Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Stop! Read! Reflect! SEE WHAT YOU CAN BUY FOR $2.00 At McFarland’s Square Deal Grocery bu. fancy Potatoes 01 12 lb fine granulated Sugar .OS 1 lb fancy can Mocha and Java Coffee 09 1 can New England Corn 08 1 can fancy table Syrup... 09 1 can “Our Favorite” Tomatoes 09 2lb Egg Plums f.. 10 3 lb pure Buckwheat Flour 09 Ilb Pearl Tapioca 08 I Ilb pure Baking Powder 15 I %lb pure Pepper ..t 11 \ 3lb Navy Beans . ....................... 09 / X lb uncolored Japan Tea 12 I 2lb fancy California Prunes 16 I 2lb fancy California Peaches 18 1 2 bars good Laundry Soap 05 I 1 package Mince Meat 09 I % dozen Lemons 10 I 1 package Yeast 05 I 3lb can Yellow Peaches 12 / 1 package Rolled Oats 10 / $2.00 This offer begins Monday, January 30, and will continue ONE WEEK. This is your opportunity to get your money’s worth by paying SPOT CASH.

JOHN C. CARFIICHAEL, Manufactuer of snd Dealer in Mode Hoik, . Collars, Robes, Whips, Horse Brushes, Combs and Harness Oil. Manufactures all his Harness, and guarantees them A 1 quality and at prices to suit the times. CASH talks with him. Repairing a Specialty. Opposite Court House, Rensselaer, Ind.

JOHN H. JESSEN, CIVIL ENGINEER. I make a specialty of all kinds of ditch work. Estimates of coot of construction furnished. Orders left at The Democrat office will receive prompt attention. . REASONS FOR INSURING In the Continental. Ist. Because it is one of the Oldest, Strongest and Best Managed Companies in the United States. 2nd. Because it adjusts its losses fairly and pays them promptly, without any wrangling about it. " 3rd. Because It ha* adjusted and paid looses to over seventy-five thousand farmers. 4th. Because it Insures you for Five Years upon the installment plan, permitting you to pay one-fifth of the premium annually, without interest, instead of paying the whole in advance; thus giving you the proceeds of each year’s crop with which to pay your premiums as they fall due. sth WFiecauaeit lluUttMMi against Hamaga to buildO*, and losses of Live Stock by Lightning. T .niadoec, CysKmea and Wind Storms, as well as lose by Fire, p J. F. Bruner, Agt. Rensselaer Ind. Office at Makeever House. •Craft’s Distemper and Cough Cure A Byiegk for ptiteßuyr, Oongta, ’ Sold by A. F. Long.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Skmorhords, E ’ Office First Stairs Wert of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND. ■■•. . , • r r*s • ' i:

REPORT OF THE CMDIIIM Of THE Commercial State Bank. (North Side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, IND. At the close of its business, on the 12th day of January, lin. RESOURCES. Loans and Discountss 109,175A2 Overdrafts 956.72 U. S. Bonds and Securities on hand 1,800.(10 Due from Banks and Bankers 19.643.72 Bankinc House. MBMD Current Expenses..... 2.492A2 Currency 3,04000 i£S uabiutzbs. Capital Stock Paid ins 25,000.00 Surplus Fund 1,600.00 Discount, Exchange and Interest.. 5.965.08 Individual Deposits on demand.... 95,909.71 Individual Deposits on time. 19,735.08 STATE OF INDIANA, >«.<. Jasper County. J BB - L Emmet L. HoUincsworth, Cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Rensselaer. Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. Emmxt L. Hoixuhmwobth. ( , Subscribed and sworn to before j SIIL [ me, this 18th day of January, 1809. Makion L. Spitlis. Notary Public. This Bank is prepared to receive new accounts, and pays 'interest on deposits. A share of the public patronace is solicted. Addison Pakkison, Jambs T. Rabdu, a. John M. Wasson, Oso. E. Mi krat, E. L. Holungswobth. Directors. PUBLIC SALES. I will offer at Public Auction at my residence, 1 mile West and 2 miles South of McCoysburg, on Tuesday, January 31,1899, commending at 10 o’clock a. m., the following described property towit: 12 cows, 1 sow and 4 pigs, 3 Shoats, 2 Calves, 2 Mowing Machines, 1 Disk Harrow, 1 Wheat Drill, 1 Corn Planter, 1 Wagon, 1 Sled, 1 Top Buggy, Some Household Goods, and other articles too numerous to mention. Sale begins at 10 o'clock. A credit of 12 months will be given. W.R. Sutton. Simon Phillips, Auct. . Get your sale bills at The Democrat office.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, January 28, 1899.

