Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1901 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

TWO IMPORTANT ITEMS i Salt and Eggs. We have a Car Load of Coarse Cattle Salt on sale Monday, May 13. To all parties coming and unloading from the car what they need we will sell at SI.OB per Barrel, Not over 5 bbl. to any one at this price. This price in effect only one week. We will also pay 10c per dozen for fresh Eggs, in trade. This price guaranteed until June ist. We have made a contract enabling us to pay more for Eggs, Poultry, etc., than usual. G. M. WILCOX & SON, SURREY, IND.

Fl • In clot h i n g. I here s a A„e qual i g y > surprisingdif- • • ference in the Surprising Difference.. “married” to any particular clothing house? If not we would ask you a favor: We wish you to give us the opportunity of “making good” the following statement. We WILL SAVE YOU A HANDSOME PER CENT. ON EVERY PURCHASE OF MEN’S, BOY’S OR CHILDREN’S CLOTHING. We do not make this much-abused statement flippantly, but stand ready to prove assertion. We handle naught but reliable, “wearable” fabrics, all new, nobby stuff. Investigation on your part, carries w ith it no obligation to buy. You cannot afford to buy before first looking through our line. ...FEIN DIO’S FAIR...

Rensselaer Bargain Store. Perfection Washing Machines, $2.25 Cracker-Jack Washing Machines 2.35 Western Washing Machines 2.75 Lawn Mowers from $3.00 to 5.00 No. 8 Copper Wash-Boilers 2.00 Brooms from 20 cents to 30 17-qt Tin Dish Pan 1 No. 8 coal Cook Stove 12.20 Men’s Bicycles 12.50 Ladies’ Bicycles 13 00 Bear brand Overalls 4c; Screen Doors I *4 inch, complete .90 cts to 1.50 Pure white Lead per lb o 5 Boiled Linseed Oil per gal 70 Poultry Netting 2 ft $1.15, 4 ft 2.50 Wire Nails from 3d to 6d 3-50 Wire Nails from 8d and up o O Minnow Buckets, from 20c to .65 Copper Tea-Kettles, nickled I-0 * 1 Keg Mixed Nails j e O No. 2 Road Scrapers $ Plenty of good guns on hand at right prices, and any thing in my line at reduced prices when cash or produce is in sight. These prices subject to goods on hand. - C. E. HERSH MAIN. Near the Depot.

My Hats are trimmed in the city by expert trimmers, that are strictly up-to-date. Call and see goods, get prices, and save money. Mrs. Heqshman.

SPECIALTIES—LUN H STOMACH. NOSE A THROAT NERVOUS PROSTRATION, KIDNEYS A BLADDER, PRIVATE DISEASES, HRMORHORDB, K PH LB PS Y, EAR. AND ALL „ DISEASES 09 WOMEN.

Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 41; oats 25; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 85; oats 23; rye 45.

DR. MOORE, Specialist,

Office First Stairs West of Post Office. Phone 251.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday. May ii. 1901.

John Jordan of Remington, was a hub visitor Thursday. A son was born to Mrs. and Mr. E. G. Warren Saturday. New pensions: John C. Cfiilcote, Rensselaer, increase, SB. KMiss Zora Adams is clerking at Laßue Bros, department store. John Finn of Kankakee tp., was a business visitor here Monday. Wm. Beck Remington, spent Sunday with Rensselaer friends. j<There were 135 tickets sold here last Sunday for the Chicago excursion.’ will be broken Monday for the new Babcock & Hopkins elevator. The Wolcott Enterprise states that A. Leopold & Sons will build a fine brick block at Wolcott. There will be M. E. quarterly meeting at Union school house,; Jordan tp., on June 15 and 16. "/“About SBOO has been subscribed to build a new M. E. church in Jordan tp., near Trustee Bill’s. Dr. Besser a graduate in Osteopathy will be at the Nowels house Tuesday and Friday of each week. The public library has recently been enriched by another valuable gift of books from the Van Rensselaer Chapter of D. A. R. >Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Snodgrass of El Paso, Texas, returned to Rensselaer Saturday. The latter is very low with consumption.

