Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1901 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

Buggy Whips. whips, WHIPS, Whips, whips, Whips, j Whips, Whips, Whips, Whips, ii r 111 whip*, Whips, W M 1 1 1 Whips, j Whips, Whips, Whips, j Whips, WHIPS, Whips, WHIPS, WHIPS / . , . .m, Jt LEE’S JlardwareJMcCoysburg.^ 1; || ■ M M ■ | You cannot afford to be ! Hfiminu l\f|Q£li * ignorant of the value of j: nuilllll J Ifludl I Hominy Meal as a feed ;! if v ■ j ■■ a corn, cooked and steam I Have You Tried It? u*™ 1 ced that it is the best and most economical feed you can get. Any kind of !; grain accepted in exchange. Call at the Feed Store. COX & BRANCH. THE CENT. j ;i..Racket Store..! i: The Greatest Wonder ot the 20th Century. i * Nothing over 99 cents in the Store. just' that alone is en- j h ough to satisfy the most skeptical that the bargains we < h give are ahead of anything ever before presented to the ; h people of Jasper County and vicinity. We make it our J special aim to buy the latest and most up-to-date goods { > in everything manufactured on the globe, and to sell the J !► same at figures that the other fellow cannot possibly J duplicate. No matter how low the price seems to you, j 1; the quality of our goods must be maintained. \ \ l We have just received a shipment of | Quadruple Plated Silver Ware, ! guaranteed to wear and give satisfaction for 12 }ears, < that are very special bargains, including everything < manufactured in the silverware line, at prices that we < \l defy the entire world to duplicate at 110 Other pI3C6 Only j j; the 99 Cent. Racket Store. j We also have the genuine Flo Blue Ware which has < I been all the rage, in Johnson Bros., English semi-porce- < lain. Nothing better in the line of table dishes on < earth, to sell for less than 50 cents on the dollar. Do < not miss this chance. You can get a 100-piece set for < just one-half what you would pay elsewhere. < These are only a few of the cracker-jacks we have in < bargains. Visit us when in Rensselaer, you will be a < steady customer afterward. ;> Very .Respectfully, ! RANSFORD & FRANKS, ! i; Proprietors of The 99 Cent Racket Store.

Spreads Like Wildfire. When things are “the best” they become “the best selling," Abraham Hare, a leading druggist, of Bellville. 0., writes: "Electric Bitters are the best selling bit: lers I have handled in 20 years." You know why? Most diseases begins in disorders of the stomach, liver, kidney, bowels, blood and nerves, Electric Bitters tones up the stomach, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, hence cures multitudes of maladies, it builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor into any weak, sickly, run-down manor woman. Price 50 cents. Sold by Long.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DISEASES, m * HKMORHORDS, K d?&k2sr A h L oe WOMEN. S RENSSELAER, USD.

OIL LAND FOR SALE. 200 acres, all or part, in the Jasper Co., Ind., oil field. It lies about J of a mile north of Asphaltum, on the wagon road, and is in 28-31-5. It is not leased. Address the owner, Charles Foley, Danville, Ind. When you feel that life is hardly worth the candle take a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Taolets. They will cleanse your stomach, tone up your liver and regulate your bowels making you feel like a new man. For sale by Long.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, November i 6, 1901.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Marriage licenses: Nov. 13, William F. Neir to Loretta G. Myers. —o — Appellate court minutes: 4,224. Joel F. Spriggs et al vs. state ex rel. board of commissioners of Jasper county. Jasper Circuit Court. Transferred from Supreme Court No. 19,590. —o — The following amounts of taxes have been placed on the omitted tax duplicate as a result of the tax ferret investigation since our last Report: AMOUNTS PAID. Elizabeth Michaels, Barkley tp WO 50 Cen. Uuioi. Telephone Co. Reusselaer. .. 23 40 George Hooh.i, Kankukee tp 31 UO Patrick Malouey, sume 11 90 Isaac D. Dunn, sume 20 61 Joseph Burling (estate), Remington ... 32 95 PLACED ON DUPLICATE. BUT UNPAID. Edwurd A. Hunt, Hemiugtou sl6 50 —O — New suits filed: No. 6226, Samuel R. Nichols, Alfred McCoy and Thomas J. McCoy, vs. John Rees et al; action to quiet title. Janies H Chapman, atty. No. 6227, Bales Lumber Co., vs. Austin N. Lakin etal; action on Mechanic’s lien. Hanley & Hunt, attys. No. 6229. W. B. Peterson and George Sharp vs. Mary Watson and husband; action on mechanic’s lein, Hanley & Hunt, attys. No. 6228. State of Indiana on the relation of Dessie Turner vs. John Daugherty; bastardy. —o — J. B. W T orkman was in LafayHte and Lebanon this week and closed up a contract with those cities to make an investigation for omitted taxes, similar to the county contracts which he had already made, on a basis of 35 per cent, of all moneys collected. We think they made no mistake in their selection. So for as we are acquainted with Mr. Workman’s investigatioi here he has shown himself to be skilled and experienced in this line of work, fair and honorable in the ’adjustments, and a gentleman. We have talked with a number of people who have been called before him during the progress of the work here and have not heard a complaint as to the treatment accorded them by Mr. Workman or his assistants, and some of the parties were found to be owing some back taxes, too. —o —

