Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1904 — Page 2

| FARMERS! FARMERS! f | ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A SALE? f | l t Employ the “Hustling Pair” of auctioneers. + Why? We get the highest prices, we treat X + your friends and bidders with courtesy, we X > guarantee satisfaction or no pay. Get our ♦ X terms before you employ your auctioneer. X | Phone 515-H. HARMON & GRANT, Rensselaer, Ind. ♦ Ime stale Ik oi rbii I \ DIRECTORS: | g John Eger, Pres. Delos Thompson, Cashier. | Lucius Strong Granville Moody 2 Warren Robinson 5 2 \ 2 Does a general banking business, Loans Money on g g all kinds of approved security ; buys notes, pays in- .j $ terest on savings; pays taxes for customers and others. | This Bosk will Be Glad 10 fxiend Mi Favor 1011$ customers consisteni m | $ T.i.»«.n.«2, »Bonirira Principles. | \r ' - ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» ♦ FARiTER FRIENDS, | X Will this Interest You? X I f > ♦ The line of goods I shall handle this season are all * high grade, every Buggy and Carriage will be a guar- ▼ anteed job. I have several good makes —Jtudebaker, Page Bros., Gates, Osborne and others. J Studebaker Farm Wagons are the best ironed and J > have the best box ever put on a \yagon. The two best mowers and binders on the market—- * McCormick and Milwaukee. I have extras for both J machines. The best of all, the Kemp Manure Spread- T J er, makes farmers more money than any implement J J ever put on the farm. I have the Birdsell Clover * Duller of South Bend, Ind. It gets all the seed. An J English sparrow would go hungry on the seed it J * leaves in the straw. I have the McCormick Shredder, and Corn Harvester, the world's best. Come and see. I am. yours truly, C. a. ROBERTS. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

mini ii t DEALER IN < [it. i. Brick iiil {■i. I mmn mo. > Upholstering and Repairing Having sold my bicycle repair business, 1 have concluded to put in the place of it, and in connection with ray undertaking business, a firet-class Upholstering and General Furniture Repair Business. I have secured the services of a first-class upholsterer. Work called for and delivered to any part of the city. Satisfaction guaranteed. ’PHONE 56. A. B. COWGILL. V - / j, An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat ot^ce. Morris' English Worm Powder Wtrraatadtocnnaay es»e of Worm* m Boma CSttto. S*u or Dow. UwHi Wora»jn teg Sold by A. F. Lon*.

* hm’mu * ■ice flail, Us Benton, White and Jasper Counties. • REPRESENTED BY MARION I. ADAMS, RENSSELAER. INI). I isurant e in force Dec. 81. 1903. $1,695,762.75. Increase for year 1903, $221,566.54. W. O. Brown, 6ENERAL AUCTIONEER, Thoroughly poated on all breeds of stock. Will make you big money on all your sales and satisfy you . every time. Satisfaction guaranteed. Terms reasonable. Write or telephone me for dates before advertising. "Phone No. *3B. RENSSELAER, : : INDIANA.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 48; oats 28. V Delos Thompson is the owner of a new automobile. Mr. and Mrs. B. Eorsythe will visit the world’s fair next week. The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 8. Only about 70 tickets were sold here Sunday for the Chicago excursion. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parkieon of Bucklin Kan., are visiting relatives here. D. J. Pettit, one of Wolcott’s prominent citizens, was a business caller in the city Monday. *s Lloyd Jessen has gone to Shelbyville, Ilk, to work for the Western Union telegraph plyXJakie Hopkins and wife are preparing to move to Brazil, where they will be employed in A. Lewis’ cigar factory. All the latest fall and winter patterns in millinery displayed at Mrs. Purcupile’s, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8. Vk An 8 pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wilcox at Dayton, Ky., Tuesday morning. Mother and child are doing well. Call at John Eger’s grocery for good Creamery Butter, put up in pound cartoons, wrapped in parchment paper. Satisfaction guaranteed. United States Senator Geo. F. Hoar, who has been in poor health for some time, died at his home in Worchester, Mass., at 1. 9 a m., yesterday.

Mrs. Rachel Seward arid daughter Miss Della of east of town, went to Woodland, 111., Monday for a visit with the former’s daughter, Mrs. Wm. Hull.

