Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

yv'w'Ww'ir«wmw«w«wrr« HERE 15 ANOTHER BARGAIN AT McFarland’S SQUARE DEAL GROCERY. Just North of Ellis A Hurray Corner, Phone 99 10 fib Topmost Flour (best Minnesota 2 lb Best XXXXX ButfceT Crackers. 4ft> Sweet Potatoes JO 3 oz. very best Saigon Cfhnamon JO 1 doz. boxes Matches JO 1 package Macaroni JO £ doz. Penang Nutmegs .04 1 package Elated Rice ... lil 1 best quality Lamp Chimney 13§ 1 bar Castile Soap J 0& 1 package R. S. Stove Polish JO ft) German Sweet Chocolate. 2 JO 1 can Lye Hominy... JO 1 bottle Catsup ... JO 1 package Virginia Sweet Pancake FHorar.. JO 1 peck Onions.. JO flJ© is no “misprint, 1 " yon pay yew SLSOL #taßr vrßww you saw this advertisement and get the goods. Sale begins Monday, Feb. 13, and continues

Craft's Distemper ani Cra«fc Cm* Sold by A. F. Long.

PUBLIC SALES. I will sell at my residence 3| miles south and 2 miles east of Rensselaer, and 1 mile west of Sharon, on Friday, February 24th. 1899, At public auction, 1 Advance Thresher; 1 G-hole Marseilles Steam Sheller: 1 span 5-year-old horses; 1 Cow; 1 2-year-old heifer: 3 calves; farming implements and other articles. G. J. Shew . The undersigned will sell at Public Auction at his farm. miles South of MeCovsburg. 8 miles West of Monon. *'> miles North of Wolcott. 3 miles East of Sharon and 10 miles Southeast of Rensselaer, on the farm known as the James Smith farm, on Thursday, February 23, 1899 commencing at 10:00 sharp: 1 Clyde Horse, seven years old, wt. 1150; 1 Clyde Horse eight years old, wt. 1250; 1 Hambletonian Mane eight years old, wt 1150; 1 Standard bred Mare twelve years old, wt. 1200; 1 Wilkes Filly five years old; 1 Standard bred Wilkes Stallion four mars old; 1 Yearling Colt; 1 Three-year-old Colt; 1 Gray Mare six years old, wt 1320; 1 Choice Milch and Batter Cow, fresh in May; 1 Young Jersey Bull; 1 Two-year-old Shorthorn Heifer; 1 Bull Calf out of Shorthorn cow and fullblood Red Polled Bull; T Good Milch Cow now giving milk; 1 Two-year-old Grade Shorthorn Heifer; about 34 or 38 head of Shoats weighing from 75 to 100 lbs. each; 8 Choice Brood Sows, seven are sucking pigs, sow are all bred; 1 Chester White Boar; 1 Poland China Boar; 3 Farm Wagons; 1 Road Wagon; 1 Spring wagon; 1 Road Cart; 1 Bobsled; 1 Dinner Bell; lfi-foot watering trough; 6 Cultivators and Eagle Claws; 4 Walking Plows; 1 Sulky Plow; 1 Seeder; 1 Garden Plow; 1 Potato Plow; 3 Harrows; 1 Spaldii% Disk; 2 Corn Planters with wire; 2 Mowers, one as good as new; 1 Deering Binder; 4 Sets Double Harness; 1 Buggy Harness and othor articles too numerous to mention. Refreshments on the

DR. MOORE, Specialist, u ofcFtatStateRENSSELAER, IND. . ** ' * . ft . • . • r" •

grounds. A comfit of 10 months: will be ghneoL. Ebcxs k WwDflk. V. D. CiLKE, Awt. J. F. Wakkex. desk. HtOntlOED MFETIMi. The -series off imedtiißgs at tribe iliri-stian church tribal! cilosWlThnjnsday night of last wwt on agvtoamitt of cold we&ttiber. w>as ttakem tup again Wednesday tt<o> owraittiimnne bhudefinitely. Horse-Sboemg isStfl IM lrtoj' Bat -Jack Warmer sttiilfl snacks toothe same prim. 4 New S®d«sFor Oeetts. INffi «n inu ffissnclass -style and wamtaitfced am terovy 1 respect, at his mew ttwn»-sntovy shop : on Front street- ome Mock swarttk of the Xowels Homse.. JtwcK Waesiee.

