Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1903 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Items ot Interest Gathered In the Offices and Corridors of the County Capitol. “Honest Abe” will convene Monday. o Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Monday, looking after some cases in court. o The record in the rotd case of John Makeever vs. Win. Blackenbaker et al was tiled in the supreme court Saturday. —o—case of Chappell et al vs. Jasper County Oil and Gas Co., in which the latter won out in the circuit court here, was reversed by the supreme court Tuesday. —o— There has been little to do and little doing in the circuit court this week. Judge Hanley has been confined to the house most of the time from being vaccinated. Next week is the last of the term and will probably be quite a busy week. —o — New suits filed: No. 9457. George M. Kessinger vs. S. L. Pinkney et al; action in foreclosure and appointment of receiver. No. 6458. Grace T. Kurrie vs. Josiah Goddard et al; action to quiet title. No. 6459. Kingman & ComS,ny vs. O. A. Collins and Mrs. aye Collins; action in attachment. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 21, P. L. Mattes to Floy Grant. % Feb. 23, Harry Boyd Hufty to Nellie Blnke. Feb. 24, Ivan C. Dunlap to Ora V. Kenton. Feb 24, Joseph Findlay to Minnie B. Goss. Feb. 24, Thomas O. Smith to Florence Whitaker Feb. 25, John Jordan to Bessie Stewart. —o — Still another insanity case in Jasper county, and again the insane man comes from Walker tp. This time it is Dr. C. V. Jones of Knimau. He was adjudged insane last Monday by Drs. Schwier of Wheatfield, and Wells and Rice of Demolte. He was brought here and lodged in jail preparatory to taking him to the asylum at Long Cliff The doctor was armed with a couple revolvers and denied admittance to the officers when they went after him. He was finally quieted down by hiß brothers, Dr. Jay Jones and Harry Jones of Medaryvilte, and secured. Dr. Jones is 40 years of age, quite well to do, a bachelor, and weighs 200 pounds. He has many friends in the vicinity of Kniman and Medaryville who hope that his mental derangement will be only temporary. The unfortunate man was\ taken to the asylum jesterday. We havajutst received our fourth car load of the best flour ever sold in this market. Try a sack, and if you do not find it the best, return it and get your money back. Price 11.05 per sack.

J. A. McFARLAND.

Dining Chairs $3.75 per set at E. J. Hurley’B Furniture Store.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DI.SKABES, 1 HBMORHORDS, H&0..0a.,. Office First Stairs West of Fendig's Drug Store. Phoney-. RENSSELAER, IND.

Local and Personal. Corn 38c; oats, 31c. Wheat 60 cents; rye, 40 cents. Remnant sale this week at Murray’s store. The Donnelly Lumber Co., has lots of hard coal now. 4A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Abbott, Feb. 26. Gilbert A. Eldredge, at the opera house next Monday night. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Jones, near Surrey, Monday. Rex and Guy Clifton of Chicago Heights, were in the city Tuesday. Squire Spriggs and two sons of Walker tp., were in the city Tuesday. Dr. Pothuisje of Remington, was in the city Thursday on professional business. The February thaw is here and as natural consequence the roads are becoming quite bad. Misses Mattie and Katie Chupp of Surrey, were guests of Miss Mary Hoshaw over Sunday. f*<Dad” Gleason, the horse buyer, shipped 19 horses and mules from this station Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Finney of Elwood, are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Morgan. __ Don't forget Gilbert A. Eldredge, the famous impersonator, at Ellis opera house, next Monday night. James Rush of near Mouon, who purchased John Jones’ buss business, moved his family here Thursday. There are a few cases of smallpox in White county—two or three near Idaville, and one at Monticello and one at Monon. D. L. McCashin has given up farming for the coming season and will work for D. S. Clark, southeast of Lee. SI.OO will buy nearly double at the great Mill End Sale that will last to February 29th, at the Chicago Bargain Store.

