Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1901 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

WE wish to inform our patrons and the general public that we have succeeded in upholsterer and repair man and we are now in a position to do all kinds of new andTepair work in that line, also that we are prepared to do all kinds of painting and decorating, picture framing and pasteling. " We are here to stay _ and bound to give s— —— satisfaction. Try ftfiMMHIV u 8 and y° U Bee UUNNtLLT that ca u pI T! you. Work called BROS f° r Hn d e^ Phone 203 A TOUER M INDIANA W Notice to Contractors. Notice i* hereoy given that the M. E. Church .Trustees of Kniman. Indiana, will receive bids up to 1 o'clock p. tn., Saturday. June 29, tool, for the construction of a church building according to plans and specifications on file at Sostoftice at Kniman, and also at Hanley & [unt's office at Rensselaer. Said Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. _ By Order of Trustees, ‘ G. F. Meyers, Sec'y. For Sale or Trade. Two-story house of 12 rooms at Ingalls, Ind., fruit, good well of water and good barn, good gas, location in town. Good bottle factory here and plenty of work. This property is in good condition, good house for a hotel. Can do well with a hotel here. For sale or trade for a small farm with house and barn and good improvements. Direct all communications to Martial M. Shelton. Ingalls, Ind. Everybody reads The Democrat. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates Funds always on hand. W. B. Austin. SAY, LOOK HERE! DO YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL A FARM? IF SO, VISIT HONAN'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY. 80 acre* in Milroy Township, 8 miles from city, good house, barn, wind-pump, orchard etc. Price $42 per acre. 180 acres in Jordan Township, well drained, good house and barn, orchard, best land in tp.: S4O per acre. 80 acres in Marlon Township, in prime state of cultivation, young bearing orchard, all thoroughly Hied, good house and bam, 0 miles from city, good road* all the'year round; $55 per acre. 160 acres in Jordan Township, good improved farm, well drained and fenced, dirt cheap at S4O per acre. 80 acre* in Jordan Township, good black loam, entire farm can be cultivated, a bargain at $42 an acre. So acre* in Gillam Township, 60 acres in cultivation. 12 acre* of the best timber in township, house, barn, good orchard. Price S4O an acre. , , House and corner lot 1 block' from Court House, most beautiful location in the city, a bargain at $2,000. New house and barn; orchard and 8H acre* of ground in small fruits, ideal place for market garden, inside city limits, south of railroad, cost $6,000, will sell at $4,000. _£lo. 28. 57*4 acres in Jordan township at S4B per acre. No. 26, 168 acre* In Marion township at $45 per acre. No. 28. 80 acres in Hanging Grove township at SBS per acre. No- 20. 80 acres In Hanging Grove township at SBS per acre. No. 30. 80 acrgy in Gillam townahip at S4O per acre. No- 81. 40 acres in Gillam townahip at $25 per acre. No. 88, 120 acre* In Jordan at S4O per acre. No. 87. Good 7 room house and lota on River street. City. SIOOO. No. 89. Fine 2-*tory house 2 blocks from court bouse, a bargain, SI7OO. No. 40. 2 city lota promlnentcorner. No. 48. 100 acres. Union tp., at S4O per acres. No. 44. 550 acres, Union ts), at SSO per acre. No. 46. 300 acres. Union tp.. S4O per acre. No. 45. IHstory House, 6 rooms, corner lot. in city. $650. For particulsrs call on or write E. P. Honan, Rensselaer, Ind.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATB DISEASES, ’ .A ‘ ' Office First Stairs West of Fendig’s Drug Store. Phone 3 5 >- RENSSELAER, IND.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, June 22, 1901.

