Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — Page 4

i sm soomr mam.; ' ~_ • j l ' j .. u.MMwmmmMt Mnlieiiul at Hiii I*n»t nffir? n't iwi~T*r-r T ~~* TEBMB OF SUBSCRIPTION; ONE YEA* »•» SIX MONTHS 50c THJtEE MONTHS. Vc. Payable In Advance. Advertising rate* made known on application Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Ellis A Murray’s Store. For President in 1900, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

?. ? P SIS Beware of the men who aie always trying to defend the scoundrels who are fattening on public plunder. A close inspection will generally reveal the fact that they are sharing in the booty.—Hebron Newr. kbk i i i Open up the books! The wolf scalp bounty must go. Taxpayers of all political faiths should be interested in working for an investigation of county affairs. And now the printers throughout the country have received notice of an advance of 15 or 20 per cent, in the price of all printers’ material. David Flynn, ex-clerk of Tippecanoe and a most highly esteemed ma n, was found short SII,OOO by the book expert. Mr. Flynn claims that the county owes him.—Fowler Leader. The Barnacle is tickling all over because of Marshall’s latest libel suit against The Democrat. If the Barnacle “editor” is wise he will prepare himself for the ordeal of turning his column rules bottom up a little later on. The records show that one of the republican papers here —the Apologist—from April, 1898, to April, 1899, was allowed $586.58 through the commissioners’ court alone. Taxpayers, do you wonder at the editor of that sheet becoming so insanely mad at The Democrat for exposing these things?

The Democrat has said that the last allowance made for publishing the delinquent tax list showed an overcharge; that the allowance for publishing the treasurer’s notice to taxpayers (as near as we can gather from the records) showed an overcharge. These statements we are ready to defend the to supreme court if necessary.

What will be the next move on the part of the “County Officers Association?” The supreme court again declared the fee and salary law constitutional last Friday, and the next move of this organization of servants of the people formed to defeat laws enacted for the betr terraent and economy in the transaction of public business will be watched with interest.

An examination by experts into the Tippecanoe county clerk's office during the incumency of David H. Flynn, show a shortage of about SIO,OOO. A suit at law will probably follow for the recovery of the amount by the county commissioners. The publicity given the alleged shortage is liable to cause some other county officers to shiver in their boots.—Oxford Tribune.

; We care not what any of the republican newspapers of Rensselaer may say nor what any county officer may say, the allowance for jjpublishing the delinquent tax list . and the notice to taxpayers shows jptji overcharge. County officcre fare not infallible, remember. They have time and again said the fee and salary law was unconstitutional, yet the highest court in Indiana has repeatedly held it good. /■ * \ Taxpayers of Jasper county, arouse yourselves Hnd demand that an investigation of county affairs be made. Thousands of dol- , lars of the people’s money can |sp&h©ut doubt be collected back by the county. The Supreme Court has just re-affimed its decision on the fee and salary law, and all special allowances and fees Allowed county officers are absolutely llegal. They are confined Atrictly to the salaries fixed by law pfid “shall receive no other comDensation whatever ”

Tea mere regiments of soldiers will be sent to the to assist the “man of destiny” in his benevolent assimilation policy. Hie people expect those entrusted with public money not only to make s report to proper officials but to make s public accounting to them—the people. Neglect of this often causes suspicion more or less grave and much to the detriment of the community.—Fowler Leader. For all of last year White county paid out $42 fox and wolf scalp bounty, while Newton county expended S4B for wolf scalps alone. At the last session of the commissioners in Jasper bounty the allowed on wolf scalps aggregated $l6O, and- for the whole year it probably reached between S4OO I and SSOO.

. The Rensselaer editors will hold a reunion at Fair Oaks, Aug. 15. —Journal. Why not include the county officers in the list? Might just as well close up the court house on that day and make the reunion general. Perhaps McCoy will ran a special train and butcher a sheep or two, also.

Poor Baby George! With an annual pull of from S6OO to SI,OOO from the county treasury through the commissioner’s court, two or three times as much, no donbt, in the way of circuit court allowances, ditch notices, etc., to say nothing of sheriff’s sales, padded non-resi-de ut notices, city and school printing, etc., he puts up a howl like a lusty-lunged infant when he sees the nipple slowly slipping from his lip 6 by the exposures of rotteness made by The Democrat.

