Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Professional Cards. ATTORNEYS Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. La*. Ataacb, Real Estate, Loans. WO practice sh aU the courts. Office fbat stain RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, Law, Abstracts, Loans and Real Estate. Office in HolUageamth Bolldfaar, Ist floor, roar of McCoy's Bank. Geo. K. Hollingsworth Arthur H. Hopkins Hollingsworth A Hopkins, Attorneys at Law. < TadaaMbte«t PracticeiaaUthecourts, purchase, sett awl *~ ta - Jas. W. Douthit, LAWYER, Rensselaer, Indiana. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For TVh L. X. A. AC.gy, and Rea—elaer W.L. AP. Co. BM>Bceov»r CUeaco Bunia Ston. Wensteila nr. ladiaaa. hum raus. c. a. amn. nunc a. nan Foltz, Spitler k Knrrie, (Successors to Tbotapaoa A Bro.) Attorney at-Law. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Abstracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the Comity. RENSSELAER, USD. / Mordecai F. Cbilcote, William H. Psiaoa Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. . Law, Real Estate, Insurance. Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for the Chicago. Indianapolis A Louisville Railway Co. will practice in all of the courts. Office over Karmen’ Bank, on Washington 9u RENSSELAER. IXD.

LOCAL MATTERS. A Lincoln Kirk Tuesday night. Auditor-elect Babcock takes his office Nov. 1. The Newton circuit court will convene Oct 9. Come*to The Democrat office for your aale bills. Dr. Schmaedel is teaching a school in Qillam tp Have you taken advantage of our Indianapolis Sentinel offer. T. Z. McMurry is land prospecting down in Jennings county. For the Chicago excursion last Sunday 110 tickets were sold from this station. C. B. Steward attended a meeting of insurance agents at Lafayette Thursday. The two best wagons on wheels, Studebaker and Weber, for sale by C. A. Roberts. Jacob Wright returned to the deaf and dumb institute at Indianapolis Monday. A,cherry tree on the Judge Hammond farm, just east of town, is full of blossoms. Milt Chipman has secured a job with Wallace Bros., steam and gas fitters, at Lafayette. J. N. Timmons has moved to Rensselaer and will reside in that city in the future. —Monticello Journal. A. D. Babcock, Peter Brook and John 6. Perry of Goodland, were in Rensselaer on business Monday.

Rev. Middleton has moved into the Roberts residence on Division street. The Hildebrand saloon building is completed and will be opened up today. Corn husking has commenced in a small way in some of the earlier planted fields. John English fell from a load of hay Monday and broke his right arm in two places. Sheldon and Rensselaer are having a game of foot ball, as we go to press Friday afternoon. The Indianapolis Sentinel Free To Every Paid-In-Advance Subscriber To “The Democrat.” The Rensselaer high school football team goes to Goodland today to try titles with the Goodland team. An account of the tragic death of William B. Shelfer of near Fair Oaks, last Saturday morning, will be found in both our Surrey and Parr correspondence.

Come in and subscribe for The Democrat and get the Indianapolis Sentinel one year free. A. Lincoln Kirk, impersonator, will give one of his popular entertainments at the ¥. W. Baptist church in this city, Oct. 10. Admission 25 and 15 cents. Remington’s new paper paper will be called ‘’The Remington Herald,” says our Remington correspondent, and the first number will be issued one week from to-day. It is understood that the sheet will be independent in political matters. Ben Clouse of the Gifford district, was arrested Wednesday for assault upon Louis Portwood and Charlie Thompson. He was bound over to appear before Esq. Burnham to-night, under $25 bond, Harry Gifford going on bond.

A. G. W. Farmer of southeast of town, deposited two mammoth yams, a species of sweet potato, upon our table Saturday. Each of the tubers were sufficient to furnish two meals for the editor’s family of four, and they were most excellent eating, too. The $2,300 court house clock is rapidly becoming an nuisance, and its “fits” and “spells” of failing to strike the right hour as stopping altogether are becoming more frequent every week. Sunday morning at 8:30 the machine stopped short, and remained “dead” until about 12 m., when it was again set in motion. State Chief Ranger Honan attended a banquet given by the C. O. F., at Hammond Monday evening and made an address. Thursday evening he went to Earl Park, where the C. O. F. court gave a festival and banquet for the benefit of the Catholic church. Hon. Patrick Keefe also spoke at the latter place. Cards are out announcing the approaching nuptials of Miss Harriet Dowler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dowler of this city, and Mr. L. Wesley Henkle, formerly of this place, out for the past year of Williamsport. The marriage will take place at the home of the bride, on Scott street, next Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. It is now necessary to secure permission from the health officer to bury the dead in Indiana. The new law relating to the collection of vital statistics became operative the first of the month. The law specially requires that nobody shall be buried without a permit from a health officer, and a fine from $lO to SIOO is provided for violation of the law. The law also provides that when a body is buried without a permit it shall be disinterred and an inquest shall be held by the coroner. No fee shall be charged for the permit.

J. H. Jessen, who has been bnilding cement walks at Morocco nil summer, has completed his jobs for the season, returning home Wednesday. John Andrus has just commenced active preparation for building a fine, new dwelling on North Cullen street, just south of Addison Parkison’s residence. Fowler’s street fair last week is said to have been a grand success, lots of people, good exhibits and all kinds of games to attract the free silver of the rural visitors. Frank Fisher of Kankakee tp., Esq. Spriggs of Walker, John McGlinn anil Marion Denniston of Kniman, were among the out of town visitors in Rensselaer Thursday.

