Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1900 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

StM! DENTaTsCIENCE^ rnI / Has rearhed its 11 'K he8 t Point in our office. We have 2 f ■f/itwAre \ conquered pain and anxiety. We have assured our pa- ? tientsthai <rar methods and prices are in keeping with) wit dvntal prosress. Confidence has been the keynote of \ { / our success. If we work for you once we're sure of get- i ( tlng all your work ' “ weU as the dental work ,rs your \ C < relatives and friends. Our dental work costs little, wears C ? OFFICE UPSTAIRS / well.and is guaranteed to be the best that motley can buy. 1 ? IN HORTON BL'K ? } yJtfOUSB. RfISSfIMR DHIHI NW, [K. I. f. HOflM, Pwill, ) rlnsselaer BARGAIN STORE Bring your “Star,” “J. T.” and “Horse Shoe tags and get 50c per 100 for them. Here are Seasonoble Goods. See prices. Wire Screening, per eq. ft $ 02J Com. Screen Doors. 1| in thick, Hinges, Hooks and Knobs,... 1 00 Fancy “ “ 1| in “ “ “ “ “ ... 135 No. 8 Copper Wash Boiler 2 00 No. 8 Galvanized “ “ =?&-- 16-inch Lawn Mowers 3 00 No. O. Barrel churn 2 95 Nails, per. pound 03| Galvanized Barbed Wire 3 75. Adjustable Window Screens, complete, each 25c to 30 Perfection Washing Machines from $2.35 to 4 50 Split Bamboo Fishing Rods, SI.OO to 1 25 1 Gallon Galv. Oil Cans 20 No. 8. Copper Nickled Tea Kettle 1 00 Warranted Razors from $1.25 to 1 50 Rice Boilers, enamel 50 48-Inch Poultry Netting, per roll *. 3 00 Mixed Paints, colors, per. gal ... 1 00 Pure White Paint 1 20 White Lead, per pound .’ 05 Express Wagons, each 1 00 Near Morion Depot. C. E. HERSHMAN, Prop;

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The common council met in regular session Monday evening with the following councilmen present: 1 Dean, Kannal, Eger, Porter, McColly and Chilcote. The trustees of Weston cemetery filed their report as follows: Secretary'• Report. AB t collected for lot. wild $297 50 “ ’* dhnfitig graves 318 35 Total $615 75 Treasurer'*. Report. Am't on hand last rep0rt........ $538 72 Rec'dfrom Sect. 615 75 Total $1173 47 Paid out on order. 3391 14 Balance $783 33 E. R. Hopkins, chief of Fire department filed his report showing that Will Lewellan had resigned as a member of said department and resignation was accepted. Report also showed that J. E. Hopkins wa# appointed Ist. assistant chief and A. D. Bums as 2d assistant chief. The chief’s report shows that there are only thirteen members in the department and it is impossible to procure any naw members on account of the small pay.

The committee on Fire department *was authorized to sell the ohemical engine. George K. Hollingsworth was ejected a member of the Board of school trustees, to fill the unexpired term of Wallace Robinson. The following walks were condemned and said walks to be replaced with cement walks, 4 feet wide within 30 days. Isabel Parker, ISO feet on east aide, lot 8, bl. 15, Newton add.. Jefferson street. Presbyterian ehurcb. IM feet on east ride, lota ♦, 5,8, bl 8. Cullen street. B. O. Cote. Mfeet on eaet ride, out lot 71, Cullen street. John Coen, M feet oa eari ride, out lot 72, Cullen rireet. Anna M. Harrison, M feet on eari ride, lot 2, Thompson's add., Mid strip beginning at north line of her property. Milroy street. Reus. Land. Imp. Co.. 50 feet on eoutb end lot, bl 27, Vine street. John B. Spitler. 50 feet on east ride Cornelia street east from south west corner lot 1, bl 8. A. Leopold. 100 feet alone east end of lots 3, 4, bl 2, Van Rens wiser street. It was further ordered that the brick walk OU the south side of lot 12. in bl 8, Itelongin* to Mrs. C. L. Loughridge l>e repaired. The following claims were . idlowed?' coaroasrio* N C Pumphrey, eteetion c 2<l ward... .♦ 400 CO Spitler, service*ascouncllmau ... 400 B R Hopkins, putting up election booth 500 “ ’• chief fire dept, to May 1, 25 00 H L Gamble, serV civil engineer ... 11 40 Veru Robinson, assisting “ 420