Life is too short to reproduce all the padded legal? of the self-con-fessed “decent” editor of the “decent paper down the street, and while the field is practically limitless, we must necessarilly stop somewhere. We think the people who have followed this feature of our exposures have become pretty well acquainted with the method of padding non-resident notices, and we shall probably switch off to sheriff sales, ditch notices, etc., ere long that they may see whether any overcharges for publication have been made in those matters. Another padded legal will appear next week.

For the fiscal year ending May 31,1898, White county, with a population one-third greater than Jasper, paid $1,200 for books and stationery and $468.90 for printing and advertising, a total of $1,668.90. For the same period Jasper county paid $2,882.08 for books and stationery and $421.95 for printing and advertising, a total of $3,304.03, or a little more than twice as much as White county. By the way, W 7 hite gets all her books and stationery for $1,200 per year, and has for the past three years. Wilson, Humphries & Co., have had the contract each year and there is no fault found with the quality of the work furnished by them. ,

The commissioners’ annual report—commonly called the auditor’s report—for the fiscal year ending May 31, is due at the June session of the commissioners in in each year, and in all our neighboring counties, we believe, this report was published a few weeks ago. In Jasper county, however, of late years this report has not been made until July or August, and even as late as September, if we remember correctly. When the report is made in this county for the last fiscal year The Democrat will make some interesting comparisons of county expenditures, it having preserved the reports published in neighboring counties.

During the campaign of 1896 about nine-tenths of the commercial travelers were shouting for McKinley, “sound money” and protection. They are now reapingjtheir harvest, according to E. P. Duwe, president of the Commercial Travelers’ National League, who testified before the industrial commission at Washington a few days ago, that the trusts have raised prices from 5 to 100 per cent. He gives the following specimens: Iron pipe, increase 100 per cent.; tin and enameled ware, 30; brass goods, 60; furniture, 30; paper, 10; soap, 10. He said commercial men generally now consider trusts a menace to the community. He considered that recent combines had thrown nearly half of the 350,000 traveling salesmen in America out of employment. 100 fancy plaid satin panwolw, value $2.00 to $3.50. Choice $1.25 to $1.48 each, at the Chicago Bargain Storq, * - v. * * ■ J , * .

Marshall Don't Like the Poor.

' The party who is supposed to make out the bills for padded legale and overcharges at the Apologist office, devotes considerable space in his “valuable sheet” to what be designates the 'poverty of Tax Democrat man. This is nothing new for republicans of his stripe. Themselves living off the misfortunes of their neighbors to a great extent, they have no use for a poor man—except at, election time. However, there are several statements in the article es this wholesale dealer in padded legalswhich we wish to briefly call attention to. ; The writer bought the Remington Press about four years ago for SI,OOO, and owned same a little more than three years. During the time we owned the plant it was assessed at J S4OO, which is within SBS of as much as the assessment last year of a certain republican newspaper office of Rensselaer which was valued by the proprietor at three times what we Slid for the Remington office. On arch 25,1898, we bargained for the sale of the Remington office, but the deal was not consumated and money and notes turned over until April 7, 1898, and we retained our key to said office until this time ana were therefore in possession of same. (The record of instruments recorded with the county recorder will bear out this statement.) On April 11 we were assessed by W. O. Roadifer, who had previously assessed our successor. They had given in the office to him to him for assessment, although it really should have been assessed to us. We gave in what other property we possessed, but did not give in the notes received from this sale, because they did not come into our possession nor was the deal consumated until April 7. It will thus be seen that Jasper county nor no one else lost anything, as the office was assessed to other parties. Last fall, unquestionably for revenge alone, the county officer who deceives his constituents by omitting n $4,000 loan from his annual report for two years, and who corrects errors of record by cutting out and destroying the pages—a most unheard of proceeding, by the way —summoned us to appear and show cause why we should not be assessed with the notes and money received on April 7! We answered this summons in person and by attorney, showing that we were in possession of the office on April 1, and gave the facts as above set forth. We also showed that we had debts covering much of the receipts from the sale, and presented a letter from our successors, confirming the above statement.

