Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1899 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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THE NINETY AND NINE.

“Come in,” to the new; and “farewell” to the old; \ Ring out—or ring off. as may hap. Connect us with one nine naught naught; we would hold A century’s talk with the chap. No* hail to the cycle as yet unattached; Not platted with figured design. But big with the years that are soon to be hatched— Good-bye to old Ninety and Nine. My good resolutions, fresh born with last year. Where are they? Where are they? Ah, where? % To bet, nor to play, nor to taste of the beer; To spend, nor to smoke, nor to swear. They have passed with the months. With the century’s sun They have set (ne’er to rise. I divine). And living to-day there is nevera one That wasted old Ninety and Nine. Shall I start a new hundred with record as new? Shall I clean everything from my slate? Shall the ciphers betoken a life pure and true? Snail I virtues galore reinstate? Alas for the faults I have nurtured so well— Alas f<r the foibles of mine— Alas! for the vices, too many to tell— Oh, darling old Ninety and Nine! • -Leslie's Weekly.

LOCAL MATTERS. Fine winter weather. The days are growing longer. J. A. McFarland was in Chicago on business Wednesday. Start the new year right by subscribing for The Democrat. James Blake of Fair Oaks was a' Rensselaer visitor this week. Tell your neighbor to take The Democrat for all county news. Ira Gay returned to his. home in Manchester, Tenn., Wednesday. We are pleased to note that James F. Irwin is again able to be about J. W. Smith of Wheatfield, was in the city on business Monday and Tuesday. Jacob M. Troxell of DeMotte, has again become a resident of of Rensselaer. Next Monday is the regular monthly meeting day of the county commissioners. Bovel Makeever and Miss Lillie Stacker, both of near Mt Ayr, were married last week. 4 Attorney James W. Douthit was in Hammond on legal business a few days this week. Regular meeting of the city council was postponed from Monday evening to last evening. J. H. Beacham was pulled the other day and given a dog-tax fine with trimmings amounting to sls. The Fowler Leader of last week contained a handsome illustrated write-up of Benton’s capitol city. The county commissioners meet in special session to-day to close up the allowing of claims for the year. _______ George and Percy Dennis, of Joliet, 111, visited their uncle, W. R. Dennis, at Pleasant Ridge, this week. Fay Clayton and Myrtle York of Monon were the guests of Misses Mabie and Ethel Huff during the holidays. T. J. Manley of Chicago, and Miss Maud Kepner of Sheldon, Hl., were the guests of W. 0. Schanlaub during holidays. Bernard Maloy and wife came down from Chicago to spend the holidays with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Maloy. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nowels of Chicago Heights, spent Christmas with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nowels, of Jordan tp. The new M. E. church at Brook is to be dedicated to-morrow. Rev. Dr. Halstead of Frankfort, will conduct the dedicatory services. A census of Morocco, taken last week, shows the population of that lively burg to be 1,146. Three years ago the figures were about The mercury has been hovering about zero all this week, and a good quality of ice now about six inches in thickness has formed on the river.

DR- MOORE, Specialist, —Rm—RENSSELAER, IND.

