Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 39; oats 28. B. Nowels of Lamar, Colo., is visiting here this week. -JLMisB Jennie Marlatt of Evansfon, 111., is visiting relatives here. Miss Clara Jones of Delphi is visiting Miss Belle Maines this week. VMrs. H. L. Brown is visiting her parents at Evanston, 111., this week \Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Day are visiting relatives in Tolona, 111., this week. VDr. and Mrs. W. L. Meyers spent Christmas with relatives in Frankfort. «.» A-Mrs. Anna Tuteur was called to Peoria, 111., Tuesday by the death of her mother. Lowell Payne of Indianapolis spent Christmas with his uncle, J. N. Leatherman. , O. N. Berry of Monon, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. U. M. Baughman, Thursday. y Miss Grace Nowels spent vacation with hiß parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels, at Flora.

Prof. Schanlaub attended the State Teachers’ Association meeting at Indianapolis this week. \Mr. and Mrs- George Mustard of Wabash are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Gray this week. Mr. and Mrs. Jakie Hopkins and Miss Golda Harmon of Brazil, spent Christmas with relatives here. Miss Bessie King will take a position at the beginning of the year in Baughman & Williams’ office, as stenographer. / Frank Chupp of Hammond, spent Christmas with friends here, returning to his work in Hammond Monday evening. Fred Fatka of near Chatsworth, 111., is here this week looking after business matters and shaking hands with old friends. Again that rustling sound was heard, as old 1904 grew brief; ’twas caused by mankind everywhere, turning tHat new leaf. -VProf. W. O. Schanlaub of Morocco spent the holidays here with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub, returning to Morocco to-day. VMr. and Mrs. John E. Morrow of Crawfordsville, and Mr. and Mrs. E. ,H. Morrow of Remington, spent Tuesday with their sister, Mrs. Wm- Krese.l, and family.

The weather bureau promised snow for Christmas, but failed to deliver the goods, just the like some of the “fake prophets” of whom it is having so much to say against nowadays. Birdie Dennis of Terre Haute and Miss Ida Dennis of Utica, New York, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. C. B. Steward, this week. V*Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Bridges returned to their home in Indianapolis last Friday after a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Glaze brook. Mrs. S. J. Austin and Mrs. Matie Hopkins and son Senior, are visiting the families of G. K. Hollingsworth, L. F. Hopkins and W. B. Austin in Chicago this week. Mr. Eli Sigler, father of Mrs. Geo. W. Goff of this place, died at his home in Hebron last Friday, aged over 90 years. The funeral was held Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Goff attending. Custer Baker of Barkley tp., who has been attending the Indiana Business College at Logansport, is here to spend vacation at home and with friends. He is taking up the stenographic course, and can speak good words for the College. J. A. Roberston recently sold his 80 acre farm in Milroy township to T. T. Larson of Fairbury, 111., and left Monday with his family for Dodge Center, Minn., where he has rented a farm for the ooming year and will probably buy there v if pleased with the country.

The new M. E. churoh at Francesville will be dedicated to-mor-row. George Barcus and family of Wabash visited friends here this week. Monticello Journal: v Miss Mary Adams is the guest of Miss Lizzie Hanway. Miss Pearl Swank of Danville, 111., visited Mrs. Dr. Eresler over Christmas. Mrs. Agnes Kelley of Madison, Wis., is visiting friends and relatives here. S-'Mrs. B. 8. Fendig and little aaughter are visiting her parents in New Orleans. and Mrs. A. Parkison expect to leave in a few days for California to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs Ralph Fendig left Thursday night for Brunswick, Ga., and Tampa, Fla., to spend the winter with their children at those points. The Democrat and Indiana State Sentinel each a full year for $1.35; Democrat and Cincinnati Enquirer, $1.60; all three papers, $1.95., Owing to the extreme bad weather, the sale of Frank Arnott’s in Jordan tp., was postponed Wednesday until Tuesday, Jan.lo.

Jerry Healy and John Halligan left Wednesday for a couple of months visit in Florida. They will go to Ocalla, where Mrs. Dleoust, Mr. Halligan’s sister, resides. Mrs. I. A. Leavel and son James of Lagro, Wabash county, returned home Monday after a few days visit with relatives and friends here and attending the Leavel-Norman wedding. Bro. Roby of the Benton Review has added a Simplex type-set-ting machine to his office equipment. If he doesn’t break all the commandments ere he masters the critter we will miss our guess. Rev. H. L. Kendig will speak on the following subjects at Trinity M. E. Church next Sabbath: Morning, “The Untrodden Path;” Evening, “Some Thoughts for the New Year.” The public cordially welcomed.

