Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1905 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

MONEY MONEY MONEY Money to Loan for one, two, three, four or five years, on farms > or town property, on the best a “ terms obtainable anywhere. g 2 We also buy good notes, and loan * *- money on personal security and < chattel mortgage. We loan our own funds and conseS quently can close a loan on 3 5 shorter notice than anyone in Q © the county.' •* ® Our regular customers are our best ■< Advertising mediums. Try us before closing • loan, as we > can accommodate you with any g kind of a loan you want. Il you © 5 have good security. C AUSTIN & HOPKINS, * -- ’ Rensselaer, Ind. MONEY MONEY MONEY

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 50c; oats 30c. Get in on that Piano contest of The Democrat’s. \ (Sheriff O’Connor was in Remington on legal business Tuesday. •V-Dr. and Mrs. Turfler, left for a visit in New York Thursday afternoon. Y-Oity attorney G. A.|Williams is visiting in Carthage, 111., for a few days. George W. Michaels of Lafayette was in the city on business Saturday. Miss Jeannette Needham of Dublin, Ind., is visiting friends here at this writing. Ada Nowels of Flora, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. R. D. Thompson, this week. \_-Misses Tillie Malco and Nellie Gray went to Terre Haute this week to attend normal. Frank Maloy of Lowell spent Sunday with his family, who have been visiting here for some time. Miss Hilda Manfroi and Mr. J. Menkin are the guests of Miss Lucy Wiltshire on South Scott street. The Vigo County National bank at Terre Haute has gone republican. The cashier is short $16,000, and more is to come. Democrat editor and wife went to Rochester Thursday to attend the meeting of Northern Indiana Editoral Association. 'j/CMrs. Earl Duvall of Rockville ishere for a few weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Biggs and other relatives and friends. The Journal had a very good two column burlesque ad or Rensselaer’s 4th of July celebration (?). We infer that F. A. Ross was the “ad” writer. M. a big new Victor graphophone with a 49 inch horn with 28 inch bell, at his barber shop on Wahington street. It is a fine sounding instrument. Lee will also hold a celebrate the 4th. An address will be made at 9:45 a. m., by Rev. A. L. Crim of Ladoga. Other speakers and a gocd program will be givin in the afternoon, the committee says. -\"Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan and tire latter’s daughter, Mrs. Levi Clouse, left Monday for a three weeks visit with Mrs. Sullivan’s son, George Dart, and her daughter, Mrs. Ross Gobel, at Omaha, Neb. New subscribers to The Democrat last month by postoffices: North Judson, Ind., 1; Packerton, Ind., 1; Ockley, Ind., 1; Goodland, R-R-l, 1; Brook, R-R-l, 1; Chicago, 1; Remington, 1; Mt. (Ayr, 1. Total for month, 8. George Ketchum and A. B. Cowgill are rejoicing over the advent of a girl at each of their respective homes. George is a trine disappointed over his girl not being a boy, but Al is just as pleased as he can be. Prof. Sanders is here this week, packing up and getting ready to move to Bloomington. He has sold his residence property here to Prof. I. N. Warren, his successor, as intimated that he would, by The Democrat some weeks ago. \ P. Honan was in Danville, Iff., Sunday, where he assisted in degree work of initiating fortvseyen new members into the Catholic order of Knights of Columbus, and also delivered an address at the banquet which followed.

