Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Address HALL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Cor. Broadway and Sixth St. LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

DR. JACQUES DESSLER, OPTICAL SPECIALIST. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. I take grest pleasure in announcing to the people of Rensselaer and the surroundine' 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 patientsfuil satisfaction, and can promise with responsibility that every case will be treated with special care. Hoping that the pecpie 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.

. » OHICAQO. IHBIANArOMa • U»UI»Vt«A« «V. Rensselaer Time-Table, Corrected to May 15, 1898. South Bound. No. 31—Fast Mail (don't stop) 4:48 a.m. No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No. 33 Indianapolis Mail, (daily) 1:45 p.m. No. 39—Milk accotnm., (daily) 5:15 p. m. No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).-11:12 p. m. •No. 45—Local freight.... 2:40 p. m. North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (daily) 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomm.. (daily) <:3la. m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. •No. 30—Citi, to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p. m. ♦No. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6 Mail and Express.-(daily),.- 3:27 p. m. •No. 46—Local freight 9:30 a. m. No. 74—Freight, (daily(..- 7A2p. m. •Daily except Sunday. tSnnday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon and LowelL Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. Frame J. Reed. G. P. A., W. H. McDoelTV ice-Pres. and Gen. M’g’r, Chas. H. Rockwell, ftifcVrr. W. H.BeaM. Agent, ResicaeUer.

MOODY & ROTH, Dealers in Fresh, Salt and Cured MEATS Poultry, Game, Etc. Highest Price Paid for Hides and Tallow. OPPOSITE PUB. BQ., RENSSELAER, IND. PHONS 102.

Fisher & Norris Near the Depot, Pay Cash For Hides, Veal, Eggs and Poultry, and G. me in season. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

Wil... We wish to inform the public that we > have got permanently located in our | Mill at the old Creamery Building, and > have a full equipment of machinery [ and are prepared to do all kinds of 1 Mill Work, Carpenter and Job Work ' and all kinds of Wooden Work. : NE CALL FOR IND DELIVER 1 . r Articles to be repaired. When you have anything that no else can fix, .. give us a trial. DONNELLY BROM. RESIDENT 'PHONE Ml. MILL. "PHONE Hl.

j| fry Th® Democrat for job printing.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, OHfceFlrrt Stain Wwtof Port Office. RFJXLS.SRI .ARR, INQ. - , ' ' ' ' , ■ - ■ ■ , ■ ... . . \ ......

The college building is one of the best in the city, rooms elegant, equipment unsurpassed, teachers of experience are employed, methods are modem, systematic, practical, in commercial department actual business from the start, in the shorthand department the student has the free use of the typewriter on entering. Aa a large attendance is expected during the coming year it will be to your advantage to arrange with us at once. If you do not intend to enter before Sept. Ist, or even Nov. Ist. write us at once and we will look after your interest. Hundreds of ourgraduatesare holding good positions.

JOHN’S MONK.

Morocco Courier: Our old friend, John Eger of Rensselaer, is having a tough time of it these days. It seems that John bought a pet monkey in Chicago recently, for which he paid ten dollars. Upon reaching home with his pet he was received with Open arms by the populacb, while the band played: “See the conquering hero comes.”. But it seems that certain of the Scribes and Pharisees became jealous of John's fast increasing popularity, and they straightway hastened before the Sanhedrim, otherwise the city dads, and cried out: “Behold, this man Eger has become great in the eyes of the people, by reason of the monk, while we have been oast down and have become as mud. Yea, even as the mud of the gutter And after hearing this the Sanhedrim straightway issued an edict, compelling Eger to procure a license for his monk, the cost of which would be ten “bones” per year; also that he should pay a fine for each and every time the critter appeared upon the streets unaccompanied by its natural guardian.. At last account John's mental condition hadreached that stage where he had begun to howl dismally and gnaw on the iron hitching post in front of his store.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

I Geo. D. Meyer ( Acenia M. Ford

BIRTHS.

