Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Ken* of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 89; oats 28. A Merry Christmas. The days are growing longer once more'. Ice about seven inches thick is being put up from the river. The Chicago Bargain Store has increased its force to 21 clerks. Albert Marshall is home from South Dakota to spend the holidays. Most of the “absent ones” are home to spend the holidays with their home folks. “Uncle Josh Perkins” is billed for Ellis opera house next Tuesday evening, Dec. 27.

A new fire escape is being placed on the Nowels House, on the Washington street side.

Your friends will be sure to be pleased if yon boy their Xmas presents at Rowlea& Parker’s. T*~James Stevens of Gillam township will leave Tuesday for a trip to Mississippi and New Orleans. t~Miss Maud Zeigler left Saturay for Streator, 111., where she will spend the winter with relatives. Saturday, Monday and Tuesday The Democrat turned out bills for six public sales, and there are more to follow. p—Mrs. W. D. Bringle of Jordan tp., was called to Des Moines, lowa, last Friday by the serious illness of her niece. The Rensselaer-Kentland basket ball game at the armory last Friday evening resulted in a victory for Rensselaer by a score of 65 to 1. *

Our Aspbaltum correspondent tells of a sad ending of a rabbit hunt in that vicinity, by which a a young lad named Duncan lost his life. 4-L. H. Myers of this city and his son Howard and family of near Foresman, leave to-day for a week’s visit with relatlyes in Washington, IIL An appropriate present to an absent friend, and one that would be a constant reminder of the sender each week, wonld be a copy of The Democrat far a year. Bert Brooks, formerly of tbis place, died last Saturday at Lamar, Colo., where he had gone for the benefit of his health some time ago. He died of consumption.

Holly and evergreen wreathing in stock at Cleveland’s greenhouses. Ferns, extra Loraine Begonias, Cylamen, variety of other plants and cut flowers for holidays.

Unclaimed Letters: Miss Ber- • tha Snyder, Miss Lola Hines, Mrs. J. E. Warren, Mr. I. M. Davison, Mrs. Urn Caringer, Mrs. T. L. Carrow, Mr. Charles Hazen, Mrs. Jamieson Conway.

Mary Fox of Lafayette is visiting relatives here this week and assisting at her old place in the postoffice. Her husband will come up to-day and she will return home with him to-morrow.

The Masons and Eastern Stars will bold joint installation of officers at Masoino hall next Tuesday evening to whioh handsome invitations have been issued to about two hundred of their friends.

)yTed Eger is home from college for the holidays.

Our merchants have enjoyed a very good holiday trade this week.

county is promised cbmplete rural mail service in the near future with twenty routes. )Alrs. Simon Leopold and oahghter Selma are spending the holidays with relatives in Peoria, 111. rs. J. E. Meyers of Kniman and Mrs. Minnie Hopkins and daughter of Mt. Ayr visited Mrs. George Meyers here this week. XMrs. Elias Arnold and two daughters of Barkley township are spending the holidays with relatives at New Alexandria, Ohio.

l/*Three or four inches of snow qell last Friday night, the heaviest fall of the season, but all disappeared Thursday and prospects are we will have a “black Christmas.” E. D. Knotts, former editor of the Francesville Tribune but for the past four years deputy auditor of Pluaski county, has bought a newspaper at Whapeton, No. Dak., and will move there at once and take active charge of same. The county fair in Porter is to be revived. The county council of that county has', appropriated $3,500 for repairs to the old grounds and a fair will be held the coming season. No fair has been held there for the past three years.

Owing to poor health, Gustavus Lowe, proprietor of the farmers’ bank at Monticello, gives notice

that he will retire from business Jan. 10. His son is not disposed to continue the business, it is said, and it is likely that the affairs of the bank will be closed up.

It is said that Cedar Lake is lower than it has been for a great many years, owing to the long drought. In many parts of the state the question of procuring water for stock has become a serious one. Wheat has also been damaged a great deal by the long drouth. XMr. and Mrs. L. Strong will leave Monday for lola, Kan., for a brief visit with the latter’s brother, L. L. Ponsler, and from there will go to Los Angeles, Cali., to spend the winter with Mr. Strong’s brother, Elias Strong. They will not return until about April Ist.

In the history of this vicinity there has never been a time when the corn crop has been hauled into market as fast as during the last two weeks. The average amount of shelled corn for the past ten days that went into our elevators has been from 7,OCX) to 15,000 bushels per day.—Fowler Leader. V Earl Duvall, head clerk in the ciOthing department of the Chicago Bargain Store, will leave the first of the year, with his family to take a similar position in a big store in Rockville. Charlie Harmon will take Earl’s place in the olothing department, and Van Grant will take Harmon’B place in the shoe department.

