Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1905 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

STILL AT HEAD.

Remington K. of P. Lodge Continues To Lead INTHE DEMOCRAT’S PIANO CONTEST ♦ . K Dull Week, Yet a Number of the Contestants Have Gained Some In Number of Votes. Like most other lines of business in the city The Democrat always suffers during carnival week, and but few votes were cast in its popular popularity contest. It always takes a few weeks for business to recover from the effects of these affairs, but the votes will soon be coming in faster than ever and tbe interest will continue to the end of the contest. The vote at the hour of going to press stood as follows: Remington K. of P. Lodge 315 Mt. Hope Church, Jordan tp 310 Parr Baptist Church 190 Rensselaer Christian Church 150 Wheatfield K. of P. Lodge.. 110 Rensselaer Court, C. O. F 110 St. John's Court, C. O. F., Remington ... W> Gifford United Brethren Church . 90 Milroy Baptist Church 80 Barkley M. B. Church.... 80 Gillam Christian 5.5..... 70 McCoysb nrg SundavSchool 40 Gillam M. E. Church . 40 Barkley Christian Church 40 Remington Christian Church 40 West Barkley Sunday School 30 Rose Bud Church .' 30 Virgie Sunday School 20 Kniman M. E. Church... 20 Shoshone Tribe, 1.0. R. M. (Gifford) ... .. 20 It is not too late by any means for new contestants to enter the field, as each new subscriber is entitled to 20 votes and each old subscriber to 10 votes on each dollar paid on old subscription. If the name of your Church, Sunday School or Lodge is not yet entered in the contest, see some of its friends interested and get up a few new subscribers and forge to the front. Remember that twenty new subscribers means 400 votes, which wonld place it to the front, and as nothing succeeds like success this would give you a prestige that would bring other votes from subscribers having no particular choice. If you are not already a subscriber to The Democrat it behooves yon to get in line and become one, and thus help the organization of your choice to secure this valuable instrument. All votes are being carefully filed away and will be counted at the end of tbe contest by a disinterested committee of three who will award the piano to the contestant securing the greatest number of votes. In case of a tie vote the piano will go to the two tieing contestants, and they can settle the tie between themselves.

CHARGED WITH A VERY SERIOUS CRIME.

Ray Kellenberger, of Hanging Grove tp., aged 19, was arrested Monday night charged with attempted rape on the 7-year-old daughter of John Wheeler of Lewiston, a station on the Gifford railroad. He was frightened away before he had injured the girl. The warrant was sworn out for his arrest before Bquire Bussell of Hanging Grove, who gave him a preliminary hearing and bound him over to the circuit court, and he is now in jail. Kellenberger has lived in Hanging Grove and Barkley townships for several years. He took his arrest coolly and seems unconcerned over to the matter. By some be is not thought to be very bright mentally.

THE CARNIVAL.

The carnival being held here this has not been very well attended, although the shows connected therewith are probably as good or better than those of any previous affair of this kind here. The free acts are good, including the balloon ascension and parachute drop, which takes place from Milroy park at 5 p. m., each day. Thursday’s ascension in point of height attained was the best one the ropes became entangled on leaving the earth and the aeronaut was unable to cut loose, but had to come down with the baloon. Thursday was the best day in

point of attendance. It is a rather poor commentary on the intellect of those attending the carnival that the disgusting and hideous snake-eating show seemed to be about the best patronized of any. Such exhibitions ought not be tolerated in any civilized community. There has been an entire absence of street gambling, but there is said to have been plenty of games in upstairs rooms and there were several drunks in evidence Thursday. The company goes from here to Paris, 111., we understand. They bad made arrangements to show next week in Fowler, having been granted a permit to use tbe streets, but John P. Carr, editor of the Fowler Leader, who is strehuously opposed to carnivals because of the harm done to a town, the schools and to the youth of tbe community, threatened to sue out an injunction, and the date there was canceled.

TEN WITHDRAWALS.

