Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — Page 8

Jasper County Gleanings.

CONTINUED FROM THIRD FAGE.

INDEPENDENCE. Flossie Tarbit Sundayed with McClary girls. ' Chesley Wray is no better at this writing. Will Wray did business in Rensselaer Wednesday. Nellie Barkley attended church at "Valina Sunday. Quite a thunder shower and wind Storm Wednesday. George Ott and family drove over to the hub Wednesday. - Nellie Barkley visited ftiends at Parr a couple days this week. John Renicker and family called on C. M. Hopkins Sunday. Korah Daniels and family spent Sunday with Ford Paines. 8. *H. Hopkins and daughter spent Thursday in Rensselaer. The Barkley tp., commencement will be held June 25, at Valina. Charley Jenkins and wife spent Sunday with George Davison’s. Several young chaps^ called on John and Dennis Haily Sunday. Bertha Hopkins and Bessie Brubaker spent Sunday with May Hays. William Brubaker ar.d wife of Parr, were in this vicinity Wednesday. Joel Wray of Wheatfield, visited with his parents, Chesley Wrav’s, Sunday. Mrs. F. Hayes and daughter spent Thursday with friends in Rensselaer. Miss Mary Winger of Wabash, visited relatives in this vicinity a couple of days last week. Several of the young people of this vicinity attended church at Valma last Sunday evening. Church will be held at this place Sunday, June 9, 10:30 a. m. Rev. Appleton will preach. Come one, come all. The Holiness people held meetings at this place last Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night. Quite a crowd was present each time.

DUNNVILLE.

My, how the crops grow. Township commencement June 20. Aaron Timmons spent Sunday at St. Joe. Miss Irene Frazier spent Wednesday at Wheatfield. Miss Annie Behles departed lor Chicago, a few days ago. Chris Schreiber lost a fine horse the Other day. He valued it at SIOO. Lon Groce has put an addition on his dwelling at Dunnville. Lon is a hustler and deserves to succeed. Mrs. Alta Gooper was at Wheatfield Monday. She must have been after a j few quarts of late onions. Prof. R. A. Mannan is applying paint to the barn of his father. He feels like he is painting the town red. Mrs. Flossier of Chicago, is visiting her brother, Charles White, at this place. She thinks D. V. is the only real nice place in the world. A show was given at D. V. last Tuesday evening by a member of the austere profession. He lampooned the intelligence of the county with a mixture of deception and professionalism. Ex-Trustee J. C. Kaupke departed for the Canaan of Oklahoma, last Tuesday.! He went on a lour ot inspection and if 1 he likes it there and the climate is suita- i ble, he intends to move there this fall. We had the honor of beholding the ! natural faces of Rev. A. W. Smith and wife of Mt. Ayr, while at Rensselaer Decoration day. Their faces were illuminated with the sunshine of happiness, They seem to he good friends. One of the East Milroy correspondents, in an article last week, advised me to consult the oracle before we applaud the feminine beauty of our burg, ere we fall into the slough ot exaggeration. If you, dear friend, have angelic beauty in your mysterious and secluded realm, speak forth. It is not very often that the corpse follows ihe hearse, hut such was the case the other night. But physically speaking, it was not a corpse; but matrimonially, it was. Love is a power almost almighty in its sway, and he that sacrifices too often on its altar, will surely be as dead as the sacrifice. A two-handed love is a reality nut a love that prompts only one, is a farce. When we say that wt have the finest prospect for corn atjd oats, of any place in the county we do not voice the sentiment of a liar. An excursion through our township of picturesque scenery, would vindicate the conclusion. Of course, our wise and benevolent friend of Virgie, would take issue with us on this point, hut, wise as he i>, his judgement is seared with a hot iron, therefore spasmodic. We are very glad to he exalted to the ranks of the philosopher. It has always been our hope that P. H. D., should follow our name, and now as it has come to pass we can sing with the spirit of royalty. Our friend of the wilds of Virgie, where men never die and beasts roam at will, has seen fit in his superior intelligence, to compare our country to the sand duns of Egypt. Like Satan, he roams at will through the domain of speculation until he comes to the pinnacle of bis fame, then he says unto us: "All the country around Virgie 1 will give thee if you will leave your country.” But, do you suppose that he who is the descendant of Anacreon did prevail with us or over us. In answer to his question, we will say, that all contractified gravel roads leads to the back door ot the county treasury. If Virgie would be the place it leads to, it's .

