Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Read The Democrat for news. Corn 48c; oats, 31o; rye, 50c. Threshing coal at Coen & Brady’s. Fountain Park Assembly opens at Remington to-day. Mrs. Mary Fox of Lafayette, vised relatives here Sunday. f ... - . Mr. H. Keen of Goodland was a Rensselaer visitor Tuesday. Gray left Saturday for a couple of weeks visit at his farm near Bluffton. 'JLMrs. Charles Ramp spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. N. Krull, at Monon. White county old settlers’ meeting will be held at Monticello, Saturday, August 29. >4S. T. Harris of Remington, was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Harris, Sunday. -AYoung John Duvall-has gone to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he expects to secure a situation. Donnelly returned Tuesday from a week’s stay at Mudlavia, for the benefit of his health. Goodland has a cracker-jack base ball team but the town is helpless in coping with the fire fiend. __________ SyMrs. F. E. Mauck and children or^Anderson, are visiting Mrs. Mauck’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Yeoman. Miss Ethel Perkins of this city, has been re-engaged to teach in the Goodland schools the coming school year. xMr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock and Mr. Roy Keesey and Miss Frances Eiglesbach picnicked at Cedar Lake Sunday. The Monon will make a rate of 80 cents for the round trip to Water Valley to-day on account of Shelby’s Odd Fellows’ picnic. J. W. Pruitt of Lafayette, was here Saturday to file his claim in the McCoy bankruptcy matter. He had SSOO in the defunct bank. A - ■■■■ * Ethel Sharp, Nellie Gray add Tillie Malchow, who have been attending normal at Terre Haute, returned home last Friday evening. Warner, W. C. Babcock, DF Kannal, Nim and Ed Hopkins and several other Rensselaer people spent Sunda}’ at the Kankakee, fishing. •&. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Randle returned last Friday from their visit with their children in Kansas and Missouri and from taking in the world’s fair. Judging from the appearance of the cement walks in the business part of the city, our anti-spit-ting ordinance is not being enforced very rigidly. Charles Antcliff and Miss Bessie Deniston, both of near Fores* man, were married last week. Miss Deniston formerly resided near Kniman, this county. Glenn Bates of this city, is one of those who have registered at Devil’s Lake, being about No. 300 to register. He has also registered for his father, N. S. Bates. Misses Orpha Timmons and Mary Peck of Remington and Mrs. D. H. Patton of Woodward, Okla., were guests of Mrs. N. S. Bates and family last Friday. There will be no services of any kind except Sunday School at the Christian church until The First Lord’s Day in September, on account of Fountain Park Assembly. Bquire Troxell, Christie Vick, Marshal Abbott and Geo. Colvert are putting in the week at the Kankakee, fishing and running up and down the river trying to keep warm. W. H. Eger has been putting in his spare time of late in building a big pigeon yard at his home. It is expected that he will soon be able to treat his friends to pigeon pot-pie, vB. F. Ferguson, Dr. Hartsell and Charles Chamberlain, left Wednesday for the Devil’s Lake oountry in Dakota, prospecting. Charlie expects to register for a land claim at Devil’s Lake.

