Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1900 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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TRUSTEES' ESTIMATES.

Expenditures and Tax Levies For the Year 1901. WHEATFIELD TQJVNSHLP. The Trustee of Wheatfield Township, J asper County, Indiana, proposes for the Yearly Expenditures and Tax Levies by the Advisory Board at its Annual Meeting, to be • held at my office in Wheatfield, Ind., the following estimates and amounts for said year: 1. Township expenditures, S6OO and township tax, 15 cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local tuition expenditures, SBOO and tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Special school tax expenditures, S6OO, and tax, 15 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road tax expenditures, SIOOO, and tax, 25 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures, S4OO, and tax, io cents on the hundred dollars. 6. Poor expenditures for preceding year 5 , and tax, 2 cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures for preceding year, $3,480, and total tax, 87 cents on the hundred dollars. A. S. KEENE, August 1, 1900 Trustee.

UNION TOWNSHIP. The Trustee of Union Township. Jasper County, Indiana, proposes for the Yearly Expenditures and Tax Levies by the AdvisoryBoard at its Annual Meeting, to be held at my office, the following estimates and amounts f expenditures, $2,700, and township tax. 35cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local tuition expenditures, $1,140, and tax, 15 cents on the hundred dollars. 8. Special school tax expenditures, 1,800, and tax. 30 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road tax expenditures, $1,900, and tax, 25 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures, $760, and tax, 10 dints on the hundred dollars. 6. Library expenditures,* , and tax, cents on the hundred dollars. 7. Poor expenditures for preceding year, $ . and tax,'3 cents on the hundred dollars. 8. Other items, if any. expenditures, $ and tax, cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures. *7.320 and total tax. 108 cents on the hundred dollars. B. D. Combr. Trustee. August 1,1900. .WALKER TOWNSHIP. The Trustee of Walker Township. Jasper County, Indiana, proposes for the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting, to be held at my office, the following estimates and amounts for said year: ■ 1. Township expenditures. SBSC. and town - Ship tax. 10cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Local tuition expenditures. S7OO, and tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 8. Special school tax expenditures, $875, and tax, 25 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Roadtax expenditures. S7OO. and tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional road tax expenditures. $350, and tax. 10 cents on the hundred dollars. 6. Library expenditures. * , and tax, cents on the hundred dollars. 7. Poor expenditures for preceding year, *lO5. and tax. 8 cents on the hundred dollars. 8. Other items, if any, expenditures. $ . and tax. cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures. *BOBO, and total tax. 88 cents on the hundred dollars. J. F. Pettit, Trustee. August 1. 1900. CARPENTER TOWNSHIP. The Trustee of Carpenter Township. Jasper County. Indiana, proposes for the Yearly Expenditures and Tax Levies by the Advisory Board at Its Annual Meeting, to be held at my office in Remington. Ind., the following estimates aud amounts for said year: 1. 1 ownship expenditures SB,OOO. and township tax, 80 cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local tuition expenditures. $2,000. a-d tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 8. Special school tax expenditures. *3,000, and tax. 30 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road tax expenditures. *3.000, and tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars to be worked out on the highways. 5. AuctitioiMil road tax ex penditures. *I.OOO, and tax. 10 cents on the hundred dollars. 6. Poor expenditures for preceding year. S3OO, and tax. 3 cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures, SIO,BOO. and total tax. 108 cents on the hundred dollars. John A. Lamborn. Trustee. Aug. 1,1900.

