Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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DR. JACQUES DESSLER, OPTICAL SPECIALIST. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. I take great pleasure in announcing to the people of Rensselaer and the surrounding country that I have located here in the Arcade building, above the Daylight Clofhing House, as an Optical Specialist. My thorough experience in the profession, with the help of the latest improved instruments, leads me to hope that I shall be able to give my patients full satisfaction, and can promise with responsibility that every case will be treated with special care. Hoping that the people of Rensselaer and surrounding country will give me a trial. I am, very respectfully yours, DR. JACQUES DESSLER. Optical Specialist. NOTICE—I desire to call your attention to the fact that eyes can be examined with the same accuracy at night as at day time. Examination free.

Directory. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Win. H. Coover Sheriff Nate J. Reed Auditor Henry B.Murray Treasurer Jesse C. Gwin Recorded.’Robert B. Porter Surveyor John E. Alter Coroner:Truitt P. Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assesser John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District. Abraham Halleck 2nd District John Martindale "3rd District Frederick Way mire Commissioner’s court—First Mondays in March, June, September and December. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor? Thomas J. McCoy Marshal Thomas MeGowan Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin TreasurerC. C, Starr AttorneyC. E. Mills Civil EngineerH. L.«Gramble Fire Chief Edgar M. Parcels COVNCILMKL Ist wardM. B. Alter. F. B. Meyers 2nd Ward John Eger. C. G. Spitler 3rd ward Wm. H. Beam, J. R. Kight JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney Albert E. Chizum Terms of Court.—First Monday in January; Third Monday in March: First Monday in June; Third Monday in October.

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Robert S. Drake Hanging Grove A. W. PrevoGillam John F. PettitWalker Samuel R.Nicholsßarkley James D. Babcock..Mariou Marcus W. Reed Jordan Jackson Freeland Newton C. C. Bierma.... Keener J. C. KaupkeKankakee Albert S. Keene Wheatfield John A. Lamltorn.. Carpenter George W. Caster-.Milroy B. D. Coiner Union TOWN OB CITY A. Beasley V Remington M. F. Chilcoteßensselaer Edward T. BiggsWheatfield Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensse ner CHURCHES. First Baptist—Preaching every two weeks at 10:45 a. m. and 7 p, m; Sunday’ school at 0:30: B. Y. P. V, 0 p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7p. m. Rev. V, Fritts, pastor. Free Baptist—One service every Sunday morning and evening, alternately. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. A. C. F. meets Sunday, 6:30 P. M. Rev. D. A. Tucker, pastor. Christian—Corner Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching, 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school 9:30; J. Y. P. S. V. E.. 3:30; S. Y. P. S. C. E., 0:30; Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30. H. N. Shepherd, pastor. Laities' Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Presbyerian—Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching, 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Y. P. S. C. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting, Thursday 7 :30; Ladies' Industrial Society meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society, monthly. Rev. C- D. Jeffries. Pastor. Methodist E.—Preaching at 10:45 and 7; Sunday school 9:30: Epworth League Sunday 6; Tuesday 7; Junior League 2:30 alternate Sunday; Prayer meeting, Thursday at 7. Rev. H. M. Middleton. Pastor. Ladiei’ Aid Society every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Church of God—Corner Harrison and Elza. Preaching 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Prayer meeting. Thursday, 7:30; Ladies' Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. Catholic Church—St. Augustine's. Corner Division and Susan. Services 7:30 and 10:30 a. m. Sunday school 11:30 p. m. Rev. Edward Jacobs, pastor.

