Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1910 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS; Potatoes, 15 cents peck—Home Grocery. Mallie Clark returned to Wheatfleld this morning to visit relatives. creamery butter on -sale at. McFarland’s at 35c a pound. Mrs. Anna Burket went to Battle Ground today to visit relatives and friends. For first-class laundry see C. W. Rhoades/ Bundles called for and delivered. Satisfaction guaranteed. Samuel Fendig, proprietor of Fendig’s Fair, made a business trip to Chicago yesterday.

Music Lessons—On the violin, given by O. Braun, the band instructor. Inquire at Fendig’s drug store. * J. Schwanke returned to DeMotte this morning after a visit hfere with D. E. Tanner. J. J. Weast, of Jordan township, went to Williamsport today on a real estate trader Miss Lizzie Scott, of Chicago, came yesterday to visit the family of J. W. Smith. i • S. S. Barnes and wife returned to Fowler today, after a short visit here with her father, Simon Phillips, and other relatives. Each $2.00 purchase entitles you to & bars Swift’s Pride fine laundry soap for 25c all this week at the Home Grocery. W. J. Holmes went to Indianapolis today to do a little advertising for the Maywood Stock Farm, which he now represents. That rich, mellow,* flavor that is so satisfying in a coffee is always found I® Ferndell. '

J. A. MCFARLAND. —rJ. C. Gwin and wife left this morning for New Orleans on a pleasure trip, and they will remain there for the mardi gras, the' great carnival that has made New Orleans famous. ' How foolish men are where a beautiful woman 1b conserned. Notice it again in “Just a Woman’s Way” which will be the next attraction at Hills' Theatre on Friday, Feb. 4th. John ,Garllck was down from Kniman a few days ago. He does not get dawn to the county seat* very often bur usually makes the Republican a call when he does. Mrs. M. H. Hemphill returned yesterday from Chicago, where she had undergone a surgical operation about two weeks ago. She is very much improved and will doubtless get along all right. v

The Evening Repubican.

PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT. . — ♦ — PICTURES. “A Case of Tomatoes.” “Three Seasons for Hasted* SOHO. 1 “Pd Like to Be the Fellow That Girl is Waiting For.”

John Eller, of Roselawn, came yesterday to visit his son, O. E. Eller. L. H. Kenyon, of Shelby, was here on business yesterday. Miss Louise Blanky has returned to Chicago, after a visit with her sister, Mrs. E. J. Duvall. v P. 1.. Johnson, of near Kersey, went to Frankfort today to visit his father-in-law, Will Duskey. Mrs. N. Defle, of near Gifford, returned home today, after a visit with, her daughter in Chicago. Minnie and Eddie Ragon returned to Frankfort yesterday, after a visit of a week with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pollock. , A special meeting of the county council has been called for next Monday to transact such business as may come before it. t Philip Durant, who was operated on.j for appendicitis in Wesley hospital in Chicago recently, came home yesterday , and is on the road to recovery. Bert Abbott was able to be out yesterday. He is recovering from his auto accident of last week and will be able to get back to his elevator work with-, in a few days. - Sergeant J. M. Sauser went to Fort Sheridan yesterday to report for his retirement discharge. He will returnwithin about two weeks a civilian for the first time in thirty years. I S. R. Nichols, C. C. Warner, Geo. E. Murray, W. V. Porter and County Chairman Moses Leopold went to Hammond today to attend the convention. The 10:05 train was tolerably filled with delegates from the south end. /

Ed Sutherland and W. R. ; Geier, of Remington, and Homer Hardy and John Robinson, of Huntington, were in Rensselaer and vicinity ' today. Hardy and Robinson are horse buyers and they were looking after some stock over this way. Jesse iSldridge left today for Geddes, S. Dak., where he will locate. His brother-in-law, Joe Leach, is there and has arranged for a farm and Jess will move his family there shortly. He has entirely from the rheumatism from which he suffered so severely a year ago. J. A. Cullen and wife, of Monticello, who have been here packing up the Carson & Foster stock recently secured in a trade with lifrrs. liqps, returned to their home today. The stock Will be shipped to Indianapolis and Mr. Foster states a new millinery stock will be installed here. County Superintendent Lamson gave the teachers’ examination last Saturday* to thirty applicants, being a much larger number than he had expected, and larger than is customary for the first examination of the year. The next examination will be held the last Saturday of February.