Following is a complete list of the claims allowed at the November term of commisioners’ court, as *tbe same appear upon the docket of the comniisouers: Thomas Knight, allotting- iliU-he* $ IS M B Halstead, exp. |«>or farm 15 00 Trustee Marion tp. aect bridge*. $75. disin'd W C Babeock. exp. auditor's office. ... 205 IndianaiKilU Bdg. Co. 1 steel sewer ... 500 Same for same 05 00 Frank Foltz, wk. on Uillain grav. rd. report, $9, continued Chas W Baker, same 150 Prosper Clemens, pub. improvements 700 A (i Hardy, postage sheriff's oit ice .. 2 00 John W Burgett, wk (iilluui gruv. rd*. 300 A W Prevo, meals for elections. 1900.. 9 80 J E Bentley, exp. ct. house 2 75 Foltz. Spltler A Ktirrie,county attys.. 00 50 W C Babcoek. postage auditor's office. 2 00 A J Harmon, aiiottiug ditches 1 50 W L Lewis, work on ditches 6 00 Jerry Bisher, allotting ditches 1 50 M P Comer, same 3 00 Chas Letter, same 75 Wm Ditman. same 1 50 Chas Lefler, same 1 59 Fred Stocksick, same J 59 Leslie Clark, printing for clerk 3 09 Thos Florence, allotting ditches 75 Nettie Price, office work 011 ditches... 18 00 Same for same 18 00 L C Asher, allotting ditches 150 Am. Bridge Co., bridges 1,081 (jo Leslie Clark, printing for Co. Supt. and supplies ... 61 80 Wallace Bros., public Improvements. 21 40 Bank of Remington. K L grav. road 223 45 Same, stone for same 318 69 Fleener A Carnahan, aect. om. taxes. 240 06 A d Hardy, boarding prisoners 18 75 Chas Ramp, oil and gasoline 4 50 I N Hemphill, exp. ct. house 1 25 Chas Moriau, Janitor, Oct. salary ... 45 00 Same, laundry for ot. house 85 M B Price, work on ditches 66 00 A J Harmon, same..,., | 59 Thos Parker, Marion grav. rd. rep.... 5 25 J. H. Perkins, exp. poor furin 3 00 Anoel Woodworth, Marion grav. rds. 17 50 Wm Dilts. same 3 73 Jesse Nichols,same 196 90 Joseph Putts, same.... 2 00 True Woodsworth, same 1 so Wm Powers, same 1 50 SB Jenkins, ttrenmn heating plant. 30 00 L H Hamilton, per diem Ik).Supt ... 198 00 McLeod A Henry, exp. boiler house 942 50, allowed at 35 98 T F Clark, laltor poor farm 12 00 Same, for same 20 00 Same, for same 10 00 Philip Blue,truant officer. 22 00 Keusselner Fuel A Feed Co., exp. ct. house 166 62

Same, for same 38 23 Bessie Murray, office work on ditches 7 00 Clara Murray, same so Anoel Woodworth, Marion gruv. rds. 10 00 Win Powers, same., 2 25 F M Burns labor at boiler house 10 00