In spite of this showing the auditor put $1,350 on the tax duplicate against us, in addition to the assessment previously made by the assessor. This was done apparently for the sole reason that he could thus get a whack of revenge for our exposures of some of the shady transactions of his office, for he knew we must either pay it or go into court to get our rights, either one of which would cost us considerable and which we should not by all laws of right or equity be compelled to pay. It but shows the contemptible methods employed, however, by the gang who are making n life or death struggle to keep their hands in the pockets of the taxpayers of Jasper county. As to our assessment this year, we will venture to say that The Democrat is assessed at much more in proportion to the actual amount invested than any other printing office in Jasper county.

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Hk The State of Indiana, > Jasper County, > In the Jasper Circuit Court, January term. ■ 1X99. Adaline The raton 1 „ v » > Complaint No. 5676. Mattie St. Clair, et at ) Now comes the Plaintiff, by Ferguson & Wilson her attorneys and hies her complaint herein, with an affidavit that the defendants Signor Thornton and Thornton children and heirs of Pearl Thornton, deceased are not residents the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants. that unless they be and appear on the seven thday of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to beholden on the first Monday of January A. D. 1899, at the Court House in the city of Rensselaer, in skid county and (tale, and answer or demur to said complaint/ the same will be beard and determined in their absence. « —'—» In Witness whereof, I hereunto set j seal |my hand and affix the seal of said 1 Court, at Rensselaer. Indiana, this 18th day of November A. D. 1898. WM. H. COOVER, Ferguson & Wilson. Attys. for Pliff. Nov. 18-35 Dec. 2.

The above shows an overcharge of $2.00 over the rate allowed by statute for such publication. At this writing the bill has not been placed on the fee book, but the proof of publication shows the publisher’s fee. ITh*Dwtoc* a t will devote considerable attention to “padded legal*.*’ “overcharges. ’’ etc- during the next few weeks, A new “legal” will appear in each issue, apd we would e»eTtos3v*jO D Dew * p * p<:,r, • D< * wantedTn d Jw!per parties Wll1 U tt«n n be

Buggies* Surreys, Wagoiis, Mowers and Binders, Threshing Machine \ agency, and a full line extras on hand for mowers and binders. # The McCormick Mower and Binder; the Studebaker Bros. Firm Wagon agency, (have wagons in stock). I also have the agency for the Celebrated Weber Farm Wagon; the World’s Best Threshing Machines and Engines—The Huber—ask parties who use them. My line of surreys can not be duplicated for the price, I ask you to call and investigate. In , buggies I defy competition. Remember, I guarantee all goods I sell, and a special guarantee on prices of mowers and binders. .You will find these goods at the rear of Isaac Glazebrook’s blacksmith shop, Front St. Wishing my friends all a prosperous season, I am, ? Yours Very Truly, C. A. ROBERTS, Rensselaer, Ind.

Upholds The Disturbance.

The nincompoop who has charge of the Goodland edition of the Rensselaer Republican, and who no doubt hates Catholics as bitterly as the party who created the Dec-, oration day disturbance here, is the only person we have yet heard of who publicly endorses the action of the! latter. Perhaps, though, the endorsement might have been written from the office headquarters here, by the two-faced gentleman who has charge of the padded legal department of the parent paper, it seems the article bears ear-marks peculiar to him. The disturber of the exercises makes no secret of the fact, so we understand, that his objection to the zouaves was on account of their religion. Here is the article:

For the benefit of the old soldiers of this vicinity who may have gotten a wrong impression of the matter from some of the Rensselaer papers, we desire to give a few facts in the case which has come to our knowledge concerning the interruption of the Memorial services at that place on Decoration day. In the first place the committee on arrangements had no right to say who should fire the salute. That belonged to the Post itself. It is their right and privilege to detail a squad of their own members to attend to this part of the program. As it happened however, the committee did make arrangements to have the Zouaves fire the salute. The old soldier who created the disturbance took particular pains to try to find out what arrangements were being made, he having heard a rumor that the Zouaves were to act, and went to several of the committees for that purpose, but they der ied all knowledge of the affair. He gave them to understand that if anything of that nature was attempted he would make public objection, unless he could find out before and have the matter adjusted. He got no satisfaction however. and on Memorial day went so far as to crowd his way to the speakers stand and asked the master of ceremonies about it. He got the same reply, that he knew nothing about the matter. Then when the time came for the salute, this old soldier got up and publicly remonstrated against such action. Not on tne ground however lhat the company was a Catnolic body, but because it was other than a Grand Army detail. After the way the committee and speaker prevaricated, it was just and proper that toe remonstrance was made.

