Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1905 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to end Country Readers. Corn, 50c; oats 23c. The Parochial school opened Monday. Mrs. B. Forsythe is convalescing from a two weeks’ illness. This is a month with an “r,” and oysters are now in season. Moosamiller has gone to North Dakota to work in the harvest field. \—Miss Pearl Swank, of Dannville, 111 , is the guest of Mrs. Dr. Kresler this week. Yonr new Fall apparel is now ready at Rowles & Parker's new clothing store. oity schools opened Monday with a large attendance. The enrollment exceeds 525. Chester and Ruth Harris of Redlands, Cali., are visiting relatives and friends here. » The annual Northwest Indiana M. E. conference will convene at Michigan city next week. The sixth annual tournament of the Rensselaer Gun Club will be held here on Sept. 26 and 27. and Mrs. James Leatherman returned Monday from a few days visit with relatives in Camden. There will be preaching at the Presbyterian church Sabbath morning and evening by the Rev. J. C. Parrett. Mrs. G. F. Meyers and daugh"ter Nellie returned Sunday from a week’s visit at Franklin and Indianapolis. Mary Meyer and her trimer, Miss Hattie Grant, are spending the week in Chioago, studying styles of millinery. The Kentland Horse Show will be held at Kentland, Sept. 13, 14, 15 and 16, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. Mrs. Jerome Harmon and little daughter Belle leave to-day for Muncie on a ten days’ vieit to her mother, Mrs. McDonald. Mary Scbmitter left Sunday for her home in Delphi after a three weeks visit with her sister, sMrs. W. J. Merica, of this city. 7 way and Roe Yeoman, Emory Mills, Cleve Eger, Omar Day and O. L. Osborne went to Lafayette Monday to attend Purdue University. V Miss Spaulding, the W. U. operator, returned Sunday from a month’s vacation spent with relatives in the southern part of the state. Everett Finney of Wheatfield tp., has been appointed administrator of the estate of John G. Heil, deceased, late of the same township. Albert Antrim and Charlie Hemphill, who now hold positions in the C. B. & Q. offices at Chicago, spent Labor day with friends and relatives in Rensselaer. We oan furnish The Commoner (Bryan's paper) to subscribers to The Democrat, in connection with this paper for 60 oents per year. That is, $1,60 for both papers. The Monticello town board has called an election for Sept. 18 to determine the extent of repairs the people want made to the recently burned school building at that place. 4 Michael Nagle, Adam Nagle, eogre Nagle, Werner Miller, Barney Kolhoff, Joe Thomas and Andrew Kohler left Tuesday for Lisbon, No. Dak., on a land prospecting trip.

Rowles & Parker's new depart, ment now open. Onifitters for men and boys. Prof. 8. E. Sparling, of Wiscozv University, is visiting old friends and relatives here at present writing- " Mr. and Mrs. Ash Leech, and two children of Valparaiso, are visiting friends and relatives here this week. L. A very heavy rain fell last Friday night and Saturday morning, being one of the heaviest rainfalls of the season. CT*Sheriff O’Connor and daughters Ella and Lottie left Wednesday evening for Chilicothe, Mo., where the latter will epter a boarding school or convent. John E. Bislosky of Chicago, is visiting his parents west of town. John has sold his bakery and confectionery business and will probably move back to Rensselaer. In surveying the McCoy & Porter Union tp., lands, purchased by John and W, H. Eger, it measured out only 51648 acres instead of 520 acres, supposed to be in the traot. Wanted:—The Democrat has a permanent position open for a young lady aa compositor. Must have fair education and be a good speller and a good steady girl. Apply at office. JW. W. Bums and family have refuThed from a month’s visit in Kansas, during which time Mr. Bums purchased a farm near Kingman, on which he expects to move next winter. and Conrad Hildebrand, Marion Freeland, Carry and Alfred Lowman and Willis Kessinger were anothei party of landseekers who left Tuesday for Minnesota and North Dakota. Prof. W. O. Schanlaub of Morocco was over Wednesday to attend the funeral of little Raymond Manley. Mr- and Mrs. J. J. Kepner, of Sheldon, 111, W. H. Roney, of Chicago, and J. W. Baer of New Haven, were also here to the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Co en entertained the City school board and teachers and the county superintendent, with their wives, at their home on McCoy avenue last Friday evening. About thirty were present and a most enjoyable eve-, ning was spent. The two months old son of Mr and Mrs. Frank Burns died at their home in Rensselaer Wednesday afternoon, and the funeral was held from the residence Thursday afternoon, Rev. H. L. Kindig conducting the services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. and Mrs. C. L. Thornton, Thornton and Samuel Potts were called to Athens, 111., Monday by the death of Martha B. Tbornten, formerly of Rensselaer, who died at that place Saturday from typhoid fever. Deceased was 24 years of age and unmarried, Nagel has rented the Wallace Murray farm of 196 acres in Barkley tp., which he purchased last spring to Wm. B. Walter for next year and will remain where he ia on the big Monnett farm southwest of town, which be has been working for the past seventeen years. If you want a Chicago daily paper a full year for only 50 cents, come in and subscribe for The Democrat, or pay one year in advance, if an old subscriber, and you oan get The Chicago National Review daily and The Democrat weekly, each a full year, for only $l5O. ______ Hebron News: For the past two weeks there has been something doing in the way of catching fish at the Kankakee river. A number of our citizens, who have had time to visit the water, report large oatches of carp and an occasional pickerel, salmon and bullhead is hauled in by some of our fishermen of experience. M. M. Heil of Roselawn, formerly of Wheatfield, was killed Tuesday while working on a new bridge over the Kankakee on the new Indiana Harbor railroad north of Lake Village. A heavy pile was being sawed off and in tailing it fell on Heil crushing his life out. He was married and leaves a widow and three children. Ex-Bupt. Blue, of the poor farm moved to town last week and occupies the residence property of his daughter, Mrs. Louella Phillips, who rented her house and with her children moved out with them to the poor farm with her parents when they went there over two ytas ago. Mrs. Phillips is now visiting in Minneapolis, Minn., and it is reported may looate there.