Francesville gets a new rural mail route Sept. 1. Mrs. James Randle is a new assistant in the postoffice. Miss Ara Glazebrook is visiting friends in Indianapolis. Miss Eva Clark is visiting her sister, Mrs. Myra Mead, at Hammond. , Miss Mary Meyers left Tuesday for a two weeks visit with friends in the east. J. G. Perry of Chicago was looking after business matters here Wednesday. rs. R. P. Benjamin and son are visiting friends in Lafayette and Otterbein this week. Frank G arr i°tt, who has been attending school at Valpo., returned home yesterday. Miss Mae Binkston of Mt. Ayr, is the guest of Miss Opal Sharp and other friends here. Jack Groom and son of Kingman, Kan., are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Groom. Walter Imes of Huntington, is visiting his parents, Mr. and W. J. Imes here at present writing. The first. load of home grown water melons of the season were brought in Thursday by Michael Nagel. W. King has opened a neat little fruit stand in the alleyway between the Makeever and Forsythe blocks. Mrs. McMahan of Danville, 111., met her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Honan, here and is visiting her for a few days. 1 “>J)r. J. H. Honan and wife of Berlin, Germany, are visiting the family of the former’s brother, E. P. Honan. Mrs. C. J. Borntrager of Ft. Wayne, came Wednesday for a couple of weeks visit with her children and friends. Eger left Wednesday for Cambridge, Mass., to engage quarters for the coming term of Harvard College, which he expects to attend. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Eger expect to go to Grand Rapids, Mich., in a few days for a two weeks visit with Mrs. Eger’s two sisters who' reside there. first load of stone for the new Christian church was hauled Wednesday by W T . S. Day. The architect is busy preparing plans for the edifice and the church people want to get it under way as soon as possible. The remains of the one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Saylor of near W T heatfield were brought here for burial in Weston cemetery Tuesday. The child was taken sick Saturday with cholera infantum and died Monday. H. Jessen and Charles ‘Chamberlain spent Sunday at “Jerry’s Island,” in the Kankakee. The water is so low in the river now that it was with some difficulty that Charley’s email gasoline boat with only two occupants made its way up the stream. The Democrat’s new newspaper press will be installed about September Ist, at which time we expect to get moved into our new quarters, one door north of our present location. A new water mrtor will be installed for driving the big press and our two jobbers. Miss Lessie Bates went to Winona Lake Wednesday for a few days stay, and from there will go to Indianapolis to visit friends for awhile. Miss Alice Bates, who has been at Winona for the past six weeks, taking a course in library work, will return home next week. Tom McCoy passed through Rensselaer on the milk train Sunday evening, on his way to Lafayette, where he and his wife are now staying all the time. He had been sojourning at his old“stomping ground,” Jerry’s Island, in the Kankakee. Tom didn’t get off the train here to shake hands with any of his old pards. Mr. and Mrs. Horrie of Chicago, visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Driver, north of town, a few days the first of the week. They made the trip down from Chicago in Mr. Home's tonring automobile. The big automobile was one of the finest machines ever seen in Rensselaer, and we snderstand ooet $3,500,

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, August 13, 1904.

About 80 tickets were sold here to the K. of P. jubilee and picnic at Lowell Thursday. IJkMrs. Marsh Warner and son Jim went to Delphi yesterday for a week’s visit with relatives, and to attend the old settlers meeting held there to-day. Miss Jean McFarland is camping at Dunn’s bridge this week with the party of young folks from Brook and Goodland, mentioned in our Dunnville correspondence. jQGeorge Hopkins, who has been ’wearing the city marshal’s star during the latter’s sojourn at the Kaukakee, has done some good work in cleaning up the streets, cleaning out the gutters about the catch-basins, etc. Mr. Mort Dyer, proprietor of the Cullen street barber shop, and Miss Nellie F. Davisson of Chalmers, were united in marriage Wednesday evening at the home of the bride’s parents in Chalmers. The Democrat extends congratulations. F. D. Craig, former editor of the defunct People’s Pilot of this city, has started a Populist paper at Indianapolis, where he is now living. John Medert will be associated with him in the publication of the sheet, the Indianapolis News says. It is a little-four sheet and is called the Plain Dealer. The big dry goods firm of Shields Bros, at Monticello, have made an assignment to Capt. Wm. Guthrie for the benefit of their creditors. The firm states its ability to pay all creditors in full, and gives as a reason for the alignment, that it bought heavily and the goods did not move fast enough for them to meet the bills as they came in.

