Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL MATTERS. Remington fair, Aug. 22 to 25. Farmers’ Picnic, at Wheatfield, Aug. 26. The Delphi Street Fair will be held Sept. 18-22. Fowler will hold a street fair the last week in Sept. Newton county soldiers’ reunion at Brook, Aug. 24-25. Mrs. J. H. Jessen and daughter are visiting friends at Lebanon. James Wiseman of Union tp. celebrated his 73d birthday Monday. Rooms to rent, or board, 5 doors north of water works. Nanoy W. Rees. The two best wagons on wheels, Studebaker and Weber, for sale by O. A, Roberts. Walter Davis of Laurens, lowa, is visiting with Mrs. A. M. Harrison and family. Mr. B. Cawley and daughter of Remington, were in town a few hours Wednesday. Congressman Crumpacker will speak at the Farmers’ picnic at Wheatfield, Aug. 26. Will Schanlaub is attending the Newton county teachers’ institute at Goodland this week. Thomas Jacks and wife of Lee, spent the day Tuesday with their son A. A. Jacks, of this city. Morocco will hold no fair this year, but contemplates having a fall race meeting, says the Courier. The annual reunion of the Yeoman family was held yesterday at the home of James Yeoman, west of town. Miss Flora Harrison who has been visiting in Newton county for the last two weeks, has returned home. M. A. Thomas went to Shoshone, Ohio, Wednesday to attend a reunion of the Thomas family, to be held there yesterday. Miss Linnie Worland, who has been visiting her brother D. M. Worland, of this city, returned to her home in Kansas last week. Elza Grow and Omar Kenton departed Monday evening for Niagara Falls, and New York City. They expect to be gone about two weeks. Mrs. Wm. Washburn and daughter Iva, left Thursday for Bay View, Mich., to spend the balance of the summer for the benefit of the former’s health. W. W. Cannada, U. 8. consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, is visiting his cousin, W. Parkison, and numerous relatives and friends hereabouts for a few days.

John H. Jessen may not be leaving his “foot-prints on the sands of time,” bat he is leaving some excellent cement walks in various parts of the town.—Morocco Courier. The advertisement for bids for constructing the basement for the fine new church which the Catholic people are about to build at Remington, will be found in another column of The Democrat. Farmers should bear in mind that there is a law which gives them a rebate on their taxes for cutting down weeds and brush along the roads near their farms. It gives your place a nicer appearance and pays you for your trouble. By the terms of the telephone franchise recently granted the Jasper County Telephone Co., by the town of Wheatfield, the latter, in its official capacity, is to have free use of toll lines to Rensselaer for town business during the ten years the franchise is to run. The Goodland Herald plant has been purchased by A. J. Kitt of the Journal and the two offices will be consolidated Oct. 15. It is rumored that H. J. Bartoo, the present leessee of the Herald, has announced his intention of starting a new paper there. This is hardly probable, however.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND. i ■ ’•nA •* M ~

The cattle market is booming. Judge Thompson farmed at Parr this week. Mrs. C. E. Mills visited friends in Chicago this week. / Mrs. John Eger is j visiting friends at Terre Haute. Jerry Healy is visiting friends at Delphi and Frankfort this week. Born, Aug.-14, to Mrs. and Mr. Geo. E. Nichols, north of town, a daughter. Mrs. C. W. Rhoads will go to Ft. Wayne to-morrow for a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. 8. Spees. Dr. Utter of Dowell, a former pastor of the M. E. church at this place, visited friends her® Thursday- -■ h ; - Miss Matilda Ramp and sister Madalene, will go to Hammond to-morrow for a week’s visit with friends. - V C. D. Nowels is building an addition to the rear of his block of business rooms on West Washington street. New pensions: Original, James G. Smith, Seafield, $8; restoration and additional, James Rogers, deceased, Wolcott, $8 to sl2. The Kentland fair will be held Aug. 30 to Sept. 1. A feature of the attractions will be a cake walk by professional colored cake walkers.