KANKAKEE TOWNSHIP. The Trustee of Kankakee Township. Jasper County. Indiana, proposes for the yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meetin*, to be held at the scboolhottse of School District No a, tire following estimates and amounts for said year: 1. Township expenditures. S2BB. and township tax. 8 cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Local tuition expenditures. »1080. and tax, 80 cents on the hundred dollars. 8. Special school tax expenditures, $540. and tax, 15 cents on the hundred dollars 4. Road tax expenditures, $540. and tax. 15 cents on the hundred dollar*. 5. Additional road tax expenditures. $360. and tax. 10 cents on the hundred dollars. 6. Poor expenditures tor preceding year, $ , andtax. 3 cents on the hundred dollars. Total expenditures. s3Bfto, and total tax, 80 cents on the hundred dollars. J. C. Kaupkk. Trustee. August 1, 1900. Bit Bargain. For sale:—Nice 4-room cottage with good liarn, well of water, comer lot, high and dry, in select neighborhood. Price and terms to suit buyer. Call on E, P. Honan. FIVE PER CENT- FARM LOANS. ONLY ONB eta OKNT. OOMMIMION. W. B. Austin, Rensselaer, continues to make farm loans at o per cent, interest and one per cent commission. No delay, and no sending paiiers east HONEY TO LOAN. A special fund to loan on City firoperty for a term of 5 years or ess at a low rate of interest. Also have private funds to loan on personal or chattel security at currentrates of interest. A complete SET OF ABSTRACT BOOKS. James H. Chapman.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, private diseases, ' t HEMORHORm, . OfflceFlrrt Stairs West of Post Office. Phone a S i. . RENSSELAER, IND.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, August 4, 1900.

R. H. Robinson, dentist. Commissioners’ court meets Monday. Mrs. J. H. 8. Ellis and son are visiting in Cincinnati this week. Benton county has let the contract for a $16,000 poor asylum. New pensions: George W. Faris, Medaryville, increase, $lO. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chapman are taking an outing in Michigan. J. T. Culp of North Barkley, was in the city on business Thursday. Battle Ground campmeeting opened Thursday and closes Aug. 13th.

Mrs. Joseph Nagle and children are visiting her parents in Lafayette. G. W. Gauthier of Kentland, was in the city a few hours Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Enslen of Marion, are guests of D. A. Stoner and family. Mrs. J. F. Major is visiting Remington friends and attending Fountain Park. John Jordan and D. V. Garrison of Remington, were Rensselaer callers Monday. Miss Flora Wharton, a former teacher of our city schools, visited friends here the past week. No more cases of smallpox have occurred at Monticello and all danger of contagation is past, Bernard Funk, a pioneer resident of Benton county, died at his home near Earl Park last week. The Newton county old settlers’ meeting and soldiers’ reunion will held at Morocco, Aug. 15 and 16.

Simon Leopold of Kentland, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold, in this city. Petitions are now being circulated in Barkley tp., for another election to vote aid to the Gifford railroad. A son was born a few weeks ago to Mr. and Mrs. (nee Frankie Porter) Will Clark of Crystal Falls, Mich. Another cheap excursion to Chicago, Sunday, August sth; 75 cents for the round trip from Rensselaer. Mrs.- George Strickfaden and children left Tuesday for a visit with friends at Ambia, Ind., and Champaign, 111.

A still born son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Krull last Saturday. It was buried Sunday in Mt. Calvary cemetery. H: V. Swan who is working in Babcock’s grain office, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Swan, at Wadena. Mrs. Gertie Barnes, nee Bushey, of Elwood, is visiting Mrs. W. A. Huff. Her husband, William Barnes, formerly visited at Remington. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 36; oats 19|; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 29; oats 19; rye, 45.

The Halleck Telephone Co., will soon begin work of putting in its Rensselaer exchange, we understand. It will start out with a goodly number of subscribers. John Healey, Jack Montgomery, Frank Meyer and David Jakes assisted the Remington band in playing at the big Woodmen picnic at Chatworth, A. B. Cowgill, the undertaker, recently passed a successful examination and now holds a state license He is the only undertaker in the city bolding such license.

The “Surrey Hayseeds” and male and female “rooters,” about forty strong, picnicked at Water Valley last Sunday and incidentally swiped the Shelby base ball club to the tune of 10 to 31. A jolly time was had.

Brook has a Belgian hare farm. John O’Connor has resigned as assessor of Walker tp. For first class dental work call on Dr. R. H. Robinson. Office over Ellis & Murray’s store. Geo. A. Strickfaden of this city and John Moritz of Wheatfield, will ask for liquor licenses at the August meeting of the commissioners. Ex-County Auditor George Smith was nominated by the democrats of Benton and Newton last Tuesday for joint-representative. George is a mighty good man. $1.50 for the round trip to Chicago, August 25 to 29, good returning to August 31, or by paying a fee of 50 cents, tickets may be extended to Sept. 30. W. H. Beam, Agt.