The Dunlap livery barn at Mt. Ayr was destroyed by fire Wednesday night, together 8 horses, some buggies and carriages, several sets of harness, some hay and grain and other property. The loss is about $1,500. with no insurence. The Democrat wishes all its readers a happy and prosperous New Year, and thanks them for the patronage bestowed during the year that has passed. It will endeavor to merit their future patronage arid esteem in the future also. Mr. Elvin Overton, formerly of this city but now of Aurora, 111., and Miss Edna Price of Lafayette, were married a few days ago. The bride was a trained nurse and nursed Mr. Overton during his long sickness of typhoid fever here a little over a year ago. •Unclaimed letters remaining in the Rensselaer postoffice Dec. 26, 1904: Mrs. Henrietta Crawford, Miss Pearl Brown, Mrs. Martin Tously, Mrs. Mary Snyder, Mrs. Walter Schuener, Mrs. Ellen Rodgers, Mr. W. O. Nelson, 'W. 8. Carrow, Willie Stello, Charles E. Smith, Mr. Albert Goble, Mr. P. W. Clarke.

Wolcott Enterprise: J. K. Davis traded his handsome residence property and farm land adjoining the east side of town to J. H. Kinney for the latter’s farm in Jasper county near Rensselaer. It is feared that Mr. Davis and family will soon remove from Wolcott, presumably to either Rensselaer or Lafayette. >The marriage of Mr. Benjamin F. Alter and Miss Maude Hemphill occurred Saturday forenoon at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Hemphill, on Main street, Rev. B. F. Ferguson officiating. left for a short visit with relatives of the groom in Clinton county, after which they will return to Rensselaer and make their home here. Mr. Alter is a member of the firm of Alter & Wolfe, proprietors of the tile mill north of town, while the bride is a popular teacher in the public schools of this county.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, December 31, 1904.

/Mrs. John Eger, Trevor Eger 'and Miss Carrie Eger visited Mrs. Frank Maloyat Lowell Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. E. E Gunyon of Clinton county, spent Christmae with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gunyon, west of town, returning home Thursday. Grain men say they never experienced such a heavy movement of grain so early in the season as there is this year. The bulk of the corn has already been hauled in.—Otterbein Sun.

-L The high wind Tuesday did considerable damage in various parts of the county, in the way of blowing down windmills, trees, and other property. Tne iron smokestack at the River Mills in Rensselaer was blown down and completely ruined, while at Babcock & Hopkins’ elevator a section of the smokestack was blown down. A part of the slate roof of the city water and light plant was also blown off. Congressman. Crumpacker has recommended editor Kitt of the Goodland Herald for the appointment of postmaster at that place. Bro. Kitt has bad previous experience in this line of work, having served as postmaster at Goodland under the first Cleveland administration, when he was on the democratic side of the political fence. The Democrat extends congratulations to Bro. Kitt on his Christmas gift.

long delayed and much needed rain came Monday and was general throughout the Ohio valley. Rain fell most all day and nearly all night long. Tuesday about noon the weather turned much colder and a fierce cold wind prevailed all afternoon and night. Wednesday morning tbe mercury registered about 5 above zero. Since then the cold has gradually subsided and yesterday morning it was but 20 above. No snow of consequence fell. Wednesday’s Hammond Tribune: Referee Bowers heard motions in tbe McCoy and Gilman bankruptcy cases to-day. In the McCoy case the mhtter of the sale of the bank property was discussed by the McCoy attorneys. In the Goodland case the matter of the preferential treatment of trust funds in tbe defunt bank was considered. Several trust funds were in the bank at the time of the closing and the owners desire these should be paid before the accounts of tbe general creditors.

4 E. F. Pullins of Barkley town'snip. attended the Chicago poultry show, Dec. 10 to 19, and had ten entries of Mammoth Bronze turkeys. He won Ist and 2d, cock; Ist, hen; Ist,2d, 4th ,sth, cockerel; Ist, and 2d pullet, and the $25 silver cup of the Chicago and Pet Stock Association for the largest and best display This is certainly an excellent showing and one Mr. Pullins may well be proud of. He sold 42 birds at this show also, and has 80 head more to sell. His price is $5 and up for Bronze Turkeys, and on Barred Plymouth Rock chicks; which he also breds, $1 and up, either sex.

Mr. Charles H. Leavel of Lagro, Ind., a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Leavel, formerly of near Rensselaer, but now residing in Wabash county, and Miss Doratha Mae Norman were united in marraige at the home of tbe bride’s father, John W. Norman of Barkley tp., last Saturday evening, Rev. J. M. Elam of this city officiating. Only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present at the ceremony. We are not advised where the newly wedded couple will reside, but they will probably remain with the bride’s father until spring. The Democrat extends congratulations.

