Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Good goods, low prices and square dealing has built up a good business and is still ad- (• ding new customers every day. This is what you find at McFarland’s Grocery. V We sell goods as low as any house in Jasper county, quality considered. Farmers will (• find by comparison that their produce buys more here than anywhere else. The only £) grocery in the City that handles the highest grade coal oil. (P 1 —— (• J. A. McFARLAND, Proprietor, g

GREENBACKS g or Government Money. \ At close of our Civil War in 1865, there appeared in the London Times the following: “ If that mischievous financial policy which had its origin in the North American Republic during the late Civil War in that country, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its money without cost It will have all the money that is necessary to carry on its trade and commerce. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of civilized nations of the world. The brain and wealth of all countries will go to North America. THAT GOVERNMENT MUST BE DESTROYED OR IT WILL DESTROY EVERY MONARCHY ON THIS GIH»E." The famous Hazzard circular, to capitalists in New York, and the Duell Bank circular to United States Bankers, both emanating from London, and the fabulous corruption fund raised in England and Germany, estimated at $1,500,000, were the agents that secured the closing of our mints against silver. The “wall; into my parlor” policy of England, during and since the Spanish War, is the latest evidence of English Diplomacy in shaping the destiny of the United States Government. Notwithstanding the famine price of wheat, the Spanish War, arid fabulous expenditures of money by our government during the past year, gold has increased in value eleven per cent and all other values decreased in the same proportion. For a thorough understanding of the money question, or silver issue,! the Cincinnati Enquirer has uniformly given evidence of its ability to teach, explain and produce all facts and truth. It is a paper that ought and can be read by all classes with pleasure and profit.

Great Toy Factory. The largest toy factory in the world is in New York, where playthings in tin are manufactured literally by the million. It stands five stories high, and turns out 1,607 distinct varieties of tin toys. No. lis a tin horse; 1,607 a tin menagerie. The output of circular tin Whistles is 2,000,000 per annum. To make a tin horse 12 inches long dies have to be cast costing £ls. The children of different countries have different tastes, but tin swords are wanted all over the world, the military instinct being as universal in the nurseries as in the courts and cabinets of the world. British Police Statistics. The total police force of the United Kingdom is nearly 60,000. Of these England has 41,882, including 15,468 in the London metropolitan police , force and 985 in the city police; Scot/jltnd, 4,744; Ireland, 12,165; Wales, w,283; Isle of Han, 52. Of the large towns Liverpool has a full strength of 1,895 men; Glasgow, 1,820; Dublin, 1,265; Manchester, 1,088. Craft’s Distemper and Cough Cure riMM. Me, |LW par Sold by A. F. Long.

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After the Grip—What? You thought you had the best of the grip and you determined to wear it off; but somehow it does not wwu utf as you expected. You pass restless, sleepless nights and get up in the morning feeling more exhausted than when you retired. You are irritable and nervous and have no appetite for your food. You go about in a listless, half-hearted sort of way, and everything you undertake to do seems to go wrong. Do you know that you are ‘bn the verge of nervous prostration? You need help; and you need it more now than you did when the grip was at its worst. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is the best medicine you can get to build up your shattered nerves and restore you wasting strength. It invariably insures sound sleep and, gives the overstrung nerves their natural rest; /It makes the appetite keen, facilitates the digestion, gives healthful vitality to the nerves and restores health. I was nervous, restless, irritable and altogether out of was impossible to get my natural sleep and I became so weak and exhausted that I could not leave my bed. Finally, I commenced taking Dr. Miles’ Nervine and I began to improve from the first dose. In a short time my health was completely restored. Mrs, Dow Heagle, Sing Sing, N. Y. A trial package of Dr. Miles’ favorite treatment for the grip, consisting of Dr. Miles’ Nervine, Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills and Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills, will be sent absolutely free of co«t to any person sending name and address on a postal card, requesting the samples, and mentioning the name of this paper. Address Dr. Miles Med cal Co., Elkhart, Ind.

