Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

PAINTING... Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Bicycles. WOOD WORK, Of all kinds on Carriages, Buggies, Plows. Etc., Etc. BLACKSMITHING, And repairing of every description. Horse shoeing, 4 Shoes for 50c. My prices arc ' ' always right. All work fully warranted. 30 years experience. THE SOffifl FROKI STREHM IND GIRRIIGE W, J. P. WARNER, Proprietor.

LOCAL MATTERS. Guss Phillips is home for his summer vacation. James H. Chapman is rusticating at West Baden. Miss Emma Lynn is visiting her parents at Attica. You’ll get the best goods if you buy at Hunt Bros.’ drug store. Mrs. J. C. Norman went to Chicago last Friday to visit her daughter. D. A. Bickel and family of Carp?nter township, were in Rensselaer Monday. Your prescriptions will receive prompt attention if taken to Hunt Bros.’ drug store. Trustee Kaupke and John Finn were down from Kankakee township, last Monday. The county board of review meets June 19, and will be in session for sixty days. Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Moorehead of Remington, were in Rensselaer a few hours Thursday. Stock and Poultry food and Condition Powders, the best, at Hunt Bros.’ drug store. St. Louis vs Chicago ball game is one of the attractions at the Windy City to-morrow. Eight new subscribers were added to The Democrat’s subscription list last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Osborn of Remington, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parks. Bring your butter and eggs to Smith & Guss. Cash or trade. New Grocery Liberal Corner. Sheriff Reed took James Bislosky, who was recently adjudged to Long Cliff Tuesday. Quite a number of Rensselaer people attended the Benbow-Trox-ell wedding at DeMotte Tuesday. The amount of unloaned school funds on hand, as shown by the bulletin in the auditor’s office is $991. Harry Bott, late of this citv, has taken a position on the Delphi Journal, says the Monticello Journal. Prosecuting Attorney Mills has appointed Geo. W. Kassabaum, of Kentland, deputy prosecutor for Newton county. Quite a number of Remington and Wheatfield people were in town Tuesday, principally on liquor license business. You can make your chickens happy by' getting a bottle of Baughman’s Lice Paint and using ✓A as directed. For sole by Hunt 1 sos. All standard brands of white lead, including Eckstein, Eagle, Chrter and Railway, for sale at lowest prices at Hunt Bros.’ drug store.

DR. MOORE, Specialist Office First Stairs West of Post Office. dßhusesofwomw. lINLJ.

i ■ ... J. G. Reynolds is said to be improving from his severe illness. The trust will advance the price of farm implements 20 per cent, it is said. B, E. Coover of Wilson, Kan., was visiting his brother, the county clerk, this week. Croquets, hammocks, fishing tackle, base ball supplies, etc., at Hunt Bros., druggists. Mrs. George Stondt and daughter Ruth, of Remington, are guests of Mrs. F. E. Babcock. J. S. Barnes and Ezra Whitehead of Remington, were in Rensselaer on business Thursday. C. A. Roberts will sell you buggies, for the next thirty days, at cost, providing a cash sale is made. Samuel Roth of this city, and Miss Julia App, of Mulberry, were married at the latter place Wednesday. The foundation for White’s new business building, just north of the Chicago Bargain Store, is completed. > At a special meeting of the city council Tuesday evening, the ordinances for the proposed street improvements were adopted. Remember C. A. Roberts will sell you a nice, new buggy at cost. This great cash offer will be good for thirty .days only. Call early. The Indiana Macadam Co., has secured the contract for building a system of macadam roads in Lake county, the contract price being $47,540. The Wheatfield assault case was tried before Esq. Burnham Thursday. The court will think over the matter until 8 a. m., Monday before rendering a decision. Mrs. H. M. Shipman has our thanks for a basket of mammoth strawberries. Mrs. Shipman informs us that she has already picked over 1,000 quarts from this field. W. L. Kellenberger of Brook, was elected county superintendent in Newton county on the 147th ballot. There were four candidates for the place and the balloting continued until 10 p. m. The dedication service of Milroy Baptist church will occur Sunday, June 18th, at 10:30 a. m. Rev. A. Ogle of Indianapolis, will preach the dedicatory sermon. All are cordially invited to attend. The township trustees met last Monday morning and unanimously elected L. H. Hamilton, the present incumbent, county superintendent, Mr. Hamilton being the only candidate for the position. Remember the Monon’s excurto Chicago to-morrow. Special train will pass Rensselaer at 8:48 a. m. arriving in Chicago at 11:30. Returning will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m. Only 75 cents for the round trip.