Instruct your attorneys to bring legal notices in which you are interested or have the paying for, to The Democrat, and thereby save money and do us a favor that will be greatly appreciated. All notices of appointmentas administrator, executor or guardian, survey, sale of real* estate, non-resident notices, etc., the clients themselves control, and attorneys will take them to the paper you desire, for publication, if you mention the matter to them; otherwise they will take them to their own political organs. Please do not forget this when having any legal notices to publish.*

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest (lathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 6766. State of Indiana ex rel. Carl Bternberg, vs. Robert A. Lawrie, Commissioner; Transcript from White county. —o — licenses issued: Dec. 23, Benjamin F. Alter to Maude E. Hemphill. Dec. 23, John Leach to Bessie Marion. Dec. 24, Charlie Howard Leavel to Doratha Mae Norman. Dec. 24, George W. Oglesby to Stella M. Robinson. Dec. 27, Gilbert Martin to Dora Vender wait. Dec. 28, Frank Jones to Myrtle Roush. Dec. 29, Lenze McCurtain to Blanche Price. —o — auditor’s and clerk’s offices each have a record typewriter on approval and if found satisfactory they will probably be purchased, the county council at its session in September having made an appropriation for that purpose, the machines cost $175 and S2OO each, the latter price being for the machine for the auditor’s office, which is capable of making tax duplicates and in duplicate form, that is, the original and carbon copy at one impression, the sheets for the latter, of course, being separate and bound in book form after they are completed. —o —

The heavy gale Tuesday afternoon blew in the large and fancy plate glass transom over the west entrance to the court bouse. The heavy piece fell to the floor with a crash that could be heard all over the building, despite the roar of the wind, and was so badly broken and bent that it is not likely it will be replaced, but a heavy frame with four large plain plate glass will probably take its place. By the way, those fancy glass transoms and doors have not proven very durable, and in three of the entrance doors they have been replaced with plain plate glass. They looked nice and helped to swell the total cost of the structure, but — —o — At the special session of the county commissioners last Saturday the stationefy contract was let to the Burt-Terry Wilson Co., of Lafayette, who have had the contract here for several years, for classes 1,2, 3 and 4, and Warner Bros, were awarded contract for janitor’s supplies. As contracts are now let on this class of* supplies by the piece, the total depends upon tbe amounts used, and we are therefore unable to state what the total will be. However, a Terre Haute firm bid against the Lafayette people this time and the latter were compelled to come down a little on the prices heretofore charged. The bonds of Myrt B. Price as surveyor, for SI,OOO, and for drainage commissioner for $5,000, with the American Surety Co., as surety, was approved. B. D. Comer, trustee of Union tp, was granted permission to borrow S6OO for road purposes. C. M. Blue, trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to borrow SIOO to be applied on the Township Fund. Quite a number of claims were allowed, which appear in another part of this paper. —o — The various new township trustees and assessors will take charge of their respective offices Monday. Following are the bonds and amounts of each filed and approved at this writing: Gillam, $7,000; signed- by Theodore Phillips, John P. Ryan, Charles Odom, Michael Robinson, Larkin C. Logan. Walker, $7,000; signed by Albert Bouk, Henry Book, George J. Nichols, Joel F. Spriggs, F. M. Hershman, Wm. Hershman. Assessor, $3,000; signed by W. D. Meyers, H. Marble, Edward T. Biggs. Barkley, $9,000; signed by Grant Davisson, Josiah Davisson, Geo. W. Davisson, C. Pullins, Chas. F. Shroyer, Amos Davisson. Assessor, $3,000; signed by Chas. A. Walker, I. D. Walker, Elias Arnold. Marion, $12,000; signed by Charles F. Stackhouse, Peter T.

Hordeman, Ulysses M. Baughman, David H. Yeoman, Henry Grow, James T. Randle, Henry Luers. Jordan, $7,000; signed by Chas. E. Sage, Warren W. Sage, John Fenwick, John W. Sage. Milrov, $3,000; William C.Huston, Frederick J. Saltwell, Branson Clark, Karah L. McKillip, Charles W. Beaver. Assessor, $3,000; signed by Wm. E. Culp, James H. Culp, Thomas A. Spencer, Otis A. Jacks. Wheatfield, $5,000; signed by Robt. A. Mannan, Horace Marble, Edward T. Biggs, A. S. Keene. Carpenter, $12,000; signed by Anson A. Fell, Charles Bonner, Christian Hensler. Assessor, $3,000, signed by J. H. Allman, Hanibal Landon; C. H. Peck, Levi Hawkins. Union, $10,000; signed by Harvey Davisson, Lewis Davisson, Amos Davisson, Scott Cooper, William Cooper. Kankakee, Assessor, $3000; signed by Bertram Vandercai, J. Vandercar, Thos. F. Maloney, James M. Davis.

WASHINGTON SCOTT DEAD.