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When in Rensselaer put your team up at Haff & Masker’s feed and hitch barn, one block north of Makeever hotel. ts

Advertisers should bear in mind that The Democrat has a larger circulation among the farmers than any paper published in Jasper county. Subscribe for The Democrat. HARRIACIE LICENSES. Charles Wright to Flossie P. Baxter, issued Feb. 21. Peter Lehe to Helen Nafziger, issued Feb. 22. Subscribe for The Democrat. BIRTHS. Feb. 19, to Mrs. and Mr. John R§gA< south of town, a girl. Feb. 19. to Mrs. and Mr. Jesse Sayfer, of Newton tp., a boy. Feb. 19, to Mrs. and Mr. Herbert Sorrel, west of town, a boy. Feb. 19, to Mrs. and Mr. Jack Hoyea, of Barkley tp., a girl. Feb. 20, to Mrs. and Prof. W H. Sanders, a boy.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, February 25, 1899.

LOCAL MATTERS. Mrs. J. H. Jessenis quite ill. Everybody chews “Horse Shoe” nowadays. The Newton circuit court will convene next Monday. Michael Eger is thought to be somewhat better at this writing.

Abraham Pruitt of Goodland. was in the city Saturday on business.

Mr. and Mrs. James McMannis visited friends at Goodland last week.

Dr. Dessler is at Farmer City, 111., on professional business this week.

Eay Rothrock of The Democrat force, spent Sunday at his home in Monticello.

C. V. Selsor, of near Remington, moved to his new home at Clinton, Mo., last week.

John R. Wilson of Remington, was in the city on business Monday and Tuesday.

D. W. Shields and family and Mrs. Ira Gay left for their new home in Manchester, Tenn., Monday.

C. W. Baker of Gillam tp., was in the city on business Monday and had his name enrolled on The Democrat’s list.

The “Horse Shoe” tobacco people are distributing free sample cuts of their tobacco all over the county this week.

Mrs. D. M. Yeoman of Anderson, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mi*b. L. Strong, returned home last week.

The moving season is now on in earnest, and wagon loads of household goods and farming utensils are seen in all this week.

Solomon Norman and family moved to Columbia Heights, 111., last Tuesday. He has rented a farm east of that city and will also work at his trade, that of stone mason.

Charles B. Stuart, of the firm of Stuart Bros. & Hammond, of Lafayette, died suddenly last Monday, aged about 50 years. He was one of the prominent democrats of the state.

The 3-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hershman died Tuesday evening from a complication of ailments. The funeral was held from the Christian church Thursday at 10:30 a. m., Elder N. H. Sheppard conducting the services.

A musical and literary entertainment, at the Barkley M. E. church, Friday evening, March 10. Prof. Drysdale will be present and exhibit one of his latest inventions. Come one, come all, and have a good laugh. Admission, adults, 20c; children 10c.

The State Board of Tax Commisioners has issued a call for a meeting of the county assessors of the state to be held at Indianapolis March 15 and 16. In view of the fact that real estate is to be reappraised this year, the meeting is regarded as an important one.

Aujutant General Smock, of the G. A. R., has compiled the semiannual report for the department of Indiana up to Dec. 31, 1898. At the beginning of this period there were 18,166 members. There was a gain of 609 in six months and a loss of 1,238, leaving the present net membership 17,527. Two new posts were instituted and four were abandoned, making a net loss of two posts.

An enteiprising editor of an exchange has been interviewing the inhabitants of his town. He finds that nearly all the successful business men were freely ’‘threshed” by their parents when young, while of the street loafers twentyseven were mamma’s darlings and the other three were raised by their granomothers. This should prove a consolation to the youth who goes nightly to the coal shed for his paternal trimming.

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Chas. F. Grow of this city, has been appointed railway mail clerk.'

Sheriff Reed was brought home from Michigan City Tuesday, and is said to be getting along very well toward recovery.

Kentland wins out in the Newton county seat fight, and 65 per cent, of the votes are necessary to make removal possible.

5 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

Dr. Hillis again disappointed the lecture course people by not being able to fill his appointment here Monday night. Some other attraction will doubtless be secured for this remaining number.