There were fifty-five applicants for license at the teachers’ examination held here Saturday, and of this number twelve were late graduates from the Rensselaer high school.. Geo. W. Anderson who lives two and a half miles northwest of town, was out Thursday afternoon for the first time in 6 months. He had his left limb broken by the turning over of a load of srtaw. r-4-Dr. H. L. Brown returned last Friday from a few weeks visit in the north west. He visited the principal cities of Washington and Oregon, the exposition at Portland, and Salt Lake City, while away. Bert Vandercar, Joe Fenzil. Hans Rasmussen, Wm. Sbirer, Herman Flugel and Joe Behles, all young men from Tefft, were down Saturday, to take examination for rural mail carrier on the new route to start out of Tefft August 15. That S3OO Chase Piano that The Democrat has been telling about for the past two weeks is now on exhibition in the show window of Rowles & Parker’s dry goods store, on East Washington street. Read the conditions on which it is to be given away in another column. Dr. Rose M. Remmek, optical specialist, will make her regular visit to Clarke’s jewelry store, June 28 to July 1. Modern methods in eye examinations means accurate knowledge of the conditions affecting the sight and the remedy supplied with proper glasses. Misses Lessie Bates of Rensselaer and Miss Stella Shields of Monon left Wednesday to attend the Teachers’ National Association meeting at Asbury Park, N. J. and will visit several principal cities of the east before returning. They expect to be gone a couple of weeks or more Miss May Fox formerly of Rensselaer, was married last week to SSuES? Cali., where Miss Fox and her mother have been living for the past year. They will reside at North Baltimore, Ohio, and Mrs. Fox will return to Indiana and make her home at Roselawn, it is understood. These Indiana rural mail carriers were appointed Wednesday: Brook, Marshall M. Jones, regular; Charley Ellis, substitute. Laconia, Bert B. Steepleton, regular; Claude Steepleton, substitute. Morocco, Samuel R. Robinson, regular; Claude H. Ackoars, substitute. Roselawn, William H. Overmyer, regular; Thomar L. Bundy, substitute. Mrs. Kate Woods, aged 75 years, 2 months and 14 days died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Shields, near Rensselaer, on Thursday of last week, and the funeral was held Saturday at 10 a. m., from the residence and interment made in the Welsh cemetery in Jordan township. Her death was very sudden, and caused Jrom heart failure. "TWerner Miller bought a horse of Charley Hemphill last week and on getting it home it seemed sick and refused to eat and kept getting worse, until Tuesday, of this week, when it died. The veterinary pronounced its complaint catarrhal fever. Mr. Miller says the mare did not act right when he took her, and he thinks she was sick at that time. He paid $125 cash for the mare. A-Remington, Parr, Fair Oaks, DeMotte and Dunn’s Bridge are the places in Jasper county that will celebrate the 4th next Tuesday, while on the west of us Mt. Ayr will have a big celebration. Rensselaer should have a good free celebration every year, but it seems that nothing but a bum street carnival can be had here, for which The Democrat is truly sorry. Mrs. R. W. Marshall was at Longcfiff last week to see her son Joe who was sent to the asylum there a few months ago. She found him in very bad condition. He refuses to take food much of the time and is failing greatly in health ns a consequence. His mental condition shows no improvement and he is reported to be one of the most difficult and refractory patients to handle that Was ever in the asylum, and must be kept under restraint most of the time.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, July i, 1905.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. The July term of commisioners’ court will convene Monday. New suits filed: No. 6884. Coen & Brady vs. Seth B. Moffitt et a); action to foreclose mechanic’s lein. There were no unloaned school funds on hand July 1 except what is already spoken for. In fact there are applications on file for several thousand dollars while only a few hundred is nowon hand. —o — Notices are posted for re-selling the Moffit ditch in Jasper and Newton counties. The sub-con-tractor, 8. B. Moffit of Fair Oaks, it seems is not progressing fast enough to suit the parties concerned and much complaint has been made. —o — The reviewers in the proposed new highway in Jordan tp., have reported against the public utility of the same. They say that the highway would be of public utility but for the fact that a large ditch occupies a part of said highway, therefore they must report against its establishment. The county board of review adjourned Saturday after a twenty days session. In addition to the matters reported last week the following changes in assessments were made: In Union township, assessments raised 100 per cent on agricultural implements and machinery, and household goods and libraries raised 50 per cent. The Crescent Oil, Asphalt & Gas Co., was assessed $1,085 for 1904, and same for 1905, on machinery, improvments, tanks, etc. The assessment on the Haus restaurant in Rensselaer was increased from $2lO to S2BO, and the Keister restaurant from $35 to $2lO. James H. - Chapman, as trustee of A. McCoy & Co., bankrupts, appeared"ln person Saturday and reported that he had the following amounts of cash on hand March 1. A. McCoy A C0813,032 Al T. J. McCoy 1,037.97 The board ordered that the firm of A. McCoy & Co., be assessed $12,445.00; A. McCoy at sl3645; and T. J. McCoy at $860.00.