Miss Roe Dennis of Chicago, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dennis, east of town. Miss Dennis is book-keeper for the Rochester Shoe Store, of Chicago. A, B. Cowgill’s mother and sister from Illinois will move here and keep house for Mr. Cowgill. They will occupy the Mrs. L. Phillips house on South Weston street. It is said that Heinzman Bros., contractors on the Monon school building, failed to agree with the school board on plans for the completion of the building, and withdrew their workmen. The aged mother of Harry Kurrie died at her home in Paoli, Ind., Wednesday night. Harry was home spending a short vacation at the time of her death. His father died some years ago. Quite a good many oats are now being hauled to market. The quality is very good and they are weighing out at 28 to 32 pounds. The yield is about 20 to 35 bushels to the acre, some fields, of course, running higher than this.

Thursday was the biggest day in the history of the county recorder s office, 125 instruments being filed for record. Nearly all of them oil leases and oil lease transfers. About 50,000 acres of land was represented in the leases.

To Trade For Wood: A fine new gents hunting case gold watch, 15-jewel Elgin movement and 21year gold-filled case; an elegant and first-class timepiece in esery way. Will trade for 4-foot wood to be delivered in town. Enquire at this office.

James Swisher, the man brought here last week from Wheatfield on surety of the peace proceedings, was released Saturday on promise of good behavior. When not under influence of intoxicants Swisher is said to be a firstrate fellow and a good citizen.

Mr. James Lefler recently received a letter from his son Robert, who is in the Philippines, stating that instead of a discharge from the army, as was anticipated, the services of his regiment may be required in China, in a short time and if true, Robert will not be home for awhile.

Many people have remarked that Mr. Gifford could build his railroad for the amount of subsidy asked and have some money left. Those people forget that such things cost pretty well in Jasper county. Wliy, less than one mile of the Otis gravel road in Keener tp., cost $9,500, and it is said to be a blamed poor road at that. Municipal street and commercial lighting has been found to be a failure in Crawfordsville after ten years of experience and the city council has ordered that the plant be advertised for lease for a term of ten years. The plant is a very complete one and originally cost SBO,(XX). The average cost per arc light, counting wear and tear on machinery, will approximate SIOO annually for the 130 lights. Repairs costing $20,000 are now needed, and the city has not the money to make them, and it is believed that the city can get cheaper lighting if the plant is operated by private individuals.

80-acre farm, six miles from city, orchard, barn, good five-room house, good well of water, land in prime state of cultivation. Big Bargain, see E. P. Honan. One fare for the round trip to Indianapolis, August, 7th and the morning of August 8, good returning August 9, account Bryan meeting. W. H, Beam, Agt. Lost:—Somewhere on the streets of Rensselaer, between the Chicago Bargain Store and Leopold’s Store, Thursday afternoon, a ladies yellow purse, containing a five dollar bill and some change. Finder please leave at Democrat office.

Attorney-General Taylor and George U. Bingham, land expert in- the auditor of state’s office, have been unable, on account of the meeting of the state tax board, to visit Starke county and learn the exact boundary lines of the state’s property along the Kankakee river. The trip will be undertaken as soon as the rush of business incidental to the tax board meeting is over. —Indianapolis Sentinel.

We are in receipt of the catalogue of Indiana University for the year just closed. For the third time in the history of the institution the attendance exceeded one thousand. Every, county in Indiana was represented. Those from Remington: Charles Sumner Bowman, Maud Dyer, Carrie Edna Irwin, Frances Ophelia Less, William Roe Murphy, Mary Hilda Roberts, Ernest Stanley Shepherd, Elvira Dell Yeoman, Stephen Smith Yeoman; from Rensselaer: Sadie Leopold, Marion L. Spitler, Helena Elda Washburn.