Another big rain yesterday. Knox is to have a national bank. .Miss Myra Clark spent Sunday at Rose Lawn. There is talk of organizing an I. O. O. F. lodge at Gifford. One'of the heaviest rains of the season fell Wednesday evening. Mrs. F. W. Lester of Alliance, Neb., is visiting the Makeever’s. -» -yMr. and Mrs. John Egerfvisited friends in Kendallville this week. The contractors are busy on the South Cullen street improvement. Miss Bernice Warren returned Tuesday from a month’s visit at Greencastle. '4j'here will be but little corn “laid by” in this vicinity by the 4th this year. Lightning killed a good milch cow for Horatio Ropp, of Barkley tp., last Friday. F. M. Hershman and family of Walker tp., were Rensselaer visitors Saturday. Mrs. Nellie Gingrich of Ravenswood, 111., is visiting relatives In Jasper county this week, Mrs. George E. Mitchell is visiting relatives in Lawrence and Monroe counties for a few weeks. ~Sjoe Sharp and- Ben ha nit Fendig took in the 3-1 excursion to St. Joseph, Michigan, last Sunday. C. B. Harrold, who is now working in the Conkey printing plant at Hammond, spent Sunday here. Mrs. Mark Hemphill was called to Hammond Thursday by the serious illness of her neice, Mrs. Zull. W. A. Huff has rented A. Leopold’s tenant house on South Front steet and has moved into same. Marsh Warner is talking of building a large new house upon his 20-acre tract on the east side of town this season. Burgess Dillon got the fingers of one band quite badly crushed by the falling of a derrick at the new elevator Tuesday. County Commissioner Dowell was land prospecting in Taylor county, lowa, this week. B. F. Ferguson accompanied him. The Christian Endeavor of the Presbyterian church, gave a lawn social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth Tuesday evening. Ernest Middleton has secured another furlough of 60 days, ere the expiration of which he expects to receive his discharge from the regular army.. Geo. W. Casey of Union tp.,. and J. W. Cowden of Marion tp., went to Whitley county Monday, to look at a farm which George has for sale there. At the state meeting of Foresters at Elwood last week, E. P. Honan of this city, was re-elected State Chief Ranger, and G. A. Strickfaden trustee. Mrs. J. F. Warren entertained about 75 of her friends at her home on South Cullen street, Thursday afternoon, hours 3 to 5. Refreshments were served. Mr. W.T. Walter and daughter Anna, spent Sunday in Chicago. It was Mr. Walter’s first visit to the Windy City since 1852, when Chicago was a mere hamlet. For Sale, at O. K. Ritchey’s, some Poland China brood sows, farrow in September, wt. 200 .to 250, sired by Royal Medium, a $225 hog; dam a 700 pound sow. A number of the Rathbone Sisters, accompanied by several of the gentlemen “Sisters,” picnicked at Geo. O. Pumphrey’s, at the north side of town, Saturday evening. Rev. D. A. Patrick of Logansport, will preach at Egypt school house, Jordan tp., Tuesday evening, June 25, and following evenings for probably the balance of the week.

Chicago excursion June 30th. . Wayne Parker, who has been attending school at Indianapolis, is home. Miss Susie Monaghan is visiting her neice, Mrs. John Keiper, at Plymouth. Moses Sigo and daughter of Carpenter tp., were Rensselaer visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Hamer and son of Franklin, are visiting the families of Amzi and Mel Laßue. Mr. and Mrs. John Tete»of Carpenter tp., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Gray Thursday. New subscribers to the Democrat this week by postoffices: Pleasant Ridge, 1; Whapeton, N. D. 1. -4-Miss Grace Jacks returned to Danville, 111., yesterday, after a two months visit here with her parents. Floy Nowels is home from Indianapolis, where she has been attending music school for the past year. X/Miss Daisy Nauman of Sale Lake City, Utah, came last Satu* day to spend the summer at the home of her uncle, C. A. Roberts. Mrs. Warren Robinson has returned from her visit to Lagro, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Caughlin, who will visit here for awhile. The tenth annual convention of the Christian Endeavor of the Rensselaer district will be held at Kentland Wednesday and Thursday next. Mrs. M. A. Ryan of Delphi, is the guest of Mrs. E. P. Honan. Mr. Ryan and son Russell, will join her this evening to remain over Sunday. - At the meeting of the county superintendents at Indianapolis last week, L. H. Hamilton of this county, was elected president of the association. The newly organized G. A. R., poet and the W. R. C., “surprised” George O. Pumphrey Tuesday evening, the occasion being in honor of his 58th birthday. Grandma Huff and Ethel and Emmuel are visiting relatives at Crawfordsville. Mrs. W. A. Huff and daughters, Mabel and Ya - tha, expect to join them next week. Mrs. S. A. Hemphill and Mrs. E. P. Honan were “at home" to their friends on North Front street, from 2 till 5 Wednesday afternoon. Refreshments were served. Bids for the improvement of Van Rensselaer street from Washington to Cornelia with crushed rock and ceitient curb, will be opened at the regular meeting of the common council, July 8. The men working on the Monon stone crushing plant went on a strike last week on account of Iteing compelled to work 10| hours per day. A car load of 28 negroes were shipped in at once from Louisville to take the place of the | strikers. Mrs. Jones of Pontiac, 111., daughter of Henry Amsler, who has recently purchased about 1000 acres of land about Rensselaer, has bought George Andrus’ 100-acre farm near Surrey, the same being the old David Nowels homestead. Consideration $65 per acre. The Democrat acknowledges receipt of the tenth annual catalogue of St. Joseph’s College. During the year just closed St. Joseph’s had students from Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Vermont, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan and New York. The eleventh scholastic year opens September 5. The Universalists of Jordan tp., are talking some of building a church near the Welsh cemetery. It is rumored that Henry Welsn of Remington, has offered to donate ground just across the road from the cemetery, and would give SIOO aid toward building the church. Wm. Prewitt has also offered to donate land for the church on the same side of the road that the cemetery is on.

Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 37; oats 25; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 38; oats 23; rye 45. Prof. Mochel, late instructor of the Citizens Band here, is now engaged in a like caoacity at Vinita, Indian Ter. His family are still here, but expect to move the,re soon. The first home-grown potatoes to appear in Rensselaer this season were brought in Satruday morning by the Blake’s, residing about 24 miles northwest of Remington, in Carpenter tp. A pair of nose glasses, in leather case, bearing name of D. Hodge, Auburn, Ind., lost last Sunday, somewhere between town and the Slaughter school house. Finder please leave at this officer Robt. Michaels has bought the 60-acre farm in southeast Marion, owned by Henry Williams, of Hillsboro, Tenn. Consideration $35 per acre. The sale was made through Honan’s real estate agency; i A 7-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Trump of playing about the elevator at that place Tuesday afternoon, got caught in a belt and was whipped about the shafting until killed before discovered. Ellis Jones of Remington, has sold the old Renicker farm in Barkley tp., which he purchased last summer, to Ida A. Randle, of this city. Consideration $7,040. This is $4 per acre more than Mr. Jones paid, and he gets this year's rent, S6OO. Ged. E. Mitchell has resigned as teacher in the Rensselaer schools for the coming school year, and a young man from Rossville has been engaged in his place. George will stay in W. B. Austin’s office this summer and will probably take up the study of law. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nowels, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sayler and Miss Fannie Porter, daughter of Walter Porter of Jordan tp., left for Colorado Tuesday. The former will remain there forthe summer. Mr. and Mrs. Sayler will visit relatives for a few weeks, and Miss Porter will probably spend the summer at Colorado Springs for the benefit of her health. Tuesday was the day set for opening bids for furnishing heating apparatus for heating the school building with steam, to be used in connection with the waterworks and electric light plant. As but one bid was filed the school board took the matter under consideration and may re advertise for bids again. The amount of the bid filed was not made public. The big Mineral Springs Hotel at West Baden ,Ind., was destroyed by fire on Friday night of last week, entailing a loss of $250,000, with $81,500 insurance Lee W. Sinclair, the principal owner of the big hostelry, is a brother of Mrs. Minerva Glazebrook of this city. He -will erect a big fireproof hotel upon the site of the burned structure. The foundation for the new M. P. church near John Bill’s, in Jordan tp., is completed, lumber for the church is on the ground and the carpenter work began this week. The structure will be quite good size for a country church, being 30x40 with 14 foot posts. Mr. Bill has been very active in raising funds for the building of the church, and much credit is due him for the successful outcome of the movement. Mrs. James H. Ellis, whose dangerous illness was mentioned by us last week, died at her home on North Front street last Friday evening. The funeral was- held Monday at 4 p. m., from her late residence, Rev. Work of the Presbyterian church conducting the services; interment in Weston cemetery. Deceased’s maiden name was Jessie Dayhuff. She was born at Kokomo, Aug. 31, 1863, and was married to James H. S. Ellis, June 11,1885. She leaves a husband, two children, John and James, two sisters and one brother to mourn her early death.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Monday was quite a busy day. The county council, board of commissioners and board of review were in session. A report of the proceedings will be found elsewhere in this column. — o — New suits filed: W. B. Austin vs. Lacuriis Randle, foreclosure. J. H. Chapman, att'y. —o — The supreme court on Wednesday overruled the petition for a rehearing in the ditch case of Makeever vs. Martindale, from this county. o The Board of Review has had no complaint made as yet over assessments, and has made no changes in assessment at this writing except ta correct a few errors in the assessors’ sheets. —o — The ice has again been broken this month and marriage license number two for the month of June was issued Saturday. The contracting parties were Reuben K. Hoy and Miss Lena 0. Foster, estimable young people of Hanging Grove tp. —o The improvement of the three streets about the public square with brick pavement upon crushed stone foundation, contract for which was let last week, will cost the county a little over $5,600. This is a trifle “blooded” for a county whose per capita debt is already over $9.00 per head. —o — The commissioners met in special session last Monday on call of the auditor to make estimates for action of the county council and to act upon transcript and order in the Martindale ditch. It was ordered by the board that the viewers meet at the auditor’s office, July 8, and make final report. —o —

We notice a feature of the call made by the Starke county auditor for the meeting of the Board of Review that might be copied with profit by other counties. The call designates the day on which the assessments each town or township will be taken up, and those having complaint to make can govern themseßes accordingly. This method, it seems, would greatly facilitate the work of the board, as each town or township can be taken up in its order and gotten out of the way, while under the system usually pursued—in Jasper at least —there is no regular order of taking np this work, which necessitates much needless labor and unnecessary handling of books. —o— Appeal is being taken to the higher courts in the case of the Jasper County Telephone Co., vs. Jasper county, where Judge Palmer of the White circuit court held that the county had no power to increase the assessment of a corporation. If this telephone company with a paid in capital stock of $28,000, probably SIO,OOO, of which was invested in Rensselaer, must escape with a $75 assess--1 ment in this city with a total tax Jof only $2.28 per year, *he taxing I officers wish to know it. Its as- | sessment was increased about $6,000 per year for three years back, but the company successfully enjoined the collection of taxes on said assessment in the lower courts. —o — The county council made the following appropriations at its special session Monday: Unpaid 1900 Claim*. Supplie* for poor farm $ 6 91 Telephone rent 26 U 5 Expense jail 11 uo Road viewing 4 50 Cuhhbnt Yeah Appbopbiatons. Tru»tee*' service* taking enumeration of voter* for legislative re-ap-pointment ,$260 00 Additional app. for Co. Institute provided by new law Increasing amt to SIOO 50 00 Additional app. for Co. recorder, occasioned by legislature increasing salary S6OO per year 4SO 00 No appropriation -was asked for to pay the Burford judgement, for some reason; probably because the matter was overlooked. . An appropriation of $25 was asked for to pay St. Joseph’s college people tor gravel used in constructing a gravel walk from the corporation line of Rensselaer to the College, they having had a partial verbal agreement with the

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commissioners that they would pay for the gravel used if the former would do the work. The walk was constructed last fall, and the council held that as the work had been done, and done vol tintarilly so far as there was any recrod to show, they had no power to grant the appropriation now, and. declined to make the same. An appropriation of $5,000 was asked for to pay the tax-ferrets,, the money to be used as collections of taxes unearthed by their investigation was paid in, under the contract of 50 per cent, of all such collections. Attorney H. R. Kurrie opposed the making of any appropriation for the purpose of paying the ferrets, while O. E. Mills and J. E. Wilson made a plea for the appropriation. The matter was argued to some length by thecouncil, Councilman Denhan ands Weurthner favoring the appropriation and Councilmen Eldredge, Babcock and Biggs opposing tying up so much money at this time, the latter arguing that the regular meeting would be held in September and as it was represented that only about MOO in such taxes had been paid in thus far, only S2OO of which belonged to the ferrets, there was no necessity of making so targ^anappropriation now. Denham made a motion to appropriate the $5,000, which was seconded by Weurthner. A vote was taken and thomotion was lost, Denhan and Weurthner voting aye and Babecock, Biggs and Eldredge voting; nay. Eldredge then made a motion to appropriate $1,000; seconded by Biggs. Vote taken and Babcock, Denham and Weurthner voted nay; Biggs and Eldredge voting aye. The motion was lost and no appropriation at all was made.

In our opinion the council should have made the SI,OOO appropriation, at least. The higher courts have held similar contracts with tax-ferrets to be legal and binding, and they will have to be paid. The experts have already been to great expense in conducting this investigation, and it would have no doubt been quite an accomodation to them had the council made a reasonable appropriation so they might get their share of the money as it is paid in. We do not think that there is a disposition on the part of the council to refuse appropriations for this purpose altogether, and that when next called together an appropriation sufficient at least to cover all claims then due the experts will be made. Regarding this tax-ferret investigation, Attorney Kurrie, whom it is supposed represented some of the bigger fish in the alleged taxdodger crowd, (he did not state, we are informed, who he appeared for) stated that the legality of this investigation or the contract with the ferrets would be further litigated; that the end was not yet. Therefore we may expect a further ruffling of the fur when the screws are turned on the more powerful animals in the alleged tax-dodger zoo.

Picnic at Cedar Lake.

Prairie Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M., of Rensselaer, will celebrate St. John’s Day, Monday, June 2fl> 1901, at Monon Park, Cedar Late. Excursion rates have been secured at a round trip fare of $1; half fare for children. This picnic is free to everybody, and the public is cordially invited to join with the Masons and spend the day at Cedar Lake. Bring well tilled baskets and have an old-fashioned basket picnic at this beautiful fishing and boating resort. Picnickers will go up on the 9:55 a.n?., train returning on milk train,. The Citizens Band is to accompany the excursion, and all meuzbers are requested to meet at the band rqpin promptly at 9 a. m. H. L. Brown, 1 C. W. Coen, Cbitf. E. J. Duvall. \

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