Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 39; oats 28. The White circuit court convened Monday. X Mrs. Lewis Davisson is quite sick with plurisy The latest winter styles displayed at Mrs. Purcupile’s. Mrs. A. J. Brenner is visiting in Goodland this week. 'TMre. L. H. Potts and daughter Blanche visited in Chicago this week. If you want a good horse or some good stock, go to Gaffield’s sale next Tuesday. 'xMiss Pearl Potts has gone to Joliet, 111., to take a course in type-writing and short-hand. Dr. Johnson shipped his goods to Chicago this week, and will make that city his home hereafter. Ramp went to Kentland, Saturday to visit this week with Ids sister and family, Mrs. Nicholas KmU. , and Mrs. D. M. Yeoman of Ambia, returned home Tuesday after a few days visit with relatives here. Randle has improved the looks of his residence by adding a fine new veranda, also some cement walks. X Claude Kious of Brookston, spent Thanksgiving with his sister and family, Mrs. Chas. Slaughter of Sharon. Reporter: The adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. John Bicknell died Tuesday morning, and was buried Wednesday. Adam Kerns, a tenant on the Wm. Burns farm in Barkley township, died Saturday, from pneumonia, aged 69 years. The funeral was held Tuesday. The Wm. Heusen farm in the west edge of Milroy township has been traded for a brick hotel in Matthews, Ind. G. F. Meyers negotiated the trade for Mr. Heusen. igProbably two hundred people Trbm Jasper county are taking in the fat stock show at Chicago this week. About 125 tickets were sold from this station on Wednesday alone. \Mrs. Minerva Mills of Jennings coWty, came up last week for a few days visit with her son, Zack Stanley and father, uncle Henry t Fisher. She expects to return r home to-day. Oxford Tribune: Football won a tonchdown in Rensselaer one day last week. All the saloons in that town closed front and side doors during a game and the whole outfit attended. -\j?rank Van Meter of near Monticello lost bis right arm in a corn shredder Wednesday morning. It was amputated about midway between the elbow and shoulder. It makes one fish hungry to read in the Monticello papers of the fine salmon, weighing from ten to fifteen pounds each, that the fishermen of that burg are hooking in the Tippecanoe. -}sF. A. Ross has purchased a fine a-nbrse power Crestmobile and expects it to arrive almost any day now. The machine is a two-seat-er, the rear one detachable, and costs S9OO. It is manufactured at Cambridge, Mass.

The Three-I depot at Knox was destroyed by fire last Friday night. E. W. Culp and Mr. Shelly of Remington, were business visitors in the city Thursday. ■f-’Mr. and Mrs. M. A. McConneIbay of Idaville, are visiting the family of their son, Dave McConnehay, here this week. ~!~Mrs. Edna Jackson, sister-in-law of Mesdames A. A. Hoover and John H. Jessen, who has frequently visited here, died last Monday at her home in Lebanon, Ind. Cards are out for the marriage of Mr. Jesse E. Wilson and Miss Gail Wasson, to take place at high noon, Wednesday, Dec. 14, Ht the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wesson, The latest report from Rensselaer is that the McCoy bank will pay about 15 cents on the dollar. Tom had a good time on the other 85 cents, so it is giving him little concern: —Oxford Tribune. Mrs. Rae Mossier was operated upon in a Chicago hospital last Saturday for gall stones, and twenty-five gall stones were removed. She is reported to be recovering nicely from the operation. John Hefferlin was looking after business interests here Saturday. Mrv#" Hefferlin recently bought a 60 acre farm on the banks of the Tippecanoe river, J mile from Monteray, Pulaski county, and moved his family from Goodland to that pluce. -A-Mr. William Rolla Gates of Wolcott and Miss Dora Leota Critser of this city, were married at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Guß&, in the east part of the city, at 2 p. m., Wednesday. Rev. A. G. Work performing the ceremony. They will reside at Wolcott.

The Fowler Leader thinks the times are out of, joint. It says that the hogs are worth $4.60 per hundred. Bacon is sold for 25 cents per pound, Hams at 22, and pork chops at 15. There is eighty per cent of meat in a hog and valuable products are made from the remainder. Baughman & Williams have moved their law office from rooms in A. Leopold’s building on West Washington street, into the office rooms over the First National bank, formerly occupied by G. K. Hollingsworth and Ray Thompson. The latter has moved into rooms with the township trustee, C. M. Blue. 1

Uncle Lewis Davisson went to Monon Wednesday to consult a cancer doctor regarding the sore on his nose, mention of which was made some time ago in this paper. The doctor diaguOsed the trouble as cancer, and said that he could remoAe the same in a few days, but he would not guarantee to heal it up. J\rislr. and Mrs. H. R. Kurrie are in Washington, D. C., this week, where Mr. Kurrie as attorney for the Monon road, argues the case of P. Maguire et al vs. the Monon, which was decided against the railroad company by our highest courts a year or two ago. and which was appealed to the U. S. court by the latter. ~ v Mann returned Thursday ffoi|l Kokomo, where he has been Clerking in a big department store for several months. He has just received an appointment as railway mail clerk and will begin duty at once. His headquarters will be in Cincinnati, but he does not know at this time just where his route will be. Crown Point Star: It is so near winter now, and the marshes still as dry as powder, that our hunters have given up all hopes of having any sport with the ducks. Scarcely any ducks have come this way and those that did were obliged to pass along to get a drink. Outside of the ditches and the river the Kankakee marsh is absolutely dry.