LODGES AND SOCIETIES. Masonic—Prairie Lodge, Wo. 126. A.F. and A. M., meets first and third Mondaysof each month. H. L. Brown, W. M.; W. J. lines, Sec'v. Evening Star Chapter—No. 141,0. E.S., meets first and third Wednesdays of each month. Mrs. C. W. Hanley, W. M.; Hattie Dowler, Sec’y. Catholic Order Forresters—Willard Court, No. 418, meets every first and third Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. J. M. Healy Sec’y; E. P. Honan, Chief Ranger. Odd Fellows—lroquois Lodge. No. 144, I. O. O. F., meets every Thursday. Bruce White, N. G.; S. C. Irwin, Sec’y. Rensselaer Encampment—No. 201. I. O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fridays of each month. S. C. Irwin, C. P., John Yannotta. scribe. Rensselaer Rebekah Degree LodgeNo. 346. nuets first and third Fridays of each month. Miss Maude Hemphill, N, G.; Mrs. Laura Shields, Sec’y. I. O. OF FORESTERS-Court jasper, No. 1703, Independent Order of Foresters, meets second and fourth Mondays. Geo. Goff, C. D. H. C. R: R. P. Johnson, R. Maccabees—Rensselaer Tent, No. 184. Kr O. T. M, Meets Wednesday evening. C. E. Tyner, Commander; F. W. Cissel, Record Keeper. Pythian—Rensselaer Lodge No. 82, Knights of Pythias.. meets every Tuesday, r C. W. Hanley, C. C.: N. W. Reeve, K?of Rl & S. Rensselaer Temple, Rathbone Sisters,No. 47, meets 2d and 4th Wednesday, every month, Mrs. G. K» Murray, M. E. C. Mrs. O. A. Yeoman, M. of R. C. Grand Army.—Rensselaer Post No. 84 G. A. R. meetffevery Friday night. D. H. YepFNrnan Post Commander, J. M. Wasson, Adjutant. Rensselaer Women’s Relief Corps—meets every Monday evening. Mrs. J.’Q. Alter, President; Mrs. Hattie Reynolds, Sec’y. Holly Council.—No. 7, Daughters of Liberty meets 2d and 4th Mondays. Gertrude Hopkins. Counsellor; Nellie Moss, Recording Secretary.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, ‘SiS wombs. Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND.

LOCAL MATTERS. Old Settlers’ meeting to-day. The State fair begins Monday. No damaging frost yet so far as learned. Monon will have a street fair Oct. 4 to 7 inclusive. Mortimer Dyer of Monticello, is visiting with the family of A. J. Jacks. Mr. Geo. Miller of Stoutsburg, was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday". The NewtSn county soldiers’ reunion will be held at Goodland, Sept. 14 and 15. Judge Thompson adjourned court at Fowler Wednesday noon until next Monday. During the storm Monday night, Thos. Randle of Barkley tp., lost ten head of cattle by lightning. Mrs. Ella B. Howe and children of Los Angeles, Cal., came last week to visit Mrs. E. P. Honan.

Mr. anil Mrs. Jacob French, of Earl Park, spent Sunday with the latter’s mother. Mrs. Hester Hoyes. The Teter farm of 160 acres, in Carpenter tp., was traded this week for resilience property in Goodland. Geo. Gowlaijd sold his farm of 207 acres this week to Joseph Faggot, of Illinois, consideration §58.00 per acre.—Goodlaud Herald. Miss Mary Meyer left for Chicago Sunday where she will stay two weeks studying latest styles in millinery, also purchasing an entire fall stock. A fountain pen. found upon the street here one day last week, can be had by owner calling at this office, proving property and paying for this notice. Joseph G. Willey, a former Rensselaer merchant, now traveling for a mercantile house, was shaking hands with old friends here last Tuesday.

Geo. W. Goff. High Chief Ranger of Indiana, returned Monday from attending the Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters, at Toronto, Canada. The vice-presidents of the Kankakee Valley sugar beet association and others interested in the development of this industry will meet at North Judson on Sept. 20. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan entertained about twenty young married couple last evening at progressive euchre, in honor of their guest, Mrs. Ella B. Howe, of Los Angeles, Cal. The Democracy of Newton and Benton counties met at Goodland last Friday and nominated Cha s H. West, ex-county superintend-, ent of Benton county and at present editor of the Ambia-News, for joint representative. Cattle ‘‘rustlers” are getting in their work in southern Lake county. Two or three bunches of fat cattle have been stolen within the past two weeks. One bunch was sold to the G. H. Hammond Packing Co., at Hammond. James Bilile, Remington, Reason M. Dunn, DeMotte, and Harmon Clark and Michael Bemicken, Wheatfield, were each given liquor licenses by the commissioners Tuesday. No remonstrances were filed against any of the applicants.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, September io, 1898.

