Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

SEVENTH ANNUAL OLD SETTLERS' MEETING AND BASKET PICNIC. At Vaa RMiMIMr drove, Rene eel per, lad., on Saturday, Sept, IJ, 1903 from 10 a. at., to 4 p. a. There win bo Speeches, rtaelc. Seat*. Sport*, aad festivities. Cone everybody and bring well filled baskets. COnfIITTEE.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. . Next Saturday is Old Settlers’ day at Monticello. Clara Goetz is visiting relatives in Chicago this -week. Frank Ross and family are sojourning at Charlevoix, Mich. A. B. Fisher of Remington, was in the city a few days this week. Dr. W. C. Sohwier of Wheatfield, was in the city a few boars Thursday. Earl Housman and wife of Chicago, are visiting relatives here this week. Trevor Wilcox of Surrey left Tuesday for a two weeks trip through Canada. <£-Mrs. Abraham Simpson is visiting friends in Hammond and Chicago this week. Mrs. Candace Looghridge and and Mrs. J. H. Brown are visiting Mrs. Burton in Chicago. Mrs. Lona Nichols of Lowell, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Flynn, of this city. Miss Haliie Kelley of Springfield, Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. M. Wilcox, of Burrey Hi-Editor Bartoo of the Morocco Courier came over Sunday and moved his family to Morocco Mon- • day. Wm. Washburn received $1,350 insurance Tor his recent fire loss. This leaves the net. loss about' S7OO. Mrs. R. P. Johnson and little son of Lafayette, are visiting the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ju. CSwllfer*- ■ VisvSSaw, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gardner moved to Hoopeston, 111., this week; where they will make their future home. . 4cMr. Aaron Mossier of Cincinnati, Ohio, returned home Wednesday after several days visit with the family Of A. Leopold. Earnest Fritts of Dunkirk, who has been visiting her parents iMr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter for several weeks, returned home Wednesday. Jk'Mrs. A. S. Nowels and children of Columbia City, who have been visiting the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson, returned home Thursday. Thomas Driver and wife of Barkley tp., and their daughter, Mrs. Gondeck of Chicago, are attending campmeeting at Claypool, Ind., this week. John Medicos has returned from Chicago' Heights, where he has been working for the past year, and is now working for Hiram Day once more. The ladies of Rensselaer will find 100 free tickets for East Lynne at Hoff’s jewelery store. Call for them before 8 o’clock on' Monday, Aug. 24. P. C. Wasson and family have" moved to Winchester, where they will reside until spring when they will move on Mr. Wasson’s 240 acre farm near that place.

Advertised letters: Mr. W. R. Johnston, Mrs. Arthur Greenly, William Shnmacker, Claude E. Larson, James Maher. Mr. Wm. Wenrick, Mr. Chas. Teoman. The son of James Lister near the depot, died Sunday after several weeks of sickness. The funeral was held Tuesday forenoon, from the residence, and* interment made in Welsh cemetery in Jordan tp. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randle of Clark’s Hill, Ind., came up Friday for a short visit with friends. Mrs. Randle’s health is somewhat improved from her extended visit in Oregon, from which she has but recently returned. *s*Mrs. C. W. Rhoades and eon Kenneth, Miss Thena Meyers, Miss Mary Weathers of this city, John Fox of Lay fay ctte, and Mrs. O. A. Yeoman and daughter of Yirgie, are taking in a Niagara Falls excursion this week,

U. M. Baughman was in Lafayette on business yesterday. Oppenheimer of New Orleans, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. B. 8. Fendig. The Newton County Teachers’ Institute will be held at Brook, the week beginning August 31. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wilcox of Surrey, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Slagle at Frankfort.

