Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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SPECIAL SALE | ---November 20 j ;! And continuing through i| ! | the balance of the season. ! j • ! ; I am positively going to" J j |! QUIT THE MILLINERY BUSI- j! j! ness and will . sell my ]| Millinery Goods at Cost !j \\ and below Cost! A nice, jj !; up-to-date stock in all de- ]> j! partments, froUi which to ]! j! make your selection. No <| i[ old goorls. Come early... !; f IS. C. ÜBSIN. !| < Location—Near Monon Depot. <| STONEBACK, artist 111 mmmm cabinets '-M GaDineis $1.50. m —, 4 Pictures enlarged in pastelle. water colors and crayon. Buttons and Pins. Cuff Buttons, Hat and Tie Pins —Picture Frames. PAVILION GALLERY.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Fine weather again.

Christmas only two weeks from Monday.

Advertised letters: Mr. Albert C. Burns, Mrs, Jennie Waddington.

Next Thursday is the one hundredth Anniversary of the death of Washington.

For Rent:—A fine farm, near town, cash rent. Enquire at Democrat office.

Rev. and Mrs. Middleton returned from their Southern trip Wednesday evening.

Alf. Jacks and family now occupy the Yeoman property on West Clark street.

The postoffice at Oxford will become presidential Jan. 1. The salary will be $l,lOO.

Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson left Tuesday for a three week’s outingjo Ashvslle, N. C.

Mrs. Anna Winterfelt, an inmate of the poor asylum, died Thursday morning, aged o 9 years.

Joseph Schanlaub and wife, of Newton county, visited relatives in this city Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gardner of Monticello, spent Sunday with the family of J; M. Gardner of this place.

Miss Grace Pulver planned a very pleasant surprise party on Miss Lessie Bates last Saturday evening.

Wilcox, the Surrey merchant, has something to say to Democrat readers this week. See his ad on another page.

The “Heavenly Twins” failed to materialize last Friday night. The canse of their failure is a debateable question.

Hanley & Hunt have moved into the rooms, formerly occupied by Hollingsworth & Hopkins, above Ellis & Murray’s store.

William Cummings Sr., the aged father of Attorney Cummings of Kentland, died at his home in that place on the 25th ult, aged 83 years.

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Nowels «rrived last Saturday from a visit with their son Auburn, at St. John’s Military Academy, at Manlius, N. Y. Rensselaer and Crown Point should stop quarreling about that football game. Nobody cares a ■continental about it anyway.—Morocco Courier. „

" s % ffiar DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs Weat of Port Office. RENSSELAER, IND. ' ' ' ’ t

Subscribe for The Democrat. 5 ' Erwin Bros. Comedy Co., at Ellis’ opera house, Monday night Admisshyi, 25 and 35c. A child of a Mr. Rowen of near Sh.elby, was interred in Weston cemetery at this place last Sunday.

Misses Gertrude Yeoman and Winifred Braddock are visiting Miss Mayme Chamberlain at Kentland.

Albert Overton and Miss Edith attended the Sub-Dis-trict E. L. convention at Medaryville last Sunday.

Attorney General Taylor decides that insuring children is unlawful in this state. The Prudential has placed a number of risks on infants in Rensselaer.

The collapse of the rebellion in the Phillippines and foot ball war between Rensselaer and Crown Point, will leave life an aching void.—Kentland Enterprise.

New Pensions: John F. Price, Valparaiso, increase; $8 to sl2; John M. Spencer, Wolcott, increase, sl2 to sl7; John L. Sullivan, Rensselaer, increase, sl6 to $24.

Theo. Beasy at Fair Oaks claims to have cribbed last week an average of 115 bushels of corn per day, starting with 80 bushels Tuesday afternoon. Beasy resides in Rensselaer.

The postmaster general has ruled that married women cannot act as postoffice clerks, and postmasters must ask for the resignations of such employes and reccommend their successors.

