Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1898 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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DR. JACQUES ’ DESSLER, OPTICAL SPECIALIST. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA AJ *lake great pleasure in announcing to the people of Rensselaer and the eurfvaiifLinir country that I have located here in the Arcade building, above the Day. light Clothing 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.

LOCAL MATTERS.

A good rain Thursday.

E. G. Haff of Goodland, was in the city Tuesday. •

W. B. Austin was in Remington pn business Tuesday.

W. H. Eger returned Sunday from a visit with friends in Kentucky.

Mrs. John Kohler is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Iliff, at Chicago Heights.

S. Rosenburg, the life insurance man, and wife, have returned to Chicago.

Bruce White and Bert Marion have bought A* T. Perkins’plumbing business.

100 cases rubber boots and shoes just received. Chicago Bargain Store.

Among the Chicago attractions next Sunday is a ball game between Pittsburg and Chicago.

For Sale: —Lots 5 and 6, block 13, Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office.

Mr and Mrs. J. S. Morehead and Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Fisher of Remington, were in the city Wednesday.

Misses Grace Thompson and Gail Wasson are attending the Northwestern University at Evanston, 111. -**

The ball game at the Morocco P- fair last Friday was won by Sheldon. Score: Sheldon 2. Rensselaer 1.

Remember the Monon’s 75 cent excursion to Chicago tomorrow. Everybody’s going and there’ll be plenty of room for all.

Judy and The Lief Buggy Co., will sell anything in their line to you individually, independently of any one else as security.

Geo. Talker of Remington, was in the city Monday, on his way home from Chicago, where he had been visiting for a few days.

Come early to secure the choice of the best line of cloaks, capes and collarettes. Chicago Bargain Store.

For Sale: —Two Poland China boars, at O. K. Ritchey’s, 4 miles south of Rensselaer. Extra good ones. Weight about 200 pounds each.

James G. Blythe, a Delphi real estate and loan agent, committed snicide last week by hanging. He had previously made two unsuccessful attempts to end his life.

The city council did not make the tax levies last Monday night, but will do so at the meeting of Sept. 26. It is understood that an effort will be made to reduce the

total levy below that of last year. S. H. Petrie, who disappeared July 6th last, returned on the evening of September 7th. We have not met him, but have been informed that he is unable to tell anything of his whereabouts, except that he was in a hospital for two W^eks. —Lowell Tribune. Rev. Arthur H. DeLong, a former pastor of the M. E. church at Remington, is now pastor of St. Paul’s M. E. church at North Indianapolis, having been assigned to that pulpit by the North--west Indiana conference. Rev. many friends in this vicinit/Vill be pleased to learn of his advancement. .

■"W DR. MOORE, Specialist, HKMoRHOROs’ E ' wombn. Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND.

The Newton circuit court convenes Monday.

J. F. Warren has been on the sick list the past week.

D. M. Worland is home from a visit to southwestern Kansas.

Will Schanlaub began his school near Morocco last Monday.

Bates Tucker, of the 159th Indiana, is home on a 30 day furlough.

Messrs and Mesdaraes L. W. Ross and Ira H. Drake of Kentland, spent Sunday here.

The Newton county old soldiers have decided to hold their next annual reunion at Brook.

Messrs. A*■ B. Long and Scott Cooper, of bear Kniman, were in the city on business Wednesday.

Joe Reynolds and Guy Peacock are working for the W. B. Conkey printing company, near Hammond.

Rev. and Mrs. Beech of Indianapolis, who have 'been visiting friends here, returned home Tuesday.

Miss Lillie Witham, of near Monticello, is out for a short visit with her grandfather, F. W. Mauck.

The contract for carrying the mails between Rankin and Monon has been let to W T . C. Shesler at $l5O per year.

John Jessen, who is looking after the engineering part of Brook’s new crushod stone streets, spent Sunday with his family here.

M. L. Spitler, Jr., Mose and Sadie Leopold, Geo. Moss and W. H. Parkison are attending the State University.

Mrs. Sarah Keefer and Miss Grace Gee have gone to Denver, Colo., where they will make their home in the future.

We understand that John Stillman of northwest Carpenter, has sold his 160-acre farm to an Illinois man, consideration $56 per acre.

