Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1899 — Page 5

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EVERY WOMAN /2?t ■ooMMaw n*ed» • nibble, ■ecthly, regulating MdWM. Only btmlw Mi J < the parMt drug* ebealdba vied. If you wiol the beet, get If 1 A Dr. Peal’s Pennyroyal Pills V ><_ They anprcwpt, »xfe endeertala In recall.Thegeaalse(Dr. FMll)imrlkn> ™Mtat, SwlU7*bm,R.M, Attw k '• ■ B. F. FENDIG, Druggist, Rensselaer. Ind. §WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY They havestood ihct«t of yean. PTOnUP * j and have cured thousanas of ajinUikU £ U f r# Xycases of Nervous Diseases, such u, _ ejyypl Debility, Dimness. SleepiestI PI 111 | v sen ind Viricoalc.Alrophy.&c Ahfilffi I They dear the brain, streugthen the circulation, make digestion vigor to the whole being. All drains and losses are checked ptrmmtuntly. patients are properly cured, their condition often worries them into Insanity, Consumption or Death. Mailed sealed. Price $i per box; 6 boxes, with iron-clad legal guarantee to cure or refund the money, (s.oo. Send for frer. book. Address, B. F. FENDIG, Druggist, Rensselaer, Ind.

Gheon Forms in Mop Cooniir, lit Don't pay exhorbitant 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 barn 85x40, fruit, water?, etc. Price SI,BOO. % cash, balance easy terms. 120 acres, near town, no buildings, 300000 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 bam, splendid fruit and water, good fences. Price 2.700. Part time. 249 ACRES, 154 miles of Butlerville, twostory brick house. 10 rooms, with cellar, large bam, 80 acres in cultivation, including 40 acres of bottom land, good wells and springs. A fine stock farm. Price $7,500. 85 H acres. 56 mile from Butlerville, 30 acres in cultivation, nice cottage with five rooms and cellar, good barn, fruit, water, etc., land nearly level. Price $1,400- Part time. 120 acres, 54 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 fishpond, Price SBS per acre. Part time. . 'E. C. DAVIS. Brtlerville, Ind. Ml NT,ON THII P»r*B, C' / '

Peal Estate Transfers, Alferd W. Hopkins to Eunice J. Morris, Sept. 23, Its 8-9-10 bl 1, Riverside add Rensselaer, SIOO. q cd, Elizabeth M. Greve to F. E. Glascoe. Sept. 20, Its 7-8 bi 6, Graham's sec add Wheatfield, $367. Grover Smith to William C. Schwier, Sept. 0. s l i Its 0-10 bl 1. Wheatfield, SBOO. Victorine Pieison et al to Mary Wood et al, Aug. 20. W*i sVji ne 33-29-0, Union, OC. Mary Wood et al to Victorine Pierson et al, Aug. 20, e!« w’7 ne 31-29-6, Union, 00, Ruth B. Goodwin to Selh B. Moffitt, Sept. 30, und’a wVJ aw 34-31-7, und«inw sw 34-31-7, Union. $333.33. Frank P. Goodwin, admr. to Seth. B. Moffitt, Oct. 2. und“ B w'i nw 34-31-7, nw sw 34-31-7, Union, $060.66. W.. 8. Austin to Mary Truss. Oct. 0, n)* It 2, bl 38. Virgie, $lO. Abram F. Long to Levi P. Renicker et al. Sept. 10, It 2. bl 38, Virgie, Leopold's add, Rensselaer, S3OO. Sallie P. Hines to Marion C. Coover, Sept. ll.lt 12. niillt 11, bl 3. Stratton's add. Remington. $1,200. U. S. of America to Thomas Robinson, July 1, 1852, fr. fie nw 4-30-5, 42 acres. Gillam. Patent. Marion L. Spitler to Thomas McGowan. Oct. 10, It. 2 bl 16, Weston's add Rensselaer. $75. Austin O. Moore to Mary E. Thompson et al, May 20, e>4 sw 24-29-6, nH se 24-29-6, Marion, sl. qc d. Morris' English Stable Powder Sold by A. F. Lon*.

APPLICATION OF MARY JONES.

