Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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The Newton circuit court convenes Monday. Remember the Farmers’ Institute, Jan. 14 and 15. For fine, home-grown celery, call on C. R. Ramp, phone 14, city. D. H. Yeoman visited his sons Dallas and James, at Ambia this week. Harry E. Alter, of Forrest, Ind., is visiting Jasper county friends this week. Mrs. Wm. Granger died at her home in Demotte Thursday morning of cancer. M. Bernicken and Andrew Meisch of Wheatfield, were down Thursday on business. D. A. Stoner left the first of the. week to attend a series of poultry shows as expert judge. John P. Williams, aged 60, died at his home in Walker tp., last Sunday of Bright’s disease.

Newpensions: Alexander Bramble, Goodland, increase, 14; Burtess H. Dillon, Rensselaer, reissue, 10. D. M. Worland was in Indianapolis last week and bought a carload of buggies for the spring trade. • There is one consolation in being the offspring of poor parents —no one will steal you to hold for ransom. Wanted:—To buy small barn. Anyone having one to sell will please address me at Rensselaer. L. H. Myers. Miss Orrie Clark went to Lafayette Wednesday to nurse her aunt, Mrs. A. W. Cole, who is sick with lung trouble. For Sale:—At O. K. Ritchey’s, 4 miles south of Rensselaer, some very fine, large Bronze Gobblers, sired by a 50-lb tom.

Judge Thompson is getting material on the ground for the new building for Cowgill & Worland, east of the court house. Geo. Ketchmark, Sr., died at his home at Wheatfield Jan. 3. The funeral was held on Sunday from the Catholic church at Wheatfield. Felix French has sold his 120 acre farm near Julian, Newton county, to Howard Myers of Jordan tp. Consideration S6O per acre. Miss Laura McClellan, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.W.A. Huff, for several weeks past, returned to her home at Crawfordsville Wednesday. Mrs. T. W. Haus was called to Indianapolis last Sunday by the serious illiness of her little granddaughter, the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Ira McCord. The -Rensselaer bowlers went over to Remington last Friday evening and played the return game with the Remingtonians, who were not “in it.” Rev. C. D. Royse united Calvin Junk of Illinois, and Laura Zimmerman of Remington, at the t '„aunty clerk’s office, Wednesday horning. The groom is aged 37 and the bride 24. Miss Julia Krasnev, aged 23, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Krasney of Newton tp., died last Saturday from diphtheria. The funeral was private and interment made in the Catholic cemetery, south of town. It is reported that the Lake county grand jury returned three indictments in the infanticide case —one against I)r. Jackson, the Hammond woman 'physician, and two against young Mann, the alleged father of the infant.

DR* MOORE, Specialist, HBMORHORD6, Office First S'airs West of Post Office. Phone a S i. RENSSELAER, IND.

Zell Fisher has bought the Short hitch barn. Monon now has two saloons, with another in prospect. Hiram Day, wife and children, are visiting friends inTllinois. Read the program for the Farmers’ Institute in another column. Two good farms to rent for cash. Call at this office for particulars. Miss Ritta Witham of Buffalo, White county, is visitiner the Maucks, in Newton tp. Mrs. Lizzie Johnson of Whitehall, Mich., is visiting her sisters, Mesdames J. F. Warren and E. L. Clark.

Mrs. Wm. Nowels of Jordan tp., returned Thursday from a visit with-her son and daughter at Chicago Heights. Julius Taylor, Rensselaer’s coloredcitizen, has broken ground for a new house upon his lot on South Scott street. Dr. Millard, the osteopath, has been quite sick for the past week with pneumonia. He is reported better at this writing. Married, by Rev. D. J. Huston at his residence in Milroy tp., Jan. 6, Mr. Oliver F. Hammond to Miss Dora Wood, all of Jasper county. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 32|; oats 21|; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 26; oats 21|; rye 45. W. D. Bringle has bought back his old farm in Jordan tp., paying therefor, we understand, S6O per acre. He will move upon the same about the first of March. Judge Thompson was going about with a subscription Wednesday to raise money to purchase a piano for the library, and met with flattering success. The defendants in the famous old Iroquois ditch ease recently filed Lond for an appeal to the supreme court, and work on the voluminous transcript is about completed.

The Democrat’s new subscribers for the past week number 12, distributed by postoffices as follows: Coats, Kan., 1; Pleasant Grove, 1; Parr, 1; 1. Rensselaer, 8.

