Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — Page 1

No. 45.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. ' \ Attorney Dunlap made a trip to Kankakee, 111., today. G. P. Baker, of Wolcott, was a bust*, ness visitor in Rensselaer this morning. i;ju Miss Mutchler, Mrs. Purcupile’s trimmer, Is in Chicago studying millinery styles. For this week, nice juicy lemons, lc each, or 12c a dozen. JOHN EGER. Miss Minnie Scheurich went to Indianapolis today to study spring millinery styles. Biggest Embroidery Sale ever given Jn this city begins at Rowles & Parker’s, Saturday, Feb. 25th —7 days only. *fcbief of the Are department, J. J. Montgomery, and Assistant Chief C. W. Rhoades made a trip to Chicago today. For this week only—3 pounds fancy seedless raisins, large Muscatel raisins, prunes, peaches or cooking figs, for 25 cents. JOHN EGER. T‘ l * ■ S. R. Nichols shipped a load of hogs to Indianapolis yesterday and went there to see them sell. Mrs. Nichols accompanied him. Don’t fail to attend our Big White Sale, Saturday, Feb. 25th, to Saturday, March 4th. rowles & Barker. • • Born, Tuesday night, February 21st. to Mr. and Mrs. Anson Cox, a stillborn son. The baby was buried this afternoon at 3 o’clock in cemetery. Six spools Clark’s O. N. T. thread for 25c at Rowles & Parker’s Big White Sale beginning Saturday, Feb 25th to Saturday, March 4th. Mrs. Frank Ridenour returned to her home at Ambla this morning after a visit since Saturday with her brother, John C. Martindale, and family. Men and Women’s $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoes, $1.98, Rowles & Parker’s Shoe Sale, beginning Saturday, Feb. 18, 7, days only. John T. Murray and son Harry and their families and William Yeiter and family will leave the first of next week for Hamilton, N. Dak., where each have purchased farms. Remember we always mean just -what we say and we actually sell you $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoes any day during our sale at $1.98. ROWLES ft PARKER. Lloyd Jessen has been down from Chicago for several days. He is recuperating from a severe case of measles and will remain at home for a week or ten days. / m The Knights of King Arthur will hold their annual banquet Friday night of this week at the Model restaurant. A toast program will be a part of the event The members and parents of the boys will participate. John Colton, the theatrical man, ia having his hearing today and a number of {>eople are over from Remington to testify in the-case. Colton is being represented by an attorney from Indianapolis and by W. H. Parkinson. Emerson Coen writes from Santa Domingo, Cuba, that the U. S. navy is now having target practice at ‘ that point. Emerson says: “Cuba is aft right, but I am beginning to think w* have been away from the states long enough.’’ Coen's cgrd was mailed Feb. 12th and was ten days en route. The Rensselaer fire committee did not find what thpv were looking for in the way of a fire team at Monon yesterday. They went to look at a team which the owner had told them was equal to the grey horse now in use. They found upon arrival there that the horses were not nearly as large as they had been led to believe. Fire Chief Montgomery said the team was too small for a good carriage team. Consequently the Rensselaer fire department Is still in the market for a new horse or two. They must be large and sound. t

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —♦ — PICTURES. » The Italian Barber. % None - - - My Bream Land. * f

WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair and Warmer this afternoon and tonight; Thursday partly cloudy. . * .