“East Lynne” or the “Elopement,” by a high class company from the best theatres will be presented at. Rensselaer on Monday, August 24. yCjdn. Henry Amsler, and her daughter of Chicago, returned Tuesday fiom a two weeks trip to Niagara Falls, Buffalo and other points in New York. "i-Quite a large number of people gathered at the home of Frank Grant, living west of town, last Monday night, to listen to a grapohone entertainment given by Everett Halstead.\ Clara Parker and Floy Nowels entertained about twenty-five young ladies with a jelly shower in honor of Miss Mary Bates Bates, at the home of Miss Parker, Tuesday. -Awards have been issued anAnncing the marriage of Dr. Kressler and Miss Grace Pulver, to take place Wednesday evening, Sept. 2, at tfie doctor’s new home On South Cullen street. V. E. V. Ransford was over in llllmos this week and tr&ded a farm he owned over in Newton county for a brick store building and residence in Clarksville, 111. He now has has the latter for sale or trade. ' are out for the marriage of Willis Jennings Wright and Miss Mary Bates, a popular young couple, of this city, to take place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates, on next Wednesday at 8.30 a. m. «**!•—** - ■■ o Abb* "- - ■ -■ —► Wm. Hensen of near Sharon, went to Grant Park, 111., last week with his parents who have been living with him for some time. The old folks reside at Grant Park and Mr. Heusen is also contemplating moving there, we understand.

JbThe Republican and Journal iaay compositors attended the picnic at Water Valley Saturday afternoon. The Haas girls went out in a boat that proved leaky and got a ducking in the river. Miss Grace lost her purse containing about $5 and her ticket home. Mason Kenton received a letter from his parents in South Dakota Monday, in which it was stated that his mother had undergone a surgical operation which had afforded her temporary relief, but that there was no hope of her recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Kenton expect to leave this week to go out there to see her. Mesdames John Eger, C. A. Roberts and B. K. Zimmerman were “At Home” to their lady friends Thursday and yesterday afternoons at the elegant home of the former on North Van Rensselaer street. About three hundred guests were in attendance, 150 each afternoon. Dainty refeshments were served. The decorations were very handsome and tasty, pink, white and green. G. W. Baker of Plymouth, has been looking after business matters in this county during the week. He says that crops in his locality are generally good. Oats and wheat were not up to the average, but corn is looking fine rather more advanced than here. Mr. Baker’s old farm in Gillam which he sold about two years ago at $62.50 per acre, has but recently changed hands again, this time at $75 per acre. He still owns his big farm near Plymouth, but resides in town.

HMr. Joseph Mullendore and wife and Mrs. Wm. E. Adams of Johnson county, who have been visiting the family of W. M. Hoover add other friends south of town for the past few weeks, returned home Tuesday. A pleasant feature of their visit here was was a big reunion of their old neighbors and friends at the home of Mr. Hoover, at which some seventy people were present and a big dinner was served. The oooasion was one long to be remembered by all who attended.

* Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, August 22, 1903.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

llnn of loUrwM Oat bored In the Office* and Corridor* of the County Capitol. Mrs. Grandgeorge, the old lady near Stoutsberg who was recently declared insane, was taken to the Longcliff asylum last Friday. Charles R. Weatherhogg, who drew the plans for the cOurt house here, has been selected to draw the plans for the Carnegie library building. It is the intention to to adopt plans and let contract this season, but the building will probably not be erected until next year. —o — New suits filed: No. 6531. Henry Hildebrand vs. Albert E. Brand et al; liquor license appeal from commissioners’ court. No. 6532. August Rosenbaum vs. same parties; same kind of case. No. 6532. Ephriam Gilmore vs. C. I. & L. Ry. Co.; action for damages. Piantiff alleges that he loaded five cars of hay at McCoysburgin August, 1891, consigned to Chicago, and that the defendant railroad company transported said cars of hay to the suburbs of Chicago where it lay on side tracks for thirty days and when finally landed at destination the hay was spoiled and worthless. Wherefore, plaintiff asks for S3OO damages.

There will be and old-fashioned basket meeting at Dewdrop, 6 miles south of Wheatfield, August 23, with a basket dinner on the grounds. There will be present from four to six ministers. Social meeting at 9:30 a. m., conducted by Rev. E. Faylor, after which Rev. J. Vandercar wilf preach, followed by Rev. P. Owens. At 1:30 p. m , Rev. W.N. Sherrill will preach, followed by Rev. O. H. Eldred and L. Byrd, pastor. All are cordially invited to attend. Also, Rev. L. Byrd will preach on tha Saturday evening previous at 8 p. m., at the same place, and at Gifford station at 4:30 p. m., of Aug. 23. The above w 11 be the last services at these points for the conference year, and a good turn out is re-

quested.

