Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 36c; oats, 37c.

Rensselaer Military Band will give a dance next Tuesday night in the armory.

Dan Way mire left Saturday sor t Hot Springs, Ark., to take treatment for rheumatism.

Miss Pearl Mallatt of Fair Oaks, was the guest of Miss May Leach a few days this week.

J. H. Huntsinger of Witchita, Kane., was here Wednesday looking after business interests.

Claude Dunlap is making an extended visit with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Dunlap.

New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 1; Rensselaer, R-R-2, !• ' y Miss Katie Shields will take a position in the Rensselaer postoffice as soon as her school is completed.

T. M. Hibler of Joliet, lU., was here a few days the first of the week looking after business interests.

Miss May Rowley left Saturday for Cedar Rapids, lowa, where she will make an extended visit , with relatives.

} Mrs. C. D. Martin of Cincinnati, is lying quite sick at the home of her sister, Mrs. N. W. Reeves, 'from liver trouble. . Alva Potts, who has been livings on a farm northeast of Francesville for the past year, has moved back to Rensselaer.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Firth Nelson, southeast of town, died Monday of pneumonia. The fnneral was held Taesday.

C. F. Arnold of Barkley town- \ ship, was fined SIOO and costs, )$13.10 all told, in Squire Troxell’s , court Monday for a plain drunk. I W. L. Nowels of Jordan tows& tohip moved to town Wednesday And occupies the former Mrs. Eiglesbach property on College : avenue.

George Gowland of this city has sold his Milroy township iarm, (the former Sutton farm) to A. 8. Laßue, consideration $3,500, cash.

.Monticello Herald: Clark Myera has received $3,500 from the Big Four Railroad Company in settlement for his injuries in the Purdue wreck last October. Mrs. Charles Robinson is visir> ing friends at Oxford and Pine Village, and will also visit her Sirents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. lark, in Fountain county, before returning home. Three applications for liquor , license were filed in the Benton ] county commissioners’ court this week. One each from Otterbein, Oxford and Boswell, but all were beaten by the remonstraton.— Earl Park Gazette, The republican county primaries will be held to-day, and the county convention next Monday. The betting seems to favor the Marion township candidates for most of the offices. Jasper county lost a good cit* sen and a good democrat this week in the removal of S. H. Norman and family of Parr to Pe Ell, Washington. The beet wishes of their many friends go with them to their new home.

For Rent:—7 room cottage. Enquire of S. P. Thompson.

8. N. Snoddy of Delphi, is visiting his nephew, J. F. Major, this week.

James Tanner has gone to Coldwater, Kan., where he expects to locate. *j

Mrs. E. P. Honan has Wen confined to the house with the grip this week.

Miss Mary Weathers spent Sunday with Mrs. Myra Mead at Hammond.

“Doctor” William Babb has been taken te the poor farm. The old gentleman is quite feeble.

Mrs. G. O. Pumphrey was called to Rushville Thursday by the serious illness of her father. \>

Miss Tillie Ramp and brother John, spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. N. Krull in Monon.

Simon Leopold haß been corf? fined to the house a greater part of the week with liver and stomach trouble.

O. H. McKay, the laundrymarfi, has just installed a new gasoline engine, a steam washer and a new ironer, and now has an up-to-date establishment.

Wanted, a place to work by the month on a farm. lam going to school and have not had time to look for a place. Address, Rensselaer, R-R-l. Harry Hayes.

Mail or telephone orders for job printing will have prompt attention. If you can’t call us up by phone, write and tell us what you want and it shall have our best attention.

The State Bank of Wolcott wtfa incorporated this week with a’ capital of $25,000. The stockholders are E. B, Dibell, W. E. Fox, E. H. Wolcott, Robert Parker and W. F. Brucker. .

The Carnegie library associatidrr have fears that “Andy” will die rich in spite of his efforts to give away his money, and will ask him to drop another $2,000 into the Rensselaer library building.

James Linton, a young man employed by Joe Nagel southwest of town, shot off the end of the big toe of his left foot last Monday while out hunting. He was crawling through a fence when the accident occurred. » .

There are now protested city orders outstanding to the amount of about $6,000.00, and no funds will be coming in for several months yet. Will the present city officers make the race for re-elec-tion on their record? .

Water is said to be higher along the Kankakee than for nearly thirty years, so say old inhabitants. At Shelby it covers the lower floor of some of the business houses and no teams travel between Shelby and Thayer.