KOIKE I have -33 W araesr yjtf t£n*e Bilnoegrass meadow ailratt I litnne rnmnnwi into pasture. JLmy <ou»e Bnavaiag colts or horses to pmftanw* wiM well by calling on one. T«vmts ffior colts, yearlings, Tie- pur nnooittßn; 2 and 3 years did. $LK*(£ to B*e pud at the emd each mmtth. Stock : to be held mntifl pasturage is fuffiy failudfltHfiaL (ifiOL J_ XacmoNLSv WlMtfidkklmd-

JMWMBE UGENSE&. Frank L Sjkmm to Batia L. EsgeLumellUb. U E. Ewnft Gwndrp to Una Gaining, issued FA. 14. Matt Sdalibfto MnryEL Fnddu.iMnlM.ll Daniel V.Hktt InQhHncrstKk,kMdM 13 Albert J. rmkto SrtAs JL DeVries, kned FA. 15l Ft*. 1L to IIISL VIL Shook, nortbeaffttiff ftfcectrty. a bojr. Fefc. miolfas. aw!! Mr. Ms Latin, of Rbt, a girt. Feb. K, to Mrs. and Mr. W. O. Florence, sortitowepi <df tLime ci«y„ a^al - ' —— Morris* StUd-br Jt. F.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, February 18, 1899.

LOCAL MATTERS. Hear the great Dr. Hillis. President Faure of France is dmd. A new serial story begins in this issue of The Democrat. G«k W. Gauthier of Remington, is moving back to Kentland. J. W. Williams was in Kentland 0® business the first of the week. Ge©v Shew has rented his farm near Sharon, and will move to Remington. The town of Lowell has bought the eketrie light plant at that place, consideration $6,500. Six or eight teams were hauling lumber last Saturday for the new Baptist church in Milroy tp. W. L McCashin of near MeCoyshurg, moves next week upon a farm near Francesville, in Pulaski county. The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight HbHlws. the famous and eloquent | divine at the opera house next ! Monday night. Hear him.

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Donthit are rejoicing over the arrival of a daughter at their home. The event occurred Sunday.

Charles Lowman. who has been visiting his parents in Barkley tp.. letraonwed to his home in Henry cowmty, Tennessee, Monday.

Sheriff Reed, who went with his wife- to Michigan City last Friday, w reported to be dangerously ill at the home of P. H. Lally in that city.

C. W. Hamer, J. G. Tharp, C. R_ Griffith, Geo. Theilbar, Jas. Ifw and H. W. Milner of the Remington I. O. O. F. lodge, attended the- funeral of Dr. Alter at this place Wednesday.

The Newton county seat bill, ■Hewing 65 per cent, of the voters of the county to re-locate the meaty seat, passed the House Wednesday by a vote of 74 to 4. There was no discussion. Rtr. C. D. Jeffries conducted the funeral services of the year-eld slaughter of Mr. and Mre. Ge*x Hollister of Stouts burg, at the residence of D. E. Hollister in cMs city last Saturday. The- farmhouses of Geo. SpauldEBig and of Wm. Dennis near Focesman. were destroyed by tire East week. In the former case nxotljiimg whatever was saved, aird fiuii the- latter only a small part of thse contents. The will of Resin F. Goddard was. admitted to probate last week. His Hate resale nee property was fee e&aiettthed to Mrs. J. H. Kinney, arudi the shop and ice house to Wbsl G. Stone. The estate is profcabiy worth §3.500. Ihtniel W. Hiatt of Mancie, and Mrs. Ella Haverstick of this city, were- married by Esq. Bnrnham Monday afternoon at the latter’s ©dfccw. The jpoom is 49 and the fctide 42L This is the second marriage for each of the parties. Little Phuline Hall, whose parents- died recently, her father only fast week, has been staying with Mr-Jasper Kenton and wife. Last Saturday her uncle, Geo. Elder, of Yam, came over and took charge off her, taking her to his home Little Pauline will fad a home with a good famiiy at Knox.

Arthur Lukin, who was honoeufciy din* huiged from the 4th U. & luluutiy fast month, has been visiting friends at Warsaw, Ind., Mucuhfa dfisakajrge. He expects tom to Minnesota next month and spend the summer there. His health is quota hmfly broken down hgrhm service and exposure at Suntmggx.

Etewffsrlaxer Lodge No. 82, K. of P- mill attend smim in a body ■ft ftba Mwwwiy Baptist church #« aamiD-w aft Hfc&x The k)dge of Kaftbboate Sisters is also requested toacvtailk the K. of P's and nccnaqnuaij tbetta to the church. All i ■£■»!»«» are requested to meet at Ckrttle HaU, aft lOJS. K- Bl PORTER, C. C.