B. M. Donnelly of Monticello, Ind., has succeeded Mr. Stoneback at the Pavilion Photo Gallery. The public are cordially invited to call and see samples of work and get prices. At the January meeting of the Newton county commissioners, petitions were presented and viewers appointed for 70 miles of gravel and stone roads—3s miles in Jefferson tp.; 14| miles in Beaver tp.; 13 miles in McClellan tp.; and 7| miles in Lake tp The ladies of the W. R. C. held a public installation of officers Monday evening. After the installation exercises were over, refreshments were served to a large number of members and visitors. Also, W. H. Miller gave a “Chalk Talk” which was highly appreciated. The eleventh annual meeting of the Jasper County stitute will be held in the east court room at the court house in this city next Monday and Tuesday. An interesting program has been prepared and it is hoped that there will be a large attendance.

L. H. Myers of Jordan tp., has recently purchased the Mrs. Caddie Martin residence and four lots on South River street and will move to Rensselaer about March first. Consideration $1,400. Mr. Meyer is a good, substantial -citizen and we are glad to learn that he will locate here. The Democrat freely admits that the Apologist’s term of “Reformer,” as applied to this paper, is not wholly misapplied. The saving it has made of $3.10 on every thousand dollar assessment, a grand total of about $25,000 in the whole county for this year alone, certainly earns for it this title among the taxpayers.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, January 12, 1901.

Monticello Herald: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Phegley, Jan. 6, a son. The Gillam tp., gravel road contract has been let to John Hack of Lowell, for $6,500. About 4 inches of “the beautiful’’ fell Thursday night and yesterday morning. The Lyda trial will cost Benton county more than $4,000. White county’s bill was about $1,600. E. L. Bruce has purchased the old O'Meara farm, south of town. Mr. Dalton, the present occupant, will move back to Illinois. J. H. Prey, who left his large family here about a year ago to become a charge upon the county, was in town a few days ago. We are not advised as to where he is holding forth at present. Smith Newell of Barkley tp., has bought property of W. B. Austin in the east part of town, and will move here soon. Mr. Newell is a good democrat and of course a good citizen, and we are pleased to welcome all such to Rensselaer.

From Tuesday’s Frankfort Crescent we clip the following mention of a former well known Remington grain and hay dealer: “J. 8. Barnes, the grain broker, located in the Ross block, today purchased 31,000 bushels of corn and oats, the consignment going to Southwork & Co. of Toledo.”

John Carr of the Fowler Leader, was the maddest man in Indiana when he heard of the acquittal of Mrs. Lyda and Starr Cox last Sunday, John had tried them both and found them guilty long ago, and was merely waiting for the courts to affirm his decision ere springing the trap that would send their souls into eternity. Too had. John. Try and hang some one next time that you have a case against.

Laura Michaels residing southeast of town, sent one of her children out to the well a few luoi'nings ago for a bucket of water, but, instead of pumping up water, about a gallon or two of thick, black oil was brought up. The well is only about 40 feet in depth, and has been drilled several ve-'”s. This is the first time it has taken such an “oily spell” although showing indications of oil. The i o oirniiqj. f 0 that in the Gillam field.

By referring to the commissioners’ court proceedings in another column, it will be seen that the board acted on The Democrat’s advise of last week and dismissed the claim of $39.20 for meals for election boards in Marion tp., which claim had previously been presented and acted upon by the board, and therefore had no business upon the docket and could not be again taken up. It is interesting to note that The Democrat was the only paper to call attention to this matter. T Mayor E ger, Councilman Spitler, and C. 8. Chamberlain, superintendent of the city light plant, went to Chicago Wednesday to see about a new incandescent dynamo. They made a selection of one of 2,400 light capacity, to cost about eleven hundred dollars. The deal was not closed, however, matter will come up before the council at its next meeting in the form of a proposition from the electrical supply company for installing the dynamo selected by the committee. X Saturday was a fine day. The roads were as smooth as a floor and there was an immense crowd of people in town. All the merchants in town had a good trade on account of this. What brought so many people to town Saturday? The question is .answered in two words —good roads. This leads us to reflect how much better it would have been for Rensselaer and the people outside of it if we had voted a tax of S3I,MX) for improving the roads of the township instead of donating .this amount toward the building of a railroad which "an never bo one-fourth the L. to the town and the people that the improved roads would be. Subscribe for The Democrat.

The appellate court has decided that the determination when an honorably discharged soldier shall be buried at the township’s expense, is left to the trustee, and even when his refusal to bury such a person is a violation of his official duty, a person who buries him without employment by the trustee cannot compel the county to pay the funeral expenses. Also, an undertaker cannot enforce payment by the county of the burial expenses of a pauper whom he was not employed to bury by the township trustee. In the past soldiers have been buried in Jasper county at public expense who have left estates worth ten to fifteen thousand dollars. This is clearly not the intent or letter of the law covering the burial of exsoldiers, and they should only be buried at public expense when private burial would be a hardship upon the family of deceased, as the law provides. / Albert Webb, a young man 23 years of age, who was going with a hay-pressing crew at Kniman, died suddenly Thursday night at that place from heart disease. The young man had attended a party and taken a young lady home from the party, left her at the door and turned to go to his boarding house. He had a lantern itr his hand and when he reached the street started on a dead run across the street to John O’Connor’s and called for help. Mr. O’Conner got up as soon as possible but before he reached the door the man called again: “For God’s sake, help me ! I’m dying.’’ When Mr. O’Connor got outside he found the man lying on the ground, choking, and his face covered with foam. Dr. Jones was immediatly summoned but the unfortunate man died before his arrival. The doctor pronounced his death due to heart disease. The remains were taken to the deceased’s home at Cropsy, 111., yesterday for burial.