Nov. 4, to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hershman, a boy. ' I Strayed;—From my pasture 7 miles, southeast of Rensselaer, on or about Oct. 7th, one red yearling steer, marked with hog ring in under part of left ear. Any information leading to the recovery of said steer will be reasonably rewarded. A. G. W. Farmer-

DEATHS.

An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tyner died Saturday, and was buried at Osborne cemetery on Monday. Mrs. Mary Gwin, wife of J. M. Gwin, died last Sunday at her home near Pleasant Ridge, after a prolonged illness. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at the M. E. Church, and interment made in the Weston cemetery.

THE MENICUS LENSES.

The particular advantage these Menicus lenses possess are that they give much more correct secondary axes und when adjusted to the* eye yield more perfect vision through the periphery of k us, 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. Char. Vick, the Optician, Rensselaer, Ind.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, November, 12, 1898.

LOCAL MATTERS. Hear John Temple Graves. Subscribe for The Democrat. R. F. Williams has moved to Delphi. A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Monon is to have a local telephone exchange, put in by home capitalists. Robt. Armstrong of Carpenter tp., was in the city on business Wednesday. Estimates place the rotten corn per acre to be about five bushels. —Oxford Tribune. Bad weather, election and other influences have made the week a dull one for local news. Read the stock sale ad of D. H. Yeoman and E. A. Yost on another page of The Democrat. The full official vote of Jasper county by precincts will be found on the last page of this paper. The Democrat and Indianajst)lis Sentinel one year, $1.35. Democrat and Cincinnati Enquirer. $1.50. When in Rensselaer put your team up at Haff & Masker’s feed and hitch barn, one block north of Makeever hotel. ts Found:—A shoe box containing one new and one old gent’s shoe. Owner may have same by proving property and paying for this notice. Advertisers should bear in mind that The Democrat has a larger circulation among the farmers than any paper published in Jasper county. Bring your buggy, wagon and harness wants to Judy and The Lief Buggy Company and they will supply you. They have the material and ability to do it. Carroll county elected democratic county officials last Tuesday. C. B. Landis was elected to Congress over J. B. Cheadle, democrat, by a majority of about 1,000. Tickets for the John Temple Graves lecture next Monday night on sale at Huff's jewelry store. Prices, reserved seats 75 cents; non-reserved seats 50 cents. Miss Alice B. Patton, a daughter of Hon D. H. Patton, formerly of Remington, now of Woodward, Oklahoma, is to be married Nov. 15, to Dr. Lewis Learning of Woodward. The students of the Union Business College, of Lafyette, Ind., learn by doing business as it is done in the business world, and they go directly from college to positions in banks, railroad offices, etc. Those who love the power and charm of eloquence, should hear John Temple Graves next Monday night. He is said to be the most eloquent oratior on the Lecture platform—superior to Robert Inger sol. The complaint as to the damage to the corn by the wet weather is increasing. Farmers report that much of the corn is molded or sprouting. This is true of the com standing straight as well as that blown down.—Brook Reporter. Frank Maloy came home from South Bend to vote. Also Joe Reynolds from Hammond; E. P. Honan, Ernest Wishard, Arthur Kressler and Joe Jeffries, from Indianapolis; J. L. Duvall from Valparaiso; Wm. Parkinson and M. L. Spitler, Jr., from Bloomington; Aaron and Paut Wood, from Chicago. House and lot for sale: —New two<-Btory house of seven rooms, summer kitchen 10x12 all provided with v"ire screens, 7 rooms, cistern, , coalhouse, bam 16x18 with shed attached. Lot 75x125 with 15-foot alley in rear, within 100 feet of principal street of city. Will be sold cheap for cash or on time* For. further particulars call at The Democrat office. I

