Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 40: oats 28. And next Thursday is “turkey £•’ /te&iss Harriet Yeoman is visiting friends in Chicago this week. True 5 Woodworth is visiting relatives in Brazil and Marion. The Democrat is the. only allhome print newspaper published in Jasper county. The M. E. Industrial ladies cleared over S6O at their rummage sale last week. Attorney J. E. Westfall of Hammond was in the city a few hours on business Monday. Albert Bouk, trustee-elect of Walker township, was in the city on business Thursday. Custer Baker of Barkley township, went to Logpnsport Monday to enter a business college. Thomas Ravenscroft of Vinton, lowa, is visiting relatives here and in Carpenter township. \ Mrs. Sarah Cowgill was called to New Philadelphia, Ohio, last Friday by the death of her sister. “V-Mrs. E. H. Shields returned ,last Friday from a month’s visit with relatives in Wells county. A. D. Babcock of Goodland, was in the city Monday night, looking after business matters. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Willis are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Vermont Hawkins, at Anderson this [week. jCMj. and Mrs. George Kurrie of Philadelphia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kurrie at this writing. “VJudge Thompson and family left Saturday for Los Angeles, Cali., where they expect to spend the winter, t\john Hordeman is laid up with a couple of broken ribs, the result of a fall on his doorstep Monday morning. Mrs. Joseph Bretz and little son of Chicago, Aue visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Kresel, south of town, this week. Vj, S. Bates has been drawn as a petit juror for the November term of the Federal court at Indianapolis. The jury is called for Dec. sth. “■“HFrank Bruner, son of J. F. Bruner of this city, and Mrs. Laura E. Leak wer* married at the home of E. G. Warren on Clark street last Saturday evening, Squire Troxell tying the nuptial knot. Advertised letters: Miss Nealie McCombs, Miss Eunice Finnegan, Mr. Chas. Greenlee, Mr. Walter L. Clark, Mr. Gus Larsh, Mr. Charles Porter, John F. Smith, John R. Coghill, Mr. David Smith, Mr. Clyde Kooe. The second high school football team played a game with Monon here last Saturday. Score 28 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer. Roes Porter of the Rensselaer team got his left leg broken below .the knee in the game. -V-Mr. John D. Carr and Miss Lizzie Scheurich, both well known young people of Rensselaer who have been working in Chicago for some time, were married in that city on election day. They will continue to reside in Chioago.

and Mrs. J. H. Chapman are taking in the world’s fair this week. Wm. Nowels has moved from the Eiglesbach property on College avenue, into the Richardson property on Cullen street. -Lq. B. Stewart and L. H. Hamilton attended the I. O. O. F., grand lodge meeting at Indianapolis this weeL Willis Rainford, who lived in the Wm. Warren property on South Weston street, moved last week to Ridge Farm, 111., with his family. All the churches of Rensselaer have changed the hour of Sunday evening services from 7:30 to 7:00; also, the young people’s meetings from 6:30 to 6:00. Thomas Davis of near Brook, was fined SI.OO and trimmings, $8.05 all told, in Squire Irwin’s court Saturday night on a drunk and disorderly charge. The saloons all closed up for the football game Monday afternoon, and the sports all went to the game. Some of them, no doubt, wish now that they hadn’t gone. On account of the international Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, on Nov. 30th we will sell round trip tickets at the rate of $1.50; final limit Dec. 3d. W. H. Beam, Agent. William Goff, aged 82 years, died at the home of his son, Amos Goff, near Kniman, Wednesday morning. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and burial made in the Kniman cemetery. XJohn Ramp, who was so badly injured a few weeks ago from falling on a pitchfork handle, is now able to be about some, but only a shadow of his former self, and he was not overburdened with flesh before the accident. He will soon be all right once more. The Hopkins boy who was mentioned in The Democrat last week as getting his leg broken in the Crown Point-Rensselaer high school foot ball game, was named Ray, instead of Vern. as stated by us, He is a son of Nim Hopkins, the township assessor. To advertisers: The Democrat has passed the 1,500 in mark circulation and is fast climbing up toward 2,000. Remember that a conservative estimate is five readers to each copy of a county paper. Do you realize how many peopleread your ad when placed in this paper? ' Monticello Journal: It is six weeks this afternoon since Arch ie Robbins made his high dive from the court bouse tower, and was so severely injured. He is still in the Eastman hospital at Indianapolis. There is but little change in his condition over what it was three weeks ago. George J. Haste of Union township and Robert Clark of north of town, who went to Washington a few weeks ago with the expectation of locating in that state, found nothing that suited them there and have come back as far as Aurora, Neb., where they now are. They write that they will probably buy near there. Frank Kennel, who is now tending bar for Cooney Kellner, gives notice of his intention to apply for a license to rnn a saloon in the Third ward, in the Maloy building, near the depot, at the December term of commissioners’ court. Geo. A. S trick faden will also ask for a renewal of his. license in the First ward at the same time. Gems of Poesy, published at $1.50 by The Delhaye Publishing Co., 356 Deaborn St., Chicago, 111., is a charming collection of 432 pages of modern poetry, beautifully and expensively bound in silk and gold and is especially adapted for presentation. Alice M. Parks, of Rensselaer, is a contributor and her work is the subject of much favorable comment. XSherman Renicker has sold out hib business at Rib Lake, Wis., and with his family returned to Rensselaer Sunday. He will probably engage in some business here if he finds a suitable opening. In any event be expects to remain here until spring. He reports that Roland Leisof Union township, who moved to Rib Lake last week, arrived there Saturday morning.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, November 19, '1904.