Attorney Elmore Barce of Fowler, was married to a Benton county young lady last Sunday. We sell envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. Rev. Middleton has been suffering from a severe cold for the past two weeks, but is now much better. Frank Lakin and wife of north of town, left Thursday for a visit with friends in lowa and Nebraska. Miss Roe Dennis, of Chicago, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dennis, at Pleasant Ridge, and in visiting at Goodland. Monticello’s new paper will be republican, it is now said, and A. K. Sill, the whilom republican boss of White county, will be chief promoter and political advisor. Even the wash-woman is to feel the effects of the trusts. A meeting of the washing machine manufacturers was held at Indianapolis this week and a “uniform price” for their product agreed upon. Remember the Institute, Jan. 12th and 13th. Every farmer and farmer's wife should attend these meetings; they are gotten up especially for you. Come prepared to talk on some subject. C. D. Nowels, Sec. Bro. Sid Schanlaub of the esteemed Morocco Courier, will issue no paper this week. The week will be spent in rest by the poor over-worked devil, while the Bro. will retire to his inner sanctum and engage in fasting and prayer. Decatur county, strongly republican for the past twenty years, has become very rotten officially, and at a meeting of the county council last Tuesday by a unaminous vote the council appropriated SI,OOO for an investigation by experts. The Salvation Army Corps closed its meetings at Rensselaer last Friday night and went from here to Monon. We trust they will have the moral atmosphere of our sister town in good condition for the democratic gathering there on the 9th. The Employes of the American Express Co. throughout the country each received a .five dollar check as a Christmas present. The patrons of the express company, however, have paid the amount of these “presents” several times over in the one cent revenue tax levied by this octupus upon each package sentjhrpugh them’ It is au easy thing to be liberal with other people's money. Fred Yeider, while topping some trees last Monday," met with an accident that luckily did no more ' than knock the wind out of him for a short time. He was standing on a ladder sawing off a limb, and when nearly off it shot backwards hitting Fred in the breadbasket. He lit on the sidewalk 12 feet below in a jiffy, but was soon able to talk When Fred can talk he isn’t dead, bnt is on high road to health and prosperity. Thomas P. Shufeltou, ex-sheriff of Marion county, confessed Judgment last Saturday, in the Marion circuit court for $2,000 which seems “by mistake” had found its way into his pocket instead of the county treasury. It may be added that the contract under which this “mistake” was discovered was a percentge contract, the experts receiving 25 per cent, of the “mistake.” Several other ex-offi-cers have also paid over various “mistake” sums, aggregating a number of thousands of dollars. Our republican friends tell us that the republican policy of protection has nothing to do with the trust evil, yet their republican governor of Indiana, Hon. Ja mes A. Mount, said only a few days ago, when asked for publication if he had any new ideas ou the subject of trusts: “I emphatically favor removing all tariff protection from every industry that belongs to a combination formed in. restraint of trade. I think that is a salient necessity, and that it would go a long way toward eradicating the trust evil.”

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The Imperial Stock Co. will hold forth at Ellis’ opera house, all of next week. Both dramatic and vaudeville amusements. Charles A. Armstrong of Michi?an City, and Lillie Peregrine of 'efft, were married at the home of Supt. Hamilton last Monday morning. They will reside at Michigan City ’ 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. We have decided to continue our free Indianapolis Sentinel offer until Jan. 15,1900, to new subscribers only. After which date it will positively be withdrawn/ The old general offer of the Sentinel will be withdrawn after Monday Jan. 1, 1900.

Bro. Marshall wants the waterworks whistle sounded morning, noon and night, that the people of our city may know the hour to begin and to quit work, etc. What’s the matter with “Honest” Abe’s, $2,300 court house clock, Bro. Marshall? What’s the matter with the clock?

A fine literary and musical entertainment was given at the Odd Fellows’ hall Wednesday night, nnder the direction of the Iroquois Lodge, I. O. O, F. andD. of R., in honor of the one-half century membership of Jacob M. Troxell. An excellent supper was served after the entertainment.

The interior of the schoolhouse in Sec. 36, Colfax tp., Newton county, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night, supposedly the result of tramps stopping* in the building. Loss about S2OO, insured in C. B. Steward’s agency of this city. The school building was practically new, having been built in 1898. The jury in the case of the commissioners of Morgan county vs. ex-County Treasurer Langford returned a verdict in favor of the county last Tuesday. An investigation of the county records by experts revealed the fact thr.t Langford was one of the county officers who had made some “mistakes,” his amounting to $1,176. Another campaign lie nailed: The democrats have long rested under the ignomy of being denominated the “whiskey party” by their political opponents, yet here is the democratic district meeting called for Monon, a town without ; a solitary saloon in its borders, while the republican district meeting is to be held at Hammond, a town with 114 saloons! Those confounded republicans wijl Jry to steal our free silver and anti-trust planks next.