The grand jury in Pulaski county last week returned and in* dictment against Dr. Eugene McMurray of Francesville, charging him with having performed a criminal operation from the effects of whioh the patient died. He gave bond in the sum of $2,500, with J. W. Burget and C. W. Baker as sureties.

Have you noticed that The Democrat prints nearly all the sale bills for publio sales in Jasper county? Why is this? Because we get up the beßt-looking bill of any office in the county ana the free notice we give of the sale in The Democrat reaches more people in Jasper county than in any other paper, for “Everybody reads The Democrat.”

The ninth annual exhibition of the National Fanciers’ and breeders’ Association will be held in the oollesium in Chicago, Jan. 2328. The exhibition promises to be the largest and best ever held. The premium list oontains all necessary information for exhibitors. They can be obtained of the secretary, Fred L. Eimmey, room 500, 325 Dearborn street, Chicago.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, December 24, 1904.

X Louis Poulsen has been appointed postmaster at Wheatfield to succeed John, resigned to take the office of county recorder, to which he was elected last month.

The Indiana Corn Growers’ meeting will be held at the State House in Indianapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 4. A good prograin has been arranged for the occasion and no doubt much benefit may be obtained by farmers attending the meeting,

George Andrus, northwest of town, met with a bad accident Wednesday evening while assisting in hauling some straw. In passing through a gate the load slipped off and Mr. Andrus’ left thigh bone was broken in the fall. Owing to his advanced age the injury is likely to be slow in healing. The bones of the same limb were also fractured near the knee.

Hammond Tribune: Judge Tuthill has issued an order to the various attorneys requesting them to be ready with their court cases at the opening of the December term next Monday. Owing to the vast amount of business the court cases will be given their hearing before the jury cases. The MoCoy cases are expected to ocoupy the attention of the court for a considerable period.

Mitchell, the Reynolds saloonkeeper and inventqr of the Mitchell smokeless powder, who was so terribly injured last week by an explosion of his powder, is said to be getting along nicely and will soon be able to be out, although minus one arm and one eye. He says a nail had got in the mill in which he was grinding the powder, and just as he stooped to pick it out the explosion occurred.

The Newton County Enterprise says that treasurer-elect Spinney had contemplated giving a security company bond, but the bond —for $200,000 —would cost him $866 per year and the company required all funds to be deposited in the . First National Bank at Indianapolis, and checked up each month. Therefore he gave a personal bond with J. J. Schuh, Paul Weishaar, J. D. Law, Peter Brook, John Egan, George D. Rider, Cleremont Rider, A. J. Jjaw, Geo. M. Spitler, and Michael Padgett as sureties.

It is said that Kankakee land owners are agitating a movement to secure an appropriation for further blasting of the ledge in the Kankakee river at Momence, 111. The construction of the drainage ditches, or canals, which now traverse the Kankakee country in Porter, Lake, Laporte and St. Joseph counties, it is argued, will so increase the volume of water as to cause an overflow and submerge the reclaimed lands if the outlet at Momence is not enlarged. The matter in its preliminary stage will probably come before the legislature in January.

Arthur Greenlee and Guy Besse of near Pleasant Ridge, according to an affidavit filed in Squiru court made by Mrs. Sarah Brown, a resident of the east part of the city, raised a disturbance at her home on the night of Dec. 3, and threw a rock through one of the windows of her house. A warrant was issued for their arrestand Greenlee was arrested, but Basse is said to have skipped out. Mrs. Brown is said to have bad a little misunderstanding with one of her male “boarders” recently and she got the worst of the fracas, so much sq, in fact, that one of her limbs was badly trampled upon by the boarder and she has had to have it in a plaster cast for some time. For this reason she was unable to appear against Greenlee, and the case was continued until Jan. 10.

NEW F.& A. M. OFFICERS.

Following are the new officers iof the Prairie Lodge No. 125, F. & A. M.: H. L. Brown, W. M.; A. H. Hopkins, S. W.; Mose Leopold, J. W.; Ralph Fendig, Trees.; W. J. Imes, Sec.; Joe Jeffries, J. D.; B. N. Fendig, S. D.; R. D. Thompson, Fred Phillips, Stewards. This is the 26th year for Mr. Fendig as treasurer, and 10th year for Mr. Imes as secretary.