To Dear Director Mentun of the Census: I want to take the census down in Mattagumpus. Maine. I can give you good credentials And I know the full essentials Of making up a census that win please and j entertain. I’m a spinster and I'm proud to say I've! reached the proper age; i* It's an age of good discretion— That, perhaps, is a confession: But it shows I'll takf the census so's to 'liven : every page - For I understand my neighbors mighty weU j —mighty well; I can give you every detail that is really fit to tell. I have had a good occasion to examine every case; For I’ve neighbored pretty steady since I've j lived here in the place. I can give you lota of items that you'd get • no other way. Not a lot of musty fodder and statistics dry as hay, But some spicy information that is strictly up to date, And the best of all. you'll get it as I get it-: fresh and straight. I’ve a notion of a census that will make the volumes sell; But you've got to pick your people if yon want it taken well. For a fool enumerator will go browsing round ! the towns And he'll never think to question any women on their gowns. He may sit around and gossip for an hour in a * place And forget to note the curtains are of imitation lace; And he'll never get the story of how Mary ; Barker’s Am Has run away to Boston with a wicked mar-" tied man. And I’ll bet he won't discover if be hunts a solid week How it happens Mrs. Atkins and her husband do not speak. But I've got it—you can have it- if youTl pay me well to tell. j And gracious, Mr. Meniam. how your census books will sell. Now 1 want to take the census down in Mattagumpus, Maine. I am strong on education And I've lots of penetration And I’il guarantee you plenty in a very lively strain. It will be the kind of census that will stir the dusty hones: "Twill go ringing down the ages. Folks will pore above the pages. And you're welcome, dear Director, to the j tip. Yours. Mart Jones. jj —Lewiston Journal.

A GREAT CATTLE SALE.

738 Head of Cattle Sold* Aggregating $20,000. McCoy A McDonald's auction sale of cattle sold at McCoys burg last Saturday, was the greatest sale of cattle in this or any adjoining county in one day. The principal feature of this sale was the ! remarkable number of new buyers, that is, men who had never bought cattle at auction sales and in car-1 load lots before, which goes to prove that the people of our community are awaking up to the real- j ization of their best interest. This sale was conducted similar to the other sales with some new features added, one of which was the excellent music furnished by the College band, and who worked faithful and well the entire day and most of the night, and who deserve great praise for their good music and their gentlemanly conduct. The other feature and which reflected the great versatility of the character of our unique townsman, Uncle Mac, was the giving of a prize to each woman who was accompanied by her baby in a baby buggy. There were eight contestants and they formed in line at j the McCoysburg hotel and were led by the College band through the streets down into the auction pen, where after a few remarks by attorney E. P. Honan, the prizes were awarded by Elder E. A. Pierson of Parr, Ind., who, by the way, should be a most competent judge, he being the father of 14 children. After careful reflection the Elder finally gave the choice of the prizes to Mrs. Wm. Amott. All the ladies received dresses, bat the mother of the best looking baby was to have her pick of them. The crowd was estimated at about 800 people, and yet there was plenty provided, for at least 200 more. McCoy & McDonald never do things by halves. These auction sales are always attended by the best cattle men of this and adjoining counties and the way the stuff sold was a sight to behold. As we said before, these sales are a great benefit to the people of this and other counties as it aids them to stock up their farms in the easiest possible way known to them, and as terms of one year is given to the purchaser, before the time of payment arrives, the stock will have doubled in value, so the buyer is practically doing business on McCoy & McDonald's money. Let us hope they will* continue these sales which not only help McCoy & McDonald but benefit the community at large,

A GUEST.

The Democrat hasjust received an elegant stock of wedding invitations and at home cards, and can turn oat orders for this class of work on short notice. We have a handsome new plate script especially for this line of printing. Prices reasonable.

Commissioners’ Court.

Following are a few matters connected with the October session which had not been written iup at the time we secured onr re- | port as published last week: I Jasper County Library matter; i dismissed. Railroad election matter; conI tinned. Jesse Nichols was allowed $5.34 for services as gravel road snpt. dist. No. 1, Marion tp., and G. L. Thornton for same, dist. No. 5, same tp.. $21.56. Reports of each approved. ' Specifications for supplies for county use for the calendar year 1900 were presented by the auditor, examined and after correction, approved and signed by jthe. board. Ordered that the same be kept open for public inspection as required by law and made the • basis for all bids for such supplies, etc., to be made bv bidders therefor. Bill of $494.50 of Burt-Terry Stationery Co., for books and stationery: continned. Time for letting bridge contracts was changed from Oct. 23 to Oct. 24.

