Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.' 4

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Reade Ks. Corn 39c; oats, 38c. Orville Dunlap was a Surrey visitor Sunday. 5 Per Cent Farm Loans made by Anstin & Hopkins. Charlie Harmon is visiting his best girl over in Illinois this week. Mrs. James Nolan of GKfford, is reported seriously siok with consumption. James MHls of Hammond, has been visiting relatives west of town this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hefner left Monday for a few weeks sojourn at Pensacola, Fla. J. H. O’Neil of Hammond, SMrisiting her parents, Mr. and . Mrs. E. M. Parcels.

Mrs. B. Forsythe returned Tuesday evening from her visit to New Philadelphia, Ohio, ivA daughter was born to Mr. and Mre. C. E. Hershman, of the east part of town, Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barns left Wednesday for their fntnre home at Oak, Pulaski oonnty. Advertised letters: Mrs. Era Brown, Mrs. Julia Edwards, T. A. Caldwell, Thomas Kennedy. Manager Ellis informs us that he has several first-class shows for Rensselaer people this month. Herbert Wilcox of Rosemond, 111., is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. B. Cowgill, this week. Miss Kate Friend of Monon, is visiting Mrs. U. M. Baughman. The latter has been quite sick this week. Rev. Fisher went to DeLong, Marshall county, last Friday to hold quarterly meeting, returning Monday.. Simon Kenton writes ns to change the address of his Democrat to Tallahassee, Fla., from Pensacola, Fla. Loans on farms and city property made by Austin & Hopkins on the best terms and shortest time of any firm in Jasper County.

Samuel Pass of Gillam tp., was in the city on business Thursday. Mr. Pass is preparing to move upon a farm near Guernsy, White county. Vi. A. Leavel went to Wabash Thesday on business. Mr. Leavel expects to move on his farm near Lagro about the 15th of the present month. yCThis has been another week of zero weather, and the sleighing is good, bnt the indications for a “February thaw” are quite good as we go to press. >Lm. l. Bringham, who recently traded for the Maines furniture store, has moved here and occupies Mrs. Stockton’s new residence property on South Weston street. sJ The commissioners of Newton Cgunty have ordered the building of a new court' house at Kentland, to cost not to exceed $25,000. It is not likely the move will be opposed. >-A£r. and Mrs. E. P. Honan will return tomorrow from Chicago, where the former has been for several weeks in the West Side hospital, and Mr. Honan expects to be able to look after his cases in court the coming term. Xylf the ground hog got out any time Tuesday forenoon and wasn’t blind, he could easily have seen his shadow, and, judging from the sort of weather we have been having since, it is inferred that he did see it.

Michael Hancock of Gifford, who has been having trouble with gangrene of the foot had his limb amputated above the knee last Friday, and at this writing is reported doing as well as can be expected. The doctors now think he will recover.

Saturday’s Hammond Tribune: ‘ Mr. Slagle, of Frankfort, Ind., and son-in-law of Mrs. W. A. Jordan of this city, was called to Troy, Ohio, yesterday on aocount of the death of his father.” Mr. Jordan was quite well known here, having visited his son-in-law Mr. Slagle, when the latter wbb proprietor of the Makeever House.

Mrs. Fletcher Monnett of Evanston. 111., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Brown. The new M. E. church at Chalmers was damaged SI,OOO by fire last Sunday. Loss covered by insurance. Lee Glazebrook is reported getting along nicely from his injuries from falling from a load of hay last week. Preble has sold his barber business to Leonard Tullis of Jordan ip., and expects to go to North Dakota. New subscribers to the Democrat this week by postoffioes: Rensselaer, 2; Lewiston, Idaho, 1; St. Henry, Ohio, 1. Mrs. Clarence Clemens of near Surrey, is suffering from a broken limb, the result of a fall on the ice at her home last Sunday. Have your stationery printed with our new Mercantile Gothic type, the handsomest series ever gotten out for fine commercial printing. Mrs. Michael Schneider of Cleveland, Ohio, is at the bedside of her aged mother, Mrs. John Bislosky, Sr., west of town, who is not expected to live at this writing. ___ H. Randle was taken quite sick with stomach trouble last Friday at the home of his son John Randle, in Hanging Grove tp., and is still there at this writ* ing.