Walter White, former assistant cashier in the defunct McCoy bank, will move to Covington, Ind., next week where he will open a butcher, shop >JThos. Redgate, who sold his 160 a!c?e farm in Marion township last week to Wm. E. Moore of this city for $7,200 has bought A. F. Long’s 160 acre farm in Newton township, at $52.50 per acre. Tuesday’s Indianapolis Sentinel: Mrs. Edward P. Honan of Rensselaer, Ind., who has been visiting Mrs. Theodore Cravens for a week, will return home tomorrow. Mrs. Cravens entertained a few friends informally at bounce this afternoon. Michael Stibbe of Union township, has traded his 80 acre farm in the north part of that township, for Sherman Renicker’s 80 acre farm in Taylor county, Wis. Stibbe gets $2,500 difference in in the trade. He will move to Wisconsin in the spring. George W. Kersey, aged 73 years, died at the home of his son-in-law M. H. Stanley, northeast of Parr, last Saturday, after a sickness of several months. The funeral was held Monday at Aix and interment made in the Prater cemetery in Barkley township. A-George K. Hollingsworth and fabaily leave this week for their new home in Chicago. Mr Hollingsworth has had several opportunities to dispose of his fine residence property here, but will retain the same, as the familly expect to spend the summers They will reside at 6263 Greenwood avenue. Mr. P. A. Rusk of South Weston street, this city, who with his family has been visiting for several months in Missouri and Illinois, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peter Miller, near Rantoul, 111., Nov. 8, aged 67 years, after an illness of about three weeks. The burial was at Rantoul, Mrs. Rusk and two unmarried daughters returned to Rensselaer Wednesday. game of football for blood and money was played here Monday between Morocco and old players here. The score was sto oin favor of Morocco. It is said that Rensselaer sports dropped a big wad of money on the game, for they were confident of winning. However, Morocco was loaded for them and carried away their money. One Moroccoite said it was like taking candy from children. V-The little Wm. I. Hoover child, south of town, that was so badly injured from being kicked by a horse a few weeks ago, died about 12 o’clock Thursday. The doctors had thought it would recover, but it grew worse Tuesday, after which its death was only a question of a few days at most. The a. funeral will be held at 10 m., at the bouse, to-day Revs. Elam and Kendig conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Sue Parr, a comely looking lady aged 38 years, with two boys aged about 10 and lj2 years, arrived in the city Wednesday morning from Virginia. She was met at the station by Otto Steel, a Parr widower, and they repaired to the clerk’s office, procured a marriage license and Squire Irwin did the rest. Steel is a German farmer, aged 39 years, whose wife died several months ago. The marriage is said to have been brought about through the agency of a matrimonial paper, and the meeting here Wednesday morning was their first. L. Wood and little daughter were quite badly injured in a runaway near Alf Donnelly’s farm', north of " town, Saturday afternoon. Mr. Wood and family were returning to Parr, and when near the Donnelly place encountered Delos Thompson’s auto. Mr. Wood got out to lead the horse past the machine, but the noise frightened it so badly that it plunged forward, throwing him to the ground and snatching the reins from his hands, and startibg at breakneck speed along the roadx/ Mrs,. Wood dropped the childfrom the buggy and jumped out herself. The little girl received several cuts about the face and was bruised, while Mrs. Wood received a broken ankle and was otherwise quite badly cut and bruited. She was unoonscioua when picked up and taken into Mr. Dpnnelly’s bouse.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

