Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1899 — Page 1

Jasper county Democrat.

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LOCAL MATTERS. A Merry Christmas. No school till Tuesday, Jan. 2. New Year’s one week fana Monday. to turn over that new Owen Byun of Chicago, is again working for W. & Eger. Miss Mary Batea ia visiting friends at Ladoga. Liveryman Short ia reported quite flick at this writing. Only one move week of thatfree Indianapolis State Sentinel offer. The Wolcott gas well is down about 750 feet and will go still deeper. Remember that our free Indianapolis Sentinel offer will close Jan. 1.1900. John R. Warren and family will move to Kansas next month, we understand. The Methodist Sunday school exercises and tree will be held this evening. J. G. Perry of Goodland, was in Rensselaer on business Wednesday and Thursday. Frank Welsh and Robt. Michaels of Jordon tp., were in Chicago a few days this week. D. A. Bickel of Carpenter tp., was a pleasant caller at The Democrat office last Saturday. The gross receipts of the Cbristain church ladies bazar were about $l9O, with expenses, about SSO. The township trustees of the state will hold their annual meeting at Indianapolis. Dec. 27-28. Severa 1 eastern banks and financial concerns have gone under in the past week. Too much prosperity. Advertised Letters: Mrs. Jennie Banson, Mr. F. B. Gardner. Mrs. Lena Gardner, Mr. Dodly Pierson. W. C. McCord of Indianapolis, who has been visiting here for the past three months, returned home Thursday. John JC. Kaupke, Trustee of Kankakee township, and Joel F. Spriggs of Walker township, were in the city Wednesday. The ladies of the Christian church desire to thank the public for its liberal patronage at the bazaar, Dec. 15, and 16. At the meeting of the local F. & A. M. lodge Monday evening, Ralph Fendig was elected treasurer for the twenty-second consecutive year. C. H. Vick bandies the Cincinnati Sunday Enquirer, the best Sunday paper published. A few extra copies for to-morrow. Leave your order for one to-day. Box Social at Wood’s school, 2 miles south of Pleasant Ridge, Friday, Dec. 22. A good program assured. Everybody come C. W. Reeve, Teacher. The Very Rev. M. E Campit n, irremovable rector of the St. Vincent De Paul Catholic church of Logansport, died very suddenly of heart failure in that city last Monday. J. H. Hoover makes a specialty of saw filing; hand or buck-saws. 15 cents each; crosscut, 35c. If you want a good job done, call on him. Corner of East Cedar and Rachel streets, east part of town. fens Anderson, the young Dane who recently lost a foot from being run over by the cars at Monon, has secured a position as flagmai at Hammond. Yens was married few days ago to Miss Iva Wink * ley of MononJ • It is rumored that ex-Prosecu-ting Attorney Chizum would like the republican nomination for easy ro against, therefore The Democrat hopes that he may receive the nomination. . .

DR. MOORE, Specialist RENSSELAER. IND

The poutoffice at Norway. Whits county, will ha dwv— tin—l Dec. 30. . GeuqgaE. and BL CL Vincent of Renaadaer The Milroy and Newton attar a brief ffinres It is rumored that Dr. Croak, of Wolcott, fatwrfr of Bus niece, wifl make a contest for the Republican district rhairmaniiliipu— Goodland Herald. One reason given to show ws will not have a severe winter is that the asp baa not gone down in the trees. The sap flows almost as freely from soft maples now as it does in March. Tim secretaries of the various Rensselaer secret societies are requerted to sand in a list of their oceat for publication. No charge is made for such priblieation.

Judge Neal of Noblrerille. field the coonty refiora la* aaartitatioal ia deciding the Boone county court house case on Thursday. The decision favored the tax payers and is against the hoard of Iroquois I. 0.0. F. lodge Not 143, and Reberxa lodge. Not 316, will give a 50-year anniversary on Jacob M. Troxell on Wednesday night, Dec. 27. AU L O. O. F. •nd Rebekahs' are cordially invited. By Order of Com. The Salisbury Orchestra gave a very enjoyable evening’sentertainmeut at the opera house Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Fiction eiabu It was generally pronounced the best musical entertainment ever given in Rensseiaer. Cade Frank Elijah, one of Newton county's oldest settlers, died near ML Ayr. Thursday. War. Stacker and wife and Miss Lydia Schanlaub of this city, attended the funeral, which was field at Ml Ayr on Wednesday afternoon.