Latest Styles, best goods, lowest prices in everything you wear at Rowles & Parker’s new doable store. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Geitl, of Chicago, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach, southeast of town. i■ Gaylord Nowels returned from California Wednesday, deciding not to locate there, but will, instead, locate in Indianapolis. F. Stackhouse and Mrs. Arthur Trussed attended the funeral of Mrs. Thursa Cope, at Sitka, White county, Sunday. Deceased was an aunt of theirs. Remember the Thomas Driver O. I. C. hog sale in Barkley tp., next Wednesday, Sept. 13. A rare chanoe to secure some fine stock from this famous breed of swine Mrs. Eleanor Adams returned Monday from a visit with her son in St. Cloud, Minn. Mrs. Wm. Adams and children accompanied her home and will visit here for a few weeks. An alarm of fire Monday evening called the fire department out to Julias Taylor’s residence near the depot, but the fire was slight and was put out before the firemen got there. AJohn W. Walker, former court reporter for this circuit but now of Tombstone, Arizona, where he holds the position of reporter for the U. S. court, is visiting friends here this week. Vera Shook has resigned his position as delivery boy at the Chicago Bargain Store and will move to Roselawn, where he will take a position in Laßue’s general store. Eph Hickman succeeds him at the Bargain Store. The Deagon Theatre Co., which is highly spoken of by Crown Point papers, will be at Ellis’ opera bouse on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of next week. The company is playing this week in South Bend, we understand. A. H. Hopkins returned last week from a three weeks outing in Vilas county, Wisconsin. While there he stopped with the family of Richard Lies, formerly of near Surrey, who reside on Mr. Hopkins’ farm. He states that they are well pleased with the country there and are doing well. -AThe iron front and columns for tne Support of the upper floor of the new Murray building are in place and one can see something of what the new block will look like. It will certainly be one of the best improvements made to the business district of the city for several years. The funeral of the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Manley of Monroeville was held at the residence of John Schanlaub in the northwest part of town Wednesday forenoon and interment was made in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Manley was formerly Miss Maude Kepner of this city. It is reported that the new poor farm superintendent found the place utterly stripped of food stuff, on taking possession, and that he had to come to town and get something to feed the inmates and his family on the first thing. They have been enormous eaters out there the past few years, surety- f Mr. Peter VafiLear and Miss Chris eoia Fingelmeier, both of Rensselaer, were united in marriage at the home of T. J. Gleason on the corner of Cullen and Angelica streets, Wednesday at 7:30 a. m., Rev. Father Meyers officiating. The newly wedded pair have gone to Chioago where the groom has employment at his trade of plastering and where they expect to reside. . ■ . . - While there has been considerable fruit during the past three months, it is evident that the late management of the poor farm did not add any to the store of canned fruite reported on hand May 31 In fact the report made this month shows that the 150 quarts on hand then has shrunk to 40 quarts during thiß period, and not a pound of sugar, meat, flour, coffee or other supplies is shown by the report to have been on hand when this last report was made. A new band was organized Wednesday evening with Prof. White ss teacher, and it is expected to again give street concerts in the near future, most of the members being old players. The organization is made up of Vernon Jacks, John Eiglesbach, John, Lon and Jerry Healy, Chas. Morlan, Theodore and James George, George Bell, Kent Morgan, Carl Wood, John Morgan, Walter Lutz, Louie Ramp, Charlie Smith and Roy Johnson.