T. M. Hibler was in from his Milroy township stock farm Thursday and took out with him a big new steam feed cooker. Peter Giver was down from Hammond Monday. He likes his job very much and will probably move there ere long. “/At the state meeting of the I. O. r\, last week, W. H. Parkison of this city was elected high couuselar of the order for Indiana. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by pustoffices: Colorado Springs, Colo., 1; Covert, Mich., 1; Rensselaer, 1; Virgin, L Owing to the almost total failure of crops in the Gifford district last season, we understand many of the farms will be without tenants this year. Farm for rent:—l2o acres, all under cultivation; well tiled, good improvements; 7 mileß southeast of Rensselaer. Mala Garrison, Remington Ind. Deputy Game Warden Hamilton of Marion, will put in the next few weeks along the Kankakee, watching up the duck hunters and seeing that the game laws are enforced, according to the Indianapolis papers. The basket ball last Friday night resulted in a victory for the Rensselaer high school girls; score 16 to 13. There were no very serions injuries. One player, MiBB Knotts of the Hammond team, got her ankle sprained. The residence of Cecil Culp on tho J. H. Marriott farm southeast of this place was completely destroyed by tire Buuday afternoon while they were visiting at the home of neighbors near by. The houso was insured but the household effects were not and not an article was saved.—Francesville Tribune.

Renss&laer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, February 28, 1903.

E. L. Bowers of Iroquois Jp. Newton county, was in the city Thursday on business. Farm for rent; 80 acres, new 4-room house; cash or grain. Baughman & Williams. /Frank Hardy of Woodward, Okla:,, has been visiting relatives here and at Remington this week. Fred Fatka this week moved upon his farm near Chatsworth, 111., which he purchased a few months ago. /John Southerd of Milrov tp.. will move next week upon the Henderson farm east of Monon. Lewis Beaver will move on the farm vacated by Mr. Southerd. Paul Weging’s sale at Aix, advertised in The Democrat last week for Tuesday, March 3, has been postponed to Friday, March 6. See notice elsewhere in these columns. For 30 days I offer on limited stock of Buggies and Driving Wagons 8 per cent, discount for Cash Sales, to make room for new spring goods. Shop on Front St. C. A. Roberts. The biggest public sale held in northern Indiana this season is that of James Lowe’s, advertised* elsewhere in The Democrat for today, at Mr. Lowe’s farm 4 miles northwest of Monticello. -1 Elisha Warden of Monticello, is Here, moving the old F. W. Baptist church building to the lots on South Vanßensselaer street, now owned by the Methodist Protestant people, where they will fit it up for holding their meetings. At the M. W. A. meeting Wednesday night, Rev. J. A. Cochran was admitted to membership by card from Wayne City Camp (Ill.) No. 2308, and the regular application for membership of another applicant was favorably acted upon.

vAlbert Bertrand of Barkley tp., aikl Monday night from heart and kidney trouble, aged about 45 years. The remains were taken back to his old home at Goodrich, 111., from which place he moved to Jasper county about a year ago. He leaves a wife and nine children. -/Squire Yeoman did some business the first of the week in his court. John Knight and Clarence Hamilton were fined and costed $8.15 and $11.60, respectively, for attempting to beat the Lister hotel near the depot out of board bills, and W. J. Mennick was given $9.55 for a plain drunk. The meetings at the Christian church closed Thursday night w ith 72 accessions to the church, and now the Christian people are talking of erecting a new house of worship. The Methodist people began a series of meetings Sunday night, and next week will have a lady evangelist to assist. It is expected that Judge Palmer of the White circuit court will render his decision in the Newton county court house mandate cases in a few days. No matter which side wins in the circuit court, it will not stop there but will go to the supreme court where it will probably be a year or more before final decision is rendered. There was a mix-up at the Mark Reed school in Jordan, a few days ago between the teacher, Miss Travis, and a twelve or fourteen year old boy pupil by the name of Tullis. The boy is said to have pulled a pocket knife and cut the teacher on the hand, and used his best efforts to do her up completely. On complaint of Miss Travis, the boy was arrested yesterday and on plea of guilty in the circuit court was fined $lO and costs. “Kid” Hennessy, the prize fighter, plead guilty in the White circuit court to indulging in the the manly art with “Kid” Landis at Wolcott last fall, and was given a fine of SSO and trimmings. Landis, who was indicted with Hennessy, is now located at Chicago IJeights, and as prize fighting is not an extraditable offense, we understand, he will probably stay across the line while the indictment against him holds good.