The Democrat i 3 read by the people of the whole counly, and our large corps of correspondents and complete report of county affairs makes it the newsiest and best paper published in the county.

. President McKinley sent F, B. Meyer’s appointment to the senate Thursday for confirmation as postmaster at this place. Mr. Meyer will probably enter upon his duties early in the coming month.

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 jour eyes with improper and cheap lenses. Satisfaction guaranteed when possible.

For the year ending June 30, 1898, 110 marriage licenses were granted in Jasper county and 9 divorces were granted, 7 to the wife and 2 to husband; causes alleged in complaint for divorce were: Adnltry, 1; abandonment s;*cruel treatment, 2; failure to provide, 1.

Last year Jasper county collected $1,200 from saloon licenses, and municipalities in the county collected $1,500 additional, a total a total of $2,700. Jasper county now has but 10 saloons in her borders, a gain of one in eight years, and there are 1,649 inhabitants (estimated) to each saloon.

The Democrat desires to call the attention of its readers this week to its newsy county correspondence on eighth page. Eleven towns and neighborhoods are represented making, no doubt, the largest and most complete correspondence department ever before published in any paper in Jasper county. We received nearly enough to fill up that “whole page” mentioned last week, and hope to hear regularly from our writers each week hereafter and also hear from a few districts not yet represented.

The National Advertiser tells a story of au old bachelor who bought a pair of socks, and found attached to one of them a slip of paper with these words: “I am a young lady of 20, and would like to correspond with a bachelor, with a view to matrimony” name and address were given. The bachelor wrote, and in a few days got this letter: “Mamma was married twenty years ago. The merchant you bought them socks from evidently didn’t advertise or he would have sold them long ago. Mamma handed me your letter, and said possibly I might suit you. I am 18 years old.”

There has been considerable talk for some time to the effect that Siegel, Cooper & Co., the big department store proprietors of New York and Chicago, contemplate opening department stores in several northern Indiana and southern Michigan towns. The South Bend Times says the report is more than a mere rumor, and that an agent for the company that proposes to open the stores was in that city the last of the week negotiating for a site for the store there. It appears, however, that instead of Seigel, Cooper & Co. being in control of the stores to be opened they are to be operated by a big syndicate with unlimited capital.—Starke County Democrat.

Get your sale bills at The Democrat office.

The Democrat and Indianapolis Sentinel one year, $1.85. Democrat and Cincinnati Enquirer, $1.50.

If you have for sale a farm, house and lot, or any other property of a salable nature, try advertising it in The Democrat.

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For Rubber Stamps, Daters, Printing Wheels, White Enamel Sign Letters, Stencils, Steel Stamps etc., etc., call at The Democrat office. We can save you money on anything in this line.

A bill now before the legislature with some little prospect of becoming a law, places county commissioners on a salary. The rate fixed for Jasper county is $225, or a total of $675. Anything that will tend to cut down the expenses of commissioners’ court in the county will be welcomed with open arms by the taxpayers.

Remember that the clients themselves control the publication of legal notices, such as non-resident, notice of appointment or final settlement, administrators’ notices, notice of survey and many others. Bear this in mind when having occasion to get any legal notices of the above class published, and insist on your attorneys having the same published in The Democrat.

Even Death Didn’t Free Him.

It has been said that nothing is sure but death and taxes, but taxes follow after death sometimes, especially when the decedent has concealed property that should have been listed for taxation during life. The supreme court so decided last Friday. The final settlement of a man’s estate after death even does not free it from the claim of the state for back taxes. The court decided that the settlement can be set aside and the unpaid taxes recovered if fraud can be proved. The decision was made in the case of Mary A. Graham against Robert Russel, auditor of Daviess county. Richard C. Graham of Washington died. His wife after his death, acting as executrix, did not file an inventory of his personal estate. He had held about $25,000 worth of bonds, notes and other property which he had failed to list for taxation and he had not paid taxes on the property for fourteen years previous to death. The estate was settled one year after the demise and not a penny of taxes was paid on the property that had been concealed. County Auditoi Russel one year after the settlement began action to reopen the case that $3,000 accrued taxes might be collected. The circuit court decided in the auditor’s favor and the Supreme court affirmed.

