Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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I LOCAL MATTERS. Subscribe for The Democrat. One week from to-morrow is Easter. It is now in order to say “last winter,” City Council meeting next Monday night. E. F. Emery of Remington, was in the city Monday. L. F. Hopkins of Chicago, spent Sunday here. Lewis Kellar, a Winamac banker, suicided last week. B. H. Dillon is doing carpenter work at Fair Oaks this week. W. H. Coover a>d C. W. Hanley were in Chicago Monday. Easter Millinery Opening, Mar. 30-31, and Apr. 1, at Meyer Sisters. The 161st Indiana has been ordered home and will soon be mustered out. Mrs. J. H. Jessen still continues to improve and will doubtless be convalescent soon. Bro. Fred L. Griffin of the Remington Press, was in the city on business Saturday. Monon Knights are contemplating the erection of a fine K. of P. block the coming season. Mrs. C. E. Hershman was in Chicago this week purchasing het spring millinery stock. Special Easter Sale of Shoes, Clothing and Dress Goods. Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs. H. T. Bott and children returned this week from her sojourn in southern California. Advertisers should bear in mind that The Democrat has a larger circulation among the farmers than any paper published in Jasper county.

The annual meeting of the various township assessors of the county will be held here next week to agree on a basis for assesing property the coming year. Donnelly Bros, will commence work on Smith & Kelley’s new laundry building as soon as the weather will permit. The structure will be 20x60,14 feet high. - - ' ■ "■ * Chase, the 14-year-old son of Hiram Day of this city, was committed to the reform school by Judge Thompson Thursday morning, on application of the boy's father, who says he has lost control over him. 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. Mr. Manly M. Burk and Miss Effie J. Cowden were married at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening, March 22, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cowden, just east of town, Rev. H. M. Middleton, officiating. Joehiah Allman of Remington, has been appointed assessor of Carpenter tp., in place of W. O. Roadifer, who resigned because of other duties demanding his whole time. Mr. Allman is president of the board of trustees of the town of Remington. Mesdamds W. H. Beam, Charles Morlan, Abel Grant, C. E. Mills, L. H. Hamilton. W. C. Babcock, W. A. Huff, A. S. Laßue, Charles Robinson, W. S. Parks, James Leatherman, and Annie Tuteur attended a district meeting of the Rathbone Sisters at Logansport this week. Geo. M. Ray, the school furniture shark —he of delicious memory in this township—was one of the strongest opposers of township reform. This alone should have been enough to have brought any intelligent, well meaning member of the legislature to its support.— Goodland Journal.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DISEASES. * ' Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND. - x . •.. . .• . ..

The township assessors will meet next Friday. Garden making will be a little late this spring. Subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, The Democrat. B. F. Fendig was in Chicago on business this week. Attorney Spencer of Monticello, was in the city on business Thursday. Easter Sale of Carpets, Lace Curtains, Portiers, Window Blinds, etc. Chicago Bargain Store. Congressman Crumpacker has recommended Ray Cummings <sf Kentland, for a cadetship at West Point. W. H. Ritchey has eight or ten tons of good timothy hay for sale at his farm, 6 miles southeast of the city. 100 envelopes with your name and address neatly printed thereon for only 50 cents, at The Democrat office. When in Rensselaer put your team up at Haff & Masker’s feed and hitch barn, one block north of Makeever hotel. ts Get your job printing done at The Democrat office. Satisfaction guaranteed both in stock, prices and workmanship. Is Bryan’s “trip around the circle” causing lack of “confidence” again, and is it responsible for the slump in prices of grain and other farm products? Miss Mary Meyer has returned from Chicago with a complete line of Millinery, and is preparing for an Opening on March 30-31 and April 1. Call there for your Easter hat. Another winter begun Wednesday afternoon. Three or four inches of snow fell and at night an old-time freeze-up came again. It never phased “Honest Abe’s” t wen ty-t h ree-h u ndred-dol lar-clock, a little bit. March 25, and not a solitary oat sowed in Jasper county, and at hast a week of extra good weather required to make even well tiled fields fit to work. It is seldom we have a spring so unfavorable for farm work as this has been, but it is hoped the* good weather will come to stay when it does come.