Mrs. James Maloy who has been staying with her son, Dr. Bernard Maloy at Steeger, 111., for some time, returned home Wednesday to look after her household affairs here for awhile, bringing Beruie’s two children home with her. His wife is reported very low at the home of her mother in Englewood. Mr. and Mrs. James Maloy will probably go up to Steeger and stay with Bernie this winter. “M” returned from The State Encampment last Friday, dusty, foot-sore and tired. They were met at the railroad station by the Military band and escorted down town. The accomodations and grub furnished the boys this year were not very satisfactory, and several of them have expressed themselves as having “bad enough” soldiering, and when their time expires next March they will not re-enlist they say. A. R. Colborn, head of the A. R. Colborn Lumber C 0.., of Michigan City, died Thursday after a few hours illness from paralysis, supposed to have been caused from a blood clot on the brain. Mr. Colborn was a brother of Isaac Colborn of Goodland, who was formerly in the lumber business in this city, and was married a few years ago to Miss Nellie Claypool, daughter of Rev. *J. H. Claypool, a former well, known Methodist minister of this conference district.

Mr. Vernon Shock, the “delivery boy” of the Chicago Bargain Store, and Miss Jennie McGinnis, also of Rensselaer, were married Sunday morning at the home of the bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Washington Scott, at 9:30 o’clock, Rev. J. M. Elam, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. The young couple left at once for Danville for a short visit, after which they will return here and take up their residence in rooms in the John Coen residence, which they have rented. The advent of the opening of the new clothing store in the Leopold building last Saturday spurred some of our other clothing dealers to additional efforts to draw trade that were quite amusing to the onlookers. Special price bargains were put on display and L. Wild berg, of the Ideal, hired the Military band to play several selections both forenoon and afternoon in front of his store. This caused the other fellows to put out a new balletin, saying that they “could not afford to hire a band and sell goods so cheaply.” The atrenuosity of the good-na-tured fight attracted much attention from Jew and Gentile.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Marriage licenses issued: August 6, Vernon‘Shock to Jennie McGinnis. A SsThere will be five applications for liquor license at the September term of commissioners’ court —two from Wheatfield and three from Rensselaer. —o — The Garrison, Moffit and Burns ditch bonds aggregating $38,000 were sold last Friday by the county auditor to the Erie County Banking Co., of Vermilion, Ohio, for $38,045 or a premium of only $45. The bonds draw 6 per cent interest. —o — New suitß filed: No. 6696. LaRue <fc Laßue vs. Wm. J. Reed, Guardian; action on account. No. 6697. Fred N. Chapman vs. Harriet E. Sharp, et al; action in foreclosure. No. 6698. The Sattley Manufacturing Co., vs. Geore A. Chappell; action on note. 7. —o — Tom McCoy’s expensive gasoline launch is not carrying its customary loads of congenial spirits—both liquid and in the flesh—to “Jerry’s Island’’ this season, but is “dry docked” under cover at Water Valley. Many of those who enjoyed Tom’s hospitality at the Island, like the Rensselaer teachers who were banqueted at the McCoy’s home, paid a good round price for their entertainment. How easy it is to be a “good fellow” if someone else furnishes the money. —o — Trustee Stewart of Hanging Grove has let the contract for a new school house at No. 3 to James Longstreth of Parr, whose bid was $741.48, which includes foundation and building complete and the setting of the seats and blackboards. Other bids ranged from $Bl6 down to $745, the next lowest to Mr. Longstreth’s bid. There were seven bidders. Mr. Longstreth also secured the contract for the new school building in Barkley, and is now working on same. He will cqmmence on the Hanging Grove building Monday.

PROHIBITION COUNTY TICKET.

The Prohibitionists nominated the following ticket at their county convention Saturday: Recorder. Benj. F. Knapp, of Walker. Treasurer, Wm. S. Day, of Rensselaer. Sheriff, Mead Rayburn, of Gillam. Surveyor, E. M.' Banes of Rensselaer. Assessor, Albert E. Brand, of Rensselaer. Coroper, Webb Reeve*, of Rensselaer. Commissioner, Ist Diet., Geo. W. Faris, of Gillam; 2d Dist., James Yeoman of Newton; 3d Dist., to be supplied by the committee. The only contest was in the nomination for commissioner from the Ist district, J. W. Hudson and Mr. Faris, both of Gillam, being placed before the convention. There were some twenty-five people present.