By the accidental tiring of some powder, which was to have been used in a dramatic representation, a young Student got his hand terribly burned last Thursday night at St. Joseph’s college.

Orange Bowers, head clerk in the departmenf store of Kennedy & Murphy at Morocco, has accepted the position of salesman in the boot and shoe department of the Chicago Bargain Store in this city.

Job Harrison returned from North Dakota last Friday. Job has taken a claim and is expecting to return some time next spring. He says the weather was quite pleasant when he left the above place.

Firewood is a scarce article in Rensselaer these days, and the farmers Who are hauling to town are able to get almost any price asked. Even old, worm-eaten rails bring $2.50 per load of about 75.

The butchering season is at hand and everybody uses more or less pepper. C. C. Starr can fujnish you pure article, having one of the best French Stone Burr mills made for grinding spice. He grinds nothing bnt clean sifted pepper.

Elder J. E. Collins, the Seventh Day Adventist, has secured the use of the Primitive Baptist church and will continue the meetings for some lime. He has lighted the room with electricity at his own expense, and extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend these meetings.

J. W. Williams has retired from the Farmers’ Bank and will devote his attention to the furniture business. Mr. Williams has been connected with the Farmers’ Bank for the past 16 years, but owing to the close confinement necessary he finds his health failing and Mr. Makeever will henceforth manage the bank.

At the meeting of the Teachers’ Association last Saturday, W. J. Reed of Carpenter tp., was elected president of the Association after a spirited contest. Albert Marshall of Marion tp., was elected vice-president; Clara Parker of Marion tp., secretary, and Joeva Green of Hanging Grove, asst, secretary.,

Have you tried C. C Starr’s FRESH ROASTED COFFEE? He roasts all his coffees and sells the cheapest; quality considered. Twenty years’ experience in selecting and roasting coffee.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, December 9, 1899.

Warren & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and com mission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County. The population of Rensselaer as given by the Journal’s censns is 2,025. Many of the empty honses of the city have filled up during the past two months, and but 29 vacant dwellings were found according to this report.

The civil cases of Jacob Dluzak and Agnes Dluzak vs James A. May, resulting from the Milroy tp., fracas of several months ago, were set for trial in the White circuit court yesterday. The state case vs Jacob Dluzak, growing out of the same old corn stealing charge, was set for the day previous.

The 35th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark was duly celebrated last Thursday evening by a band of masked members of the Relief Corps. The evening was spent in playing games and indulging in social conversation. Refreshments were served. Several presents were left as a remembrance.

Fred Parcels, one of the Rensselaer football players, was quite severely injured in the Thanksgiving game, but went about his business until Saturday evening, when he fainted while shaving a man in his father’s barber shop. A physician who was called to attend him found that he had four ribs fractured, his nose broken, one lung injured and two teeth knocked out. Those “Chicago palefaces” seem to have been a little tougher than their appearance would indicate* judging fr6m the many knockouts administered to the Rensselaer team. The Democrat sends in hundreds of subscriptions each year to various publications for its readers, and these subscriptions are usually j sent in the week they are re-! ceived. If after a lapse of three weeks a subscriber fails to receive j a copy of the publication sub- 1 scribed for he should drop us aj, card notifying us of the fact, but,/ after receiving a copy, report all irregularites, if anv to the head-; quarters of the publication itself, and not to this office. If you wish j th 6 address changed, write to the publication direct, always giving both the old and new address. Please remember this. Tom Joiner turned over the keys to the court house last Sun- • day morning, and it is said has sought greener pastures in the Windy City, something like an engineer’s position. Tom made a very good janitor, and his sudden leave-taking has been a soufce of considerable annoyance. A' great deal of difficulty has been experienced in keeping the building com-; fortably warm, and Tom seems to have been the only man who was on intimate terms with the $j2,300 court house clock and was prepared to treat its numerous ailments promptly and in a general-, ly “fetching” manner. The clock persisted in striking twice for the half hour for several days after Tom left, but has now settled down to business once more. Alexander Biotsky through his attorney, E. P. Honan, has begun action in the Jasper circuit court against the Monon railroad for SI,OOO damages. Blotsky on Thanksgiving day alleges to have purchased a ticket from Rose Lawn to Fair Oaks and boarded a train for the latter place. Being unfamiliar with the stations and the conductor not coming around to take up his ticket the train had passed Fair Oaks when the conductor came to him for his ticket. The conductor would accept no explanation of why he had not got off. at Fair Oaks nor would he stop the train and let him get off that he might walk back, but was unnecessarily voilent and abusive and demanded fare to Rensselaer, which Blotsky refused to pay. The conductor then forcibly seised his overcoat lying on the seat beside him and held it for the fare from Fair Oaks to Rensselaer, turning same over to the agent at the latter place.

