Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1900 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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R. H. Robinson, dentist. Lowell (has passed a curfew ordinance.' Mrs. James Payne has moved to Hammond. John Ryan was in from Gillam tp., Wednesday. Miss Mary Meyer is visiting Chicago friends. Esq. Wiseman of Union tp., was in the city on business Monday. Anthony Gallagher of Carpenter tp., was in the city on business Tuesday. Geo. Minicus of Chicago Heights, was visiting friends here this week. Another son was lately born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. O. Stembel of Wheatfield. A daughter was born to Editor Healy and wife of the Brookston Gazette, Tuesday. T. J. Mallett and James Blake of Fair Oaks, were in tbwn on business Saturday. Mrs. James W. Douthit is visiting friends and relatives in Walker tp. and Medaryville. Frank Fisher and eldest son of Kankakee tp., were in Rensselaer on business Monday. Mrs. I. A. Leavel is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Earl Sayler, at Gilman, 11l , this week. Funny Barney Ferguson in “McCarthy’s Mishaps” is guaranteed to make you laugh. Charles Brown of Pulaski county, is visiting his mother, Mrs. A. E. Brown, of this city. The Boaz furniture stock has been traded to W. L. Wood at Parr, and removed to that place. Dr. Chas. Vick is attending the meeting of the American Association of Opticians at Detroit this week. Drilling for oil, gas or most any old thing is in progress on the Thompson-Lawler farm, east of town.

The grain elevator at Foresman was struck by lightning early Wednesday morning and entirely consumed. The county institute will meet one week from Monday. This year's session will be held in the east court room. Thomas Callaghan and another gentleman from Walker tp., were pleasant callers at The Democrat office lest Saturday. James Bilile of Remington, ? ;ives notice that he will apply for iquor license at the September meeting of commissioners’ court. Henry Ropp was the first subscriber to remember The Democrat man with a fine watermelon. May Henry’s shadow never grow less. Miss Mosolene Roberts, who has been visiting her grand-parents. Mr. ana Mrs. H. O. Harris, for the past month, returns to her home in Carpentersville, 111., Tuesday. The William Louks mentioned by us last week as having been accidently killed while out hunting near bis home at Pickard, Ind., was a brother of Allen Louks, of north of town. Housekeeper Wanted: A good woman of unquestionable character, about 40 to 50 years of age, willing and able to do general housework. For name of party apply at this office. A big colored poster has been put up in the postoffice asking for volunteers for the United States army, which goes to show that all this talk about the Hanna-Mc-Kinley wars being over is a mistake. The anti-saloon league of Monon, which has kept the town “dry” for eighteen months, is now preSaring to enter the lists against eremiah Gillam, who has given notice to an application for retail intoxicants.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs West of Post Office. Phone 251. RENSSELAER, IND.

A circus is headed this way. A. F. Long is building a new residence on River street. Judge Thompson, wife and children visited in Chicago this week. Ross Goble visited his mother in Frankfort several days this week. Simon Phillips is visiting friends at Marion, Ind., and Greenville, Ohio. Township Trustee Pettit of Walker tp., was in the city on business Thursday. A son was born to Mrs, and Mr. Ira McCord, of Indianapolis, former Rensselaer residents, last Saturday. I. A. Leavel’s oat crop east of town averaged about 40 bushels to the acre. He had a little over 5,300 bushels. The Halleck telephone exchange will be located in the upstairs rooms in the rear of Attorney E. P. Honan’s office. Mrs. A. M. Stockton and Mrs. J. F. Warren were among the Rensselaer people who attended the Battle Ground campmeeting.