Alva Potts of Barkley tp., moved onto a farm in Pulaski county, near Francesville, this week. Abram Warne of Chicago Heights, a former resident of Union tp., died suddenly last Saturday night from heart disease. The funeral was held Wednesday and interment made at Chicago Heights. - W. W. Kenton and family and Geo. R. Keener shipped tbeif goods Tuesday to South Dakota. The former will locate on a halfsection of land which they bought last fall near Mitchell, while the latter will move upon a half-sec-tion near St. Lawrence, in Hand county, which he has rented for the coming season. - There will be an entertainment given at the opera bouse next Monday night, March 2, by Mr. Gilbert A. Eldredge, Indiana’s celebrated impersonator. The program will also contain a number of musical selections, which will give a nice variety to the entertainment. All are cordially invited to attend. Admission 25 cents. Rev. C. C, Beyrer of the Ft. Wayne district of the Indiana Children’s Home society, was in the city Thursday. Rev. Beyrer informed us that the society have on hand at all times many children that they desire good homes for, especially boys, of which they usually have about three times as many as girls. Parties desiring to adopt one of these children can make application to their local agent, Rev. B. F ; Ferguson, or make direct application to the society at 152 E. Market St. Indianapolis. Morocco Courier: The Frisco people have surveyed a line from Woodland, HI., to Mt. Ayr, where the road will form a junction with their north and south road. This road crosses the C. & E. I. about four miles south of Morocco, and turneth not aside nordeparteth so much ns the fraction of an inch from the shortest route between the two points first named—a distance of some forty miles. Those who are in a position to know seem to think that there is a strong probability of the road being built.

Hon. W. D. Frazier, National Bank Examiner for northern Indiana, was here on the 23d examining the Commercial State Bank, preparatory to granting authority for that bank to become a National Bank on the 2d day of March, as previously announced. He found the bank in excellent condition, and complimented the management on the conserative and safe policy pursued in the administration of its affairs. His approval wns necessary before the authority from the Treasury Department to convert into a National Bank became effective. This is the Inst step necessary and the Bank will open on Monday morning, the 2d day of March, as the “First National Bank of Rensselaer,” with the same board of directors and officers as under the State Bank organization. Miss Bessie Massey, the lady of color who was recently mixed up in a butcher-knife and steakhammer argument with Jerry Karsner, and later employed as domestic at T. J. McCoy’s, took her departure for Chicago last Friday. A few thousand dollars worth of diamonds were missed after she started for the depot, and Constable Vick and Tom McCoy hastened to the station to overhaul her belongings. She was brought back to the McCoy home, her trunk was looked into, and while no diamonds were found, a few bottles of wine, some canned goods, an umbrella and some other articles belonging to the McCoy’s was found, and finally the diamonds were discovered in a bureau against which the girl was leaning while the search was in progress. The girl was then allowed to depart, taking with her the wet goods, eto., and the umbrella.

BAZAAR AND RUMMAGE SALE. A Bazarr and Rumage Sale will be given by the Rathbone Sisters, in rear of postoffice, March 13 and 14

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT At REMINGTON.

/ The anti-saloon forces at Remington have been very active this week in circulating blanket remonstrances against “any and all applicants” for a saloon license in that town/and it is thought at this writing, we are informed, that enough signatures have been secured to make the movement a complete success. The first applicant to be “hit” by the remonstrance, providing a sufficient number of names are secured in the town and township, is John F. Kelly, who makes application to the commissioners next Monday. Kelly is applying for license to succeed young Ulm, in the corner saloon on East Railroad street. Ulm will retire from business, we understand. If the “antis” succeed in defeating Kelley they will also knock out the other saloonists as fast as the present licenses expire, and the latest to expire, it is said, is in July. There are four saloons there at present. This is the first temperance movement to strike Remington for several years, and the outcome will be watched by the people of the county and the surrounding towns with interest. Later: ‘‘ Rev. Middleton and others from Remington were over yesterday morning and filed the remonstrance, containing 275 names, or 17 more than the required number. There were 517 votes cast for secretary of state in Carpenter last election, and a majority of this vote is required to a remonstrance, which would be 258.

DIAMONDS DIDN’T CLUSTER.