Winamac Journal: Mesdames George Warfield and Ann Megahan are visiting for a week or so with their sister, Mrs. J. W. Hutchison, in Jasper county. Wanted, several onion toppers at once, at thb Globe Onion Farm, north of town. Boys or men; good wages paid. Alf Donnelly. Jasper Kenton and family have gone to Indianapolis to keep house this winter for their son Charles who is attending a medical college there. They will return at the end of the term. The 13-year-old son of Levi Stutzman of near Parr got his left hand and fingers so badly mashed in the cogs of a cane mill Wednesday that amputation at the wrist was necessary.

Dr. S. J. Herman of Detroit. Mich., has formed a partnership with Dr. Johnson and has moved his family here. He will occupy the -1. T. Randle tenant house, vacated by E. J. Hurley.

Samuel J. Andalman of Chicago is visiting the family of John J. Mood at this writing. Mr. Andalman is studying law in the office of Luther Laflin Mills, the noted criminal lawyer, of Chicago.

All those interested in having an exhibit of corn, or corn show, in Rensselaer, are requested to attend the meeting to be held in the east court room at 2:30 p. m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at which time date, etc., will be agreed upon.

Vowing to the large amount of space taken up in the business write-up. several regular features of The Democrat are omitted from this issue, including the telegraphic news, and a general boiling down of local news was also naceseary. /'Nelson Ducharme of Barkley township was in Monday with a big load of big potatoes raised bv him this season. He picked up four tubers from the top of the load and presented to The Democrat man. The four weighed exactly six pounds.

)Ulf Donnelly is busy at his truck farm north of town harvesting the largest onion crop that he has ever raised. He-had in sixteen acres to onions this "year and he expects they will average about 500 bushels to the acre. One acre went over 600 bushels.

The arrangements with thelocal carpival management are said to have been that the carnival shows and speilers were to close down during the time of the political speaking to have taken place here last Friday. This was not done, and Mr. Foley declined to attempt to drown a brass band and dozens of carnival speilers, consequently the speaking was declared off. _

A Prof. W. O. Schanlanb was over from Mdrocco Saturday, shaking hands with friends here. Miss Clara Fendig will go to Brunswick, Ga., next week to spend the winter with relatives. Two farms for rent. Enquire of Dr. S. H Moore, over Fendig’s drug store, Rensselaer, Ind. Dr. Miller will move into W. H. Eger’s property on Franklin, street, formerly occupied by Prof. Hiatt. John Sharp, who has been working in a poultry house at Gilman, 111., for the past year, has returned home. The friends of the Iroquois ditch will meet to-day at 2 p. m , in the east court room to consider the state of the case. and Mesdames Jay W. Williams, A. F. Long and G. K. Hollingsworth are taking in the world’s fair this week. Prof. Michaels has sold his farm east of town, (the former Fred Fatka farm; to a Lafayette land company. The price is said to have been $75 per acre. Possession will be given March J, when Mr. Michaels will move to Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nowels were called to Flora, Carroll county, last Thursday by the serious illness and sequent death of the latter’s father. The funeral took place Sunday. Only a few weeks ago a half brother of Mrs. Nowels’ was buried.

}sDr. Meyer the dentist, was married Wednesday evening to Miss Myrtle Bell of Frankfort, at the bride’s home in that city. After a brief honeymoon and a visit to the world’s fair they will return and take up their residence in Rensselaer.

yWm. Daugherty, who has been living on A. O. Moore’s farm in Barkley townsihp, has moved to Rensselaer and occupies one of John Makeever’s tenant houses on South Division street. Mr. Moore has moved his family back on his farm, temporarily, but will continue his livery business here and will probably move back to town in the spring.

Xjohn Poole, wife and son, Frank Norman and sister, Miss Opal Sharp and The Democrat man and family visited the twin lake cities, St Joe and Benton Harbor, Mich., Sunday, going on the Three-Ps regular Sunday excursion. Thomas Walter, Henry Snow and sons, north of town, and several other Jasper county people also took in the excursion.

The Democrat man has been so busy of late that he neglected to acknowledge a number of contributions to the inner man made by subscribers. We want to thank Messrs. F. M. Hayes, John H. Brown, Lee £. Glazebrook, Chas. Ramp and Henry Ropp for lucious melons and grapes, and the latter for a tine basket of grapes and two boxes of the finest honey that ever melted on a warm biscuit.