We are informed that several of the trustees of Benton county are going to resign on account of the new township law. If that is correct it would indicate that something is rotten in that baliwick, and the township council was created to fit just such cases. The present trustees of this county, we are pleased to state, are men who have no fears of a supervising council and will continue to attend to the public business as the law directs. —Kentland Enterprise (rep.) Goodland Journal: John Vannatta, a Brookston banker, has brought suit in the courts at Lafayette against ex-Trustee Stout and his bondsmen, H. T. Griggs, F. D. Gilman and E. R. Bringham, to recover SBOO, the amount represented by one of the celebrated “township warrants” purchased by him of Mr. Stout during his incumbency of office. Mr. Vannatta’s action is a tacit acknowledgement that the township is not responsible for this overplus of promises to pay, and of course the liability of the bondsmen will be thoroughly tested by this suit. Sunday, the 19th, a lecture by I. S. Wade of Lafayette, was delivered at the First Baptist church. A good crowd was present and all wore pleased. Mr. Wade has been lecturing for nine years in the interest of Good Templars. He seems to understand the needs of the hour. Will men hear such pleadings in the interest of humanity and go away with no new r4sdutions? Vainly following some Wil-o-the-Wisp while the Nation’s honor is seriously dishonored? So much is said about higher civilivation, while our legalized dram-shops continue to lower civilization. ♦

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

Try The Democrat for job printing. To-Night! Last appearance of the Earl Doty Co. The winter semester of the city schools closed yesterday. Advertising in The Democrat brings good results. Try it. F. B. Meyer is slaying ducks on the Kankakee again this week. Special Easter Sale of Gloves. Every style and shade, 75c to $1.50. Chicago Bargain Store. A handsome envelope, either square or oblong, for 5 cents per package at The Democrat office. Mark, and the Major had better cut their visit short at Jekyl Island and hustle back to Washington. The farmers are complaining about the grain and cattle markets. Judge Rabb will hold his first term of court in Benton county beginning the first Monday in April, being the 3rd day of the month. A petition was put in circulation, before the close of the legislature, to secure the two hundred names necessary to give Judge Rabb the extra SSOO. It was thought the Stillwell bill might be defeated but when that passed the petition was dropped as it was unnecessary. Under this bill Judge Rabb is paid the extra SSOO by the State and there is no “alimony.”—Benton Review.

The late legislature passed a law which provides that the road supervisors shall have charge of free gravel roads in their districts and shall employ persons living along or near the line, who shall work ten hours per day and receive $1.25 per day. This act had no emergency clause, but house act 596, providing for a minimum wage on all state, county, city or town public work of 15 cents per hour for unskilled labor did have an emergency clause attached, and therefore supercedes the wage clause in the former bill. All employes on public work can therefore demand $1.50 per day of ten hours’ labor

William E. Moore, better known as Squire Moore, and his good wife passed the 52d anniversary of their marriage last Saturday, They were married in Franklin, W r ayne county, Ind., and moved to this county 46 years ago. They are both Hoosiers, Mr. Moore being a native of Randolph county and Mrs. Moore a native of Wayne county. Seven children have been born to them and have all attained their majority, three sons and four daughters. There is also twenty-three grand-children and three great-grand-children, direct descendents of these worthy grand-parents. The Democrat extends to them its best wishes for their continued health and prosperity.

Representative James of Putnam county was a caller at the office of the attorney-general yesterday. He said in his county owners of several pieces of mortgaged property are deducting S7OO from each piece. As this is clearly against the law, the attorney-general informed Mr. James that the law allows one man to exempt but S7OO of mortgaged debt and he can choose which piece he wants the exemption made from. Mr. James says the auditor of Putnam county intends to enter all property for taxation and await an expected decision from the supreme court. If the law is upheld then the deductions will be made. Exception is taken to this as the law stands on the statute books and must be presumed to be in force until overthrown by the supreme court.— Indianapolis Sentinel.