Miss Tillie Ramp goes to Hammond to-day to take a position as saleslady in a Hammond dry goods emporium. Judge Healy who has been dangerously sick, is reported as much improved and in a fair way to complete recovery. A few loads of new buckwheat tins brought to town Monday and was purchased by the local millers at 40 cents per busheL J. H. Ellis and family spent | Sunday with the former’s parents j near Monticello. Miss Tode Ellis accompanied them home. Mrs. Wood and daughter Miss | Fannie, returned Tuesday from a i pleasant visit of two weeks with j William Wood, at Oshkosh, Wis. Ed Hopkins, D. M. Worland and Sylvester Galbreath were initiated into the mysteries of Odd Fellowship Thursday evening. To-morrow is the 28th anniversary of the great Chicago fire, in which over 2,000 acres was burnned over, entailing a loss estimated at *195,000,000. Simon Phillips waa in Fowler last week visiting his daughters, Mesdames Frank VanNatta and Stephen Barnes, and incidentally to see the street fair. Xn. Polly Curtis of ML Pulaski, IIL, who had been spending the summer with her nephew, C. E. Morris, northwest of town, returned home Saturday. Mrs. Anna Hines of Marion, Ohio, came Friday for a few days visit with her nnds Robert Kepner, and other relatives. She returned home Wednesday. Charles Antrim of Madison county, and Mias Vida May Tally of Walker were tied np few better or worse by Judge Thompson at the court bouse last dayS. P. Thompson will sell his lands in Union township, in tracts, and on terms to suit those desiring to farm or raise stock. See or write to 8. P. Thompson, Rensselaer, Ind. New pensions in this vicinity: Increase, George W. Hill, Remington, *6 to *8; Geo. G. Wright, Morocco,*!! to 8; Hiram J. Cornstock, Franceuville, *8 to *l2; James Redman, Fowler, *8 to *l2; Moses Connell, Remington, *6 to

Sidney Schanlaub has again bought the Morocco Courier, we understand. Sid has a great deal of natural newspaper ability and we are glad to welcome him back to the fold. The Kentland Enterprise has gone back to “patent insides” with the same old auxiliary print, but we presume it got a handsome reduction in the price by dropping the trust for a few months. The barn of Thomas Brewer of Medaryville, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night of last week, and William Schultz, a half-witted boy, was burned up within it. It is thought the boy had sought shelter for the night and had set the barn on fire from his pipe.

J.F. Warren J.F.lrwin Warren & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections. Farm Loans andl Fire Insurance. Office In Odd Fellow's Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. R. S. Dwiggins, OOUNCELOR AT LAW, Office in Room 7, Forsythe block. Reused•aer, Ind. Ira W. Yeoman, \ ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rerfliiufton, ... Indiana. Law. Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. Addison Parkinson. John lL Wasson. President. Tice President. Baunet L Holiincsworth, Cashier. Commercial State Bank, (North Side of PuMks Sqnnre.) RENSSELAER, IND. The Only Btate Bank in Jasper Go j.I JanT.JUngenernl tnokins bust E. C. English, Physician A Surgeon. I. B. Washburn, Physician & Surgeon. Dr. Washburn will (ire special attention to Diaeasee of the Eye, Bar. Noea, Throat and Chronic Diseases. He also tests eyes tor Ornes Ttunaon No. 4t. Rensselaer, * - - Indiana. E. L. BROWN, Dentist Offioe oyer F B. Meyer’s drug etofe.

Mrs. Mary Robinson, relicit of Wm. Robinson, aged 77 years, died at her home in Gillam tp., Sept. 22. Funeral was held the following Sunday from Independence church. Deceased moved to Gillam tp., with her hnsband in 1839, but from 1878 to 1894, resided in Hays City, Kansas. The apple crop in this section of the country will not be so large as anticipated and a general shortage is said to exist all over the country. New York speculators are buying up the crop in many places to ship to Europe and prices are expected to go higher very soon.—Carroll County Citixen. Samuel Moore of Pleasant Ridge, died quite suddenly early last Saturday morning, of heart failure, aged 67 years, 6 months, and 22 days. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the residence, the services being conducted by Rev. Fritts of this city. Interment was made in Crockett cemetery.

Saginaw (Mich.) Courier-Her-ald says: Saginaw is seldom favored with an artist of Mr. Kirk’s high ability. The most interesting number of the entertainment given by him last evening at the Masonic Temple, under the auspices of the City Union, Y. P. S. C. E., was a rendition of Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” The identity of the speaker seemed to be lost sight of, and for an hour the hearers were carried away into the mystic world of the great Dickens, the characters appearing really to exist and to act their respective parts on the stage in a manner highly delightful. At Free Baptist Church, Oct. 10.

Mr. Frank Hershman of Gillam tp., was in the city on business Wednesday. Mr. Hershman says the oil excitement is quite high in that township and several farms have changed hands as a result thereof. Among the number is the Wm. Swisher farm of 150 acres, where the first well was struck some two years ago, at *SO per acre; the old James Cooper farm of 200 acres, owned by a Mr. Grimes, at *3oper acre; the John Comer and sons’ land, about 500 acres at *3O per acre, and 80 acres belonging to Mrs. McCay. Large tanks have been erected and tne oil is being pumped into them. The wells thus far drilled are only a little over 100 feet deep.

Last Friday night was the coldest September night known for years, and a heavy freeze for this season of the year was the result. It is said that thousands of bashels of onions in the Gifford onion district were frozen so badly as to be utterly worthless. The onions were frozen one-half the way through them, and ice formed nearly onfehalf inch thick whenever pools of water lay. Last year onions were left out until the last of November without damage from freezing.

Tfr-H- DR. MOORE, Specialist, *^^a^ wwoi Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER IND