The 11-year-old son of Andy Hazelbaker of near Fowler, got a leg twisted off in a buggy wheel Thanksgiving day. The boy had caught onto the rear of a buggy with his hands and was swinging and riding along when in some manner one of his legs got caught in a wheel and before the rig could be stopped the limb was twisted off above the knee.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, December 3, 1904.

The Christian church people have extended a call to Rev. Geo. H. Clarke of Sheldon, Ill., to succeed Rev. Elam as pastor here. “Farmer Hopkins’’ of Barkley township was arrested Saturday charged with having been slightly inebrated in Rensselaer on Oct. 26, “Bryan day.” Farmer denies the impeachment, and the case was set for yesterday at 1 p. m., in Squire Irwin’s court. Dr. Rose M. Remmeck, optical specialist, will make her regular visit to Clarke’s jewelry store, Dec. 1-8. Modern methods in eye examinations means accurate knowledge of the conditions affecting the sight and the remedy supplied with proper glasses. The Ladies’ Literary Club celebrated its 27th anniversary at the home of Mrs. M. E. Thompson, Friday evening, Nov. 25. Mrs. Marion White, of Chicago, was present and gave a very able talk on art, which was listened to by a large company of invited guests. Mr. William J. Anderson of Rugby, So. Dak., and Miss Nora Morlan of this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Manda Morlan, on North College Avenue, at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening, Rev. D. T. Halstead performing the ceremony. They left Thursday morning for the groom’s home where they will reside and where he is engaged in the real estate business.

A Newton county paper states that Prof. W. O. Schanlaub of Morocco, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub of our city, is a candidate for county superintendent of that county. The democrats elected one-half the trustees of that county at the recent election, also the county auditor, who casts the deciding vote, which will give the democrats this office. Will’s many friends here hope that he will land the plum. James McManus and son of near Valparaiso were in the cjty on business Saturday. 'Mr. McManus has been living on a good dairy farm just over the river in Porter county for the past year, keeping 35 cows and shipping the milk to Chicago. He says that he had excellent crops this season, both oats and corn. He bought a farm near Yukon, Okla., some time ago and informs us that he will move onto same the coming year. He still owns his South Dakota farm, near Armour, but prefers the' Oklahoma climate as a place of residence.

\ Quite an interesting Thanksgiving program was given at the Cozy Palace school in Barkley township, Nov. 23. Three schools, namely: Cozy Palace, Blackford and Canada, were united for the afternoon, the teachers being Misses Anna and Emma and Mr. Charlie Lane. The afternoon was spent in giving recitations, singing, ciphering and a spelling match. The pupils enjoyed it immensely, there being fifty-one in all. It proved to be beneficial as well as as each school did their very best and wanted to carry home the honors of doing the best work. At 4 o’clock school was dismissed. Pupils did excellent work and all went home feeling that “their” school came out ahead. * ''i Al Peters of near Sharon has a •Imadstone” that has been in his family for one hundred years. It was presented to Sir John Lawrence of England, viceroy to India, by an Indian chief, and through him came into the possession of Mr. Peters’ grandfather, a cousin of Sir John, and has been handed down from generation to generation since«YThe stone is now on exhibition at Long’s drug store where it may be seen by the curious. It has been tried in a great many cases and is said to have always done the work. This is a matter that should be known to The Democrat readers, to the end that the virtues of this stone may be tried in cases where it is thought poison will result from dog-bite, or other animals or reptiles, or where the dog is known or thought to be suffering from rabies.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMNTS. Nov. 23, to Mr.’ and Mrs. Milton Hall of near Pleasant Grove, a son. JXNov.23. to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bprntr&ger south of town a son. XNov. 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Borntrager southeast of town, a daughter.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o — There were 16 marriage licenses issued last month, against 12 for the month previous, and 10 for November, 1903. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 30, William Rolla Gates to Dora Leota Critser. Nov. 30, William J. Anderson to Nora Morlan. —o — Another eighty in School Section 16, Keener township, was sold a few days ago to Rowke Sipkema; consideration $27.50 per acre, the appraised valuation. —o — There were no unloaned school funds on hand Dec. 1. In fact there are applications, a dozen or more, on file for school funds, probably enough to take up all funds for the next three months. —o — A break in the steam pipe leading from the heating plant to the court house, caused cold toes at the latter place Wednesday forenoon and forced the judge to adjourn court until the break was repaired, which was completed about 1 p. m.