NO INVESTIGATION NOW.

The Fleener & Carnahan Deal Held As An Excuse For Not Granting the Petition. Other Commissioners’ Court Proceedings.

The county commissioners met in regular session on Monday. Following is a report of their transactions: In the matter of the petition for an investigation of the county records the following entry was made on the record: “Petition to have county records examined: Comes now the petitioners by E. P. Honan, their attorney and presents their petition and the Board after hearing the argument of counsel and being fully advised in the premises finds that heretofore, on Sept. 10, 1897, this Board entered into a contract with Fleener & Carnahan, expert accountants, td make and carry on the investigation prayed for by the petitioners herein; that after the execution of the contract above referred to, this Board was by the Jasper Circuit Court enjoined from carrying out the provisions of the said contract, from which judgement of the circuit court an appeal was taken to Supreme court of Indiana in which court the said cause is now pending. It is therefore ordered by the Board that this cause be continued pending the decision of the Supreme court in the cause of Elias Marion vs the Board of Commissioners of the County of Jasper.” Following is a part of the contract referred to, and contains all the salient parts of same: “We will examine the books, papers, vouchers, settlements and statements of the various officers of your county and state and ascertain whether or not there is any money due your county from the state or any other source on account of errors or omissions and in the event we find anything due your county as aforesaid, we will report the same to your proper officials for collection without cost to your county save our charges and for our services in making said examination we will charge yon a sum of money equal to one-half of all sums discovered and reported by agin accordance with the above propositiw«MT66llwted by yonr officials,” etc, will be seen that the above, to use a slang pbraze, is a “bird” ofof a contract —for Fleener & Carnahan —providing they ever are allowed to go ahead with the “investigation.’’ Such a contract ought to be held bad by the courts and we believe eventually will be. Commissioner Halleck stated that he expected an early decision in this case, and, if held illegal, then the board would “consider” the prayer of the above petition. He intimated, however, that before the board coaid order an investigation it would be necessary for them to find that some “irregularity” existed, making such investigation necessary, which is equivalent to saying that no investigation need be expected. There are other ways forgetting an investigation that will investigate, and that is to elect a set of county officers at the next election who will pledge themselves to make the | same. /L Amount of unloanedeehool -ftrtid on band Dec. 1, $660.00. W. H. Coover turned over $486.25 fees collected for the quarter ending Nov. 30; R. B. Porter, ; same, $700.90; N. J. Reed, same, $348.84; W. C. Babcock, same (for one month) $29.90. ' Report of Supt. of poor farm I filed showing receipts for quarter $171.61; expenses $879.35. Publication ordered for notice of bids for furnishing supplies; bids will be received up to noon of Dec. 19.