We understand that the tax cases against D. A. Stoner and W. H. Eger will be dismissed, they having made satisfactory explanations to the prosecutor in the matter. You should see C. A. Roberts for Buggies and Road Wagons before buying. It will cost you nothing to see them. At the rear of Glazebrook's blacksmith shop. The Fowler tax levy for next year is: road tax, 15c; corporation, 50; electric light, 15; hydrant rental, 20; interest on school house bonds, 10; corporation poll, 50. —Benton Review. Rev. L. B. Appleton will preach at the U. B. church to-morrow at 10:30 a. m., and at Vaughn chapel Sunday evening, in place of the pastor who is ill. Young people’s meeting at 6:30 p. m. Everybody invited. The Democrat editor acknowledges receipt of an invitation to attend a “woodchopping bee” at Wheatfield by the M. W. A’s on Thursday evening last, but was unable to leave, much as he would have liked to have been there. The Monon will run a special train on Thursday, Sept. 7, to Lafayette, account of Tippecanoe County Fair. Train will leave Rensselaer at 7:50 a. m. Returningwillleave Lafayette at 6:30 p. m. Round trip fare from Rensselaer, $1.40.

The law relating to the publishing of the reports of township trustees requires that such reports shall be published within ten days after the annual settlement with the commissioners. The ten days was up Thursday, and every report Sublished in this county after such ate is not complying with the law by any means. Horatio Ropp and Alex Hurley who were in the Augsberger house north of town, last week when the building was struck by lightning, were quite severely shocked, especially Mr. Ropp. The bolt burned him considerably, tore one shoe off and streaked his body till his skin resembled the hide of a zebra. He is still unable to do any work at this writing. It was an exceedingly close call. White County Democrat: The libel suit instituted some time ago by George E. Marshall, editor of the Rensselaer Republican, against Frank E. Babcock, editor of The Democrat, was dismissed last Monday, Mr. Marshall failing to appear and prosecute. This is the third libel suit that has been brought against The Democrat editor, all of which seem to have simply advertised his paper and tended to strengthen his position in the estimation of the people.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday,- August 19, 1899.

John O’Connor of Kniman, was in the city yesterday. - , Mr. W. B. Austin is spending a couple of weeks at Oden, Mich. A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat of, fice. Lute Ponsler and Joseph Groom left for lola, Kansas, for a month’s •visit, yesterday. Cooney Kellner’s little son has been quite sick for several days, but is better at this writing. We sell envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. Don’t forget that The Democrat is prepared to do all classes of job printing in the latest style of the art and at very low prices. Give us a call. If you don’t care to pay your good money out uselessly for “padding,” insist on your attorneys having legal notices which you control published in The Democrat. Right-of-way agreements, executed by J. T. Randle, J. B. Tyler, A. Parkison, A. McCoy and Evaline Randle to B. J. Gifford, for the proposed new railroad, have been placed on record with the county recorder. The Democrat has just received an elegant stock of wedding invitations and at home cards, and can turn out orders for this class of work on short notice. We have a handsome new plate script especially for this line of printing. Prices reasonable. Miss Bertha Parcels, One of Rensselaer’s most charming and accomplished young ladies, was married Monday, at Delphi, to Mr. John O’Neil, who is quite well know as one of the tax-ferrets employed here a year or two ago. The newly married couple returned to Rensselaer, Thursday; and are now receiving congratulations from their many friends.

When you have a non-resident notice, notice of appointment, notice of survey, notice of final settlement, etc., to be published, insist on your attorney having the publication made in The Democrat. Our prices for this work are as reasonable as others and the clients themselves control this class of legal advertisements. Remember this and see that the paper of your choice gets the advertising. The Monon’s excursion to Chicago last Sunday exceeded in patronage the most sanguine expectations of the company apparently, as the train was loaded before reaching Delphi, and did not stop at either that place or Monticello, Heretofore several coaches have been set off at Rensselaer to accommodate the people, but this time this was not done, and those who availed themselves of the pleasures (?) of a crowded excursion had to hang on wherever they could. After selling 309 tickets here the agent refused to sell more, on orders from headquarters, and many were disappointed and had to go back home. We understand no stops were made at stations north of Rensselaer at all. It would seem that the railroad company was under contract to carry the people, after advertising the towns, and were bound to furnish the moans of transportation, Many people were at the stations north of here already for the trip, but no stops were made.