Dr. Hillis! The last, The best, Of the Fiction Club Lecture Course. Come and hear him. Yesterday was a pleasant, springlike day. Try The Democrat for job printing. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Imes are visiting at Oxford. Wm. Cox of Fair Oaks, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. C. McColly. Michael Eger is seriously ill at his home on North street.

Mr. Hicks, one of Milroy’s colored citizens, will move back to Washington, 111., this spring.

August Rosenbaum will apply for a liquor license at the March term of commissioners’ court.

Town Marshall Lucky and Geo. Hascall of Remington, were in the city Thursday on a little detective business.

Bro. Robertson of the Kankakee Valley Telephone, was in the city yesterday and called upon the fraternity.

Frank Wolfe of Michigan City, was in the city yesterday. He reported Sheriff Reed’s condition as very serious.

The last appearance of Dr. Hillis on the lecture platform next Monday night. Do not fail to hear him.

Doubtless the thickest ice ever put up in Rensselaer was harvested this week. Some 18-inch ice has been put away for next summer’s use.

W. L. Bringle has purchased a farm three miles south of Mt. Ayr, in Newton county, and will 6oon move upon same. We regret to loose Billy from Jasper county.

C. B. Steward met with an accident Saturday night, falling down the stairway of the I. 0. O. F. building. He received a scalp wound, a sprained wrist and other bruises.

C. L. Wilson at Remington will sell a hand-sewed team harness complete at S2O per set. A large stock to select from. Good honest work, No. 1 stock and square dealing is my motto. 4t

An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Iliff, of Chicago Heights, was brought here for burial last Saturday. The funeral was held at the M. E. church, Rev. Middleton conducting the services.

Miss Cordia Jackson of Lebanon, Ind., is visiting her sisters in this city and vicinity a few days. She has secured a position as trimmer with Mrs. Purcupile and will remain during the summer.

Dr. I. B. Washburn tests eyes for glasses by the latest methods. The best lenses put in any desired frame. It does not pay to ruin your eyes with improper and cheap lenses. Satisfaction guaranteed when possible.

The marriage of Thomas Honan and Miss Josie Heiihake was solemnized at the Catholic church last Tuesday morning. Mr. Honan is a business man in Lebanon, and his bride is a niece of Rev. H. S. Heiihake, of this place.—Benton Review,

Missouri has a female Sam Jones. She preaches with a rough vigor, and makes quaint breaks that are even now unexpected. At one of her revival meetings at Joplin, she suddenly exclaimed: “There is a man here who is untrue to his wife. lam going to throw this hymn book at him.” Suiting the action to the word she seized a heavy hymn book and fetched back with a vigorous arm, ready for the throw. Every man in the congregation ducked except one. He never blinked, but was unmoved in the midst of the storm. The evangelist blistered the other men with a tongile of flame, while she lauded the one to the skies as a moral paragon. It was afterwards discovered that the lone man was deaf and dumb.

Get your sale bills at The Dem- j ocrat office. | —— _ j If you have for sale a farm, house j and lot, or any other property of a j salable nature, try advertising it in i The Democrat. Bring your job printing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your favors, do nothing but the best work and charg moderate prices. Fruit will in all probability be scare this year. The intense cold has undoubtedly done much damage to many kinds of fruit, notably peaches, pears, apricots and plums. Low temperature setting in early in the winter is said by fruit men to better the conditions somewhat, as the sap is kept dovfh- and the blossom buds are nor developed. Small fruits are damaged consider- | ably, strawberries especially. Gooseberries and currants will stand any amount of cold, but raspberries and blackberries, will not stand the low temperatures of the last few weeks without serious damage.

Hon. S. E. Nicholson of Kokomo, author of the liquor law known as the Nicholson Bill, spent last Sunday in Rensselaer, in the interest of the Anti-Saloon League of America. A committee consisting of one member from each church, and a citizen from the outside world was appointed to confer with the officers of the other Temperance organization. In an in-, terview Monday, he expressed himself in favor of the county and township reform measures now before the legislature and deplored the fact that A 1 Reser and men of his ilk were doing what they could to defeat them.