An advertising scheme is reported as being worked in various parts of the state which consists of r “law” book sailing under the head of “Law for the People,” “the Farmers Lawyer,” etc., interspersed with advertising matter. The pamphlet we understand, professes to contain a synopsis of the statutes in general use in Indiana, and the scheme consists in getting enough local advertising to make a good thing in putting out the work. It is then sold for a nominal sum or given away by some business man as a premium with goods that possess so little merit that they can usually be disposed of only by offering a premiuifl in connection therewith. As the last legislature appointed a committee to revise the statues, and the revision will be made soon; also, as our statutes are something like the “good book”—subject to so many different interpretations that we are obliged to hire men to explain them for us—it would seem that the “Farmers’ Lawyer” or whatever other title it may sail under, would be likely to get the farmer into more scrapes than it would help him out of. That is, of course, if he depends at all upon the “laws” as contained therein, while the advertising is of about as much benefit to the business men as though published in- a Greek almanac.

Methodist Church. To-night and Sunday morning the Presiding Elder, Dr. Samuel Beck, of Valparaiso, will preach. The quarterly conference will be held to-night (Saturday) after preaching,mid the quarterly communion in connection with the Sunday morning service. The pastor will preach Sunday night. All are invited. Hereford’s Per Sale. One Yearling Bull and two last spring's Bull Calves for sale; all thoroughbred stock. Jas. W. Pierce. HARRIAGE LICENSES. Oliver F. Hammond to Dora Wood, issued Jan. 5. D. J. Harris to Anna Ulm, issued Jan. 5. Calvin Junk to Laura Zimmerman, issued Jan. 9. Funeral cards at The Democrat office.

Commissioners' Court.

The regular ' meeting of the county commissioners was held this week and the following business transacted: In the matter of completing the Keener tp„ gravel roads, the following entry is made: “The Board having received bids, take the matter under advisement until the next meeting of the Board.” We understand that the only bid filed was one by The Indiana Macadam Co., who want $21,705 for completing the road—sl2,llo for the Otis road and $9,595 for the Demotte road. This, if accepted, will bring the total cost of the sixteen miles of road originally let for $31,800, up to over $52,000! A new bridge was ordered for Carpenter tp., and the auditor directed to give notice of letting for the first Tuesday of Feb. term. All other bridge petitions, twelve in number, were continued. The claim of Thos. Akers, expense poor in Barkley tp., $30.90, growing out of the smallpox cases recently; E. C. English, S2O, for same; E. C. English, $152, for same; S. C. Johnson, same, $53, were withdrawn. We understand that the Board holds this expense must be borne direct by the township, and not by the county. In matter of Henry F. Feldman, petition for highway, Board appoints James T. Randle. Thomas H. Robinson and Benj. Harris viewers, to meet Jan. 22. Martin Burton was defeated for liquor license at Gifford, a sufficient number of signers to the remonstrance against him having been filed. Burton is the third applicant to be defeated for license at this point, and it is understood that the people of that part of Barkley tp., propose to keep up the fight, and keep out a saloon if posssble. Joseph Conway was more fortunate, and was granted a license at Parr without opposition. T. F. Maloney was granted permission to extend poor relief to party or parties named in his petition, not exceeding sls for the ensuing three months. The auditor was directed to advertise for bids on three cars of bituminous and 20 tons of hard coal, bids to be filed on the first day of Feb. term. Following claims were passed upon and allowed for the full amount, unless otherwise noted: J F Warren, exp. Gillam gravel road. .$ 18 00 N J Reed, exp canvassing votes, $7.64 .. con’t WT Wooden, exp insanity case, s9.dismissed M H Hemphill, exp Gillam gravel road 12 50 Wm V Brown, exp prisoner $7.25.. .dismissed OG Maxwell, same s2.sodismissed CM Blue, meals for elect b'd $39.20. dismissed Jasper Co Telephone Co phone rent $13.20 allowed at 1100 W P Baker, work on Marion grav rds.. 150 Chas Ramp, exp jail 4 50 Coen A Brady, exp ct house 38 33 Same, exp county farm 19 35 The following claims for last year’s services which were not filed in time to be acted upon at the last special Dec. term, were allowed and are to be paid only after appropriations have been made therefor by the county council: Frank Swart sei. Marion grav r work.. 500 Chas Reed, same 12 50 E L Gay, same 7 50 Irwin Lewis, same, 5 00 M R Paradis, gravel for same 16 00 C A Walker, work on same 12 50 Jesse Nichols, assignee same 10 00 L H Hamilton, exp Supt’s office 4 00 S A Richards, work on Marion g. r 7 00 Leslie Clark, pub notiee Keener grav r 700 M B Price, exp ditches 21 00 T F Clark, exp poor farm 9 00 M B Price, postage 1 00 J F Major, making reports 4 00 Subscribe for The Democrat.

