Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1902 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Item* of Interest Gathered In the Offices and Corridors of the County Capitol. v Nothing has been placed .on the “omitted tax-duplicate” since our last report. The April term of the Jasper circuit court will Convene one week from Monday. File your applications for mortgage exemption with the county auditor prior to May 1. Miss Blanche A. Hill, stenographer, of Onarga, 111., is assisting Workman, the tax-ferret. Tax-Ferret Eugene Spitler is assisting in the work in Tippecanoe county, at Lafayette, at present. Tax-Ferret Workman says he is busy checking up all the big cases here this week, preparatory to making settlement with the parties next week. Marriage licenses: Meh. 28, George Pierce to Susie Flewelling. Meh. 29, Isaac H. Brubaker to Ottie Blankenbaker. Meh. 29, Jay McMurray to Mary Ann Myers. New suits filed: No. 6309. William T. Beahler vs. J. L. Wood; action on note. Hanley & Hunt, attys. No. 6310. James H. Chapman vs. Walter Disbrow; action on notes and chattel mortgage. W. B. Austin, atty. Dr. Wilson, the Thayer doctor charged with having one too many wives, was released on bail Saturday. This leaves only the two Edwards* from Remington, as inmates of the jail. The April term of commissioners’ courtwill meet Monday. It is understood that at this meeting C. T. Denham, the republican nominee for the third district, will be appointed to fill the vacancy now existing in that district Considerable complaint is made by tax-payers regarding their taxes being so much heavier this year than they were last. In explanation of this The Democrat desires to say that the tax-payers themselves are largely responsible foFthis condition of affairs. The county levies were made in 1889 and 1900 by a non-partisan county council—com posed of three democrats sad four republicans. The 1901 levy was made by a county council composed of ALL republicans, who were elected by the taxpayers of Jasper county. The 1901 county levy is about onethird higher than the 1900 levy. It would seem that the best results were secured under the county council law during the first two yean of its operation, when the council was non-par-tisan. It would be much better for the people if this could continue, and it could if republicans and democrats would agree to let the dominant political party in a county nominate four candidates for members of the council only, and the weaker party nominate three candidates. This would give the dominant party a majority of only one on the board, and the results obtained would be much more satisfactory to the taxpayers. The Democrat is in favor of the adoption of this plan in Jasper county, and suggests that some of our leading republican friends who have the best interests of the people of the oountv at heart, confer with the republican county chairman and see if arrangements cannot be made to have three of the republican nominees pull off, and then, at the forthcoming democratic county convention, let the latter nominate but three candidates for members of the county council.

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DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION.

The democratic city convention was held Wednesday evening at the court house pursuant to call. Nominations were all by acclamation except marshal, there being two candidates for this office. Joseph Sharp and Frank O’Meara were nominated for councilmen in the First Ward; Charles A. Roberts and David Worland in Second Ward; John C. Chilcote and Frank Maloy in Third Ward. For Mayor the name of D. A. Stoner was presented, but Mr. Stoner declined the nomination and a motion was then made and carried that the city committee be empowered and to fill the head of the ticket previous to filing of certificates of nomination. Mayor Eger had previously stated that he would not allow his name to go before the convention for re-election. Joseph Jeffries was nominated for City Clerk and Ben hart Fendig for City Treasurer by acclamation. The names of Abraham Simpson and Samuel Scott were presented for City Marshal. A vote resulted in Simpson receiving 78 votes and Scott 44. The former was declared the nominee of the convention, after which the meeting adjourned.

OFFICE-HOLDING BY PROXY.

A system of office-holding has grown up among Jasper county republicans against which much complaint has been lodged, and rightly, too, which is more in evidence in the nominations this spring than ever before. Parties with “axes to grind,” but who, from various reasons, could not hold the ax and were compelled to turn the grind-stone, get one of their henchmen nominated for office. He is foisted on an unwilling constituency by the use of the party lash. He has to give bond, and the condition required by bondsmen is that THEY take charge of the office! Mr. Figurehead may be, and usually is, incompetent, and could not run the office if he wanted to, or he may be dishonest as well as incompetent. He draws the pay—or appears to—and when his official reports are to be made be “hires a substitute” or refuses or neglects to make any report at all. But his bondsmen are influential men and nothing comes of his prostitution of office. We have one case of this kind of office-holding in Marion townsnip, and if the republican county and city tickets are successful at the polls we will have more. Is it not about time to turn this thing down and in such a manner that it wffl not again disgrace the already shady record of this county?