Alex Merica, petition for highway between Pulaski and Jasper counties: John O. Connor heretofore appointed commissioner having failed to make said view, the Board appointed J. W. Burgett commissioner to act with S. W. Huffle, commissioner appointed by Pulaski county, to meet at office of E. H. Applegate in Francesville, on Dec. 9, at 10 a. m., to qualify, and pioceed to view said road, and make report on or before Jan. 1,1900. “Thomas J. Joiner, janitor of the county buildings, heretofore employed, having abandoned his employment, is discharged, and

BAZAR, DECEMBER 15-16. j r\ 1 The First Annual Bazar by the ladies of the I Christian church will be held Dec. 15 and 16, in the va- - cant store rooom at the corner of Front and Washing- ; ton streets. Those desiring Christmas Presents for ! frinds will do well to await our display. i /~\ _ : LIST OF ARTICLES. Batten burg, doilies, fancy pillows, down pillows, fancy pin- ! cushions, pen wipers, hair pin trays, paper knives, comfortables, ' baby comfortables, ladies’and gent’s gowns, tea jackets, plain ! and fancy aprons, hemstitched towels, laundry bags, stocking ! bags, kniting bags, button bags, etc., baby bibs, embroidery ! scissors, fascinators and dolls—plain, fancy white, black, baby, ! queen, foot ball and Japanese. Foot ball pillows in High J school colors.

the resignation of Samuel F. Wood as fireman at the heating plant, heretofore filed, is accepted and he is discharged,” reads the record. The Board appointed Charles Morlan as janitor and custodian of the court house and heating plant at a salary of S4O per month, and Geo. L. Morgan fireman for the heating plant at a salary of S3O per month, both to hold their positions subject to dismissal by the board.

Robt. A. Parkison, treasurerelect, filed his bond in the sum of $160,000 with Geo. B. Parkison, James R. Parkison. Wallace Robinson, Granville Moody, J. D. Babcock, Austin O. Moore, Henry Grow, J. V. Parkison, S. R. Nichols, I. J. Porter, # Wm. W. Murray, Nathan Eldridge, John Eger, Warren Robinson, P. C. Wasson and Addison Parkison as sureties, which was approved by the Board. Mr. Parkison takes charge of the office Jan. 1, 1900. Board adjourned Thursday evening to meet again Monday. Dec. 11.

BILLS ALLOWED. J. C.Gwin, (assignee; 1 old wolf scalp. $ 10 00 Heury Lours, gravel road work 2 50 Joseph Putts, same 3 00 £. S. Rhoades, poor relief Marion tp... 5 00 E. G. Warren, Supt. Keener tp., g rds. 60 00 Florence Wood, office work, ditches.. 19 00 Porter A Randle, mdse. ct. house 3 10 A J Biggs, gravel road w0rk........... 12 00 h L Gamble. Eng. Keener tp. roads.... 6 00 Same, work on ditches 12 00 B. Meinbrook, gravel road work 7 50 Laßue Bros., (assignee Jno. Bourne) gravel road work 2 SO Same, (assignee H. W. Grant), same 250 Same, poor relief Marlon tp 44 25 W C Buhcock. postage auditor's office 100 W HCoover, same 3 50 E C English, postage Sec. Bd. Health.. 185 Same, salary as same 52 09 JOB McDougle, poor relief Carpenter 900 J C Gleason, same 15 50 W H Coover, making reports 1 00 S C Johnson, poor relief Jail Ap. f. con 625 Geo. L. Morgan, services at boiler hse $35, allowed at.... 30 00 t H Peck A Co., poor relief Carpenter 15 00 D R Fairchild, Supt. Keener gr rds.... 29 25 R B Porter, postage recorder's office 615 John Gleason, poor relief Carpenter 800 Leslie Clark, printing, etc., truant of.. 4 50 Same, county superintendent 11 00 Same, sab. to Journal to Jan. 1,1900.. 65 JOB McDougle, poor relief Carpen... 900 Wm. Shepherd, same.... 49 75 Jlert-Terry Sta. Co,, books and sta $16.50 1 dismissed A L Berkley, poor relief per contract. 13 00 W H Eger, mdse gravel roads 84 Same, ct house 4 55 J W WiUiams, same 100 N J Reed, boarding prisoners, $43.20 al 43 00 Same, postage sheriff’s office 2 00 TJ Joiner, janitor salary, Nov 45 00 New Castle Bridge Co., Groom’s bdge. $1.670 continued T J Joiner, laundry for ct house 2 76 Hunt Bros., mdse ct house 11 90 John Eger, mdse poor farm $122,33, al 122 29 Same, poor relief Marion $38.50 allow 35 50 A F Long, mdse Co. officers 25 30 N W Scraper Co., 2 road machines 600 00 W C Babcock, sal as auditor for Nov.. 166 67 W H Coover, salary as clerk 375 00 S C Johnson, poor relief Mari0n....... 6 85 Ellis A Murray, same 2 16 Same, mdse poor farm 18 76 Same poor relief Union tp 12 60 LH Hamilton, sal. Co. Supt 312 00 Same, postage account 10 90 J R Phillips, serv.Co. assessor, 39 00 Coen A Brady, coal for for. poor farm 10 00 W C Babcock, grain for poor farm.... 372 78 J P Hammond, serv, truant officer.,.. 32 00 J C Gwin, sal. as treasurer 300 00 A G Hardy, sal. poor farm Supt 150 00 A S Keane, poor relief Wheatfield 22 45 John Pinter, same 27 71 F B Meyer, mdse Jail and ct house 38 72 WHRger, same. Jail 16 96 City Rensselaer, water to Jan.l, 1900.. 175 00 L N Welts, med.aid to poor, contract.. 17 50 j Warner Bros, mdse Jail . 5 05 Same, mdse poor farm 2 35