WEDNESDAY’S RACES.

The running races and base ball game at the Stock Farm Wednesday were quite well attended, but a great many people saved a quarter by not entering the grounds, but viewed the sport from the roadside, just north of the track. Following is a report of the events. Three furlongs and repeat pony race—Jap Wright’s Elsie Ritchey, Ist; L. T. Spencer’s Lsdy Garnet, 2d; Hughes Bros. Ruth Jones 3d. Purse SSO. Half mile and repeat race— Eugene Rice’s Belle of Oakwood won first heat; Elsie Ritchey second heat; third heat dead, and money divided. Purse SSO. Six furlong dash —Belle of Oakwood Ist; Wiseman Bros. King Henry 2d; L. T. Hopper’s Bob Allen 3d. Purse SSO. The base ball game was decidedly pne-sided, and resalted in a score of 6 to 1 for Mt. Ayr. Neither Montgomery Ward & Co,, nor Sears, Roebuck & Co., can get your clothing order after looking over oar stacks; be sure and oome to see ns. Louis Wildbebg.

ANOTHER FIRE AT GOODLAND.

The Hefferlin feed store and the old marble shop building just south of same was destroyed by.,, fire Sunday afternoon. A buggy shed of Peter Brook’s near by, filled with new buggies, was also burned, but the contents of the latter building were saved. John Hefferlin, the proprieter of the feed store, was a former resident of near Rensselaer, and moved to Goodland about a year ago. He had a large stock on hand, we are told, but could not get any insurance, because of the numerous fires there and the lack of any fire protection in the towu. The building occupied by Mr. Hefferlin was owned by Peter Brook, and was a large frame building worth perhaps S6OO. The old marble shop building was erected by The Democrat man, about 18 years ago, and he carried on a marble and granite business in same for several years. Both the feed store building and marble shop were formerly owned by the editor of this paper. Later reports from Goodland state that Mr. Hefferlin’s loss was about SI,OOO and that Mr. Brook lost several hundred dollars worth of farm machinery. Brook owned both buildings.

ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

Incident to the installing of a new newspaper press and motive power for same, which entails an outlay of over sl,ooof The Democrat sent out a few hundred statements to its patrons explaining the need of money to meet this expense, and requesting that they remit the small amount due us in each individual case, but which in the aggregate amounted to enough to enable us to meet all this expense very easily. Many of these debtors have responded with the amount of their statement, and to them we want to express our hearty thanks. There are several, however, who have thus far failed to respond, having in some instances, no doubt, overlooked the matter. To these we would earnestly request that they examine the label on their paper, and if in arrears, to please remit the amount shown to be due at their earliest opportunity. Look at the label on your paper and see if you are one of these.

SMALL PARASITE DEVASTATING SHADE TREES.

Some sort of an insect, commonly called the tree louse, has been working on many of the shade trees of Rensselaer, and especially on the maples in the court house yard, which have been covered with a white, sticky substance, resembling a mould, somewhat, for the past two months, and now the leaves are dropping off many of the trees in considerable numbers. This season has been very propitious for the pest, it is said, and its ravages in other towns is reported. Unless something is done to rid trees of this parasite it is said they will entirely kill them. It would be a grevious loss indeed to lose the few trees remaining in our court house yard, and, if not already too late, something should be done at once to save them.

DEATH OF MRS. J. W. SMITH.