O- .l-v-New suits filed: No. 6750. First National Bank of Rensselaer vs. Silas Potts; action on note. No. 6751. James H. Chapman, trustee of Alfred McCoy, bankrupt, vs. Mattie A. Rinehart and William A. Rinehart, her husband; action to recover possession of a certain gasoline engine and fixtures, one feed grinder and fixtures, one pair 5-ton scales and one pair 4-ton scales, which defendants are claiming and refuse to turn over the possession of. —o — The Supreme Court has held that when a lot owner builds his house so that it extends over upon another lot, and occupies it for twenty years as his own, he acquires title to so much of his neighbor’s lot as occupied, although he intended to put the house on his own lot, and always thought it stood there. The question prose in a dispute over a strip of land in Peru, on which the owner of the adjoining lot had built his house in 1842. No question was suggested as to the location of the line until nearly forty years afterward, and suit was not brought after the house had stood there for sixty years.

—o — The county council at its special session Wednesday made the following additional appropriations for 1904: Repairs to surveyor’s level, S2O. For employing additional counsel in prosecuting the criminal cases against the McCoys, SI,OOO. For sprinkling streets about public square, $45.00. For repairs to steam pipe main to court house, $50.00. For medical attendance of poor at county farm and jail, $36.00. Additional appropriation for repairs to the Burk’s bridge, $725. The original appropriation for this was $750, but it seemed no one wanted to undertake the repairs for that sum. It is expected that the $1,475 will bring bidders. For re-binding commissioners’ records 1 and 2, $20,00. Frank J. Babcock, John Martindale, Jay W. Williams, W. V. Porter, Robt. S. Drake, and John S. Haan were the members of the council in attendence, and all voted for the thousand dollar appropriation to employ additional counsel to prooecute the McCoys except Babcock, who apparently thought it a waste of good money, and we believe that he is more than half right.

TURKEY SHOOT

To Be Held at Pleasant drove, Ind., Dec. 13, 1904. Turkeys to pe shot for in lots of three, one each to first, second and third place. Sliding handicap to be used as follows:,. All start at 15 yards; for each win the shooter goes back one yard, and so on through the shoot; handicap 15 to 19 yards. Shells, lunch and good accomodations. 1/ ' Everett Brown, Mgr.

WALLACE ACQUITTED.

Frank Wallace of Kersey, the young man Arrested last August for alleged rape on the person of Edith Levi, a young girl of near Kersey, was acquitted of the charge by a jury in the circuit court Wednesday. The case was given to the jury at about 4:30 p. m., and a verdict of acquittal was reached about nine o’clock. The evidence was very conflicting regarding Wallace’s complicity in the affair, the girl herself being the only witness to this. On the other hand, Wallace had witnesses to prove that he got up and walked away when Knight—the other alleged rapist, who skipped out before he could be arrested and is still absent —and the girl entered the grain office at Kersey on the morning the alleged rape occurred. The jury also, notwithstanding the evidence of the prosecution that the girl was but 13 years old last May, had some doubts of her not being some older. They also seemed to think that Knight was the guilty party, and not Wallace. The girl’s mother is dead and her father and his second wife parted some three years ago. The father with this child came to Jasper county from southeastern Ohio two or three years ago, lived near Kniman a year and has since lived with a married daughter near Kersey. The case is a deplorable one, but there are still sections of Jasper county where the conditions for morality and godliness are not very propitious, we are sorry to say. Joseph Mason vs. Wm. Wesner and B. F. Mason; jury trial and verdict for defendant. This was an appeal from Squire Spriggs’ court in Walker township, where defendant defaulted and a judgment of $25 was given plaintiff. There were but two jury trials this week, and the jury was excused Thursday until next Wednesday, and Judge Hanley went to Chicago yesterday to take in the fat stock show, adjourning court.

WHO STRUCK WM. PATTERSON?

Tom McCoy is said to have had a Lafayette detective, one J. H. Rodgers, here for several weeks, looking up the blowing up of his residence a few months ago, and the detective is said to have found employment out at the college, driving teauj for a while. He circulated among “the boys” of nights, and thought he had everything clinched, it is alleged, for a grand coup, the only thing necessary to his coup being a confession of the crime by whoever did it. Saturday evening a representative of Rodgers called on Fred Cissle, tinner at Eger’s hardware store, and told Fred that if he would go to Lafayette and tell all he knew of the case he would give him SSO. Fred was not averse to taking in the fifty, and went down to Lafayette, where he was ushered into the presence of Rodgers and another party, but F'red refused to tell what he knew —which was absolutely nothing—until he got the fifty. The detective refused to dig up until he had “told,” and the seance came to nothing. They alleged that Fred did the work but they wanted to get hold of the party or parties who hired him to do it. F'red can easily prove an alibi, but thought a SSO note would come in handy if they were so flush with them.