The Gifford railroad project is still alive over at Rensselaer. Petitions are being prepared for another election, but a new 7 route is contemplated. The projectors are now considering Goodland as a good town to pass through, and from there go to Danville, 111. If he Herald last week expressed the sentiments of the township all the money that will be voted Mr. Gifford from Grant township and Goodland he can put in his hat. The facts are. the road will be given to the highest bidder, irrespective of where it leads to. — Kentland Enterprise.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Wallick have been having a little domestic trouble lately and the matter got into court Wednesday on affidavit filed by Mrs. Wallick charging her husband with assault and battery. The matter was patched up, however, and the charge withdrawn. After leaving the Justice’s office Wednesday evening, Mr. Wallick got into an altercation with W. F. Smith, the furniture man, in front of his furniture store, whom he blamed in some way for a business trouble, and pulled a revolver and threatened to kill him, it is alleged. Smith took the revolver away from Wallick and knocked him down a few times, and there the matter nowres ts.

The assessment per mile of railroad, telegraph, telephone and exSreas companies doing business in asper county, that is, those incorporated. as fixed by the state board of tax commissioners, is as follows: C &E. I. railroad (Brazil div.) $14,000; C. I.& L. railroad (Monon) $16,000; I. I. &I. railroad (3-1) $15,000; P. C. C. & St. L. railroad (Effner div.) $12,(XX); Adams Ex. Co , $350: American Ex. Co., $450; Western Union Telegraph Co., $375; Central Union Telephone Co., S6O; Jasper County Telephone Co., $35; Pullman Palace Car Co., slls. The combined Assessment of all these corporations in Jasper county, including railroad sidetracks, rolling stock and improvements, will reach about $1,500,000 or about one-fifth the entire assessed valuation of the county.

Notice of Reduction of Telephone Toll Rates.

Until further notice, between all points in Jasper county, a uniform rate of ten cents will lie made for 5 minutes conversation. Overtin e to be charged at 2 cents p< minute. Jasper County Tci. Co.

The Chicago Stock Co., closes a week’s engagement at Ellis opera house to-night in a rendition of “The Fatal Card.’’ This company is much above the average and the fact that they have had crowded houses nearly every night, and a few nights many were unable to procure seats, speaks better than words as to the merit of their productions. The company is composed of nice people and puts up a good show. W T e can conscientiously recommend the Chicago Stock Co., to our neighbors. John O’Connor and son of Kniman were in the city Tuesday. Along last winter the Sisters of the Catholic Academy at Sedalia. Mo., sold prize tickets to pay off a debt which rested on the institution. Mr. O’Connor has a sister teaching at the Academy and a number of tickets were sent to him to be disposed of. A young man at St. Joseph’s College was one of the lucky ones in winning one of the prizes which was a ladies handsome gold watch. Mr. O’Connor delivered the prize to him Tuesday.

A highly flattering description of “B. J. Gifford’s 33,000 acre Jasper county farm,” from the pen of a special correspondent of an Indianapolis paper, whom Mr. Gifford had up here looking over his district. appeared in Monday’s issue of said paper. While The Democrat would not detract one iota from any improvements that have been made in this district, its present granduer or productiveness, yet such “write-ups” as the one referred to are intended to give a false impression of this much-written-about territory. The oats crop this year will not average “35 bushels per acre,” nor the corn crop 60 bushels,” and the “onion crcp” this season will not reach 125 carloads, the figures given for last year. This crop is nearly a failure this season, we are told. There is no SIOO per acre land in the district and in fact it is not probable that an acre of it could now be sold for one-half that figure. The Gifford District no doubt has a future before it but it will be some time before such extravagant ideas as the Indianapolis paper's correspondent are realized.

The Wolcott Enterprise last week published a sensational story to the effect that Geo. Fisher, formerly of Remington, later of Lowell, Ind., and Lake City, lowa, and well known throughout this section, had shot and killed the sheriff of McDonald county, Mo., who attempted to arrest him for fraud in connection with the selling of an electric light plant which did not belong to him, and that in the battle with the sheriff Fisher himself received two or three wounds. That George got into some sort of trouble recently is generally believed. His wife was at Remington while George had, it was claimed, gone to the Klondike. A few weeks ago she received a telegraph dispatch and in response left Remington, ostensibly for Seattle, Wash. A few days later George’s brother Frank, residing southeast of Remington, was sent for and he also went to Seattle. Frank returned about two weeks ago. and it was given out that George and wife came back with him to Lake City, lowa. Just whatthe whole trouble is about we are unprepared to say, but we believe the Enterprise’s story is far from correct, a confuof names no doubt, as the George Fisher known here has not been in Missouri at all, we understand.

