of highest purity and strength and compounded by a registered pharmacist. A. S. BLAINE ENDLY’S OLD STAND

WALKERTON MARKETS. Corrected Every Friday. Eggs 22 Butter. 20 Lard 10 Green Hides 5 to 6 Potatoes 1.00 Timothy Seed 2.25 Clover Seed 84.50 Wheat, No. 2 93 Oats (white) 45 Rye, No. 2, 56 lbs. test 68 Corn,sound, 100 lbs, new 8110 Beans, hand picked 2.00 Onions, bushel 50 Chickens, old BJ4 Turkeys 10 to 12 Ducks 8% I Fat Cattle, per cwt 83.50@4 00 Stock cattle, “ “ 3.00 Cows, *• “ 3.00 Calves, " “ 5.00 Hogs “ “ 85.50 to 625 Sheep, " " 7.00 Lambs 6.00 —

<s7nrmnmrirr^ iLOCAL NEWSj o Happeningss of Walkerton and Vicinity jo o Told in Brief Paragraphs o Walkerton’s vacant bueinees rooms "~'"are rapidly tilling up. Gus Reiss & Co. are moving into their new room, one door west of the old location. The Sunday excursion train to South i Bend on the C. I. & S. will bo continued I throughout October. The Misses Nellie and Agnes Rogers of Michigan City were the guests cf Mise mayme Smith this week. Those wishing to take dinner at the Hotel Starr Sunday will please send word or register by Saturday evening.

aUIimiUIBiUWUiUWM | Fall Millinery < L [ | Opening - ” [ 3 ’k II S Ladies, please remember our Fall i A 3 Opening, which will take place . B ] SATURDAY, OCT. 3 1 4 g 7 WIL . E We will have on display a large and beau- E | tiful assortment of the new styles in Fall Hats; e 3 we will have something to suit you. Mwk g i 408 I All are i 3 ■ **7 "•.» .«» g Cordially Invited | I to Call 0' ’ ’ } | | \ and See the New / \ f J f A Fall Styles / I S and learn prices 4 i h M Imrs. l e. DIAL,

Wear “Reiss” hats. The beet lunch in town at Shirley’s Restaurant. At last reports they hadn’t got Han ly in jail yet. Our meats are home killed, young, tender and juicy, at Bose’s. A party of young people from town visited at the home of Sam Ake last Sunday. The political campaign, which started out so tame and quiet, is going to make a whirlwind finish. Plenty of ginger is | being injected into it, as well as a gener ous supply of peanut politics. Will Wallace has moved his family to Steuben county where he will build a school house. He will return in the spring and finish his house in South Plymouth.—Plymouth Chronicle. Dr. E. A. Harden, eye-sight specialist, will be at Reiss & Co.’s store, Wednesday, Oct. 7« Examination free. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Stahl of New Mexico, who are visiting a few weeks at dififerent points in this part of the state, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carson . Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Stahl are at Bremen and intend to spend several days in Walkerton before returning to New Mexico. Prof. B. L Steele has resigned hie position at the university of Bloomington I and accepted the chair of science in the I Shortridge high school at Indianapolis This is a fine promotion, this school being one of the foremost high schools in the state, and this advancement is high ly commendatory of Mr. Steele’s ability as an instructor.

