Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1903 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per" Year.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Item* of tatMMt OotfcsrsS tatheOffice* Ms Corridor* of Iks Caaaty Capitol. The Halligsn cattle case pending in the supreme court, has been transferred to the appellate oonrt. - ~— oIn the case of Howard F. Chap* Sill vs. Jasper • County Oil and as Co., appellant’s motion to retax costs, was granted in the appellate court Thursday. The petitioners in the old Iroquois ditch improvement are askk ing a re-hearing of the case in the supreme court, where it was lately decided adversly to them. —o — The Longoliff asylum authorities write that they have no room at present for George Hellengreen, the young poor asylum inmate recently declared insane, therefore his removal must be delayed until such time as the asylum has room to receive him. The county board of health has issued an order that every one in the county who has not been vaccinated in the last five years must be vaccinated. Those preferring to pay for the vaccination can have the job done by the doctors engaged to do the work at 25 cents, and those who are unable to pay for it can have it done free. The next small-pox wave that passes over Jasper county will find mighty slim picking. Newsuits filed: No. 6501. W. W. Burns et al. vs. Samuel B. Nichols; appeal from commissioners’ court. This is a long-winded ditch case from Barkley tp., on which costs to over $240 have already accumulated in the commissioners’ court. Nichols was a remonstrator against some of the assessments on the proposed ditch, and appeals from the order establishing the same. No. 6502. Morris Glass Vs. The Indiana, Illinois & lowa R. R. Go.; appeal from Justioe Coffin’s court in Kankakee tp. It seems that plaintiff had a cow killed by one of defendant’s trains, the value of which was S3O. Three trials were had, in the first two the jury failing to agree, but in

jbttHic-4-The Tie That Binds. It Never Slips, t - ■■■'■- ■— : ■' V- ------ ♦ Why make weak and Destructive Fences When the INDIANA ANCHOR FENCE COMPANY will sell the Raw < > Material and do your own fencing or we will build your fence. Estimates made on application. Good fences makes good <► neighbors; Strong wire makes good fences; Boards and nails ;; are too expensive; Merit alone can stand the test of time; Old «► barb or smooth wire fenoee can be re-made better by using the Anchor System AH stays are made of No. 8 galvanized steel ;; wire and are strong euongh to support the fence. With anto- ♦ roatic ratchet it adjusts itself thns preventing the breaking or 1 sagging of your fence. This fence will not hurt your horses ;; or cattle, sheep will not lose their wool on it and cattle and • • hogs cannot lift it to get through it. «► The Anchor Force Is the heat In the world—Just the fence for School * J The Anchor Company makes a farm wire bound gate, that *; is light and strong and cheap. Also ornamental gates and *> and fences made on the Anchor System by clsmping. ' Local township agents wanted in Jasper and Newton counties. Write or address «; JOHN O’CONNOR, Agent, : Jasper Co., lad. Rensselaer and Kalman. * [ For rot Season oi 1903 itie siaimorfl w miis siomon. 1 ; WILKES ABDALLAH NO. 4145.3 1 Brcwit horse, HM hands high, walghs 1400 powndsj bred by R. P. tt I Pepper, Frankfort, Ky. nj | Sired by the Mighty Onward, the greatest living aire with 158 from 9KM to art [ S:80 and better; 10« producing eons that have ahedStetrotter* and V. > pacers; 1 57 daughters that have produced 88 trotters and S 8 pacers. W | WILKES ABDALLAH’B Ist dam la Jeanette, shed by Woodford Abdallah, he aft by Woodford Mambrino 9:slH, be by Mambrtno Chief. ad dam Japbeb sired by X I Bufford'e Cripple; 8d dam, Doniphan, aired by Davy Crockett #) 1 NOTICE TO BRCEOERB. •) 1 WILKES ABDALLAH will make the season at my farm known as the old W k “Cleveland Farm,” In Milroy Township, at sls to ioanre a colt to stand and sack, gj Having pm services down to the low figure of $lO we insist that mares be re- X t tamed regular for trial, and anyone parting with mare before foaling time will 9) kbe held responsible for aervice at once. Wilkes Abdallah is a licensed stallion rift under the lavra of the state of Indiana, and the get will be held for service. Ham X * WiU be kept on gram at SSperaaouth and have the same attention as oar own* but ) all accidents and eacnpea at owner’s risk. Pasture for cattle daring the season. m I T. M. HIBLER, Owner, rifi . P.O. Address.Eenaaelarr. Boa l»$. WM BURNS, Manager. T<