Ernest Clark went to Bloomington Monday, where he takes a position with Robt. Johnston, who is now located there in the West-' ern Union employ. The meetings at the F. W. Baptist church closed Sunday evening. The meetings were very successful, resulting in thirty-five accessions to the church. Nlfhe special election last Saturday -in Jefferson tp., Newton ■county, which includes ’Kentland? on the proposition of building 30 miles of stone roads at an expense of about $60,000, was carried by a vote of 353 to 85. Union tp., Commencement exercises will take place at Fair Oaks, to-night (Saturday) at Bp. m., at the M. E church. The graduates are: Frank Brusnahan, Paul Zea, Ethel Arnold, Clint Gundy and James White. K. Ritchey is authority for the statement that Mike O’Haloran, our former townsman, will umpire a ball game at Englewood Sunday, May 19, and that Marshal Simpson of Rensselaer, has agreed to go up and assist him in dodging rocks and baseball bats.

• County Clerk J. F. Major was called to Mulberry, Ind., Tuesday by the serious illness of his father. Hon. George Major, returning Wednesday evening. The old gentleman is pretty bad off, and owing to his advanced age—almost 82 years—his recovery is extremely doubtful. E. L. Smith, son of Mr. T. L. Smith, of Gillam, who a few months ago left for Fort Presido, Cal., has surprised his parents with a letter from Hong Kong, in which he states that he has enlisted in the U. 8. cavalry and that his troop was then on its way to the Philippine Islands.—Medaryville Advertiser. * Judge Thompson has appointed EMis Jones of Remington, for democrat member of the board of review, and Geo. F. Myers of Kniinan, for the republican member. The board meets the 3d Monday in June. Geo. Stembel of Wheatfield and Mrs. L. M. lines of Rensselaer, were appointed members of the county board of charities.

On Monday the supreme court affirmed the verdict of the Jasper circuit court in the Brown vs. C. I. & L. Ry. Co., the damage case brought here from Lake county, and the Martindale-Makeever ditch case from this county. The McColly-Hollingsworth case taken from this county to Newton county and appealed from there, was also affirmed.

MRS. DIANA EVANS MOORE.

"A REAL DAUGHTER"-MRS. WM. E. MOORE.

Mrs Diana Evans Moor.’, the youngest child of John Evans and Judith Bunker Evans was born June 26, 1825, in Wayne county, Indiana, She is ■ now 75 years of age. She married William E Moore,March 18, 1817, tlins have they lived together 53 Before her marriage she lived with her mother, her father having died when she was seven years old Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved t<> Randolph county where they lived until 1853 when they’ became residents of Jasper county, and they have ever since lived in this county. Mrs Moore is the mother of seven childre , three boys and four girls, and the grandparent of 28 grand children and four great grandchildren. Mrs Moore has been in feeble health for many years, and is able to go outonly during the pleasantest weather She is a member of the General Van Rensselaer Chapter ot the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a real daughter of the revolution, and as su b is the pos eessor of a gold spoon, presented to her by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion. She has two daughters who are members of the Chapter, Mrs. Melvina Moore Parkison, of Rensselaer, Indiana, and Mrs. Martha Moore Paxton, of Kingman Kansas. John Evans, the father of Mrs. Moore, was born in South Carolina in 1761 and died in Randolph county, Indiana, in 1832. His father was Irish and his people on the maternal side were natives of Wales Early in life his people settled in South Carolina. John was one of eight children born to them. He was three times married and was the father of 16 children, all of whom are dead, sive Mrs Moore. At one time he was very wealthy, was the owner of a large plantation and 600 slaves. By making a bad security debt he lost his property but gave his slaves freedom He enlisted as a pri vate in the South Carolinian regiment, April 9, 1776. This regiment was commanded by Col. C. Pinckney.

New Grain Firm.