Notice. I have an ad elsewhere in this Saper offering some bargains in ennings county land. Do not be deceived and misled by statements that the soil around North Vernon is the best in the county. Butlerville is in the center of some of the best agricultural lands in southern Indiana, and is the very best soil in Jennings county. If you want fair treatment come to Butlerville. E. C. Davis, Real Estate Broker, Butlerville, Ind. Get your wedding and at home cards printed at The Democrat office. A handsome line to select from.

“ FLUNKED,”

Did the Cowardly “Padded Legal” Gentleman—Dared Not Face His Libel Charge—The Case Dismissed By the State.

With blare of trumpet and beating of tom-toms, on June 14, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, one George E. Marshall, for some twenty odd years editor of the official organ of Jasper county and assimilator of “county pap” and dealer in padded legals, filed an affidavit with Esq. Bumham of Rensselaer, alleging that the said George E. Marshall had been grossly libeled by one Frank E. Babcock, editor or The Jasper County Democrat, in an item in said paper to the effect that “the allowance for publishing the last delinquent tax list shows that an overcharge of $22.55 was made,” to the great scandal, infamy and disgrace of the said George E. Marshall. Now this was “perfectly awful,” and the strong arm of the criminal law was called in and The Democrat editor was hauled up before the court, where swift retribution was to be administered. A surprise was in store, however. The defendant asked for and obtained a change of venue from the township. He also asked that the case be sent to Wheatfield or Remington, if agreeable to the plaintiff, but this was objected to by the plaintiff, and it was sent to Fair Oaks. Defendant then asked for trial the following week. But No! couldn’t possibly try the case at that time. Defendant next asked that the case be set for trial early in July. Another negative on the part of the state. Could not possibly try the case in July; the prosecuting witness, who had been so grossly libeled, would not be here in July. Well, then, early in August? No, cannot be ready until the middle of August. This was finally decided upon by the state, the defense having nb voice in the matter at all, and the case was set for August 15 So important was the case considered, and 80 “akeery” was Mr. Marshall that his star witnesses would be bought off and get out of the country, that they were all, the Barnacle editor, auditor, treasurer, and several others, placed under bond for sls each to appear at Fair Oaks August 15. But a mistake seems to nave been made in not putting the prosecuting witness under heavy bond to insure his appearance.

This looked very warlike, and some of the prominent taxpayers whose faith in the honesty of the editor of their official organ had been wavering for some time, thought perhaps he might have been libeled, and the bluff gave a little temporary relief.. But what was the outcome? Notwithstanding that the case was continued for sixty-one days at request of Mr. Marshall, that he might return from his western trip, which he mentioned at the time of continuance, he put off going until late in July with the evident intention of being almost any place other than Fair Oaks when Aug. 15 rolled around. And he was some place else. This intention, however, could only be presumed on the part of the defendant, and he must go ahead and prepare for trial in order not to be surprised by the state’s putting in an appearance, and at considerable expense he had employed attorneys and spent valuable time and money in preparing a chain of evidence that would have made the hair raise on the bald heads of some of the old taxpayers of Jasper county. All this trouble and expense was for naught, as the prosecuting attorney announced Monday morning that he had the day previous received a letter from the much abused George E. Marshall, stating that it would be impossible for him to be present at the trial. Not wishing to go into trial without the man who had been so deeply disgraced, the prosecutor went up to Fair Oaks Monday afternoon and entered motion for dismissal, which was sustained, and Mr. Marshall has been vindicated (?). But, in the eyes of every honest,

thinking taxpayer in the county, his action shows that he dared not face a trial and took this method of evading it, after getting the case continued for an unreasonable period. It was a great big bluff which didn’t work, and while Mr. Marshall is not out one penny, he no doubt felt that the truth was bound tocome out some time, and he made the bluff cost The Democrat editor SSO or S6O anyhow, very meager satisfaction it would seem for a man who was so anxious for a vindication. Meanwhile The Democrat is still doing business at the old stand, and any taxpayer who doubts any statement appearing in its columns regarding the management of public business in Jasper county, can have his doubts dispelled by calling at this office and examining official figures in our possession or going with us to the county records.

ICE-CREAM SOCIAL.

The Lady Forresters will give an ice-cream social in the Catholic church yard next Thursday evening, Aug. 24. Everybody invited.