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DLSBASBS, . t * . •C. b im»kasbß chr woubn. Office First Stairs West of po ’ tOH, “- RENSSELAER, IND.

Geo W Scott. “ “ ...... 120 Road Fund, appropriation.2oo 00 HOAD FUND. Bules Lumber Co., »ewer pipe and luni 64 82 J C Gwin a Co 24 00 John S. Ramey, work ou street 8 62 J ewe Grayson •* •• 195 Cha. Hauaeu. blacksmithing 9 00 J C Pawoua. work on drain 2 10 W F Shield* •• “ “ 223 Harry McGee " street 10 00 J C F.nnra •* “ “ ... 555 Joseph Rowan " fn...». v SOO J A Ramey •• “ “ 900 XLECnUC LIGHT FUND. J W Paxton i Co. lumber and poles . 18 92 Bales Lumber Co., 2 ears eoal 149 83 Leslie Ciark. printing III) C S Chamberlain, salary to May 15..... 30 00 Peter Giver, •* “ *• “ 22 50 Lem Huston, “ •• I* ,f 22 50 James B Clow and sous, packing 110 Standard Oil Co., waste 3 50 Gen. Electric Co. electric supplig* ... 27 57 Chas A Schieven & Co. cement 70 Varney A McOuat. electric supplies . 162 WATM FUND. I) E Hollister, salary 22 50

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Albert E. Alter to Adelma Nowels, issued May 26. Elmer J. Wilcox to Myrtle Killen, issued May 28. William Alva Snow to Bertha Alice Miller, issued May 30. Charles Warran to Minerva Leach, issued May 30.

FIVE PER CENT. FARM LOANS.

ONLVONK FKR OKNT- OOMMISSIONW. B. Austin, Rensselaer, continues to make farm loans at 5 per cent. in|erest and one per centcommission. No delay, and no sending papers east.

Cemetery Notice. All persons interested in the Brown cemetery, in Barkley tp. are requested to meet in the Ladies waiting room in the Court House, Saturday, June 9th, at 3 p. m. By order of the Trustees, Chas. p. moody. Nelson Randle. OAK LUMBER. My sawmill is how running, 5 miles north of Rensselaer, and I am prepared to furnish all kinds of oak lumber and sawed to order, if required. Phone 176. D. 11 Yeoman, Rensselaer, Ind. Hitch and feed Bara. You can save money by putting up your team at the Masker Feed, Hitch and Boarding Stable, one block north of Makeever hotel. Feed ing a speciality. Prices: Hitching, 5c per horse. Feeding hay oc “ “ : “ corn 5c “ “ Jas. Masker, Propr.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, June 2, 1900.

