Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1899 — Page 5

•mioam. ■■•omnu* • leviwixa «v Rensselaer Time-Table, Corrected to May B,lßß#. South Bound. No. 81—Paet Mull . 4:48*, nt No. B—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m, No. 83—Indianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:45 p.m. No. 30—Milk aeconun., (daily) 6:15 p. m. No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).. 11:04 p. m. •No.4s—Local freight 2:40p.m. North Bound. .y No. 4—Mail, (daily) 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk accomm., (daily) 7:31 a. m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) ..... 9:55 a. m. •No. 30—Ciu. to Chicago Ves. Mail 8:32 p. m. tNo. 88-Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:27 p. m. •No. 46—Local freight. 9:30 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily ( 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. Frank J. Reed, G. P. A., . W. H. McDoel. President and Gen. Mgr, Chas. H. Rockwell. Traffic Mgr, W. H. Beam, Agent. Rensselaer.

Directory. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Wm. H. Coover Sheriff Nate J. Reed Auditor Henry B. Murray Treasurer Jesse C. Gwin Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Truitt P. Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Way mire Commissioner's court—First Monday of each month. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor Thomas J. McCoy Marshal. Thomas McGowan Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer C. C. Starr Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Gramble Fire Chief Edgar M. Parcels COUNCILMEN. lit ward .G. E. Murray. Chas. Dean, 2nd ward John Eger. C. G. Spitler 3rd ward J. C. McColiy, J. C. Gwin JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney Charles E. Mills Terms of Court.—Second Monday in FebruApril, September and November. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Robert S. Drake Hanging Grove A. W. Prevo Gillam John F. Pettit Walker Samuel R. Nichols Barkley James D. Babcock Marion Marcus W. Reed Jordan Jackson Freeland Newton C. C. Bierma Keener J. C. Kaupke Kankakee Albert S. Keene Wheatfield John A. Lamborn Carpenter George W. Caster Milroy B. D. Comer Union TOWN OR CITY J. D. Allman Remington J. F. Warren Rensselaer Edward T. Biggs Wheatfievl Louis H. Hamilton, Co. Supt Rensseiaer CHURCHES. First Baptist—Preaching every two weeks at 10:45 a. m. and 7 p, m: Sunday school at 9:30: B. Y. P. U, 6 p. m. Sunday: prayer meeting 7p. m Rev. V. Fritts, pastor. Free Baptist—One •Service every Sunday morning and evening, alternately. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. A. C. h. meets Sunday, 6:30 P. M. Rev. F. M. Watkins pastor Christian—Comer Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching, 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school 9:30: J. Y. P. S. U. E.. 2:30: S. Y. P, S. C. E., 6:30: Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30. H. N. Shepherd, pastor. Ladies" Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Presbyerian—Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching, 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Y. P. S. <J. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting. Thursday 7:30; Ladies’ Industrial Society meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society, monthly. Rev. C. D. Jeffries. Pastor. Methodist —Preaching at 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Epworth League Sunday 6: Tuesday 7; Junior League 2:30 alternate Sunday: Prayer meeting. Thursday at 7. Rev. 11. M. Middleton. Pastor. Ladie»' Aid Society every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Church of God—Corner Harrison and Elza. Preaching 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Prayer meeting. Thursday, 7:30; Ladies’ Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. Catholic Church—St. Augustine’s. Corner Division and Susan. Services 7:30 and 10:3o a. tn. Sunday school 11:30 p. m. Rev. Father Charles Notbaes. pastor.