LOCAL MATTERS. Subscribe for The Democrat Prof. Baughman has moved to Mt. Ayr. Hammond had another bad fife last week. There are several cases of smallpox at'lndianapolis. a Advertising in The Democrat brings good results. Try it. A new Woodmen lodge was instituted at Chalmers Monday night. Mr. J. Vandecar of Kankakee tp., was in the city on business Monday. Joe Reynolds came down from Hammond Sunday and visited the home folks. Will Schanlaub came over from Morocco Saturday and spent Sunday with—his parents. W. R. Sutton, notice of whose sale appears in another column, expects to move to Missouri. The Blackford mails now leave the Rensselaer office at 12:35 p. m., instead of 1.00 as previously. Max, son of Hon. Chas. H. Price, of Middlesboro, Ky., is visiting relatives and friends in Carpenter tPStanley S. Tull has been recommended by Congressman Crumpacker for the Monon postmastership. Dr. E. A. Kirk will locate at Parr, where he expects to practice medicine and conduct a drug store. The hotel property at Mt. Ayr has been sold to Dr. Martin of that place, who will convert same into a dwelling house. Will Warner has bought a 420acre farm in the flat lands northeast of Rensselaer and will move soon. —Fowler Leader. We are informed that three of the children of Thos. Callahan, who resides near Wheatfield, are sick with scarlet fever. A young Frenchman by the name of Reneau was murdered by a couple of Kenneth “dagoes” at Logansport Monday evening. W. B. Austin has traded a halfsection of land near Stoutsbnrg for the Nichols hotel property at Goodland. He will lease the hotel. Valparaiso Messenger: Rev. R. D. Utter of the Crown Point M. E. church, has been granted a pension of $8 per month, with some back pay. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brusnahan of Washington, who have been visiting friends here for some time, left the first of the week for their western home. The young people of the Milroy Baptist church will give an entertainment for the benefit of the church, Feb. 3, at Lone Starr school house, Milroy tp. J. C. Harris, having just received a letter from his mother and sister, find sthey reached Los Angeles. Cal., all right and are now stopping at the Bellevue Terrace Hotel. Mrs. Harris was quite fatigued on arriving, but otherwise stood the trip well. Several Illinois men have been here in the past week looking over Starke county land with the object of buying. The agitation of the beet culture question and the belief that sugar refineries will soon be built in thisvieinity are attracting considerable attention to Starke county land. —StarkeCounty Democrat. All the members of Trinity M. E. church are requested to make a special self-denial this week for a thank offering next Sunday to pay off a small debt which has accrued for sidewalks, insurance, and other incidentalls. * The pastor will present a Special Twentieth Century Appeal by Bishop Fowler on Sunday morning, and preach on “There is Life for a Look,” at night. Everybody Invited. . 1

Rev. Father Grogan, a wellknown priest of the Ft. Wayne diocese, died at Lafayette Thursday. When in Rensselaer put your team up at Haff & Masker’s feed and hitch bam, one block north of Makeever hotel. ts J. L. Foster has traded his property near the depot, to J. D. Rich, of Brook, for several lots in Brook and Foresmam, and other property. A whole armload of' old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Lewis Meyers of Bradley, 111., who was taken sick with diphtheria several weeks ago while on a visit to his parents at Wheatfield, died at that place last week. Moses Irelan, notice of whose sale appeared in our columns last week, expects to move to Ft. Wayne having sold his farm, owing to the ill health of Mrs. Irelan. Horses and Cattle taken in exchange for farming implements, wagons, buggies, binders, mowers, hardware, etc. J. W. Phelps, Remington, Ind On the sick list: Will Wishard, Sanford Adams, J. T. Randle, Dr. Alter, and several others with less serious complaints, generally grip. Dr. Alter’s chances for recovery are very slight. True Wood worth was arrested Monday on paternity charges brought by Miss Grace Hopkins, in Esq. Churchill’s court. Defendant was placed under $400.00 bonds for his appearance in the circuit court. “Honest Abe” has received a well-deserved slap in the legislature, The Nusbaum bill, limiting the special sessions of county commissioners and providing that special sessions shall only be held on call of the auditor and shall transact only such business as is specified in the call, has passed both houses and will become a law.

