Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1901 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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“Fabio Romani,” at Ellis opera house, Jan. 28. Recorder Porter has been “gripping” this week. A. D. Washburn of Fair Oaks, was in town Wednesday. B. M. Donnelly spent Sunday with his family in Monticello. Anthony Gallagher of Carpenter tp., was a hub visitor Saturday. Miss Mary Weathers spent Sunday with relatives at Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe were in Chicago on business this week. Frank Fisher of Kankakee tp., was in the city on business Saturday. A son was born last Tuesday to Emmet Pullins and wife of Bafkley tp. A new list of Jennings county farms appear in The Democrat this week. Fowler has a case of smallpox. A tramp was taken dowp with the disease there. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Stoner attended the poultry show at Chicago this week. • A son was born to C’ourad Shaffer and wife, southeast of town, Saturday. Dr. Washburn called to Logansport on professional business Monday. E. L. Hollingsworth spent Sunday at Kalamazoo, Mich., with Mrs. Hollingsworth. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sayler of Gilman, 111., have been visiting relatives here this week. M. A. Gray and neice, Miss Gray, of Remington, were Rensselaer callers Wednesday. Dr. C. G. Parkhurst of Monon, died suddenly last Friday morning in his rooms in that city of apoplexy. X Joe Jeffries was called to Apple Creek. Ohio, last week bv the probably fatal illness of his father, Rev. C. D. Jeffries. The Robert Little tile factory at Brookston was destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Loss about |7,000 with $3,000 insurance. Etta E. Baker, of Chicago, visited her brothers, J. E., and George Spitler over Sunday, returning home Tuesday evening. John Kimble down from Gifford on busineg»Saturday. Mr. Kimble is thinking some of erecting a good business room at Gifford for rent. Uncle Henry Fisher, of Jennings county, sends us $1.50 for another year’s supply of reading— The Democrat, State Sentinel and the Enquirer. J Monticello Journal; The oldest man in the county, Wm. Diamond, aged 97 years, 6 months and 1 day, died at his home in Cass township Sunday.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DISEASES, JHk. HEMORHORDS, women. Office First S‘airs West of Post Office. Phone 251. RENSSELAER, IND.

The Gress House, at Brookston, was destroyed by fire last week. For Sale or Rent: My place just west of town. Thomas Parker. “Brown From Boston” will be at pllis opera house, Thursday, Jan. 31. Rev. Royce began a series of revival meetings at church Wednesday evening./ Montreal, Canada, suffered a $2,500,000 fire in the central portion of the city Wednesday night. Richard H. Schrader died at his home in Walker tp., Jan. 16, of heart disease, aged about 27 years. Senator Wolcott has introduced a bill requiring cities or towns annexing a school township to assume school debts. Mrs. Andrew King died at her home in .Hanging Grove tp., Wednesday afternoon, after an extended illness. We have placed our accounts in the hands of E. P. Honan for collection. Please call and settle. Kelley Bros. Sales cried in all sections of the country and satisfaction guaranteed. Address me at Kniman, Ind. Nelson DuCharme. James Murray of Wheatfield tp., was in the city on business Thursday and dropped in and subscribed for the “taxpayers’ friend.” John Schanjaub reports but one burial in Mfeston cemetery this month, which breaks the record during his nearly seven years service as sexton. New pensions: Abraham M. Campbell, Blackford, increase,sl7; Uriah S. Hussey, Monon, renewal, $6; Margaret Clouse, Rensselaer, Mexican war widow, SB. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morris of Chicago Heights, was brought here Monday fcr burial. The interment was made in Egypt cemetery, Jordan tp.

When you come in to pay your taxes, take one of the dollars saved this year and drop in and subscribe for The Democrat, the paper that was the means of saving it for you. Miss Eunice Fritts, daughter of Rev. V. O. Fritts, formerly of this place, was married at the home of her parents in Dunkirk, Ind., Thursday, the groom being Mr. Benson Lewllyn, a son of the M. E. presiding elder of the Ft Wayne district. J. M. Troxell, Justice of the Peace, is located opposite the court house, first door east of Com merical Bank. Deeds, mortgages and other legal papers drawn and acknowledged as well as all other business applying to this office, including collections. V. R. Keeller hoisted the flag staff on the tower of the new school building last Saturday morning. The staff is twenty feet in length and the bronze ball at its apex pierces the air at a distance of eighty-five feet from the ground.—Monon News. Charlie Porter has bought the Sines grocery at Delphi, and will locate in that city. Charlie is a fine young manVstrnight and honorable in evety' way, and The Democrat can heartily recommend him to the people of Delphi as worthy of their support and esteem. Arthur Tuttle, of Remington, who for a short time run a blacksmith shop near the depot, in this city, had his left leg shattered so badly by a gunshot wound last Saturday that it had to be amputated. A report of the accident is given in our Remington correspondence. Regarding the removal of Mrs. Gant to the asylum at Lougcliff, Frank J. Gant, one of her sons, wishes u« to state that he knew nothing about the contemplated removal until it was done. Had he been cognizant with what was going on he would have attempted to prevent it, as he insists the old lady is as sane as the average person of her age.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, January 26, 1901.

