Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat. fell your neighbor to take The Democrat for all county news. A whole armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. The Democrat and the Indianapolis Weekly Sentinel one year ror $1.35; Democrat and Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer, $1.50, cash in advance. Warren & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than cap be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County. Gil R. Stormont of Pianceton, has been elected commandant at the State Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette. There were thirty applicants. Stormont served in the 58th Indiana, Co. B. Martha Schneckenberger, the Morocco Amazon, who has been serving out a fine and costs here at the expense of Newton county, will be released next week, completing her sentence. The Democrat is read by more farmers than any other paper published in Jasper county. Remember this when getting your sale bills struck, and come to this office for having the work done. A free notice in The Democrat with each set of bills.

LOCAL MATTERS. Prof. DeMotte—Jan. 9th. Miss Nellie Gardner is visiting Monticello friends. Mrs. Bertha O’Neal is visiting her husband in Chicago. A. D. Washburn of Fair Oaks, was in the city Tuesday. Ernest Stewart is again installed in the Wood barber shop. " '■ ■ » Mrs. T. J. Joiner has moved to Fair Oaks, to her father’s, it is said. Judge Thompson and wife returned Saturday from their southern visit. Mrs. C. E. Tyner of Cedar Lake is visiting her father, H. N. Jacks, this week. James N. Zea, Jacob Hensler and F. W. Hardy of Remington, were Rensselaer visitors last Monday. John H. Jessen went to Chicago last Sunday to take a job in the Osborne Binder Co’s plant at West Pullman.

Major Wickliffe Smith of Del)hi, and a young Cuban lad whom Jr. Smith had brought from Cuba ast summer on the return of the 61st Indiana, were both instantly tilled last Friday while crossing the Wabash tracks near Delphi. Both were muffled up well to keep out the cold and did not hear the train approaching until it was right upon them. Dr. Smith was thrown fifty feet and terribly mangled, while the Cuban boy was thrown about eighty feet through a wire fence and his head and the upper part of his body fearfully mangled. The horse and the front wheels of the buggy were unharmed. Dr. Smith was surgeon of the 161st Indiana in the war with Spain, with the rank of major. He was also a member of the state medical association and the national association of railway surgeons. Francisco, the Cuban lad, was a homeless waif whom the doctor picked up in Havana, adopted and undertook the education of. Dr. Smith was about 51 years of age and was a highly esteemed gentleman.

Subscribe for The Democrat. Start the new year right by subscribing for The Democrat. Don’t forget the illustrated lecture at opera house Tuesday night. The big $33,000,000 drainage canal at Chicago was opened Tuesday. J. J. Shea was quite badly bruised up last Friday, in trying to stop his runaway team. State Chief Ranger E. P. Honan attended a meeting of the C. O. F. at Chicago last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parks returned Tuesday from a ten days’ visit at Berrien Center, Mich. Orlando Finney and Miss Nora Morgan, are visiting the former’s parents at Bunker Hill this week. See the big ad of the Special Clearance Sale of the Chicago Bargain Store. Sale begins today. A. K. Sills of Monticello, denies the rumor that he is in any way connected with the new republican paper to be started at that place.

The Methodist church at Chalmers was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Loss about $2,000, with $1,200 insurance.

The ice men are busily engaged this week in harvesting the ice crop. It is about 10 inches in thickness and of extra good quality.

Samuel Sigler died at the home of his son George, at Mt Ayr, last Friday. The remains were taken to Wheeler, Ind., for interment.

Mrs. Mary Marshall and daughter Florence went to LaPorte, Thursday, called there by the illness of Mrs. M’s. father, J. H. Frances.

L. L. Ponsler, and John Warren, with their families, left last evening for lola, Kansas, where the former will take a position as secretary and general manager of a large brickmaking plant in which he owns an interest, and the latter will work at his trade of carpentering.

D. A. Stoner leaves to-day to attend the Randolph Co., Poultry Breeders' Association meeting at Winchester, where he will act as judge.

Orren Parker, who has been clerking in the Chicago Bargain Store for the past year or more, has secured a position with Marshall Field & Co., at Chicago.

Monticello Inquirer: No, it was not at Rensselaer, where a girl was frightened to death a few days ago from being kissed by a man; it happened in Chicago.

Arthur Fisher, the 20-year-old son of Joseph Fisher, residing north of town, died Sunday evening from consumption. The funeral was held from the Primitive Baptist church Tuesday morning. Elder W. R. Nowels conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery.

Harry Wade has disposed of his interest in the Wade & Wood barber shop to bis partner, Ray Wood, and will remove to Hammond, where he has purchased a shop.

The republican central committee will meet here Jan. 15, to select a county chairman. Their district convention will be held at Hammond on the 16th.

R. A. Parkison took charge of the county treasurer’s office Monday. His brother, J. R. Parkison, is his deputy. The Democrat believes Mr. Parkison will be a popular and courteous official.