When others fail to suit you in price, style and durability of buggies, wagons, harness, etc., then see Judy and The Lief Buggy Company.

On ouF-editorial page this week will be found a cut of the Woodford county, 111., court house with a brief description of the building and of its cost, etc.

A very common remark: “I paid $1.50 or $2.00 for a J. Miller shoe and wore them every day for over one year.” Chicago Bargain Store.

Mr. H. Zchoegner, superintendent of the United Buffalo Mines of Globe, Arizona, after a two months visit with relatives at his old home in Alleghany City, Pa., spent Saturday and Sunday with Simon Kenton, of Surrey.

Some two weeks ago a fine watermelon weighing 424 pounds was stolen from The Democrat window during the absence of the force at dinner. Last Saturday, on returning from dinner, a handsome melon, weight 46 pounds, was peacefully reposing in a dark comer of our sanctum. We made no inquiries at the time but have since learned that" the Journal man lost a melon of about that size and at about the hour this one must have been left at our place. Yes, ft was an excellent melon, in fact the best we. have sampled this season.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, September 24, 1898.

“Dad” Gleason shipped 18 horses from the station Thursday.

Chas. Robinson is now learning to manipulate mail matter at the P. O.

Fifty dozen new neckwear just received. Chicago Bargain Store.

Miss Irma Kannal is attending the Northwestern University at Evanston, 111. r

Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and children are home form their Michigan outing.

Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Paradis of fiastings, Minn., are visiting old friends here this week.

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Day and Mrs. L. Norman are visiting friends in Kingman county, Kansap.

A. B. Coleman, James Washburn. J. F. Major and P. Maguire, all of Remington, were in the city ThuTsday.

Mesdames P. H. Lally and Rena Paxton of Michigan City, are guests of the former’s daughter, Mrs. N. J. Reed.

John Eiglesbach and Leo and Helen Tuteur went to South Bend Thursday to attend the Catholic schools at that place.

Pete Brenner, formerly of this city, is now clerking in the drug store of Miss Alma Babb at Indianapolis. Miss Babb formerly resided at Remington.

Ernest Middleton of the 159th Indiana, who has been sick fin a hospital at Philadelphia for several weeks, is improving and will probably be home next week.

The Democrat does not claim a larger general circulation than the Republican, but it does claim to have a larger country circulation than any paper in the county, and we know whereof we speak.

Rev. and Mrs. Middleton returned from a brief vacation in attendance at the M. E. conference and a visit with old friends at LaPorte Wednesday. Regular senices will be renewed at Rev. Middleton’s church tomorrow at same hours' as before, except the evening services, which will be at 7:30.

Wednesday noon at the home of Robert White, on Weston street, occurred the marriage of his daughter Harriet, to Dr. Mark Jones of Table Grove, 111., Rev. Jeffries of the Presbyterian church officiating. They will reside at Table Grove. Mr. White’s son Walter, has moved in with his father.

The republicans of Marion tp., on last Saturday nominated the following township ticket: Justices—J. A. Burnham, W. H. Churchill, J. W. Cowden, Geo. W. Burk and E. 4- Aldrich. Constables —J. R. Warren, J. W. Childers, Christie Vick, Jesse Nichols and Wm. Furguson. J. W. Cowden, we understand, has refused to allow his name to be placed on the ticket.

The Democrat has just received the handsomest and most complete line of the Jatest styles of Fancy Stationery, Society and Emblem Cards, Menus, Wedding and Invitation Cards, Calling Cards, Ball Cards, Programs, Pencils and Badges, Calling Cards, both plain and mourning, Mourning Stationery, High-Toned Stationery,, and almost .every thing you can think of in that line. Call and see samples and the handsome plate script for printing them, equal to engraved work and at one-fourth the price.

The sugar beet convention at North Judson last Tuesday was well attended and resolutions were passed asking the state to give a bounty of 1 cent per lb or equivalent aid to manufacturers of beet sugar made and prepared for market in the state and from beets g own within the state, with a proviso that a certain fixed price per ton shall be the minimum for beets containing 12 per cent, of sugar, in order to insure that the producer receives a just proportion of the bounty, this to continue at least seven years from the passage of its enactment.