The “Cluster of Diamonds” company were in hard luck here Monday night. After worrying through the first act, the Dutch “villian” came out on the stage and made an announcement: The company had rehearsed the play in Chicago, and Rensselaer was their opening performance; they had left Chicago that morning; the manager had been on a protracted spree and was so drunk that they had left him in the Windy City; arriving here they met with fresh misfortunes, when the leading man acquired an unquenchable thirst and proceeds in the attempt to drink up all the booze in Rensselaer; they had hoped to bring him in to go through his part in the play, but the emissaries sent out to find him had visited all the booze joints and failed to find any trace of the missing actor; therefore, it was his painful duty to dismiss the sls to $25 house, and those who had purchased tickets would have their money refunded at the box office. The company was billed for Monticello, Goodland and other points, but all engagements were cancelled and tho members took the 9:55 train next morning and returned to Chicago. Such are the fortunes of the show business.

FOR SALE OR RENT. 240 acres, all farm land, well improved, and 120 acres pasture land with living water; will sell or rent either in whole or separate. Land located 4| miles south of Rensselaer. Wm. Haley. WHEN A MAN BUYS A TMINO • He wants value received. If it pays him in return, if it saves him money, he wants it. Our wisest and most careful feeders know by experience and say without being asked that it pays them to feed Acme Food. Because by using Acme Food four ears of corn will do the work of six. Four bushels of corn will furnish the same nutriment that six bushels did without the use of Acme Food; 400 bushels will do the work of 600 bushels. It pays to feed Acme food every day in the year. —Stop, 000 oo To loan on farms at a low iate of interest. This is a special fund. Cai lat once as insurance COMPANIES AIC U REFUSING farm loans. Also money to loan on Bankable pote at current rates Loans made on City property, and second mortgage. James H. Chapman. Makeever’a Bank Building, Rensselaer. Iml

Vol. V. No. 47

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The Lewis bill, to make township trustees eligible for re-elec-tion by repealing the present law, was killed by indefinate postpone- - ment in the House Thursday. Representative Wilson has introduced a bill authorizing the commissioners of Jasper county to issue bonds to complete the •Keener township gravel road. Senator Dausman’s bill, allowing judges whose circuits are composed of two or more counties S3OO per year for traveling expenses, passed the senate Tuesday. The new law regarding the assessing of property and allowing 30d ays additional time for the work, will not apply this year, and the assessment will be made as heretofore, between April Ist and June Ist. The bill to require an itemized publication of township trustees reports to be made annually in the two leading papers of the county representing the two leading political parties has passed both houses and will become a law. County officers all over the state seem unqualifiedly to favor that sort of legislation that will make their offices better paying ones. It seems human nature that they should lobby for salary raising laws.—Lafayette Courier (rep.) There is no reason for a general increase of salaries in all the counties of the state and the legislature should not be so profligate with money collected by taxing the people. As the matter stands now there are enough patriots willing to sacrifice themselves to hold the offices, but the principle that seems to pervade the minds of members that officeholders should have their pay increased in order to reimburse themselves for unnecessary campaign expenses is wrong in theory and practice.—Connersville Examiner (dem.) It is said that a bill is pending in the lower House of thegstate legislature introduced by Representative Hastings, of Washington, which will play the deuce with games of chance in Indiana if it becomes a law, and gamblers proper, with “grafters” and “snrething” men, under its provisions, will find themselves up against the real thing. The bill is intended to compel officers to proceed against gambling of all kinds, and every Prosecuting Attorney will be required to file against every game of chance of which he has cognizance, or else forfeit 1100 of his salary to the state. It also compels every officer receiving information that gambling is being permitted in any place to take the names of all engaged therein, seize the gambling apparatus and immediately destroy it and arrest the offenders, or else he also forfeits SIOO to the state. The bill is ingeniously worded and very carefully drawn, and it is so drastic that apparently there is no avenue of escape. Ip connection therewith it develops that there has been widespread proselyting irpits interests arabng the so-call-ed law-and-order element in every county in the state, and Senators and Representatives are tho constant recipients of letters from Ministers and church people, serving notice that a troubled future awaits the legislator who fails to vote in the affirmative. This antigambling movement is believed to have originated in Washington, where a bank cashier narrowly missed wrecking a national bank through his love of play, but other counties are named where the authorities have been lax. It is said that the passage of the bill will be unanimously recommended by tho Committee on Rights and Privileges, now having it in charge, and that if it reaches a third reading no legislator with a political future will dare vote against it, irrespective of his personal preferences. The gambling fraternity is fully advised as to it dangerous character, and ther< will be an effort to strangle it during th*> rush of the closing hoore of the session.

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