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The regular meeting of the common council was held Monday evening, but owing to several of the members being very anxious to hear the Eli Perkins lecture, no business was transacted except the allowance of the following claims; W O Newman, work on streets $ 270 J A Ramey, work on streets 7 80 Win H Stephenson, work on streets . 2 10 Ben Reeves, work on streets 3 60 Wm Zink, gravel.... 125 Chas Hausen, blarksmltliiiig 36 95 K R Hopkins, flushing sewers l so Donnelly Bros., grade stances 4 50 A Simpson, salury October 45 00 J W Childers, October salary 21 00 C S Chamberlain, 2 weeks sulary 30 00 Peter Giver, two weeks suiary 22 50 C L Thornton, two weeks salary 22 50 Bruce Hardy, work on line 3 45 Ira C Smith, work on Hue 5 03 fl F Feudig, sundries 7:fi» Donnelly Bros., lumber aud labor . .. 1 70 Rens Feed A Fuel Co., delivering coal 12 00 M B Austin A Co., electrical supplies. 48 01 Hartford Steam Boiler A Insp. Co., insurance 100 00 Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal 103 00 I) E Hollister, salary 2 weeks 22 50 Forest City Packing Co., packing ... 5 06

THE CIRCUIT COURT.

The November term of the Jasper circuit court convened Monday and has been grinding all week. Following is a report in brief of the more important cases acted upon: State vs. Warren Bullis; larceny. Dismissed for want of prosecution. This is the Sheldon horse stealing case, appealed from the Town Clerk of Remington. State vs. Blake; assault. Jury trial. Found guilty and fined SSO and 180 days in jail. State vs. Lewis; rape. Continued to next term . State on the relation of Dessie Turner vs. John Daugherty; bastardy. Prosecuting witness shows to court that defendant has executed notes to her for $125 with Thomas Daugherty as security; notes approved by court and left with clerk for collection, and defendant discharged. The case of the Panhandle Ry vs. the town cf Remington, was heard Monday, but no decision has been made yet. It seems the court ordered both sides to prepare a brief, setting forth their respective sides of the case, and present to the court, after which it would consider the case enrefully and render a decision according to facts as it found them.

The rape case of Fay vs. Lewie, from Union tp., was set for trial yesterday at 9 a. m.. but was finally continued to the February term. The jury was dismissed yesterday until the 4th Monday. Judge Reiter came down yesterday to render his decision in the Hart vs. Kellner et al Jordan tp.. ditch case. Judge Lairy will be here next week and will hear the cases of Coen, administrator, vs. Halstead, and Forsythe vs. the City of Rensselaer/

SHOW COMPANY STRANDED.

“Royal Stock C 0.,” aliout the “bumiest” aggregation of barn-stormers that has struck Rensselaer for many a day, went bustsd here last week, and their baggage was attached for board bill at the Nowels Housed Monday afternoon they received a remittance, or raised a little of the filthy somehow, and settled the boanl bill and court costs, aliout s3l, and the leading lady and one or two others pulled out for Chicago. Six or seven others of the stranded ones remained here and gave a “benefit” at the opera house Tuesday evening to raise funds to get out of town on. They realized about $25 from the “benefit,” and also left for Chicago.,

A CARD.

We wish to express our deep appreciation to our friends and neighbors for their efforts in saving our property at our late fire. •Julius Huff. Mrs Laura Michaels. We are able to make you Farm Loans at a very low rate of interest. Bruner & Randle. Forsythe Block, Room 7.