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J T Penn, wood for county 3 25 ELLIS OPERA HOUSE. J. h. S. ELLIS, Mgr. MONDAY, DEC. 11, In Bids Mi m. ■ i —— i Vaudeville Bill. macintire and weld, Society sketch Artists. C. P. STEBLETON, Singing and Dancing Comedian. DAISY KENNISON, Singing Soubrette. JESSIE KENNISON, Serpentine and Fire Dances. J. A. ERWIN, Juggling Excentrique. OVERTURE. Collection of Late Views by Cinematographe* ERWIN AND CARRIER, Tripple Horizontal Bar Experts. ILLUSTRATED SONGS, Miss Gifford, Vocalist. John Fizmauice Operator. TWIN SISTERS KENNISON, Up to-date Vocalists and Dancers. BRYCE AND TIERSON, Vocalists, singers and dancers. ADMISSION . . as and 3*c„ _j*

DR. R. R. McCOMBS, The celebrated Refractemeter of Chicago, will be at P. W. Clark’s Jewelry Store, Tuesday, Dec. 12, remaining until Thursday, Dec. 14. EYES EXAMINED FREE. Errors of Refraction a specialty. Returning once a month at above dates. s' ' j DISTRICT K. OF P. MEETING. The K. of P. district meeting for this district will be held at Rensselaer next Wednesday, Dec. 13. A cordial invitation is extended to all members of the order to attend. Chas. Robinson, Acting C. C. Notice of Election of Officers bi Prairie Lodge No. 125, F. & A. M. Notice s hereby given that on the evening of the 18th day of December, 1899, at Masonic Hall, in Rensselaer, Indiana, there will be held an election to elect aW. ' M., S. W. and J. W., with other officers of said Lodge. The first threelo be elected will be ex-officio trustees of said Lodge for the ensuing year. The Lodge opens at6:3o p. m. ' J. M. Wasso*. W. M. W. J. Imes, Sec. My son has been troubled for years with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago I persuaded him to take some of Chamberlain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two bottles of the 2ocent size he was cured. I gsd||| this testimonial, hoping some one j similarly affleted may read it and be benefited. —Thomas C. Bower, j Glencoe, O. For sale by Hunt Bros., druggists.

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