New Undertaking Firm.

A. B. Cowgill and D. M. Worland having formed a partnership in the undertaking business, respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage. All funerals intrusted to our care will have every possible attention. Mr. Cowgill is a thoroughly competent undertaker, having graduated from the Chicago College of Embalming, and also has a state license. He has had three years of actual experience in the business right here in Rensselaer. We trust that by the best of service and fair treatment to be able to win your confidence in a measure so that you will feel like saying a word in our behalf. Yours Respectfully, Cowgill & Worland.

Vol. 111. No. 40

Mrs. Lyda and Starr Cox Acquitted.

The jury in the Lyda-Cox murder trial returned a verdict Sunday morning, acquitting both the defendants of the alleged poisoning of William Lyda. The case was given to the jury Saturday afternoon and the verdict was reached about midnight, but was not returned in court until 8:45 Sunday morning. The verdict meets with almost universel approval. Mrs. Lyda is now visiting friends in Danville, 111., and Cox is visiting relatives in Tippecanoe county.

CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS.

This is one of the best egg producers known. Hens have more difficulty in getting carbonate of lime to form the shell than any other part of the egg, and fail to lay for this reason. Crushed Oyster Shell contains 96 per cent, of pure carbonate of lime, and one-third more eggs are positively received from hens that.have free access to it, trusting them to eat the amount necessary to form the shell on the eggs. Sold by B. S. Fendig, Poultry Dealer, Rensselaer.

Public Sales. Commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., the undersigned will sell at public auction on the Elias Strong farm, 5| miles west and 1 mile south of Rensselaer, and 5| miles southeast of Mt. Ayr, on TUESDAY, JAN. 15, ’Ol, 6 head of horses, consisting of 1 Gelding coming 4 years old, 1 draft mare 7 years old, with foal, 1 driving mare 8 years old with foal, and 2 yearling colts; 20 head of good shoats, will weigh about 80 pounds each, 2 brood sows, 1 Deering binder, 1 nearly new mowing machine, 1 hay rake, 1 hay ticker, 2 hay gatherers, 1 twohorse harrow, 1 three-horse harrow, 1 riding cultivator, 4 walking cultivators, 2 riding breaking plows, 2 walking breaking plows, 1 disk, 1 wagon, 1 cyclone seeder, 1 wheatdrill, 1 patent corn cutter, and various other articles not enumerated. A credit of 10 months will bo given on sums over $5. George Potts. Fred Powell. S. Phillips & Son, Auctioneers. Commencing at 10 o’clock a. m., the undersigned will sell at publio auction, | mile east of Virgie, on MONDAY, JAN. 21, ’Ol, 4 head of horses, consisting of one dun horse nine years old; one brown mare nine years old. in foal; one gray mare three years old, in foal; and one gray colt two years old. One cow, will be fresh soon; 10 head of stock hogs, 3 brood sows; one two-horse wagon; one top buggy; one disk harrow; one smoothing harrow; one com planter, drill and check-rower and 80 rods of wire; 1 riding plow; 1 walking plow; 1 end gate seeder; 2 mowing machines; 2 cultivators; 4 tons tame hay; one stand of bees; 2 sets of work harness; one set of single harness; one hay rack; on© hay slide; and other articles too numerous to mention. A credit of nine months will b® given on sums over $5. Rillie Ridenour. 8. Phillips & Son, Auctioneers. Ray D. Thompson, Clerk.

The Mother s FavoriteChamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the mother’s favorite. It is pleasant and safe for children to take and always cures. It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and is the best medicine made tor these diseases. There is not the least danger in giving it to children tor it contains no opium or other injurious drug and m?.y be given as confidently to a babe as to an adult. For sale by J. A. Larsb, Druggist. 8. P. Thompson will sell his lands in Union township, in tracts, and on terms to suit those desiring to farm or raise stock. Soo or write to 8. P. Thompson, Rensselaer, Ind. Warren & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County.’ Tell your neighbor to subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, The Democrat. It gives all the u?wß.