Get your sale bills at The Democrat office. Crumpacker run 251 behind his ticket in Jasper county. John Temple Graves next Monday night at the Opera House. Mrs. W. H. Coover is visiting friends in Remington this week. —, H. J. Bartoo of the Goodland Herald, came, over Tuesday to vote. Cash buys more at Judy aiid The Lief Buggy Company than anywhere else Attorney Wm. Cummings of Kentland, was in Rensselaer on business Monday. “Russia in the Light of Prophwill be the subject of a lecture Sunday evening at 7 o’clock by F. L. Austin. Bring your job printing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your favors, do nothing but the best work and charg moderate prices. When others fai ■ to suit you in price, style and durability of buggies, wagqps, harness, etc., then see Judy end The Lief Buggy Comjsny. * For Sale. Rent or Trade: —Store building iu Fcresmau, 20x60 with back roon. and side room 10x60. Good chance for right party. J. D. Rich, owner, Brook, Ind. The fiction Club will open its Lecture Cnv rse next Monday night with John 1 ample Graves as the star attraction. No one should miss this timber as it will be a superb elite taimnent. I have a complete line of ladies’ and childrens’ millinery in trimmed hats, caps, walking hats and sailors Miss Thompson as summer. .J'ome early for good selections. Mrs. C. E. Hershman. We trant every democrat and every ms 1 in Jasper cqAinty who favors a retrenchment in county expenditures to read The Democrat. We shall endeavor to make it an up- »i-c!ate county paper in sll the nai plies, and it will always be found championing the cause of the people. David H. Yeoman has the satisfaction of knowing that he received the votes of a great many of the best element of both political parties, even though defeated. It is not at all complimentary to the people of this representative district to elect to office such men as A. F. Knotts over men like David H. Yeoman. 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 pape rs 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.

Of. the newly elected county officers the Clerk takes his office May Ist, 1900; the Auditor in November, 1899; the Treasurer in January, 1900; the Sheriff and Surveyor on about the 21st of the present month; the Commissioner of the 2d district takes his office at the next session, in December, 1898, and the Commissioner of the Ist district has about a year yet to serve on his old term. A Nebraska editor says: The other day when we were drivlhg down town behind our family rhinoceroswe came upon an aged man we ting a bridge to pieces and placingit upon a wagon. As the bridge was one we needed in our business we asked the aged Morman what he wasdoing with it, and in which case, why so, or words to that effect. He replied: “My eyesight is poor and I have no spectacles with me, I understand that many advertisements are painted on this bridge and am taking it home in order that I may read them and find out where to get bargains. The long winter evenings are coming and I want to lay in a supply of bridges and board fences and barn doors that I may sit by my fireside and read what . the merchants have to say.”

ONLY GET THE CLERK

Rest of County Ticket Lost by Small Majorities. DEMOCRATIC GRIBS IN MOST STATES. Indiana Republican by A Plurality of About 14,500, andthe Republicans Have a Majority of 22 on Joint Ballot. The official count gives Major, democrat, 2 majority over Pierson for clerk of the Jasper circuit court, and elects Dowell, republican for commissioner in the 2d district by only 3. The balance of the republican county ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 44 for Halleck to 235 for Reed. Chizum was elected prosecutor we understand, was by a reduced majority. A. F. Knotts was elected over D. H. Yeoman for representative by a majority of a few hundred. Crumpacker was elected by a greatly reduced majority. The state went republican by a reduced majority. Democratic gains are recorded in most of states, while in New York the republican majority of two years ago was cut down to less than 20,000. Taken altogether the result of Tuesday's election is very gratifying to democrats, although not as much so as we could wish. Strong influences of a character not usually present in an off-year campaign have temporarily kept in thvliackground the true issues of both parties, otherwise the result would have been much different. Wiih two years more of prosperity of the Hanna-McKinley brand and the formation of trusts, combines, freeze-outs and lock-outs, more arrogance on the part of the money pow’er now controlling legislation, and the great democratic party, the party of the people, will win hands down in 1900.