BUT THEY WON’T, THOUGH.

Monticello Journal: After many days, yes weeks of persistent canvassing, Bensselaer has succeeded in securing a fund of $1,200 by subscription with which to purchase the necessary ground to secure Carnegie’s donation of SIO,OOO for a public library. They ought to know their own business best but it strikes the writer that there are a half dozen men in that city who have made large enough fortunes off of that community to be perfectly willing to donate the entire sum.

August 14, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hoover, on the east side, a daughter. August 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Moses Lambert, near Aix, a son. August 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cain, northwest of town, a son. August 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lewis, in town, twin girls. One died the day following.

QOOD DAIRY FARM FOR SALE.

56 acres, 1£ miles of Rensselaer, on gravel road, new 7 room house, new barn 50x38, good granaries, cribs, wagon scales, good drilled well, etc.; tiled. For particulars enquire at this office.

LOOK HERE. If you don’t believe you can boy land cheaper of the owner than you can of the agent, just call and see for yourself. Any sized farm from 300 acres down to 60 acres, to pick* from. Also a residence in Rensselaer. Two farms to rent for cash, can give possession this fall if desired. Yours for a trade, Robert Michal, Box 73. Rensselaer Ind. MONEY ON FARMS. A special fund to loan bn Farms for Five Years at 5 per cent interest, with privilege to make partial payments at any interest paying time. Call at THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. The Democrat, SI.OO per year. r

BASKET MEETING.

L. BYRD,

BIRTH ANNOUCEMENTS.

DEATH FROM DIPTHERIA.

The 11-months-old daughter of Frank Clowry of Remington whom Mr. and Mrs. Matt Worden of this city were bringing up, died Thursday morning at their home on South Yan Rensselaer street from diptheria. The re*, mains were taken to Remington for interment No other cases of this dread disease have been reported in the oity and it is hoped that there will be no spread of the same. Diptheria is a hundred times more to be dreaded than the small-pox we have nowadays, and the greatest precautions should be taken to confine it.

THE MASONS SAID “NO.”

In order to give the affair a little more of an air of respectability, it has been published—at the instigation of the managers, no doubt—that the Masonic lodge would dedicate their hew hall in the block on the cornerof Washington and Front streets, on one day of the coming K. of P. carnival. This same statement has also been published in the press of neighboring towns, with the same view, no doubt. A prominent member of the local F. & A. M., lodge informs ns that the statement is not only erroneous but was made entirely without the knowledge or sanction of the Masons, and that they will not dedicate their hall at any time during the revel and will have no part in the same as a lodge in any shape or manner. He said the Masonic fraternity was not in the business of “legging” for saloon-keepers and gamblers.

HAD A PLEASANT TRIP

And Was Made An Inter-National Trustee of the C. O. P. E. P. Honan and wife returned Saturday from attending the international convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters, at Dubuque, lowa. They report a very enjoyable time. The convention elected Mr. Honan one of the international trustees of the As there are but eight trustees in the United States and Canada, the honor is no small one. Indiana had but three delegates out of about 250, and there were 22 candidates for trustee. Mr. Honan was elected on the first ballott. The highest office in the order was tendered him previously, which carries a salary of $2,000 per year, but for personal reasons he declined it. Both Mr. and Mrs. Honan are loud in their praises of the people of Dubuque for their hospitable entertainment, and say they never had a better time in their lives. The Dubuque Daily Globe-Jour-nal of last Friday, in its report of the meeting, has the following pleasing mention of Mrs. Honan: Mrs. Edward P. Honan of Rensselaer, Ind., from the "Great State of Indiana," as she writes it, contributes the following verse. Mrs. Honan is the wife of one of the new trustees of the C. O. F., and has made a host of friends since coming to the city: Dubuque, with its vine-dad hills and sunny vales, Along which the Father of Waters plays; With its Church spires towering from every hill. And its people, who certainly “fill the bill. With its flags and banners unfurled to the breeze, Welcoming the strangers with the greatest of ease; There’s no need any other city to mention, She’s the best on earth to hold a convention. • The session raised the insurance rates of the order 25 per cent, and the proposition to bar liquor dealers carried by a majority but still lacked the constitutional two-thirds, and therefore failed to be enacted. The placing of emblems of the order in saloons was also called to the attention of the convention, and hereafter when a convention is to be held the officers will notify the local committee to see to it that no saloon displays emblems of the order in their windows, or places of business.