John L. PeetzT chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics, will be in Rensselaer Wednesday, arriving on ,the--10:05 train, and will address the township assessors at the office of countyassessor John Q. Lewis. Citizens in general are invited to attend the meeting. r• •' • / ;—. ~ -L...'' .... . James E. Flynn writes to have his Republican Bent to him at Kennedy, Dearborn county, Ind., where he has been for some time and where he will continue to make his residence during the. spring and Bummer. He state* that he has been ayay from Rensselaer longer this time than any time since he camp to Jasper county 27 years ago. Kennedy is not far from Lawrenceburg and only 32 miles from Cincinnati, so he got almost out of Indiana this time. - . ' •- -if ••• ■ —* fa,

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RENSSELAER, IHDIAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910.

LIBEL SUITS FILED BY F. E. BABCOCK.

Familiar Hame to Court as Both Plaintiff and Defendant Asks Damages From Republican Publishers. F. E. Babcock, editor of the Jasper County Democrat, Monday filed four damage suits against the editors and publishers of the Rensselaer Republican, naming I. M. Washburn, Geo. H. Healey, Leslie Clark and Mrs. Kate R. Watson. Damages in the sum of $5,000 is asked in each case, and articles published last year in defense of S. R. Nichols, and during December in regard to the effort of Babcock to secure a franchise for the Home Telephone Company, are the basis of the suits. S' i Babcock’s name is a familiar one as both plaintiff and defendant Jn libel suits and a record of the aransactions suits and a record of the transactions connected will shot* that he has been the loser. Babcock has secured as his attorney a lawyer named Davis, qf Brook. « V Alfred Moore, .of Milford, 111., was here to attend the W. R. Shesler sale. Mrs. S. S. Barnes, who was here frpm Fowler yesterday, subscribed $1 for herself and another dollar for her sister, Mrs. Vanatta, also of Fowler, toward the Milroy and Soldiers’ monument. A If you are married, go and see “Just a Woman’s Way,” it will do you and your wife good. If you are not married, go and see “Just a Way,” it will do you best girl good. The successful melodrama is the next offering at Fills’ Theatre on Friday, February 4th. Jerry Garland returned a few days ago from his trip to Mitchell, S. Dak. He had a fine time and saw about all of the former Jasper county people and reports them all doing splendidly. Bruce Porter has raised a crop of winter whiskers, not because he found it necessary to counteract the severe winter weather nor as a matter of personal adprnmefnt but because he is so busy Afiat he don’t have time to shave.

J. J. Montgomery went to Monticello today to confer with the fire chief and members of the cotmcil about their new fire fighting equipment. He hopes not to meet the same kind of a reception that was accorded the Monticello gentlemen here Monday. Jack attributes the breaking of the fire wagon wheel to the great weight of official responsibility resting on the shoulders of the Monticello officers, which in addition to their own weight was more than the wagon could stand for. '

February Ist started out very fine and beautiful, a little cool but bright. The thin layer of snow that fell Sqfrurday night has melted but little and last night concluded the eighth week of real winter since the snow of Dec. 6th. Recent days* in fact, the latter half of January, was not very cold but there was some freezing almost every day and in shaded places quite a little snow and ice from the original snow of eight weeks ago still remains on the ground. The groundhog will make his appearance tomorrow and if he strikes a day like this he will make a quick getaway and we can plan for a continuance of winter until the ides of March.

J. H. Hellengren and Thos. G. Brown, of Barkley township, were in town yesterday getting a set of sale bills printed for a joint will hold at the farm occupied by the former, being the old S. R. Nichols’ farm, on February 15th. They are planning to move to Larimore, N. Dak., where Mr. Hellengren has purchased a farm. Mr. Brown also negotiated for a farm while on a prospecting trip out there last fall, but the deal could hot be consummated owing to the fact that the man he was buying from could not furnish a deed. Both of therfe gentlemen are excellent farmers and citizens and their removal will meet general regret, but all will hope for their success in that new country. They will have a good lot of stuff at their combined sale, including 5 head of horses, 11 head of cattle, 38 hogs and 40 Shropshire ewes.