Subscribe for The Democrat Easter Sale Ladies’ fine all new Tailor-made Suits and Capes. Chicago Bargain Store. HARRIAQE LICENSES. Hurford H. Jamison to Minnie M. Nichols, issued March 18. George M. Burk to Effie L. Cowden, issued March 22. Oliver Hancock to Anna Malchow, issued March 22.

COMMISSIONERS'S COURT.

A special called session of the commissioners was held on Thursday of last week and the claim of Henry B. Murray, auditor, salary for quarter, $425, allowed. The claim of $2,075 of the New Castle Bridge Co., for four new bridges, was also allowed at this session. No other business was transacted as shown by the record. In our publication of allowances last week we unintentionally omitted that of W. H. Coover, clerk, $375.25, salary for quarter.

EASTER SALE.

A Job Lot of Shoes, good style toe, 50 cts. on the $. ■Chicago Bargain Store.

Great Evangelist Coming.

Rev. C. Fenwick Reed, the noted Evangelist, who conducted the great revival here last year will take charge of the revival now in progres at the M. E. church, Saturday night, March 27. Mr. Reed is one of those rare divines whose speech though plain possesses matchless eloquence and beauty, He brings no tiresome theological dogmas but presents the gospel in all its simplicity and truth. People from surrounding towns and country should make it a point to hear this eminent divine as often as possible during the next two weeks.

A GOOD COMPANY.

The Earle Doty Co., is occupying the boards at Ellis opera house this week and are giving; complete satisfaction. The company is a good one and their entertainments are of a character which interests the audience from the rise to the fall of the curtain. Among the plays produced have been “Davy Crockett, “The Avenger,” “Faust,” etc., all of which have been rendered in a very commendable manner. To-night they close their engagement in our city with an excellent bill. At the close of the evening’s performance the presents, mention of which has been made from the stage each night, will Jbe given to the holders of the lucky numbers. Next week the company will play at Monon.

SPURNED.

Our neighbor of the Republican seems to have stirred up a hornet’s nest in seeking to put in his “gab” in the Newton county seat matter. Last week the Goodland Journal very sarcastically informed him that “no doubt Newton county will settle this question without bloodshed, without dictation or extravagant expenditures, and when this last is accomplished some neighboring counties can study the same as valuable object lessons for future guidance.” That “a $85,000 court house built under the provisions of this bill can’t cost $165,000, and thus not only burden the county with an unreasonable debt but keep the political atmosphere of the ccunty fragrant with scandal for a decade.” This week the Kentland Enterprise pours a broadside into him, and suggests “if the Republican is so fond of submitting matters to a popular vote, why was not the question of the building of the palatial court house in Jasper county first submitted to the people?” It thinks “if the people of Newton county are reasonably well satisfied with their court house situation,” it “sees no reason why the Republican should not confine its watchful care to its Jasper county constituents, who are not evidently so full of joy over the white elephant which adorns the public square of Rensselaer.” Better take it all back, Bro. Marshall, and confine yourself strictly to the March weather.

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Dog Fund Turned Over.

The s a ver al township trustees have made their reports of the surplus dog fund on hand March Ist to the auditor and same was turned into the county treasury gnd apportioned to the tuition fund of the different towns and townships of the county. The total amount of dog funds turned over was sl,509.23, as follows: Hanging Grove ........$ 36 54 Gillam 87 38 Walkers 130 25 Barkley.. 201 49 Marion3l4 95 Jordan 83 32 Newton 94 60 Keener 79 98 Kankakee 37 58 Wheatfield 44 86 Carpenter 199 48 Milroy 52 54 Union 145 59 Subscribe for The Democrat. For Sale: —Lots 5 and 6, block 13, Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office.

OBITUARY.