Pastor.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

I hereby acknowledge thanks to the officers of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., of Benton, Jasper and White counties for the promptness in which my recent fire loss was adjusted and the fairness of the adjuster. The loss was adjusted the next day after the fire and inside of three days I received a draft covering the loss. I can cheerfully recommend this company for fair dealing and promptness in adjusting losses.

HOWARD BURR.

DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.

Section of Union and Barkley Townships Is Devastated.—Two People Killed at Beaver City.

One of the most severe hail i storms that ever visited Jasper county came between twelve and one o’clock p. m., last Wednesday. The storm came up quite suddenly from the north-west, and in this county a strip of oonntry a mile to a mile and a half wide extending in a south-easterly direction through Union and Barkley townships suffered severely. Corn fields were stripped of their leaves, cucumber crops ruined, clover and other crops cut to pieces, apples and other fruit cut from the trees and pounded to a jelly, garden truck cut to pieces,' chickens killed, cattle stampeded and hundreds of window glass broken by the hail. At some places hail stones still lay on the ground Thursday morning. will not permit us to mention each individual loss, but suffice it to say that the storm passed through north-west of Fair Oaks, the Geo. Casey and Comer neighborhoods in Union tp. down through Barkley in the Doc Nichols, Wallace Murray and Fred Waymire neighborhoods near Valma, and for about fifteen miles it left destruction in its wake. The hail was very large and irregular in shape, cattle were covered with welts wherever they were struck. Farmers along the line of the storm estimate their damage all the way from S2OO to SBOO each. A farmer named Miller, 3 miles north of Fair Oakß had 9 cows and 1 horse killed. Horatio Ropp says his clover waß ent al) to pieces and his corn field was stripped, only bare stalks

OBSTRUCTION OF STREETS IS ILLEGAL.

At the request of several citizens and readers of The Democrat, we herewith publish a few references from the Revised Statutes ~ and court decisions regarding the obstruction of streets and highways for private purposes. The powers of a town or city council are purely statutory, and they have no power whatever to turn over the use of the public streets or thoroughfares for private use; Whoever, in any manner, wrongfully obstructs any pnblic highway shall be fined in any sum not more than SSOO to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months nor less than ten days. Sec. 2043 R. S. 1084 The statutes giving a civil remedy for obstructing a highway does not repeal this section. Harvey vs. State, 5 App. 422, A public street is a public highway, and a sidewalk is a part of the street, and public highways belong, from side to side and from end to end, to the public. State vs. Berdette, 78 ind.. 185, ' ’ The right of an adjacent proprietor in and to the highway is one which the Legislature cannot take away without compensation; nor can municipal corporations devote streets to private purposes. Corporations may be prosecuted by indictment and information for erecting, continuing or maintaining a pnblic nnisance or for obstructing a pnbie highway. R. S. 1884, Sec. 1870. All that is necessary to a good indictment for obstructing a public highway is to allege snch facts as meet the requirements of the statute. It need not allege a criminal intention, and the fact that a corporation may be compelled by mandate to remove an obstruction placed by it in a public highway is not a defense to a prosecution for maintaining such obstruction. State vs, Baltimore etc, R. R. Co. A pnblic street is a public highway aDd the wrongful obstruction of a public street is a misdemeanor and is punishable as such under the provisions of the statute. The erection or maintenace of any structure for private use, such as an enclosed passage way over and above a public street or highway, is a misdemeanor within the meaning of the statute and is punishable as a public uuisance, A city has t|6 power to authorize the construction of anything which when constructed, will be a pnblic nuisanee. Pettis vs. Johnson, 96 Ind. 138. An abutting owner has certain recognized rights as to the use of the highway for the transfer of articles to and from his property, bnt he cannot, as a general rale, make use of a part of the highway merely because this will enable him to conduct bis business more advantageously. It has accordingly been held that it is improper to occupy the highway for trade or market purposes, and so stands or booths for trade, although erected by abutting owners, have been held to involve an improper obstruction, as have show cases and weighing scales, nor can t*e highway BS USED FOR A FAIR OR AN AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION. A.&E. Eneyc. Law, VoLIS, P. 500.