Mrs. Ida O’Meara and Misses Ethel Sharp and Leah Knox, who have been attending school at Terre Haufe, came home Saturday. Mrs. W. H. Parkison and baby returned Wednesday from a visit with her folks at Attica. Her sister Tillie, accompanied her home for a short visit. Bishop 0. C. McCabe, who lectured at Fountain Park Saturday afternoon and Sunday, was the guest of Rev. H. M. Middleton of this place, Sunday evening. The dry system of closets in the south school building are being replaced with water, the contract having been let to Warner Bros, at $599. The old system was unsatisfactory. A Montpelier dispatch says that “the Cudahy Pipe Line Co., is taking up sixteen miles of branch line in this vicinity. It will be relaid in the Jasper county field, where some promising oil wells are being drilled.” The health statistics for July give the death rate at 13 to each 1,000 population. The rate in 36 counties was above the average, 13, for the month. In Jasper the average was 7.9; Newton, 8.3; Benton 7.5; Porter, 9.6; Pulaski, 4.8; Starke, 2.9; White 9.6. State Geologist Blatchley has made an inspection of the land about Rochester, Fultcn county, and reports plenty of clay that can be utilized in the manufacture of Portland cement. Some time ago he discovered 400 acres of marl beds under Lake Manitou, only a short distance from the clay beds. A team of colts belonging to Pat Halligan and driven by Virge Sayler, got frightened at a threshing engine last Monday a mile north of town, and ran away, throwing Sayler out and injuring him considerably. Allen Louks was also in the wagon at the time and was thrown out but not I seriously injured. No damage was done to team or wagon. Dee Watson, whose sickness was noted in our columns last week, died Saturday morning at bis home north of the railroad, after three weeks illness from typhoid fever, aged about 30 years. Deceased leaves a wife and three children. The funeral was held ■ Sunday afternoon from the resi- * deuce, Elder J. L. Brady conducted the services, Interment made in Weston cemetery. Remember that The Democrat has county service over the Hal leek telephone lines, and anyone having an item of news to report for the paper can call us up from any station in the county free of charge, we having made arrangements to settle such charges at this end. Items of importance can be received by phone as late as Friday forenoon. Don’t hesitate to call us up when you have an important item.

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

Subscribe for The Democrat. Simon Fendig of Wheatfield, was in town a few hours yesterday. A few batches of correspondence were received too late again this weekFor first class dental work call on Dr. R. H. Robinson. Office over Ellis & Murray’s store. Sidney Holmes, southwest of town, fell from a load of tile Tuesday morning and dislocated his right arm. Rose Lawn Review: T. J. Joiner who has been helping “hay” on ~Brady ranch, visited his family at rair Oaks Saturday night and Sunday. 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. Earl Jeffries is here from Ohio. He will teach in Keener tp., the coming year. He reports that his father, Rev. Jeffries, has considerably improved in health 'since returning to Ohio.

John A. Knowlton, who bought the Mrs. Stanley farm northeast of town last fall, threshed his 35 acres of oats some days ago, and got 1800 bushels, or over 50 bushels to the acre, and the quality was extra good. The Misses Bessie and Maude Rider of Indianapolis visited here during the week. While in these parts they will visit Watseka, Sheldon, Brook, Morocco, Rensselaer and possibly a few families in the rural districts.—Kentland Enterprise. To Trade For Wood : A fine, gents new hunting case gold watch, 15-jewel Elgin movement and 21 year gold-filled case; an elegant and-first-class timepiece in every way. Will trade for 4-foot wood to be delivered in town. Enquire at this office.

Geo. Antrim of Demotte, was in the city Tuesday and exhibited a few samples of sugar beets grown on his farm near Demotte. He has about five acres planted and they are doing nicely. He thinks they will bring him in from $35 to $45 per acre. Ellis Jones of Carpenter tp., was in Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. Jones has sold his 80-acre farm in northwest Carpenter and will buy a larger fa rm in the same neighborhood if he can find one at the right figures. The old place was too small to keep Ellis busy, hence his object in selling. A dispatch from Lafayette in Wednesday’s Indianapolis Sentinel, says: John Purdy, marshal of Boswell, Benton county, shot himself this afternoon, the bullet entering an inch and a half above the heart. He had just been arrested on the street by an officer from Fowler on the charge of seduction.

J. C. Norman deposited four tomatoes upon our table Thursday morning that averaged a little more than 2 pounds each in weight and were nicely formed. They are a new variety which Mr. Norman has grown this season for the first, and are called the “mammoth,’’ and it goes with saying that the name is no misnomer. Mr. Norman says that he picked one from his vines that weighed over 3 pounds. Maggie O’Brien of Fair Oaks, has begun suit4n the Jas]«er circuit court against Thomas O’Brien for divorce. Plaintiff alleges in her complaint that she and the defendant were married. May 30, 1896, and lived together until August 7, 1898; defendant without' cause abandoned her in Illinois and she has not heard from him since and doesn’t know where he now is. They have two children as a result of this union. Plaintiff alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, drunkenness, failure to provide and abandonment, and asks for divorce and custody of the t children. She claims Fair Oaks.as her present place of residence and gives her occupation as that of housekeeper. Chilcoft? & Parkisou are plaintiffs attorney s.

