Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1900 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

LOCAL MATTERS.

Vote for Eger for Mayor. City election next Tuesday. Read the new ad of Ellis & Murray. : ; Miss True Yeoman is visiting in Chicago this week. Sheriff Reed spent’Sunday -with his family at Michigan City. Mrs. Lucy Malchow spent Sunday with Monticello friends. Mrs. J. M. Wasson is visiting friends at Geneva and UnionClty. The democratic city ticket is worthy of your support—vote it entire. Miss Maggie Kenton returned Saturday from evangelistic work in Illinois. Mrs. Simon Fendig of Wheatfield visited friends here the first of the week. J. F. Major will take his office as clerk of the Jasper circuit court next Tuesday. A. D. Babcock and Wm. King of Goodland, were in the city on business Wednesday. That said to be very naugnty play, “Sapho,” is billed for the opera house to-night. Frank Davis of Morocco, was in the city a abort time Wednesday while enroute to Monticello. Milroy tp., republicans nominated H. T. McDonald for trustee and John Marlow for assessor. A twelve pound democrat was born to Mrs. and Mr. J. U. Iliff, southwest of town, last Friday. Grass carpets will out-wear any other matting, only 12$ to 25c per yard. Chicago Bargain Store. Col S. C. Spoor, an ex-banker of Goodland, has bought a 320-acre farm in Center tp., Jennings county* A number of farmers in this county are plowing up their wheatfields' and planting flax.—Carroll County Citizen. Mrs. John Schofield of Brook, is confined in jail here awaiting room for her reoeption at Long Cliff insane asylum. W. L. Rich, Geoage Besse and Levi Hawkins of Remington, were over Tuesday to make a coupling on Gifford’s railroad. Dennis O’Connor of Remington, and M. J. Moynahan of southeast of Remington, were in the city Monday on business. Cheap excursion to Chicago, Sunday, May 6th; train to leave Rensselaer about 8:30 a. m. W. H. Beam, Agent. Mri. Dora Kenoyer of Indianapolis, came Saturday for a few weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. J. R. Jordan tp. Mrs. James Randle returned Friday from Morocco, where she | had been called by the death of ] her daughter’s infant child. Heriry Hildebrand of Rensselaer and Charles S. Mandeville of Parr, will apply for liquor licenses at the next term of commissioners’ court. J. H. Jessen was in Morocco on business several dayß last week. John says that Morocco has the nicest school building he ever saw. Another new stock ladies’ tailor made suits just received. Eton and fly front, silk lined suits $7.50 to $15.50 each. Chicago Bargain Store. Willis J. Imes went to Chicago Monday to visit his aged mother for a few days and to see bis brother take the Scottish Rite degree of Masonry. When you come in to pay your taxes next week, drop in and renew your subscription for The Democrat. If not a subscriber, drop in nnd l»ecome one W. H. Parkison has moved into the property vacated by Rev. C. D. Jeffries, whose goods have been shipped to his old home in Ohio. Rev. Jeffries will probably follow next week. .

DR. MOORE, Special ist, WOMEN. Of Po * t 0HI “- RENSSELAER, IND. / * %

Read the ad of “The Racket” store at Remington, in this issue. J. H. S. Ellis and J. W. Wih liams took in the state convention. Joseph Fisher has gone to Dennison, lowa, where he has secured a position. ' ~ Mrs. Clara Phelps of Remington, is visiting Mrs. J. W. Paxton at this writing. A full-blood Jersey cow and calf for sale—not Barnacle stock. Enquire at this office. I have some money to loan on real estate or good personal security. J. W. Williams. Come out to the polls next Tuesday and cast a vote for the entire democratic ticket, The circuit court adjourned last Monday until May 2, after granting a divorce to Martha E. Hickman. Union tp., democrats will hold their township convention May 5. See official call elsewhere in this P»perIt seems that the affidavit business is not confined to one side of the senatorial convention story.— Goodland Herald. The Oxford electric light plant was destroyed by fire Monday night Loss about $6,000. The plant was owned by the town. J. P. Hammond has moved his household goods to Wheatfield. His late wife’s aunt, Mrs. Williams, will keep house for him. Louie Fendig has been elected manager of the Citizens Band. It is probable that the regular ‘ summer night concerts” will begin in about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo D. Marion, the aged couple who were divorced here at the November term of court, were re-married at Delphi last Monday. They will reside at Delphi we understand. A South Bend special is authority for the statement that South Bend and Geneva parties who held oil teases on 40,000 acres of land in Jasper county, have sold the same to the Bird syndicate of England, for $157,000. A meeting of Rensselaer and Remington railroad committees was held here Tuesday afternoon and it was decided to present petitions to the commissioners at their next meeting for an election to vote aid for Gifford’s proposed railroad.