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Horse-Shoeing is Still Fluctuating! But Jack Warner still sticks to the same old price, 4 New Shoes For 50 Cents. Put on in firstclass style and warranted in every respect, at his new two-story shop on Front street, one block south of the Nowels House.

NOTICE. I have 330 acres of fine Bluegrass meadow that I have turned into pasture. Any one having colts or horses to pasture will do well by calling on me. Terms for colts, yearlings, 75c per month; 2 and 3 years old, SI.OO, to be paid at the end of each month. Stock to be held until pasturage is fully paid and satisfied. Geo. J. Nichols, Wheatfield, Ind.

For Sale: —Lots 5 and 6* block 13, Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office. V ; Morris’ English Stable Powder Wrtee, Me. par pamtia^a. Sold by A. F. Long.

JACK WARNER.

Vol. I. No. 46

HAMMOND DON'T WANT It.

Representative (Harbor) Knotts* harbor bill was given a severe blowlast week by the Hammond city city council. The scheme was vigorously denounced and resolutions unanimously passed by the council and a copy ordered sent to each member of the senate asking that the bill be defeated. Thus it seems that “Harbor’s” pet measure does not meet with the approval of his constituents.

PRINTING CONTRACT FIGHT.

Lafayette Sunday Times: “Last Wednesday, W. Bent Wilson brought suit against the county commissioners to enjoin them from carrying out a contract for book and stationery supplies with the Burt-Terry Stationery Company* awarded in December for $2,200, alleging that no requisition was made by county officers for supplies, and that there had been no notice or advertisement for bids. Commissioner Cochran says verbal notice was served on prospective bidders, and claims that, under acts of 1875, the board has authority for proceeding in this manner.”

A BIG MORTGAGE.

The largest mortgage by $3,000,000 ever recorded in this county was filed last Saturday by the Central Union Telephone Company in favor of the Old Colony Trust Company. The mortgage was for $6,000,000 and embraces both chattel and real estate, and is to secure $6,000,000 five percent, gold bonds. The instrument contains 60 SSO revenue stamps, representing a value of $3,000. The mortgage will be recorded in every county in the state where the company does business, and the average cost for recording is about sll per county, not including the expense of the recorders’ visit to Indianapolis to get copy of the mortgage, which was paid by the mortgagors. The lines of the company in this county will pass through Remington. It is an exclusively long-distance company, we understand.

Prohibition Meeting at Monon.

The prohibitionists of the Tenth Congressional district held a meeting Feb. 17, at Monon for the purpose of organizing the Tenth district for more effective work. I. 8. Wade of Lafayette, was elected district chairman, also district evangelist for the ensuing year. He expects to make a school house canvass in the interest of prohibition. Had an interesting meeting. Messrs. Boone and Stinespring of Lafayette were among the enthusiastic speakers also a MiC Rockford, gave some good and practical suggestions. Several ministers were present who were not afraid to talk. It being Francis Willard’s memorial day, our white ribbon folks were out. The Rev. Haynes said she was the “uncrowned Queen of America,” but now crowned in heaven. Meeting adjourned at 4p. m., for supper and home. Jasper Kenton, Co. Chm’n. Good correspondence stationery cheap at The Democrat office.

Farmers Questions and and Answers.

By a resolution of the Farmer’s Institute, the undersigned were appointed a committee to prepare and publish in all the newspapers of the county, not less than three questions, each week, relating to the best manner of farming. All persons interested, are requested to write answers to at least some of these questions, and send their answers to their newspaper for publication. The several papers, of the county, were requested by a resolution unanimously passed by the Institute, to devote at least one column to this subject R. 8. Dwiggins l F. W. Bedford > Com, C. D. Nowels ) Question 7. Should finely prepared soil be stirred during a protracted drouth? Question 8. Which would you prefer, free rural mail delivery or one cent letter postage? Question 9. Can the raising of poultry, for the market, be made profitable? If so, give your plan of how to manage it?