No action has yet been taken on either of the three civil cases against Jasper county, taken to White on change of venue —vix: Grindle A Weatherhog vs Board of Coorinissiouers of Jaspre county: Heinzanua Bras, vs saaae: W. B Burford vs fame., involving altogether soaae fIGjOQO or ffrjOOOL Reports from all courties heard from show great srtings in the cost of county stationery under the new reform plan of comprtitive bidding. The Saving is about one-half over farmer cost for this class of supplies, notwithstanding the stationery firms apparently combined to beat the taxpayers.

William Blake, a fin mu well known early settler of Jasper oonty. died in Rice county Kansas, Nov. ti, aged about 77 years. Deceased was a brother of Isaac Blake of Jordan tp_ and was one the early settlem of this county. He went to Kansas about 18 years bgo. Kesniagton papers please One of the most radical and .general advances ever made in Height rates, it w wwewwl will go into enect Jan. d_ Thoesamfe of articles of evry-day consumption wiU be affected and tW increase will average 3& and 40 per cent, the jump on many dames readung 50 per ccnL This will certainly bring prosperity to the railruada. Mr. C. ELCunouofOklohoma,a farmer resident of this cormty,, caaae Taesdayfar a short visit with old friends He rams via Oiaihc, Kam. and stopped off and saw lames BL w ahaffir a for min county wfaomovedto Kansas 42 yeare a«oc Me. Mhhsfie is m 90 years us gga. MgL Cmmsbl who tern been viaitisg Irins for some t toe, vriff istsra with her

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, December 23, 1899.

TeH your neighbor to take The Democrat for all county news. Weadl envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. For Sale:— Lots 5 & 6, Newtonb addition, 134 feet front, good locatnm. Easy terms. Enquire at thm office. In the ansi-annual settlement with the state treasurer this week Jasper county paid in $14,586-88 and drew out $(C635.05. The Democrat and the Indianapolis Weekly Sentinel one year rorfl.OO; Democrat and Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer, $1.50, cash in advance. Warren A 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. n . SF Have you tried C. C. Starr’s fresh raosted coffee? He roasts all his coffeesand sells the cheapest; quality considered. Twenty years experience in selecting and The Democrat is read by more farmers than any other paper published in Jasper county. Remember this when getting your sale bins struck, and come to this office for having the work dune. A free notice in The Democrat with each set of bills. The butchering season is at hand and everybody uses more or less pepper. C. C. Starr can furnish you with the pure article, having one of the best French Stone Burr mills made for grinding spice. He grinds nothing but dean sifted pepper. Mrs. Milt Chipman died Tuesday morning at the home of her sister. Miss Adamson, two miles north of town, after a brief illness from consumption. Deceased leaves a husband and two children, Charles and Myrtle, to mourn her death. The funeral was held at Miss Adamson's residence Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. C. D. Jefferies conducted the services. Interment made in Weston cemetery.

A IMatcr For Jasper. The Shelby County Farmer’s Institute this week adopted the following resolution: “Rinilved. by the Shelby Faimers’ I nstitute. Tba« the- variocß charges of misappropriation, improper allowances and other violations of I the law openly charged against some of the rnantj aasdex-coonty officers and others of SkribT cooztty. demand our condemnation ndmme. We further ask the prosecuting anomer and other officers, whose duty it is to petdectthe tax-payers, take some steps to make ao mwstigatMxi and bring the guilty parties to j—ri i ~ Mrrfii gy at Matthre Baptist Church Important topics are studied every evening. The following subjects will be presented: Savmnav—“Sobratioo How Obtained.” SrxnaT—“Light and Darkness.” Moxoat— “A Study of Prophecy—Who Changed the Sabbath?” Ttvsnav “Prophecy Continued The These wdH he found in "th and Bth chapters lafDdmeL AH are urgently invited to come and participate in these important' studies. J. E. Collins, A. P. Messler, Evangelists. | . r Subscribe for The Democrat. Lbw Rates Far The Holidays. The Monon Route is making special rates for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season. Call on the local agent for particulars. W. H. Beam, Agent. LODGE ELECTIONS. ran usmxdto xuok*. 1 Ptome Lodge N<x 125 F. kA. M, elected •efcSMriWadana their regular meeting ■mi lip iitaM" J-M. Wasson, W. M.; J. F. V«a.& W.Cora. J. W.; R. Fendig, Ttarnw; V-Xfama. Sue. canouc obbsb or rataarnots. JUinMißgd WDwd Const No, 418, C. cangnaf edfeean wan elected: Geo. A. Strickfntea. Jama* Water* ▼. C. R.; J.M. ■eahr.Bec.Hra ; Inha nt h nhi Financial amsrktKSed daflagnie and Joseph Nwel BMarWkatdlW.