The Democrat’s work is bearing fruit. Two copies of “Robinson on County and Township Officers” has been purchased and placed at the disposal of the court house officials. A careful perusal of the pages of this work and a conscientious compliance therewith will be of immense benefit to the taxpayers of this county. The case of Brown vs. C. I. & L. R. R., is still on at the court house. The evidence was all in by Wednesday night, and Thursday the jury went to the scene of the fire, north of Shelby, “to view the remains.” Argument was commenced Friday and is not completed as we go to press. The costs made here in this case will probably amount to more than SI,OOO. In t! ’ ewton county seat matter, torts, will be filed by the c iHiittee. One signed by four A ’ 1 ers, including the chairmai , ecommend that the bill as introduced be passed. The majority report, signed by seven members, will recommend amending the bill so that 65 per cent, will move, and that if the removal does not take place in two years, a court house shall be built at Kentland costing not to exceed eighttenths of one percent, of the taxable property of the county. The House bill providing for the stamping of all promissary notes by the assessor has been amended in committee by making only the interest ou unstamped notes uncollectable instead of both interest and principal. This would serve to catch long time notes, such as are usually held by widows, but would exemt short time notes and others on which the interest is usually paid in advance. The committee has laid itself open to the to the suspicion of being influened by the professional money lenders. Monticello Herald, (rep.)

GO YOU ONE BETTER! - Just take 75 cents to Jack Warner’s blacksmith shop, and you are entitled to 4 new shoes. You don’t need any card. This offer good until fruther notice.

“Honest Abe’S” January Specials.

The commissioners held a special called session on Friday and Saturday of last week. The record states that Friday was spent in matters pertaining to the poor farm in regard to superintendent. The “matters pertaining to poor farm” were not finally disposed of at the first day’s session, apparently, as the record states that Saturday, “after due consideration by the Board, it is ordered that Tuesday, Feb. 7th, 1899, be fixed upon as the day for considering the employment of a superintendent for the county farm for next ensuing year, commencing March Ist, 1899, and the auditor is directed to give notice of said proceedings by publication.” (The Docket states that Friday, Feb. 3, is the day set for above hearing, but the Record book gives the date as Tuesday, Feb. 7. We will not venture an opinion as to which of these statements is correct, for it is a very easy matter to indict a democrat, you know, in Jasper county. The publication made states that Friday, Feb, 3, is the day.) The following bills were presented and allowed as follows: J. P. Hammond, postage acct, truant officer $ 2 25 Same, services as truant officer 43 25 George L. Morgan, firing at boiler house , 16 50 Harry Magee, wood for county ' 48 37 School town of Wheatfield, use of school building for elections 4 75 City of Rensselaer, lights for December 46 10 C. Morganegg, work on ditches, 1 75 T. J. Joiner, washing for court house, 283 W. F. Smith A Co, wood for county.... 41 50 Total $ 207 40 The Board again assembled in special session, which is recorded as the 2d January special,” on Tuesday. At this meeting it was ordered that “the janitor of the court house is directed to see the members of the electric committee of the City Council and have it arranged to turn off the lights in the court house tower at midnight to avoid the expense of current for hours when service is not required.” “After careful examination the following claims were allowed:” Bowen Merrill Co., 2 vols. ‘‘Robinson on County officers... $ 12 00 B. D. Comer (assignee) 2 wolf scalps (John Johnson) 20 25 I. N. Hemphill, ft. and drayage for county... 101 J. C. Gwin, treasurer, intereet on aor court honse bonds 3.43150 M. B. Alter, M, D., services sec. bd. health 20 25 S. McGinnis, estimate on Keener tp. gravel road 175 25 Leslie Clark, printing 50 quires H sheet blanks for auditor 11 50 Same, 50tax levy rates for treaserer,.. 300 Same, 500 receipts for county officers... 2 50 Same, 50 quires full sheet blanks for auditor 15 00 Same, 100 quires % sheet blanks for clerk , 20 00 Same, 25 quirer % sheet blanks for clerk 625 Same, 1,000 cardboard receipts for clerk 300 Same, 300 Treasures’ notice to taxpayers 10 00 Same, affidavit 25 T0ta1.... $ 3 732 76 Grand Total for the two specials.. 3 940 16 “Honest Abe” also drew $17.50, per diem for special sessions of Dec. 28-9, Jan. 20-1 and Jan. 24. Same for Fred Way mire and S. A. Dowell, making total of $52.50.