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The Jasper County Telephone Go’s linee are now completed into Thayer, Dnnnville and San Pierre. This company’s linee will be completed within a few days and connections made with the lines of the Lowell, Crown Point, Hebron and Valparaiso company, and all points controlled by those companies. These lines are all metallic circuits, perfectly noiseless and the service is as near perfect as it can be made. This company is now giving its patrons service to nearly 450 subscribers on the Rensselaer exchange, with nearly 50 more phones to be installed as soon as lines are completed. County service is furnished to Rensselaer from all country phones at the rate of 11.50 per month. All linee are metallic circuits and equipped with the semi-selective system. The lines are limited to ten instruments, only five bells ringing at the same time. The subscriber, when ringing, takes receiver off hook and rings “Central.” In doing so he disturbs no one else and bi»own bells do not ring, making as nearly a perfect secret line as can be established. The Company is ready to furnish estimates on country line service at any time. Persons wishing to contract for same will apply to Delos Thompson, President, or J. J. Montgomery, Superintendent.

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Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, April 5, 1902.

Corn, 54c; oats, 40c. VdM. F. Chilcote is quite sick. Democratic county convention one week from to-day. Jap Wright of near Mt. Ayr, was in the city Thursday. Rev. Edward Jacobs of Loda, 111., was here the first of the week. A. D. Washburn of Fair Oaks, was in the city on business Saturday. •JLJudge Reynolds of Monticello, was in the city on business Tuesday. ' Miss Ethel Hardesty of Danville, is visiting Mrs. Washington Scott. Mrs. Ed Price and Miss Grace Price of Parr, were in the city Thursday.

A factory for the manufacture of soft drinks is being established at Monticello. XMrs. C. D. Nowels is visiting her daughter Miss Floy Nowels, at Indianapolis. Born, March 27, to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Walters, north of town, a daughter. ’ J. F. Warren of Oklahoma City, Okla., was here for a few days on business this week. Mrs. O. M. Allen of Kalamazoo, Mich., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth. TMr. and Mrs. I. N. Warren of Laporte, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Irwin this week. Rev. VauDuyn of Goodland, has accepted a call from the Presbyterian church at Hebron. Misses Mary and Sophia Sheurich of Chicago, are visiting friends and relatives in the city. C C. Starr is closing out his glass, China and queensware stock. See his ad elsewhere in this paper. Presiding Elder Beck preached at Trinity M. E. church last evening, and will preach again to-mor-row morning. Mrs. M. J. Berry of Monon, mother of Mrs. U. M. Baughman, spent Tuesday and Wednesday here with the latter. Attorneys C. C. Spencer of Monticello, and Wm. Darroch of Kentland, were in the city on legal business Thursday. jhMisses Margaret Merritt and Kosella Burton of Remington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt over Sunday.

New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 3; Ruleville, Miss., 1; Parr, 1; Goodland, 1; Newland, 2. The price of land is still crawling up. The owner of a godd farm north of Kentlafid recently refused SIIO.OO an acre.—Kentland Enterprise. J. C. Norman, at his residence north of town, will have earliest varieties of cabbage, tomato, pepper and sweet potato plants of best quality for sale. Easter Sunday was quite cold and very windy. As one old bachelor remarked, it was a much better day for displaying the varigated colors of spring hosiery than Easter headgear. Mrs. George Healy and children, and Mrs. Healy, the mother-in-law, left last Saturday for Washington to join the former’s husband who has a position in the government printing office. i. B. Washburn was up town Wednesday morning for the first time since he was brought home from Chicago. He is getting along nicely at present, although there may be a recurrence of the old trouble again in the future. Frank Putt, who lately moved from Newton county upon the Kelley farm in west Jordan, was in the city on business Tuesday and dropped in at The Democrat office to renew old acquaintance with the editor and to subscribe for the “taxpayers’friend.”