THE McCOY BANKRUPTCY CASE.

The hearing held here last riday by Referee Bowers to enquire further into the facts concerning that alleged mortgage that Tom McCoy is said to have given the bank several years ago to secure his indebtedness to the bank at that timejsome $24,000, and which was never paid, brought forth no new testimony. E. £. Hollingsworth, A. R. Hopkins and Mrs. T. J. McCoy were examined concernign it, but the testimony of the two former was substantially the same as that at the former hearing—they thought that such a mortgage was drawn up and was understood by the latter to be in Tom’s strong box, in his (Tom’s) possession. As to whether it was ever signed by either or both Tom and his wife the testimony was rather vague. Mrs. McCoy swore that she never signed such a mortgage and never knew anything about it. Owing to failure to get service on the Honorable Tom, he was not present at this hearing, and the matter was continued until Wednesday of this week, when it was resumed at Hammond, that Tom might testify, but as he has heretofore testified that while such a mortgage was drawn up by Hollingsworth, who was then connected with the bank, but he (Tom)reiused to sign it and that his wife never signed it nor was asked to, it is not likely that he will testify differently now. The writer heard about all -the testimony regarding this alleged mortgage at the former bearing, and it seemed then there was mighty little to sustain the mortgage upon, and unless something more substantial can be brought out it seems unlikely that it will be held that such a mortgage was ever executed, or, if made, was ever delivered to the bank. As there is. little likelihood of any new testimony bearing on the matter being brought out, the general opinion of those who have weighed the evidence seems to be that the final decision will be against the existence of any such mortgage.

PROPOSED STREET AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

The committee selected to report a stone road system in Rensselaer and Marion township, to be built from rock taken from the proposed Iroquois ditch cut through Rensselaer, report in favor of practically all the principal streets of the city not already improved, and include: NORTH AND SOUTH STREETS. Scott, beginning at Stock Farm gravel road, north to Merritt, 4,800 Division, north to Main and to city limits, 5,300 feet. Welton and Dayton north to Merrk, 5,200 feet. Coflege Avenue, north from Washington to Vine, 3,200 feet. Jefferson, north to Merrit, east to Forest, north to city limits 2,800 foet. West Washington, north to Merritt, 1,700 feet; west to Matheson avenue north to Burton road, 2,000 feet. South Matheson avenue, south to city limits, 3,200 feet, connecting with gravel road running past the Sparling farm. South block on front street, 300 feet, and some 1,000 feet on River and Melville streets. EAST AND WEST STREETS. Mefrit, 3,500 feet, except two blocks already improved. Vine, (except two blocks already improved) 4,400 feet. Cedar, from end of present improvement east to corporation line, 800 feet. Rutsen, entire length, 1,700 feet. Work, from west end of Grace to CoUege avenue, 2,100 feet. / McCoy avenue from College avenue to South Matheson street, 1,400 feet. Street from south end of River streewast Mrs. Drake’s property on Melville street, 2,400 feet. West South street, west past cemetery to Bunkum road, 2,100 feet. Total length of all improvements in city limits, 7| miles. COUNTRY ROADS. ThV*<ountry roads selected for improvement embrace the east and west road connecting with the South Barkley gravel road, west of the Grooms bridge and thence west past the Donnelly corners to Newton tp., line, a distance of 3| miles. From Ed Parkison’s place, east of the Grooms bridge, south one mile, west one mile, south along the east side of Rensselaer and across the river to the James Welsh corner, thence east If miles. Matheson avenue from the city limits north to the Burton road and west to Newton tp., line where it connects with the Mt. Ayr road. Bunkum road from city limits to Newton township line. East and west road past the Catholic cemetery due east from Newton tp., line 3 miles, thence north | mile. This requires a new road from said cemetery east 1| miles, which the land-owners are said to favor. The total mileage in the country is about 16. It is probable that there will be some changes made from the routes given above. Wednesday night the system was concluded. There was included Walnut so as to give access to railroads from each side, and enough streets, and additional roads to make the total over thirty miles in the township. Now for the election, which can not be held before September.