Home made sausage, best on earth, at Bose’s. Glen Williamson returned home last Saturday from North Dakota. South Whitley has gone “dry,” the last saloon there having closed last week Owing to the accident to the electric light plant the elocutionary and musical entertainment to be given by local talent has been postponed for one week. G. A. Leslie, of Terre Haute, Ind , is employed as chef at the Hotel Starr. Mr. Leslie is an expert cook of many years’ experience and his skill will add to the popularity of the Starr with the traveling public. Henry Irwin returned the latter part of last week from Wisconsin where he was employed in the lumber industry. He expected to invest in timbered land, having already selected a piece of land, but on account of the forest fires concluded that it would be advisable to wait awhile before investing. A Prohibition meeting was held Wednesday morning in J. A. Williams’ room. The speakers were Rev. Newman, of Rochester, and Mr. Huntsinger, of Misha waka. Good vocal music was furnished by A. E. Yeageri and Orlando Hadley, who travel with the speakers. The meeting was enthusiastic, but owing to the early hour was not largely attended. The effort to dig down to gravel in the new water works well will probably be abandoned on account of the danger to the foundation under the engine house from the caving in of the ground. The Town Board thinks of putting in a concrete bottom to the well and driving several pipes down to gravel, which seems to be about the beet plan that can be adopted now, as further excavating in the well seems to be out of the question. The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church held an all day session in the basement of the church Wednesday. The ladies were kept busy throughout the day sewing and quilting, and at the noon hour prepared and served dinner in the basement. Words of greeting were read from a postal card written by Mrs. Ivey from Indiana Harbor, and one of the pleasant diversions of the day was a “postal shower,” each lady present writing a postal card to Mrs Ivey. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McCarty returned Thursday evening of last week from Mt. Clemens, Mich., where Mr. McCarty was taking a course of baths for rheumatism. He is somewhat improved in general health, although hie rbeu matic trouble seems as yet to have re ceived no benefit. He hopes, however, that there may yet be an improvement as a result of his course of treatment. MARRIAGES. Michener Kaufman. Thursday, September 24, in Chicago, occurred the marriage of Mr. J. W. ; Michener, of Chicago,.and Miss Mary E. i Kaufman, of this place The groom is a । trainman on the B. & O. railroad and is well known here. ’The bride is the daughter ofJM. S. Kaufman, living near town. The newly wedded couple will make their home in Chicago. They have the best wishes of their many friends. OWN A HOME IN MICHIGAN. Good Land, Cheap, Easy Payments. Write for Circulars. Gibbons & Gibbons, Rochester, Ind.

t - ■—Trill, nil I HIMI ■ inirr n I personal... I f r i SUM Ralph Beall made a business trip to Teegarden last Saturday, Mise Nellie Thompson visited relatives in South Bend last Sunday. E. E. Richards and family of Ply mouth spent Sunday with relatives in town. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carson left Thursday for Baltimore, Md., to visit with relatives. Mrs. O. C. Hense, of Grand Rapids, Mich, is visiting Mrs. Jennie Burger and family. Frank Ryder of Gary was in town Tuesday and Wednesday looking after hie property here. Mrs. Ira Neville of East Liverpool, O„ has been visiting with friends in this place for the past few days. Mr. Barnes, prohibition chairman of St. Joseph county, was looking after the interests of hie party here Friday, Mrs. B. F. Dare and daughter Lona spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Morehouse and family at Mishawaka. Mre. E. Sharpe was in Indianapolis last week buying newi goods for her millinery opening to be ^ld October 2 and 3. J. W. Baugher of Knoxville, Tenn., arrived here Monday evsjnpg to remain about two weeks visiting- in town and vicinity. \ T. J. Wolfe and Geo. P. Roes went to South Bend Monday evening to hear Governor Hughes speak on the campaign issues. Mr. and Mrs. Janne L. McDaniel Louis Paul and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paul left for Lexington, 0., Wednesday to visit about two weeks with relatives. Irs. M. H. Wamsley of Columbus, O , is the guest of old friends in this place. It has been 15 years since Mre. Wamsley removed from this place and she notes with interest the many changes and improvements that have taken place here within that time, State ownership of a railroad, with all its advantages or disadvantages, as the case may be, is about to be tried in Texas. That commonwealth has been constructing what is known as the Rusk Penitentiary Road, which is rapidly ap preaching completion. It is to form a connecting link between the peniten tiary and the Texas and New Orleans and the International and Great North ern roads It will be used both for passenger and freight traffic, but its principal tonnage will consist of the products of the penitentiary and the supplies for it. Another road is being built by the board to a sugar plantation owned by the penitentiary and connect ing it with the Houston, Brazos and Northern Road, so as to enable it to handle the sugar upup to advantage. These two roads are a considerable distance apart, but thfy, are regarded as being the beginning.pL^tate railroad building and ownership in Texas. WANTS, FOR SALE, FOR RENT, Ek FOR RENT.—Good farm of 255 acres situated three miles from Walkerton. Slick & Curtis. iOH SALE.—A sow with seven pigs. H. E. Beall. FOR SALE—Poland China hogs, oak lumber and timothy seed, Thomas Holmes. FOR SALE—A team of three-year old