Emma S. Smith, wife of John W. Smith, wbo resides on the old Haley farm* south of town, near the Slaughter school house, died at 7 a., m. Thursday after about two years illness from consumption, aged 48 years and 6 months. Deceased’s maiden name was Pence, and she leavqa four brothers and one sister. X. Two brothers and the sister, Mrs. Lyons, reside at or near Brook, and one brother lives in Chicago, and one in Pueblo, Colo. She was the mother of twelve children, nine of whom with the husband survive her. Five of the children are married and four are still at home. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Milroy Baptist chnrch, and interment made in the Benson cemetery.

FOR SALE. 75 head of Shropshire ewes and rams. Hall V. Zimmerman, R-R. No. 3. Remington, Ind. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. X August 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kays, in the north part of town, a son. August 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Joßn Walters of Barkley tp., a daughter.

Vol. VII. No. 19

WILDASIN AND HONAN

J Nominees for Senator and ProsecuJ tor, Respectively. democratic senatorial and judicial convention met at Reynolds Wednesday and nominated Sheriff John A Wildasin, of Newton county, for senator, and E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer., for prosecuting attorneys^ Mr. Wildasin, although living in a strong republican county, was twice elected sheriff, which shows that he is well thought of, and is vote getter. Mr. Honan is too well known both here and in Newton, to need any introduction from us. While he did not seek the nomination and from a financial standpoint would perhaps be a loser were he elected, yet he will make an able and conscientious prosecutor should the voters of Jasper and Newton decide to elect him to this office.

WITH CRIMINAL ASSAULT.

Bert Knight and Prank Wallace of Kersey, Charged With Serious Crime. The 13-year-old daughter of John Levi of near Kersey was criminally assaulted last Friday morning by Bert Knight and Frank Wallace of Kersey, according to affidavits sworn out here the same afternoon. According to the girl’s story 6he .was on the way to the grocery store in Kersey when in passing the shop or grain office on the Gifford road at Kersey, Knight forced her into the shop, locked the door and committed the crime. He then went out and Wallace came in and also assaulted her. She admitted that she made no outcry and seems to have not suffered any distress of mind or body until several hours after she had returned home, when she told about the affair and the warrants were sworn out.

Wallace, who is a blacksmith, was arrested and had his preliminary hearing before Squire Troxell Saturday evening. He denied the girl’s story completely. He is about 23 years of age and seems to have a good reputation about Kersey. He was bound over to court and bond fixed at SBOO. In default of bond he was remanded to jail, where he still is at this writing. Knight made his escape and has not been apprehended as yet. The most serious part of the affair seems to be the girl’s age, if the charges are true. Her father says she was 13 years old last May, and the age of consent in Indiana is 14 years. The assault, if an assault was committed, appears to have been with the consent, or without any vigorous resistance, at least, on, the part of the girl.

Rensselaer Teachers, 1904-05.

The following corps of teachers have been engaged for the coming school year: W. H. Sanders, Supt. Miss Margaret Davidson —Music and Drawing. * HIGH SCHOOL AND EIGHTH YEAR. W. O. Hiatt, Prin.—Physics and Mathematics. Miss Eflie Warvelle—English. Miss Maude Allen—Latin and German. James Swinerton —Science. Marvin Wallace —History. E. E. Brooks —Mathematics. Miss Anna O. Marlott—Latin and English. GRADES. Morgan Sterrett ) t n . u W. O. Grissom ) 6lh&7th > rrs ' Miss Sara Wisler —Fifth year. Miss Edith Berry—Fourth year. Miss Lessie Bates —Third year. Miss Grace Nowels Second year. Miss Bessie Donaldson—Second and First years. Stella Shields —First year.

NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

The old Hansen blacksmith shop, on Front street is now open for business, with Jesse Ball and Dr. J. L. Jones in charge. The latter is not only an experienced blacksmith but is also a veterinary surgeon, and will carry on a general veterinary practice. The firm does a general blacksmithing business, horse-shoeing, etc. Give them a call.

Fob Sale: —Two good lowa farms, well improved and located. Write for piotures, prices and terms. Mignt consider part in other property. Address Box 81, Independence, lowa. 22