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The regular meeting of the common council of the city of Rensseli aer was held Monday evening, all members being present except Mayor McCov; Councilmen Spitler occupied the chair. W. B. Austin protested against the enforcement of order to construct sidewalk on the west end of block 27, on Franklin street, and on motion order heretofore made was rescinded. Geo. A. Strickfaden requested a reduction of rate on the electric lights in his bowling alley; referred to light committee. There being no objection to the final estimates tiled on the Vine and Jefferson St. sewer, resolution was adopted confirming the assessments and ordering their collection. An v -inch sewer was ordered constructed on the east side of Onlien St„ from Cornelia to the Washington St. sewer. The matter of garbage boxes was discussed and committee directed to investigate as to the cost of ; suitable boxes and report at next meeting. The twenty days having elapsed. | since the older for construction of certain side walks on the east ; side of Franklin street, the marshjal was directed to contract and! have walks constructed unless I done by property owners within ; ten days from this date. Chief of fire department filed a report showing 20 members in good standing and that the apparatus is in good order and calling attention to the need for some 20 and 24-foot ladders: also shows that Joseph Thornton had complied with the requirements for membership and had served a month’s probation, and his petition for membership was approved and clerk ordered to issue certificate of his admission to department. v ... Treasurer's report dated Sept. 11. was approved. Report show|ed the following balances on that date: ! Corporation fund $3164 59 Rond fund 446 88 Elwtrie Light fund... , SB6 12 Waterworkstfund ifis 37 <4ther funds same as last report, Nightwatchman Childers presented bill of S6O for services j for ringing the curfew bell for the past year. Bill was disallowed i and Mr. Childers turned over his key to the school building and declared he would perform the work no longer unless paid for same. | Coancilman Eger said that if Mr. Childers did not want to do the work that the city would secure a nightwatch who would do it. Following claims were allowed: BOAB FUND. Wm. Zink, gtavrl for Melville st. and college r00d................... $32 36 Same, gravrf Main 5t...... l 70 Joseph Thornton, hauling gravel A dirt. 19 45 Janies. Wood, same 26 90 Win. Brierly. haulin' gravel A sera ping 12 3* Jo-eph Roweo. hauling gravel A dirt. .. 22 20 F. IS. Hartman, hauling gravel...s 20 fi. I*. MeCsrthy. same 8 30 J. A- Grant, same 7 00 A. I*oughertjr. same...: ; 6 80 ■ J. A. Ramey, same 2 70 W. Huffman, same 6 SO ; H. MeGee.same 7 00 I S. Ramey, work on street ! 10 35 F W. Bedford, use of roller... 50 R W Spriggs, killing dog 50 a C I’nssou*. work at gravel pit 3 75 John Moosemiller. mowing weeds 2 15 Frank Svartiell. street work 3 75 jj J H Hoover, same.... 18 50 R H Dillon, work on Makemself ditch... 5 70 Wm. Moore, same 6 45 Wm Beck, work at gravel pit.: 6 00 ('has. Platt. Vine ami Jefferson st. sewer 62 80 T0ta1......... 1272 24 WAT** FUND. : DE Hollister, supt sal (assigned to J. F. Warren).. sls 00 SC Irwin, water contracts 5 00 Total 430 00 KLK-nUC LIGHT FIND. CS Chamberlain. Sept sal as Supt 960 00 Peter Giver, name, engineer 45 00 SC Irwin, light dap. statements A post. 13 00 R W Spriggs, brick work on boiler. 90 Say fee-Bales Lum. Co.. 2 cars coal (July'J23 10