Attempted Suicide in Jordan Tp.

Last Friday evening the wife of Al Keister, a farmer residing near Egypt school house, in Jordan tp., attempted suicide by cutting her throat with a butcher-knife with which she was at the time engaged in cutting slaw. Only the dullness of the knife prevented the job being complete and death resulting at once. She had slashed her throat from ear to ear and jabbed the point of the knife deep into the throat, and at this writing it is said that her injuries are of such a serious nature that recovery is impossible. Mrs. Keister is about 38 years of age, and is said to have been partially insane for years. She once before attempted suicide it is said, some years ago.

The Gospel Truth, This.

White County Democrat: Over in Jasper county they have some queer methods of doing business. For instance, the law requiring the publication of township estimates and proposed tax levies, says that they shall be published in the two leading papers representing the two political parties casting the highest number of votes at the last precedidg general election; also in a paper published in the township, if there be one. Over in Rensselaer they have four weekly papers, two republican and two democratic. The law says the publications shall be made in the leading paper of each party, but notwithstanding this the publications were scattered among the four. This does not comply with the law at all, but then Jasper county has been under republican control so long that non-compliance with law cuts no ice.

To Prospect For Oil.

Monos News: For the bast few weeks Mr. L. Clarke, an expert in prospecting for oil, has been at work in the region of the oil well farm, five miles west of town. Mr. Clarke is working under the auspices of a company of Lafayette and Indianapolis capitalists. If a sufficient number of leases can be obtained on which to do prospecting, a well will be started by September 1. The first prospecting well will probably be put down on Mr. Darrow’s land, about four miles west of the oil well farm. Mr. Clarke had a sample of the gummy muck or soil taken from the oil well farm analyzed by a Lafayette chemist, which showed over 70 per cent, of oil. Mr. Clarke expresses the opinion that there has been an eruption at some time and the oil has gradually escaped in these low places, or else there is a regular sea of the fluid, with possibly gas in the earth awaiting the prospector’s drill. He is favorably inclined to accept the latter condition. Prospecting will not be abandoned until at least a half dozen holes are drilled. 100 good envelopes with your return card printed thereon for only 50 cents, at this office.

Vol. 11. No. 19

KEMP SISTERS’

Roman Hippodrome Races, Dartegl Wild West Shows.—Hurdle and Chariot Races, Remarkable Feats in Horsemanship. A GRAND FREE AND ONEOUEAIED EXHIBUKHI Every Day of the Remignton FairAugust aa to 35, 1899. In addition to {he regular pro-? gram at the Remington Fair thisi year the management has gone to great expense to secure the aboveq famous company of cow boys and cow girls, who will give daily free J exhibitions upon the race track 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.

To Kill Canada Thistles.

E. L. Hollingsworth has patch I of Canada thistles upon his farm and wrote to Purdue Exp. Station for the best method of destroying them, receiving the following re- ; ply, which may be of interest to many others: “In reply to your favor of recent date would say that we have not had any experience in killing Canada thistles. In looking up literature on the subject we find that the Department of Agriculture at Washington, recommends methods of eradicating them. Or- ■; dinary cultivation is practically | useless. When but small areas are affected a feasable plan is to 1 keep them cut down during the 1 growing season, that is, do not permit them to make any growth above the ground. By so doing the underground root stalks wifi become so weakened that they will , in most cases succomb to the rigors of winter, especially if the land be plowed or dug up late in the fall. Another way, and a more feasible one where large areas are affected, is to grow some rapid growing plant such as millet or clover, cutting the crop before the thistles have a chance to attain full development, re-seeding as soon as possible. Plow up in ths fall and expose the roots to the action of the frost. In other words, try to smother them out in summer and freeze them out in winter. Yours Truly, . Wm. Stewart, Ass’t Botanist*

Want Your Trade.

Having bought the grocery stock of H. J. Dexter located in Odd Fellow’s block in front of court house, I will continue the business with Philip Blue in charge, with a complete line of groceries, queensware. cigars, tobacco, etc. We ask a liberal share of your patronage. Fair dealing our motto. S. Galbketh. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any : length of time. Funds are always | on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east--absolutely no red tape. | Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates.' Funds always on hand'

W. B. AUSTIN.