Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL MATTERS. Remington fair, Aug. 22 to 25. Old Settlers’ meeting at Delphi to-day. Farmers’ Picnic, at Wheatfield, Aug. 26. The Delphi Street Fair will be held Sept. 18-22. C. L. Ham of Morocco, was in the city Wednesday. Another 75-cent excursion to Chicago, Sunday, Aug. 13. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Osborn of Kirklin, spent Sunday here. Miss Haas of Tipton, is visiting Miss Sadie Leopold this week. New cement walks are being placed about the school buildings. Born, last Saturday, to Mrs. and Mr. Joe Thornton, a daughter. Tou can go to Chicago to-mor-row for 75 cents for the round trip. Miss Flossie Graves of Morocco, visited her sister, Mrs. J. A. Masker, this week. James L. Smith of Wheatfield, was a pleasant caller at The Democrat office Monday. Gus Phillips has returned to Binghampton, N. Y., to rejoin the Spooner Dramatic Co. D. A. Stoner’s new residence in the northwest part of the city is now ready for the plasterers. Mrs. Joseph Kennedy of Morocco, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris, of this place, Wednesday.

J. F. Major and Esau Hart of Rensselaer were over Tuesday, advertising the Remington fair attractions. Charles Rhoades, Louis Fendig and J. A. Hopkins took in the Lake Erie’s Niagara .Falls excursion last week. Don’t waste your fruit by putting it in poor cans. You can get the heavy “machine made” cans at McFarland’s at the same price. 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. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra C. Nowels left yesterday for Kokomo, where they will visit friends for a few days and will then return to their home in Lamar, Colo. The Monon section men at Brookston went out on a strike last week for an increase of wages. They are now getting $1.15 per per day and want $1.40. The case of the State of Indiana vs. F. E. Babcock for alleged libel against Geo. E. Marshall will come up for trial before Esq. Canny Hayes at Fair Oaks next Tuesday, Aug. 15. * The Ross elevator at Brookston was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday night, Aug. 2 The elevator contained 33,000 bushels of grain, and the net loss was from $5,000 to SB,OOO. Origin of fire unknown. The Democrat was the only paper published in the county that contained the proposed expenditures and tax levies in every township in Jasper county. Moral: If you want all the county news, read The Democrat. A national reunion of the Blue and Gray will be held at Evansville, Oct. 10 to 13, 1899. Distinguished generals of both sides end thousands of blue and gray veterans will be present. President McKinley and Gen. Lee are also expected to be in attendance. f r . . Mesdames Allen Catt and J. W. " S. Ullery were called to Greenfield, Hancock county, last Friday by the death of their father, W. G. Smoot, formerly a resident' of Rensselaer. Deceased died Friday at 1 o’clock p. in., and was buried at Greenfield on Sunday. His age was 82 years. -

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs West of Post Office. PF.NSSRI ( AF,R. IND. ■ .. . - ' . -., . V.. ‘ -i ..Vl’ X. , -T-L -♦ '*. .1 J& .»?.. I.

Geo. H. Brown of Knox, was in the city Thursday. Arthur H. Hopkins of Shelby, is in town for a few days. W. C. Babcock and wife were Chicago visitors Tuesday. C. B. Steward was in Racine, Wis., on business last week. Remember the Monon’s 75 cent excursion to Chicago to-morrow. Geo. K. Hollingsworth was in Chicago Wednesday on business. Attorney Honan and Postmaster Meyer and families are outing at Water Valley this week. Theodore Hurley of Blackford has had his pension increased from sl4 per month to sl7 per month. Sidney Schanlaub, Orange Bowers, Ross Goble and Samuel Fisher, all of Morocco, spent Sunday here. D. L. Prichard of Johnson county, visited friends here this week. He left a dollar for 52 weekly visits of The Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Macy of Indianapolis, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Makeever this week. The former is a son of Mrs. Makeever. The Wild West and Roman hippodrome entertainment at the Remington fair this year will attract hundreds of visitors who do not care for the regular program, and it is safe to say that the attendance will be nearly double that of any previous fair held there for years. Congressman Crumpacker was in the city Tuesday night and Wednesday morning for a short time. He went from here to Remington and Fowler to see about the establishing of rural free mail delivery routes from Remington and Fowler to the east quarter of Benton county. The first reunion of the Jasper County Soldiers and Sailors association was held at Fountain Park on Friday and Saturday last, and was very successful. D. H. Yeoman of this city, was elected president for the coming year and Capt. J. M. Wasson, also of Rensselaer, secretary and treasurer. The next reunion will be held- at Rensselaer. The latest plan to drain the Kankakee marsh is to tap the river near Baum’s bridge, in Jasper county, with a ditch one hundred feet wide and nine feet deep, and go down the south marsh to the Lake-Porter county line, and then use the Brown and Singleton ditches to the State line. The latter ditches will be widened sixty feet and deepened. This will make a straight water course for twenty miles.