Excursion to Chicago and return, one fare. Tickets will be sold to Chicago and return, via Monon Route, account of reception to Admiral Dewey, April 80 and May 1, good to return to May 3rd, at one hare for the round trip. W. H. Beam, Agent. Wallace Robinson returned from Lamar, Colo., last Sunday and is now preparing to move his family to that place. He will probably leave some time next w’eek. He recently sold his residence property here to R. A. Parkinson, who will occupy the same. J. P. Sherman has traded his stable horse, other stock and all hjs personal property and household goods, with A. B. Fisher of near Aix, for a three or four hundred acre tract of Kentucky land. He expects to take his family to Kentucky this fall and make that state his future home. Out of about thirty-five people, who partook in the last teachers’ examination held at Morocco, but nine were successful. The examination was a difficult one, and eight of the nine who passed were experienced teachers. The next teacher’s examination will be held at Brook, Saturday, 28th inst.— Kentland Democrat. Judge Thompson bauds us a copy of a proposed '‘fair, just and uniform local improvement law,” vthich he wishes the people to take up and urge the passage of at the next session of the legislature. We have not had time to thoroughly study the proposed bill but will probably do so later on and make such comment aa we feel the same deserves.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, April 28, 1900.

Monday, May 7, is the last day for paying taxes to avoid penalty. W. B. Austin and Jesse E. Wilson took in the state convention this week. J. T. Sayler has been proebecting tor lands in White ana Carroll counties this week. A 75 cent excursion to Chicago, Sunday, May 6. Train leaves Rensselaer at 8:48 a. m.; returning leaves Chicago at 11:30 p. m. Union tp., republicans nominated Barney Comer, the pretent incumbent by appointment, for trustee last Saturday, and Dick Mallatt for assessor. r 1 To-day’s Rensselaer markets fall top prices): Wheat 65; corn 35; oats 23; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were: wheat 60; corn 30; oats 265; rye 40. Mrs. S. R. Nichols of Barkley tp., died Thursday morning after an extended illness from cancer. The funeral wes held yesterday at 9a. m., from the residence and interment made in Weston cemetery. Judge Thompson, Prosecutor Mills, Sheriff Reed, Postmaster Meyer, County Commissioner Halleck, County Recorder R. B. Porter, Township Assessor John O’Connor, and perhaps a few other officials took in the state convention Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Culp of Remington were in the city a short time Wednesday morning. They were on their way to Lee to see Mr. Culp’s father, Uncle James Cnlp, who is quite poorly this spring. The old gentleman is almost 90 years of age. White county democrats have placed the following county ticket in the field: Auditor, S. A. Carson; sheriff, John W. Warner; surveyor, G. M. Bridge; coroner, W. H. Sampson; assessor, Eli Cullen; commissioner. Ist diet. O. K. Rainier; 3d diet. Henry Duncan.— ~ The 3d quarterly meeting of the Rensselaer charge of Methodist Protestant church, will be held at Egypt school house, May 5 and 6. Rev. M. F. Iliff of Jonesboro, will conduct the services. Everybody cordially invited to attend these services. G. W. Carnes, Pastor. The home of Bro. J. P. Simons of the White county Democrat, was burglarized Monday night and his pantaloons relieved of sl4 in free silver and greenbacks. Rensselaer editors who possess any such wealth as that have their residences fitted out with electric burglar alarms and keep firearms handy. Billy Postal, the boy hypnotist from Rensselaer, met his Waterloo at the opera house last Friday night. Quite a number of the Morocco boys tried to be bound by Billv’s invisible charm,, but it would not work. Only two claim jto have been in anyway affected | by the subtle force, and we are rejliably informed that those two I were hypnotized on a salary.—Mo- ! rocco Courier. Geo. Ade, who for years has i written “Stories of Streets and Town” in the Chicago Record, is j reported to have recently told his father, John Ade, of Kentland, j that McKinley is the weakest pres- ; ident that has ever occupied the ! presidential chair, even not exceptI ing Mrs. Hayes. While Mr. Ade, j Jr., is in a position to see clearly lon this subject, his assertion, only j too true, will be entirely lost upon his worthy sire. It ought not to be necessary to J preach to people the value of tradi ing with the home merchant. In j a town like Rensselaer all are j more or less dependent upon each other, and it certainly uoes not J lielp to build up the town or surI rounding country to trade at Chijcago or other out-of-town places, | whose merchants never spend a cent here,,, who never help the church, the schools, or other public institutions of the place. The out-of-town denier generally has no monopoly upon merchandise not enjoyed by the home merchant. Our motto ought to be Rensselaer first and the rest of the world afterwards. »