John Kimble of Gifford announces himself a candidate for the nomination for trustee of Barkley township. It is also rumored that the names of one or two others may be sprung at the convention which meets next Saturday. - x : vW.— -■

Mr. and Mrs. Addison Parkison? who went to California early in the winter, have returned home. Uncle Ad looks well and reports a fine time. He is glad to get back and says that California is ahead of us in only one respect, and that is the climate.

The swellest dance of the season took plaoe at the armory Wednesday night when about fifty couples of the city’s swell society attended and danced the most of the night 'away. Music was furnished by Orchestra of Chicago, who, as usual, rendered excellent music. Rensselaer is now without a bowling alley, Mr. Preble having torn np and expecting to move to Dakota, we understand. The business has not been profitable for. some time. Mr. Roberts has not closed a lease for the building as yet, but parties are after it for another business. Charles J. Murphy, who has [owned the Brookston Gazette for the past four months, has sold ths plant and good-will to C. C. French, owner of the Reporter. The two plants will be consolidated and Mr. French will continue the publication of the Reporter. —Monticello Journal.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, March 19, 1904.

A complete new line of lace cur* tains, ourtain goods and draperies, at Rowles & Parker’s.

Miss Mettie Parks of Sandwich? 111., who has been visiting her cousin, W. 8. Parks, returned home Thursday, accompanied by B. G. Parks of Remington,

The various republican county chairmen of the Tenth district met here Wednesday and it was decided to hold the district convention at La Porte, on Tuesday, April 5. Crumpacker will have no opposition.

Another of those popular dances under the management of Shindelar & Shumacker, will be given at the Armory next Thursday night, March 24. Those who enjoy “tripping the light fantastic” are invited. Music by Military Band Orchestra. S. & S.

John D. Alexander of Lebanon, who was moving to a farm in this county, was stricken with something like paralysis last Sunday while on the road here, says a Monticello paper, and is now lying at the McCuaig hotel in Monticello awaiting the arrival of friends.

Rev. W. W. Lineberry, President of the Indiana Conference, M. P. church, will preach at Mt. Hope, Saturday eve, March 26, at 7:30; Sunday March 27, 1:30 p. m.; at night, 7:30. Also at Rosebud, Monday eve March 28, at 7:30. A cordial invitation is extended to all. W. H. Fisher, Pastor.

Hon. W, D. Fraser, national bank examiner, spent two days this week in examination of the First National Bank of Rensselaer, finding the institution in excellent condition, and congratulating the officers on the healthy growth made since its conversion, a year ago, from the old Commercial State Bank.

Some demonstrative young feR low whose ideas of civilization are somewhat crude, is alleged to have taken a couple of shots at “Honest Abe’s” dock Saturday night, while under the influence of Rensselaer fire water. It might be a good idea to compel would-be bad men to deposit their shootin’ irons with the “bar-keep” before starting in to drink up Rensselaer’s supply of booze. If this were enforced it might save the destruction of much public property in time.

A Card from Mrs. Simon Kenton, dated Boston, Ga. March 14, says: “Kindly send our paper to Pensacola, Fla., as we shall go there in a day or two. Have 'been in south Georgia and Tallahassee for past month but will now return to the deep water city until the north begins to thaw out. Will then expect to travel homeward. Roses and many flowers are in bloom here and the weather is like our May or June. Corn is planted, also watermelons in twenty acre fields. 1 }

Mayor Ellis, Marshal Abbott and Clerk Morlan each announce that they want another lease of office in Rensselaer. The city treasurer is said to have become tired of _ the ardnous duties of looking after a depleted treasury 'and protesting city orders, and will not be a candidate for reelection. The councilmen have not been heard from, but as most of them got through their pet hobbies—notably the Makemself sewer, the cement walk around the Thompson farm and the purchase of Milroy Park—it would seem that these at least would step aside and let the other fellow get his ax to working on the public grindstone.

Edward Kime, who is wanted at Arabia, in Benton county, on the charge of horse stealing, was arrested Sunday night at Logansport. He had hired a horse and buggy at Ambia Saturday to drive out in the country a short distance but instead drove to Remington. At that place he made an effort to sell the rig but the would-be buyers were suspicious and would not purchase. He then left the horse and buggy at a livery stable and took tne train for Logansport. The police of that city were notified to look out for him. Kime is only seventeen years old and his home is at Stockton, Illinois, where he lived until a few weeks ago. He disclaims that he had any intention of stealing the rig. —Monticello Journal.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered In the Of- . flees of the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: Mch. 16, Lige Harp to Ella Raynor.

Under the new law the old township assessors are eligible to reelection.

Charles A. Gundy of Fair Oaks) will be the only applicant for a saloon license in Jasper county at the April term of commissioners’ court.