COMMERCIAL CLUB TO AID MOHUMENT BUILDING.

Movement for Milroy and Soldiers’ Monument Started by Mrs. Thompson Endorsed by Club. The movement started by Mrs. M. E. Thompson to erect a monument in Milroy Park to General Robert H. Miliroy and all Jasper county soldiers who participated in the Civil War, has been progressing very well, arid about one half of the amount, needed to build the monument has been pledged almost entirely through the efforts of Mrs. Thompson. On Monday night a meeting of the Commercial Club was called by President Worland to consider means of aiding in the work of securing public subscriptions. Mrs. Thompson attended the meeting and stated her aim and what she had so far accomplished. The plan is to have a statute of General Milroy, 8 feet in height, mounted on an 8 foot pedestal, stationed in Milroy park and facing the Washington street bridge. On the pedestal are to be the names of all the soldiers who enlisted from Jasper county for the Civil War. The base of the monument is to be about 20 feet square, with broad steps leading up to it from the front and both sides. In the rear a seat will be built, with heavy corner posts. The materialised will probably be ground marble cemented together, , Miss Mary Washburn, now of Chicago, where she has made a reputation in art, has volunteered to do the work of making the statute free of charge. She has several portraits of General Milroy and is making a study of his character in order that she may make the statute as life like as possible. The work that Miss Washburn has volunteered to do free of charge for her girlhood home would probably cost almost as much as the material and installing of the monument, and her liberal offer is greatly appreciated by her old friends and admirers in Rensselaer.'

The matter was informally dfscussed by those present at the meeting gnd on motion a committee was appointed to co-operate with Mrs. Thompson in securing funds for the consummation of the plans so ably begun and in which the people of Rensselaer and all of Jasper county should take a patriotic and unselfish President Worland said that he would name his committee -within a day or tWo. The original plan was to accept only one dollar subscriptions but so many have proffered more money and the task was so difficult for Mrsj Thompson whose age made it impossible for her to get out much, that it was de-

cided to hasten the matter- through by securing pledges for larger amounts. Judge E. P. Hammond, of Lafayette, himself one of the first men in Jasper county to enlist and a member of General Milroy’s company, subscribed $25, Mrs. Thompson gave a similar amount, Delos Thompson, the same, and Captain J. M. Wasson and John Eger.each gave $25. Robert S. Dwiggins, by his son, Elmer, gave $5, while Elmer gave $5 for himself and John W. Paris, of New York, each gave $5. It is certain that other former Rensselaer people, and especially the children and relatives of the gallant young men who offered their lives to their country at that crucial peribd will now be glad of an opportunity to contribute to a fund to build a monument in their memory. These contributions can now be sent to Mrs. M. E. Thompson direct or later to .the committee authorized by the Commercial Club to solicit them. » Along with the erection of the monument will come other expenses for the Improvement of the park and it will be the duty of the city to look after this feature. Conrad Kellner, who was at the meeting Monday night, subscribed $5 to the monument fund and offered to donate enough dirt to fill the park up to a proper height. It was suggested that a volunteer hauling day might get enough volunteer learns to almost complete- the work in a day. Marshal Davis, who was present, stated that he would personally give his attention to that the park whs leveled pff add put Into presentable shape with the opening up of spring. Mrs. Thompson has been informed that if the contract can be let by the first of Much, the monument can be

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completed and installed ready for unveiling by the 4th of July. President Worland said that he hopes to see the greatest 4th of July celebration this year that Rensselaer ever had and that he hopes his assistants will be active in aiding Mrs. Thompson in getting the pledges for the monument.

Remington White Rock Fancier Swept Platter at Logansport.

W. R. Geier, of Remington, exhibited his White Rock show birds at Logansport poultry show, and won about everything in sight, not confining his winnings to his class but by having the highest scoring the entire show. He won the Ist and 2d White Rock pens, Ist, 3d and 4th hen, Ist cock, Ist, 2d and 4th cockerel and 2d and 4th pullet. He had the highest scoring hen and cockerel in the entire show. Mr. Geier’s chickens , are r recognized as among the very best White Rocks in the country and he has attained the same success with them that William Hershman, of Walker township, has with his Black Langshans.