Commissioners' Court.

The county commissioners met in special session Tuesday to pass on bids filed for furnishing stationery and poor farm supplies for the calendar year 1900. Following are the bids filed and the action taken on them:

A. F. Long, for all article* named in class 4 for Janitors’ use. $128.50. No action. F. Long, drugs for poor asylum, class S, fSJBB. No action. A. F. Long, articles in class 3 for county officers. $386. No action. John Eger, groceries for poor asylum, first quarter. $86.90. Accepted. W. H. Eger, hardware for poor asylum first quarter, $11.30. Accepted. Burt-Terry Stationary Co., blank books, special ruled blanks, and all articles contained in classes 1 and 4, $1,850. No action. Burt-Terry Stationery Co., pens, pencils, and Stationery supplies and ail articles contained in class 3. $168.75. No action. Leslie Clark and George E. Marshall, (ca-boots bid) all the articles named In class 8, $895. No action.

The stationery bids filed for the various classes aggregate $1,913.75 for supplying the county with this class of work for the coming year. As but one foreign stationery firm filed a bid, it would sfeem that there had been some sort of an arrangement made to prevent competition, although the bidders are required to make affidavit that nothing of the sort has been done. Another point we wish to impress upon the taxpayers in this connection, is that the Burt-Terry Co., apparently filed no bid on the particular class of work on which Bros. Clark and Marshall filed their‘"ca-hoots” bid. The law expressly prohibits collusive bidding, and yet here are two separate and distinct printing offices in Rensselaer who go in cahoots and file a single bid. We hardly think this scheme will be allowed to go through. In Carroll county the stationery contracts for 1900 were let last Monday at an aggregate of $987. 35, or $925.90 less than the above people want for supplying Jasper county. The 1898 estimate of population gives Carroll 23.787 population and Jasper only 16,492. It would therefore appear that Carroll would require more supplies of this nature than Jasper. Who this great diversity of bids in the two counties? In Benton county the contract was let for furnishing stationery supplies to the Burt-Terry Co. and Chas. H. West at a total cost of $1,666, which is about S3OO less than is wanted here although Benton is the larger county in population, etc. Carroll is a democratic county while Benton is a repulican county. The commissioners decided to take no rction on the bids filed—except as noted—until their January meeting.

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A Cat’s Cartons Thieving.

• lr - , 1 A Persian cat which steals pigeons’ eggs furnishes the latest curiosity in feline ways. A Wimborne correspondent of the Field says that his cat scales a high garden wall, turns a neighbor’s pigeons off their nests, takes the eggs in his mouth, makes a safe journey back, and lays them at his master’s feet The writer adds: “At this moment I have two on my office desk brought in to-day. On examining the eggs I find two small holes in each shell, made by the cat’s teeth to facilitate easy and safe carriage; beyond this the eggs are intact Although there are many young pigeons in the cote, some unable to fiy, the cat never in any way attempts to touch them.”

Ages of Trees.

A well-known scientist furnishes someinformation in regard to the ages of trees. He assigns to the pine tree 500 to 700 yean aa the maximum, 435 yean to the silver fir, and 170 to the ash.

: Some Facts! » . —.... 1 == zj It Isa Fact that we sell only goods iff that go in the States having 2 Pure Food Laws. » & ff That by buying in moderate quantities we i thereby always have fresh goods. to That we never buy stale or adulterated (• goods and then give a cut and skin rate, k That you can buy more goods for the same money, or the same goods for less Wi money of us than elsewhere. k That you always get a square deal and no cause to kick when you trade with us. That good goods, low prices and square dealing has doubled our trade each year in r* the past. (• That we want to quadruple it next year 2 and are willing to offer inducements to to bring the trade to do so. All this and more at the “Square Deal Pure Food” Grocery. (• | J.A.McFarland. .... PHONE 99 ....