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J. L. Sullivan s at Cameron Springs. Constance Adams visited in Indianapolis the first of the week. The St Joseph College students picnicked at Cedar Lake WedneeMisses Mary Goetz and daxa Haste are attending school at Vftpaiaiso. A. Leopold attended commencement at Bloomington. Mose graduated. Joe Lakey went to Chicago Thursday, where he is to enter the employ of the Chicago Iron Co. N. S. Bates remembered The Democrat editor with a couple of baskets of fine strawberries yesterday. Supt. Thornburg of White county, was unanimously re-elected county superintendent last Monday, there being no opposing candidate. See the ‘'machine made” fruit jars at McFarland's before buying elsewhere. They are 200 per cent, better than those cheap things you bought last year. John Schanlaub has Ths Democrat’s thanks for a basket of the largest and most luscious strawberries that ever grew. John ; states that his field is yielding i well and the fruit is of exceptioni ally good quality this season. 1 ■ The Delphi Journal of last week contained a very nice mention of our popular townsman, E. PHonan, who with Mrs. Honan, was visiting old friends in that city. We regret that we are unable to re-publish the article, owing to lack of space. Rev. D. J. Huston, of Milroy township, was attending the Sunday school convention here Wednesday and made The Democrat a brief but pleasant call. Mr. Huston is climbing along well up towards eighty, but is as active and earnest in the Christian work as many a younger man. The 16-year-okl daughter of Rev. David Handley, a former pastor of the M. E. church st Remington, died on the 27th uh, at her home in Winamac. She had been ill for several months from an ailment which baffled the skill of physicians, although for want of a better name was called consumption. In Newton county, where the county officials evidently wish to obey the letter and spirit of the law, a lot of poor farm stock was recently sold after due notice had been given. The Goodland Journal says of the sale: “The recent | sale of fat stock at the poor farm I attracted buyers from all over the county, and the stock brought fairly good figures. Henry Butler, of this place, bought the twenty head of cattle, against a dozen or more bidders.” The Marion township and Rensselaer assessment for the year 1899 will show an increase of about SIOO,OOO over last year, the total increase in Rensselaer being about $17,000. The personal assessmentin Rensselaer is. $6,800 short of last year. Real estate in the city is also assessed lower, but the value of improvements are increased. The total assessed valuation of Rensselaer is given at $1,162285, which includes personal and realty. The total for Marion tp, is $795,030.00. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan returned home again a few days ago. They will leave about the 20th for Burlington, Vti, where Mr. Honan is a delegate to the international convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters, and will probebly be gone about a week or ten days. Mr. Honan has not fully decided yet whether to locate in Indianapolis or to hang out his shingle in Rensselaer, but his many friends throughout the county trust he will decide upon the latter. The Democrat believes Mr. Honan has a very bright future before him and thinks that Jasper county is the for him to let his — I II

COMMISSIONERS' COURT.

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We-kave just received a comfthto Line of Palmer’s perfumes. Thy them. Hunt Bros. Chftib Pierson, aged 77 years, dfaft at his home southeast of town, iTtesaftuy. He was an old and esIrauNi resident of this county. Fuaaral services were held at iWaftam aahoal houae, Thursday afiußuoon, H. M. Middleton :«auftaHißg the services. Interment in Crockett cemetery.

A Repentent “Sinner.”

Sheriff Reed received a novel letter from Chicago this week, containing a number of religious tesets&nd the following letter: JuneJS, FIWIO SHI:—I want to ask forgiveness for O***ii« in nerner of jail yard and taking a fill I—ll isithunt perminsinn This was some Hiss a—rsaen or more. As I wish to make nostitntwn for things taken as near as posaibfo. E sneiuseSe for pay. Yours Truly. The letter was well written, and mgued. The writer is also unknown to anyone here, but as his intentions were evidently of the best., we deem it proper to not publish the name. Nate is at a Ohm what to do with the nickle. ffiehas consulted a number of emmenk gentlemen here and each onw has a different opinion to offer: Some have been so uncharitahlM as to suggest that the nickle was-to-pay Nate for his time in perusihg the religious tracts, etc., amhthat the theft of the flower story was just a scheme on the pact o£ the writer to get these teacto into our sheriff’s hands, wii& tfieutea that he would give them his-personal attention instead off taming them over to the deputy. As- to the disposition of the niirkle. The Democrat suggests taiafc Sheriff Reed start a conscience tfttoft, toft that the whole of the intecest on the first contribution be used; to pay the annual subscripttijm to the copy of the Barnacle whiirh. is kept on file at the court house;

Fair Oaks to Celebrate.

Arrangements have been made Snr a rousing celebration at Fair Otito cm. the glorious 4th. The rtniwtainmpnt will consist of speakmgj. toise racing, foot races, sack greased pole, greased pig, aaftwHOBUR other sports, includmga ftaunag pavilion for those wto desire to trip fee light fantastic. The program will be «amK«£ out on grounds adjoining fee- town where there is plenty of room and good shade for all. Fair Oaks- has given some good celebratiDnsin fee past, but efforts will to made this year to eclipse all previn us entertainments in this Dbnt forget feat fee old relifelkdrug store is the place to buy what yon need in drugs, mediator. paints oils, varnishes, wall paper., glass, stationery, books, ftuniw and toilet articles, perfumes, brushes etc. Our stock is compfete, our- prices correct. Come onaw and yon will come again. Meyers" old. stand.