It is reported that Geo. H. Healy, now holding a job in the government printing office at Washington, has bought a half interest in the Rensselaer Republican and will return to Rensselaer with his family. He has rented the house lately vacated by Rev. Elam, it is said. Frank Gillilan and C. Jf Dean took another party of land-seekers to the Red River Valley of Minnesota Tuesday. With additions from other points they expected to have some sixteen or eighteen in the party. These gentlemen are locating quite a number from northwestern Indiana and Illinois in this famous crop producing valley, and the rush seems to have but just begun from this section. Bro. Clark says that Mr. Bowie is publisher of the Kankakee Valley Review, but neglects to add that he is also publisher—alleged, at least—of the same Kankakee Valley Review that is reported to be published at Roselawn, Newton county; that he has no office whatever in Jasper county and is not by any stretch of imagination a Jasper county newspaper man. However, Bro. Clark is not to be blamed for being predjudiced in his favor as he does all the work on the paper that is attempted to be foisted in both counties and gets all the job printing that perhaps some deluded mortals think they are giving to Bowie. The Farmers or Guild bank at Medaryville was entered by burglars Monday night and the combination and handle of the big safe was battered and bent out of shape but .the robbers were evidently frightened away, as the safe was not dynamited and on being opened by experts the next day its contents, some $5,000 in cash and valuable papers, were found to be intact. The first that was known about the affair was when the propietor came down Tuesday morning and found that the safe had been tampered with. The would be robbers made their escape from the town on a Monon handcar,” which was later found near San Pierre, where they had abandoned it. The county council finished its labors Wednesday and adjourned. The appropriations made were practically identical with the estimates published in this paper two weeks ago. The county tax levy was increased about four-fifths of a cent over that of last year. The appropriations carry SIOO for expense of dedicating the new cottage at the soldiers home, also S3OO for removing obstructions in tho Kankakee river under the recent scheme of declaring said stream navigable. Councilman John F. Pettit of Walker tp., resigned as a member of the council and ex-trustee L. P. Shirer of the same township was appointed in his stead. At the request of Mrs. Nichols, the new matron of the poor asylum, the council and commissioners visited the poor farm Wednesday to see just how much the place had been denuded.

GOING TO CUBA.

As a result of a quiet movement inaugurated last week by some of our townsmen, a half dozen or more are planning to go to Cuba next month to look into a land proposition made by a Mr. D. E. Kerr, of Chicago. The land is in the province of Santaigo, and consists of 16,000 acres which is being disposed of at $12.50 per acre. Most of it is now covered with valuable timber, such as mahogany, sabicou, juiqui, and a number of others just as valuable. Some 2,000 acres have already been disposed of here, provided that the land is found to be as represented.

WORKMAN ONCE MORE.

Marion, Ind., September 6. Joseph B. Workman and Joseph Higgs, who were employed by the County Commissioners to collect taxes on omitted and unaaaessed taxable property, have filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for a mandate tp compel Harry Goldthwaite, auditor of the county, to pay them $942.02, aa commission on collections. The County Council refused to make an appropriation for the payment of the amount and aleo refnaed to recognize the oontraot made by the oommiaeionera. The anit will teat the question of whether the County Council or the commissioners have the right to make oontraota for the oounty.

M. E. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT.

The pastor of Trinity M. E. churoh will speak on the following subjects on next Sabbath: Morning subject, “The Vision of Elijah;” Evening subject, “The Young Man and His Capital.” Everybody oordially welcomed to ,*ll services.

STATEMENT OP THB CONDITION OP THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP RENSSELAER, IND.. AUOUST as. 1905. KISOUBCM. LIABILITIES. L0am......... ... ...<283.979 #5 Capital Stock. $30,000 00 U. S. and County Bonds... IS,WO 00 Surplus and Profits 18,588 08 Bank Building: 8,000 00 Circulating: Notes.,.. 7,600 00 Cash and due from banks 115,667 SO Deposits 810,948 23 $373,0*7 15 $373,047 15 DIRECTORS. A. PARKISON. JOHN M. WASSON, B. L. HOLLINOSWORTH, President. Vice-President. Cashier. JAMBS T. RANDLE. 080. B. nURRAY. | fan umis a swan niue pi tout wronone is soiiciiai. |

LITTLE FOLKS’ SOCIAL.