the latter a judgment for S3O was given plaintiff. From this judgment defendant appeals tothe circuit oourt. The case originated in Squire VanDoozer’s court at Wheatfield. The costs have already reached sll4. The supreme court on Tuesday reversed the case of R. A. Parkison, treasurer of Jasper oounty, vs. the Jasper County Telephone Co., taken up from the White circuit court some two years ago. In this case the secretary of the telephone company had returned, to the state board of tax commissioners, three miles of lines in Rensselaer for taxation, which was assessed $25 per mile, this being the total amount of the said corporation’s assessment in-this city for several years. Through agitation, the county assessor, about three or four years ago, placed about $17,000 on the duplicate against said company for some years back, which it was claimed covered instruments, etc. that had not been assessed at all for those years, the tax on which amounted to several hundred dollars. A ohange of venue was taken by defendant to White county, and the court there held, as we remember it, that the contention of the defendant, that the local taxing officers bad no authority to make any assessment against it, for the reason that, being a corporation, only the state tax board could make assessments. In reversing the case the court held: Where tbe state board of tax commissioner* assessed the property of a telephone oompany on returns of Its property made by its secretary for a—series of years, and it was assessed locally for property of a local nature, such as office furniture, and paid all such taxes, the county assessor and county auditor had authority, after notice to the company, to add to its assessment the Value of tangible property owned by it in such years but not returned to the state board nor taken into account by it in making its assessment, although such property, consisting of telephone instruments, switch board, etc., may not have been primarily assessable by the local authorities. Butaaid local officers had no power to assess the “local franchise," nor any of its capital stock for back taxes merely because they were not properly listed or fully assessed In She schedules returned from year to yesr to the state board. The state board has no jurisdiction to add “ommitted property" of former years to its current assessment and charge the same with baek taxes, but that power belongs to the local auth rlties.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, May 23, 1903.

KELLNER LOSES SALOON CASE.

Judo* Palmer Off the White Clroult Court Hold* Application Wo* Premature. The Conrad Kellner saloon case, appealed from commissioners court to the circuit court and taken to White county on change of venue by Kellner, was heard by Judge Palmer Tuesday, and the oourt held that the application had been made prematurely, thus scoring a victory for the antisaloon people who were contesting bis application. Kellner gave notice of appeal to the supreme court, but it is not thought any appeal will be taken, as the question in controversy, the “antis” say, seems to be so plain that there is no reason to believe that the higher court will reverse it. It will be remembered that Mr. Kellner made application for a renewal of his license to sell intoxicating liquors in Rensselaer at the April terra of commissioners court, when his old license did not expire until June 4, or two months after the time he asked for its renewal. The anti-saloon people, failing at that time in securing a majority of the voters names to their remonstrance, contested the granting of license on the grounds that the law did not permit the holding of two licenses at once, and, as the old license did not expire until June, the commissioners could not grant another license until that time. This question had never been raised here before, where the commissioners had been granting licenses whenever asked for, regardless of time the old ones expired, some having been granted four, five and six months in advance. The commissioners held the point of the “antis” well taken, and dismissed Kellner’s application. Appeal was taken to the circuit court, a change of venue then taken to White county with the above result. Mr. Kellner’s present license will -expire on June 4, and Uo license can possibly be granted him now until the July meeting of tbe commissioners,