NO PARTIALITY

Will Be Shown In the Tax Investigation, So the Ferrets Say. There has been considerable comment by the tax-payers of the county, in regard to the postponement of the settlement or adjustment of some of the larger accounts of certain persons and firms who have been large money loaners of the county, by the taxferrets, and The Democrat interviewed Mr. Workman, who has charge of the work hefe, regarding their delay, and he made the following statement in reply to our interrogotories: “The work could not be done successfully in any other manner than that already pursued, and as illustration, carefully consider the following: “Mr. A executes his note or mortgage for SI,OOO payable to ‘B.’ Mr. ‘B’ afterward sells it to ‘C,’ sometimes executing an assignment to *C,’ but Mr. ‘C’ fails to have the assignment placed upon record, thereby, permitting the record to show that ‘B’ is still the owner of the mortgage; notes with personal security are treated the same manner, as you are all aware of the buying and sale of notes. “Now suppose that you take for consideration at the beginning of our work, the case of Mr. *C’ and make settlement with him, you miss the mortgage, for the record does not show him to be the owner. Afterward ‘B’ appears to a notice and it is shown that lie sold this mortgage years ago to ‘C,’ then you must notify ‘C,’ to return and go over his account again; this plan would require an endless amount of labor and trouble, which can be avoided by the examination of the smaller accounts ! first. “There are persons in Jasper county, that have had from fifty j to five hundred transactions like i the one above mentioned and I have the evidence of more than one thousand transfers of notes and mortgages thnt the records do not show. “The public must remember that a period of twenty-one years is being gone over; that we cannot stop to explain to the public just where we are going to look for evidence,! nor how the account of Mr. ‘C’ appears at the present date, but we will try our best to learn the fads before we pass upon his case, even though it often takes us to other counties and states before we can report. “All cases will be considered before we leave the work here, if it takes another year.to arrive at the facts and obtain the evidence in full. We have a reputation to sustain and improve, and there could be no incentive for us to slight j larger cases, and especially from a i financial standpoint. “All cases will be treated with 1 the same fairness and justice, in accordance with the law and the evidence as we find it.” Mr. Workman then allowed us a list of a number of the more prominent cases which Hre now being considered and pending, but as we have made it a rule to only publish the names of those cases had been passed upon and after the amount hail been placed upon the tax duplicate, we refrain from mentioning them. If the ferrets will treat all alike, showing no partiality whatever in their tax investigation, as they say they will do. they will have the support of a large majority of the taxpayers of the county, regardless of political affiliation. Wo know that the sentiment among democrats is to investigate Bmith as well as Jones, if Smith lias also been remiss in listing Ids property for taxation or it has [escaped through unintentional oversight. This is all the democrats ask in Hie tax investigation, and all taxpayers of the county should lie interested in seeing that this is done. _

YOUNG BLAKE FOUND GUILTY.

fCJames Blake, the young mau who murderously assaulted Henry Tinder on the C. A W. V. Ry„ near Newland some time ago, was tried by h jury in the circuit court Thursday, found guilty ami was fined #SO and sentenced to 180 days in jail.

E. O. Eller has leased the S. Galbraith milk route. Guy Beebe has been appointed postmaster at Gifford. slight flurry of snow came yesterday morning, the first of the season. Genuine first granite 12 qt. water pails for 75cts at Lee’s, McCoysburg. N.C. W. Coen has bought Steve Comer’s 450 acre farm in Uuion tp., paying therefor $35 per acre. tfTbe Thanksgiving turkey season is now on. Local dealers are paying 7 cents per pound, live weight. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams go to Delphi to-day to spend Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Porter. Joseph D. Keith was hanged at Michigan City prison yesterday morning, a little after midnight, for the murder of Nora Kifer. t(Tt is reported that Enos Timmons of Jordan tp., has purchased E. F. Short’s feed and hitch barn at Plymouth, and will move to that city. Geo. Townsend of Fair Oaks, was assessed $1 and costs for provoke upon S. M Lamoine of that berg, by Esq. Troxell, Tuesday, $16.30 in all.

Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 57; oats 39; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 33; oats 21; rye 42. V Lem Huston m sold his news sftmd to W. A. Parkinson and Charles Linn. The latter is Mr. Parkinson's brother-in-luw, of Attica, and will have charge of the business. Mr. Huston is still confined to his bed with rheumatism, but is somewhat better than last week.

In giving the Indianapolis Sentinel free to all subscribers who pay one year in advance td the Democrat we are enabled to devote four columns more to home news than formerly, and besides give 12 pages of news (including the Sentinel) where formerly we gave but 8 pages.

including the team and band, about 140 people went over to Delphi from here Thursday to see the Rensselaer-Logansport football game. ,It was a very tame affair, we understand, no one being killed, and only one player getting hurt seriously a Logansporter, who got an ankle sprained. The score was 31 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer. <T he 12-year-ohl daughter of Frank Lakin of Barkley tp., got her collar bone broken last Sunday from hanging on the back seat of a double buggy. The rear seat was occupied by Mrs. Shelby Comer and Mrs. John Lakin, and the girl’s weight tipped it back, and seat and occupauts were upset upon her. The others escaped with slight bruises.