terns of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. The Demoorat is informed on good authority that those in a position to know estimate that the McCoy bank creditors will receive about fifteen cents on the dollar. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 11, Jessie F. Bruner to Laura E. Leak. ' Nov. 15, Perry William Dirham to Ella Elizabeth Hawkins. Nov. 16, Otto Steel to Sue Parr. Nov. 17, Charles R. Rishling to Edna Dillon. —o— The newly elected county and township officers will take their respective offices on JaD. 1 next. Under the old law the trustees and assessors and some of the county officers took their office soon after the election, and it was necessary to qualify after ten days and within twenty days. They will not qualifv now until January 1. —o — Another meeting of the McCoy bank creditors is called for next Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 1 p. m. at the Superior Court building in Hammond. The object of the meeting is to argue the question of the compromise agreement entered into by the trustee (when assignee) with the McCoy women. It was erroneously stated by the Republicajrand Journal that this meeting ivould be held at Rens“selaer. -o- / • Laporte, Ind., November 14 —Frank I Wempe. a noted forger, who was arrested at Ripley, 0., for violating his parole, has been returned to prison at Michigan City. He has still six years to serve. Wempe is sixty years old, with a family at Ripley. Tbis is no doubt the Wempe who wap confined in jail here for several months, a year or two ago, and who was twice tried for forging a draft on a wholesale liquor firm and selling it to George Strickfaden. He was acquitted at his second trial here but was arrested again at once and taken to Liberty, Ind., to answer another charge of the same character, and, we believe was found guilty then and sent to the penitentiary. ** —o— New suits filed: No. 6736. Sattley Mfg., Co., vs. George A. Chappell; action on note; demand $250. No. 6738. Samuel H. May vs. Newton C. Wickwire; transcript from Newton county. No. 6738. W. B. Austin vs. Peter S. Peterson and Sorendine Peterson; foreclosure of mortgage. No. 6739. John C. Lowe vs. Ulysses M. Baughman and George A. Williams; action on account. This case grows out of the McCoy *bank failure. It seems that Messrs. Baughman & Williams bad collected some $625 for Lowe, and he had told them to hold it until he came over. He came here on the Saturday before the bank closed, in the afternoon, and through some delay the McCoy bank, in which the money was deposited was closed before Mr. Lowe got ready to get his money. The check given him was a receipt in full, and he accepted it. He took it home with him and deposited, it in the Lowe bank at Monticello. The McCoy bank, however, never opened its doors again, and as Baughman & Williams claim they were simply acting as agents in the matter of the transfer of the money from one party to another, they do not want to pay it again unless obliged to. It is said that no precisely similar case has ever been passed upon by our higher courts. At the meeting of the county commissioners last week but little of great importance except allowing claims, was done. Wm. Ballinger was granted a saloon license at Kniman, to take effeot Nov. 15. Willie F. Granger was also granted saloon license at Kereey, to take effect Nov. 11. No opposition was made to the granting of either license. The requisition for suppliee for the poor farm for the .next quarter wae approved and the letting will be on Dec. 5. • B. D. Comer, trustee of Union township, was granted permission to borrow 9600 on road aocount

John P. Ryan trustee of Gillam township, was granted permission to extend additional poor relief, not exceeding sls per quarter, to Cornelius Williamson and Nancy Williamson. Louis F. Lehman et al ditch; final report ordered made Nov. 23. Notice ordered for letting of contract for two new bridges in Carpenter township. In matter of extension to Burk’s bridge; bids all above appropriation and re-advertisement ordered. Mrs. Charles M. Paxton et al petition for ditch; Sylvester Gray, C. J. Dean and E. L. Clark appointed viewers, to meet Nov. 21. —o — The November term of the Jaser circuit court convened Monday. Little has been done except in probote matters and setting of cases for trial. Following are the proceedings to Thursday noon: Charles S. Nichols vs. William S. Parks; action for $5,000 damage for alternation of affections of plaintiff’s wife; plaintiff, by his attorneys, files written dismissal of case. State vs. Frank Wallace; set for trial Nov. 29. B. J. Gifford vs. M. B. Price, surveyor, and board of commissoners of Jasper county; continued for term by agreement. Ephriam Gilmore vs. Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville Ry. Co.; dismissed by plaintiff. Aggie Ton, adm. vs. S. J. Suidema; set for Third Monday at 11 a. m. Joseph Marion vs. William Wesner and B. F. Mason; set for Third Thursday at 9 a. m. Peter May vs. Wilbur D. Bond; set for Third Friday at 9 a. m. William D. Sayler vs. A. McCoy and T. J. McCoy; plaintiff files amended complaint, making J. H. Chapman, trustee, party defendant. L. T. Hammond vs. Fitz W. Bedford; plaintiff asks for change of venue and the case is sent to Newton county. Simon P. Thompson vs. Levi Sanders; continued for term. William H. Randle, adm., vs. Robert A. Parkison; set for Fourth Wednesday. Benjamin Sutton vs. U. M. Baughman, administrator of estate of Amos F. Nichols; plaintiff fails to appear and case dismissed. State vs. Alfred McCoy, Thomas J. McCoy and Walter M. White; Thomas J. McCoy and A. McCoy ask for change of venue, and case is sent to White county. Elizabeth F. Sehring vs. George Sehring; decree of divorce granted plaintiff.