colts, well broke. Porter Jack. FOR SALE—White oak fence posts. Enquire of C. H. Beechgood. LOSl'.—A key to Yale lock. Finder please return to ^ihe Independent office, Dr. G. A. GarQP OSTEOPATH At Residence of J. E. Bose Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. No Charge for Consultation and Examination. * j yh I i By! M|r jyn W I T IT U S E We will look carefully after I your banking interests and treat : you with every courtesy and con- ’ sideration. ; Our methods are thorough and - conservative, our resources abundant, our facilities ample, and ’ our stability and trustworthiness = beyond question. ? Why not open a : dank Account ? Do It Now! We pay 4 per cent interest on I ime Deposits. i The State Bank of Walkerton

I HUSBAND OR DOUBLE BURIED? Widow Sure It Was Her Spouse, but His Boyhood Friend Says No The following dispatch from Trenton, N. J , under date of September 26, is of local interest: “The strange question has arisen here through the violent death of John McNeill in Walkerton, Ind., July 4 last, whether it was really he or hie double who was killed and whether, in consequence, his wife is a widow. “Mre. McNeill went to Indiana when the body of her husband was found on the railroad track badly mutilated. She buried the body after identifying it as that of her husband. “Then Herbert Goodwin, a pottery man, came forward and testified that McNeill worked for him in the pottery August 8, a month and four days after hie widow had recognized hie body in Indiana. The widow at once went back to Walkerton, had the remains exhumed and again identified them. Still, Goodwin, who grew up with McNeill, insists that McNeill worked for him August 8 last. “Now the question is, Was the man who worked for Goodwin or the man buried by Mre. McNeill the real John Me Neill, or which was the double?” Real Oratory. After having heard Governor Hughes, South Bend Republicans are apt to become somewhat fastidious in passing judgment on speakers who may appear on the rostrum here later in the campaign. The New York governor’s style of speaking at the Auditorium was a revelation to the vast majority of his hearers. The dispassionate manner in which he spoke, the perfectly constructed sentences of his address from beginning to end, the absence of anything like effort in presenting hie argument, the avoidance of even an approach to denunciation or vituperation, rendered Governor Hughes’ speech an intellectual treat that an intelligent listener could enjoy even if he disagreed with the speaker on every proposition considered and discussed. If all political speakers could or would adopt this style of argumentation, political campaigns would be welcomed as a feast of reason instead of being dreaded as periodical assaults upon the reasoning faculties of men — South Bend Times. Os Interest To You. You will find it of financial interest to read in this issue the new ads, of which we give an index below: Koontz, Globe Clothier, 818 suits. F. P. Clark’s Department Store, calico 4 cents a yard and reduceo prices on fall goods. Gus Reiss & Co , great moving sale bargains. Hyman & Dupler, low price list on groceries and dry- goods. Mre. L. E Dial, millinery opening, Oct 3. H. A. Yearick, New England Queen sewing teaching at 825, and great removal sale bargains. Mrs. E. Sharpe, millinery opening, Oct 2 and 3. B. A O. excursion to Chicago Oct. 5 to 7. L. E. & W. excursions to Michigan City and Indianapolis Sunday, Oct. 4. Hotel Starr, Sunday dinner. Geo. Wyman & Co., South Bend, special sale of silks and dress goods. Were They Horse Thieves? Some queer manoeuvering was going on about town Wednesday night. On Thursday morning when Dr. Miranda entered his barn he found that somebody had been driving his horse during the night and had then turned the horse and buggy loose in the barn without unhitching The horse was hitched to the storm buggy. A similar incident occurred at ThOmas McNely’s barn. His horse had been hitched to A. C. Hardenbrook’e buggy during the night and driven away. He followed the tracks of the horse and buggy to Place’s large hay barn in the west end of town where he found the horse tied to the fence. What the motive could have been in taking the horses from their stables and then bringing them back to town is a mystery. Whether they were taken by sports who were out for a drive, or by horse thieves, who, having got cold feet, gave up their original intention of theft, is a question which is hard to decide. BANK STATEMENT. J. C. Vanatta, O.C. Shockney President Cashier I). W. Bball, Miss Esther Groshans, Vice-President Assistant Cashier Report of the condition of the State Bank of Walkerton at Walkerton, in the State of Indiana, at the close of its business on September 23, 1908 RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts, - - $72,669.21 Overdrafts, ... 53.88 Other Bondsand Securities - 1,942.87 Furniture and Fixtures, - - 2,314.18 Due from Banks and Trust Comp’s, 15,784.78 Cash on hand, ... 5 913.17 Cash Items, - - - - 41.50 Current Expenses, ... 427.04 Interest Paid, - - - 338.81 Revenue Stamps ... $.09 . Total - - $99,493.53 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in, - - $25,000.00 I ' Surplus Fund, ... 1,100.(10 ; Demand Deposits - - 34,616.07 Demand Certificates - - 36,983.44 ' I Pue to Banks and Trust Com panies, 602 12 Exchange, Discounts, etc. - - 1,190.95 j Profit and Loss - - .95 5 Total Liabilities - - 899,493.53 State of Indiana, County of St. Joseph ss: I, Oscar C. Shockney, Cashier of the State Bank of Walkerton, Walkerton, Ind., do solemnly swear that the above statement is ! true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Oscar C. Shockney, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of September, 1908. J. Willis Cotton, | , Notary Public.