The physicians’ meeting at Bass Lake last Tuesday was quite well attended and a temporary organization effected. The name selected was the Kankakee Valley District Medical Society. About fourteen counties in northwestern Indiana will be included in the organization. Drs. Washburn of this city, Thomas of Logansport, and Thompson of Winamac, were appointed to draft constitution and by-laws which will be presented at a meeting to be held at North Judson next month to complete the organization. i A son of Thos. A. Crockett, located at Battineau, N. D., writes back home that crops in his locality are very good and better weather could not be asked for at present. He also states that work at reasonable wages is plenty. He says that harvest hands are in great demand' and that it would be a good opportunity for our boys here at home, who are unemployed, to go out there. The pay for this kind of work being from $2.00 to $2.25 per day. In a little more personal part of his letter, he speaks of hie health being good and that he has been offered a good position—running a separator—at $5 per day. Frank Watson a former Jasper county boy located at the same place, as Mr. C. informs us, has charge of a traction engine, receiving $5:00 per day as salary.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, August 12, 1899.

GIFFORD’S RAILROAD.

He WHI Bring It Here for $13,000 and Free Right-Of-Way,—Thence to Remington and the Coal Fields. Through the personal efforts of a few of the prominent citizens of Rensselaer, notably W. B. Austin, B. J. Gifford has signified his willingness to change the proposed route of his railroad from McCoysburg and thence south to Wolcott and Lafayette and south along the west bank of the Wabash to the coal fields, by coming east from a point near what is called the old Continental survey, running through Rensselaer, thence south to Remington, and thence south to Lafayette or, perhaps, to Fowler and southeast to the coal fields. To make this change Mr. Gifford asks for free right-of-way and $12,000 through Rensselaer and free right-of-way through Remington. Whether or not he asks for any cash from Remington and Carpenter tp., in addition to right-of-way, we have not learned. The The north outlet of the road is expected to be at Hammond, eventually, where it will connect with some of the lines running into Chicago. Several meetingshave been held this week to discuss the matter, the largest one probably being held Thursday night, at which time the sentiment of those present seemed to be practically unanimous for the road and that the best way to raise the cash necessary was by voting a tax of about 9 cents on the SIOO in Marion tp., and Rensselaer. This would raise about SIB,OOO it is said, which would give Mr. Gifford his $12,000 and leave $6,000 to pay for securing right of way, which might not cost, however, one-half that sum. Committees were appointed to confer with Mr. Gifford and secure the right-of-way, to secure the necessary 25 signatures to call an election and for various other purposes. The advantages another railroad would be to Rensselaer must be apparent to all who have given the matter much thought, although we do not look for the great things to come from it so speedily as many of the enthusiasts. It is not likely it would amount to very much for some years to come. The tax voted to secure the road would be paid back in a few years in the road’s regular taxes and the location of the line through here would no doubt give thp town a boom which would help to fill some of the now vacant workingmen’s homes, something greatly to be desired. It is practically assured that an election will be held as soon as the necessary notice can be given, that the vote will be largely in favor of the project, and that the road will be built at least as far as Rensselaer ere snow flies.

For several weeks the newspapers of the country have been carrying an advertisement for the New York Star, headed “A S4O Bicycle Given Away Daily.” The Democrat never carries an ad that is not “straight” and reliable if it knows it, but in this case, like nearly all other papers, no doubt, the prospectus sent out with the order for the advertising led us to believe that the advertisement meant exactly what it said. It seems, however, that there is a “catch” to it. One of our readers who sent the 24 cents for trial subscription with a list of words, received notice that he had been awarded a “special daily prize, which will be forwarded on compliance with the rules governing the contest.” The “rules” it appears, require the “lucky” individual awarded the “prize” to send $2.50 more in cash for two yearly subscriptions to the “Star” and to pay for boxing and packing the “prize.” The publication referred to would hardly be taken from the postoffice by most people if sent them free gratis. The Democrat has dropped the ad of the “Star” and advises its readers to have nothing to do with* the concern. A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

Don't Bite.

