Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1903 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Do yon read The Democrat? John Ellis is visiting down in Parke county.. Prof. Dentinger is moving to Louisville, Ky. Miss Bessie Eger is visiting in Valparaiso this week. Miss Clara Fendig is visiting friends near Kankakee. %£leve Eger is visiting relatives in Grand Rapids, Mich. Rev. A. G. Work and mother are sojourning in California. Mr. and Mrs. Ott Clark celebrated the 4th with relatives at Goodland. ' Mrs. Val Seib and daughter of Brooklyn, N. Y., are visiting relatives here. Viola Glazebrook, of Zion City, 111., spent the 4th with relatives here. David McConnehay and family spent the 4th with the former’s parents at Idaville. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rush returned Thursday from a few weeks visit in Ohio. E. W. Allen, John Pinter and Mike Bernicken were down from Wheatfield Tuesday.

Mrs. Fred Dalton of Gilman, 111., is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. O’Meara, this week. B. F. Ferguson delivered an oration at a celebration near Battle Ground the 4th. ' , *%oe Moosmiller, who is attending school at Valparaiso, spent the 4th at his home in this city. Christie Vick’s case of malarial fever has developed into the typhoid, a rare disease in Rensselaer. t David Yeoman and sister, Miss arriet, arrived home last week from an extended stay at Miami, Fla. Mrs. D. A. Stoner went to .Sheldon Friday to visit her sister a few days, returning home Monday. Rash & Warren are buildihg a new house in the north part of ' town, north of Will Porter’s residence. Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan have been visiting friends at Monon and Francesville this week. •Va fine new pipe organ has been f placed in St. Augustine’s Cathoic church this week, ready for services to-morrow. The Misses Loa and Oca Pancoast, of Rensselaer, spent the 4th with their aunt Mrs. Dr. J. L. Hill and family.—Lowell Tribune. Madeline Ramp, who has been dangerously sick with malarial and typhoid fever, is now improving nicely and will soon be convalescing. Miss Ollie Henricks, who has been visiting the family of her cousin, County Cleric J. F. Major, started Saturday for her home in Ashville, N. C. The 2£* year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyon of Delphi, died last week from diptheria. Mrs. Lyon is a daughter of Mrs. Julia Healy of this city. Mrs. Almyra Shivley and her brother Claude Kious, of Brookston, spent the 4th with their sister and family, Mrs. Charles Slaughter, of Sharon.

Chas. N. Kelley, who is now , manager of a laundry at Edgewater, a euberb of Chicago, spent the 4th with bis mother, Mrs. Agnes Kelley; of this city. Hester, the aged mother of Mrs. Geo. E. Murray of this . city, died at her home in Indianapolis Sunday evening, after a * prolonged illness, aged about 80 years. Miss Sanford, the evangelist who has been holding meetings at the M. E. church, has been com- . pelled to take a net, and departed for her home in New York City, Monday. . * 8. G. Irwin performed another marriage oereraohy Monday afternoon, the contracting parties being David B. Gleason of Keener township, and Alice Clayton of near Pembroke, UnioD township.

The fine new Catholic church at Goodland will be dedicated Sunday, July 19. pjjlr. and Mrs.. I. J. Porter and son Boyd, left Thursday for a visit in California. i Erhardt Wuerthner of Newton I tp., had a horse and calf killed by lightning last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Yeoman of Ambia, are visiting relatives here at this writing. Miss Emma Shook left Wednesday to visit relatives at Pueblo, Col., for a few months. H-John Eiglesbach and Carl Wood returned Thursday night, content to settle down in Rensselaer. Mrs. Luers and daughter, of Rensselaer, were guests of Mrs. T. W. Daley last week.—Wolcott Enterprise. \-Mrs. Isaac Parker and Mrs. G. A. Jacks will go to Zion City, 111., to-morrow to visit their sisters, Mrs. John Laun and Miss Sftdie, Cody, for a week or ten days. Miss Ethel Rush, who has been working in The Democrat office for the past several months, has resigned her case to take a position in the postoffice as assistant. Mr. and Mrs. Will Beck of Remington, spent a few days here the first of the week. They are preparing to move to Terre Haute, where Will has a position in a big lumber yard. D. Nowels, wife and daughter returned last week from their visit to Columbia City. While there they bad the pleasure of hearing Hon. W. J. Bryan at a big township commencement. M. W. Burk has moved from the Presbyterian parsonage property into the new house lately built by H. C. Hefner on North Cullen street. Rev. Work has moved into the parsonage.