■ ■ A ■. Democratic county convention to-day. , Commissioners’ court meets Monday. Monticello will turn the eagle loose July 4th. Mrs. W. R. Nowels is visiting friends at Elkhart. Born, last Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs. Al Hoover, a son. Mr. Chas. Leonard of Delphi, was in the city Monday. W. L. Criswell of Sharon, lost a valuable horse this week. Democratic state convention next Wednesday, June 6. Agent Beajn sold 134 tickets for the Chicago excursion last Sunday. W. O. Schanluab of Morocco, was over Saturday visiting his parents. J. A. McFarlandhJias moved his grocery store into the new Horton brick. Mr. Morris Maloney of Chicago, is visiting his sister Mrs. Mary Drake. . J .. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Osborne of Kirklin, visited in Rensselaer Sunday. J. W. Paxton and family left for their new home at Laniaa Colo., this week. The Rensselaer ladies raised about $32 to send to the India famine sufferers. ' Mrs. Walter Imes of Griffith/ Ind., visited Mr. and Mrs..W. J. Imes this week. Alf Donnely has started a new industiy, that of raising fourlegged chickens. A daughter was born on the 24th ult. to Mr. and Mrs. William Parkison, in town. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Alter weht to Clinton county Tuesday to visit the former's relatives. Lorenz Hildebrand went to Chicago Sunday to spend a few months with his daughter. No. 1 Hungarian Seed for sale at my place, 1| miles north of Rensselaer. Alf. Donnelly. Miss Anna Beasley, of Remington, was the guest of Miss Hattie Eiglesbach several days this week. Mrs. L. Reprogle and Mrs. D. Anwiler of Monticello, spent Sunday with Mrs. Lucy Malchow in Rensselaer. George A. Bryant has leen appointed postmaster at Lake Village, Newton county, vice C. L. Brandt, resigned. What is called the “time limit” in the Methodist church has been abolished, and a pastor may remain as long as his flock will let him. The mortgage exemptions in White county are almost one-tenth the entire valuation of both real and personal property in that county. , Philip Blue will take the census enumeration in Marion tp., Edward Mills in Rensselaer; in Gillam, W. R. Rayburn; Walker, P. O. Kennedy. D. Clark, E. T. Biggs and M. Delehanty of Wheatfield tp., were in town Wednesday and Thursday, to file their report as reviewers on the Brusnahan ditch. C. D. Nowels made some improvements about the Nowels block last week, such as lowering the glass in show windows, new flooring of the balcony and another new cement walk on the west side. James Lefler received a letter from his son Robert,’ in the Pljiliphines, a few days ago in which he states that he is well and has recently been promoted to orderly sergeant. He is now stationed in Luzon. Laudy Magee was the hero of the day at Rensselaer Wednesday. A purse of S2O was made up and Laudy climbed to the top of I the $4lO court house flag pole mid j adjusted the rope in the pulley J thereon, and old glorv will now float from the dome of the county ' cn pi to 1 on all state occasions.

Mrs. C E. Mills is visiting] friends at Ottawa, 111. Mrs. G. A. Jacks is visiting friends near Pleasant Ridge this week. ) - -Newton county republicans will hold their county convention*at Brook, June 12. John Schanlaub says that he will begin picking his strawberry crop the first of the week. E. L. Bruce and family have returned from Nebraska, not finding any suitable location there. Remember that McFarland’s grocery has moved into the new Horton block, north side of public square. George A. Rowles and family of Pulaski county, are visiting the former’s brother, W. O. Rowles of this place. Ex-Senator Johannes Kopelke of Crown Point, is a candidate for the democratic nomination for lieutenant-governor. The democratic convention will be held in the opera house. The Citizens Band has been engaged to furnish music for the occasion. The Halleck telephone lines reached Foresman Thursday and will probably reach Brook to-day, thereby establishing connection with Kentland. To-day’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 34; oats 21rye 45. One year ago today the prices were: wheat 70; corn 28; oats 24; rye 45A per cent, tax means S3O for the man who has but $2,000 worth of property. This is what Gifford wants you to contribute to his proposed pumpkin-vine road. An eleven pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Minicus, in town, on Tuesday; also, on same date, a fine democrat boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Iliff of Jordan tp. The Indiana oil report for May credits Jasper county with 16 completed wells for the month, two of which are dry. The oil production for the month in this county is given at 160 barrels. New pensions: James Hanawalt, Swanington, increase, $10; William Messier, Knox, increase, $10; Frederick Jennings, Brookston, reissue, sl4; Abraham W. Bebout, Morocco, additional, $lO. The case of Sheffer, administrator, vs the C. I. & L. Ry., for. damages resulting from the death of Wm. Sheffer near Parr last summer, went to trial in the Newton circuit court Wednesday afternoon. I wish to announce to my friends and customers that I am now located in the Horton brick, Ist door west of Makeever hotel, and will be pleased to have you all call and see me in my new quarters. J. A. McFarland. Our republican friends will hold their number two joint-represen-tative convention at Hammond next Thursday. We understand that Jasper now realizes it will stand no show of securing the nomination, and will not present any candidate. Twelve new names were added to The Democrat’s subscription list this week, as follows: Deiphi, 1; Monon, 1; Aix, 1; Mt. Ayr, 1 Medaryville, 1; DeMotte, 1; Chicago’ 1; Rensselaer, 2; Georgetown, 1; State Center, lowa, 1; Francesville, 1. —* Pulaski county democrats have nominated the following ticket: Recorder, Joseph Stipp; Treasurer, Joseph M. Stiers; Sheriff, William G. Wendt: Coroner, Dr. J. J. Thomas; Assessor, Frank P. I Wade; Surveyor, George Pugh;' I Com. Ist. dist., P. A. Follmar; 2d I dist., John F. Kopka, Strayed or Stolen: From my ' pasture, 8 miles south and 4 miles i west of Rensselaer, on May 4, one i bay pony, years pld, white 1 stripe in face, blind ini left eye, branded, never. beeo ehml, con- ] dition thin and weight only about 8O(h All information should be ' addressed to John Reed, Jr., Remington, Ind.