Must Publish Reports.

The- question of whether the new township reform law repealed that part* of the old law requiring publication of township trustees annual reports has recenty been a much mooded question. AttorneyGeneral Taylor says of the matter: There is no specific repeal of the publication clause of the act of Jun.j 28, 1895, requiring the annual report to be published for one week in one weekly newspaper of general circulation in the county, and repeals by implica- ’ 'on are not favored in the law. '/here is a penalty of SIOU prole’ for the failure of a trustee to •publish his annual report “Becaoho of the liability to punish-

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ment upon failure of a trustee to publish his report, it seems to me the only safe way is to publish the trustees’ report as heretofore once in one weekly newspaper in the county after the report is made in September.”

Capt. Guthrie Denounces Imperialism.

Capt. Guthrie of Monticello, late captain of Co. I, 161st Indiana Vol., who saw service with his company in Cuba, has, it is stated, denounced Hanna, McKinley and imperialism and will take the stump for Bryan in jthe present campaign. He delivered the Decoration day address here last year and his services have been much sought for on like occasions. Capt. Guthrie in giving his reasons for denouncing the trust and imperialistic ticket deals the administration some sledge-hammer blows.

Another Good Man Comes Over to Bryan.

A news special from Joliet, 111., says; Michael C. Collins, the Peotone banker and a life-long Republican, announced this morning that he will support Wm. J. Bryan for President, as he cannot stand for the imperialistic policy of the McKinley Administration. The declaration has caused more political excitement than Will County has seen for years. He was formerly a member of the Legislature, was Supervisor for Pe'otone for many years and President of the County Board one term, and two years ago came within two votes of defeating Wm. Odell, of Wilmington, for the Republican nomination for State Senator. In an interview Mr. Collins said: “My reason for giving my support to Mr. Bryan is that I consider his position on imperialism right, and I believe that issue to be the most important one that is before the people. Ido not sympathize at all in the effort to create a colonial system for America, and in making one nation subject to another. The present policy of the KcKinley Administration in establishing the colonial system in the Philippines, a nation that cannot become a state, and that we do not want in the Union, with its millions of voters helping to elect our rulers, is radically wrong. It is a, departure from the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the foundation principles of our republic.” The above clipping was handed us by Wm. Dennis, east of town, who formerly resided near Peotone and is well acquainted with Mr. Collins

Benton County Poisoning Case.

Benton county is all torn up with excitement over the allegea poisoning of William Lyda, a prominent farmer residing six miles southwest of Fowler. On the afternoon of July 19 Lyda went home from Fowler, where he had been on business, and after eating a hearty supper became deathly sick, and died before the arrival of a physician His symptoms were those of poisoning, and despite the protests of the widow, the coroner sent the stomach to the chemist of Purdue University for analysis. He found strychnine both in the stomach and contents. The widow, Mrs. Lyda, and Star Cox, a man who had made his home with thfe Lyda’s for several years, were arrested and a preliminary trial held before Justice Stevenson, who held that there was sufficient evidence to commit them to jail without bail. Mrs. Lyda was a prominent member of the Daughters of Rebekah and a leader in her circle. She was about ten years her husband’s junior. Cox is a laborer who came from Tennessee about a dozen years ago and for the past five or six years had made his home at theLydas, choring about, assisting with the housework, etc. Saunderson & Hall are attorneys for the accused, and on advice from their counsel they refused to testify in the preliminary trial.

Steam Laundry for sale Cheap.

Pay. big on investment, sickness of managing parties reason for selling. Will sell for part cash; deferrinl payments to cover 2| years. This is a bonanza for right party. Cull on E. P. Honan.