Don’t forget that The Democrat job department is equipped with the handsomest plate script to be found in the connty, for printing wedding, invitation and calling cards.

Cyrus L. Posey, a former resident of Gillam tp., this county, died at his home in Medaryville, Thursday morning, aged about 53 years. He leaves a widow and three married daughters. Funeral today at Medaryville at 2 p. m.

New advertisements this week: The Racket Store, Geo. E. Murray, G. F. Meyers, Rensselaer; G. M. Wilcox & Son, Surrey and Parr; W. E. Wood, Parr; Sol Mier Company, Ligonier, Ind.; J. A. Schreiber, Jefft, Ind.; and eight public sales. VThe effects of the flood may bd all vanished, but it is not so in some places. In the basement of the First National Bank water has backed up from some unknown place, and the janitor is compelled to use a row boat to get to the furnace.

\The grocery clerks in the Chicago Bargain Store are all trying to raise mustaches. John Merritt thmks be has the whole bunch faded, but if Charlie Simpson would change the color of his by applying a little whisker dye he would give John a close call. < yC s Jhe bans of marriage of George Borntrager of southeast of Rensselaer, and Miss Maggie Jarbis of near Wolcott,, were published at St. Augustine’s Catholic church last Sunday for the first time. The marriage will take place Tuesday, Feb. 16, we understand, at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Remington.

Y Mrs. Margaret Hoover, the aged mother of Wm. M. Hoover and Mrs. O. K. Ritchey, south of town, who suffered a stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago, suffered another stroke Wednesday morning and is lying in a precarious condition at this writing. She is 85 years of age and no hopes are entertained of her recovery.

Baughman & Williams have just received the first ten volumes of Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, one of the most complete works of its kind ever issued and strictly up-to-date. The work is sent out as fast as published, by volumes, and the entire set will contain upwards of thirty volumes and cost about $250.

FARMS TO RENT.

77 acres, good buildings. 80 acres, good buildings. IK) acres, good buildingß. ~ 300 acres, all cultivated, good buildings. G. F* Meyers, . • Rensselaer, Ind.

FOR SALE. A two-seated sleigh; cheap. sllO sleigh for fls. See G. W. Michael.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, February 6, 1904.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

Items of Interest (lathered in the Offices end Corridors of the County Capital. There are $1,900 in unloaned school funds on hand in the county treasury at present. —o — Miss Doris Porter, who has been slightly under the weather for some days, has resumed her duties in the recorder’s office. —o — The February term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday. No grand jury is called. The petit jury is called for the second Monday at 11 a. m. Following are the names and places of residence of the petit jurors: Isaac N. Hemphill. Rensselaer Albert S. Keene Wheatfield John Marlatt .. Barkley William E. Ott Carpenter John Schatzley Wheatfield John W. Hitchinffs..-. Jordan Charles W. Harris Jordan Clyde Rand1e....... Hanging-Grove Asa Brown Walker B. W. Elsworth Barkley John H. Brown... Union' Levi F. Clouse Marlon Charles J. Dean Rensselaer Frank A. Ross.l Rensselaer Karah McKillip ..Mllroy

New suits filed: No. 6607. John F. Judy vs. William E Fay and Charles H. Fay; action on note and mortgage, demand S2OO. No. 6608. John Pendergrass vs. John W. Kline; action for possession; transcript from Newton county. No. 6609. N. Warner et al, vs. Emmet Pullins; action on note, demand $55. No. 6610. William P. Baker vs. George Gowland; appealed highway case from commissioners’ court No. 6611. William B. Austin vs. Charles C. Starr and Emma Starr; action on note and mortgage; demand $3,000.