J. W. Douthit was in Plymouth on legal business Tuesday and Wednesday. John McGlinn and John O’Connor of Knimau, were Rensselaer visitors Thursday. The date for holding the farmers’ picnic at Wheatfield has been changed from Aug 25th to Sept. Bth. *— 50 cents for the round trip to Water Valley, Aug. 25th. Account Odd Fellows’ meeting. W. H. Beam, Agt. Jerome Casto died at his home, northwest of town, Thursday afternoon from cancer. He had been sick for a long time. You can get The Democrat, State Sentinel and Cincinnati Enquirer each a full year for only $1.85, cash in advance, if taken soon. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 36; oats 21; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 70; corn 29; oats 20; rye 45.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe returned Thursday from a three weeks vacation at the principal resorts on the Atlantic ■ coast and Niagara Falls. Mrs. Forsythe also visited her home at New Philadelphia, Ohio, two Weeks before going to the coast. The universal favorite, Barney Ferguson, comes to the opera house Monday, Aug. 20, in a twentieth century version of '‘McCarthy’s Mishaps,” and press and public in the various towns and cities are unanimous in praise of the performance. A good rain fell Saturday night and we have had more or less rain every day since then. Some of the rains have been very heavy and have no doubt damaged oats standing in shock to the amount of thousands of dollars. The rains seem to have been quite general.

The compositor made us say last week that “B. F. Fendig of Wheatfield,” was among those from this county who attended the Bryan and Stevenson notification meeting at Indianapolis. It should have read B. F. Funk. John McGlinn and son of Kniman, also attended the meeting. If you are downhearted, deep in business troubles, there is one prescription that is sure to benefit you. The old maxim that “a hearty laugh is the best of sauces” contains more truth than a great many people think, and the physician who can give you more laughs in a single evening than Barney Ferguson is yet to be born. A long, hearty laugh is a pleasant prescription to take, and you should join the merry throng of patients at the opera house, Monday, Aug 20.

Mrs. Sampson Irwin died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Shaftner, near Wheatfield last Sunday, aged about 68 years. Deceased was a sister of Henry Welsh of Remington, and James Welsh of this township. Two of her sons, Thomas and Ed, reside here. Mrs. Irwin formerly resided here and was well know to all the older residents, she having lived in this county for over sixty years. The burial took place Monday in the Welsh cemetery, in Jordan tp., Full obituary next week. Don’t let politics interfere with your business to such an extent that it causes you to be partisan in your dealings. Keep ever in mind the fact that above all you and your neighber, who may differ from you politically, are citizens of the same glorious country, and that he maybe as sincere in his opinions as you are in yours. Don’t think that your party holds all that is good and true and that all others contain only evil. It is perfectly proper and indeed commendable that you should take sufficient interest in political questions to inform yourself thoroughly concerning them, and having formed views, it is your right and duty as a good citizen to vote your sentimc d. but don’t forget to acc : 1 thtrs the same right you cinith 'or yourself.

Mastodon Tooth Unearthed.

Last Friday, while J. C. Norman and sons William, Joseph and Frank, were fishing near Grooms bridge, they brought to the surface the tooth of a mastodon which had probably lain near there for hundreds of years. Will brought the tooth to town Tuesday artd it is now on exhibition in the window of Fendig’s drug store. The tooth is 4 inches wide and 6| inches long across the top and set into the jaw-bone about 5| inches, being 6| inches long altogether. Its weight now is 4f pounds. Evidently this was one of the front teeth of the animal from which it came, as it shows on the back where another and apparently much larger tooth set up against it, but the frontside has not this appearance. The tooth was in a fair state of preservation, and the top is almost as hard and glossy as though fresh from the jaw-bone of its owner.* The roots, however, are decayed considerably and the bone has rotted away somewhat. The animal carrying about such a set of molors must have been of huge proportions. A further search about the spot where the immense tooth was found failed to disclose any more of the bones.

Great Difference In Cost.