Same, 3 cars coal (Sept) 244 75 Globe Oil Co., combination packing..,.. 450 Cen. El. Co., supplies 13 57 Gen El Co, same 479 Same. Carbons 10 00 Varney A McQuait, electric supplies ... 6 23 Same, for same „ 17 00 Frank B Meyer, sundries i......... 19 10 Total.. 9606 96 CORPORATION FUND. T J McCoy, per diem as Mayor to Oct, 1410 00 G E Murray, same, councilman 8 00 C J Dean. same.... 14 00 C, G.Spitler, same 14 00 John Eger, same 14 00 J C Grin, same 12 00 J F ivicColly, same 10 00 Thus McGowan, salary as rqarshal and rent of pound 55 00 J W Childers, nightwatch 20 00 H R Kurrie, serv. A per diem as city atty 20 50 S C Irwin, same, city clerk 11 94 H L Gamble, samecity enginineer 18 00 Verne Robinson, asst to city engineer.. 195 Fire dept, sal to Oct. 1, (20 members).... 90 CO F B Meyer, sundries 16 50 N. Y. Belt A Pack. Co., gaskets 1 00

THE HARPOON GUN.

Ingenious Plan for Removing Dangerous Ruins of Fires. A daring and ingenious plan for the the demoliskment of the high brick walls which stand in the center of the Baldwin hotel ruins l —a menacetothe lives of workmen and pedestrians—was invented and given a successful trial recently, says the San Francisco Chronicle. It was at first thought that it would be necessary to resort to the nse of dynamite to wreck these walls for removal, but a small whaler’s two-pound cannon, a liberal quantity of cable and the application of the simplest laws of mechanics in the use of the block and tackle have been found to be as efficacious and quick a remedy without the attendant dangers of the use of explosives.

A small harpoon gun was secured the other morning and mounted upon a platform built from the annex It was loaded with a rig after the fashion of a life line, consisting of a slug attached to a stout cord. The piece wag aimed at a window at the top of the rear wall of the old theater, which stood about 100 feet high. The slug was fired through the window, trailing the cord after it. A clothesline was then attached to the other end of the cord and pulled through the window. A cable was then drawn through after the line and passed around the outside of the wall and back to the roof of the annex, where it was secured to a chimney. A block-and-tackle arrangement of eight pulleys was made, and 12 men were put on the end of a rope for a tug-of-war with the wall.

When all was in readiness the street cars on Market street were stopped, and all pedestrians were warned away to a safe distance. At the first strain on the cable the high wall trembled as if distrubed by an earthquake. Successive tug? caused it to wave through an area of two or three feet before it gave way with a roar, and the tons of brick, mortar and timbers, fell with a crash and a cloud of dust to the ruins below. A man with an ax had been stationed on the outer walls, and as the mass fell it was his dangerous part to cut the cable so as to save the blocks from being dragged into the falling mass. The remainder of the walls will not be pulled down until the debris has been cleared away.

GREENBACKS

or Government Money. At close of our Civil War in 1865, there appeared in the London Times the following: “If that mischievous financial policy which had its origin in the North American Republic during the late Civil War in that country, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its” money without cost. It will have all the money that is necessary to carry ( on its trade and commerce. It will' become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of civilized nations of the world. The brain and wealth of all countries will go to North America. THAT GOVERNMENT MUST BE DESTROYED OR IT WILL DESTROY EVERY MONARCHY ON THIS GLOBE.” The famous Hazzard circular, to j capitalists in New York, and the Buell ! Bank circular to United States Bank- ' ers, both emanating from London, and j the fabulous corruption fund raised in j England and Germany, estimated at $1,500,000, were the agents that se- j cured the closing of our mints against , silver. The “walk into my parlor” policy : of England, during and since the i Spanish War, is the kitcst evidence ; of English Diplomacy in shaping the destiny of the United States Government. Notwithstanding the famine price of wheat, the Spanish War, and fabulous expenditures of money by our government during the past year, gold has increased in value eleven per cent, and all other values decreased in the same proportion. For a thorough understanding of the money question, or silver issue, the Cincinnati Enquirer has uniformly given evidence of its ability to teach, explain and produce all facts and truth. It is a paper that ought and can be read by ail classes with pleasure and profit

Morris’ English Worm Powder cn J? c .“® of Wormi in Horns, Cattle, Sheep or Don, Sold by A. F. Long.

GETTING THE HEWS.