ABOUT LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.

Last week, after it was found that the township trustees proposed to ignore the new reform law requiring that their estimates and proposed tax levies be published in ‘*THE two leading newspapers published in the county, representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes in such county at the last proceeding general election,” the matter was talked over by a number of the leading democrats here and The Democrat editor was advised to indite the following letter to each of the various trustees: Rensselaer, Ind, Aug. 1,1809. Dear Sir: You are hereby notified that at a meeting, regularly called, of the Democratic County Central Committee, held in Feb. 1899, the Jasper County Democrat was adopted as the only recognized Democratic paper published in Jasper County; that a statement to this effect, signed by the Dem. County Chairman and every Democratic member of the County Council has since been filed with the County Auditor. You are therefore notified that action will be brought in court against allowing pay for or recognizing the legality of any publication required to be made by any township or county official in a Democratic paper, if made in any other paper in the county. Copies of this letter have been mailed to-day to every Tp. Trustee in the county, after a conference of Democrats in regard to this matter. Very Truly, F. E. Babcock, Publisher.

The estimates, with the exception of that of the Trustee of Kankakee township were published in the so-called Democratic (?) Sentinel. a publication of very limited circulation, nearly all of which is among republicans, and which DID NOT represent the democrats in the last general election. The publications required to be made in a republican paper were divided between the Republican and the Journal, which was clearly illegal, as the statute states clearly that they must be made in THE TWO, etc. which certainly does not mean a half dozen papers. As was to have been supposed, the Rensselaer Republican, takes up the cudgel in defending the publication of these estimates in the Sentinel, and says the trustees themselves are the sole judges of what papers shall be recognized, notwithstanding the law is very plain to the contrary; and in a long tirade of abuse accuses The DemfocßAT . editor of attempting to “hold up” the trustees, and that the above letter is “a sort of a strong arm game which is verging on blackmail.” We are not advised as to which of the county officers wrote the aiticle so strongly tinctured with libel, but we will not accuse the traveling cigarrette sign who has charge of the Republican during the editor's absence with having done so, although he palms off the brainy (?) effusion as original. The fact is that the democrats themselves propose to say what is a democratic paper instead of allowing the republican officers to name one for them, a proposition which no fairminded man can say is not fair and just As citizens and taxpayers the democrats of Jasper county have some rights which even republican officials must respect, and the time for asserting those rights, which have so long been ignored, is at hand. The leading democratic paper is a paper recognized by the democrats as a democratic paper and which has a circulation sufficient to render itthe leading paper We will venture the assertion that the so-called Democratic (?) Sentinel has not 25 regular democratic subscribers in Jasper county, and we have taken the trouble to make a few inquires in this matter. As an example of the democrats reached by it we cite the following: In the whole of Jordan tp., just 2 democrats are subscribers thereto, while The Jasper Counts Democrat has 54 regular paid subscribers in that township. At Remington 5 copies of the Sentinel are sent —not all to democrats, however—while we send 125 copies to regular subscribers at that office. At Parr 2 copies of the Sentinel are sent, we send 18 copies. At Dunnville or Tefft, the Sentinel sends 3 copies—one of which is to Hon. I. D. Dunn, a republican —while we send 16 copies. At Wheatfield about 3 copies of the Sentinel are sent, while we send 32.

PLEASANT FACTS

About Dr. Jacques Dessler, the Celebrated Optical Expert, of Rensselaer. A letter; of thanks has been presented to us by Dr. JacqtintW Dessler, which he received from one of his many customers. v ’ for the benefit of the people in general we take great pleasure in ■ i copying the text of said letter. * To Whom It May Concern. « I, undersigned, do hereby gladly testify that after trying for the last five years to get relief of my eye trouble in Chicago as well as in Rensselaer, and after spending several hundred dollars, I didiS not find any cure. j I decided to see Dr. Jacques Dessler, of Rensselaer, and am J? pleased to say that having been only four weeks under his treat- | ment that the Dr. succeeded in a wonderful way, through a clever I manipulation of glasses, in curing my eyes to my highest satisfac- | tion. I can with honesty recommend him to any and every-one ; ’ who suffers with their eyes to trust Dr. Dessler and to haye full confidence in his work. He has shown his reliability, honesty ? and thorough skillfulness of his profession. I hope that this rec* | 1 ommendation will do him good as he deserves, and allow to have this writing published in any newspaper he may desire. I shall ; be pleased to state these facts to any and every one personally. Wishing him success, I remain in thankfulness, Respectfully, G. I. THOMAS. J Notice: This party lives five miles south of Kniman. -2