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THE FRIM REAPER.

isMrs. Marie Hass, whose serious illness was mentioned in these columns last week, died at her home on North Division street Sunday at about 9 a. m., aged about 37 years. Deceased leaves three children, aged 14, 11 and 7, respectively.xThe eldest will go to live with her mother’s brother in Virginia, while the other two will probably be placed in a Catholic school. Mrs. Haas carried SI,OOO insurance in the Catholic order of Lady Foresters. She was a most estimiable woman and it is to be deplored that she coaid not have lived to have brought up her children to young womanhood' and manhood. The remains were shipped to her old home, Defianoe, Ohio, for interment, and were accompanied by two brothers, who were caUedhere by her death.

■j-Mrs. Eliza Sunderland, an old lady who has been an invalid for the pest four years, died at her home in the west part of the city Tuesday morning at about 9 a.m., aged 83 years, 7 months and 18 days. The burial was at the Welsh cemetrey in Jordan tp.l Deceased was born at Columbus/ Ohio, and oame to this county from Templeton, Benton oounty, with her two daughters and two grandsons about two years ago and resided neaV Sharon. Last September the family moved to Rensselaer, where they have since resided. Calicoes 2 cents yard at the reduction sale, commencing Monday, 8 a. m., May 26th. Chicago Bargain Store.

Private funds to loan on farms and city property at a low rate of interest, also money to loan on bankable notes and second mortgage. A complete set of abstract books. Jamb H. Chapman.

MONEY ON FARMS.

A special fond to loan on Farms for Five Yean at 6 per cent interest, with privilege to make partial payments at' any interest paying time. Call at First National Bank, ,No of Pub. Sq., Rensselaer, Ind.

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SOLD MORTGAGED PROPERTY.

James Lister was arrested last Friday for selling mortgaged property, and was released on his personal bond to await trial. He skipped out before the hour set for his trial, however, and has not as yet put in an appearance. It seems that Lister had given the Geiser Manufacturing Co., from whom he had purchased a thresher outfit some years ago, a chattel mortgage covering a couple of horses which: he later sold, one to David Elder of near Parr, and the other to Wji, J .Piatt. Some days ago the thresher people came here looked up the horses and took themfzom the people who had bought them from Lister, and Elder’Caused the latter’s arrest.

LIBRARY BOARD MEETS.

At a meeting of the library board Wednesday afternoon it was decided to try and raise $1,200 to pufcliase the two lots owned by Mr*. A. L. Moss, on the corner of Vanßensselaer and Cordelia steets for alibrary site. In the event of failure in this, the choice of location was Weston park, on North Division street. It is thought the $1,200 can be raised by pi rivate subscription, however, in which event the library would be vety nicely located within a half block of the public school buildings.

WILL TOUR EUROPE.

4l4r.Mid Mrs. W. B. Austin and daughter Miss Vfrgie, and Misses Mary find Helena Washburn have engaged passage for Europe on the steimer Princess Irene, which leaveisNew York July 4. The former join an excursion party whose itinerary includes the principal points of interest in Enrobe the epiire trip occupying about eighty days. The latter will probably remainin the aummer-andgo principaly to study art. visit will be mostly at Rome.

VARIOLOID IN PULASKI.

DrJL M. Wasbbnrn was called to M«iaryville Tuesday in consultation with a doctor there regarding some disease resembling smallpox, whioh was of a very light form and had been prevalent there for about three weeks. Dr. Washburn found there were nine cases of the disease, all in the town of Medaryville, and all but one were confined to children. One adult, however, had a very well developed case, and from it he was confident the disease was smalt-pox, but in a very light form.

JOHN BUYS MORE DIRT.

John Eger has bought of C. A. Roberts the two and one-half lots owned by the latter just north of Mr. Eger’s present home, consideration $1,600. There is 100 feet frontage on Vanßensselaer street in the tract, and a part of a lot with a 10 foot alley running to Cordelia street. It is a very desirable property for Mr. Eger, and now makes him the owner of a tract in this block 200x240 feet in frontage.