Another heavy rain fell Thursday night and yesterday. Ellen Donnelly, Gail Daugherty and Simon E. Kenton are the common school graduates for Marion tp.. this year. The wife of J. C. Powley died nt her home near Rose Lawn Thursday morning after an illness of several weeks, aged, 55 years. The family formerly resided in Barkley tp., this county. W. W. Bussell et al vs Rial B. Harris et al, is the title of a new case filed in the circuit court. The suit grows out of the old cases against Harris, mention of which has been made by us heretofore. The latest news from the South African war is to the effect that Pretoria had not been taken, and that the Boers were massed six miles south of Pretoria for a new and desperate stand with a front of twelve miles. Elmer Wilcox and bride arrived in the city Wednesday. The bride was Miss Myrtle Killen of Lafayette, at which place the ceremony was performed Tuesday. They will reside here, where the groom has fitted up a comfortable home in the northwest part of the city. If the people of Rensselaer and Marion township should go ahead and vote a 1| per cent, tax to aid the Gifford road, it would shut out an east and west line—a line that would be of great and lasting benefit to all of us—for many years, for it be useless to ask them to vote another tax soon for this purpose. This is a matter that should be carefully considered. Rev. Marcus Hamburger, one the instructors at St. Joseph’s College, left Thursdav for Ohio. After visiting his mother and acquaintances there, he will go abroad. He intends visiting different parts of Europe, but most of his time will be spent in Germany. He will also attend the Paris Exposition before returning to Collegeville, in September. Decoration day was the first day this week that we didn’t have a heavy downpour of rain. The day was observed in the usual manner. The G. A. R.. Relief Corps and I. O. O. F., were the only orders, however, that took part in the parade to the cemetery. The business houses closed up during the exercises. There are 50 soldiers of the civil war buried in Weston cemetery; sos the Mexican war, and 1 of 1812. There are seven cases now pending in the supreme court carried up from the this county, as follows: Yeoman et al vs Shaeffer; Board of Commissioners of Jasper Co., vs Marion (the old tax-ferret case which has been in the supreme court for more than two years on which no apparent effortris being made to get a decision); C. I. <fc L. Ry. Co., et al vs Brown; Springer vs Foster ; Makeever vs Martindale; C. I. & L. Ry. Co., vs Brown; Jones et al vs Peters. We understand that J. P. Sherman was held up by a mounted highwayman in Kentucky a few weeks ago, when down there to see his lands, and was relieved of his watch and chain and $5 in cash. He was walking out a part of the wav to see his lands when a man roae up behind him aud, as Mr. Sherman stepped aside to let him pass, the man pulled a revolver and demanded his waGh and money. They were handed over. We were not informed whether the gentleman of the road was a Taylor republican or. a Goebel democrat. The jury in the case of the State against Dluzack were discharged Thursday morning on account of sickness of Juror Arm. strong who was unable to attend court. The trial had proceeded four days, the evidence was practically closed and the case was ready for argument and submission to the jury when Mr. Armstrong took sick, necessitating a postponement and a loss of the labor and expense of trial which bears heavily on the defendant who is a man of small 1 means. We are informed the eleven jurors took an informal vote on the guilt or innocence of the defendant and the eleven voted him innocent.- Monticello Herald.