LODGES AND SOCIETIES. MASONlC—Prairie Lodge, No. 126. A. F. and : A. M., meets iirst and third Monday s of each month. J. M. Wasson, VV. M.; W. J. lines, Sec’y. Evening Star Chapter—No. 141,0. E.S., > meets first and third Wednesdays of each month. Maude Spitler, W. M.; Hattie Dyw- 1 ler, Sec’y. Catholic Order Forresters—Willard Court. No. 418, meets every iirst and third Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. J. M. Healy Sec’y; Peter Hordeman, Chief Ranger. Magdalene Court—No. 386. meets the/ 2nd and 4tn Sundays of each month. Miss, Mary Meyer, C. R.; Mrs. Mary Drake. R. S.; ' Miss CinaaMacklenberg. F. S. Odd Fellows—lroquois Lodge, No. 144, I. O. O. F., meets every Thursday. C. E. Tyner, N. G.: S- C. Irwin. Sec’y. Rensselaer Encampment—No. 201, L O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fridays of r each month. John Sayler. C P., John Van- ; natta. scribe. Rensselaer Rebekah Degree Lodge— [ No. 346. m -ets first and third Fridays of each : month. Mrs. Harry Wade. N. G.; Miss ! Adam, Sec’y. I. O. of Foresters—Court Jasper, No. 1703, . Independent Order of Foresters, meets sec- i ond and fourth Mondays. J. N. Leatherman, C. D. H. C. R; C. L. Thornton. R. S. Maccabees—Rensselaer lent, No. 184. Kr 0. T. M. Meets Wednesday evening. F. W. ; Cissei, Commander; Isaac Porter, Record Keeper.' Pythian—Rensselaer Lodge No. 82, i Knights of Pythias, meets every Tuesday. : T. J. Joiner, C. C. 5 N. W. Reeve, K. of R. & S. Rensselaer Temple, Rathbone Sisters,— No. 47, meets 2d and 4th Wednesday, every month, Mrs, G. E. Murray, M. E. C. Mrs. O. A. Yeoman, M. of R. C. Grand Army.—Rensselaer Post No. 84 G. A. R. meets every Friday night. J, A. Burn- : han. Post Commander, J. M. Wasson, Adju- i tant. ' Rensselaer Women's Relief Corps— , meets every Monday evening. Mrs. J. C. [ Thornton, President; Mrs. Ella Hopkins. , Sec’y. , Robert H. Milroy Cirille—Meets every Thursday in 1. O. O. F. block, Mrs. 13enj. Sayler, Pres.; Carrie 1. Porter, Sec’y. Holly Council.-No. 7. Daughters of Liberty meets 2d and 4th Mondays. Gertrude Hopkins. Counsellor; Nellie Moss, Recording Secretary. Rensselaer Camp.—No. 4412, Modern Woodman of America, meets First and Third Wednesday evenings of each month in Odd Fellows block, H.L. Brown, V. C., P. W. Clark. Clerk. The Democrat carries the lar- • gest and finest line of job stock of any printing office in Jasper county and can furnish anything in this line in large or small quanties and on very short notice. ■ IW- * ITlVill* CUgUMB vw vi Am • Uvi Sold by A. F. Long. **

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Cheap forms in Jennings Gouniy, M. Don't payexhorbitant rents or twice the real value of farm lands, but come to SouthEastern Indiana, the garden spot of the State and buy a good improved farm at a reasonable price. Farms all sizes and prices. Come and see me or write, stating about the the kind of farm wanted. some of our bargains. 80 acres, rolling land, good soil, 40 acres in cultivation, 6-room house* with cellar, good bam 35x40, fruit, water, etc. Price $1,200. *4 cash, balance easy terms. 120 acres, near town, no buildings, 800000 feet beech, sugar and walnut timber, land nearly all tillable and good soil. Price SI,OOO. A rare bargain— must sell at once. 152 acres, 2 miles from Butlerville, Ind., 1 mile to church and school, land nearly all in cultivation, two-story 8-room house with cellar, good barn, splendid fruit and water, good fences. Price 2,700. Part time. 249 acres, miles of Butlerville, twostory brick bouse, 10 rooms, with cellar, large barn, 80 acres in cultivation, including 40 acres of bottom land, good wells and springs. A fine stock farm. Price $7,500. 3544 acres. Hi mile from Butlerville, 30 acres in cultivation, nice cottage with five roomsand cellar, good barn, fruit, water, etc., land dearly level. Price $1,400. Part time. 120 acres, J 4 mile from Butlerville, 80 acres gently rolling, in cultivation, balance broken, timbered land, two good houses and barns, fruit of all kinds, well, springs, and good fish pond. Price SBS per acre. Part time. E. C. DAVIS, Butlerville, Ind. MAHTIOH THIAMFAR. Morris* Bagltob StaMo Powder Lom of 4 to Hid. ’ Sold by A. r.Lon*.