BIRTH ANNOUCEMENTS.

May 9, to Mr. and Mrs. James Blankenship of Gilman tp., a pair of twins. May 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles sPavis of Union tp., a son. May 19, to Mr. a&d Mrs. J. G. Burris, of Newland, a daughter. May 19, to Mr. and Mrs. John Yonnglas of near Surrey, a son. May 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, of Rensselaer, a son. To revive business after the great small-pox scare, we will inaugurate a special redaction sale, to begin Monday morning, May 25, and last two weeks. Chicago Bargain Store.

THE SMALL-POX.

Harkt It woin! It ham- ’ With mu u air I catch th 'are, The warning cry, The patolag, atruggilng now to dearer! Boa to your hornet, like frightened cattle,’' With eoh and tear and shriek and rattle Famine the eyelopa of the went, I eee a mxrited feee at a window pane. Like as overfrown turkey egg. They dare not move a pee; The guard to there, Thedtoeem to la the air. ’ The Bound It drowned— Hark! Baomalaar May H 18H. ~ L Pearl Potta.

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THE SCARE IS OVER.

f-No new cases of varioloid have been reported for the last week and tbe quarantine has been raised on most of those who had the disease in their families. As previously stated by The Democrat, there was ho necessity at any time for making snob a noise over the few oases here. While it was right and proper to take precautions to prevent the further spread of the disease, all this could have been done just as effectively without advertising it in scare headlines and thereby causing all the neighboring towns to place guards at their corporation lines with shotguns to keep every person from Rensselaer from entering the place, and their own people from coming here, and unnecessarily alarming the country people and causing them to shun us like they would the leprosy. Not one of the patients here have at any time been dangerously sick; most of them would have been about all the time had it not been that that they were quarantined. Diptheria or scarlet fever, a hundred times worse than small-pox, could have entered the town and not one tenth part as much noise would have been made about it as was made, all unnecessary, over these few cases of varioloid. It is hoped that the resnlt of this scare, which will be felt by Rensselaer all this season, will learn a few people something. There is a vast difference between giving the news as it actually exists and and that of enlarging upon and commenting on every sensational rumor that may be afloat, no matter how unfounded it may be.

BUILDING NOTES.

H. C. Hefron’s new 'house on North Cullen street is nearing completion. Work on the fonndation of N. Littlefield’s new house on North Cullen street is under way. M. L. Hemphill is making some extensive improvements to his residence property on Front street. W. H. Beam has built quite an addition to his residence on the corner of Forest and Elm streets. The new brick veneer cottage being built by Dr. Washburn on Milroy avenue is nearing completion. Lee Jessup is preparing to build a new residence in the south part of town, south of Ray Woods’ residence.

James Haskall is preparing to build a large new house on North Weston street, just south of Miss Moneghan’a. Frank McColly is making extensive improvements to his residence at the south end of Van Rensselaer street.

Some improvements are being made to the interior of the Mrs. Charles Roberts property on Sonth Division street. The lumber and cat stone are on the ground lor B. Forsythe’s fine new residence on the corner of Washington and Division streets.

Frank Kresler’s new house on South Cullen street is nearly completed. It is understood that Dr. Kresler, Frank’s brother, will soon join the ancient order of benedicts, and will occupy this property with his bride. Geo. F. Meyers had city water tapped into his residence, the former Lewis Sayler property, on Sonth Division street, this week. Mr. Meyers will have a very handsome and desirable property ont ofthiewbenhe gets all his contemplated improvements made.

EXCURSION RATES.