Hammond and County Surveyor Osborne went to Wheatfleld today to attend the funeral of John H. Tilton. ; i~~ • i County Recorder Tilton and family went to Wheatfleld this morning to at. tend the funeral of his father, John H. Tilton, whose obituary occurs elsewhere in this issue. There was a very pleasant dance at the armory last evening. The young ladies gave the dance to the young men and about forty £ouples participated in it The young ladies brought lunch boxes and the men drew theio lunch partners by lottery. The music was furcated by Lonzo and Paul Healy. *lf John C. Martindale, who has been confined at his home for ten or twelve weeks with sickness, is now considerably improved and is able to be up and about the house some every day. He expects to get down town as soon as the weather warms up. Joint has had a serious time and for several weeks it looked as though he could hardly recover. His physician and the family -consider his chances .of complete recovery to be very good. The most freakish egg we ever saw was brought ,to this office a few days ago by Albert Wolf. It is probably the first egg of a pullet, which are frequently undersized. This egg is a trifle longer than two and one-haif inches and is only a half Inch in diameter, except near one end, where it bulges out a trifle. 'At first glance it looks like a large peanut. The egg is displayed in a window of The Republican office. Mrs. Nat Heuson fell as she was returning from the mailbox in front of their farm residence, north of town ; Monday forenoon'and broke both bones in her left ankle. She crawled on her bands and kness to the house and fainted after reaching the room tit which the telephone is located. She finally regained consciousness , and was able to call for aid to the telephone office. A neighbor was notified by “central’’ and also a doctor, and aid was administered as quickly as they could reach the house. Mr. Heuson was away from home, assisting iheir son George in loading his household goods. Mrs. Heuson will he laid some time, as her injury is a severe one. Granville Moody went to Chicago today, and expected to bring back with him a bull pup, which A friend had offered him if he would come after it. Mr. Moody had a bull dog of unusual intelligence which was recently accidently killed. The dog was following a wagon • and boys threw, snowballs.at it. In dodging one of the missies the dog got in front df A wagon wheel and was run over and killed. The animal had been a very valuable aid in cattle tending and. is greatly missed, for the . work he performed, as well as because of his companionable qualities. In running cattle onto the scales he would always run in four at a time, making the selection of that number with unerring accuracy. He would then run around in front of the scales and stand with his fore feet against the front and watch the cattle weighed, keeping his eyes riveted on the beam of the scales just as though he was interested in the weight. As soon as the scale was locked he would rush in and chase the steers out and bring up another set for weighing. Mr. Moody said he would as soon have lost any team on the farm as to have lost the dog. Granville, Jr., returned to Culver this morning, going by x way of Chicago. The vacation which was enforced on Quiver students* (on account of several cases of scarlet fever, will substitute for the spring vacation/and Van will not return home again until -the close of the term on Jane Bth. Simon Thompsod frUl return to Culver today or tomorrow. Galling cards at the Republican.

Satend January l, 1897, as ssooad-olass Audi matter, at the post-ettoe at Beasselasr, under the act of Karsh'S 1879.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1911.

“FIRST IN WAR; FIRST IN PEACE; FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN."

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Born, February 22, 1732. Died, December 14, 1799. ’

MAY HAVE CAPTURED BATCH OF CHICKEN THIEVES.

Monon Marshal Brought Two Men to v Rensselaer Who are Alleged to Be Guilty of Practice. . r < William Day and joje, Hubbard are in in Rensselaer charged with stealing chickens. They were brought here Tuesday afternoon by tljie marshal of the town of Monon, who arrested them on information furnished by a reliable party at Lee, near which place Day and Hubbard and a man by the name of Johnson live. A warrant for Johnson was also issued but he could not be located and the marshal thought he was lucky to have procured two of the men. Chicken stealing has been going tfn at a lively- rate in the neighborhood of Lee and McCoysbufg and suspicion is said to have attached to these men. Recently a citizen of Lee was coming past the farm residence of J. D. Miller, in Hanging Grove township at a late hour in the night, and he saw a onehorse wagon pulled up alongside the fence and a man standing near by. IJe recognized the rig, it is said, and also the man who was standing by it. He also saw two other men coming through the hog lot and each had a bunch of chickens. He recognized the other men and swore out the warrants for the arrests. The two men were placed under arrest and brought to Rensselaer and turned over to Marshal Mustard, who put them in the care of Sheriff Hoover^ at the county jail. They will have a hearing before Squire Irwin either this evening or in the morn--ing as soon as the prosecutor can get away from other things that are occupying his attention at the court house.

Wednesday morning the wives of the two men who are in jail, and also the wife of the man who wag not captured, came to the jail and before the sheriff knew what was up they were in . conversation with the men. He fired them out but later when they made an appeal to be allowed to see them for only a little while, the sheriff said he would let them, provided they would do their talking before him. They promised to do this, but when he let them into the jail they undertook to whißper to the men and he fired them again. Another undesirable visitor at the jail was James Haines, the man at whom the game warden took a shot last year, and who skipped out for a time, bpt came back as soon as he learned} that the warrants for bis arrest'were disposed of. He wanted to see the men but was not permitted to do so. Haynes has a bad reputation and has long been feared |>y the people of that section. Some that he is the leader of a gang that has engaged in chicken stealing. People In the east end of the eounty are said to be confident that the right men have been captured and if this proves to be the case a penitentiary sentence should be meted out. Chaa. E. Nowels, afho went to Longmont, Colo., several years Ago, writes back to renew his subscription to The Republlcan'and says: “I notice that my subscription to The Republican has expired, so send P. O. order to have it renewed. We are so well pleased with Colorado that we would almost forget the old home altogether if we did not get The Republican twice a week to remind us of old time neighbors and friends. We are having about our first real winter for this season and have had about 6 inches of snow since yesterday, but it Is not cold. So far we have had about the most delightful winter I ever experienced. Except for twfr or three days when the thermometer registered about zero or a little below, the weather has been almost like spring, ang there was sunshine almost every day.” .