It is interesting to note the difference in cost of holding the late railroad elections in the different townships. Excluding the incidental expense, such as tickets, etc., and the publishing of the notice of election—thp latter being sl6 in each of the four townships —and we find that the average expense for each precinct iy Marion township was $38.60; in Carpenter $38.90; in Barkley $17.90; in Jordan, $18.75. There is but one precinct in Jordan, two in Barkley, three yin Carpenter and four in Marion. The work of the boards in each precinct was of course the same, except that a few more votes were polled in some than in others, yet the Carpenter and Marion boards were allowed more than twice as much as those of Jordan and Barkley. The hardest work connected with the duties of the boards was putting in the time, as there was but little actual labor connected with the counting of the vote and the returns were all complete by about 7:30 to 8 o’clock. The Carpenter and Marion township boards put in claims for two days services and were paid $3 to $4 each for the day, while the Barkley and Jordan boards—composed of farmers who often put in a full day’s hard work on the farm and do not consider that they have earned to exceed a dollar or a dollar and a half —only made a charge for one day’s services. In Marion township the boards were even fed their breakfast at publicjexpense—, and possibly had a banquet at night, as the cost of feeding the four boards of seven members each was $29.40. or a little more than a dollar for each member thereof. Before the election it was generally talked that the members of the election boards, or those favoring the tax at least, would serve free gratis, but we believe every man of them got in his bill for services and the inspectors, who all favored the tax, we understand, got in with pretty good sized ones. The commissioners should have cut all bills for the regular services to one day’s pay.

Temperance Program.

Temperance meeting will be held at east court room, Monday night, Aug. 20, at 8 o’clock. Singing, congregation, Scripture reading. Mrs. Parks, Player, Song. Recitation, Irene Barcus, Reading. Mrs. Perklna. Song. Address. Rev. J L. Brady, General discussion of questions. Could we not have the present law changed to require a majorrity of voters petitoning for a saloon Instead of majority remonstrating? Song. An urgent Invitation is extended to all interested in this work.

Steam Laundry for sale Cheap.

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

Vol. 111. No. 19

ONE NIGHT ONLY Monday, Aug. 20 the original BARNEY FERGUSON In a uew version of the Merry Farce Comedy LjmapsJ No Draft to the Fun. Everything Goes With a Merry Swing. Fine Specialties by the Pick of the Vaudeville Stage. At Variance with Other Farces That Have Been Made on the Same Line. DON’T MISS IT.

Commissioners’ Court.

The commissioners met in special session Monday on the C. W. Baker et al gravel road petition, order of commissioners made as follows: /‘Remonstrators offer to file addition to remonstrance heretofore filed, which offer is refused. Remonstrants offer to file demurrer to report, which offer is refused. Case submitted for trial. After bearing the evidence and the argument of councel the Board approve and confirm the report and order that the road be constructed as per the viewers report.” Harriet M. Roen et al, petition for ditch; Frank Parker, Wm. Washburn and Thomas H. Robinson appointed-viewers to meet Aug. 20. and report on or before Aug. 27.

Old Settlers’ Meeting.

The Directors of the Old Settlers’ Association of Jasper county met last Saturday and the presi-dent-elect, William R. Nowels, presented his resignation, which was accepted. Hon. S. P. Thompson was chosen, and it was agreed to hold a two days’ reunion on Sept. 14 and 15 at Van Rensselaer grove at the sonth side of town. The following committees were appointed: Committee on finance, A. Leopold. A. McCoy, W. J. Imes, J. H. S. Ellis and John Eger. Committee on program, Robert Parker, J. Y. Major, Eva K. Foltz, Ida M. Randle, Ora T. Ross, to be assisted by the chairman and secretary. Committee on relics, B. F. Fendig, Lewis Alter, I. B. Washburn. W. W. Hartsell and Shelby Grant. The directors will meet on Saturday, August 18, to hear reports from the committees, and further proceedings. S. P. Thompson, Chm’n. C. E. Mills, Sec.

FIVE PER CENT. FARM LOANS.

ONITONI r<R OKNT. COMMISSION. W. B. Austin, Rensselaer, continues to make farm loans at 5 per cent, interest aijd one per cent, commission. No delay, and no sending pa[iers east

Will Pitch For A Purse.

The champion horseshoe pitcher of Newton county will contest with Jasper's champion pitcher at Rensselaer, Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, for a purse which is being made up by Rensselaer sports.

Gospel Tent Meetings.

There will be a series of gospel tent meetings at the city of Remington, Ind.. beginning on Wednesday evening, August 15th, 1900, and to continue indefinitely for several weeks. Meetings will be in charge of Elder A. H. Zilmer, of Rensselaer, assisted by Elder G. W. Smith, of Culver, Ind. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these meetings. A. H. Zilmer. G. W. Smith.

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