VH on. E.P. Honan delivered the oration at Monterey the 4th, and reports a good crowd and a nice time. From there he went to South Bend where he assisted in the instituting of a court of Catholic Order of Foresters. - Jay W. Williams returned Saturday from his eastern trip. He reports a delightful time, and says that through a letter of introduction from congressman Crumpacker he was enabled to have a chat with his R. H , President Roosevelt. Squire Samuel Yeoman tied the nuptial knot Sunday evening which united in marriage Harry Short a step-son of H. J. Reed, the painter, and Sadie Lister, the 17-year-daugbter of James Lister, the depot hotel man. The groom is but 19 years of age. Ernest Clark has been visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, this week. He is now engaged as manager of a boarding camp on a new railroad that is being built by the Rock Island from St. Louis to Kansas City, and is thinking of giving up telegraphy altogether.

!*• L. Hollingsworth and family leave to-night for Charlevoix, Mich., where Mrs. H. and children will remain daring the summer. Mr. Hollingsworth will stay but a few days, just long enough to catch a larger fish than any his brother George usually boasts of having caught on his trips to Michigan. A dispatch from North Judson says that an attempt was made to bum the Methodist church of that town, the act caused no doubt through the bitter feeling that -has been engendered among the Saloon element toward Rev. J. D. Hiokman, pastor of the church, for his activity in the blanket remonstrance work. Rev. Hickman is supply pastor at Wheatfield and Dunnvule, this county, we believe. FIVE PER CENT MONEY On well improved farm lands in this and adjoining counties. We can loan on two to ten years time, with privelege of partial payments of SIOO or more at any interest paying time. Money ready as soon as abstract is approved. Least red tape. No publicity. Baughman & Williams, Attys. and Loan Agents, Rensselaer, Ind. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, July ii, 1903.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Hmm of Into root Gathered la the Office* and Corridors of the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: July 3, James W. Carr to Ella M. Brown. July 4, Harry Short to Sadie Lister. July 6, David B. Gleason to Alice Clayton. o New suits filed: No. 6516. Augustus K. Yeoman vs. David Metsker et al; action to quiet title. No. 6517. Oliver F. Stoner vs. David F. Hix et al; action on note. Transcript from Newton county. No. 6518. Mary E. Spitler vs. Lucas Lumpp et al; action on note and mortgage. No. 6519. Thomas Reed et al vs. Michael Reed; action in partition. •—o — Judge Thompson paid in $l5O and Lewis Davisson SIOO this week on the judgment in the Iroquois ditch case. The entire judgment including costs, is for $4,268, and is returned against 44 bondsmen. There were about 65 petitioners for the ditch, and, while the judgment is against only the bondsmen, if the matter was taken into court by the latter it is likely that all petitioners would have to pay their share. Mr. Davisson was not one of those against whom judgment was returned, but he is a square and honest old democrat who believes in doing right because it is right, rather than because the courts might say that he must do so, and he walked in and paid his hundred dollars without a murmur.

Following is a report of the more important proceedings of commissioners court this week: Contract let to Attica Bridge Co., for new bridge in Carpenter tp., at $1,285. All other bridge causes continued. x In the Granville Moody et al ditch, viewers given to July 20 to file amended report to correspond with verdict of the circuit court. Petitioners ask that same be not sold until Iliff slough is cleaned. In Union Lakin and Scott Cooper ditch, viewers file corrected schedule of assessments, which wasdipproved. August Schreiberet al petition for highway; road ordered established on payment by the petitioners of sls damages to C. Salrin.