BREVITIES OF FUN.

“You will forget me, won’t yon, dear?” she pleaded by way of softens ing the harahneu of her refusal "Sure thing!” said he, "you know I’d do anything to please you.”—Detroit Free Press. Insurance Agent—"So you want slo,oooto cover your stock, eh ? Now, Isaac, did you ever have a fire?” Isaac—“ Veil, mine fwend, you couldn’t call id a fiah; id vas mine first addempt.”—Life. Unreasonable Expectations. “They say ebony’s father is greatly disappointed in him.” “Yes; but he expected too much. He thought Cholly might be able some day to earn his board and clothes.”—Puck. Had References.—“l hear you have married Bobbett’s divorced wife.” “Yes.” “How did you come to do that?” “Bobbett recommended her highly. Said his only trouble was she snored, and you know I’m deaf.”— Brooklyn Life. Teacher—“ Once upon a time there were two rich men, one of whom made his fortune by honest industry, while the other made his by fraud. Now, which of these two men. would you prefer to be?” Tommy (after a moment’s hesitation) —“Which made the most?”—London Tit-Bits.

The Color That Counts. —Once upon' a time a citizen conceived that he was going to be elected to the United States senate. “For,” he argued, “I am a dark horse!” The ’legislature listened courteously. “Let me see the color of your money?” urged the legislator, when the citizen had done speaking.—Detroit Journal. Johnny—“Pa, Mr. Brownlow said, for obvious reasons, he should be unable to be at the schoolhouse to-night. What does he mean by ‘obvious reasons?” Pa—“ Why, my son, when a man has any reasons that he can’t think of or has reasons that he does not care to name, he say* Sis reasons are obvious.”—Boston Transcript.

A STRANGE INDUSTRY.

How Longshoremen Earn Good Government Money. Mr. Seppings Wright has . come across many curious trade? and peculiar methods l of earning a living in his wanderings through all corners of the globe, but the business of shotting he discovered at home, for it is daily pursued under the eyes of thousands of holiday folks* and landsmen generally, who neither know nor care what the longshoremen are about in their fishing boats a few miles from land. But these busy workers are engaged upon tlie business of “shotting,” and the nature of that peculiar occupation we will now describe. All royal navy men training for the rank of seaman gunner have to undertake a more or less lengthy term of regular practice in firing, and for these men during their period of training some two or three of the oldpattern gunboats are set aside. These vessels are connected with every dockyard, and while obsolete for battle purposes make excellent training ships. They are, of course, fitted with approved modern weapons, and daily during the season they carry squads of embryo gunners to the seaward ranges that lie outside the Spithead forts. The bearings of these practice grounds depend on the particular conjunction of certain objects ashore, and the targets are generally placed in shoals where a fair range can be commanded free of traffic.

After a busy and noisy period so much solid metal has been blazed away into the sea, and it is this metal that the shotters set forth to recover when the gunboats have done their task and return to the dockyard. The ranges and the area in which the cannon balls most probably lie submerged are, of course, well known to the searchers. .Armed with experience and a long ironshod pole they sail over the ranges and probe the shallow bottom carefully. Familiarity with their task renders them skillful, and an expert knows in an instant when hi? pole touches the hidden projectile beneath. The shell found, a pair of huge tongs is* lowered into the sea, and it is gripped and carefully lifted aboard. The price of the metal shells is slight, and rarely exceeds one penny halfpenny a pound, but the brass studs on the shot possess considerable more value, and these are usually cut out intact. Both studsi-and the main iron fabric of the recovered shells are sold to the royal navy, and the prices offered appear sufficient to set many men at steady work on the task of recovering them.—Black and White.

A New Telephone.

M. Dusand, of Genera, has sent the Paris Academy-of Sciences a description of a new telephone with which he has successfully experimented. From a distant laboratory he was able to send message? that could be distinctly heard in a« large room by an audience of 1,000 people.

A Lighthouse of Bamboo.

Japan has a new lighthouse, made of bamboo, which is said to resist the waves better than any kind of wood.

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THE COMMON COUNCIL.