PLEASANT RIDGE.

George Fullins went to Lafayette, Sunday. Emmet Fiddler and iamil) Sundayed wuh Mr. Hendricki. Jacob Wright of Reiuselaer, visited bis sister, Mrs. John Potts, Sunday.

Dan Moier, George Potts, Alphy Lowman, Guy Besse and Joe Stone spent Sunday with Everett Potts. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weber and daughter Hazel, of Rensselaer, and Mabel Bessie visited L. H. Potts' Sunday afternoon. Some of our Pleasant Ridge people are going to take part in the Children's Day exercises held at the Barkley church, next Sunday pvening. Quite an improvement has taken place at our station which adds another buildto the town, being Clifford & Parkisons' new flour house which is finished and ready for use. Another runaway took place just west of Pleasant Ridge. The horses of Mrs. Laura Lutz became frightened and ran away throwing Mrs. Lutz from the vehicle and smashiug a wheel of the buggy. Mrs. Lutz was taken in at Mr. Dennis' where a doctor was summoned. Mrs. Sarah Lloyd died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. M. Grant, west of here, Saturday at 2p. in. Her age was 81 years and about 6 months. She leaves four children, but Mrs. Grant is the only one residing here. The funeral was held at the residence at 10 a. m., Mond.i) by Rev. C. I). Royse. Interment was made in Weston cemetery at Rensselaer.

SHARON.

Grjint Daley sj ent Sunday with his parents at this place. The dance at Frank Hammond’s was well attended. Reub Dickenson attended Odd Fellow’s meeting at Lowell last Friday night. „ Peter Wood has sold his threshing outfit and delivered it at Rensselaer Saturday afternoon. Messrs. Harlev Bruce, Ray Yeoman and Misses Pearl Morris and Lettie Willis of Rensselaer’ attended church at Slaughter Sunday night. Children’s day exercises will be held in Mr. Farmer's grove, east of the Slaughter schoolhouse, Sunday June 16. commencing at 9a. in. A cordial invitation to all. Mrs. Wm. Heuson. while going out to feed her turkeys a few mornings ago, had the misfortune to fall over a stump and break her left arm. She was taken at once to Rensselaer and had the fracture reduued. She is getting along as well as could be expected.

MAUDIE AGAIN.

Maud Muller once on a Bummer’s day Went down to the meadow to rake the hay. The sun, especially 'long 'bout noon, Was hotter than love in the month of June. But Maudie was cunning; the rustic rose Had a novel hid in her working clothes. A pallet of hay she raked in the shade Of a spreading chestnut, and down she laid. And she read and read, and she read and read Till she fell asleep on her grassy bed. And the sun was setting when she awoke. And the hay she had gone to rake was unroke.

NOW AN AERONAUT.

Tramp Who Lodged In a Nitroglycerin Factory. A tramp wandering at night stealthily approached a shadowy house. He paused a little way from the building, and looked towards it. “No light,” said the tramp. He went a few steps further. “No dog,” he muttered. He tiptoed softly to the door. It had not been locked. “There is no one at home,” said the tramp. “1 shall have a good time, at any rate.” Heentered, not knowingthatitwas a nitroglycerine factory. He lay down on 40 tons of nitroglycerine. “I want something to put my head on,” said he, groping about in the dark till he found a small keg of dynamite. He rolled it into position, and rested his head on it. “This is what I call enjoyment,” paid he, pleasantly. “I wonder how long the family will be gone? I came pretty near putting up at the haystack. 1 might have taken the other road. This is a snug place! I shall come this way again. Before Igo to sleep 1 shall enjoy a quiet smoke. I hope I haven’t lost my matches. Ah, here is one!” He struck it !

Seventeen tons of nitroglycerine put out the tramp’s pipe. Four tons went off wearing his hat. Six tons played football with his shoes. Nine tons drew on his tattered coat, and wore it amongst the stars. With his t rousers four tons went dancing along the Milky Way. He never came that way again.— London Answers.

Curious Use of Electricity.