Washington Scott, father of the Scott boys, died at his home in this city at 3:15 a. m., yesterday. He had been in very poor health for a number of years. He was aged 68 years, 8 months and 2 days. The funeral will be held to-day from the residence at 1 p. m., and burial at the Crockett cemetery, southeast of town. The burial will be in charge of the Masons and G. A. R., Post, of which orders deceased was an honored member. The wife of Elmer Babcock died at their home near Purcell, Indian Territory, the first of the week, from diptheria. Owing to the nature of the disease the burial was made there. Mrs. Babcock was formerly Miss Hattie Fairchild of Demotte, and her mother still resides there. She was married to Elmer Babcock August 25, 1900, and was about 27 years of age at her death. She leaves two small children. James A. Powell, an old resident of Newton tp., died at his home six miles west of town quite suddenly at about 11 a. m., Monday, aged 66 years. Deceased leaves a wife, two sons, four daughters, to-wit: Fred V. Powell of near Monon, Arthur Powell of near Roselawn, Mrs. Lettie Clifton of near Fair Oaks, Mrs. W. B. Yeoman of Newton tp., and Mrs. Allie Potts, a widow, and Miss Emma Powell, both of the latter living at home. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at No. 6 6choolhouse in Newton tp., and burial was made in the Powell cemetery. Mrs. Theodore Smith died at her home near Otterbein, Benton county, on Thursday night of last week. The remains were brought here for burial and the funeral was held Saturday from the residence of Hiram Day, Mr. Smith’s brother-in-law. Rev. J. M. Elam conducting the services. Interwas made in Weston cemetery. Deceased was about 38 years of age and leaves a husband and four children. With her husband she previously lived in Rensselaer and also near Blackford. They moved to Benton county some three years ago. She died from stomach trouble, after only about a week’s sickness.

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Vol. VII. No. 39

THE M’COY CASES

At Hammond Not Likely to Come to Trial Until Next Term of the Superior Court. Ex-Prosecuting Attorney John _ B. Peterson of Crown Point has been engaged by Judge Hanley to prosecute the criminal cases against the McCoys now pending in. the Lake Superior court at Hammond. We are told that the usual motions on the indictments, will be heard at the present term of court there, but there is no probability of their being tried this term. Should the indictments be held bad, a grand jury will be called at the February term of court in this county and new indictments returned. No one has yet been employed to assist in the caSes venued to White county, and they, also, will not come up until the next term of court there.

NO DIVIDEND YET IN SIGHT.

McCoy Bank Creditors Not Likely to Receive Any Dividend for Some Month*. There is not much prospect of any dividend being declared to creditors of the McCoy bank for at least two or three months yet, or until t))e Jordan township real estate is sdld. While the verbal order of sale was made by Referee Bowers a month or more ago, he has not yet signed the order of sale, we are informed. As soon as this order is received the trustee will go ahead with the sale. It must be advertised for three weeks, and will be sold in whole or in part, as will best inure to the benefit of the creditors. The terms will be one-half cash, J in six months and £ in twelve months. The unpaid notes held as collateral by the Central Trust Co., of Chicago were returned recently, they having collected enough to pay the amount of the note the McCoys had given them and for which this collateral was held. The face value of the notes returned is about $30,000, and the trustee roughly estimates that $20,000 will be collected of these, which will, of course, go into the general fund of asset*. The bank closed its doors on April 18, 1904, and it is scarcely likely from the present outlook that any dividend will be declared within the first year.

NO SALOON FOR REMINGTON.

The application of John Ulm for a saloon license for Remington is confronted with a remonstrance filed Thursday, signed by 362 of the 592 voters of Carpenter township, a clear majority of 76. Remington has been without a saloon now for. about fifteen months and this is the first effort that has been made for a long time to break in. The applicant in the present case filed no withdrawals from the remonstrance whatever, and it it not likely that another attemps will be made to conduct a saloon there for some time to come.

JACKSON DAY BANQUET.

The Democrat editor acknowledges an invitation to attend the Eighth Annual Jackson Day Banquet at Lafayette, Jan. 10, and will try and “be thar.” This meeting will be of national importance, acceptances having been received from Mr. Bryan. Thos. Taggart. John W. Kern and many others equally prominent in democratic circles. Invitations have also been sent to Mr. Parker, Hearst, Folk, Carter Harrison and others, and no doubt some of them will be present. An effort will probably be made among the local democrats here to get up quite a delegation and attend. Accommodations will be provided in the amphitheatre for 3,000 people. Tickets to banquet will be $1.00; general admission 50 cents. Some of our local democrats attended this annual function two or three years ago, and the good time enjoyed then will make them anxious to attend once more.

LCKJS WANTED. Those wanting sawing done should bring in their logs now, as my mill will remain where it is until March 1. Parties wanting oak lumber can leave their order with me. D. H. Yeoman. Read The Democrat for news.