*CGeo. Barrett of Eureka, 111., has bought the B. O. Gardner farm of 160 acres, 3 miles east of town, consideration S6O per acre. Mr. Barrett is a son-in-law of L. H Myers of this city. He bought the farm as an investment and does not intend to occupy it. Mr. Gardner has purchased the 105 acre farm of Hollingsworth & Hopkins, near Pleasant Ridge, now occupied by W. R. Dennis, who will work the same next year, and 40 acres of J. V. Parkinson, adjoining, at $55 per acre for each.

A number of guests gnthcred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Whitsel Lewis Wednesday evening, in honor of Mr. Lewis. A very enjoyable time wns had. Refreshments were served. The guests were ns follows: Mrs. Birdie Collins and three children; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Richardson and son; Mrs. Ida Hill and two children; Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hoshaw and son Samuel and Miss Mary Hoshaw; Mr. and Mrs. Aarron Hickman and Harry and Lewis; Miss Eva Hickman and Mr. John Merritt. The guests dispersed wishing Mr. Lewis many more enjoyable times. •

Vol. IV.- No. 32

AN ELOPEMENT.

Kjaines A. Randle of Chicago and Clara B. Hemphill of married by ’Squire Ros* at the cleric's office Tuesday. It is is reported that they had never met until Tuesday, carrying on their courtship and making all the arrangements for their weddirig by correspondence.— Monticello Herald The parties above referred to both reside in Rensselaer, and we believe were born’and raised here and have known each other from childhood. The groom is a son of Nelson Randle and the bride is the daughter of M. L. Hemphill, and one of Rensselaer’s handsomest young ladies. Mr. Randle is a widower, about 25 years of age; his bride is but 17. Her parents objected to the couple going together, but they met clandestinely, it is said, and on Monday evening, Miss Hemphill informed her folks that she was going to hear Eli Perkins’ lecture, in company with some of the girls employed with her at Mrs. lines’ millinery store. Instead of doing so, however, she went to Monticello with Mr. Randle on the 11:30 p. m. train, where they put up at the Hotel Forbis, registering "as brother and sister and being assigned to different rooms. The next morning they procured a marriage license and were married as above stated. They returned here on the 9:55 a. m.. train Tuesday, and will reside at Brook, it is announced. The Democrat hopes that their future may be a happy one.

ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.

V- P. Baker, the life insurance man, who done considerable work for the republicans of this county during the last campaign, was arrested at Delphi Wednesday and brought here and lodged in jail on charge of having procured money under false pretences and forgery. He was brought into court yesterday morning and trial set for the 4th Wednesday of term, and bond fixed at S3OO.

Doctored the Wrong Child.

Little Customer (to druggist)— Doctor, ma says please give me a doce of whatyoucallit, that cures colic. It doesn[t_ taste very, very bad, does it? Druggist—Not so very bad, but suppose you take a glass of nice soda before you go. Little Customer—Oh, yes, sir! Thanks. (Doctor mixes; little customer drinks and starts for the door. Then returns.) “I declare! I was going away without the whatyoucallit.” . Druggist (laughing)—Why, my dear, you drank it with the soda. Little Customer Oh, dear! Why, doctor, it wasn’t for me; it was for my little brother!”

Changeable Fish. Certain fish called prawns, common along the coasts'of England, change their color at least every twenty-four hours in order to harmonize with the stronger or weaker light prevailing in the surface or in the deeper water. As evening approaches these fish lose their distinctive colors and all assume a transparent azure hue. The change begins with a reddish glow, followed by a green tinge, which gradually melts into blue. Leaves Asleep. Mary Dennis says: “Leaves never tell their dreams, but that they do go to sleep is an open secret. Look at a compound leaf asleep. The little leaflets which were in motion all day have drooped and sunk to rest. If certain plants like the oxalis, clover or pea be subjected to darkness during the daytime they may be caught napping.” • So She Could Grow Big. May is girl of three. She was vaccinated, and, telling about it, she said, “The doctor dipped a little stick in t 'ater and tictied my knee.” Whenyasked what it wag done for, she •ntew herself up and said gravely: ffSo I tan drow bid. Peoples don’t * Vow bid ’les tbey’s tictied.” , I tirii The ar, Ynflowtr. The cornUcr* Ir is known to Americans as t£ m paehelor’s button. In Germany it* galled the “kaiser blume,” oecausX *r the story told of Queen Luise aJ> ot ier son, the late Emperor WilliA* who loved it because it was heX sprite flower.