Wro. P. Michaels petition for highway; remonstrants present report of reviewers that proposed road will not be of public utility and case is dismissed at petitioners’ cost. T. A. Garrison ditch; petitioners file amendment to petition and case continued pending report of viewers. Henry Herath petition for highway; remonstrance filed by M. L. Bosseman and Martha A. Huston. John Hudson, John Reed and Albert Keene appointed viewers, to meet July 27. Liquor license granted Fred Granger at Demotte, and license denied Ernest Treichel at Dnnnville, by reason of remonstrance filed against him by a majority of the voters of Kankakee tp. Augustus K. Yeoman petition for highway; R. B. Harris, Henry Grow and Wm. Daniels appointed viewers, to meet July 20. Trustee of, Marion tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief to Cassie Steel, Cora Morlan, Mattie Morlan, John W. King, Mary Peyton, Cyrus Haas, Sarah Platt, Sarah Marion, Mara J: Stone, Frank Ramey and John Albertson.. For meat furnished the poor asylum dating from June 4to 26, Moody & Roth were allowed $20.62. also $4.50 for killing hogs. Court Reporter Walker filed a bill for S2O lor preparing transcript in Abe’s case against The Democrat editor. The bill was continued for appropriation by the county council. (It will be remembered that Abe’s contention in this case was that the commissioners nor any one else could bind the oounty for any sum in excess es existing appropriations, and that all such were null and void. It seems that Abe attempted to bind the oounty for the cost of this transcript when be ordered it made, knowing that there was

no appropriation to pay for'' same. This act gives the lie to all Abe’s j assertions in this JMtter, and I plainly shows that hMlihole fight on the bill was simpler personal matter. In the meantime the taxpayers are “paying the freight.”)

SUICIDE IN BENTON COUNTY.

William Fleming, a well to do farmer residing south of Remington, committed suicide last Friday by shooting himself through the head with a rifle. Temporary insanity is said to have been the oause for the rash deed. He was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. His wife wis formerly Miss Mary Bell of near Foresman.

CARNIVAL MAN HERE.

A representatative of a street carnival company was here the first of the week to confer with the officers of the K. of P. lodge regarding the holding of another carnival of crime in Rensselaer. Just what action was taken we are unable to learn, but it is inferred that the better element in the lodge will set down on the proposition. Besides, it is not likely that the business men and citizens, those engaged in the more legitimate lines at least, will submit to the business streets being again turned over to shows, fakirs and gamblers.

MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED.

Speaking of the death of Oliver Brochard, mention of which was made in our Fair Oaks correspondence last week, the Medaryville Advertiser says: The badly mangled remains of Oliver E. Brochard, a section man, were found on midnight last Sunday under a railroad car upon a siding, near Monterey. Both legs and one arm were cut off and life was extinct. He came to Monterey on Sunday and imbibed quite freely during the day and evening and it was thought that on his way hosgp he got drowsy, sat down on the rails and was run over. But, says the Monterey Sun, as we go to press it is whispered around that Brochard met death in a foul manner, instead of being killed by the cars. It is claimed by his brother that he had a considerable amount of money when leaving his home on Sunday, and when found dead he only had a small amount of change. One thing that points to murder is that when run over and dragged by the cars, having his limbs severed from the body, that very little blood was found upon the ground. It may develop that he was murdered and robbed and then thrown upon the track.