Jordan is the banner democratic township in Jasper county, and its township trustee is seldom called upon for poor relief of any of the citizens. Not a penny was paid out for this purpose either this year or laßt, and it is the only township in the county that can say this.

Herman Lyons of Jordan township, a son of Newton Lyons of Foresman was declared insane last Ifriday on insanity proceedings before Squire Knapp of Brook, and application for his incarceration in the asylum at Long Cliff was made. The insanity proceedings were irregular, however, and the asylum officials refused to receive him. The proceedings will therefore have to be gone over again. Lyons is 29 years of age, a bachelor, and a farmer by occupation. He is alleged to be afflicted with a mild form of insanity.

New suits filed: No. 6638. George F. Meyers vs. Jesse P. Peters; action to quiet title. No 6639. Rensselaer Bank vs. Charley Freeland et al; action on note.

No. 6640. Abraham Herring vs. James Noland; action in replevin. No. 6641. James H. Chapman ws. George W, Tanner and Sarah V. Smith and Rebecca J. Smith; action on note, demand $500.00 No. 6642. Robert F. Dobbins vs. James A. May; action for possession. Transcript from White circuit court.

The settlement with the various township trustees last week shows the following expenditures on account of poor relief for last year, except Marion, report of which has not yet been filed: Hansrinc Grove $ 86 00 Gillam 13 50 Walker 47 38 Barkley 696 48 Jordan nothing Newton 150 06 Keener 225 49 Kankakee 39 50 Wheatfield 175 18 Milroy 16 25 Carpenter.... 359 10 Uni0n.......... 288 89

The Wheatfield case of Henry G. Phillips vs. Charles Myers et al is likely to be appealed to the supreme court, it is said. Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial in the case was overruled and he was given ninety days in which to perfect his appeal to the supreme court.

The damage case of Mrs. Joseph Deveraux vs. Cooney Kellner for damages for injuries sustained by her husband a year or two ago in contesting the right of way of a Monon mail train north of Rensselaer, which condition is alleged to have been brought about by reason of imbibing too muoh corn juice in defendant’s saloon in Rensselaer, was again continued at the last term of court here, and nothing whatever was done with it.

The tax case of S. P. Thompson, a tax-payer, vs. Fleener & Carnahan and the board of commissioners of Jasper county, whereby plaintiff seeks to recover monies alleged to have been illegally paid out from the county revenue on aocount of the tax-fer-ret investigation, which was heard by Judge Nye of Winamac at the December term of court, and which was to have been decided at the February term, was not decided because Judge Nye was unable to come over and render his decision. It will be deoided at the April term. '

nONEY TO LOAN. Private funds to loan on farms and city property st a low rate of interest, also money to lo*n on bankable notes and second mortgage. A complete set of abetraot books. James H. Chapman. liakwrst'i Bank Building. Rensselaer, lad

HOT TIME ON THE LEVEE.

From ail reports there was a hot time on the levee again Saturday night and booze A great many drunks were the result, and two fines have thus far been recorded, with The drag net out after still more. Down at “Rosey’s Place” a fracas started in which Charles Campbell, a young colored man who worked for T. J. McCoy, was the central figure. The colored man thought lie was going to be eaten up by the “white trash,” it is said, and, to protect himself, pulled a knife. This had the effect of clearing the the room in less time than it takes to tell it, two young men not taking time to open the door in their haste to escape, but going bodily through a window, taking the glass with them. Campbell was arrested and fined $1 and costs, $8.20 in all, in Squire Irwin’s court, while a young boy considerably under the legal age to loaf about saloons is said to have paid for the broken glass. Campbell was scared half to death, it is alleged, over the demonstrations made toward him and felt that should he remain here he would be the victim of bodily harm, therefore he left town.

FIRST NATIONAL’S NEW SAFE.

The First National Bank of Rensselaer, has just purchased for delivery about April 15, one of the celebrated Corless burglar proof bank safes of which the cut below is a good illustration:

These safes have been in general use for 25 years, and there has never been a successful attack made on one of them by burglars. The peculiar construction being a sphere within a sphere, the walls of each 12 inches in thickness, the inner revolving to allow access to the contents during the day and effectually securing it when locked makes an attack by explosion out of the question. The directors of this progressive bank are to be congratulated on their foresight in thus providing for the funds of the institution the very best security to be had in the market. The banking rooms will be changed somewhat, to accomodate the new safe, which will be placed in a conspicuous place near the front window.

ANNUAL THANK OFFERING.