The county commissioners completed the work of the .February term Tuesday and adjourned. Following is a report of their proceedings except claims allowed, which Tatter will appear next week. Contract let to Attica Bridge Co., for new bridge in Wheatfield tp., at $798. All other bridge petitions continued. Contract was let to the J. B. & J. M. Conwell Company for metallic furniture for recorder’s and clerk’s offices for the sum of $556.25. All assessments on Moffiit ditch ordered paid on or before June, 1, 1904. All unpaid assessments after that time, bonds will be issued. Final reports approved in J. G. Francis ditch; Otis joint ditch. Dee M. Ferguson was granted scholarship at Purdue. Requisition for supplies for poor farm for quarter ending May 31,1904, was approved. Application of Thos. J. Richardson for appointment as superintendent of Barkley and Gillam gravel road was continued. Jerry S. Meneley et al petition for ditch; Walter Porter, Warren Robinson and Harvey W. Wood appointed viewers, to meet Feb. John F. Mitchell et al petßion for highway; Frank Welsh files motion to dismiss petition; overruled and James MoCianahan, Stephen T. Comer and David Alter appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 22.

ANOTHER FOOTBALL VICTIM.

Lafayette. Ind., February 2. — During a football game between the Dayton and Blondike elevens, on Thanksgiving day, which was fiercely contested, Ray Edwards of near Dayton, received injuries to the spine which terminated fatally yesterday. He was the son of James Edwards, and a young athlete until he was injured.

We make farm loans on the most favorable terms and in the shortest time obtainable anywhere. Loans on city property are made by us for one, two, three, four and five years, with privilege of partial payments on any interest payment day; also loans on personal security. Call at our office and see if we cannot make just the kind of a loan you are needing, or call us up by telephone as we have both the long distance Bell and Independent telephones in our office. Austin & Hopkins, Rensselaer, Indiana.

FARM LOANS.

EXTENSION OF TERM

Of County Officers In Indiana field Unconstitutional by A. C. Harris. Acting under an opinion renderad by Addison C. Harris, of Indianapolis, holding unconstitutional the law passed by the last legislature, extending the terms of oertain connty and judicial officers S' 1 the effort to establish a uniform ay for all such officers to take office. Chairman Goodrich, of the republican state committee, has decided to instruct the connty organizations thronghont the state to make nominations this year as if the law had never been passed, fetters to the connty chairmen will be sent out at once. It is proposed to-, bring a friendly suit to test the constitutionality of the measure in order that the question may be settled once for all and the supreme court will be asked to render a decision before the summer adjournment.

DEATH OF JIM ANTRIM.

James F. Antrim, former recorder of Jasper county and well known to most of oar readers, died at the home of his brother, Frazier Antrim, near Wheatfield, last Friday night. The remains were brought here Sunday and taken to the residence of N. S. Bates, where the funeral took place Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Eindig. Interment was made in Weston cemetery.xlMr. Antrim had been in poor health for some time. His wife died a few years ago and he leaves bnt one child, a son, Elbert Antrim, who teaches in Walker tp.

THE FAIR OAKS “WILD” MAN.

/benjamin Brannon, wSio was arrested near Fair Oaks last Friday by those valorious officers, Vick and Grant, and brought to .Bensselaer to*answer the charge of insanity and of being a dangerous man to be at large, was tried before Squire Irwin and a jury Tuesday, and his attorney,Geo. A. Williams, put up such strong de-. sense that he was discharged/ Brannon, it would appear, comes from quite a prominent family, who at one time were no doubt, quite well to do, as he has an excellent education and has a regular allowance from some estate or from two sisters who are school teachers in Chicago. The man is no doubt 40 to 45 years of age, and probably lead a very fast life in his vounger days. He has been located in a tent in the brush near Fair Oaks for some time, living the life of a recluse, working a little chopping wood and ditching, and was careless of his personal appearance. Lately an Italian hobo has been sharing his squalid quarters in the tent. Brannon’s appearance no doubt caused some of Fair Oaks’ “smart Alecs” to make fun of him, and the other day he went into the town/armed and put nearly the whole population to flight. There was no evidence that he had drawn any weapons, we understand, and people for whom he bad worked spoke well of him, the jury evidently thought that while he was eccentric, he was not crazy enough to send to an asylum, nor a dangerous character if let alone.

SOME REAL ESTATE DEALS.