Picnic.

The eitiaens of Rensselaer and wnrtoiryam invited to join with tito-M.BL Milroy Circle, Ladies of fee- €5- A R.. in a picnic at M. L. Spaders grove on the afternoon evening of June 12th in honor rs fee General's birthday. A stout program suitable to the ocotoisn wiR to given. Bring your baskets- and your families, and ewmr expecting to have a good tto®. The Circle will have ice eneam and lemonade to sell.

MRS. SAILERS, PRES.

Mrs, PbRTER. See’y.

I. S. WADE.

Am all-day meeting wiil to held Sunday, June fee Grove, a short distamra west of the Surrey store. Tbftwffl to an all-day service, Cbunt wife well filled baskets. If fee- wwfeer » bad the services wffll to told in Vaughn church. i 9MB-WirttaMwl aon< service Wm. t Temperance JBYetfce Ckmtek. . SWi HiMi, C RtYtaMBROB, Ckairman.

Another Fling From the Apologist.

The “padded legal” gent whu “edits” the Washington street “paper” called the “official organ” and who is always ready with an apology for every scheme concocted by the ring to skin the tax-payera, takes another dirty fling at The Democrat this week for the latter’s “fight” on Supt. Hamilton for re-election. Of course every reader of The Democrat knows that there is not one iota of truth in the Apologists’ article, and that no fight whatever was made on Mr. Hamilton by this paper. The Democrat did copy somn figures from the state reports on the cost of county superitendent in this county, and made a comparison with other counties in this relation, but not a sylable touching upon Mr. Hamilton’s fitness for the office nor that his work as such officer had been unsatisfactory was ever made in these columns. To be sure the state reports made a rather unfavorable showing for Mr. Hamilton, in the way of increased expense of his office, but probably no more so than in other matters pertaining to th® management of public affairs in Jasper county, the whole report showing very plainly that this county is among the very highest taxed and most expensive governed counties of the state. That a more thorough understanding of this county superintendent business may be had by taxpayers, a table giving the cost for 1898 in the four highest-priced counties in the state for this service (including Jasper) and our neighboring counties of Bento* and White, and Allen, the largest county in the state, together with the number of townships and schoolhouses in each county, is given below. Not one of these counties but has a larger population than Jasper, and Allen has a population five times as great. The cost in this county was about S4OO more in 1898 than the average for th® four preceding years. These figures are official and we defy anyone to disprove them. In Grant county, by the way, as a result of an investigation of the county commissioners alone, the said commissioners are alleged to be anxious to turn into the county treasury some $2,000 each which they had illegally drawn from the same. (The number of schoolhouses in Keener township is not given in the report for which these figures are taken, but we believe there are five, which should be added to the 90 as given in the following tabla. No report as to number of schoolhouses is given in one township in Elhart county.) Countiw. Exp. No. Tp's No. So. HL | Elkhartsl 892 20 16 12J St. Joseph 1 665 77 13 M Grant 1 636 63 13 10» JabPER. 1 630 96 13 M 8ent0n,...1 230 00 11 M White 1 236 00 11 US Allenl4l* 00 20 US

Fountain Park Assembly,

Remington, Ind., August sth to 20th, 1899. A splendid program each day and evening. Equal to the older Chautauquas. Held during light of the moon. Get a program of Robt. Parker, Remington, Ind., after June 15, 1899.

HUNT BROS.

Remembered Their Late Comrade.

The comrades of the late Elwood Spriggs of Walker township, sent a handsome floral wreath to the parents of the deceased, to be placed upon his grave on Decoration day, and accompanying the floral tribute was the following letter: Kansas City, Mo., May 29,1899. Mr. Spriggs, Dear Sir: By request of Capt. SchuylerC. Kelley, Co. G., 3rd Mo., and enlisted men of same, I write you and inform you that thia wreath is a token of our friendshipfor your late son in whom we reposed the utmost confidence and who gave his life for a just and noble cause. We are sorry that death claimed, him bet such are the fortunes of war, to be cut down by disease or armed conflict. The entire company unite in sending ymt* your entire family and your friends In the eV cinity of home, our sympathy in the loss of your son. Please see that it is placed oa his grave on Decoration day, and we shall consider that we are amply repaid. Also send me a letter so that I can ten fee boys that the flowers reach their destinafeM. Trusting that all will be happy for you ae* yours in the future, I Remain Yours Affectionately, Charles E. McDonald. 10 Live Stock Exchange. Kansas City, Mo. ,

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