Vol. 111. No. 8

The Juniors of the High School gave a reception in honor of the Seniors, last Friday evening at the home of Hon. 8. P. Thompson. About 100 invited guests were present. Very appropriate music was furnished by the Mandolin Club. After several hours of pleasant conversation, refreshments were served, then the guests departed to their respective homes, cherishing memories long to be retained. Election inspectors for the various precincts of Jasper county are to be appointed at the June term of commissioners’ court. The township trustees are, by virture of their office, inspectors in their respeetve townships unless disqualified by being related to some of the candidates. There are 13 townships in the county and 20 precincts, therefore at least seven inspectors must be appointed—3 in Marion, 2 in Carpenter, 1 in Union and 1 in Barkley. Court note in Kentland Enterprise: In tKe case of George K. Hollingsworth vs Rial B. Harris et al the defendants filed a motion to modify the judgment, which was by the Court sustained, and from the money heretofore paid into the Clerk by the defendants he was ordered to deduct from it the costs of the action and apply the same to the payment of the costs, and to pay the plaintiff the $1,117.20 heretofore paid in to him, less the amount of the costs. Mrs. Sarah A. Gephart died at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. H. Shields, on McCoy avenue, Tuesday morning at 2:30 after an illness of about a year’s duration, aged 55 years. She was a widow lady and left no children, we understand. Her surviving brothers and sisters are W. M. Lakin of Aurora, Neb , Frank Lakin of near Blackford, Mrs. Protzman of near Mt. Ayr, and Mrs. E. H. Shields of Rensselaer. The funeral was held from the house Wednesday at 10:30 a.in., and interment made in Weston cemetery. At 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Miss Adelma Nowels and Albert E. Alter were united in marriage. The ceremony which was performed by the father of the bride, was very impressive and greatly effected all present. About forty relatives and friends of the family witnessed the ceremony. Mr. Alter will leave for Elizabeth, South Carolina, where he intends engaging in business. Mrs. Alter will join him there this fall where they will make their future home. The Democrat joins their many friends in wishing them a life of happiness and longevity. A non-resident who owns S2O,- ' 000 worth of real estate in this county, in remitting for The Democrat another year, says: ‘‘l still hold -00 acres of land in your county and want to keep tab of the improvements that I have to pay for the benefit of some stock-job-ber. Now, lam in favor of all necessary improvements, where it is a benefit to the public, but don’t want any skin-game attachment.” This, we believe, is the sentiment generally among the heavier taxpayers. They want to know that improvements are meritorious and that their money has been honestly expended. They are not to be blamed for criticising the building of the new court house or the Keener township gravel road robbery, or other plain cases of “doing” the taxpayers. Mr. Donaldson, representing the Indianapolis Daily and Sunday Sentinel, was in the city Thursday in the interests of that publication, The Sentinel people have made arrangements with Kelley Bros.’ news depot, whereby any person in Rensselaer can get the Daily Sentinel for only 10 cents per week includingSunday's—7papers for 10 cents. This offer will hold good for six months, and you can take it one week or as many more as you like at the above price. Arrangements have also been made for the early delivery of the papers here. They will be brought in on the 4:30 a. m., train and will be delivered at your door without extra charge. This is an unprecedented offer for securing the beet state paper in Indiana, and The Sentinel should have at least two hundred readers in Rensselaer.