Beyond The Reach Of A Kiss. In the silent gloom of a darkened room Sat a youth with a maiden fair; His quivering lip and tearful eye Spoke of sorrow and trouble and care. "Is your grief to deep for me to share?” Spoke the maiden with a tender note. “Oh, yes,” cried the youth in wild despair, “My collar is cutting my throat.” “Is that all?” said she, with a smile serene. “Then your troubles will soon withdraw; The American Laundry has a machine That will smooth down the teeth ofa saw.” C. H. VICK, Agent, Rensselaer. Ind. Office over Commercial State Bank.

Rensselaer Markets.

Wheat 55 to .60 Corn 81 Oats, 34 to 37 Rye . 40 Hay.... 48.50 to 4.00 Hogs 2.75 to 8.00 Potatoes 46 to .50 Butter 13% Eggs 13% Hens 04 Young Chickens .8% to .04 Ducks 04 R005ter5.................. .03 Turkeys 06© .07 Hides ....05© .06 TallOW o 03

Morris' English Stable Powder Sold by A. F. Long.

Vol. I.

“CYRANO DE BERGERAC”

The Play Every One Is Talking About. Will Be Seen Here Next Honday Evening. M. Edmond Rostand’s justly celebrated play “Cyrano De Bergerac” will be seeu at the Ellis Opera House next Monday evening and the occasion will undoubtedly mark the theatrical event of the season’s amusements. Mr. Willard Newell, the well known and popular actor will assume the title role and those that have had. the pleasure of witnessing his portrayal of “Cyrano” claim that his interpretation is an ideal one in each minute particular. Miss Vail De Vernon, a young and handsome actresss with a fine stage presence and plenty of experience will be seen in the difficult part of Roxanne. The supporting company is an unusually strong one consisting of thirty people including such well known names as William Marble, Henry W. Mitchell, Stewart Murray, H. T. Gibson, T. S. Shephard, Harold M. Shaw, George Pritchard, Charles Pierson, R. Owen Meach, Miss Catherine B. Glenn, Miss Jessie Ray, Miss Isabelle Cranston and others equally well known. Richard Mansfield’s successful season, and the noted controversy over the ownership of the play, have awakened such interest that the opera house will be crowded. Monday evening. Even before the announcement there has been many inquiries showing that there will be a rush for the choice seats. Many Rensselaer people have seen, the play in Chicago and it has met their highest expectations. “Cyrano De Bergerac” is undoubtedly the literary sensation of the age, and is an intellectual treat. Manager Henry B. Marks who is directing the tour of Mr. Newell will present the production here in its entirety and the scenic environments will be complete and effective.

ELOPEMENT.

Percy Lakin the 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lakin of Newton tp., and Miss Glenn Cristler of Mt. Ayr, surprised their parents last Sunday by taking the early morning train at this city and going to Wisconsin, where they were married. They returned the same evening to Surrey. The bride is but 14 years of age and the principal objection to the marriage is said to have been on account of her youth. It is understood the parents have become reconciled and gave the young couple their blessing.

DIVORCES CALORE.

Judge Thompson tried several divorce cases last Friday. In the case of Hart vs Hart a divorce was refused. In the the case of John Leach vs Jettie Leach, the latter filed cross-complaint charging John with cruelty, failure to provide, etc., and secured a decree, custody* of their infant child and judgment for SIOO alimony. The parties were married in 1896 and parted in December, 1897. J. W. Douthit and Isaac Parsons, the latter of Monon; were defendant’s attorneys, while Foltz, Spitler & Currie were attorneys for plaintiff. The case of Minerva Hershbeel vs Wm. Hershbeel, a decree was granted plaintiff and her maiden name Leech restored to her. These parties were married in June, 1896, the plaintiff being but 15 and the descendant 21 at the time of marriage. The charges were cruel and inhuman treatment, failure to provide, etc. Rebecca A. Gibson, vs Edwin T. Gibson, decree was granted plaintiff and her former name of Stivers restored to her. Defendant is said to be in Michigan, and made no appearance. This was not the first matrimonial venture of either of the parties to this case. They were married in August, 1896, and parted in June of last year. Plaintiff ail ged cruel treatment and stated that defendant had made away with $1,500 worth of property which she had at the time of becoming his bride. J. W. Douthit, the successful divorce attorney, was plaintiff’s council.

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