Notwithstanding the cold weather and the fact thaf the snow has covered the ground all winter, Real Estate Agent Geo. F. Meyers has been doing a little business along, and the other day closed up the sale of his 300 acres of land near Kniman, known as the Leopold land, to W. Harvey Martin of Effingham county, 111. Mr. Martin has a large family and will move on the farm this spring. He will build a fine new two-story house the main part, 26x26 feet build a new barn and erect windmills, etc. Mr. Martin is one of those progressive farmers that we like to see come to our county. Another deal which Mr. Myers has Just dosed up was the trading of T. F. Brusnahan’s lid acre farm at Parr for a fine 200 acre farm near Ft. Scott, Kansas. The farm has a 15 acre orchard, a fine ten room house, is all finely fenced, deep, black soil, and is well improved in every way. The trade was an “even Stephen,” and Mr. Brusnahan thinks he made an excellent trade,'which he no doubt has. Mr. Brusnahan has the Harris farm on which he now lives, rented for this season but expects to move on his Kansas farm next year.

RURAL ROUTE NO. THREE.

Long Pending Route West From Remielaer Will Start March i»t. The long pending rnral mail route to run west from Rensselaer was ordered established Wednesday, to begin March Ist. The carrier has not yet been appointed. The length of the route is 25 miles and the population served is 465, number of houses 93. The route is as follows, beginning at the postoffice in Rensselaer: West to Harmon corner.. ...2£m North to Makeever corner.... 1 m West to Halstead corner 1 m North to Borntrager corner... 1 m East to Long corner. Jm North to Rowen corner 2 m West to Lane corner 24m South to Washburn corner.. .24m East and southeast by angling way to Freeland corner....ljfm South to D.S. Makeever cornerl m West to Shaffer corner...... 4m South to Reed corner West to Froman corner |m South to Ponsler corner 1 m West Jm South to Harris corner 1 m East to Carr corner 2Jm North to Francis corner 1 m East to Hartsell corner IJm Northeast by meandering way to postoffice lgm

ROSE LAWN BANK CASES.

Court notes in Kentland Enterprise: In the matter ~of the assignment of the Bank of Newton County, J. J. Fry, owner; David K. Fry, receiver. W. H. Boyle one of the creditors of said bank, appears and asks an extension of time to sell assets of said bank. Time extended to August Ist, 1904. W. B. Austin, T. J. McCoy vs Luther M. Fairbanks, foreclosure of lien and judgment for SI,OOO and costs.

MURRAY’S SHOP BURNS.

The center one of the three frame buildings on West Washington street erected by John Maikeever about a year ago, and occupied by E. J. Murray, the plumber* was destroyed by fire about 4 o’clock Tauitdiy morning. The fire was first discovered in the south end of the. building, and its origin is a mystery, as the stove was located in the north end and no fire had been kept in the south end at all. The stillness of the night and the intense cold seemed to aid the firemen in confining the flumes, and while the laundry building on the west and Jessup’s carpenter shop on the east were but three to five feet away, the former escaped with but a scorched siding and the latter with the partial burning of the weather boarding. Everything was removed from the two buildings, however, and the glass in the fronts were broken out in the process. Mr. Makeever’s loss on the buildings is in the neighborhood of S6OO, partially covered by insurance, while Mr. Murray estimates his loss on tools and stock at about SI,OOO, with SSOO insurance. Mr. Makeever will rebuild at once.

Notice to Telephone Subscribers. The Jasper County Telephone Company will offer, commencing March Ist, 1904, the following rates for farmers’ lines connected with the Rensselaer exchange: First —Service on grounded lines, ten subscribers to a line, at One Dollar ($1.00) per month. On these lines all telephones will ring when any one rings. These lines will give satisfactory service to those who are willing to put np with the annoyance of having their telephone bells ring often; and will give service to those desiring it at a cheaper price than has heretofore been charged. Second —Full metallic semi-se-lective lines, ten subscribers to a line, only one-half of the telephones ringing when Central rings and no telephone ringing when subscriber rings, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per month. Third—Contracts will be taken on a basis of five eents (sc) per call for out-going calls; this rate per message, applying to all telephones andi all toll stations in Jasper county reached by this company’s lines; the subscriber guaranteeing at least twenty messages per month. This is for full metallic, semi-selective lines, with a limit of ten subscribers to a line. Further particulars regarding these rates will be furnished by any representative of the company. The Jasper County Tel- •*. phone Company.