The license application of Geo. - A. Strickfaden was filed Thursday. This is the case where the applicant’s present license does not expire until Dec. 14, 1905, and a new license is asked for another year to date from Oct. 31, 1905, the object being to circumvent the remonstrance which it is expected now will be of sufficient strength after the coming election to defeat all applicants in said first ward. Ten withdrawals from the old remonstrance were filed with the’application, as follows: William F. Powers J. W. Childers Lee Jessup Joseph Ellis Alfred McCoy Charles Platt George Platt ———-—- Ancel Woodworth Roy Smith S. U. Dobbins. Snyder, the Gifford applicant and Walas, the Kersey applicant, did not file their applications and, of course cannot be granted license now. A strong remonstrance will be filed against Snyder, it is understood.

A HOME TALENT ENTERTAINMENT

The Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian church will give a home talent entertainment in tbe court house on Friday evening, October sixth, for the benefit of new church. Some of the best talent in the city has been secured which guarantees an excellent evening’s entertainment. Miss Mary Michaels, a recent graduate of the Marion school of oratory, will give a number of readings; Mr. Frank White, the new bandmaster, and a graduate of the Marion Conservatory of Music, will give two violin solos; Mrs. E. C. English will sing a solo. The price of admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the court house is, “The Secret of a Contented Life;” in the evening, “The Rational Religion.” All are welcome. THE fl. E. CHURCH SERVICES. Rev. H. L. Kendig will speak on the following subjects at Trinity M. E.church next Sabbath: Morning subject, “The Kingdom of the Truth.” Evening subject, “The Finest of the Fine Arts, the Art of Good Living. ” All services as usual. The public is cordially welcomed. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. The usual services will be held Sunday morning and evening, and at 3 o’clock Mr. Bair will preach at the Reed school house, and also expects to hold meetings there of evenings next week. Mr. F. W. White delighted us with his sweet violin music last Sunday, and will also assist us next Sunday evening. J. B. Bair, Pastor.

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Rbnsselabr, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, September 30, 1905.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About The County Capitol. court convenes Monda y. —o — A special session of the county coffimissioners was held Saturday and contract let to the Pan-Amer-ican Bridge Co., for a new bridge in Newton tp., at $1,273. No other business was transacted as shown of record. —6— Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 27, Grajit J. Shipley, of Bisbee, Arizona (formerly of near Remington), aged 40 years, to Jessie Pearl Clark, of near Remington, aged 25. Second marriage for groom, wife hkving died in 1903; first marriage for bride. r Jr-Sept. 29, George E. Salrin of Walker tp., aged 21, to Maude Peterson, also of Walker, aged 16. First marriage for each. —o — New suits filed: No. 6933. Benjamin F. Fendig vs. Hugh L. Gamble; suit on accout. Demand SIOO. No. 6934. Ed Oliver vs. Chas. F. Lyons; action in attachment on chattel mortgage. No. 6935. Joseph J. Schuh vs. John Karr and Joseph Deveraux; suit on note. —o — Land-owners along the Monon ditch in Pulaski county are agitating the enlargement of the ditch, making it 100 feet wide and providing for a new ditch leading from Salem township southeasterly to the Tippecanoe river in White county, forming a double outlet for the big ditch. The new ditch is to be 80 feet wide on the bottom. — o . Oxford Tribune: The eleven indictments found against Alfred and Tom McCoy last April, were sustained last Saturday by Judge Hanley, of the Jasper county court. The cases were venued to White county. If Alf and Tom live long enough they will go free for bank wrecking, and probably get judgment against the people they robbed for persecution. —o — Trustee Chapman and Judge Thompson were in Indianapolis a few days the first of the week on matters pertaining to "the McCay cases. The matter of discharging them from bankruptcy |was again continued. Tbe court held that the Lafayette and Delphi bank creditors must share the same as other creditors, and that their claims could not come in ahead of others. The overdrafts of the two McCoys must also be paid to the bank out of their individual property, which will increase tbe assets to the bank creditors. —o— John W. Swan, who died at his home in Fulton couuty last week and was buried at Fowler, was for many years a prominent figure in Benton county and northwestern Indiana. He was a man of high honor and superior intelligence and was very active in the political reform waves that have swept over the county at different periods. Mr; Swan settled in Benton county in 1856 and resided there continuously up to about a year ago when he moved to Fulton county. He was 78 years of age at tbe time of his death.