G. M. Keister of Idaho, has purchased the Tanner restaurant of Wm. Donahue anti will open up to-day for business. Mr. Keister is an expert restaurant man and baker, and will conduct a 'firstclass place. He has contracted for a bake oven and will have same installed in a few weeks. He will make a specialty of shortorder lunch, full meals and coffee, and if you want something good, stop at his place on South Van Rensselaer street.

)(U. M. Baughman, John H. Jessen and J. J. Hunt attended the democratic joint-representa-tive convention at Hammond Tuesday. S. E. Swaim, editor of the Hammond News, was nominated for representative. Bro. Swaim is a well posted gentleman and will make an excellent representative. /(The Democrat hopes to see enouirh of the voters of the district lay aside partisanship to elect a true representative of the people, such as Mr. Swaim would be. v'

Over 3,000 copies of this edition of The Democrat were printed, to supply the wants of those who had left their order for extra copies. We still have a few extra copies on hand which can be had by applying at this office, at 5 cts per copy, wrapped ready for mailing. Come in and buy a dozen copies and send to your friends at a distance; they will enjoy reading it and will learn more about the town and county yon live in than yon could write them in a lifetime.

TO THE LADIES OF RENSSELAER.

Call and Bee the latest, up-to-date style in millinery before purchasing elsewhere.

MRS. H. PURCUPILE.

/\ During the severe electrical storm Sunday night John Jones of this city had, a cow killed by lightning and Wm. Shape’s residence 6n Cherry street was struck and damaged somewhat. The barn of C. I. Walker of Barkley tp., was burned, together with oats, hay, etc., contained therein. There was about $450 insurance on the building and contents, which will nearly cover the loss. John Mgrtindale of Newton tp., had a cow killed, and Vincent Eisle south of town, had a two-year-old heifer killed in the same storm.

John W. Daley, aged 26 years, a son of Chas. W. Daley of Sharon, was killed in the big wreck on the Southern railroad near Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday in which over fifty were killed outright and over one hundred injured. John was traveling for the D. M. Ferry seed house, and he was apparently killed instantly, a small hole or depression in the forehead indicating this. He was not otherwise bruised much. The remains were received here Thursday morning and the funeral was held from the house at Sharon yesterday at 10 a. m., Revs. Kindig and Farmer conducting the services. Quite a number of relatives from a distance were to the funeral.

FALL AND WINTER OPENING.

The latest fall and winter millinery styles will be displayed at Mrs. Purcupile’s beautiful millinery parlors, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8.

MAKEEVER-GRANT.

r A very pretty home wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Coen at the corner of Cullen and Forests streets, Friday evening, Sept. 23. The contracting parties were Miss Jessie Gertrude Makeever, youngest daughter of the late Madison Makeever, and Mr. Garland Grant, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Grant. The beautiful ring ceremony took place at 8 o’clock and was performed by Rev. Elam, in the presence of only the immediate members of the two families. ,W bride wore a gown of white silk and carried bridal roses. After the ceremony elegant refreshments were served. *

COLT SHOW.

There will be an exhibition of the 1904 produce of the Percheron Stallion Pickard, and the English Shire Stallion Arrowsmith King, on the south side of the public square, Rensselaer, Ind., on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 2:30 o’clock p. ni. A premium of $ of next year’s service fee will be given as first premium on each horse’s get, and as second premium.

Owners of other stable horses who desire to show the get of their horses at this time are invited to take part in this show, they to make their own premiums.

ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY DAY AND CO., CONVENTION.

To be held at the M. E. Church, Rensselaer, beginning at 10 a.m., Oct. 4. Rev. E. W. Hallpenny, State secretary, will address both the a. m., and p. m., sessions. An earnest invitation is extended to all pastors, Sunday School superentendents, teachers and all others interested in the betterment of the Sunday schools of the county. C. W. Smalley, Pres. Mbs. J no. I. Gw in, Sec.

SIOO Reward, SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that js Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitution disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system, thereby destroying the fountain of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.

Rensselaer Upholstering and Outfiting Co. Ali kinds of Repairing and Finishing. Mattress — ~ Renovating a Specialty. Gluing and Varnishing. See our samples in the Glazebrook building next to the mill. Yours respectfully, Collins Bros. . 'Phone No, 39.