Charles Greenleigh and family are visiting friends in Rockwooa, Tenn,

Cash buys more at Judy and The Lief Buggy Company than anywhere else.

Rev. W, H. Sayler is this week attending the Baptist conference at Wolf Lake. , Mr. A. McCoy and Mrs. T. J. McCoy, and daughter are visiting in Chicago t|is week. -- *». - il—— The greatest shoe bargains ever offered now at the Chicago Bargain Store.

Mrs. C. Martin and daughter of Indianapolis, who have been visiting Mrs. C. B. Steward, have returned home;

The Citizels Band will go to Delphi next Friday to enter the band contest, one of the features of Delphi’s street fair.

Mrs. Hester Hoyes and Mrs. C. A. Hopkins returned Thursday from a several days visit with relatives at Goodland and Earl Park.

H. J. Nichols, a well known stock buyer of Lowell, recently went insane and was taken to the Logansport asylum, where he died a few days later.

Mr. N. S. Snow of Union tp., deposited font mamouth turnips on our table 'yesterday, to show, as he said what “Nubbin Ridge” could produce. The four weighed 13 pounds.

Now is the time to get your chimneys clean before putting up your heating stoves. Any .body wanting work done in that line, call on Harri Wiltshire, the chimney sweep.

Chas. H. West, democratic candidate for representative of Benton and Newton counties and late editor of the Ambia News, has succeeded D. J. Eastburn as editor and publisher of the Benton Review. Mr. Eastburn has been at the Review helm for 23 years, and has issued an excellent paper. Mr. West is cordially welcomed by The Democrat to his more extended field of journalism, and we anticipate that he will give the democracy cffSSild Betttoa-a right lively county organ.

FOR SALE OR TRADE. A good business and business property for sale, or trade for a good small farm. A good investment and a great bargain. Enquire for particulars at this office or address box 338, Rensselaer, Ind. ■ * Waft Till Knotts (Jets His Bill Through. Governor Mount, through Private Secretary Wilson, has signified that through no circumstances will the McCoy-Corbett fight be permitted to take place in Indiana. This was brought about by newspaper reports of an effort to have the fight pulled off at Hammond.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. I wish my fellows in Jasper county to know that Mr. John Bevan (agent for Lewis Publishing Co.) induced me to subscribe for his books entitled Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton and Warren counties, by coming to me after a long talk with my boys and telling me that my boys were anxious for me to subscribe for the book, when in fact he had said nothing to them concerning the book. Very truly, M. B. Halstead. 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 lens, rendering the field of vision much larger and more distant.. The above is a scientific fact. If you want a pair of these lenses of the best material in the world, correctly adjusted to your vision, notify, or call on Dr. Chas. Vick, the Optician, Rensselaer, Ind.

CAMPAIGN THUNDER.

How Commissioner Halleck Made the Court House Yard Contractors Come to Time. The contract for placing coping around the court house yard, grading and building cement walks, was let, so says that notorious official (mis) statement, for $8,300, “to which,” said the misnomer, “about SSO will be added for extra cement.”

As will be remembered, Commissioner Halleck raised a kick about the quality of cement that was being used, and to demonstrate to the people how carefully he was looking after their interests in county matters, the contractors were made (?) to tear up some of the walk and considerable of the coping and same was relaid—we believe in exactly the same quality of cement, which was a fairly good article. ' , .

The matter was taken up by the republican press circle here and commented on to quite an extent. Mr. Halleck was not all backward in giving out that the contractors had been brought to time —principally, of course, through Halleck—and that no “monkey business” would go so long as he (Halleck) remained on the board. This has been used by Mr’. Halleck’s friends —not counting himself— as campaign thunder. Isow, so far as the merits of the job as finally completed and accepted is concerned, we have no serious complaint to make, but we do not think it is any better done than was that which wss ordered torn up. Well, what was the result ? Every dollar’s expense of tearing up the walks and coping, to make campaign thunder for Mr. Halleck—which was all it was done for—has. we understand, been paid for by the county. To substantiate this statement we will call your attention to the following allowances made to the contractors as appear on the record: Amount allowed on contract $1,005.25 “ 1,200.25 “ * 860,25 “ “ - “ 800.25 “ “ “ “ 2,500.25 Whmce “ ‘ l/HKUO Total $8,950.50 Contract price.... 8,800.00