The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society will hold their annual thank offering service at Trinity M. E. church Sunday evening, March 20, at 7 o’clock. The following program will be rendered: Orchestra. Hymn 932. Prayer, Mrs. A. M. Stockton. Anthem, Choir. Scripture Reading, President. Solo, Miss Margaret Davidson. Address. Rev. fi. L. Kindig. Orchestra. Thank Offering. Hymn 935. Benediction.

Barred Plymovth Rock Eggs —One dollar per setting of 13. We have as fine a lot of hens as we have ever seen together. O. K. Ritchey, Rensselaer, Ind.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. Parties desiring to borrow money and to offer farm lands as security will do well to see us before placing their loans. We have the best facilities for placing loans and we believe we can save you money. Our oontracts are from two to ten years with privilege of paying at any interest paying time. While others have either raised their rates or quit business, we still have an unlimited amount of cash at 5 per cent interest. See us, we will do you good. Baughman & Williams, Attorneys & Abstracters, Rensselaer, Ind. “Bruner & Merry” Phone 15, “Bell” Phone 329. Just received a complete new line of latest patterns in carpets at Rowlbs & Parker’s.

Vol. VI. No. 50

DEATH IN OIL TANK.

das Fumes Overcome An Oil Worker ■t Asphaltum. XR. M. Grimes, an employe of the Indiana Asphaltum Co., was suffocated by gas arising from a a big crude oil tank at Asphaltum Wednesday morning. Grimes, it seems, was ordered to examine the tank and see if the lead pipes were frozen, but is said to have been told not to go inside the tank. He disregarded this injunction, however, and climbed up the ladder on the outside of the tank and desended the ladder within. He evidently was overcome by the gas in the tank before reaching the bottom and fell into the two feet of oil covering the bottom of the tank, for on his being missed and search being made a half hour later, his body was found floating in the oil. The gas arising from the tank was so strong that some difficulty was experienced in recovering the Grimes was about 38 or 39 yekrs of age and leave a wife and three children. An inquest was held by Coroner Wright Wednesday and the facts about as above related were brought out.

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

The city council met Monday evening with all members present. An ordinance was passed for the construction of the library sewer from Angelica street to the Makemself sewer, and the clerk was instructed to give notice of letting of contract on April 7. The treasurer’s report showed electric light fund overdrawn |1009.82; on hand in electric light improvement fund $608.37; on hand in corporation fund $772.06; on hand in water fund $73.37; orders presented to road fund and unpaid for want of funds, $1552.37; orders presented in corporation ftmd and not paid for want of funds, $3113.03.

H. C. Hoshaw et al presented a petition asking for an anti-chicken ordinance. Referred to the city attorney. The following claims were allowed ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Chas. Morlan, expense on light duplicate 35 Frank Moats, work on line 26 00 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 42 50 C. L. Thornton, salary 27 50 Lem Huston, salary 27 50 Tom Hoyes, work online 1 00 Crane Co., supplies 4 32 Victoria Coal Mining Co., coal 331 45 Central Electric Co., supplies 48 46 J. H. Chapman, freight 76 pi Western Electric Co., transpowers.. 500 00 ROAD FUND. Geo. McCarthy, hauling cinders.... 450 John Huffman, hauling cinders J 225 Al Fletcher, cleaning walks 6 10 S. Galbreath, work on street I 50 Ben O’Connor, work on street 75 CORPORATION FUND. Parker Childers, burying dog 50 W. H. Eger, supplies 2 60 Warner Bros , supplies. 75 Rensselaer Fire Department, salaries 98 16 Rensselaer Fire Department, dues disability fund 3 67 B. H. Dillon, salary night watch.,.. 45 00 F. M. Abbott, salary 22 50 Chas. Morlan, work on assessment duplicate 800 Geo. A. Williams, work on assessment duplicate 8 00 S. B. Jenkins, firing 125 WATER FUND. Conrad Hilderbrand, 5a1ary........ 27 50 The Ohio Rubber Co., packing 11 53

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. March 14. to Mr. and Mrs. Van Leah, north of town, a daughter. PRINTER WANTED. The Democrat wants at once a good, all-round printer, (married man preferred) one capable of setting ads and doing job work. To such a man good wages will be paid and a permanent position for years to come be given. References required as to sobriety Send samples of work and state wages wanted in applying for position. FARM LOANS. 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 oall us up by telephone as we have both the long distance Bell and Independent telephones in opr office. Austin & Hopkins, Rensselaer, Indiana. The Democrat and the Twice-a week St. Louis Republic for a short time to paid-in-advance subscribers for only $1.50.