The same ratio will be found all over the county, and we will add that almost every democrat who receives a copy of the Sentinel is a subscriber to The Democrat. Now, in these five townships and postoffices The Democrat sends to regular paid subscribers 227 copies, while the Sentinel sends but 12! It would thus seem that it would not be difficult to determine which was the leading paper, even though the democrats avered that the Sentinel represented said party in the last general election, which they deny utterly, or that it has represented said party for years. Publication of any matter relating to the conduct of public affairs is done primarily for the information of the public. In ancient times this public service was performed by a person called a “crier,” who went about the streets proclaiming in a loud voice the orders of th§ court or matters pertaining to the public. The new reform laws were enacted for the purpose of giving the public an incite to public business, by requiring estimates —in case of trustees —of public expenditures to be published in “THE two leading newspapers published in the county representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes in such county at the last preceding general election.” This means something,—means in fact just what it says. It means that publication SHALL be made in the papers having the largest circulation in the county representing THE two political parties, that the largest possible publicity may be given the estimates. The wild-eyed Fejee now conducting the* “official organ” has “analyzed” this law and arrived at the conclusion that the trustee is the sole judge where he will advertise. “What constitutes the leading paper?” shouts this bucolic windjammer. The paper that has the largest circulation —the paper that gives the largest publicity to the matter published—this is the sole reason for making the publication

It was to have been expected that the republican trustees would make publication in the “Barnacle. ” From the size of the estimates the sole publication should have been made there as its emulation is confined entirely to county officials and a half-dozen democrats who have been unable to break the “editor” of the habit of “borrowing” a dollar ten or twelve times a year. It was also to have been expected that republican officials would evade the law, for if there is one thing more than another the average Jasper county republican official hates it is for the people to get onto his “methods” of doing public business, and for the good of some of them it is well the people remain in ignorance. 100 good envelopes with your return card printed thereon for only 50 cents, at this office.

Vol. 11. No. 18

KEMP SISTERS’

Roman Hippodrome Races, Daring - Wild West Shows.—Hurdle and Chariot Races, Remarkable Feats in Horsemanship. J GRAND FREE AND OWED EXHIBHIOB Every Day of the Remignton FairAugust aa to ag, 1899. In addition to the regular pro-| gram at the Remington Fair this year the management has gone to great expense to secure the above 3 famous company of cow boys and ? cow girls, who will give daily free I exhibitions upon the race track 5 and grounds. The company consists of 14 people and 30 horses, and their feats of horsemenship, chariot races, hurdle races, Roman | hippodrome and bareback standing races are worth going miles to see. They have the grandest troupe of thoroughbred horses, bronchos, mustangs and ponies, | and trappings of ever-day life in the far West ever seen. Both male and female riders, wild frontier life, cowl oys capturing a horse thief, cowboys chasing a bride, holding up a stage coach, burning a cabin, trick and fancy shooting, are among the many features represented. The little Welch ponies actually jumping hurdles 4 and 5 feet high, ridden by the youngest female riders on earth, 11 and 13 years of age. A thrilling wild west representation enacted by genuine Western plainsmen. Ten performances . daily. One of the grandest and best Wild West exhibitions ever given in Northwestern Indiana. All this and much more is absolutely free to all visitors. Don’t miss it.

For Sale:—Lots 5 & 6, Newton’s addition, 134 feet front, good location. Easy terms. Enquire at this office. ’ ’ Commissioners’ Court. Petition of Francis M. Welsh et al for vacation of road in Jordan tp., Benj. Harris, L. Strong and J. F. Warren appointed viewers, to meet Aug. 22. Petition of G. M. Kissinger et al for highway, road ordered established 50 feet wide. Petition of Chas. Borntrager et al for highway, road ordered established 55 feet wide. Petition of Simon Cook et al for highway in Milroy tp., Felix French, J. W. Cowden and P. C. Wasson appointed viewers, to meet Aug. 22. A saloon license was granted Geo. J. Nichols of Wheatfield. Reports of township trustees were received and estimates of the county officers. A complete report of commissioners doings, including bills acted upon, will be given next week. Our columns are too crowded to admit of full report in this issue.