R&v. ’ Edw. A. Jakob, now of Loda, 111., was in town this week. Dr. English will begin preparations at once to build a residence on his lots on Cullen and Rntsen streets. The fishing season, so far as Indiana streams are concerned, will close the first of next month for sixty days. During this period it will be unlawful to fish in any of the bodies of water in the state. Editor Schanlaub, who recently underwent a severe operation for throat trouble, is gradually recovering and will be able to take charge of his paper again in the course of about two weeks. —Morocco Courier. Rev. R. D, Uttei of Crown Point, was in the city Thursday. He had been conducting a church trial at North Star, near Mt. Ayr, in which the offending member was found guilty of eating the forbidden fruit and was expelled from the chnrch. The new oil fields in Jasper county spread over a great deal of territory, in the opinion of State Geologist Blatchley, who returned Friday from an investigation of them. He thinks the prospects are good fora fine grade of oil, and he finds it is near the surface and that wells are cheaply operated. The oil is so thick it is used as a lubricant, and sells at $5.75 a barrel.—lndianapolis Press. The heirs of the estate of the late Jacob Knettle, County Assessor Surface and County Auditor Smock have agreed that the amount of property now listed for taxation amounts to $430,879.41. The taxes on this amount to $7,775, which the heirs are willing to pay. Treasurer Thomas has withheld bis signature to the agreement because in his opinion the amount fixed is not enough. It is safe to say that an agreement of some character, with the amount of non-listed property at least no less than the above amount, will soon be arranged, as the heirs seem to be willing to make satisfactory settlement with the county on an equitable basis. —Carroll County Citizen. The reunion of ’49’ers at the home of J. M. Troxell in this city Wednesday was a very pleasant affair. Nine survivors of the party of 116 gold hunters who early in 1850 started overland for the new Eldorado were in attendance, as follows: Charles and Christian Gross and John D. Wilson and Samuel Milroy, Delphi; Isaac Cunningham, Americus; Samuel Gray, Galveston; John Starr, Buck Creek; Hezekiah Patton, Goodland, and Jacob M. Troxell jof this city. There were also several visitors .from a distance not meinbers of the gold hunters’ party. A sumptuous dinner was spread and the day spent in pleasant reminisences of memorable journey and its results. An j interesting relic of the trip was in ] evidence, it being nothing more or j less than the diary kept by Mr. | Patton.of Goodland, of each day’s ! events, also samples of gold taken out on Americas river bv the same ! gentleman. The Democrat has put in a | Halleck telephone and is now conj nected with northern Jasper, Lake, j Pulaski and Btark county points, also Laporte and Michigan City, jln a short time the lines will be j extended south to Remington, west Jto Morocco, Brook and Kentland, j and east to Monticello and coni ject with Lafayette, we are in- . fcrmed. It is the intention to put jpi these outside lines before doing Inuch in Rensselaer, we understand. At present there are 15 Halleck phones in use in Renssej laer, and many people are wauting [to put in phones as soon, as they |can be accomodated. The Demoi chat lias taken toll service to all points reached by these lines in | Jasper county, and has made arrangements whereby our correspondents at different points may call us up ancj inform us of a late item of news, and the charges will be settled at this end of the line. Don't hesitate to call us up when you have an important bit of news to impart.