Two good farms to rent for cash. Call at this office for particulars. Take advantage of that free State Sentinel offer at once—it won’t last always. Rev. Converse, an Episcopal minister of Delphi, will preach at Slaughter schoolhouse, south of town, at 2:30 p. m , to-morrow. A cordial invitation is extended to all. ■) Well, brethern, we have had a very pleasant winter so far and if we are now to catch it for six or eight weeks, all we can do is to muffle up our ears and be thankful for past mercies. David Varner of Page county, Va., and daughter Mr< Sadie Prince, of Cmkggo, have been visiting the former’s brother-in law. F. W. Mauck, in Newton tp., for the past two weeks. There will be a box supper and literary entertainment at the Randle school house in Barkley township, Saturday night, February 2. Everybody come and see the wax figures. Sadie Cody, Teacher. Lost:—Thursday, Jan. 17, somewhere on the road between the Robt. Randle farm and J. N. Sample’s northeast of town, sl6 in cash, sl, $5 and $lO in bills. Finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving same at this office. Vanderbilt paid the preacher who married him $5,000. Just think what he may have to pay the lawyers if he ever wants to get unmarried. Besides, it raises the price too much. We poor devils can’t stay in the game with such an ante as this.

County Clerk Major’s private office is becoming quite a popular rendezvousfor candidates for matrimony. .Monday morning Rev. A. L. Ward of the Christan church was summoned there to unite another couple for better or worse. The contracting parties were Nathaniel Swisher and Ina Hall, the groom a Pulaski county man and thp bride one of Gilliam township’s daughters. Contractor J. E. Gibson of Logansport, who was recently indicted in Mississippi for attempting to bribe the governor of that state in the letting of the contract for the new 11,000,000 state capital, has forfeited his bond of SO,000 and left for parts unknown, it is said. Gibson’s experience in dealing with a few boards of county commissioners -in Indiana no doubt imbued him with the idea that every man had his price. We are glad that the democratic executive of Mississippi has shown him his mistake. Aiden Benedict’s “Fabio Romani” which will be presented at the Ellis opera house Monday, Jan. 28, is one of the strongest and best acted plays now traveling. Walter Lawrence is an agreeable, as well as a talented actor, and in this play, has two characters which are’ well suited to his style and range The scenery is brilliant and effective espedially the Bay of Naples and Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius The French dialect songs introduced during the preformance by Mlle. Charmon aredecided popular • novelties and the charming little . Parisian chflnteuse is nightly recalled again and again. She is acknowledged to be the superior of Anna Held and Yvette Gailbert. Mike Lawler, a member of the firm of Lawler Bros., commission dealers of Chicago, went to a rooming house on 29th street in that city last Friday night in company with Miss Elizabeth Sterling, a young woman to whom he had been paying attention for several years. The next morning Lawler went away and Sunday morning the young woman died. An attempt was apparently being made to keep the death a secret, but the authorities got wind of the matted and arrested Mike and the proprietor of the house on suspicion of having been instrumental in causing the young woman’s death, and they were locked up. The coroner’s inquest, held Tuesday, resulted in both parties being exonerated, the evidence showing that the woman had suicided via the carbolic acid route.

Come to The Democrat office for the neatest printed calling cards in town. 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 | The fee and salary bills prepared by the fee and salary commission have been practically killed, and it is not probable that any material change will be made in county officers’ salaries by the present assembly. Every taxpayer in Jasper county should read the article on another page under the head of “Never Kicked On Anything.” We would especially call attention to that part of said article referring to the county poor farm. The figures given relating the net expenses are official, having been taken from the quarterly reports in the auditor’s office.