I W. C. Babcock has sold a half interest in his grain business to Bert Hopkins, late cashier at the McCoy bank, and the new firm will at once begin the erection of a large new modern elevator immediately west of the Nowels elevator, on the same block, upon lots that were owned by Mr. BabcockS The new structure will have a capacity of 100,000 bushels of grain, will be fitted with all the latest machinery, including shelters, clipping machine, bleacher, cleaner, etc., and will be an up-to-date elevator in every way. It will have a 100 horse power engine ■ and boilers. The plans have been j decided upon, lumber purchased, etc., and work upon the building will begin at once. Mr. Babooek has been in the grain business here for several years and enjoys a wide acquaintance and is very popular with the farmers. Mr. Hopkins also has an extensive acquaintance among them by reason of his connection with the McCoy bank for a number of years, and is also popular. With such a combination of popularity and the confidence in their honor and integrity held by the grain growers

Mr Ev.ui9w.is twice wounded, once in the head, the scar of which he always carried. Mrs Moore remembers the time when she as a very small c <ild sat on her father’s knee, and combed his hairand patting him saying “bad man to hurt daddie’s head.” Later on he received a musket wound in the leg He was a faithful, brave and valiant soldier and was given an honorable discharge. .Mrs. Judith Bunker Evans was born in 1783 She was a descendant of the Chase family who were English. Of this family there were four brothers, three of whom came to the United States. It is said that all of the< Chases ot this country are descendants of this family. Of these there have been several of some prominence, among them Chief Justice Chase of the United States Supreme Court. Another who is given a place in history is Judge Chase of Revolutionary times. Of the four Chase I brothers, the eldest remained in EngI land and accumulated a vast fortune, 'estimated at several million His ! heirs in the parent country died out after a great many years and frequent attemps have been made to get possession of this estate by his relations in this country but by some legal quibble have been unsuccessful. Of Mrs. Evans' fore parents on her mother’s side, but little is known, as the records have been recently lost. It is known, however, that they were people of good stock; were people of such force and endurance as help establish a good class of people in a pioneer country. They were a family ot Quakers, and did not depart fro m this faith until Judith Bunker, the mother of Diana Moore, married John Evans. Mrs. Evans died at the home of her son in law, Charles Burroughs, in Jasper county, Ind., and is buried in Crocket cemetery in the same county. The accompanying photograph of Mrs Moore is a new one, and an excellent likeness of a most excellent woman.

of this section of Jasper county, the new firm will enjoy an unparalleled business in the grain dealing industry of Rensselaer.

High School Graduating Class.

The commencement exercises of the Rensselaer High School will be held at Ellis opera house, ’ Thursday evening, May 30. The baccalaiTKiate -sermon will be by Rev. A. G. Work, at the M. E. church, Sunday, May 26. at 2:30 p. m. The class of twenty-five is the largest ever graduated from the Rensselaer school. Following are the graduates names: 1 Lena Jackson Jessie Helle Merry I Blaine Gwin Edna Thompson Huttie B. EiireUbnch Charles Leon Mann Juno I. Kanuni Vesey V. Grow Ella Watson Alice E. Shedd Minnie Hemphill Mary Porter Lillie Lanfr lima Robinson Clara Fendi* Arthur Shedd Anna Luers Flosse E. Wright Harriet M. Sayler Ada Nowels Frank McCarthy Esley C. Wasson Emory S. Mills Tillie E. Mulchow Charles A. Fidler.

Estray Taken Up.

Came to my place,4 miles southwest of Rensselaer, last week, a brown mare, probably four or five years of age, wt. about 1000 pounds. A. A. Hoover.

RENSSELAER, IND.

Vol. IV. No. 5

Railroad Meeting.

Mr. Hamilton, the chief engineer and legally appointed agent of the Toledo & Chicago Transfer Railway Co., will meet the citizen® of Rensselaer and Marion tp., at the east court room of the court house on Friday eve, May 10, st 7:30 o’clock and submit two profcjositions to them for their considTeratiou on the question of the building of said railroad through Rensselaer and Marion tp. Comey, everybody. George Murray, Pres. Com. Club. Warren Robinson, Pres. Com.