INDIANA STATE FAIR. The premium list of the Indiana State Fair of 1903, which is to be held in Indianapolis, September 14-18, is being distributed among exhibitors and patrons of the fair. The premiums offered aggregate $29,426.75 apportioned as follows: Horses, including races, $12,747.00; cattle, $6,864.00; dairy producte, $207.00; sheep, $1,961.00; hogs, $1,458.00: poultry, $1,806.00; grain, seeds and vegetables, $1,407.50; bees and honey, $50.00; table luxuries $157.25, and art, $1,256.00. This is decidedly the best list ever issued by the State Board of Agriculture and should attract a very large exhibit. Sousa and his Band have been engaged for the fifth successive year, and will give concerts at the fair grounds on the afternoons of September 16 and 17, and at Tomlinson Hall in the evenings. Other high class special attractions will be secured. The race program is a great improvemt nt over former years. Premium Hats and entry blanks can be had by writing a postal card to Chas. Downing, Secretary, Room 14, State House, Indianapolis, Ind. BIRTH ANNOUCEMENTS. July 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fay of Parr, a daughter. July 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Thot*. Brusnahan of Jordan tp., a son. July 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Russel Harmon, west of town, a son. MONEY ON FARMS. A special fund to loan on Farms for Five Years at 5 per cent interest, with privilege to make partial payments at any interest paying time. Call at THi FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

KANKAKEE TP., GOES DRY.

Dunnvllle Saloon Applicant Defeated By Largo Majority. Rev. J Vandecar M. V. Sands and I. D. Dunn of Kankakee tp., were down Monday to look after the saloon remonstrance from that township, but the case of the applicant Ernest Treichell, was so hopeless that he made no fight on his application. It requires 55 names to defeat license in Kankakee township, and the remonstrators secured 73 names to their blanket remonstrance. Of this number the applicant got 9 names off, to-wit. M. Blaw. Noah Gingrich. Henry Gingrich. Marion Albin, Arinap Bacon. Samuel Payne. Chas. Roberts, W. E. Payne. Harry Mellville Wood. Three of these re-signed leaving a clear majority of 12, which, considering the fact that there are but 109 voters in the township, is considered quite a good showing by the temperance people. The remonstrance is of the blanket provision, and the power of attorney delegated to Martin V. Sands is for a period of two years.

TROUBLE IN NEWTON TP.

There was quite a little excitement over in Newton tp., this week between Charles Freeland and the Halstead boys. Freeland lives on the Abe Long farm, it seems, and the Halsteads cattle got into his corn field and are &aid to have damaged ten acres of it badly. Halstead’s hired man is said to have returned from Freeland’s with the report the latter would not let the cattle go, and had said that he could whip the Halsteads either individually or collectively. Several of the boys then went over to Freeland’s and Everett Halstead hit Freeland a biff in the eye. A warrant was sworn out for Everett’s arrest, and he plead guilty to assault and battery before Squire Troxell Thursday night and was fined sls and costs. More affidavits were filed for provoke, intemperate language, etc., on both sides, besides a civil suit threatened for damages, and the matter promised to be quite interesting for the lawyers. Finally the difficulties was all talked over yesterday morning, Freeland was paid SSO damages and the whole matter was dropped, state cases and all, which is better all around.

DROWNING AT JIONTICELLO. The 12-year-old son of Dr. Geo. Sangster, a veterinary surgeon of Monticello, was drowned in the Tippecanoe at that place last Thursday. The body was not found until Saturday afternoon. The lad was in swimming with about a dozen other boys and just when he drowned was not known, as he was not missed until they got out on the banks to dress, when it was found that one suit of clothes had no boy for them. They began counting noses then and it waß found that young Sangster was the missing boy. The river was quite high and it is supposed the boy got beyond his depth. The lad was the youngest of two children, and his mother but a few days before had gone to Canada to visit relatives.

CLARK • MEAD. Miss Myra Clark went to Hammond to spend the 4th, returning home Wednesday for a few hours visit, bat as Mrs. James Mead. The marriage took place at the home of the officiating clergyman at Crown Point, Monday afternoon. The groom is a well known young man of Hammond and is employed in the Conkey printing plant in that city. The bride is a popular young lady of Rensselaer, a daughter of E. L. Clark, and for the past few years has been employed in her brother Leslie’s printing office as comgieitor. They will reside at ammond. The Demoorat extends congratulations.