The old local W. R. C., and Milroy Circle trouble is-threatening to disrupt the G. A. R., post here, owing to the husbands of the members of the women’s orders taking their spouse’s part. ’Already quite a number of members have withdrawn from the G. A. R.. post and more will follow, it is said. The withdrawing G. A. R. members will probably establish a new’ lodge also, we are informed. The dwelling house occupied by Oscar McClure and owned by Erastus Peacock, at the west side of town, was practically destroyed I y fire Thursday afternoon. Fire was discovered in the roof at about 12 o’clock and before the fire company could get to the scene and turn a stream of water on the blaze, the roof and side walls were badly burned. The nearest hydrant was so far away that there was some delay in making connection with the hose. The household goods were all removed without much damage, but the building was so badly damaged before the flames were extinguished that it is doubtful if it will pay to repair it. The house was built by Bert Bartoo about seven years ago. The loss was partly covered by insurance.

Aiden Benedict's “Fabio Romani” which will be presented at Ellis opera house Monday, Jan. 28, is a spectacular production of merit, being an adaptation by Chas. W. Chase of Marie Correlli’s novel “The Vendetta.’’ The story of the play is sad, weird and interesting, but with the dark passages of the sombre story are many enlivening scenes that help to make the whole a pleasent entertainment. The promised realism comes at the end of the drama in the earthquake scene. The last act commences with a mausoleum scene, which occupies the entire stage. At the climax of the commotion the whole tomb sinks out of sight and reveals dwellings frilling in ruins, the earth rocking, and rent with fury and fiery fissures, while Mt, Vesuvius in the back ground belches forth huge columns of fire and smoke and pours red streams of lava on the city of Naples at its feet. The Goodland Herald’s special illustrated edition made its appearance last week and it was a very creditable number indeed. The issue was printed on heavy enamel paper and consisted of eight pages of carefully edited matter of special interest and value to its readers and citizens generally, as well as a large number of half-tone and outline cuts of Goodland business houses, handsome residences, progressive citizens and early settlers. No one who has not had practical experience in getting out an issue of this character can realize the amount of labor necessary to make a creditable sheet, and we congratulate Bro. Kitt on the showing he makes with his souvenir number. There are few towns of equal size that have the good fortune to number among its citizens so many progressive, wide-awake business men as Goodland, and it is due to their hearty support of the enterprise of Bro. Kitt that made the edition a success.

More East and West Railroad Talk.

Engineer Robt. A. Hamilton of Goodland, was in the city Monday en-route to Kendallville over the route of the proposed new east and west railroad. Mr. Hamilton states that a company has been organized to construct the road: that articles of incorporation were filed Nov. 15 last, and that the company has assurance of ample funds to build and equip the road with what aid it expects to get along the line traversed. The plan now is to run the line more directle east and west, and not touch Gilman. 111., as under Mr. Tenney’s old proposition, but go some ten to fifteen miles north of that city. The line from Rensselaer east, however, will be as first proposed—to Winamac, Rochester and Kendallville, and west through Mt. Ayr and Morocco, It is the intention to put in this part of the line next season if possible, he says, and to ultimately continue the road east to Toledo, Ohio, and west to the Mississippi. Engineer Hamilton is driving over the proposed route this week and will make his report to the officers after his return to Goodland, after which we expect to hear something further regarding the immediate plans of the company.

Strayed or Stolen.

Light iron gray mare from A‘H McCoy’s pasture 2 miles east of Brook. Ind., last seen Jan 17. Mare was 8 years old, about 16 hands high, weighs about 14AM) lbs, dark heavy mane and tail; small wire cut on an left hind foot, on outside, above hoof; also dim wire cut on breast extending to lower point of right shoulder. Finder report to A. H. McCoy, Foresman, Ind., or H. L. Hendricks, Chicago Heights, 111., and receive reward.

Mrs. Margaret Powell.

Mrs. Margaret Powell, wife of Daniel E. Powell, died at the home of her son-in-law Harrison Warren in Rensselaer, last Saturday night of grip, at the age of 75 years and 9 months. The funeral was held Tuesday by Rev. Royce at the residence, interment taking place at the Strong cemetery west of town. Margaret Hunter was born in Ireland, April 21, 1825. Came with her parents to America when she was three years old and settled in South Carolina. She was left an orphan at the age of seven years. She came with her adopted parrents to Clinton county, Ind., in 1833 and was married to Daniel E. Powell, Oct, 10, 1844. She was the mother of thirteen children, eight of whom died in infancy, two having died leaving families— Thomas M., who died in Kansas in 1887, and Belle, in Indiana, in 1888. Her aged husband, with three daughters, Mrs. Harrison Warren, Mrs. Ben Thornton, of Tipton, and Mrs. Sam Clifton, of Fair Oaks, fourteen grandchidren and one great grandchild survive her.