. Electricity played a curious jmrt in a recent lawsuit. A certain telegraph company was not allowed to have its wire run into a race course. Telegraphic operators were stationed in a .cupolaof a hotel opposite the grounds, and signals weTe transmitted to them from the race track by means of electric lights concealed in the hats of the party seated in a carriage, including the coachman on the carriage. The results of the races and the betting were thus communicated to the operators, who were enabled to send out information to poolrooms. The gentlemen who were electrically equipped were arrested, and after 6ome years a verdict of $5,000 was obtained against the detectives w ho made the urrest.

CORNER IN FOX TERRIERS.

Promising Vsntur* Brought to Oriel Through Over-Greediness. "Say, friend,” said the dejected one, walking briskly alongside, “I’m fresh from doing a ‘ninety’ up in Paterson for organizing a syndicate, and I’m hungry. Got a dime about you?” “Eh?” queried the reporter for the Newark Call, pricking up hia ears; “ninety days for organizing a syndicate?” “Yes, sir, a fox terrier syndicate,” said the man, proudly. “I had the market up in Paterson cornered, and 6tood to make hundreds of good dollars, when the syndicate was upset by treachery—pure treachery,” with a sigh. “Hum! Hand out the whole tale, and if it’s a good one I’ll give you a quarter,” said the scribe, scenting copy. “All right, boss. I was looking in a Paterson paper for ‘help wanted—male’—you needn’t grin—when I noticed in another column four fox terrier dogs advertised for—great dog? to get lost, fox terriers. An idea came to me. Thinks I, folks are giving as high as five dollars in this town to get a measly lost dog back when they wouldn’t lend a hard-working man a dollar to keep him from starving. I’ll just round up those lost dogs and get five bones apiece for them. To do it I’ll have to get in touch with the fellows who swiped them.” “Yes,” said the reporter, for the man seemed lost in introspection. “Oh, excuse me. I was thinking how I’d spend that quarter. I spent my last cent for an advertisement, and offered $25 reward for a lost fox terrier—white, with brown and black spots; answers to the name of ‘Dewey’—a pretty good description of the w hole breed. The address was a vacant lot in Paterson’s swell residence street, up Sandy Hill way. I needed a helper, and struck the very man I wanted—a scrapper, down on his luck, named ‘Biffer.’ ‘Biffer’ wasn’t very fast witted—l thoughthe wasn't—(sighing deeply)—but he was a man you’d hate to meet in a lonely spot on a dark night. His part waste meet the long-lost pup in it’s finder’s arms, grab it and scare the thief to death, and he was to get four dollars of the reward for the job. “Twenty-five dollars offered for a lost fox terrier in Paterson made a bigger stir among the easy-fingered than I imagined it would. It kept ‘Biffer’ busy taking away fox terriers which they had pinched from rich houses to 6ee if they wouldn’t fit with that fat reward. The syndicate idea came to me as I saw the terriers rolling in, and I sold a likely pup to a saloon keeper for one dollar, and advertised fresh, raising the ante to $35. “I cleaned up the supply of terriers in the Paterson market and caged them in an old barn by Riverside. The next mgh't there was a solid column of lost fox terriers in the paper at five dollars ahead reward—and I had 75 terriers down in the barn.

“ ‘Biffer’ got uneasy. He counted on his fingers a long time, and finally figured out that I would get $375 for the lot. When he learned that the syndicate was going to hold the terriers for a stiff rise he put in a bill for a big slice of the total, and right there is where the syndicate made its big mistake—it should have promised the divvy and skipped at thecleanup. Instead, it held ‘Biffer’ right down to his bargain, four dollars, and, as events showed, set the slow wheels in his head to turning. “The second night six dollars was offered for terriers, and the next $6.50 —l’atereon, all over, that half dollar. The market held firm, with no sales, waiting for the ten-dollar mark. Then, when the syndicate’s garden seemed ready to bloom, the corner broke through the treachery of ‘BifI fer.’ “Treading on air, with thought* of the Waldorf-Astoria and Newport | surging through my brain, I wa&takj en, redhanded, entering the barn with ten cents’ worth of liver to feed the 'syndicate’s corner. ‘Biffer,’ the betrayer, took in the six fifties each for his ‘accidental’ find of a Iwrn full of fox terriers, and I took in the long term—in jail—9o days. Do I get the quarter?” “I guess so,” said the reporter, paying up.