William Beck was born in Holenzeler, Germany, July 11, 1820, and died at his home in this city on March 20, 1899. Deceased served in the Prussian army and in the war with Prussia and France prior to 1850. He came to America in 1850, and located at Rensselaer about one year later. He was married to Elizabeth Schanlaub of this city many years ago, whom with six children, Nary Beck, of Sedalia, Mo., Mrs. Caroline Nagel and Mrs. Amzie Meinbrook, both of near town, and Rosa. Wm. Jr. and Richard all living at home, survive him. For nearly twenty-six years he was sexton of Weston cemetery, a position which he faithfully filled and gave up a few years ago owing to failing health. He was a man of strong conviction, honest and upright in every way and was a most excellent citizen. The funeral was held from St. Augustine’s Catholic church, by the pastor, Rev. Father Jacobs, Wednesday morning, and interment made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of the city.

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Easter Sale Alexandria Kid Gloves, the best made. All shades. Chicago Bargain Store.

In Memmorium.

Mr. A. B. Long of Kniman, returned Tuesday from Marion, Ind., where he was called some days ago by the illness and subsequent death of his aged father. The following obituary is taken from the Marion News: William Long was born in Belmont county. Ohio, July 4,1815, died March 11,1800. aged 83 years, eight months and seven days. He was twice married, and survived the death of his last wife twenty-one years. His first marriage was to Harriet Brandon in 1837. To this union seven children were born, three of whom, Alexander 8.. William G. and James, survive. He was bereft of the companion of his youth, while they were living at Versailles, Dark county, Ohio, in 1852. In 1853 he came to this state, and was married again in 1855 to Catharine Stephenson. To this union two children were born, who are still living. The death of his second wife occurred in 1878, since which time he has not maintained a home of his own. For eighteen years past he has resided in this city with his son, James, by whom, with his family, every attention has been given him to make his declining years most pleasant and happy. With the above mentioned children who survive he leaves to grieve the loss of a brother, one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Lugar, the only remaining member of a large family. In his young manhood William Long became a Christian and united with the Christian church at Versailles, Ohio. Mr. Long served in the war of the rebellion and was mustered out at the close of the war. His Christian profession was maintained in active constancy through a period of about 60 years and bis hope in Christ was as an anchor to his soul growing more and more sure and steadfast with the increasing years of his life, For many yean past his membership has been with the Landessville Christian church. His chief occupation in his last years was the reading of the Book of books in the faith of which he was beautifully resigned when the end came. Though painful, his sickness was patiently endured and he died as he lived—in hope. His memory will be precious. “Let my end be like his.”

BIRTHS. March 18, to Mrs. and Mr. Wm. Pierson, a boy. March 20, to Mrs. and Mr. Jas. Meyers, a girl. Morris' English Stable Liniment I Sold by A. F. Long. /

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QUERIES FOR FARMERS.

The following questions have been prepared by the Jasper county Farmer’s institute committee with a view of drawing out an expression of views from the farmers. The columns of The Democrat are open to a free discussion of these topics. 4. When is it best to plow, in the spring or fall, for corn? 5. When and how do you sow Red Clover seed? How do you treat the crop to make it the most profitable? 6. Which is better, to plant pototaes in hills or drills? Brief answers to querries for farmers of last week: No. 1. The best time to sow oats is when the ground is in proper condition at the earliest date. No. 2. The number of bushels sown to the acre is dependent, not less than 2| or more than 3|, owing to condition, of soil. In 1898 I raised 50 bushels per acre from two bushels sown with a faulty seeder. No. 3. The best time to plow ground for oats is in the fall. Ground plowed in Jasper county in the spring lacks compactness, and experience proves it to be a failure. More oats can be raised if not plowed at all, and a disc used in the spring. Different soils require different methods. Experienced Farmer.

GREENBACKS

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 GLOBE.” The famous Hazzard circular, to capitalists in New York, and the Buell 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 “walk 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, and fabulous expenditures of money by our gov—rment during the past year, gold has in reased 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, thr 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 ?ad by all classes with pleasure and profit

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