Excess above contract price .$ 050.50 To this should also be added the amount paid by the commissioners for cement used in relaying the walks which were torn up, amounting, we believe, to S2OO or thereabouts. In addition to the above cost of fixing up the yard the pay of the superintendent should be added. We believe he received two dollars per day, and he probably put in about one hundred days. This is how “Abe brought them to time,” although the matter has been kept as quiet as possible, it not, apparently, being thought wise to let the taxpayers know that they were being made to pay for the thunder used by Mr. Haljeck in his campaign for re-election. Ts any taxpayer who reads this has any doubts as to the truth of the matter herein set forth, let him make a few injuries of his neighbors, then go and consult Commissioner’s Record No. 10 at pages 546 and 551, and Record 11 at pages 18, 93, 122, and the latter record for allowance made August 23, and at the September session. We would also desire that the republican press circle here call us down if we are in error as to above figures and statements.

Try The Democrat for job printing.

CATTLE THIEVES JUGGED.

Wm. Drummond, Jas. Haines and Alex Flatt of near Monon, lately sold four head of fat cattle to John Deane of Monon. It later developed that the cattle had been stolen from a Mr. Wyencoop of near Seafield. Two of the parties have been arrested and court being in session, were tried at once. On a plea of guilty they were fined $5 each, disfranchised for five years and given an indeterminate sentence in the Btate reformatory. Haines was stiß at liberty at last accounts.

Vol. I. No. 24.

TOWNSHIP CONVENTIONS.

At the Democratic Township conventions held throughout the county last Tuesday the following' nominationswere made. Marion—Justices of Peace, John P. Warner, James W. Pierce, Lee E. Glazebrook, Peter Hordeman, Sr., Washington Scott. Constables, Edward Phegley, Zackariah Stanley, Vance Cullins, Alfred AHoover, Oscar Houter. Union—Met and discussed matters and adjourned for two weeks. Jordan —Trustee, Frank Welch Justices of the Peace, report o£ nominations not yet received. No reports from other township® received yet.

The two democratic township trustees of Jasper county were the first to have their reports published, and they appeared five days after the annual settlement. The law says the reports must be published within ten days thereafter. Bro. Marshall is still running reports of the republican trustees. Such publication comes far from, fulfilling the law.

The charges of misconduct in the management of the war is not a democratic outcry by any means. It is essentially republican, and. comes from the Chicago Tribune,, the Springfield Republican, Phil—adelphi Ledger, Boston Herald, Milwaukee Sentinel, St. Louis Globe Democrat, Pittsburg Dispatch, San Francisco Argonaut* Baltimore American, Boston Transcript, Providence Journal, Springfield Union and scores of other republican papers.

The Journal says the reason forreducing the county levy was be—cause the receipts for the past year* had been so much greater than the expenditures. Is that so? Well* the report of the county auditor (which we now have before us) shows the total receipts from county revenue for-the year (including $78,448.61 received from, court house bonds) was $124,889.49 while the expenditures (including amount paid out on new court house account) was $129,815.05, or $4,815.05 greater than the receipts. We can hardly reconcile your statements with the county auditor’s, Bro Clark.

Bro. Marshall, strange to relate* doesn’t like the way we are conducting The Democrat, and thinks we should, we suppose, like, himself, get “in” with the ring and say nothing that will in any way conflict with ring interests. Sorry* Bro. Marshall, but we are conducting our paper in the interests of the people of the whole county, instead of a small but powerful ring* and while it was hinted to us before we had been here two weeks that it could be made to our financial interest to be a little easy in referring to certain matters, we then as now declined the proposition, not even extending onr thanks for same.

We care not what the anarchistic newspapers of Rensselaer may say, we still proclaim that the removal of pages from a public record is an unheard of way of correcting errors in same. It is in every way wrong, we care notwhether done by republican, democrat, prohibitionist or populist, and to back up our assertions that it is wrong we have the Statutes of the great state of Indiana, which, makes it a penitentiary offense. All the ridicule, bombast, blow, and bluster of these enemies of law and order will not make a wrong right, if they talk all thofall and winter about it. Thanks to The Democrat no more records will be so mutilated in Jasper county for many years.