Good Spirit Prevails at the Baptist Evangelist Meetings.

The special meetings at the Baptist church are well under way with Rev. A. E. Clem doing the preaching. A good audience listened with interest to his message last evening on the subject “The Sdng of the Lord.” In it he especially urged the Christian people to fully surrender their lives to the Lord, and allow him to cleanse them so service. When that is done then the soig of the Lord' will be in the heart and life. • Tonight he Will speak'from the first parable on Sowing and Reaping, fqiund in the tenth chapter of the prophecy of Hosea. A good spirit prevails and good has already been the* result of the effort being put forth.

Militia Basketball Five to Play at Gym Tonight.

Company M will play a return game of basketball with the St. Joe boys tonight, the game taking place in the college gym beginning at 8 o’clock. The militia team will 'be composed of the same players that defeated the college boys here two weeks ago by the score of 42 tp 37. On Friday night of this week Battle Ground will play the militia team at the armory.

Removal Notice.

.1 wish to notify all my customers and others that'l have moved my tailoring shop from my old location over Fendig’s drug store to rooms over the Jasper Savings & Trußt Co., where I will be prepared to do all kinds of repair work, cleaning and pressing and will have a large line of spring suit samples. Very truly, JOHN WERNER. William Elkins and family, who had a sale on the B. O. Gardner farm, near Pleasant Ridge, last week, went to Indianapolis today to visit for a tithe before starting on their prospecting trip to the Dakotas.

A 1 Keener, who lives at the home of George Casey, in Union township, fell from a wagon as be was getting out of it last Saturday night and cut a bad gash over his left dye, which required four stttches to ctose up. Ftadder shredding, wlilch usually follows on the heels of corn husking, was delayed this year by the snow and cold weather, but farmers are at it good and strong now. They report that the fodder has kept in fine shape in the shock, that the stocks are fairly sappy and the blades'green. '

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAM. —♦ —- PICTURES. “The Flight of Mr. Valette,” a drama. SOHG “My Pony Boy.”

Basket - Ball —AT— The Armory Tuesday, Feb. 4' BATTLE GROUND ' VS. Company M 1 i CUBTAIH RAISER Cl ' ■ K. O. K. A.’s vs MILITIA SRCOND TEAM. Admission, 25 Cents

DOZEH INJURED IN A MONON WRECK.

Passenger Train Ho. 6, One Here at 3*17, Plies Up at Wilson Station Near New Albany. Special to the Republican. New Albany, Feb. I.—Passenger train No. 6 on the Monon railroad, which left this city at 7:30 o’clock this morning, was wrecked at Wilson station, about 16 miles out of this city, and a dozen persons more or less injured, while all persons on the train were given a severe shaking up. Two of the tank wheels left the track and ran on the ties about the length of the train. This caused the mail and baggage cars to leave the track and then followed the passenger coaches, and all were turned partly over on one side except the chair car, which wheeled around and set cross ways of the track but kept its upright position. About a dozen persons were injured, some having broken limbs, and every one on the train was considerably shaken up. Chas. Cutler, the baggage master, sustained a broken leg, and a mall clerk, whose home is in New Albany, but whose name could not be learned, had a broken arm and it thought to have Internal Injuries. Doctors were hastened to the scene from New Albany and Salem. It was thought that the track would not be cleared for six or eight hours, and a special train was sent out from Indianapolis to make the run through to Chicago.

WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair and warmer tonight. Wednesday unsettled. Warmer in the eastern portion.

George Crockett was In town today. He recently had a siege of measles, being sick with them himself while his two children had them. A crop of whiskers developed since he was taken down. He made the mistake of getting out and working before he was entirely well and had a slight relapse but is now about right again. Several" adult cases of measles are reported. Philip Heuson, of near Parr, has them, and is now at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Heuson, north of town. Mrs. Will Eldridge and children, south of Pleasant Ridge, also have them. Fortunately Will had previously had them, and there is one well member of the family.

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