Mrs. Geo. Casey of Aix, is reported quite sick. Simon Leopold is in Chicago this week purchasing more new goods. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Cawley of Remington, were in the city yesterday. For Sale:—Two lots in Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office. Mesdames G. W. Goff and Jack Montgomery are taking treatment at the Indiana Mineral Springs, near Attica. After reading your copy of The Democrat hand it to your neighbor and ask him to subscribe, if he likes the paper. Dr. S. E. Sparling left Tuesday morning to resume his duties as instructor of Science and English in a college at Madison, Mrs.

Will Schanlaub has been visiting friends in Sheldon this week. He will begin his school near Morocco one week from Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lardner and Mrs. Geo. Jenkins, of Goodland, and Mrs. C. A. Perkins of Mishawaka, visited Will Wishard and family Thursday and Friday. Elswhere will be found call for democratic township conventions to nominate justices of the peace and constables to be voted for at the Coining election in November. Last week Was about the hottest week of the season. This week an overcoat has not been none too heavy a greater part of the time to keep a man from shaking with the chills. The largest melon so far heard from this season was raised by Berl Richardson of the Gifford district. It weighs 58 pounds. The melon is on exhibition in Moody <fc Roth’s window. Dr. H. J. Becker of Dayton, Ohio, will deliver his famous lecture, “Five Hundred Miles on Horseback Through the Holy Land,” at the Presbyterian church to-night. Admission 25 cents for adults, children 15 cents. Rev. and Mrs. Middleton are attending the meeting of the Northwest Indiana M. E. Conference at Plymouth this week. They will also visit friends in Michigan ere their return, therefore there will be no preaching at the M. E. church for the next two Sundays.

But two car loads of hay have ' 1 been shipped from the station at < 1 this place so far this season, which * is by far the smallest amount ever , shipped from here during the same ( < length of time since the railroad ! ( was built. Hay is worth so little i ( that dealers do not care to handle i i “• 11 Wednesday morning a spark :' from a threshing engine set fire to j a stack of oats at Oscar Hauler's, 1 1| miles southeast of town, and in 1 a few moments the stack and sev- 1 eral others with it was a mass of ' flames. It is estimated that the 1 grain consumed was about 1500 bushels. )' It is said that workmen, while ; digging a cellar at Cedar lake unearthed a quantity of human bones.; and on going deeper into the •, ground, discovered they had' opened an immense Indian mound, where the Pottawatomie Indians buried their dead nearly one hundred years ago. It is understood that the supreme court has made an order that the fines in the contempt cases must be in no way enforced until their status can be determined by that court, and that the lower court desires to make a confession pf error and dismissal of the suits without trial.—Fowler Leader. The Hennessy Leroyle company in “Other People’s Money” at EUis opera house last Monday evening gave universal satisfaction, and the large audience in attendance were kept in a roar of laughter I from beginning to end. The comginy is a good one and “Other eople’s Money” as given by them is a guaranteed cure for any case of the blues.

Try The Democrat for job printing. Mrs. Geo. Stoudt of Remington, j is visiting Mrs, F. E. Babcock. i Col. George A. Sexton of Chicago, was chosen commander-in chief of tfte G. A. R. The next encampment will be held at Philadelphia. The commissioners have been in j session all this week. Up to the time going to press but liitle had 1 leeii done except granting of liquor licenses and discussing ditch! cases. No decision had been arrived at in regard to the petitions to dismiss the Iroquois and Waukarusha ditch cases. For various reasons the matter will no doubt lie continued until next regular term, jn December. 1 L.' ' The swellest colored show in the country, McCabe A: Young's Big Company, will present “A Black Trilby" at the Opera House Monday, Sept. 12. Good singing, good shuffle, buck and wing dancing, selections from all the latest operas intermixed with funny sayings, |nd “a continuous roar of laughter from the rise of the curtain ou'the first act to its fall on the last" is the way a traveling man describes the performance of McCalie & Young's company in “A Black Trilby.” 10, 20 and 30 cents. Seats at Huff's.