T. P. Gray and David Clark of near Wadena, were in the city a few hours Monday. They were enroute to Pulaski county to shell out the corn crop on their Pulaski county farms. The Wolcott "gas and oil well'’ has been drilled to ’ a finish. Neither of the hoped for fluids being found in paying quantities. The well is down about 9bo feet and it cost §I,OOO. Professor John B. DeMotte will give his famous lecture on •’The Harp of the Senses, or The Secret of Character-Bulding." at Ellis’ opera house, Tuesday night, Dec. 9th. Don’t miss it. B. H. Sheffer has begun suit in the Jasper circuit court against the Monon for SIO,OOO damages for the death of his son, W’. B. Sheffer, who was recently killed at a crossing near Parr. E. P. Honan is attorney for plaintiff.

At the annual election of officers of the Jasper Public Library last Monday evening, Judge Thompson was re-elected president; David B. Nowels, vice-president ; W H. Coover, sec ; E. L. Hollingsworth, treas.; Stella Parkison, librarian. David B. Nowels and W. B. Austin were elected trustees for 1 year; Madge O. Warren and L, Strong for 2 years; Ora T. Ross and S. P. Thompson for 3 years.

A gang of suspects were arrested in Chicago a few days ago who are thought to have committed a number of bank robberies throughout the country, inluding the one at Reynolds some months ago.

The third number of the series of lectures, given under the auspices of the Fortnightly Fiction Club, will be the illustrated lecture of Prof. John B. DeMotte. A. M-. M. D.. Ph. D., author of the “Secret of Character Building.”

Henry C. Smith, an old resident Jasper county, died at the county farm Thursday morning, aged 85 years. “Uncle Henry” as he was familiarly known, taught school for several years, and figured quite prominently in the early history of Jasper county. He leaves one son and two daughters to mourn his death. The funeral services were conducted at the late residence in this city, yesterday afternoon, by Elder Halsted. Interment in Weston cemetery.

J. M. Bull of Braddyville. Pago county, lowa, is visiting his father, William Bull, of this city. This is Mr. Bull’s first visit her? in nine years, and his second visit since leaving Jasper county, eighteen years ago. He will remain about two weeks.

Jacob Dluzak gets a new trial. This was granted Thursday afternoon by Judge Palmer after the matter had been carefully considered. The new trial was granted on the grounds that irrevelent evidence had been introduced. The alleged mistaken verdict of . the jury was not considered.—White County Democrat.

It is said that Valparaiso fur dealers last month shipped to an eastern market 10.000 muskrat skins, 4,000 skunks, 2.000 minks, 3,000 opposums and 1.000 coonskins. They were mostly taken bytrappers along the Kankakee river.

The court house clock froze up ' solid last Saturday. After remaining “dead” most of the day, it was started up again in the afternoon, but persisted in 'ringing out the forenoon hours, thus placing people in about the same quandry as that of the boy who got his pants on hindside before. At 8 o’clock p. m , it evidently found “where it was at,” and begun striking to catch up, and continued striking for a full fifteen minutes, some 100 strokes being made. Since that time it has been fairly reliable.

Isaac Sayler, one of the oldest residents of Jasper county, died at the home of his daughter, Miss Ellen Sayler, in this city last Sunday afternoon, aged 90 years and months. The funeral was held from the M. E. church, Tuesday afternoon.

The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad company settled with the state last Saturday the fees for filing of the articles of consolidation, and interest thereon since 1894, amounting to $33,600. The company have fought the payment -of this claim for nearly six years, but recently the United States court of appeals decided a similar case against the Clover Leaf road, hence the C. & E. I’s. settlement.

I would be pleased to assist any two farmers’ sons or daughters to obtain an appointment to two scholarships at the Purdue University by virtue of the Farmers* Institute. The winter term begins Jan. 8,1900. John E. Alter, Pres. F. I. 1 Mr. Wm. J. Swisher moved his Phousehold goods to Kewanna, his future home, last Wednesday. He was assisted by Messrs. Comer, who will likewise move over into that locality this coming March. By the removal of these men Fulton county will gain some of the best of Gillam township’s sturdy farmers.—Medaryville Advertiser.

The Democrat wants a good correspondent at Kniman,DeMotte, McCoysburg, Milroy and Newton townships. For Sale:—Lots 5 & 6, Newton’s addition, 134 feet front, good location. Easy terms. Enquire at this office. The Democrat carries the largest and finest line of joo stock of any printing office in Jasper county and can furnish anything in this line in large or small quanties and on very short notice.

Wright Hinkle has recently traded for a twenty-five acre farm in the suburbs of that thriving metropolis of Lee, which he will devote to poultry culture. W. J. Armstrong will be installed as manager to which place he will move early in the spring. Poultry houses will be provided and the place stocked up with the idea of gradually getting into the business on a large scale. When the new industry shall have been fi'irly started, our neighboring village to the west will have something to crow over. —Monon News.

Volume 1, No. 1, of the Rensselaer city directory, compiled by C. E. Harrold and issued by the Journal, is now out. The work contains advertisements of most of Rensselaer’s business houses and a map of the city, together with the names and street numbers of all the adult residents of Rensselaer and other valuable information. It is a very creditable piece of work and shows the result of much painstaking labor.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, I Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND.