Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1901 — Page 3

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

| JUST RECEIVED. | A fine line of-Up-To-Date Pattern Hats, 2 2 latest style hats .money can buy, call and see 2 2 my line for they are trimmed in the city, by A 2 expert trimmers, and are not old material or 2 2 shelf-worn, but are strictly swell hats. 2 2 II saying money is any object, give me a 2 2 call. Location near depot. 2 2 MRS. C. E. HERSHMAN. 2 r l THE 99 CENT. ..Racket Store.. Nothing over 99 CENTS in the store and ! from that down to 1 cent. Goods you pay as ! high as one, two and three dollars for at other stores, you get here at 99 Cents. We handle everything that is possible to buy that we can sell for 99 Cents and less—all the latest and newest novelties in everything that the world !; produces, including Fine China, Glassware, !| Crockery, Silverware, Jewelry, Notions, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Soap, Stationery, Ready-Made Clothing, Wrappers, Reefers,Cloaks, 11 Dolls, Hardware, Woodenware Enameled Ware, I Tinware,Pictures,Hosiery and Underwear,Ladies’ Waists and Ladies’ Skirts, Collars, Ties, Gloves, | Mittens, Window Shades, Lace Curtains Curtain ; l Rods and fixtures, and in fact everything you | need and at prices that defy competition. We ! ! have the largest assortment of Hand and Parlor ! Stand Lamps at prices that will make you won- ! der how we can possibly sell them at such low | figures. Lamps you have paid two and three ! dollars for at only 99 Cents. Come early and secure one of these bargains and many others i| too numerous to mention, at no other place only ! !| —the 99 CENT RACKET STORE. jl | TO SMOKERS—We have a job of cigars which | we will close oat at prices never before heard of in Jasper county. Come and examine stock and prices. We also have a very special bargain in Ladies’ Underwear and in Ladies’ and Gent’s Umbrellas, which will pay ! * you to inves igate. We are adding new goods all the ! time and our trade is increasing every day. Our cus- '! | tomers are our best advertisement. Ask them where '! they got so and so and invariably they will say at the ! 99 CENT RACKET STORE —the only one in Jasper county. We have the finest Musical Orchestra in the |! world, always free. Costs you nothing to hear the fin- '[ ;! est music that is played. Bring in the children It is j a pleasure to trade, as the music entertains the children !' while yon are waited on. Our place can be found at l| ! 218 Washington street, Rensselaer, Ind. |! k ; THE 99 CENT RACKET STORE, \ HANSFORD & FRANKS, Proprislors.

ADVERTISED LETTERS. Letter* addressed as below remain uncalled for in the Poet Office at Rensselaer, Jasper County. Indiana, on the 14th day of October. 1001. Those not claimed within two weeks from the date above given will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Washington, D. C. Persons calling for any of the letters in this list will please saywhey are advertised. William J. Moore (9), Cora A. Bray, Mrs. Hannah Jones, Mr. Carl Mattock*, Mr*. W. J Rainey, Mrs. Addle B. Smith, Mr. Joseph Li Sheeley, Mr. Oust Studder. H. Gruedraan. Fbank B. Mbybk. P. M. r A new remedy for billiousness is now on sale at Long’*drug store. It ia called Cbamberlain’a Stomach and Liver Tablets. It gives quick relief and will prevent tbe attack if given as soon as the first indication ot tbe disease appears. Price, 25 cents per box. Sample tree.

Money to Loan.

Private funds to loan on farms, also city property, for 6 years 01 longer at a low rate of interest, with privilege of making partial payments. Also money to loan on personal, second mortgage and chattel seourjty. No delay, call or write. A complete set op abstract books.

JAMES H. CHAPMAN.

Strayed, from Dr. Salisbury’s farm, 9 miles north of Rensselaer and 5 miles east of Fair Oaks, boot 4 weeks ago, 1 white sheep and 1 black lamb.

Matthias Petty.

When you have a legal notice to be published, such as notice of appointment, notice of final settlement, notice of survey, notice of administrator’s or guardian’s sale, non-resident notice, or any other notice not controlled by county or township officers, bring it to The Democrat office. Our prices for this work are lower than others by reason of our Betting them without any padding whatever, and we will appreciate tbe favor.

A Fiendish Attack.

An attack was lately made on C. F. Collier of Cherokee, lowa, that nearly proved lata). It came through his kidneys. His back got so lame he could not stoop without great pain, itor tit in a chair except propped by cushions. No remedy helped him until he tried Electric Bitters which effected such a wonderful change that he writes he feels like a new man. This marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, purifies the blood and builds up your health. Only 50 cents at Long's drug store.

Real Estate Agents.

Parties desiring to buy or sell town property or farm lands in this or adjoining counties, also choioe Dakota farms, call on or address, Ellis & Geo. W. Jones and E. C. Forbes, Remington, Ind.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, October 19, 1901.

PERSONAL AND LOCAL. October ,28 is Arbor Day. 75 cents to Chicago, Oct. 20. The Democrat prints the news. Henderson Stock Co., all next week. J. B. Sayler has moved to Aurora, 111. Will Porter is clerking at Murray’s store. The Newton circuit court convened Monday. An epidemic of diphtheria is raging at North Judson. See those Air-tight Heaters at the McCoysburg Hardware. Cloak Opening at Murray’s Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19. Bruce White and Britt Marion have returned from their Western trip. Read the new ads. of the “Racket Store” and W. R. Lee’s hardware. You will find home news on each of the eight pages of to-day’s Democrat. Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Berkley returned Sunday evening from their wedding tour. 120 acre improved farm for rent near Kniman. Enquire ,of A. Helsel. Kniman, Ind. jCjoseph Cain has rented the C F. otackhouse farm for next year, paying therefor $330 cash. ♦4.40 round trip to Indianapolis, 0ct.14 to 19, account Indianapolis, car nival; good returning to Oct. 21 There will hereafter be preaching at the F. W. Baptist church at 11KX) a. m. and 7:00 p. m., each Sabbath. Cord wood and posts for sale — 40 cords good wood and 1200 good posts for sale. Inquire of B. F. Ferguson. D. A. Stoner will leave to-mor-row for Chicago and thence to Buffalo, to attend the national poultry show. -T. H. Jessen is in Wheatfield this week, finishing up the job of cementing the basemeut of Parker’s bank building. Harrison tp., Pulaski county, voted against a subsidy to the proposed east and west railroad last week. The vote was 120 against to 51 for. Albert Helsel of near Kniman, notice of whose sale appears in another column, expects to return to Minnesota in the spring and work on the railroad. VTW m. McDonald, who sold'his near Pleasant Ridge lately, has bought a 240 acre farm near Thorn town, paying therefor s7o per acre, we understand. yC Ex-Township Trustee Kaupke of Kankakee tp., was in the city on business a few hours Tuesday. Mr. Kaupke willleave for Oklahoma with his family early in December. A 15-year-old invalid daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Saylor of Newton tp., died last Saturday evening. Funeral was held fromthe residence, Tuesday, Rev. C. D. Royse conducting the services. Grieser went to El Paso, 111., Thursday, and on next Thursday he will be united in marriage to Miss Mary Schlink, of El Paso. Hie sister, Miss Gertie, leaves for El Paso to-day to be present at the wedding. W. R. Dennis of Pleasant Ridge returned Monday from a few days visit with his aged father at Peotone, 111. The old gentleman is 84 years of age, and had been quite ill. Mr. Dennis left him somewhat better. Barnev Meinbrook was in town Wednesday for the first time since getting up from a light attack of the measles. At this writing none of the other members of the family have been attacked, and Barney wonders where he himself contracted them.

Marion I. Adams is agent for the Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Co., of Jasper, Benton and White oounties. Insurance now in force over $1,000,000. Farmers desiring polioies in this company should call upon or address him at Rensselaer, Ind. ts.

Chicago excursion to-morrow. Mothers’ meeting at the east court room, to-day at 2:30 p.m. /JMrs. James Hall of Delphi, gave birth to triplets, all boys, a few days ago. * Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moorhead of Carpenter tp., were Rensselaer visitors Thursday. Number one good Jersey cow for sale, 6 years old, will be fresh soon. L. 8. Renicker. Advertisers, if you wish tp reach the people, place your advertisement in The Democrat. George Dart writes from Chicago to change the address of his Democrat to Como, New Madrid Co., Mo. Mr. C. F. Brown, with Percival B. Palmer & Co., full line of cloaks and walking skirts, will be at Murray’s Store, Oct. 18th. and 19th; will take orders for special garments. The Henderson Stock Co., will be at Ellis opera house all of next week. The company consists of 12 people and comes highly recommended. It is featuring Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. *-If the three miles of the Range Line road in Jordan tp., were graveled, one could travel from Rensselaer to Lafayette and Indianapolis, into Ohio and Pennsylvania to the seaboard without getting off a free gravel turnpike. The Commercial Bank at Oxford, one of the Dwiggins syndicate of banks which went under in ’93, has paid its last dividend. After the stockholders had been assessed to the limit the amount paid depositors was 96 cents on the dollar. Andrus has just completed tne building of a fine new 7-room, two-story farm house for James Lane, 3 miles west of Surrey.. Mr. Lane is well pleased with the! job and says Mr. Andrus has done him excellent work. The house cost about $1,300. Owing to a large amount of office work and shortage of help during the past few weeks, we have been unable to copy the personal assessment of Wheatfield and Wheatfield tp., but will endeavor to do this so as to make publication of the same next week.

The Democrat last week, in addition to containing all the imv portant news of Rensselaer, couft house news, general news from all over the country, markets, etc., had correspondence from pourteen different towns and neighborhoods of Jasper county. Moral: If you want the news, read The Democrat. * At Hebron laet Sunday, at the Methodist church, a large number of wasps had congregated in advance of the flock. The wasps warmed up along with the preacher. He thought the spirit had taken an unusal hold upon the brethern and sisters, judging from the noise that they were making, and not until a brace of wasps went promenading up his pants leg did he realize what was the matter. His remarks after that wouldn’t look well in print. We drove around a half section farm recently with the owner and noticed that he had mowed his side of the publio highway for hay, he telling us that the six acres of ground so mowed over gave him eight tons of good hay, worth SSO, says the Caberry Enquirer. Besides this he had effectually disposed of the weeds and had improved "immensely the looks of his farm. He bad taken the trouble to level off the strip and remove the stones -and practically had the use of six acres of good meadow ground whiob the average man wouuj have neglected. On last Sunday morning, as The Democrat editor was directing his steps toward church, he was much perturbed to see an erotwhile candidate for the circuit judgship busily engaged in “bucking” up a huge pile of old rails. This candidate is reminded that it will tiake much sawing of wood to land this prise, especially since the present incumbent has his eye “sot” in the same direction. This vigorous sawing of wood may, however, have been for the purpose of attracting the favorable attention of Apologist editor, whose moral sensibilities may have been dulled somewhat by filing false and padded claims against the county.

THE COMMON COUNCIL

Holds Regular Meeting and Appoints Special City Commissioners, But the Honors Are Declined. The Common Council of the City of Rensselaer met in regular session Monday evening at the City Hall with all members present. Following is a report of the proceedings: Certificate from the circuit court showing resignation of old city City Commissioners and re-ap-pointment of new ones was presented, and the clerk stated that only one, D. C. Warren, had qualified, the others refusing to qualify. The council upon this showing appointed the following citizens to act as city commissioners on the improvement, on River, Forest and Merritt streets: Granville Moody, C. D. Nowels, R. B. Harris, and Moses Tutenr. Of these, we understand, only one at most will accept the honor. Cemetery trustees reported the sale of ten cemetery lots. C. D. Nowels was granted permission to erect a small frame coal shed in the rear of Nowels House. Matter of drainage outlet for lots of J. H. Hoover; referred to street committee. City Engineer filed report showing completion of River street improvement, the cost of which was $4,460.25. Improvement accepted and referred to city commissioners, who are notified to meet to ascertain description of property, Oct. 21, and at same time make same report as to Forest and Merritt streets. Some of the property owners on River street request the improvement of Washington street from River street east to the river bridge; no action taken. Chief of fire department reported names of 14 members of dept, who were present at Brenner fire, and each were allowed $1.50 for their services. A special meeting of the council, it was understood, would be held sometime during the week to accept the improvement about tbe public square. Following claims were allowed: OOBPOBATION FUND. Abram Simpson, salary as marshal... S 45 00 J. W. Childers, same, night wAtch 21 CO S. C. Irwin,same and serv. as clerk.... 51 20 J. H. Chapman, same, treasurer 19 25 H. K. Kurrie, same, city attorney 35 <0 H. L. Gamble, same, city engineer 45 00 Chase Shead, asst, engineer 18 00 John Eger, per diem as mayor 1# 00 C. J. Dean, same councilman 16 00 H. Kannal, same 16 00 I. J. Porter, same 16 00 C. G. Spitier, same 16 00 J. F. MoColly. same 14 00 J.C. Chilcote, same. 16 00 J. A. Penrod, brick inspector 53 80 E. R. Hopkins, flushing sewer 1 50 C. D. Nowels, serv. city com, SB, ail’d at 400 J. H. 8. Ellis, same. $8 4 00 James F. Irwin, same, 68 4 00 Nelson Randle, same, 68 4 00 A. Leopold, same 4 00 Felix French, same 4 00 14 flretnan. Brenner (ire 21 00 BOAD FUSD. Wm, Newman, work on street 9 60 Leonard Adains, same 1 35 Wm. H. Stephenson, same 4 35 A 1 Ramey, same 6 90 L. A. Hopkins, same 2 70 Chas. Rorntrager. same 8 40 D. H. Yeoman. lumber 77 96 W. F. Shields, work on catch basins.... 31 25 Renicker Bros., sharpening grader... 300 WATBB FUND. D. E. Hollister, salary to Oct. 1 22 50 BLiBCTBIO LIGHT FUNP. C. B. Chamberlain, salary to Oct. 1. ... 30 00 Peter Giver, same. 22 50 C. L. Thornton, same 22 50 Landy McGee, work ou line 10 60 S. C. Irwin, duplicate,etc 13 50 J. H. Chapman, freight and express... 214 30 Rensselaer Fuel A Feed Co. hnul. coal. 68 15 A. F. Long, sundries 12 64 Renicker Bros., same 125 J. C. Hod shire, repairing furnace 1 50 Bales Lumber Co., lumber } 08 Frank Gwln, work on boiler 1 90 C. A. Schierm, el. supplies. 6 38 Westinghouse Co., same 12 25 Co« Bluff Mining Co , coal 29 53 Central Electric Co., suppllee. 44 S 3 READ The Democrat.

MEMORIAL SERVICES. Woman’s Relief Corps No. 39, of Rensselaer, will have memorial servioes at their Hall, Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2.30 p. m., in honor of our President, William McKinley. All members requested *to be present. By order of f~~~3 Corps‘Pres. Read The Democrat for news. Notice To Clean Ditch. Notice is hereby given to the following owners ana renters of land in section 14, Milroy tp., Jasper Conttty, Indiana, to dean out the private ditch in said section at onoe: John Walters, James Brown, Henry Putt. Matt Yeaobr. W. M. Parr.

VOL. IV. 'No. 28

OTHERS SHOULD PROFIT BY IT.

There is evidently some redeeming traits to the Dowie Christianity, over which the Apologist rants and raves so violently, judging from the following dispatch which appeared in Saturday’s papers: Lafayette. Ind„ Oct. 11.-Wtlliam S. Peckham, former Treasurer of the Board of School Trustees, now connected with Dowie’s Zion Bank in Chicago as cashier, has paid to President Johnson, of the Lafayette School Board s3p3, the interest On the school fund held by him on his retirement from the board about two years ago when he was converted to Dowieism. In the letter accompanying the draft Peckham in part said: “That year 1 was out of employment and needed the interest for family expenses—and it was miDe by law, and I had not promised to turn it over—and I felt justified in retaining It. If I have done any wrong in this or any oth& matters, I desire to make all things right. It grieves me to think that any action of mine might cause some one to think less of the church or Christianity. The worst enemies of the church to-day are those who profess Christianity but do not live it. Incloaed please find draft for 2303 for interest on the school funds for the fiscal year ending June 18, 1890. “I would not be forced to do this, but I now do so of my own free will, and do It gladly.’ If the Apologist editor had been imbued with a little of this sort of Christianity, perhaps he would not have been so persistent in his efforts to beat a brother editor out $75 which he had honestly earned.

WANTS THE CHAIRMANSHIP.

Indianapolis Sentinal: Joe F. Sleeper of Oxford, Ind., lawyer, real rstate man, politician and farmer, wrote his name on the Denison house register yesterday afternoon and proceeded to announce that he will be a candidate for member of the republican state committee for the Tenth district. “I shall have to lock horns with Tom McCoy of Rensselaer,” he said. Mr. Sleeper said that he will not be surprised if Congressman Crumpacker, after serving another term in the house of representatives, becomes a candidate for the nomination of governor in 1904. “His friends are promoting such a movement,’’ said Mr. Sleeper.

NOT OF GENERAL CIRCULATION.

The Appellate court last week denied a rehearing in the case of William Goodwine vs. Frank Flynt. Flynt applied for a license to sell liquor in Warren county and was refused. The matter came before Judge Taylor in Warren county on change of venue and the court granted the license, holding that the Independence Itemizer was a paper of general circulation. It had two subscribers in the township interested. The Appelate court reversed his decision and Flynt asked for a rehearihg and it was denied.

VALUE OF ADVERTISING.

The man who advertises is the man who gets the dough. A business that isn’t worth advertising isn’t worth wasting time over. You never know how much your business can amount to until you ad\ ertise and find out. The public has a short memory; that’s the reason that a business to continue profitable must be advert tised continuously. No big business has ever been built up without the publicity given it by judicious advertising, and in this era of advertising it is more than ever important that a business expecting success shonld be liberally advertised. After advertising has built up a flourishing business the work of the ad. writer is by no means at an end. It remains for him to keep the business in a prosperous condition with the co-operation of the other departments.

NOW AFTER RIGHT OF WAY.

Winamac Republican: Representatives of the Toledo & Chicago Transfer Railway company have left Rochester in two directions with blank contracts,etc. to buy right of way for the road. They want a strip of land 100 feet wide for the main line and more where there are side tracks and stations to be put in. The engineers are working early and late on the profile of the line and if the right of way is secured readily, work on the grading will soon commence.

Beet Fodder For Sale. It is said that a ton of beet tope and stubs will feed cattle as far as a ton of hay. I have the clipping of acres! will Bell at $4 per ton in the field. B. F. Ferguson. - —%