Directory. COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Wm. H.Coover Sheriff Nate J. Reed Auditor W. C. Babcock Treasurer Jesse C. Gwin Recorderßobert B. Porter SurveyorMyrt B. Price CoronerTruitt 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. 1 I . CITY OFFICERS. Mayor Thomas J. McCoy Marshal Thomas McGowan Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin TreasurerC. C, Starr Attorney. Harry R. Kurrio Civil EngineerH. L. Grumble Fire Chief Edgar M. Parcels COUNCILMEN. Jst wardG.E. Murray, Chas. Dean. 2nd ward John Eger, C. G. Spitler 3rd wardJ. C. McColly, J. C. Gwin JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney Charles E. Mills Terms of Court. —Second Monday in February. April, September and November. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Robert S. Drake Hanging Grove A. W. PrevoGillam John F. Pettit Walker Samuel R. Nicholsßarkley James D. Babcock Marion Marcus W. Reed Jordan Jackson FreelandL. Newton C. C. BiermaKeener J.C. Kaupke Kankakee Albert S. KeeneWheatfield John A. LambornCarpenter George W. Caster Milroy B. D. Comer Union TOWN OR CITY J. D. Allman ßemington J. F. Warrenßensselaer Edward T. Biggs...Wheattis i Louis H. Hamilton, Co. Suptßensae-a.er 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, 0 p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7 p.m. Free Baptist—One service every Sunday morning and evening, alternately. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. A. C. F. meets Sunday, 6:30 P. M. Christian—Comer Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching. 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school 9:30; J. Y. P. S. C. E., 2:30; S. Y. P. S. C. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting Thursday 7:80. A. L, Ward, 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. C, E., 6:30; Prayer meeting, Thursday 7:3O: Ladies’ Industrial Society meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society, monthly. Rev. C. D. Jeffries. Pastor. Methodist—Preaching at 10:45 and 7:80; Sunday school 9:80; Epworth League Sunday 6; Tuesday 7; Junior League 2:30 alfeKasstaate Aid Society every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Church of God—Corner Harrison and Elsa. Preaching 10 and 7:80; Sunday school 9:80; Prayer meeting. Thursday, 7:80; Ladies' Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Rev. A. H. Zilmer, pastor. Catholic Church—St. Augustine’s. Comer Division and Susan. Services 7:80 and 10:80 a. m. Sunday school 1180 p. m. Rev. Father T homaa Meyer pastor.

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Real Estate Transfers.

Geo. E. Ramey to S. W. Thayer. Dec. 7, nI4 nH sw nw se 7-30-6, Union. $6,600. Shobal P. Mulford to S. W. Thayer, Nov. 27. nH sw nw se nw sw sw nw sw sw, 7-30-6, Union, SSOO. Same. atty, in fact, to same. w*4 sw sw nw nJ4 uw sw nw se. Union, 7-30-6, $2,500. John Stevens, et al, to S. W. Thayer. Dec. 9, sw sw, 7-30-6, sl. u.c. d. Sheriff of Jasper county to Aire Bierma. Dec. 15. nw sen% sw. 23-32 7. Keener. $1,802.83. Sheriff’s deed Sam C. Curtis et ux. to John J. Porter, Nov. 18, ne sw. 27-30-6, Barkley, $1,200. Lousie Churchill to Herman Churchill. Dec. 19, nw sw, 13-29-7, Marion. $3,000. Grant Conrad et »1 to Benj. J, Gifford, Aug. 8. pt ne sw 82-32-6, Wheatfield. sl. q. c.d. Henry B. Kenyon et al to Geo. W. Thompson, Nov. 10, eH se 33-27-7. Carpenter. $4,600. Emma J. Warren to Thomas F. Cbeever. Dec. 16, It 16. bl 1. McDonald’s Add.. DeMotte, S3OO. Isabel C. Barkley to William B. Moffitt, Oct. 9, und 1-7 w% sw, 3-28-0, Marion, 8800. q. C. d. i Lucy E. Smyth et al to Everett Halstead. w* ne, 28-32-7.8 C acres. Keener. SI3OO. David Sanson to John C. Graves Dec. IS. wH sw 6-31-6, Walker. $1,060. John C. Graves to Rudolph Miller, Dec, 10. wS sw 6-31-6, Walker, SI3OOGreit ze Bierma to Nicholas Bierma, Dec. 1. ne nw 22-82-7, Keener, SI,OOO. John W. Dickinson. to J. B. Hmlrrty.SMK 18, nK nw 11-38-4, 80 acres. Jordan. ■■ J. B. Hardesty to FrantertF. Miller. Mar *. nM nw 31-88-0, Nacres, Jorilm.— B Hans Ericksen to Arnette M. Ericksen. 38. pt nwsw4- 81-6, 30JN acres. WaßaK,«n*»