Population and Libraries.

The population of the United States doubles in about 3.5 year*. Public libraries in this country have doubled in 20 years. A $400,000 public library opened at Newark, N. J., recently has a lecture room, art gallery, museum, book lifts, bindery, a children’s room, bicycle room and tea room for attendants.

ATTENTION! Jay W. Williamsihas the only exclusive Furniture and Carpet Store in Jas= per County where will be found the largest and most complete stock of matMi ]gy|g mims of every description and at the lowest prices. Iron Beds from $2.75 to $15.00. VVe are agents for the New Home Sewing Machines. Don’t pay $35.00 for a machine when you can buy one for $15.00, warrented ten years. Don’t forget the place, Opposite the Public Square. Rensselaer, Ind.

Miss Alta Day of Danville, 111., is the guest of her uncle, Hiram Day. Mrs. Wm. Daniels and son Guy, are visiting friends at Chicago Heights. The date for holding the county institute has been changed from Aug. 19 to Sept 2. At Knox the other day Mrs. Gould, wife of Attorney Gould, who died a few days ago, while searching among her husband's papers found thirty-one SIOO bills tucked away in an envelope about which the family knew nothing.— Winamac Republican. The contract for the construction of thirty miles of stone 'roads in Jefferson tp., Newton county, was let Monday to a Cincinnati bidder for $45,412.40, or about $1,500 per mile. The highest bid was $56,900. Stone will be used from quarries in the township. During last week there was a car load of walnut logs piled up at Beaver City awaiting shipment to Indianapolis. They were cut on the Hosier farm which was recently purchased by Mark Peterson of this place, and constitute about the last of the walnut timber in Newton county.—Morocco Courier.

T. P. Gray and son of Benton county, were in the city Saturday, enroute to Pulaski county, to erect a wind-mill upon his Pulaski county farm. Mr. Gray, who resides in the garden-spot of Indiana, says that crops in Benton county are looking rather sickly, his own looking the worst for several years. Parties were here Saturday, from Sheldon, 111., looking for the team and buggy stolen from near that place, which was advertised in last week's Democrat. They had followed a trail for a long distance in the direction of northern Jasper, only to find on overtaking the parties that they were not * the ones wanted. The stolen rig had not been recovered at last accounts. Esq. Troxell returned this week from a visit to Delphi. He showed us a sample of the oil recently struck near that city, the discovery of which is causing considerable excitement in the town on the placid Wabash. The oil is similar to that in the Jasper county field, except that it is much thinneryoccasioned, no doubt by the fact that Carro 1 county is the home of Wind-Bag Landis, whose milk and water “statesmanship” could hardly be expected to generate the heavy quality of oil found in the tenth district. Through a little alleged “fine work,” Mrs. Ora Bushong was induced to sign a dismissal of the state case against her husband, A. M. Bushong, who has been confined in jail for a few weeks, and he was released Thursday and departed for southern Indiana. Mre.

Bushong filed suit for divorce Thurdsay and service was had on Mr. Bushong ere he left town. The complaint alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, etc. The parties were married July 29, 1900, and have two children, twin boys, born a few weeks ago. She asks the custody of these and for SI,OOO alimony and SIOO per year for maintenance of the children.

During the Commencement exercises at Goodland last Friday night a panic was narrowly averted. Spinney Bros., general store, just south of the opera house, in some unaccountable way, caught on fire and was totally destroyed. The alarm was given in the opera house, which was packed with people, and only the coolness of a few clear heads prevented a general tumbling over each other to reach the street, and the consequent loss of life that generally results in a panic c f this kind. The stock of goods in the Spinney store was totaly destroyed, the loss of building and contents reaching $15,000, with insurance of $10,500.

Some of the holders of tax titles to real estate in Jasper county are liable to run against a snag if any of those whose lands have been sold in recent years should raise a kick. The law requires that the publication of the Treasurer’s notice to taxpayers and the delinquent list shall be made in a WEEKLY paper, and a semi-weekly, tri-weekly or daily is not a weekly. There has not been a legal publication of the delinquent tax list made in Jasper county for several years. The same requirement is made in applications for liquor license, and numerous other notices, and publications made in erther than weekly papers, where especially required in weekly papers, is liable to lead to all manner of legal complications and trouble.