LOOK HERE. For thirty days 10 per cent, off on all goods I have to sell except Farm Wagons and fixtures; will allow 3 per cent, off on the latter. O. A. Roberts. To Rent:—A 320 acre farm in Labette county, Kansas, 7 miles from Parsons, a city of 12,000 people. Want a good northern man with ample teams and force to run it. For particulars, see C. D. Nowels, Rensselaer, Ind. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Sept. 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kesler, a daughter. Tires, rims, spokes, frames, and everything in the bicycle supply line at Gwin’s.

PUBLIC SALES. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Oct. 4, George J. Nichols, 5 miles south of Wheatfield, 5 miles east and 1 mile south of Kniman; general sale of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, farming implements, household goods, etc.

GAMBLING NOT NECESSARY TO SUCCESS.

It has been said time and again by the sporty ones that the agricultural fairs of Indiana could not ,exist without gambling, pool selling, etc. This year that feature has been eliminated from most of the fairs, including the state fair, thanks to Goy, Hanly’s crusade for law enforcement, and there were never more successful fairs held in the state than this year, thus giving the lie to the assertions that gambling and booze selling was necessary to their success. The fact is, the gambling aud immoral features that the country fair management had degenerated into permitting, were the cause of the demise of a great many fairs throughout the state that would have been in a flourishing condition to-day but for this.

PRIZE-WINNING HERDS.

A. J. Harmon and B. F. Smith returned home Monday from making exhibits of their great herd of pure bred Poland China and Duroc Jersey hogs, winning nine ribbons at the Indiana state fair, which was the largest and best exhibit ever made in the history of the Indiana state fair for number and quality. Every hog looked like a good one. At the Kentucky state fair they won ten first prizes, eight second, three third prizes, one champion boar. Competition was very strong for the number of hogs on exhibition, as it was Lexington’s first attempt to hold a state fair with the object in sight to making it the permanent location for the state fairs of Kentucky, which proved a great success to the prbmoters. Smith & Harmon’s show herd is now at home, and have a few choice pigs left for sale for the fall trade. Anyone wishing something in this line should be sure and look them over and secure a herd boar from the blue ribbon herd.

HAY HAVE TO ABDICATE.

The Democrat is informed on what it considers reliable sources, that John Bowie, of Thayer, Roselawn, Wheatfield and numerous other places, will be compelled to bring his publication, the Kankakee Valley Review (printed in Rensselaer as a re-bash of the Rensselaer Journal) down to one certain county and postoffice, in the matter of mailing privileges. This was the only sensible and legal way to do in the start, but because The Democrat insisted that John should obey the law and not spread himself all over northwestern Indiana with a few dozen copies of bis paper, and incidentally, of course, gobble up all the “legals” that the legitimate newspapers were entitled to, he has felt very much aggrieved at us and has actually cut The Democrat off his exchange list. Yes, sir, actually refuses to let the perfume of the Kankakee valley pervade the atmosphere of our sanctum through the medium of the Review. Perhaps, tbongb, The Democrat has saved a few people from being bamboozled into placing legal advertisements in the said sheet which might have caused them endless worry and expense in the future through such publication not having been made in a legal manner within the meaning of the law. A person who is operating a questionable game or is trying to do an illegal act, always hates the man who brings him up with a short turn, and John’s animosity was expected.

MOVED BACK TO INDIANAPOLIS.