How the Account of tie Goad Hew* final Santiago Came. The first intelligence of the destruction of Cervera’a fleet, says Grant Squires in the Atlantic, was received at the cable office six hours before il was given either to the pressor to the public. At half-past seven on tha evening of that day, a message from Col. Allen, the signal officer in chaise of the cable communications in the vicinity of Santiago, was read from the recording tape of the Hayti cable. It gave the first news of the flight of the Spanish fleet out of the harbor, and told how the vessels, one by one, were either burned or beached. . . , The president and his cabinet received it within five minutes after it* receipt in New York, and it was sot them to determine the use to be made of it. Swiftly the wires ticked the wish back of the president that the news be guarded until it could be verified, and at eight o’clock began the effort to confirm, in the shortest possible time, this most startling and gratifying news. . . . Then followed anxious hours of waiting by the administration for the detail* which we were striving to get for them. The time passed slowly, as when one watches by the bedside of a sick person; we bent over the tiny tape, slowly unwinding its coil as it passed beneath the needle-like point of the recorder, making no sign for for hour© of the news sc eagerly desired. Ten o’clock, eleven o’clock, midnight, and still no answer; but in the meantime the line between New York and Washington had no 4 been silent, for the officials at tho capitol were as impatient as we were. When we were about to give up hope of more news, slowly, at nine minutes past midnight, the glass needle of the recorder began to trace in the wavy, thread-like line of deep blue message characters which told us that the good news was true. This was from Col. Allen, and it confirmed hi' earlier dispatch, and gave the additional information that the whole Spanish fleet had been overtaken and destroyed, and that Admiral Cervera and the survivors of his crew were oui prisoners. In one minute this m«gage was in the president’s hands at Washington. Then the doors of the cable office, which had been locked during the evening, were opened, and a sigh of grateful relief and congratulation went up from all present.

A CURIOUS MONUMENT.

Old Iron Anvil Will Mark the Grave el a Baltimore Man. One of the queerest tombstones ever designed to mark the grave of a man is now on exhibition at the ship hard* ware store of William H. Whiting & Co., on the northwest cornerof Pratt and South streets, says the Baltimore News. It is an old iron anvil, with a sledgehammer laid on top of it, and will mark the last resting place of John G. Angelo, an 84-year-old shipsmith of Pocomoke City, Md. Angelo wa9 bom at Woodbury, N. J., August 22, 1815, and began his apprenticeship as a blacksmith June 28, 1828. When he had served out his apprenticeship and reached the age of 21 years his employer presented him the anvil and hammer on which he had done his first work. He has used it continually ever since. • A few weeks ago he conceived the idea of using it as his tombstone, so he made an iron handle for the old hammer and fastened it with a metal peg to the top of the anvil. He also attached three links to the handle of the hammer, which is supposed to indicate that he is an odd fellow. He then sent the anvil and its attachment to the Whiting firm to galvanize, in order that it might not be rusted away by exposure to the weather while over his grave. It was a difficult task, and it had to be dipped into a mass of 70 tons of molten zinc before it was successfully accomplished. He wrote to the firm not to spare any expense to make a good job of it, but it will make no charge for the work, Angelo is still working every day for two shipyards at Pocomoke City, and is as hale and hearty as the. youngest of the men about the yards. He is a skillful workman, and, although bent with age, he wields a heavy sledge with power and dexterity.

Protective Mimicry.

Protective mimicry, that cunning device of nature to preserve animals from their enemies, is well shown in the eggs of certain fishes, notably thii California shark, known as Gyropleurodus francisci. The shark is of s 1 sluggish habit, lurking among rocks, and its dark egg resembles a leaf of kelp or seaweed folded up spirally. It is deposited among the beds of kelp, and clings to the leaves by the edges of the spirals. Theyoung shark J bursts open the end of the egg and | SAvims away. Another shark’s egg of the Pacific coast has tentacles, which clasp the seaweed, and also imitate its appearance.— N. Y. Times.,

A Bright Simile.

When: a man’s heart is empty, having finished with his last love affair, he is as uneasy as a man whose house* are emjfsy and bringing him in no rent.—Atchieon Globe. . ‘ '■ i -i'Vvi