Madelinia and John Kellner entertained a number of their friends at their home last Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5, in honor of their aunt, Emma Wagner, of near Remington. The time was delightfully spent in games and mnsic. A nice lunch was served. The following were present: Cecelia Kellner Gladys DayHazel M, Jones Edna Robinson Luella Robinson Ada Robinson Bell Harmon Begin 1 Merica Maud Day Florae Ryan Nellie Ryan. Ruth Wiltshire Madeline KeUner Robert Platt John Kellner Raymond McKay Josephine Thomas. Cecelia Kennel Carl Eiglesbach Ernest Eiglesbach Emma Wagner Agnes Howe Ethel Renicker Mabel Kenicker Lucv Haley Dora Hildebrandt Fred Thomas Joseph Thomas Edgar Day Leorta Meister Harold Kellner. _

SCHOOLS OPEN.

The Schools of Rensselaer, Remington and Wheatfield towns and Marion and Hanging Grove townships opened Monday. The Gilliam, Jordan, Newton, Milroy and Carpenter schools will begin next Monday. Walker, Wheatfield, Keener and Union will begin Monday, Sept. 18, while Kankakee will open Sept. 25. Barkley will not open until October. The teachers in the township schools opened Monday are: Marion—Nellie Gray, Essie Kendall, Zelma Rayher, Hattie Sayler, Katie Shields, B. N.. Fendig, Anna Luers, W. F. Osborne. The Parker, Grant, Wasson and O’Meara schools are closed for lack of pupils. Hanging Grove—Zoe Saylor, Mrs. J. I. Gwiu, Myra Watson, Blanche McCarthy, Margaret Merrit, Lucy Beasley. Don’t fail to visit Rowles & Parker’s new clothing department.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES.

The subject for the Sunday morning sermon at the court house is “The Mind Reader;” iu the evening, “Jehovah Victorious.” All are invited.

IROQUOIS COMPANY AND MORTON HORSE COLT SHOW

There will be an exhibition of the 1905 produce of the Iroquois Horse Company horse and the Frank Morton Percheron horse, on the public square of Rensselaer on Saturday, Sept. 16. Prizes will be given for the best colts shown, as follows: Two-thirds next year’s service fee for first and service fee for second best. The public is invited to come out and see the produce of these horses. See Baughman & Williams for farm and city loans.

List Your Farms With Me IF YOU WANT TO Exchange Them for City Property OR MERCHANDISE. i also a vy EQVirys /jv fahms. Can Deal Your City Property CALL OR ADDRESS F. E. MA. *R Tl/f. McCOYSBURQ, IND. 1

THE IROQUOIS DITCH. Mr. Editor: I am often asked, what ia a working section of “The Iroquois ditch?” My answer is “the whole ditch,” and it oan be so let to one or more persons. (Sec. 8.) The petitioners asked no division. (Sec. 2.) The viewers estimated the number of cubic yards and cost per cubic yard for the whole work. (Sec. 3.) It iB a section not less “than the number of feet apportioned” to any tract of land. (Seo. 8.) The individual land owners have waived any right to divide the ditch under the proviso of Sec. 9, hence said proviso has no application to chop up the ditch. The words of section 9 commencing, “The surveyor or engineer shall sell or offer to sell first,” and ending, “as each section is completed,” have no application to the sale of the Iroquois ditch, because the land owners’ opportunity to divide into less working sections “shall be deemed waived.” (Sec. 9.) The nature of some indefinite division of a ditch into indefinite working sections, by some indefinite officer, all comes from possible action on the proviso in Sec. 9, but which is waived as to the Iroquois ditch. The words, “no contractor shall be prosecuted on his bond until the working section next below is completed, and no upper section shall be accepted until the outlet (section) is completed,” (Sec. 10) have their application here as to the Iroquois ditch. (152 Ind., p. 247.) The application may also extend to parts of the ditch when let to different persons for such become by consent of all the owners present at the sale quasi working sections, that have their origin in the necessity of the case. The division of the Iroquois ditch may on the letting come from either one of two necessities that may arise: 1. The whole ditch may be too large to complete in a year, and additional time oan be granted only on a division of the ditch. 2. In the receipt of all bids (Sec. 8) bidders for parts, or a summation of their bids, may do the work cheaper than any bid in solido, and the command to sell to the lowest bidder created the necessity. No division of a ditch can be made without individual demand (Sec. 9) or collective assent of the laud owners. All land owners are conclusively presumed to attend the public auction, and to direct any necessary division of a ditch that helps to a lower bid or a sure sale. S. P. Thompson. September 5, 1905. Read The Democrat for news.