Goods are settling fast at the Fire Sale, north of the depot.

CHARGED WITH FRAUD IN MAKING LAND DEAL.

Indianapolis Man Indicted by Jasper County Grand Jury—Arrested and Released on Bond. E. V. Ransford and C. P: Wright furnished evidence to the grand jury that resulted in the finding of an indictment charging Charles C. Graham, of Indianapolis, with fraud in connection with a trade made about a year .ago. Graham claimed to be-the dwner of 160 acres of land in Grant county, Kans* and entered into a trade with C. P. Wright and E. V. Ransford. They were given what ptirpprted to be a deed for the land and gave in exchange for it a stock of goods and a sum of money. They claim that the deed was fraudulent, the title spurious and that they had as recourse a guarantee by Graham that the title was good. He refused to make good, however, aftft the evidence was presented to the grand jury. Graham was arrested and brought to. Rensselaer. He gave a bond in the sum of SI,OOO and was permitted to return home. His trial has not been sqt, but he has indicated that he will try to adjust matters with Wright and Ransford, which might make matters considerably easier for him. , •

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Healy Arrive Home From Wedding Tour.

The following interesting letter was received this Wednesday morning from Jerry M, Healy. Mr. Healy and Miss Mary Meyer wefe married Jan. 22nd at Houston, Texas, and will arrive in Rensselaer thm Wednesday evening probably. They have enjoyed a very pleasant honeymoon in the south. His letter Is published in full, Herewith: “My wife and I are back in old Rensselaer once more after a very pleasant honeymoon trip of five weeks in Texas. My wife will continue in the millinery business, at least for a time, and I will return to my position at Rowles ft Parker’s. We will make our home with Mrs. Meyers on Front street. Mrs. Meyers did not return from Houston, where she Is staying with her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Donnelly. I think she will remain about two weeks longer. / “After our marriage Sunday, January 22nd, we fbok the afternoon train to Galveston and remained there one week, taking in the* sights and enjoying ourselves the best we knew how. While there we met two of our old Rensselaer friends, Blaine Gwin and Emerson Reeves. They are doing well and seemed glad to see us. Houston, where we spent most of our time, is a city of about one hundred thousand. We were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Donnelly while there. Mr. Donnelly is doing fine. He is one of a company of three who are in the lumber ~ business. They also take contracts for erecting buildings of all kinds. A.t the present time they have ten buildings under construction. Houston is enjoying quite a building boom, mostly on account of a ship channel' which will be dug from the Gulf of Mexico to that city, a distance of fifty miles. The* channel will be twenty-five feet deep and one hundred feet wide. An- appropriation of three million dollars has been made to do the work, one-half million of the government and the balance by Houston and Harris county. Several large, modern fire-proof buildings are being built at the present time. The Rice Institute building Involved an expenditure of severaU million dollars, the 12-story building of the Union National bank $750,000, the new Rice hotel, 18 stories, costing three million, and several others. Ycju can see from this that southern Texas is on a boom. Brick masons get 75 cents an hour, and all kinds of work is plentiful. The city telephone company is putting all their wires under ground. There are a great many people here*from all over the north, and most of them like Houston/ Tdy wife and I have enjoyed splendid health ever since we left Rensselaer and will be very glad to meet all our friendß when we get a little rest after such a Tong trip.” Scott Seward and two younger brothers, Vernus and were Rensselaer visitors yesterday, having taken the train here en route/ to Star City from Mt. Ayr, where they had visited their slstei-, MnT Maud Elijah. Their father was a harness maker and lived In Rensselaer many years ago, going from here to Mt.- Ayr, and later to Star City, where he died about seven years ago. This was the first time Scott had been in Rensselaer for twenty-five years and it was his flrai visit to his mother and his brothers and stators for twenty years. For some time he has been a traveling salesman out of 'Grand Rapids, Mich. He will be remembered by many people in Rensselaer.

The Prettiest Kpffag Picture ■how la the city. BBX WAUBS, Proprietor. ===^=^=

Stewart Arranges Match With Greek Wrestler from Lafayette.