F. P. MORTON.

A MATTER OF HEALTH fl||l &*RIHO POWDER Absolutely Pure HAS HO SUBSTITUTE

THE COMMON COUNCIL.

At the regular meeting of thecity council Monday evening the following business was transacted: Street committee instructed to have dirt on gravel road in west part of town removed. Ordinance passed under suspension of rules for a sewer on Weston and Dayton streets north to Makemeelf sewer. Members of fire department allowed $1.50 each for going to Jordan fire. Joe Halligan granted permit toerect a barn in block 3. Ordinance adopted for cement walk on east side of College avenue from McCoy avenue to Susan street. Herman Schultz, Conrad Kellner and Henry Hildebrand granted saloon licenses. Matter of grading Walnut and Milton streets leferred to street committee with power to act. Bond of J. H. Ellis, mayor, in the sum of 13,000, signed by J. A. Larsh and John Eger, was approved. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. A. R. Kresler. salary health officer fll 47 C. H. Vick, night watch 10 50 J. H. Hoover,.packing hydrants 2 25 I. A. Glazebrook, assisting city eng 75 H. L.Gumble 6 00 Chas. Morlau. salary A fees 54 70 F. M. Abbott, salary as marshal 27 75 K. W Sprigg. services, fireman 5 25 C. W. Platt, same 7 75 C. S.Chamberlain. same 5 25 E. R. Hopkins, same 7 75 E, G. Warren, same, 9 25 J. H. Hoover, same 7 25 M. C. Burke.same 7 25 B. G. Goff, same ... 7 75 C. H. Vick, same 7 25 A. D. Burns, same 7 25 Johu Bush, same 7 25 J. E. Hopkins, same 7 75 J. W. Mann, same 7 25 True Woodworth, same 7 75 Rensselaer firedept.duesdisability fund 3 50 ROAD FUND. Ed Randle, work on street 2 85 E. Grieser. same 2 85 Chas. Seelman. same 7 05 A 1 Fletcher, same 3 75 F. Ruthford.same 2 10Tom Parker, hauling gravel 2 50 EI.KCTRIC LIGHT FUND. General Electric Co., supplies 24 32 C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Sept. 15.... 50 OO C. L. Thornton, same i 30 00 Lem Huston, salary to Sept. 15 30 OO John Albertson, work on line 3 45 A. L. Branch, hauling coal .. 28 15 Frank Bruuer, work on line 2 00 Frank Bruner, same 5 10 WATER FUND. Conrad Hildebrund. salary to Sept. 15... 30 00

G. M. Wilcox & Son Two Stores, Surrey a*" l Parr. We Force You To Buy Our Goods Big Sale Next Week. White Horse fiout .. ....,.$1.50 Market Baskets .04 Economy Coffee 15 Cider Vinegar 18 Sugar Syrup 33 Tomato Catsup 19 Table Lamps f. 50 Tin Funnels 05 Mouse Traps.. 02 6 Table Spoons 24 6 Teaspoons..... 15 Salt Boxes 09 Lamp Burners .09 Bottle Bluing .09 Hook Husking Pins.... 25 Padlocks 10 Shelf Paper 01 Egg-O-See .09 Maple-Flake 13 Biscuit Cutters 01 Wrist Bands.. ......... .10 Tin Cups 01 Pot Cover Knobs ,01 Liquid Glue .01 Butter Moulds 10 Corn Knives , .25 Big Bottle I»k 05 Kraut Cutters 25 Lantern Globes: !. .25 Lantern Burners .10 Playing Cards 10 Talcum Powder 15 Husking Gloves .75 Dinner Buckets : - .10 Mop Stioks 10 Coat Racks 10 Horn Combs .15 Milk Ladles .10 Corn Poppers —..- .10 Machine Oil 10 Castor Oil - .10 Camphor Gum... 05 Quinine .W strainers 15 Colanders! .................—. — .15 Wash Pans 10 Stove Pipe - 15 Elbows - —.. .25 Stove Dampers - .10 Stove Pokers —...................... .05 Stove Polish 10 Stove Boards , 79 Coffee Mills - -20 Pure Lard 1214 Choice Bacon .1314 Fancy Dry Salt Men's Handkerchiefs —; 10 Cash Prices.