STOCK FARM RACING.

There will be some good running races at the Stock Farm track Rensselaer, Ind., Saturday afternoon, Nov. 29. The first race will be a J mile dash for a purse of $25; divided sls and $lO. Horses eligible to this race are: “Bob Allen” of Roselawn; Wiseman’s “Baby Ruth” of Virgie: “Lady Garnet Stauntion” of Wolcott; “Tom Watson” of Marion township; “Smirk” of Rensselaer; the Harrington sorrel mare, of Goodland; and the “Bell of Oakwood.” The owners of fine of these horses have signified their intention of taking part in these races, and the other two have not been heard from as yet but are expected to be here. The second race will/ be a£ mile dash, for purse of $25, divided sls and $10; with same horses. No entrance fee to either race* Note: —The horse “Smirk” will be sold after the race, win or lose, to the highest bidder at public auction, to settle a partnership. Racing will begin promply at 2p. m. An admission fee will be charged at the gate ~

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Vol. VII. No. 33

ARRESTED FOR DESTURBING A PUBLIC GATHERING.

On an affidavit sworn out by Mr. Dillon, the nightwatch, James Brenner, Hugh Kirk, Hurley Beam, Booby Tuteur, John Robinson, Harry Eger, and Senior Hopkins, all high school boys, were arrested Thursday evening, charged with creating a disturbance at the home of Henry O. Harris Tuesday evening. It seems that it has grown to be a fad among some of the high school boys to get around where any party is in progress and make away with the refreshments before they can be served to the guests, and it is supposed that this was the program Tuesday night. Miss Marcelene Roberts was entertaining her girl classmates at the home of her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Harris, Tuesday night when a crowd of boys appeared on the scene and acted in a very rude, insolent and boisterous manner; pushing open doors, giving their foot-ball yell, etc. After ordering the boys away and suffering from their rude actions for some time, the nightwatch was telephoned to and on arriving on the scene caught the boys red-handed A warrant was sworn out before Squire Irwin, as above stated, and a hearing will be had this morning at 9 o’clock. The boys range in age from 15 to 18 years, probably.

THANKSGIVING ENTERTAINMENT.

The young peoples socioties of the different churches of the city will give an enterainment on Tuesday evening, Nov. 22, at the Presbyterian church for the benefit of the poor. A joint committee from all the churches are arranging the program and all who are solicited to take part it is hoped will do so, that the success of the entertainment may be assured. No admission will be charged but all are requested to make an offering either in money or provisions. The distribution will be made on Wednesday so that everything should be brought to the church on Tuesday or early Wednesday morning.

SPECIAL TRAIN AND RATES.

To Foot Ball and Polo Gamas at Lafayette, On Thanksgiving Day. Purdue and Notre Dame Foot Ball Teams on Stewart Field, Thanksgiving afternoon, and two games of Polo at Coliseum at night. Purdue and Notre Dame Foot Ball Teams are evently matched, and this game will be “for blood;” it promises to be the most interesting game of the season and will furnish splendid entertainment for the afternoon. Foot ball game will be for state championship. Polo is the latest “craze.” It is a game that is easily understood, and persons who have never seen it before, find themselves “in the game” from the sound of the referees’ whistle 011 Thanksgiving night, the Lafayette and Danville, 111., Polo Teams meet at the Coliseum, and for a “curtain riser” to the big game, two of the City Amateur Teams will play a game, giving an opportunity to see the game “in the rough” as played by amateurs, and a “polished” ga me as played by eastern experts. To accomodate those desiring to witness these events and return home the same night, the Monon Route will run a Special Train from Lafayette to Rensselaer, stopping at all stations, to leave Lafayette at 11 o’clock p. m., (immediately after the Polo games.) Tickets will be sold at rate of one fare, good going on all regular trains, and returning on the special train For information concerning reserved seats, etc., call on your local Agent or address, F. B. Humston, T. P. A. Monon Route, Lafayette, Ind.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMNTS. 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weiseof near Wabash, formerly of this county, a son. Nov. 11, to Mr. and Mrs. James Meads of Hammond, a daughter. Mrs. Mead was formerly Miss Myra Clark of this city. Nov. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson of Lafayette, a son. Mrs. Johnson is a sister to Mrs. Meads. Xjlov. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morlan, in town, a daughter. Nov. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Levi Sanders of near Parr, a daughter. Not. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Piatt of Parr, a daughter.