County Board of Education Meetings

The Jasper county board of etJucation, consisting of the various’ township trustees and the president of the school boards of Rensselaer, Remington and Wheatfield, met at the county-superintendent’s office last Monday, made their report on enumeration of pupils and’, elected a truant officer for the coming year. The trustee of Keener and the president of the Remington school board were absent, which made the board stand,, as represented, 7 democrats and 8' republicans, including the county superintendent, who according k. the new law, has a vote the as any other member. Three names were presented foxtruant officer, as follows: Philip Blue, present incumbent, J. F. Bruner, republicans, and Riley Nowels, democrat. The balloting lasted until 21 votes were taker, before an election was made Finally, some democrat evidently becoming tired of so much balloting without result and no doubt wanting to go home and look after his own private affairs, cast a votefor Blue, which settled the matter. Neither Mr. Bruner or Mr. Nowefe was making any particular effort to secure the position, their names simply having been presented by their friends. Following table shows the vote: on each ballot taken: „. . o ~ , Blue. Bruner. Nowelsu First Ballot 44 7, I Second Ballot 4 4 i. Third Hallo* 3 4 >jFourth Ballot, 4 4 7 Fifth Ballot 6 3 7 Sixth Ballot 7 2 6 Seventh Ballot 7 1 7 Eighth Ballot, 7 1 7 Ninth Ballot 7 1 i Tenth Ballot 7 1 7 Eleventh Ballot 7 2 & Twelfth Ballot 6 2 7 Thirteenth Ballot.. 5 3 7 Fourteenth Ballot.. 5 3 7 Fifteenth Ballot ... 6 2 7 Sixteenth Ballot ... 1 1 7 Seventeenth Balfbt. 7 1 7 Eighteenth Ballot . 7 1 7 Nineteenth Ballot.. 7 I 7Twentieth Ballot.. . 7 1 7. Twenty-first Ballot. 8 1 fl/ Following is the official enumeration report, showing 1900 total and 1901 by classes: . 8 COBPOHATIONB 17 - JE § 8 !HIE 2 I I I 1900 j fc h O 3 Barkley 464 260 270 530 66 ~ Carpenter 314 152 165 317 3 Gillam 242 122 111 233 9 Hanging Grove 161 95 84 179 IS Jordan 365 134 128 262 3 Kankakee 159 90 73 163 4 Keener 250 139 117 256 6 Marion 402 216 163 379 2S Milroy 153 74 59 133 » Newton 178 94 78 172 6 Union 450 267 220 487 37 Walker 312 160 153 313 1 Wheatfield 180 82 78 W 0 20 Total in Townships. 3530 1885 1699 3584 135 BT. Towns Remington 313 156 163 319 6 Wheatfield 118 68 60 128 IO Total in Towns .... 431 224 223 447 IB City. Rensselaer 697 346 349 095 2 Grand Totals 4658 2455 2271 4726 151 BU Total Gain 1901 over 1900, 68 pupils.

Death of Mrs. Nosh Wenerick.

Callie E„ daughter of Geo. M. and Catherine Kessinger, was borr* in Miami county, Ohio, Oct. 30;. 1864, and died at her home in* Milroy tp., this county May 5, 1901, of consumption. She was married Jan. 1, 1885, to Noah M. Wenerick. To them 8 childrec* were born, four deceased, andfocur living to mourn the loss of a loving mother. She was a member of the M. E. church since chi kllhood, but of late years was unaMeto attend on account of declining health. The funeral was held Monday at 3 p. in., from her late residence, Rev. Sihes of Renssev laer, conducting the services. Interment in Crockett cemetery. In» her death we mourn the loss of at* affectionate wife, a loving mother, and a kind friend. • Come in and carry away a bundle of those old papers for a nickelthey are just the thing for putting on shelves, under carpets, etc. -