A lively runaway was witnessed here Thursday morning. A horse belonging to John Bourne of east of town, started from Elder Shepherd's residence on North Van Rensselaer street and ran about town for awhile at a breakneck speed, filially taking* to the gravel road east toward the stock farm. A little son of Mr. Shepherd’s who was in the buggy when the horse started, was thrown but and quite severely brtiised. The rig collided with two or three buggies before it finally left town, doing some damage. The ‘buggy was badly wrecked.

J. C. Schneider, a member of Geo. Sapp’s Newton county goldseeker, s party who left for the Klondike last February, has returned to his home in Kentland for a few months visit with his family, after which he will return to the frozen north where claims have been located by the party and it is expected fortunes in the yellow metal will be unearthed. Mr. Sapp remains with the rest of the company at Mary island, and Mr. Schneider says is enjoying life immensely. George has cultivated the friendship of Indian Chief Big Mountain, and the Indians cannot do to much for them.

A Newton county man says that seven years ago he left his vest containing a gold watch hanging on the fence while mowing the back yard with a scythe, v A young pet calf wandered up and proceeded to eat the vest and swallow the watch with the voracity of an ostrich. He gave it up for lost, of course, and gave it no further thought. A short time ago, this calf, now full grown, was slaughtered. for beef. The watch, now forgotten, was found in such a position between her lungs that the respiration of the lungs closing and filling had kept the stem winder wound up and the watch hail only lost about four minutes during the seven years.

Among those who took advantage of the Monon's cheap rates to Cincinnati to visit friends or take in the national encampment were: Messrs, and Mesdames C. J. Bontrager, W. D. Meyer, L. N. Weils, Janies Creviston, W. J. lines, Wm. Hoile, J. M. Troxell, J. Zimmerman, find Messrs. J. C. Chilcote, A. J. Abbott, Harvey Woixl and son, Esq. Burnham, J. If. Burns, Jas. Warren, T. Newman, L. Potts, Geo. Barcus, Bruce White, C. L. Crisler, Isaac Strucker, J. M. Wasson, L. H. Potts, I. N. Hemphill, W. H. Eger, W. J. Miller, W. W. Murray, W. D. Sayler, John Mann, E. D. Rhoades, D. H. Yeoman, A. Simpson, John Carr, Heny Grow, C. B. Steward, Geo. Daugherty, F. Stocksick, J. F. Warren, J. C. Gwin, Wm. Hoover, J. T. Sayler, W. Hawley, M. H. Hemphill, B. H. Shaffer, N. J. Reed, J. W. S. Ulrey and Allen Catt.

Think of that little band of Spartan patriots who withstood the euitre police force of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then fled away into the mountains and there held an annual pass on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroadheld it for a year, and after withstanding the excessive charges of summer hotels and waiters’ tip, they just had 81.00 left. They returned and with it they each bought a ticket for themselves and their best girls to see McCabe A Young’s Big Company in their latest, “A Black Trilby.” When seen by a reporter of this paper they said they had enjoyed themselves and that they would rather be beggars and spend their last dollar like a king, than to be kings and spend their last dollar like a beggar. Go thou be wise and do likewise.. This Company. will appear at Opera House Monday, Sept. 12. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east--absolutely no red tape. Why "do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand" W. B. Austin.

HOW DIFFERENT HERE.

Benton county never had a better board of commissioners. No board in this county ever came so near exercising its full authority and doing its whole duty. The account of a man with a political pull is examined just as carefully as any other bill. Mr. Davidson has nerve to say his piece, and his speech and vote have ever been in tte interest of the tax-payers of Benton county. There have been times when his vote has saved them thousands of dollars. —Fowler Leader In Benton county the county expenditures are $1.98 per capita, while in Jasper county they are 85.64.

HOW HE DISPOSED OF THEM.

Prosecuting Attorney Chizum passed through Monday morning on the train enroute to attend court at Fowler. He informed us that he would have a large number of gambling cases to dispose of at Fowler at this session.—Brook Reporter. The record of the criminal prosecutions is a round goose egg. No one convicted. —Fowler Leader. There have been several state cases none of which were made to ■stick. Indictments had been found, but when the cases were I placed on trial witnesses seemed to i view matters in a very different ! light. Mr. Chizum’s efforts to j punish the guilty don't seem to be a success. —Bunton Review.

CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Mrs. Sarah Shenkenberger, wife of a Frankfort shoe dealer, has been arrested and confined in jail at Frankfort charged with poisorting her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ed Shenkenberger. The Shenkenbcri gers all formerly resided at Oxford, I Benton county, and young Shepk- ’ enburger eloped with the lady who I became his wife and was married. At the outbreak of hostilities with Spain he enlisted in the navy and was on the cruiser Minneapolis at the time his wife died, she having gone to reside with his parents un- ; til her husband's return. The, women are said to have entertained , a mutual hatred of each other, and i before her death the mu rdered i woman made a statement that she ' had been systematically poisoned | by her mother-in-law. The stomach i was analyzed and arsenic in deadly quantities was found; it was also learned that the elder woman had purchased considerable arsenic but a few weeks before her daughter-in-law’s death. She took her arrest coolly and stated that she was innocent of the crime. Editor Marshall of the Republican, sports a handsome new chainless Columbia bicycle, the only one in the city.

Vol. I. No. 22

indeDieflness 01 Jasoer ond Adjoining counues. Amount. Per Capita. Jasper $152,500.00 $9.22 Starke 76,361.44 6.61 White 67,819.64 2.06 Pulaski 56,000.37 ’ 3.70 Porter 13.939.11 .63 Lake 8,000.00 .21 Benton none. none. Newton.... Hone. none. The Democrat and Indianapolis Sentine 1 ! one year, 81.35. Democrat and Cincinnati Enquirer, 81.50.

FOR CHARITY.

Dr. Jackues Dessler. who lately located here as optical specialist,, is a noted play-writer in the German language, and one of his plays, entitled “The False Graf,” has been performed at the German theatre in New York, with great si ccess. The Doctor desires to assist the poor of Rensselaer, and has written another play entitled, “The Father’s Heart,” a melodrama, ahd translated it into English. He is willing to present this play here, which is new to our people, and take the leading part, the entire proceeds to go to charity. Being a stranger here, the Doctor desires us to bring this matter before the public 'and asks that some society of the city should communicate with him in reference to the matter. As an affair o £ this kind would no doubt be well patronized, it would be a welcome help to the poor people, and we hope one of our societies will take the matter in hand and interview the Doctor.

A file of The Democrat will henceforth be found at Kelley’s News Depot, north side of public square, where copies of same are also kept on sale.

A GOOD LAW.

One of the benefits of the law that compels township trustees to publish their reports is shown in rtn adjoining county, says the LaPorte Argus. One trustee shows the purchase of a road scraper for §75. In two adjoining townships the trustee purchased identically the same kind of a scraper and paid §125 each for them. Here was §SO clean steal for somebody, and nobody would probably have ever found it out if it had not been for the publication of the re- ! ports. The law saves the people lof Indiana ten times what it costs them every year.

NOTHING TO EQUAL IT.

The Plansifter Flour is Giving Satisfaction and is Sold Under a Guarantee. J. A. McFarland, who has taken the agency for the celebrated PlanI sifter flour, has received the fol- ; lowing letter from the manufaci turers which will explain itself: * "We are glad to hear that the j people like our flour. You may (GUARANTEE it fully. You will find i every sack the same. It gives exI cellent satisfaction. Matthew Bros.” ■ In addition to the above guaran- ! tee Mr. McFarland refers to the i following excellent housekeepers, j who have tested Plansifter High i Patent, and found it to be all that jis claimed for it: Mrs. F. E. Bab- ' cock. Mrs. Leslie Clark. Mrs. A. G. W. Farmer. Mis. George Coleman, Mrs. F. G. Henkle and Mrs. W. D. Bringle. While the Plansifter is equal to , any flour made, it is sold at the lowest 60 and 55 cents a I sack.

THE MENICUS LENSES.

The particular advantage these Menicus lenses possess are that they give much more correct secondary axes and when adjusted to the eye yield more perfect vision through the periphery of the leas, rendering the field of vision much larger and more distant. The above is a scientific fa<u If you want a pair of these lens of the best material in the wo* i, correctly adjusted to your vision, notify, or call on Dr. Chas. Vici, the Optician, Rensselaer, Ind.