Mrs. Charles Shroyer is reported quite sick. There has been excellent hunting on the Kankakee this spring. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence N uss of near Blackford, died Thursday morning. jNErnest Cockrell has purchased C. D. Lakin’s 80-acre farm in Union tp., consideration $3,400. 'dlHugh Barcus, a former resident br Rensselaer, died at his home in Wolcott last Friday, from Bright’s disease. as John Hays of Barkley tp„ and BlKine Gwin of Rensselaer, have gone to Lewiston, Idaho, to spend the summer. Bowman Rothrock yesterday caught a bass which measured 224 inches in length and weighed 0 pounds.—Monticello Journal. The Wabash Glee Club were greeted with a fine audience here Thursday night and they gave a very satisfactory entertainment 120 acres of pasture, in white clover and bluegrass, living water, 3-wire fence, for rent. Enquire of Reuben Dickinson, near Sharon. Wm. Haley.

The Chicago & Alton railway company settled with F. D. Gifman for damages resulting from the killing of Mrs. Gilman in the wreck last summer. He received $5,500. —Goodland Herald. Ex-county commissioner 8. A. Dowell was still in town yesterday. For about two weeks he has been sick at the home of Mr. Burns, his son-in-law, north of town. He intends to return to Conway, lowa, to-day. The cool weather for the past week put a temporary check on garden-making. Yesterday morning the mercury was at 25 degrees above zero. Weather indications for to-day are; “Fair; light northwest winds.” Sq&os. Stout, ex-trustee of Grant Ip., Newton county, who got into so much trouble some years ago over purchasing several thousand dollars worth of “township supplies,” died at his home in Lafayette recently of softening of the brain.

t-At this writing C. E. Mills is still confined to bis bed and shows no particular sign of improvement, we understand. He has now been down for about six weeks, and the trouble, something like rheumatism of the heart, is said to yield very slowly to treatment. Frederick J, Lang, a well known’ German citizen of Surrey, died suddenly at about six o’clock Tuesday evening of appoplexy, aged 72 years. £Tbe funeral was held Thursday morning from the residence, Rev. B. F. Ferguson officiating, and interment made in Weston cemetery. ■/-A-. A. Powell, representing the Arm and Hammer soda company of New York, was in the city a few days the first of the week. He is the tallest man seen here for many a day, being 7ft. 4j in. in height, and weighing 245 lbs. He is one of a family of seven brothers who used to travel with the Barnum circus.

The democratic county convention will be held at the opera house next Saturday. Hon. Daniel W. Simms of Lafayette, chairman of the Tenth district, will be in the city on that day and will probably be called upon to make a few remarks after the convention. We hope to see a good attendance of democrats out on that day. One of the republican candidates for the nomination for city marshal informs us that the next day after the republican city convention, he and another gentleman canvassed the entire city, and there were but 304 republican voters all told, including the sick and infirm who did not get out to the convention. At the convention 382 votes were cast, he says, and some of those who voted put in three and four ballots at once, so anxious were they to have their man win.

SKIPPED OUT TO AVOID ARREST.

Two Young Farmers Near Fair Oaks Stole Harness and Skipped When About To Be Arrested. On Wednesday night of last week two sets of harness were stolen from the barn of a farmer living close to Hopkins, in Newton county. The theft was discovered the next morning and the thieves tracked to one of the Kent farms near Fair Oaks, occupied by two brothers of the name of Weigrink. On arriving at their house one of the boys was found mending one of the sets of harness, and the other set was found without any trouble. On the way over from Hopkins the gentleman from whom the harness was stolen was telling those who accompanied him about having another harness stolen some two or three years previous, and described it. In the search of the premises this harness was also found After the discovery of the property in their possession and before papers for their arrest could be made out, the boys both left the country, and are probably in some distant state by this time. The Weigrinks had been considered honest, straightforward young men and had they wanted money to purchase more harness could have borrowed it of almost anyone who knew them at Fair Oaks. What possessed them to steal this property is beyond the comprehension of their friends.

Mrs. James Leatherman has been confined to her bed for the past few weeks with rheumatism. List your farms for sale with me. I can sell them. Frank Cooper, 2024 Hovy street, Indianapolis, Ind. ts. Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Baughman were in Monon a few days this week, the former on business and the latter visiting. No lady should be without a new spring tailor made gown You will find any size or color here at money saving prices. Chicago Bargain Store.