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| Grocery Dept. !25c Can Green Gage Plums, extra fine for the table use I I w 1 lb. Snow Flake Corn P • Starch, best known vu 1 lb. Arm & Hammer Soda, standard soda OG 3 Packages Gold 1 fl A Dust lUC

j Full Line of Ladies,’ Misses and Children’s Cloaks Z Yours for Honest Merchandise |hyman & dupler| PunkeiTZhS rj We have received a large and varied assortment of Robes and Blankets for the winter season. Good warm Horse Blankets, in « plaids and stripes and disX ferent sizes, at W Q SI.OO to $5.50 X nZ St ible Blankets, good and rj rS \/\ f / /BN serviceable, at Jt Q A X SI.OO to $2.50 X A A Notice in illustration how C7 u \ JF pI^A uice these Blankets fit. Zx fill n ’ ce assortment Plush Sr Cz \ A!' x u'S aD d Fur Robes of all colvS M V VI m or8 ’ ^ rom O Wl W $3.00 to $12.00 ?■ zS a M / I T ^Z Lowest Prices on Good Z\ Harness in the county. Z\ g F. M. AKE One D P XfH« K of g JdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXJOOOOCK

SPLINTERS. Signs of prosperity—dollar marks. The gunner usually kills more time than game. A fortune is often spent for drink in building a water works. The man who doesn't want work is slow in grasping a situation. It depends on the pie whether you eat it with a knife or an axe. If you want to keep ahead don't waste time looking backward. Wifey—Actions speak louder than words, you know. The Brute—Not at a sewing society. Baggs—Did you say that Smith speaks in broken English? Waggs— Well, he stutters. Country Justice—How do you know that this automobile was going forty miles an hour? Country Constable — Them what goes at thirty miles an hour don't blow my hat off. Champ Clark’s Book Buying. Champ Clark, member of Congress from Missouri, is a man of oddities. A fellow member, who is in the habit of taking early morning walks, often noticed Mr. Clark in second-

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hand book stores at an hour wtir i hard working legislators were, as a rule, still in their beds. One morning, seeing Mr. Clark coming out of one of these stores with several books under his arm, he stopped him and asked the reason of these early shopping expeditions. “I am buying bait, sir,” said Mr. Clark, with as much pompousness as if answering a Republican on the floor of the House. ‘•Buying bait?” repeated the puzzled member. •’Yes, sir. These second-hand book stores are good advertisers. They pn out in front some real bargains in books, —books worth having,—at a pri< “ way down below their actual value. Anybody can see they are bargains, and > the people conclude that all the books in the store are bargains, and buy acordingly. Now. I like to get out earl and select what I want from the ba.: they hang out. I pick things over beI fore anybody else gets here. That's ! the way to buy second-hand books. Buy the bait.” Many a man pulls down his character in an effort to build up a reputation. Sale bills at this office.