Real Estate Transfers.

Fraternal B. L. Ass’n to Martha Foster. May 29, pt se se 26-29-7, 3.17 acres. Marion, $825, Emmet L. Hollingsworth to John L. Jones, Jane 8, pt Its 8-4, bl 23. Rensselaer, SSOO. John Wagner to Peter Shide, April 15, pt ne 27-28-6, 42 acres, Carpenter, $945. Charity J. Morton to James E. Rounseville, May 27, se 7-31-7, sw 8-81-7, w<A nw 17-81-7, se nw 17-31-7, eH ne 17-81-7, sw ne 17-81-7, ne nw 17-31-7, Keener, $7925. Jasper Circuit Court to Sampson Evans, Apr. 11, eH nw ne 17-28-6. pt e‘A ne 17-28-6, Marion. Decree. William B. Austin et al to Sarah E. Miller, May 25. pt se 24-29-7, Newton. £l. q. c. d. Thomas Bohinan to Robt. Parker, July 29, 1898, pt It 7, bl 18. Remington, $825. Sadie E. Norris to Thomas Parker, Apr. 6, pt nw se 25-29-7, pt sw ne 25-29-7, pt It 2, Thompson’s Add., Rensselaer, S7OO. George K. Hollingsworth to H. L. Langdon, June 7, pt It 3, bl 8. Graham’s add., Wheatfield, $7, q. c. d. Anderson W. Jenkins to Jesse N. Jenkins. June 16, nw nw 28-30-6. 20 acres, Barkley, SI,OOO. John W. Paxton to David M. Worland, June 19, It 2, bl 1. Thompson's sub-div, of B. 8, Rensselaer,- SI,OOO. Jennie E, McCampbell to Almira M. Crouch, June 13, It 9, bl 7. Bruell’s Add., Remington, SSOO.

Non-Resident Notice. Tto State of Indiana, > In the Jasper Circuit Jasper County. f Court, January term 1899 Adaline Thornton ) „ va r > Complaint No. 5676. Mattie St. Clair, et al ) Now cornea the Plaintiff, by Pergufbn & Wilson. her attorneys, and file* her complaint herein, with an affidavit that the defendants Signor Thornton and —— Thornton children and heirs of Pearl Thornton, deceased are not residents the State of Indiana. N otice is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and apjfear on the seventh day of the next term of the JasperCtr- ' cuit Court to be holden on the first Monday of Januart A. D. 1899, at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, in said County and Skate, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in their absence. ( , In witness whereof, I hereunto set 1 seal i my hand and affix the seal of said ' ’ Court, at Rensselaer, Indiana, this 12th day of November A. D., 1808. Wm. H.Coover, Clerk.

Rensselaer Markets.

Wheat...... '.. . 80 to .65 Com so Oats • 22H to 24 Rye 46 Hay . , *6.00 Hogs to 8.50 Potatoes ~...80 to 9 Butter .10 Eggs ;10 Hen 5........ .07 Young Chickens..... v 12M Ducks 04 Roosters ~ .02 Turkeys 06 @ .08 Hides .....05 @ .00 Tallow... ; 06

J j, _ CMICAQO, INDIANAPOLIS A LOUISVILLS NT. Rensselaer Time-Table, Corrected to May 8,1800. South Bound. No. 31-Fast Mail 4:48 a, n>. No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No. 33—Indianapolis Mail, (dally).. 1:45p. m. No. 30—Milk accomm.. (daily) 0:15 p. m. No. 3 Louisville Express, (daily). .UKMp. m. •No. 45—Local freight 2:40 p.m. North Bound. No. 4-Mail, (dai1y)........ 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomm., (daily) 7:31*. m. No. 32-Fast Mail, (daily) 0:55 a. m. •No. 30—Cin. to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p. m. {No. 38—Cin. to Chicago 157 p. m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily). •• 3:27-p. m. •No. 46—Local freight 0:30 a. m. No. 74—Freight, (daUy( 9:09 p. m. •Daily except Sunday. {Sunday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon and Lowell. . Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Fkank J. Reed, G. P. A., W. H. McDoel. Vice-Pres, and Gen. M’g r, Chab. H. Rockwell, Traffic M'g’r, W. H. Bum, Agent. Rensselaer.