The court house clock evidently indulged in too inuclj Christmas eve cheer, for Monday morning it was taken with a dreadful spell of striking. At 6:30 it rattled off 14 strokes; at 7 o’clock, 11 strokes; 7:30 o’clock 12 strokes; 8 o’clock, 34 strokes; 9 o’clock, 13 strokes, and I stroke a little later; 9:30 o’clock, II strokes; 10 o’clock, 5 strokes, after which a straight-jacket was put on it and the proper hours were thereafter rung out, with an occasional bad break during the week. The clock is evidently mourning for its old friend, Tom. The Burt-Terry Stationery Co., should be given no contract for Jasper county’s books and stationery, no matter what price they offer to furnish the supplies for. About one year ago this firm put in a bid of $548 for furnishing such supplies for one year, and then, when their bid was accepted, refused to enter into a contract. Notwithstanding this, several hundred dollars worth of supplies— at least they were paid for them—were bought fiom this firm, during the year. Not a dollar of Jasper county’s money should be paid to any such people as the Burt-Terry Co., have shown themselves to be. The taxpayers of Jasper county have been robbed long enough on books and stationery. Let the commissioners readvertise and get bids in from other states if. there is no other way of securing honest competition in this work.

FATAL ACCIDENT.

Judge Hammond's Only Son Is Killed While Attempting to . Board a Monon Train at Roachdale, on Christmas Day.

The sad news was received here Monday afternoon that Edwin P. Hammond, Jr., only son of Hon. E. P. Hammond of Lafayette, had been instantly killed at Roachdale, about 40 miles south of Lafayette, while attempting to board the northbound Monon train, which passes through Rensselaer at 3:27 Ph m. It seems *the young man had gone to Bloomington on Saturday to visit a young lady friend, Miss Lena Triplett, to who it is said he was engaged to be married. Monday the young lady accompanied him on his homeward journey as far as Roachdale, she returning home on the southbound train. Mr. Hammond had just assisted Miss Triplett onto the southbound train and as her train pulled out started to board Mris own, which was moving out at the moment. He attempted to board the front platform of the chair car, and in order to make it easier caught hold of the railing and ran along with the train a short distance. A break in the platform where the I. D. & W. road crosses the Monon caused him to lose his footing and he was thrown to the ground, his head striking either the wheel or end of the chair car. He was not carried under the car but was dragged a short distance, and when pickek up was lying between the traek and platform with life extinct. There was a gash on the back of the head and on the temple and the right arm was crushed at the shoulder. News of the accident did not reach Lafayette until the arrival of the train which had killed the infortunate young man, the conductor leaving an overcoat and valise at the Columbia street ticket office with the report that they belonged to a young man who had been killed at Roachdale and who was thought to be the son of Judge Hammond. A hasty examination of the property showed that this was too true, and friends broke the sad news as gently as possible to the Judge and faimly. An inquest was held Monday evening and the remains were taken to Lafayette, where they remained until yesterday morning, when they were brought to .this city and taken to the home of his sister, Mrs, W. B. Austin, to await burial. The funeral was held at 10 a. m., yesterday from the Presbyterian church, Rev. J. P. Dale of the Second Presbyterian church of Lafayette, conducting the services, after which interment was made in Weston cemetery. Edwin P. Hammond, Jr., was born in Rensselaer, March 1, 1873, and was the third child of Judge and Mrs. E. P. Hammond. He graduated from the Indiana University in 1895, and in 1897 graduated from the law department of that institution, since which time he has been associated with his father in the law business at Lafayette. He was a close student and gave promise of becoming a shining light in his profession. Of a happy, jovial disposition, he was very popular and was highly respected. His sudden and tragic end came as a shock to his large circle of friends.

Meetings at Primitive Baptist Church.

Important tqpics are studied every evening.. The following subjects will be presented: Saturday- Rev. 13. “The United States in Prophecy.” Sunday— Rev. 14. “The Mark of the Beast; The Last Warning to Men.” MONDAY—Rev. 7. “The Seal of God,” Everybody cordially invited to attend these meetings. J. E. Collins, A. P. Messler, Evangelists.

Low Rates For The Holidays.

The Monon Route is making special jates for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season. Call on the local agent for particu-

W. H. Beam, Agent.

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• Some Facts! (• ■-» ■■■■ ; • , (• k It isa Fact that we sell only goods (• that go in the States having L Pure Food Laws. (• (• ===== (• (• That by buying in moderate quantities we (• thereby always have fresh goods. That we never buy stale or adulterated (• goods and then give a cut and skin rate. 2 That you can buy more goods for the fig same money, or the same goods for less (• money of us than elsewhere. 2 That you always get a square deal and fig no cause to kick when you trade with us. (• That good goods, low prices and square >_ dealing has doubled our trade each year in the past. (• That we want to quadruple it next year arid are willing to offer inducements to /g to bring the trade to do so. (• All this and more at the “Square Deal Jr Pure Food” Grocery. (• I J. A. McFarland. .... PHONE 99.... »

IN AND OUT OF TOWN.