Regular meeting of the Rensselaer common council was held Monday evening, all members present except the Mayor and Councilman Murray. Councilman Spitler occupied the chair. Following is a report of the meeting: Street committee was directed to put in cement crossing at Angelica st., east side of Van Rensselaer; cement crossing over Division street on south side of Washington; brick crossing over Division on north side Angelica; brick crossing on Scott, south side of Cedar; brick crossing on Weston, north side of Angelica.

» Treasurer’s report dated Aug. 14, was approved. The report shows the following condition of the city's finances: Corporation fund, balance.. $3,311 90 Road " " 625 33 Electric Light" “ 1,053 69 Waterworks *’ “ 987 12 Special Add. ” " ........ 200 70 Other funds same us last report. The following claims were allowed: HOAD FUND. Harry Magee, street work $ 9 35 J. S. Ramey.same . 135 J. A. Ramey, same ........... 150 Louis Payne, same 2 40 D. M. Worland, same.... 75 J. Hoover, same 1 05 W. H. Eger, hardware 4 04 Hiram Day, dirt 1 95 CORPORATION FUND. S. CjJU>_h iisim, ser v .See ,bd. health ~, 24 75 H. L. Gamble, serv. city engineer.... 7 50 water fund, E. C. Owen, brick work on boilers .... 14 00 Crane Co., repairs for pump 40 Forest City Packing Co. packing 1 88 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Varney & McOaut. globes 140 Central Electric Co. supplies. 39 34

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

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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

John A. Campbell to Mary Florence Conner, issued Aug. 28. Ludd H. Clark to Matilda Saltwell, issued September 1. 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.

Rensselaer Markets.

Wheat 65 to 70 Corn 27 % to 28 Oats 1714 to 19K Rye 45 Hay $ 6.00 Hogs 4.25 Potatoes 40 Butter 1»M Eggs 10 Hens 0® Young Chickens BtoOo Ducks, 01d.... 05 Ducka, young OSH R00rten.,...!. oa«o» Turkey*..., 04® 00 Hide* - 00 Tallow OS

S. GALBRETH.

Ifeferan • L. W.Sfone, Anita, lowa, served his country during the late war at the expense of his health. The story concerning bls restoration to health Is given below in his own words: “When I returned from the army my constitution was broken down. I suffered extreme nervousness, and indigestion. Physicians did not help me until one prescribed Dr. Miles’ Nervine, and today I am in better health than I have been for thirty years.” OR. MILES’ Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on guarantee, first bottle benefits or money back. Book on heart and nerves sent free. Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind.

Real Estate Transfers.

John Flinn to William H. Berry, July 17, e *4 8w 26-29-6, nw 35-29-6, 243 acres, Marion, $5,000. Winfields. McNeil to Benjamin J. Gifford, Aug. 24, pt ne ne & se ne & ne se, 31-30-5. Barkley. sl. Abraham Leopold to Susan O. Stone et al, Dec. 2, 1898, It 1. bl 5. Chamber's & Morgan’s Add., Remington, S4OO. Mary E. Wood to Henry R. Wood. Aug. 26. 1899, It 5, bl 3. Rensselaer. Benjamin’s Add, S2OO. Read The Jasper County Democrat.

Perfect Castings of Copper.

A Chicago chemist is. said to have at last perfected a method by which perfect castings of copper can be made. lie is alleged to have produced by his process castings free from sponginess and blow holes, with less than thirty-five hundredthsof one per cent, of impurities in the metal, without the use of either zinc or aluminum | alloys, and with 99 per cent, of conductivity for electrical purposes. A . chemical mixture, the composition of which is the discoverer’s secret, is added to the copper just before it is poured into the molds. This is said to take up the air in the heated metal and so prevent the formation of thorn gases which just at this point haw caused pure copper castings to be honeycombed with minute cells when it chilis. This problem of how te eliminate the honeycombing has bem. the basis of experimentation for yearn by both chemists and practical copper workers, and if a perfect result hao been achieved there is an enormous fortune in store for the inventor, who is Bertrand 8. Summers, now in the employ of a western electrical oomoom in Chicago.—N. Y. Timea J