Vol. VI. No. 44

G. W. MICHAELS’ HOUSE BURNED.

Pine New Brick Formhouac Southeast of Towu Destroyed by Fire. The new brick-veneered bouse on G. W. Michaels’ farm southeast of town, the former Fred Fatka farm, was totally destroyed by fire last Saturday night. The honse was pretty well along toward completion, was all plaatured, except white coating, and the finishing lumber was in the house ready to pat on, except the doors. A fire was kept in the furnace and also a coke fire was burning in a stove to keep the plaster from freezing, and a man was in the house looking after the fires until midnight, when he went to his own home some distance away. About two hoars later the honse was discovered to be on fire. Nothing could be done to save it and it burned to the ground. The house was of brick veneer, and was probably the best and most modern farm residence in Jasper county. Mr. Michaels’ loss is about $3,000, with $1,700 insurance, He thinks that the fire was caused from the coke in the stove forming a gas, and that it exploded the stove, scattering the red hot coals over the floor. Several of the men who worked on the house, including Hiram Day’s men and Lee Jessup, the carpenter, lost several dollars worth of tools in the fire. Mr. Michaels will rebuild as soon as possible on the same foundation, which was not damaged to speak of, and he will also use most of the old brick. Mr. Michaels has been particularly unfortunate with having property destroyed by fire, and had his business college and residence destroyed at Logansport a few years ago, and also lost a winter residence in Florida. He has lost a comfortable fortune by fire in the past eight or ten years.

NURSERY STOCK.

Being salesman for the largest nursery in the state, I am offering all kinds of first-class stock to the public at a very low price. All goods guaranteed healthy and true to name. Orchards sold on the payment plan. All inquiries cheerfully answered. Address C. L. Parks, Surrey, Ind.

And please remember The Democrat office is especially “it” when it comes to horse bills.

Comptroller Closes Big Bank.

Clarksburg, W. Va., Feb. 3.—The Traders’ National bank has been closed by order of the comptroller of the currency, and Charles W. Robin ,son has been placed in charge. It la the largest bank In tbe city with assets of $14250,000. It is thought tbe bank will resume business. No statement of its condition has been made.

Two Killed in the Crash.

Chicago, Feb. 3. —In a collision between a crowded suburban train on the Chicago Terminal railway, and a switch engine, two men were killed and a score of others slightly hurt. The dead men were Bohemian laborers whose names are unknown.

Shirked His Duty by Suicide.

Philadelphia, Feb. 4. —William Anderson, a young married man of this city, committed suicide. He was Informed by a physician that his wife, who had given birth to a daughter, was dying, and at once shot himself. His wife died later and the baby and a 4-year-old girl are left for anybody to support.

Meet ing of Farmers.

Chicago. Feb. 4. —The meeting of the Farmers’ National Co-Operative association. which was to have been held in Omaha on June 14, will be held March 1 and all persons Interested In co-operation are being invited to attend the meeting.

Colombia vs. the Canal Company.

Paris, Feb. 4. —The tirst tribunal of the Seine has set the hearing of th» case of the republicof Colombia against the Panama Canal company for Feb. 17.

Things Must Be Hot la Uruguay.

Buenos Ayres, Feb. 4. -It is rumored here that the president of Uruguay, Senor Ordonez, is about to take refuge on an Argentine cruisor.

Read The Democrat for news.

A Thousand Dollars Thrown Away. Mr. W. W. Baker of Ptaioriew. Neb., write*: "My wife bad lung trouble for over fifteen year*. We tried a number of doctors and spent over a thousand dollar* without any relief. She was very low and I lost ail hope, when a friend suggested trying Foley’* Hooey and Tar, which I did; and thanks be to this great remedy, it saved her life. She Is stronger and enjoy* better health than sbe ha* ever known in ten yearn, We shall never be without Foley’s Honey and tar and would ink all tboee afflicted to try it," Sold by A. F. Long, druggist.

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