How to Avoid Trouble.

Now is the time to provide yourself and family with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reiredy. It is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over, and if procured now may save you a trip to town in the night or in your busiest season. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful medicine in use tor bowel complaints, both foi children and adults. No family cau afford to be without it. For sale by A. F. Long.

Real Estate Transfers.

Solomon C. Spoor to John Stack. May as, sc 18-97-7, IUO acres, Carpenter SIO,OOO. David B. Nowles to Henry Amaler, May 7, ae 30-80-7 elk »e 97-80-7. Union, SIO,OOO. State Building and Loan Association to Francla M. Caldwell. April lbtli It 19. 18, bl. 3. McDonald's add Demotte, SSOO. Sheriff Jasper County to Charles G. Spltler, June 8, w 4 ne 33-80-8, se ne 33 80-0, Barkley, $1,388.34, Sheriff's deed. Clara K. Makln to Caroline E. Heath, Oct. 0, 1000, It 3, bl 18, Remington, $360. Lora B. Pence to Thomas Driver et ux, June 4, sene 39-80-0, pt ne ne 30-80-0, 43 acres. Barkley. $3,000. Nelson Randle et ux to John H. Kinney. May 7, wV4 sar 80-80-0. ne aw 86-80-0, alk ne 80-80-0, Barkley, SIO,IOO.

Independence Balthis et al to Sarah B. French, April 18, pt *w ne 30-37-0, Carpenter, $1,500.

WILLIE’S CIRCUS ESCORT. You bet I am a lucky boy When circus day gits here. My pa. he says he’ll have to go "To take our Willie dear.’’ An’ Uncle John, he savs that he Don’t care to see the show. But some one’s got to take me there. So he will have to go. An’ gran-pa. he says circuses Is wrong as wrong can be, But he must go. so that 1 can Seethe menaguree. An’ Mister Brown ain’t got no boy. But be says to my folks: “I guess I’ll help take Willie, too; He’ll like the ol’ clown's jokes." But when we get inside the tent. My pa an’ L’n le John. An' Mister Brown, an’ gran'pa, too, They all yell "Hurry on!" An' pa. he says, "We mustn’t miss The bareback lady stunts." An’ I miss the tnenagurree An' all them ellyphunts. Baltimore American.

Call for Meeting of County Council.

The Jasper County Council of Jasper County ludiaiia. is hereby called to meet in special session at the Commissioners' Court Hoorn, in the City ot Kensselaer, on Monday, thk 17th Day of Junk, iooi, at 10 o’cl, ck a- m., to transact such business as may be properly brought before the Council for consideration. Witness my hand this 6th day of June. 1901. Wm. C. Babcock, Auditor of Jasper County, Ind.

HARRIAGE LICENSES.

Fred Arthur Hicks to Hattie Belle Yeoman, issued June 4. t Come in and carry away a bundle of those old papers for a nickel; they are just the thing for putting oirsheives, under carpets, etc.

HOW TO PROPOSE.

Wall-Arranged Plans Not Always Carried Out at Fateful Moment Smythe was about to propose to the girl of his choice, and was trying to decide how he should do it. Firet he thought of the knightly proposal, in the style of the middle ages: “Dy my halidome, fair maid, say thou wilt be mine, and the holy friar shall unite us ere another sun gilds the turrets of yonder castle I” Then he considered the theatrical style: "I have long loved you in secret, je-n-wil, and though I am not rich, I can offer you the true and unselfish devotion of-my whole ha-a-r-MI” He thought perhaps the easy conversational style might do: “Well, Alicia—l may call you ‘Alicia,’ mayn’t I?—everyone thinks we are going to be married. Suppose we do get married, just to stop ’em thinking?” But when the fateful moment arrived he did it aomething like this: “Er—Alicia—er—excuse the familiarity, but—er—er—will you—er Oh, by Jove—” And thes ahe came to the rescue, and said: “That’ll do, Tommy, my boy. It’a all serene, and I know the old people will be delighted.”—London Answer!.