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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Nathaniel Swisher to Ina Hall, issued Jan. 21. George C. Lambert to Stella M. Fentere, issued Jan. 23..

Vol? 111.

Tax-Ferrets Again at Work.

A representative of Fleener & Carnahan, the tax-ferrets employed by the county commissioners in September, 1897, to examine the county records and unearth sequestered property whibh had been omitted from the tax-dupli-cate, is here and has again taken up the work of investigating the taxpayers. It will be remembered that the. work was stopped by injunction proceedings before it had progressed far, which were lately dissolved by the supreme courtThe contract with the county gives the ferrets 50 per cent, of all money found due the county from this source and reported to the officers for collection and collected by said officials. The Democrat does not regard this investigation with much favor; it is not the sort of an investigation needed or wanted by the people in general.

OBITUARY.

The Democriit is in receipt of a copy of the Rossville, 111., Press, containing an account of the tragic death of L. K. Yeoman, also proceedings of the coroners inquest, obituary and resolution of condolence of the F. & A. M.. K. of P’s., Tribe of Ben Hur, Rossville Board of Education, Rossville High School, and the Board of Trustees of the town of Rossville. The facts relating,to his death aro substantially as published in The j Democrat last week. It is thought j Mr. Yeoman bad fallen asleep I while driving along and never knew what struck him The body was found 100 feet south of the crossing where the .accident occured and 8 or 10 feet from the track. The skull was fractured above? the right ear, the right jaw bone broken in two places, the collar bone was crushed and five ribs* were broken, three on the right side and two on the left. Thera were also two large cuts upon the scalp, one above the right eye and another above the center of forehead, and a long scratch upon the right cheek. Following is tha obituary: Louis Kossuth Yeoman was born in Fayette county, Ohio, January 8, 1853, and at the time of his death was 48 years old. In 1856 his parents removed to Rensselaer, Ind., and he was united in marriage at that place to Miss Sarah Norton on March 3, 1875. To this union were born five children, four cf whom, three b .ys and one girl, survive him, as follows: Kenneth, Mary, Otis and Otto. Ray the oldest boy died in 1877 at the age of eighteen months from the effects of poisoning, he having crawled to the safe and eaten a cork from a bottle containing poiton and died from the In the spring of 'B6 together with his family he removed to Kansas where they remained but a sh<>rt while. During the winter of 'B7 they removed to Rossville. In the spring of 'BB Mr. Yeoman purchased the lumber and coal yard of S. M. Miller located at the foot of .Maple street, and later moved it to Attica street, where he conducted the business until October, 1900, when he sold to Walker & Hall, and purchased a farm of 280 acres near Perrysburg, Indiana, and contemplated moving there next spring but later changed his mind and decided to remain in Rossville. About a month ago he purchased the Montgomery livery barn and was conducting this business, in connection witl* buying and selling horses, at the time of his untimely death. He was always indentified with any movement to forward the interests of Rossville. In fact, he was one ol the most active and public spirited men of the city. He served six years as a member and president of the village council, and many of the improvements of to-day are due to his influence. He has also been a member of the board of education since 1889. He was a member of The Tribe of Ben Hur and the K; of P., Eastern Star and Masonic lodges. He carried §1,700 insurance in the Tribe of Ben Hur, Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were: A. O. Yeoman and wife «f Kingman, Kansas; Robt., zYndy Yeoman and son Ord, M. and 1. Hemphill, Mrs. A. A Yates and Daughter Mary, of Rensselaer, Ind., Mrs. Kimble. Mrs. Frame and Mrs. Harry Evans of West Labanon. “After suffering for two months from a severe attack of grip I found quick relief and a lasting cure by using Dr. Miles’ Nervine Pain Pills and Heart cure.”—Harry Abbott, Cincinnati Ohio.

For Sale —Household Goods. I Iron Bed; i Folding Bed cost $35, for $10; 1 Heavy Oak Bed Room Suit; 2 Oak Stands; 1 Heavy Oak Dining Room Table, 8 feet; 1 Couch; Ratan Rocking Chair; 4 Oak Rocking Chairs; 4 Oak Dining Room Chairs; 1 White Sewing Machine; 2 Stoves, 1 Cook, 1 Heater; 1 Fancy Lamp; and Other household goods. Residence on South Cullen street next to J. F. Warren’s. C. W. Stoneback.

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