As a matter of fact, there are many people hereabouts who think the blowing up of the Tom McCoy residence was done by some one very near to the McCoys for the purpose of turning public sympathy toward them. Taking the circumstances connected with the affair, the fact that it was done on a bright moonlight night when a person could be seen a long distance away; that it was at 10 o’clock when the explosion occurred, and the steets were yet alive with people; that the culprit must have had to spend sometime in the basement to carry his explosives there and arrange the fuse, etc., all go to lend color to this belief. <i »•

40 Stock hogs for sale, Poland China, wt. 70 to 100 pounds each. F'rank Hayes, R-R-l. Rensselaer, Ind. * SPECIAL SALE. From this date until Christmas, trimmed hats at reduced prices. Mrs. Purcupile.

VOL. VIU

A HOT TIME ON THE LEVEE.

There was a warm time down on the levee Saturday night. Quite a number of the sports had been out to the horse races and those who had bet on the winning horses were celebrating, while the losers were trying to drown their sorrow for being on the wrong side. Wm. Martin, one of the riding jockeys, and young Guy Peacock, Rensselaer’s featherweight champion, who recently returned after an absence of a year or more from the home of his birth, became involved in a dispute and a ring was formed out on the brick paved street in front of one of the palaces of irrigation, and a large assemblage was in attendance to see the matter settled a la Fitzsimons. Constable Christie Vick was in Wood’s barber shop at the time, getting a shave, and when some one yelled that a fight was in progress Vick jumped from the chair, swiped the lather from his face with a towel and rushed out to represent the great state of Indiana in the “mill.” The crowd, however, wanted to see a fight, and Vick was pushed back from entering the ring time after time, while the contestants for pugilistic honors swatted each other right and left. When the bout was finally stopped it is reported that Martin was rather in the lead. The sequel to the pugilistic encounter came when Vick swore out ten affidavits in Squire Irwin’s court, against various parties, including Martin and Peacock and Dell Reynolds, of Monticello, who has been foreman of the Republican office for some time. Peacock also works in the Republican office, and it is said that Reynolds urged him (Peacock) on in the fight. Martin, Peacock and Reynolds were arrested and had their hearing before Squire Irwin Sunday. They plead guilty and Martin’s fine and costs was $9.40, which was paid. Peacock and. Reynolds were given $8.50 each, and Mrs. Helen Peacock, mother of Guy, staid the fine for the former, while Geo. E. Marshall editor of the Republican, staid the fine of the latter. Another warrant was out against the two printers above mentioned, charging intoxication, but Reynolds left town Monday, it is said, and the warrant had not been served on Peacock at this writing.

AN ECHO OF THAT CLASS PARTY.

The Democrat is requested to publish the following relative to the trial of the school boys who were arrested for disturbing the class party at H. O. Harris’ recently: “I wish to contradict Mr. Vick's statement in court that I airbed to make out an affidavit and that .ithose boys should be punished, and that they were in the act of stealing refreshments. 1 told Mr. Vick to take the boys away; was all I said. Jennie Harris.”

COUNCIL MEETING.

The common council of the city nf Rensselaer met in regular session Monday evening with all members present. The marshall was instructed to grade and make a gutter on west side of Milton street from the railroad three blocks north, also to place an 8 inch sewer across Merritt street. A rate of sls per year was made for water for Vernon Nowels’ pigeon house. Insurance to amount of $9,000 was ordered renewed in companies represented by councilmen Irwin and Spitler. The water committee was authorized to contract for the painting of the water tank at the jvater plant, and has since contracted with C. F. Norris, a steeple climber of Michigan City, to do the work for $35, the city to furnish the paint, which will run the total cost up to about SSO. Norris is now at work on the job. The foiling claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. F. M. Abbott, salary.. $22 50 ROAD FUND Chas. Battleday. sidewalk on a11ey..... 5 30 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Warner Bros., supplies 540 Leslie Clark, printing 4 50 Monarch Electric A Wire Co., supplies. 34 11 General Electric Co., supplies 20 26 Victoria Coal Mining-Co.. c0a1.... ...... 107 59 Standard Oil Co., oil. 10 66 Western Electric Co,, supplies . 46 23 Roy Stevenson, work on line 22 99 Will Timmons, work on line 3 60 Frank Bruner, work on line..., 4 00 Lem Huston, salary 30 00 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 50 00 C. L. Thornton, salary 30 00 J.H. Chapman, freight.. .... 177 73 WATER FUND. s ‘- Conrad Hilderbrand. salary..'. 30 00 H. L. Brown, painting tower 35 00

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