Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1901 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ELLIS & MURRAY HAVE DECIDED TO DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP. A Dissolution Sale Will commence Monday, May 20 and continue until the stock is reduced to an agreed amount. Everything in the stock will be sold at Reduced Prices.

Quite a good many prominent citizens from the out-townships, have been hub visitors the past week, as a result of the tax-ferret investigation. They are “rounding up” the out-townships first, it seems, and will no doubt leave Rensselaer until the last. By this means the outside people must paddle their own canoe, as the hub people will hardly care to mix in, thinking, no doubt, that they are to escape suspicion altogether. When the electricity is turned on here, if it is, pandemonium will will reign supreme. Babcock <fc Hopkins have closed upa deal with uncle David Nowels whereby they become owners of the lots and the old elevator near the depot, and their new elevator will be erected upon the site of the old one. The work ofdismanteling the old elevator is in progress at this writing. Mr. Nowels has traded the milling machinery off and it is being shipped to Burnettsville, White county. The old location is a much better one for an elevator, and Messrs. Babcock & Hopkins are wise in making a deal for it rather than building on the street west.

A. M. Bushong of Barkley tp., was arrested last Friday on complaint of his wife, who charges him with threats to do her bodily injury. He had a hearing before Esq. Burnhain and his bond fixed at S4OO, in default of which he was remanded to jail. Bushong is a a soldier of the Spanish-American war, and is thought by many to be partially insane. He is said to have not Only threatened his wife’s life but also that of her mother, Mrs. Henkle, with whom they were living, anil did assault Oeuigw Henkle, his brother-in-law. They were married about a year ago, and his wife recently gave birth to twin hoys, and was lying upon a bed of sickness when the threats were i.mde.

Ti • special term of court convened to try the famous Halligan cattle case, adjourned Saturday noon and did not reconvene until Thursday morning, Judge Lairy's return having been prevented until that time. Court took up Thursday morning but owing to juror A. K. Yeoman being incapacitated to serve by reason of inflamatory rheumatism, and the unwillingness of the defendants to go ahead with eleven jurors or the plaintiff to accept another continuance, Judge Lairy discharged the jury and this interesting case will come up anew at the September term and be tried by the regular panel. Mr. Yeoman went to Indiana Mineral Springs for treatment Thursday.

B. J. Gifford was in the city Monday on business. In conversation regarding his railroad plans he stated that the “oil linebranch,” running from Gifford northeasterly about four miles, would be completed in about two weeks. He also stated that he intended to work this season on the northern extension of the main line, extending it across the Kankakee to a point in Lake county to connect with other lines. He was as non-committal as usual regarding his plans for extending the main line south or building the branch to Rensselaer, but intimated that he would let the matter rest until the dear people were more anxious to receive the blessings that he would bestow upon them.

Memorial day passed off quietly in Rensselaer, and was less observed generally than usual, few of the business houses closing up during the services. Owing to the cold, backward spring, flowers were much less plenty than in former years and some of the orders that had intended to take part in the exercises did not do so on this account. The newly organized G. A. R. post and the W. R. C., went out to the cemetery in the early morning and quietly decorated the graves, while the old G. A. R. order and the Milroy Circle, accompanied by the band and K. of P. order, went out in the afternoon, at which time the speaking took place. The day was oola, bat there was no rain.