“Billy” Stewart and his manager, Chas. Garriott, returned this morning from Lafayette, where they succeeded in arranging a match with William Polos, a Greek wrestler, who has a reputation of being a very able wrestler. The conditions of the match are .that Polos shall throw Stewart twice In 40 minutes. It is understood that a side bet of SSO was made. The match will take place in Rensselaer on the evening of March 4th. This match by Stewart looks rather presumptious, as he is trying a wrestler of many years experience. Palos weighs 168 pounds and Stewart *only 151. Palos is skilled in the game at which Stewart is yel only a novice. It would look like there could be only one result of such a match. Chris. Koepke/ thinks he has not been treated fair in the matter of a match with Stewart. He issued a . challenge the same evening that Maple did, and Stewart chose to wrestle Maple. Koepkey says that he will not take on Myres, but that he will take Stewart on at any time and thinks that he has a right to lay claim to the championship of the county, even though he has never had a public match. If it were not for the fact that Stewart had issued a county wide challenge without stipulating weight. Koepkey says he would not have a kick coming, but Stewart did make the challenge and he thinFs he should stick to it and take him on. In a note addressed to The Republican, Koepkey says: “An Open Letter to ‘Billy’ Stewart. That is rather a hot shot you seek to hand me in trying to put me off on a second rater, after issuing a challenge which I wanted to accept. I believe I had a right to a match with ybu. Apparently you want to keep your rep up without paying any attention to me. You want to pick a man for me; well, I want to pick my own man, and I am after you. I might go out and pick out a dozen wrestlers, and any of them better than any you have thrown, and theft call myself the champion, but I want you on the strength of your challenge, and you will have to pay attention to me if you expect to have, the confidence of the people here. You are not the county champion until you throw me. The people will get their money's worth if you will take me on and you won’t have to look for a match with outsiders. I wish you good luck, but 1 want to. get up against something myself that Is fast enough to give the people that witness the match their money’s worth and you can fulfill the expectation of the public by taxing m-> on. Come across how, /Stewart, nr pull in your claim.— CHRIS. KOEPKEY.”

Box Sapper by Pythian Shttn. The Pythian Sisters will give a box supper Wednesday evening at the K. of P. lodge hall, to which all members of the lodge and all Knights and their ladies are cordially invited. Mrs. Anna Tuteur, M. E. C. Mrs. Harry Kresler, M. of R. ft S. Farmers, Attention! Now is a good chance to get your spring fill of hardware at 25c on the dollar at the Fire Sale, north of the depot Come early while we have what you want. E. V. RANSFORD. Lecture Course Dates. March 13—The Beifharz Entertainers. April 7—Byron King. We sell “Aristos,” the king of them all. The floor that made the southwest fainops. The best flour made, or money refunded. I v JOHN EGER. The goods at the Ransford Fire Sale have been culled oat and wo are offering only goods damaged slightly by water and smoke, at 25c on the dollar. Come if you want some real bargains.

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Judgment for $540 Against Sheriff's Indemnity Bond.

* t , . W‘s a? - A sequel to the attachment of the horses and other things brought here several weeks ago by Charles and John Lewin, who were apparently skipping out to avoid the payment of rent for a farm they bad occupied in Porter county, was a trial Tuesday against Sheriff Hoover and his indemnifying bond. Hoover attached the Itock on order (issued by the Porter county court, and Mr. Hankins, who owned the farm on which the Lewins had lived, and Lawyer Bruce, of Crown Point, and Lawyer Williams, of Rensselaer, signed an indemnifying bond in the sum of $2,000 to protect Hpover. Then Irvin Lewin, son of Chas. Lewin, put in a plea that most of the stuff belonged to him, and Sheriff Hoover refused to release it. Later all the stuff was taken back to Poster county, except the household goods, which were released, and there a sale was held after it had been represented that Mrs. Hankins and the Lewins had settled their troubles and made a compromise by which one of /the Lewins was to remain on her farm. The sale was made but Mrs, Hankins and Lewin parted ways again and then young Lewin pushed his suit against the sheriff. The jury was out about two hours and it was somewhat of a surprise when a verdict for sff4o was. brought in against the sheriff. A motion for a new trial was made and will be argued Thursday. If it Is not granted an appeal wjll be taken. Hoover is protected by the bond.

Two Tablets and Stomach Misery Gone. B. F. Fendlg sells and guarantees the best prescription the world has ever known for disturbed and upset stomach, gas, belching, heaviness, heartburn, add stomach and biliousness. It Is called MI-O-NA, remember the name, and it banishes distress from over-eating or fermentation of food in five minutes. It is guaranteed by B. F. Fendlg to cure indigestion, sick headache, nervousness and dlssinens. or money back. No matter how long you have suffered you will find a certain cure In MI-O-NA stomach tablets. MI-O-NA stomach tablets are only 50 cents a large box at B. F. Fendlg’e and druggists everywhere. Hundreds of guarantied Edison and Columbia phonograph records at less than the cost of the wax to make them, at Ransford's Fire Bale, north of the depot; also three Victor disc machines at 25c on the dollar; only slightly damaged by water. Last call for King William’s favorite dish, Silver Thread saurkraut, Sc a quart at John Eger’s.

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