KILLED BY CARS.

E. P. Honan received a telegram Sunday stating that his cousin, Martin J. Carroll, for twenty-five years yardmaster of the NorthWestern railroad in Chicago, bad been killed by the cars Saturday morning. He was on top of a train of freight cars, it seems, when it suddenly stopped and • he was thrown between the cars and cut to pieces. Twenty years ago Mr. Carroll bad a brother killed in a similar manner in the Michigan Central yards at Chicago.

MERICA’S NEW BAKERY.

Being now located in our new and more spacious quarters in the K. of P. building we are better prepared to furnish our patrons with anything to be found in a first-class bakery and restaurant.

BILLY MERICA.

Gibraltar floor, 11.35; XXXX Minnesota $1.40; the same as others ask $1.50 and 11.60 for. John Eokb’s. Millet seed for sale at Coen & Brady’s elevator.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

Stone Road Resolution Adopted, Makemself Sewer Cussed and Discussed, Female After Lyman’s Scalp.—Other flatters.

The regular meeting of the common council was held Monday, evening with a full attendance. The always live question of Makemself sewer was discussed and cussed, as usual, but nothing done in particular in'the matter. The superintendent of the light plant was authorized to purchase four lightning arresters, and it is expected that lightning will not come inside the city limits hereafter on penalty of being arrested, and jailed by nightwatch Zea. The superintendent was also instructed to extend line and wire house for Jasper Kenton, said Kenton to pay for material and get credit on lamp rental. The water rate heretofore made with True Woodworth for street sprinkler was reduced from $75 to SSO. The Fire Warden reported that the roof of the City Hall building and the building on the north side thereof were in bad condition and half rotten and loose, etc., and suggested that they be put in safe condition. He also reported against the contemplated repairs to the old frame building of Ralph Fendig’s on Washington street. The matter was referred to committee on public property and fire limits. Insurance on city hall and tire apparatus was ordered renewed with Ray D. Thompson’s agency. The petition of C. Kellner et al, asking that the Franklin and Plum street sewer be taken up and relaid in a workmanlike manner, etc., or, if deemed best, to reconstruct the sewer of vitrified sewer pipe, laid in the center of said streets and following Franklin street north to the Makemself sewer, was referred to Sewer committee to report at next meeting. The following resolution was adopted. “Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, in addition to its former resolution, it consents to the jurisdiction of the board of commissioners of the court of Jasper, to establish stone improvements on and over Division street. Main street, College Avenue, Front street, and the city council hereby authorizes a copy of this resolution to be attached to any petition for such improvement of the roads and such streets as are connected therewith and herein mentioned and such streets as are contemplated in the resolution heretofore passed in behalf of Marion township, in said county and state, and the city clerk is directed to certify a certified copy of this resolution and file same with the auditor of Jasper county, consenting to such jurisdiction, if assumed on or before August 7, 1905, by the filing of a petition by the citizens of Marion

A MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

The cement sidewalk recently ordered in by the city council, leading to the cemetery, is now being constructed and will make a decided improvement. The cemetery trustees are extending the walk clear along the front of the cemetery and Thomas Robinson will extend it from there to bis resdence a few rods west. When the walk is completed it is likely that Weston cemetery will be more generally visited on pleasant Sunday afternoons than it ever has been. The grounds are kept in excellent condition by Sexton Schanlaub, in fact, we do not believe there is a cemetery in this section of the state that presents a neater and more well attended appearance than that of Weston cemetery. Another much needed improvement now is grading and macadamizing of the street leading to the cemetery, and it is to be hoped that this will be done at an early date. With a good cement sidewalk and a well graded street leading thereto, no more attractive “city of the dead” can be found anywhere than our own.

CAUSE ENOUGH TO DRIVE PEOPLE INSANE.

White County Democrat: They seem to produce more insane persons over in Jasper County than any other county in the State, and it keeps Sheriff O’Connor busy making the trip from Rensselaer to Longcliff escorting the patients to that institution. Well, high taxes and voting the republican ticket all the time is bound to show its effects.

Celery plants for sale. Enquire at residence or phone No. 109. y N.S. Bates.