Here for Christmas holidays: Lelia Middleton of Indianapolis, and Fred of Hammond; S. E. Sparling, Berl Richardson, Belle Marshall, Helen Kelley and Ben Coen of Wisconsin University; Arthur Nowels and wife of Geneva, Ind.; Gail Wasson arid Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coen of Chicago, ard Pearl Wasson of Vedersburg; G. V. Moss and wife of Frankfort; Joe Paxton, wife and daughter of Albany: Ira Washburn of Rush Medical College, Chicago; M. L. Spitler, Lena Washburn and Sadie Leopold of the State University; Janies Kenton of Watseka; Oliver Daugherty land wife of Hammond; J. W. Shockney and wife of Union City; Fred Stivers of Waynetown; W. S. Cox and wife of Claremont; Mrs. E. W. Kolb of Oxford; I. N. Warren of Laporte; Ed Mills and Albert Carter of Purdue; Clifford Moody of Cornell University, Iowa; Bernice Warren of DePauw; Myrtle York and Fay Clayton of Monon; Nathan Newell and wife of Ambia; S. B. Grant and wife of Chestnut, Ill.; Prof. T. C. Kennedy of Thorntown: Warren Wasburn and wife of Chicago; Mr. Emmett of Medaryville; Minnie Bartoo of Remington; Tillie Ramp and Hattie Bohrman of Hammond; R. M. Vanuatu and wife of Marion; J. J. Schmidt and wife of Spokane, Wash.; Nellie McCarthy of Danville, Ill.; Arthur Fendig, Spencer Vick and wife of Chicago; Mrs. Chas. Harrington and Children of DeMotte; Miss Ona Tyner of Cedar Lake; J. P. Wood, of Chicago Dental College. Out of town for the holidays: I. D. Sayler and wife to Gilman, Ill.;Harry Kurrie to Paoli; Mrs. M. Hopkins to Remington; Lizzie Roberts to Marion; G. W. Terwiliger to Champaign, Ill.; Mrs. Monroe Banes and children to Monon; Marie and Freda Kholer to Chicago Heights; Mabel Brinley to Peru and Logansport; Austin Hopkinsand wife to Sullivan; Edward Millet to Eaton, Ohio; Van Lesh and wife to Union City; Dr. and Mrs. English to Danville, 111., W. H. Coover and wife to Remington; J. E. Sullenberger to Union City; Mesdames Chas. Hemphill and S. J. Hendricks to Newman, 111., Mrs. Harry Wade to Dana, Ind.; Gertrude Taylor to Wolcott; Mrs. James Nelson and daughter

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Fayne, to Hammond and Chicago; Mrs. Chas. McColly to Chicago Heights; Mesdames Felix French and Thos. Lamson to Greenfield; Abe, Bruce and Bessie Hardy to Ambia; W. T. Perkins and wife to Mishawaka; M. A. Thomas and wife to Monon, Mrs. D. A. Stoner to Morocco: Robert Wartena to Hammond.

Scored the Reform Laws.

At the township trustees’ meeting at Indianapolis this week the benificent township reform law came in for a vast amount of scoring from those trustees who do not like to have their official actions watched over.

Short $1,655.50.

Jacob M. Julian was auditor of Morgan county from 1894 to 1898. During that tithe as shown by experts examination of the records, Julian witheld fees belonging to the county to the amount of $1,655.50. The county brought suit to recover and has just been given judgment.

LIST OF DELEGATES.

The following delegates and alternates have been selected to attend the Democratic District meeting at Monon, Tuesday, Jan. 9,1900: George O. Stembel, delegate; Simon Fendig, alternate. A. K. Yeoman, delegate; B. F. Fendig, alternate. Frank Welsh, delegate; Jacob R. Hazen, alternate. John Chilcote, delegate; John Eger, alternate. J. S. Barnes, delegate; Wm. I*. Rich, alternate. Lee Glazebrook, delegate; E. P. Honan, alternate. Wm. M. Hoover, delegate; James T. Randle, alternate.

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