The question of an electric railway between St. Mary and Rensselaer, via Morocco and Mt. Ayr, has been quite freely discussed by our people in the past few days. All are agreed as to the benefits to be derived from the road, and the leading business men have even reached that stage where they have expressed a willingness to put up their good money as a token of their sincerity in the matter. The Courier has frequently called attention to the importance of an electric railway over the above mentioned route —in fact it claims to be the originator of the scheme and believes that the road will some day be built. —Morocco Courier.

We have a newsy lot of items from Parr this week and hope our j correspondent will send us in a letter each week regularly. We would also like to hear from our

Kniman correspondent regularly as well as from all other correspon- • dents. We still wish to secure correspondents from Wheatfield. j Fair Oaks, Surrey, McCoysburg, Stoutsburg, Gillam and all other postoffices in the county not al- ! ready represented. Let some read;or take hold and help us .to secure i correspondents in those places. We ! already have a greater number of j correspondents than any other | paper in the county, but we i shall not be satisfied until every j neighborhood and hamlet is represented. We would like very much to devote a whole page to this. Help us to make this desire an accomplished fact.

The Remington town council did something at their meeting this month that other towns and cities should profit by. A franchise tender was made to the Jasper County Telephone Co., for use of certain streets and alleys for their telephone poles and wires at the rate of 50 cents per annum for each pole erected, leased or used within the corporation. The Central Telephone Co., also asked for franchise and the same order was made with regard to this. F. R. Curtis of that city, asked for franchise for electric lights, and the council granted the application and gave him free use of certain streets and alleys, to be selected by the council, for the first year, but thereafter he must pay 25 cents tier annum for each pole erected, leased or used. If such franchises are worth askings for they are worth paying for, and the Remington town council is to be commended for establishing so good f precedent for small towns.

Vol. I. No. 45

HllllHf No POSM... DR. HILLIS, At the Opera House, next I nlay night, Feb. aoth.

THAT $2,300.00 CLOCK.

The citizens of Rensselaer were startled Wednesday evening by an of late unusual sound being borne to their ears on the balmy breeze of the evening. The sound had a dimly familiar air, and as everyone rushed pellmel to tho door to discover the cause and from whence came the musical vibrations, it was discovered that the court house tower was brilliantly illuminated and “Honest Abe’s” twenty-three-hundred-dol-lf*r“Waterbury” was chiming forth the hour of six. No wonder the people were startled! For 10, these many moons this expensive article of court house furniture had been in a state of total collapse, and they had ceased to think of it except to cuss the shortsightedness and bullheadedness of a board of commissioners who wilfully disregarded the advice of prominent citizens and the experience of others with these same conglomerations of uselessness in purchasing same, and many had gone to the jeweler and bought themselves a timepiece that could be depended on. For a whole week no effort had been made to resuscitate this groggy monumentof foolhardiness, but the weather having moderated considerably and the tired “experts” having recovered from the exhaustion of previous labors in its behalf, an attempt was again m ade Monday evening. The clock “run” all right all the night long, and the spirits of “Honest AbeV* coherts rose accordingly. The bright rays of Old Sol shone forth Tuesday morning and telephonic messages of congratulation, are supposed to have been prepared to send up in the benighted township of Keener, to the hero of the trip to Milwaukee. But, lo! One more glance at the clock and their spirits again drooped—the “thing” had stopped at 7:35, and messages of condolence were once more in order. At 10 o’clock the crank, which had already done such good service, was again brought forth and put where it would do the most good. The hands were turned around to X, and they continued to move along swimingly, the mercury at this time being I somewhere in the neighborhood of j more the spirits of the coherts of the man from Keener rose. But they were again doomed to disapj pointinent, at 2:45 "it"’ stopped short and remained “dead” until 10 a. m., Wednesday when the machinery was again started up, and at this writing “she” is pumping a long at a gait which promises !to keep “Honest Abe” busy if he i out-sessions it. *

Almost Fatal Accident

Harry, the 15-year-old son of i Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gardner, met i with a bad accident Thursday afj ternoon. He was at the mill with j his father and went up stairs for some purpose. In climbing over some of the machinery the sleeve of his sweater was caught in the machinery, drawing his wrist down to tne shafting, breaking the arm and grinding the flesh some. He called loudly for help but the noise of the machinery drowned his voice. Luckily, a hot box on the engine caused the engineer to stop just at this time or the imprisoned lad would have had his arm ground off. Dr. Washburn is attending him and he is getting along as well as can be expected, the fracture being quite a bad one.

Good correspondence stationery cheap at THE DEMOCRAT office.

I have private funds to 1* an 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.