JOHN H. JESSEN, CIVIL ENGINEER. I make a specialty of all kinds of ditch work. Estimates of cost of construction furnished. Orders left at The Democrat office will receive prompt attention.

\DENTAL (SCIENCE j Has reached its highest C point in our office. We / have conquered pain and 1 anxiety. We have assured / our patients that our ? methods and prices are Hl' in keeping with dental progress. Confidence has been the keynote of our success. If we work for you once we’re sure of getting all your work, as weU as the dental work of your relatives and friends. Our dental work costs little. wears well?and is guaranteed to be the best that money can buy. Reimeioer Beni Conns, DR. J. W. HORTON. ' J. • - OFPICI UPtUIM IN MCW ■NICK, FIRST DOOR WUT OF F. O.

..QHENT.. Percheron Norman Stallion aged 8 years, will make the season; of 1899 at the Brick Livery Bam. near the river bridge, Rensselaer, Ind., every SATURDAY; balance of week at my. farm, XM miles north of the Jasper County Poor Farm. GHENT is a steel gray, good bone, fine style and action and weighs about 1400 pounds. Terms: Eight dollars to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with or removing mare from neighborhood in whicTi she belongs forfeits the insurance and money becomes due and payable at time of such parting or removal. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but I will not assume responsibility should any occur. C. E. MORRIS, Owner. ijWIiVVVVVVVWwWwVVVVVWVVIA ji New Undertaking j! ■ yinit 'i t ■ ! In Hinton building, one door ;[ i west of Makeever House, with a ; \ com pie e and first-class stock of I;funeral furnishings ;! i; i gjfffagtJiSsLg as! ii. faswwa&ssss, & (, ] \ A. B. COWGILL, r i | Residence at Makeever House, nnni '

Professional Cards. , .... ___ATTORNETO__^ Hanley & Hunt, Law, Abstracts, * Loans and Real Estate. Office in Hollingsworth Building, Ist door, rear of McCoyTßank. Geo. K. Hollingsworth Arthur H. Hopkins Hollingsworth & Hopkins, Attorneys at Law. fornei^ o **' PracticeinaUthecourts, purchase, sell and lease real estate. Attorneys for Bnmsnlsrr 8.L.45. Association. Jas. W. Douthit, LAWYER, Rensselaer, Indian* Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The L- N-A. AC.Ry, and Rensselaer W.L.A P. Co. g&»Offiee over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer, Indiana THANK VOLTS. C. •- IfITIU. MANNT H. KUNNIK Foltz, Spitler k Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bra.) Attomeys-at-Law. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Abstracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance. Abstracts and ■n aU of the courts. Office over Fannenf Bank, on Washington St., RENSSELAER, IND.

J.F. Warren J. W. Irwin Warren & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans' and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellow’s Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. R. S. Dwiggins, COUNCELOR AT LAW, Office in Room 7. Forsythe block. Rensselaer, Ind. BANKING. __ Addison Parkinson. John M. Wasson. President. Vice President. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Cashier. Commercial State Bank, (North Side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, IND. - The Only State Bank in Jasper Co DIKSCTOas. Addison Parkison, G. E. Murray, Jas.T. Ran* die, John M. Wasson and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This bank is prepared to transact a general banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought at current rates of interest. A 1 share of your patronage is solicited. * I. B. Washburn. B.C. English. Washburn & English, Physicians & Surgeons, Dr. Washburn wiU give special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and Chronic Diseases. Dr. English will give special attentibn to Surgery inali Departments, and general medicine. Office over Ellis A Murray's Telephone 48. _ _ DENTIST. H. L. BROWN;. Dentist Office over F. B. Meyer’s drug store. - I Caveats, and TradeJWarks obtained and all Pat-! ent business conducted for ' Ou, Or.lC. ~ o--o.it. u I..TT.T o**ic. i i if&ssSza Morri*’ Eogßsli Stable Lfobneat (h,n htmamStk Cth, Bnxlm, saIJ hv m V Tdinff