Vol. VIII. No. 13

township a nd the city of Rensselaer with the board of county commissioners of the county of Jasper.” A communication was received from Miss Nell McCarthy regarding Lyman Zea having, as alleged, shook one Worth McCarty, a small boy, and ordered him off the street, etc. Same was ordered placed on file. Lyman says the boy was on the sidewalk with a big wagon or cart, and that he merely tlod him that he ought not be playing on the walk with so large a wagon; did not shake him or scold him a particle. The matter of a contract with Lyman Zea as nightwatch was referred to the city attorney. The following claims were allowed: J H Chapman, salary and postage SSB 00 J W Mann, services as fireman 6 25 MC Burk, same 6 25 Chas Morlan, same 6 25 B E Goff, same 5 25 E G Warren, same 6 75 C S Chamberlain, same 5 25 Conrad Kellner, same 6 25 C H Vick, same 5 75 B R Hopkins, same 6 25 J E Hopkins, same 5 25 F M Abbott, same 6 25 John Rush, same 7 75 C W Platt, same 5 75 J H Hoover, same 6 25 True Woodworth, same 6 25 Fire Dept., dues disability fund 3 75 J H S Ellis, per deim as mayor 14 00 C J Dean, same, councilman 10 00 H O Harris, same 10 00 JF Irwin, same.... 12 00 C G Spitler, same 14 00 Henry Grow, same 14 00 J C Carmichael, same 14 00 Chas Morlan, salary and fees 42 70 Same, paid for recording deeds 2 50 F M Abbott, 5a1ary....22 50 John O'Connor, boarding prisoners.. 11 20 H L Gamble, city engineer 2 40 Hugh Kirk, assisting same 1 30 SPBCAIL ADD. FUND. J H Chapman, int. on School bond 180 45 boad fund. Roy Thomas, work on sewer and bdg.. 12 75 Chas Blue, same 11 25 Frank Shide, same and park 4 50 O S Baker, same 4 50 J L Adams, unloading and haul, sewer. 10 00 Wm Simons, hauling roek 2 10 Chas Parker, work on street 1 35 J Elliott, burying hog 10 J C Gwin, sewer pipe 439 85 Hiram Day, same 81 00 George F. Bingham,culvert 60 60 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Chas Morlan, making light duplicate for June 5 00 Landy Magee, work on line 33 75 J C Gwin, lumber 5 68 C S Chamberlain, sal. to J une 13 50 00 C L Thornton, same 30 00 Lem Huston, same 30 00 Globe Oil Co., valve discs 35 Victoria Coal Co. coal 86 28 J H Chapman, freight 70 86 WATER FUND. Conrad Hildebrand, salary 30 00 The Gould Co., supplies 15 $7 J H Chapman, interest on bond 288 72

A BIG CHICKEN CASE.

E. P. Honan went to Fowler Wednesday to assist the prosecution in a big chicken stealing case. It seems that Thomas O’Connor, a well known farmer residing just south of Remington, in Benton county, had lost a great many chickens by theft, and the family finally marked their chickens and then notified the poultry buyers around to keep watch of chickens brought them for sale. Some months ago a Remington dealer notified Mr. O'Connor that a neighbor woman of his had brought in some chickens having the O’Connor mark. Well, the grand jury recently indicted Bud Moore and bis wife for stealing the O’Connor chickens, and the case was set for trial on Thursday of this week. Mr. O’Connor secured the services of Judge Saunderson of Fowler and E. P. Honan of this city to assist Prosecutor Grant Hall in the case, while the defendants have Fraser & Isham of Fowler and another firm of attorneys to defend them. Two or three surgeons were summoned to give expert testimony as to whether the toe of a chicken was amputated with a knife or was frozen off, also as to whether feathers were broken or clipped, and the case promised to be a very interesting and warmly contested one. Moore, the neighbor indicted with his wife for “lifting” the chickens, is a renter, living on an 80 acre farm, about half a mile from O’Connors. The jury, after being out a half hour, returned a verdict of “not guilty.” One-fourth to one-half off on shoes at Murray’s Removal Sale. See Baughman & Williams for farm and city loans.