Miss Meyer is now prepared to show the people of Rensselaer all the latest styles in fashionable millinery, and will be glad to give all her attention to those who may be interested. Henry Clements, the youth who murdered his former sweetheart, Mrs. Davis, on Jan. 17 last in Starke county, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for life. The defense’s plea was insanity. Thomas Crockett received a letter yesterday from his son Robert, who has been at Pueblo, Colo., for the past year and a half, in which “Bob” tells of having just returned from a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the many interesting sights seen on the teip. In order to promote a better feeling of harmony between the Newton and Jasper county republicans we would suggest that Bro. Marshall be taken along over to Brook to the judicial convention next Thursday. The republicans of that bailiwick seem to have a great deal of admiration for the gentleman, and, too, he might come in handy if any of those “Goodland senatorial convention thieves” should happen to drop into Brook on that day. was All Fools’ Day, ancF the usual amount of April Ist jokes were indulged in the country over. Scientists are not quite clear as to the exact origin of the April Fool idea, but say it is buried in the hazy mists of obscurity. It is thought by some that April Fool dates back to the day Eve was made out of a spare rib. When Adam woke up be thought the whole thing was a joke, and that was where he got fooled. Since then people have celebrated the day in various manners. Some married men think about the origin of the day as stated, and their celebration lasts until morning.

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Vol. IV. No. 52

REPUBLICAN WARD TICKET.

)(Th e republicans held their cohncilmanic conventions last Friday evening and nominated the following ticket: Ward 1, Fred Phillips, Henry Wood; Ward 2, B. F. Ferguson, W. S. Parks; Ward 3, J. F. McColly, Peter Wasson. All the old members of the council were thrown overboard except Mr. McColly.

WILL BEGIN SEINING NEXT WEEK.

Cedar Lake is to be thoroughly seined next week, under the direction of the Monon railroad company, beginning Tuesday, April Bth, and all the buffalo, dogfish, gar, carp and turtles are to be thrown out. A seine 500 feet long and 12 feet deep will be used, being handled by steam boats, and the work will occupy a couple of weeks. The state fish commission will have a representative ou the spot who will assume personal direction of returning the black bass, croppies and other edible species to the lake, and representatives from the Field Columbian museum anil other institutions will also be on the ground for purposes of observation and study, as no similar work of so extensive a character has been done before in this part of the country. After the lake has been thoroughly seined, the State Fish Commission will restock the lake with black bass and other game fish.

Prohibition State Convention.

The Prohibitionists are to have their state convention at Indianapolis, on April 15 and 16, at which time they will put a full state ticket in the field. The railroads have made a rate of one fare for the round trip, open to the public, and a large crowd is expected. A delegation will be present from this county. National Chairman Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago, will make the principal address. Most of the districts will also at this time nominate a candidate for congress. The Prohibitionists have now opened up state beadquarters at Indianapolis, in charge of L. C. Masters, state chairman, with a view of conducting a more aggressive campaign than ever before.

PASTURE FOR RENT. Either 80 acres, or 120 acres with 20 acres plow land, part bluegrass, | mile east of Range Line, 5 miles south of Rensselaer. Enquire of S. F. Iliff, Rensselaer, Ind. LIME, HAIR, BRICK AND CEment in stock at all times and at lowest prices. From foundation to roof we can furnish anything in building material. Donnelly Lumber Co. FOR RENT OR SALE. 170 acre farm 6| miles northwest of Remington. Address, E. F. Emery, Butlerville, Ind. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN a car-load of lumber. We’ve got the best to be had and we’ve also got cheaper grades for those that want them. Donnelly Lumber Co. Low Rates to the Pacific. The Federation of Women’s Clubs will meet at Los Angeles, May 1-8. Tickets sold at low rates, with variable routes. See any Monon agent, or address Frank J. Reed, G. P. A., Chicago. 40 CARS OF LUMBER BOUGHT since December, 1901. That’s our record. Come out and see us and we’ll convince you that we have the largest stock ever in this city, and that we are doing some business. Donnelly Lumber Co. A Doctor** Bad Plight. 'Two years ago, a* a result of a severe cold, I lost my voice,” writes Dr. M. L. Scarbrough, of Hebron, Ohio, ‘then began an obstinate cough. Every remedy known tome as X. practicing physician for 85 yean, failed, and I daily grew worse. Being urged to try Dr. King’* New Discovery for Consumption, Cough* and Cold*, I found quick relief, and for the last ten day* have felt better than for two yean.” Positively guaranteed for Throat and Lung trouble* by A. F. Long. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle* free. Read The Democrat for news.