A beautiful present Oyer 20 styles new plaid silk shirt waist patterns, Chicago Bargain Store.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered la the Offices of the County Capitol. Bert Brenner has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father-in-law, the late I. J. Porter. —o — E. P. Honan has been appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas Murphy, late of Rensselaer, deceased, —o—- • Marriage Licenses issued: Dec. 19, Elmer Osman to Edna E. Timmons. Dec. 21, Charles R. Templeton to Elsie Pearl Burson. —o — The supreme court a few days ago held that the act of 1903, forbidding the sale of merchandise in bulk without notifying all parties to whom bills were owing for goods, to be unconstitutioual. —o — One Ed Smith, was brought over from Newton county Thursday morning and lodged in jail here awaiting trial. He is alleged to have been caught breaking into one of the railroad depots at Goodland. —o — The county commissioners meet to-day to let the stationery oontract and allow claims for services performed this year. All appropriations revert back into the county treasury January 1, and warrants for allowances must be taken up before the end of the year or the payee must wait until the county council 1 is called together and makes appropriation for the paying of same. —o — The total rate of taxation for the various townships and town and city corporations of Jasper county on each SIOO valuation for the year 1904, first installment of which is due and payable on or before the first Monday in May, 1905, is as follows: Hanging Grove $1.55 Gillam 1.73 Walker 1.90 .Barkley 2.00 Rensselaer 2.83 Marion 1.28 Jordan 1.75 Newton 1.52 Keener... 2.56 Kankakee... 1.52 Wheatfield...’. 1.64 Wheatfield (town) 1.92 Carpenter 1.55 Remington 1.70 Milroy 1.93 Union 1.97

New suits filed: No. 6760. Coen & Brady vs. Rose A. Kessick et al; action for foreclosure of lein; demand $56.34. No. 6761. Newark Machine Co., vs. Seth B. Moffett; suit on account; demand $77.50. No. 6762. Mary E. Galbreath vs. Sylvester Galbreath; action for divorce. The parties reside just outside the corporation of the city of Rensselaer, and the complaint alleges they were married on Oct. 20,1881, and that as a result of such union three children were born, aged respectively 22, 19 and 16 years; that they separated July 20, 1904, when defendant left plaintiff; that defendant has been guilty of jpruel and inhuman treatment, squandered his property, etc., and has not made proper provision for his family, etc. Plaintiff demands divorce and the custody of the ohildren.

No. 6763. Hiram Day vs. Otto Steel and Simon P. Thompson; action to foreclosure lein; demand $250.

No. 6764. Irene M. Gray vs. Henry Gray; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married in 1902, and lived together as husband and wife for a period of two weeks, when defendant abandoned plaintiff and has since refused to live with her. One child, two years old on Jan. 17,1905, was born to her. Plaintiff demands divorce and the custody of the child. Plaintiff resides in Kankakee township, we understand, and gives her occupation as that of housekeeper. No. 6765. - Enos Hibbs vs. Robert Ziok; appeal from Squire Spriggs’ court in Walker township.

Just received, the first car, 700 bushels extra fancy Wisconsin potatoes. Price 50 ots per bushel or 48 cents per bushel in 10 bushel lots. v Chicago Bargain Store.

NOTICE TO DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS.

The Democrat has been to great expense during the past few months in installing new machinery, eto., and it needs the money due it on subscription and for job work. Most of its subscribers pay up promptly, but there are perhaps fifty who owe from three dollars to five dollars each and a very few who owe a dollar or two more. With most of these it is simply a matter of neglect, while with a few it would appear to be a case of don’t intend to pay. We cannot afford to print a paper and send it to the latter class of subscribers, and unless a settlement is made of their account prior to January 10, 1905, such accounts will be placed in bands for collection and their names dropped from our list. Examine to date on the label of your paper and see how your subscription stande on our books, and if in arrears, kindly call and renew.

PINED FOR DISTURBING MEETING.

Two Woman of Parr Arreatod for Banting ■ Drum In Church. An unusual thing happened up at Parr recently, two women being arrested and fined for disturbing a religious meeting. Their fine and costs amounted to $7.90 each, and they plead guilty to the charge against them, before Squire Fay. It seems that the meetings of one denomination at Parr is held in the town school building. It also appears that the teachers have a snare drum in the school building for beating time in making the “kids” come down heavy on the left foot; a sort of hay foot, straw foot, etc., time in marching in and out of the building. On the occasion of the aforesaid meeting two females in the congregation sat near the said snare drum and, becoming imbued with the spirit of jubilation, could not resist —or did not, at least — the temptation to beat a few taps on the drum while the organ and choir was calling the sinners to repentance. Whether the inexperience of these two particular females with the drum-sticks—they had never having traveled with “Uncle Mac’s famous sheepskin band” and “Sweet Singers of Israel” or even with a Salvation Army squad—caused a discord in the music or not, we have not been able to learn, but a warrant was sworn out for their arrest by one Reed of that burg and on being marched to the “Captain’s office” they plead guilty and took their medicine. Not having enough of the filthy lucre about them to appease the wrath of the State of Indiana they gave bond for same and were released. One of the women is married and the other is a girl just entering the twenties. We sometimes hear of some young fellows filling up on booze and going into a meeting and raising a disturbance, but it is a practically unheard of thing for women to disturb a religious meeting. The best selected stock of pure candies and tons of it, 5 cts to 40 cts per lb. Chicago Bargain Store.