Mrs. Charlet Cook, of Remington, has been granted a widow’s pension of $8 per month. Laßue Bros, are contemplating establishing of a department store in the three rooms east of the Rensselaer Bank. Mrs. E. P. Honan accompanied her husband back to Indianapolis and will remain there during Mr. Honan’s stay. Election results in the different states and full returns to date will be found on an inside page of The Democrat. The Jasper County Teachers’ Association will be held in the Presbyterian church in Rensselaer on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26. * Hunters returning from Water Valley report an abundance of wild ducks on the Kankakee. The water of the stream has risen sufficiently to give the fowl splendid feeding places and it is expected that the late fall shooting will be better than ever.—Lowell Record. The official count gives Major a majority of two and Dowell only three. These are narrow margins, but Mr. McFarland will sell you groceries on a narrower margin than that.. An official test will show that a pound of good butter or a dozen eggs will buy more at McFarland’s grocery than anywhere else.

Vol. I. No. 31

THE C. & W. V. RAILROAD.

We copy from the Rensselaer Republican the following write-up of the Chicago & Wabash Valley railroad: B. J. Gifford’s new’ railroad, which bears the above rather ambitious and high sounding title,, is by far the most important enterprise now under w r ay in this county. It is something which will add directly and immediately from $50,000 to SIOO--to the taxable value of the county, and indirectly and in course of time a great deal tnore than that. The railroad, as far as positively located is 12| miles long. Its northern end begins in the exact center of section 32, tp. 32, range 6, in Wheatfield tp. It is 1£ miles due southwest from Stoutsburg. It is about 2 miles from the Three I road. Of course the road will be extended to the Three I, and w’ill hit it about 2 or 2| miles east of DeMotte. The present southern terminus is in the ne corner of the sw J of section 4, tp. 29, range 6, in Barkley township. As located the road begins, ends ' and runs its full length in Gifford’s own land except near the line between Walker and Wheatfield, it runs for about 100 rods through two other men’s land. Its general direction is north of northwest ; and south of southeast, it does not run in quite an air line, i for, very naturally and properly, Mp Gifford prefers to keep the road on his own land. The road is already in operation for a few miles south of the Coal Road. The line crosses that road just 2 miles northeast from Kniman. and a few rods northeast of the center of the line between sections 4-9-31-6, in Walkem tp. A few car loads of freight have already been sent out over the new road. By Saturday evening of this week, seven miles of track will be laid. Three stations have been located, one is named Smithfield, and is 4| miles from the Coal road crossing, and it has a side track already constructed It is in Walker township, and on the old Jfsrd preacher Miller’s land, -\<>fe-»be former Dr, Stockwell far about a mile south-Gos Frog Pond school house. The next town is 3| miles further southeast and is named Gifford. It is in Barkley tp. and is three quarters of'a mile east of the Iliff school house. It is on what used to be the George M. Hershman farm. It is about 14 miles northeast of the Gifford headquarter’s farm, and about in the center of the Gifford district, and no doubt meant to be the big town on the line.

Two miles further southeast another station is located, on the banks of the Red Oak dredge ditch. It is not yet named. It is about 1J miles east of the Canada shool house, in Barkley. What the ultimate*<extent of the road will be no one knows, not even Mr. Gifford himself. But he intends to extend it northward across the Kankakee river, and on until he can get sure and quick transit into Chicago, for the future immense horticultural products of his countless’farms. He may stop at Hebron, on the Panhandle, and he may go on much farther. The ultimate southern end of the road is also still an uncertainty. As now headed, it would strike Monon, and is very likely it will yet go that far and perhaps much farther. The work on the road began about two months ago. The surveying corps started out one day and the graders began to work the next. Good progress has been made, considering the much bad w’eather this fall. Some days as many as 250 men have been employed and all told the number now is about 200. This includes the graders, the track layers, and the tie makers, and tie haulers and the surveyors. Perry Hull wtis taken to the reformatory at Jeffersonville on Wednesday by Frank Hardy, acting deputy sheriff. Get your job printing done at The Democrat office. Satisfaction guaranteed both in stock, prices and workmanship.