5 PER CENT LOANS. We can positively make you a loan on better terms than you can procure elsewhere. No “red tape.” Commission lowest. No extras. Funds unlimited. See us before borrowing or renewing an old loan and we will save yon money. IRWIN & IRWIN. I. o. O. F. Building. The Democrat and State Sentinel, eaoh one year for $1.35; Democrat and Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer, $1.60; all three, $1.95.

VOL. VI.

POUNTAIN PARK ASSEMBLY, Remington, Indiana, August Ist to 16th inclusive. Superior program of lectures and entertainments this season. PRIVATE SALE. 1 organ, 1 book-case, 2 bedroom sets, tables, chairs, mirrors, pictures, 1 steele range, 1 gasoline stove, one top buggy, nearly new. Property can be seen by calling at my residence, corner of Busan and Weston streets, opposite Catholic school building. W. H. Gardner THE LIBRARY SITE On lots 11 and 12, block 7, is suitable to those who help buy, satisfactory to all three libraries, to the school trustees, the city council and Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Moss says, July 3d: “I shall get the deed to you as soon as possible.” If the board had $1,200 the plans could be adopted and a SIO,OOO building let at once. A gift of from one to one hundred dollars from you may gain the gift of SIO,OOO for the use of all. Will the chance be thrown away? a OWN TOO MUCH LAND. Oxford Tribune: The people around Fowler are hoping that Mrs. Duhme will have to sell some of her Benton county land. It would be a blessing to the county. The best thing that could happen to Benton, Newton and Jasper counties would be the cutting up of the large tracts of land now owned by a few men and having a single owner and settler on each quarter or half section. In this county a half dozen men own about 150,000 acres of land, and, while we have the second largest county in the state, we also have the smallest population per square mile of any of the ninetytwo counties. With the cutting up of these large tracts into farms of a reasonable size, with an actual settler on each, Jasper county will blossom as a rose, while Rensselaer, her county seat, would have a population of from 25,000 to 50,000 people.

SNAKE STORY FROfl JORDAN. L. H. Myers of Jordan tp., comes forward with the first snake story of the season. In going into his barn the other day he saw a large ball of something come falling down from the top of the barn to the floor, striking on or near a big rooster. The rooster made a great noise aud Mr. Myers ran to see what the trouble was all about. He found a large snake was the object which bad fallen from the top of the barn, and that it had brought down with it a pigeon. The rooster either went to the rescue of the pigeon or had been struck by the snake, for the latter had released the pigeon and caught hold of the rooster. Mr. M., dispatched his snakeship with a pitchfork and it measured 4 feet and 9 inches in length and 4£ inches in circumference, and was of the bull snake species. It had climed up the inside posts of the barn to the top, 20 feet, and caught the pigeon, which would weigh 1£ pounds, and started down again, it is presumed, when losing its hold it dropped to the floor. The pigeon was bitten on the side of its neck or head, and soon died.

CHICAGO EXCURSION, SUNDAY, JULY 12. Train schedule, Fare. Monticello 8:03 a. m (1.15 Medaryville 7:40 *' 1.95 Francesville 7:55 “ 1.25 Monon 8:90 “ 1.00 Lee...*, 8:30 - 1.00 McCoysburg., .T 8:38 “ 1.00 Pleasant Ridge 8:40 “ 1.00 Rensselaer 8:48 “ 1.00 Surrey 8:57 “ .90 Parr 0:02 “ .90 Fair Oaks 9:09 u ,85 Rose Lawn 9:30 “ ,75 Thayer 9:95 “ .75 Shelby 9:98 “ .75 Lowell 9:42 “ .75 Ar. Chicago 11:80 *• Returning, train will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m. Arriving at Monon, speoial train will leave at once for Francesville and Medaryville. Dw’t Ftrgtt tbi New L»l«r Yard Where yon can get all kinds of Lnmber, Lime, Hair, Brick, Cement and Plaster; also the celebrated alabastscent Wall Plaster. I solicit a share of your trade at my old stand. Respectfully;— _ 'Hiram Day. Come'l9 The Democrat office for all kinds of job printing.

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