(17.10 for 0: round trip to Toronto. Onario, Jane «th and 7th, final limit Jane 18th. SS.SQfor the round trip to Indianapolis, Jane 8,0,10, final limit Jane 18th. tLOOforthe round trip to Lafayette, Jnne lltfato 9sd, final limit June 93d. SIOX6 for the round trip to Lakewood, N.Y„ Jane 16th to 17th, final limit Jnne 94th. One tee for the round trip to Richmond, Ind., Jane Md end SSd. final limit Jnne 97th. One fare for the round trip to St. Louie, Ho.. Jane 16,10,17, final Unit Jane *Sth. Low rate Homeeeeketa’ tickets on sale Ist and 9d Tuesday of eaeh month. W. H. BEAM, Agent.

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Vol. VI. No. 7

ANNUAL MEMORIAL.

Headquarter* Rensselaer Post No. 81, Department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic. Rensselaer Ind., May 20,1903, General Order No. 1. I. Dotted and spangled with the rich hues of beautiful flowers, the robe of green with which our common mother, Earth, has once more bedecked herself, is a reminder to a loyal and patriotic people of the near approach of the time when it is the very proper custom to pause in their ordinary pursuits and do honor to themselves by recalling and remembering tbe unexcelled heroism, sacrifices and peerless accomplishments of that Grand Army of Patriots who went forth in the great Civil war to do and die, so car as need be, that a government of, by and for the people should not perish from the earth. Also, to remember, with grateful hearts, the equally deserving and selfsacrificing wives, sisters, daughters and mothers of those who so went forth —not that we can, in any respect, affect the fallen brave by our observance, but that ourselves may be uplifted to a higher and holier plane and stimulated to an emulation of their noble virtues. 11. All members of the post are directed to assemble at Memorial Hall on Sunday, May 24, 1903, at 9:45 o’cloek a. m., with memorial badges and march to Trinity M. E. church for Union Memorial Services. Sermon will be delivered by Rev. W. H. Fertich at 10:30 o’clock. 111. The Post will meet’ at quarters in Memorial Hall on Saturday, May 30, 1903, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the usual parade to Weston cemetery and exercises in memoriam.

IV. Woman’s Relief Corps No. 39, Daughters of the American Revolution and Gen. Robert H. Milroy Circle No. 3, are very respectfully and cordially invited to attend and participate in the services and ceremonies of both days. V. All soldiers of Mexican, Civil, Spanish and Phillipine wars are cordially invited to fall in with the Post for participation in both events. VI. Albert J. Guthridge Post No. 488, is respectfully invited to assist as a Post, or to join with Post 84, it shall deem best, on each of the dates mentioned,' VII. All the Sunday Schools; Company “M,” 3d Regt,. I. N. the Fire Brigade and all Lodges, Bands and civic and military orginizations, at or convenient to Rensselaer, are invited and respectfully requested to lend their aid and in a fitting observance of May 30 as a Memorial Day. James A. Burnham, Post Commander. Geo. H. Maines, Post Adjutant.

PLENTY OF PICKEREL.

Pike and pickerel are said to be unusually plentiful in the Kankakee again this season, and wagon loads of them have been caught. While a great many people seem to think these fish excellent eating at this season of the year, the writer was brought up to consider it a winter fish only, and not very good daring the spring and summer. Our way of catching these fish in our native state (New York) was to cut holes through the ioe and set “bobs” for them. This was fine sport, and the fish were solid and of fine flavor, bat they were only sought after daring the winter season.

GET THREE GOLD MEDALS.

Four members of the Monticello High School Messers. Forest Stockton, Everett Gardner, Harry Pingrey and Charles Rothrock — entered the first annual inter-shol-astic meet at Bloomington last Saturday and took three gold medals and broke one state record. There were 84 athletes, represent* ing 18 high schools, in the contest. Stockton won the discus (brow at 101 feet; Gardner won the p6*d , vault at 10 feet; and Pingrey won the half-mile rnn in 2:14 3-5. Monticello took fourth place in the cor teat with 15 points. The standing of other teama was: Indianapolis Manual Training school, Ist, with 34 points; Bloomington, 2d, with 26 points; Louisville, 3d, with 22 points.

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