Great Closing Out Sale! t,, . i The undersigned, preparatory to moving to Colorado, ; offers the following described property at prices and up- ; on terms to insure their immediate sale: A complete, clean and up-to-date Stock of Dry Goods. An excellent Stock of Groceries and fixtures. An undivided one-half interest in the Rensselaer dairy, now in £ood condition and doing a paying business. A finely located 40-Acre farm adjoining the city corporation, fronting on the gravel road and less than '/ 2 mile from the Rensselaer City Schools. A very rich and fertile 240-Acre Farm one and onehalf miles from railroad station, miles north-west of Rensselaer, with over 3 miles of tile upon it, a NEW 5-ROOM HOUSE, new barn, two splendid wells, etc., etc. A Good family mare, dark bay, good style, as kind and gentle as she can be, perfectly safe for any woman or child to drive or handle. A one-seated Top Buggy* nearly good as new; Set Single Harness; Three Tons Tame Hay in mow, etc., etc. As stated, I will make prices and terms right on all above property for the sake of disposing of it promptly, as disposal of it must be made before June 1. This will all be closed out at private sale. I will also offer My Residence Property in Rensselaer, and any one desiring one of the choicest Rensselaer residences will have a rare opportunity to obtain one. The groceries and dry goods will be Closed Out at Cost and Below if not disposed of in bulk before May 1, 1900. Bear this in mind, for the prices will be so low as to be unprecedented. I can be found at my store, north of the depot, or at my residence, 423 N. Main st. Respectfully, T D. B. NOWELS.

Mesdames W. C. Babcock, W. A. Huff, W. S. Parker, C W. Duvall C. E. Mills, Anna Tnteur, P. W. Clarke, A. S. Laßue, Ray Mossier, C. A. Rhoades and Chas. Morlan attended the Rathbone district convention at Goodland, Tuesday. Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond, wife of Joseph P. Hammond, died at her home on the north side last Saturday evening at about 6 o’clock after an illness of several weeks from intermittent fever followed by brain fever. The funeral was held from the residence Monday forenoon and interment in Weston cemetery. Deceased was b6rn Sept. 7, 1868, was married June 20, 1891. Three children were born to this union, one of which died a few years ago. She leaves besides a husband, two young children aged about 5 nnd 8 yenrs, I a mother and five brothers and one 1 sister who reside in Missouri, a ! half-brother nnd half-sister —G. F. Stackhouse and Mrs. Arthur Trnssel —of near Rensselaer, and numerous friends. As The Democrat has remaaked on numerous occasions hereto- ! fore, something ought to be done ito put a stop to the promiscuous ; riding of bicycles upon the side- { walks of Renssolaer. We do not believe there is a town in the whole couutry where this is permitted to such an extent os in this city. Public opiuion is strongly against it but the city council has thus far failed to enact an ordinance against the practice and the privilege has been woefully abused. It is no uncommon thing to see some young boy or girl—and sometimes older persons—go scorching down the walks of a much traveled streot at a fifteen or twenty mile an hour gait, passing corners whore pedesj trians nre liable to turn unseen, J right into their path. Peop’e genI orally gave up one-half tho road gracefully to the bicycle, but to give up the sidewalks and take to going cross-lots to and from their business in asking too much. Pass a bicycle ordinance nnd inforce it ere some one is kilted or crippled for life by some careless scorcher

Vol. 111. No. 3

ELLIS' OPERA HOUSE, J. H. S. ELLIS, Manager. ONE * iGHT ONLY, ...SATURDAY, APRIL 28... Elaborate dramatization of Alphonzo Daudet’s remarkble story, ) SAPHO. The Fad of the Hour. The. Reigning Sensation. A Competant Caste. • Elegant Coktumes. PRICES, 25, 35, 50 CENTS.

Ruth A. Phillips vs Cora A. Kessinger and Harrison P. Ivessinger, Sylvester Galbraith and Galbraith, his wife, complaint on mortgage and notes, is the title of a new suit filed in the circuit court this week. The suit grows out of the property deals of the parties concerned, we understand. A show was given in the schoolhouse at Kniman last Friday ami Saturday nights. The Methodiate use tlve building Sundays for religious services. The showman was going to continue the entertainment Monday night, and left the fixings in the building. WraArcher. the “church’’ janitor went to the building Sunday morning. He objected to the presence of the showmens’ outfit, and pitched the whole caboodle out of the window. Then there was blood on the moon. Archer was arrested and his fine and costs amounted to $34.10. His friends want him to appeal to the circuit oourt.