JOHN A. LAHR LOCATED.

John A. Lahr former proprietor of the Lahr House at Lafayette and for whom the hotel was named, has been located in Bellingham, Wash., where he is clerking in a hotel. Lahr left Lafayette very suddenly in 1889, leaving his family and property worth many thousands behind. No cause for his disappearance could be thought of unless it was family troubles. No trace of him could be found until a daughter located him a few days ago in Bellingham. Daring the time he has been gone his wife has died and two or three of his children have married. He is said to be averse to returning to Indiana, and says he left to “take a rest and get away from things.” Many times he was correctly indentified as Lahr in Bellingham, he says, but always denied the identification.

Better see those Misses and children’s coats at Rowles & Parkers befor’e their Xmas pres ents. Prices were never so low. v

Vol. VII. No. 38

NEW COURT HOUSE FOR NEWTON.

County Council Appropriates Sag. 000 (or Court House at Kent land. With but one dissenting voice—that of Councilman Rouse of Lin coin township—the Newton county council at its special session last Saturday appropriated $25,000 for a new court house to be built at Kentland. The council also appropriated SI,OOO for an investigation of the books of the various county officers. The county commissioners held a session Wednesday of this week and made the necessary order for the new court house, and the work of securing plans, etc., will go ahead promptly. The contract must be let within the existing appropriation, but no doubt changes, alterations, furnishing, etc., will run the total cost up to $75,000 or SIOO,OOO before the building is completed.

Do not fail to go to Rowles & Parker’s to do your Xmas shopping.

KILLED ON GIFFORD RAILROAD.

Frank Archer of Kersey, met death Tuesday morning while working as brakeman on the construction train of the Gifford road near Beach Ridge, north of the Kankakee. He was making a coupling and was caught near the middle of the body and so badly crushed that he died about an hour later. Deceased was some 35 years of age and leaves a wife and two children. Large imported vases marked down one half to close out. Chicago Bargain Store.

TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

The county teachers’ institute, which has been in session all week, adjourned yesterday. Monday night the county superintendent gave a reception to the teachers in the court house.

Tuesday night there was an illustrated lecture on Indiana University at the Presbyterian church by Hon. John W. Cravens. Wednesday night Prof. E. B. Bryan gave a lecture on the Philippines at the Presbyterian church.

The oratorial contest Thursday evenining at the opera house was well attended and was participated in by all the townships but Keener and Kankakee. The first prize was awarded to Emmet Crowe from Newton tp., subjeet, “The Value of an Education.” The prize was a sls gold medal. The boy is now a resident of Rensselaer, his mother being a widow, but he graduated from Newton tp. The second prize, a $5 silver medal was awarded to Oliver Hershman of Walker tp., a son of Walter Hershman. His subject was “Oliver Cromwell and English Libety.”

Last call!||A general mark down in every department. Chicago Bargain Store. NOTICE. The regular Annual Meeting of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Benton, Jasper and White Counties will be held in Townsend’s Hall, Remington, Ind., Saturday, Jan. 7, 1905. W. H. Cheadle, Pres. W. R. Pierce, Sec. 10 per cent off on furs this week. Chicago Bargain Store. For Sale: —40 acres timber, 4* miles southeast of Rensselaer, Ind. Will sell bv the acre or part of acre; will sell cord or stovewood, or poles; stovewood cut to order. Cordwood $2.00 per cord on the ground. W. E. Jacks, Sale Agent, 19f Residence near timber. Bring your ohildren to town daring vacation and buy them a new coat, (prioes cnt in two) at Bowles & Parker’s. MATIMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. I have for sale some pare bred Bronze Turkeys, extra fine ones. Toms $4,00 each; Hens $5.00 per pair. Also 1 full blooded Short Horn ball 2 yrs. old last July dehorned; 2$ miles east of Rensselaer, on the gravel road. A. F. Shesleb. BIRTH ANNOUNCBMNTS. V" Dec. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brown of Pleasant Grove, a daughter.