For Rent: The house formerly owned by Peter C. Wasson, on Franklin street, until March Ist. Good house of 9 rooms, barn and all necessary out-buildings.

L. H. MEYERS,

Rensselaer, Ind.

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and ears remaining. Of the latter, where well advanced, the husk protected the ears and there may be enough vitality left iu the stalk to mature it. The less advanced corn did not fare so well and in numerous instances he found where the kernels were broken. This, of coarse, will rot. Mr. Ropp estimates his damage now at SSOO. At George McElfrcsh’s 14 window panes were broken, as were many at Ropp’s and other places. Over in Newton county a man and boy were killed by lightning at Beaver City. The man was named George Hooker, aged about 30 years and the boy was John Clark, aged nine years, a son of Joe Clark, a blacksmith. When the storm came up the boy with six men stepped into one of the tile kilns to get out of the storm. A bolt of lightning came and killed Hooks and the Clark boy. The others of the group were little affected. Near Foresman a strip of country was devastated by the hail, great damage being done to corn, while chickens, turkeys and ducks were beaten to death by the hail. A gentleman who was over about Buffalo, White county, told us that it hailed there steady for an hour, not large stones fell, however, but the ground was covered several inches deep and considerable damage done to corn. Three barns in that vicinity were strnck by lightning and burned together with their contents. The damage to corn and other crops in this county will amount to many thousand dollars.

COMING.

The dramatization of Mrs. Henry Wood’s beautiful story, “East Lynne,” has been seen by more people throughout the civilized World than any other play ever written. This is not surprising when one considers the strong heart interest, the pathetic scenes, and high moral tone of the story. The old tale of woman’s love and man’s perfidy is told in a manner which never fails to appeal to an audience, and the lesson that sin always brings its own punishment is taught so forcibly that no sermon ever preached could bring it home with greater effect. The return of the wife to the home she has deserted, where she finds the place in her husband’s heart and home in the keeping of another, her children believing her dead, and happy in the care of the woman who has become their father’s wife, is told in a graphic manner. She takes np her cross, becomes a servant in the house that was once hers, and not until her child lies on a bed of death does she reveal to any one who she really is. Then the mother instinct will not be denied, and in'* moment of agonizing despair, almost crazed with grief, she clasps the dying boy in her arms, and with his last breath he calls her “Mother.” No stronger scene has ever been presented in any play. Miss Ferda Slemons, who will enact this great role at Rensselaer, Monday evening, Aug. 24, is recognized as one of the greatest artistes who has ever played the part, and her death scene in the last act cannot fail to bring tears to the eyes of all who admire and appreciate great emotional work. In the version presented by Mr. Wilson’s company the comedy element is unusually strong, and the entertainment as a whole is one which cannot fail to please old and young.

STOCK TANKS.

We are making a specialty of stock and storage tanks of all descriptions, and our prices are lower than the lowest. 6-ft, $7,50; 8-ft. $12,50; 10-ft $19,00.

DONNELLY BROS.

Pirefeirofl Draft Hersas.

A car load of grade Peroheroa. horses, from two to four years old, an entire draft consignment will arrive in Rensselaer on or about the 25th of August. For further particulars enquire of Fred lips--Bam and Winfred Purlins, Sand Creek, N. D.