Our former jewelryman, W. J. Huff, who moved from Rensselaer to Indianapolis some two years ago and recently moved from there to Celina, Ohio, has returned to Indianapolis again, where be is understood to have secured a position. It is announced that their daughter Mabel will be married soon to Mr, Ed Simons pf Indianapolis, but formerly of Hammond, the wedding to take place on Thanksgiving day.

FORGER ARRESTED

Young Han Signs A. Leopold’s Name To Check. SENTENCED TO THE REFORMATORY On Plea of Guilty, But Sentence Suspended During Good Behavior. —Other Court Notes. A young man about twenty years of age, who had been about here for several days presented a check for SSO at the First National Bank Wednesday morning purporting to have been given by A. Leopold, to Chester Vincent. Cashier Hollingsworth saw at once that the check was a bungling forgery and refused to cash it. The young man left the bank and Mr. Hollingsworth notified the officers, who soon had the forger in limbo. When arrested he admitted his guilt and said his name was not Vincent, but was Homer L. Clary of Wolcott. He was arraigned before Judge Palmer of Monticello, who was acting as special judge and was sentenced to the reformatory for a period of from two to seven years. Sentence was pronounced within about a half hour after his arrest. The young man has been traveling for the Northwestern Bible House of Chicago, appointing agents. The boy’s father is Joseph Clary, a respected and prosperous citizen of near Wolcott, who wasr here Thursday to see about the trouble his son had got into. The boy says an irresistible tendency to go wrong has come over him of late and he thought a term in the reformatory might do him good. After talking with the father and owing to the boy’s previous good reputation, the court turned him loose under suspended sentence. Evidences of other contemplated raids on banks, by way of forged checks and orders were found on his person. Yellow-backed novels are said to have been the cause of his downfall. —o—

The jury has tried but one case as yet. that being the Iliff et al road case from Jordan tp., so many changes of venue and continuing of cases having been taken that there has been no work for it. In the Jordan tp., case the jury’returned a verdict establishing the highway to a width of 60 feet and assessing damages to landowners affeetd as follows: Wm. Waihburn 75 00 F. M. Weigh 100 00 George M. Meyers 275 00 Henry Welsh 175 00 Louis Simonin 200 00 EleanorM. Adams l26 00 George Hensler 100 00 A. C. Scott 100 00 T0ta1.....’ . „51,100 00 It is rumored that the remonstrators are not satisfied with the verdict, and an appeal to the higher court may be taken. The matter, unless an appeal is taken, will now go back to the bourd of commissioners, who, it is alleged, have the power to place the damages on the county and pay it out of the county treasury. A peculiar thing thing about this case is that the president of the board of commissioners, before whom the matter came for action in the first place, and to whom it now goes for further action, was attorney for the petitioners. The John Mohler vs. Henry Amsler case was set for trial yesterday, and the Moffitt ditch mandate case is set for Monday. Emmet L. Hollingsworth vs. Martha E. Stoner et al: defendant defaults and judgment for $4,236.94, and mortgage foreclosed, in favor of plaintiff. J. M. Wasson appointed receiver. I Samuel Fendig vs. Hugh L. Gamble: judgment for plaintiff in sum of $35.04. The Williams vs. Amerman damage case from Newton county was to have been tried Wednesday, but plaintiff failed to put in appearance and the case was dismissed at his costa. Judge Palmer was here from Monticello as special judge to try this case. The case of W. L. Lewis vs. Myrt B. Price, the Iroquoia ditch case, is returnable next Tuesday.

Vol. VIII. No. 26

THE IROQUOIS DITCH.

The re-selling of the Iroquois ditch was in progress as The Democrat went to press, but the prospects were that the sale would not be completed until quite late in the afternoon, and a report is therefore necessarily omitted from this issue. We will state that there were practically all the old bidders on hand, but the general opinion was that the work would not sell as low as at the previous sale. Attorney W. H. Parkison acted as auctioneer at the sale and S. C. Irwin as clerk. A full report of the sale will be given next week.

THE COMMON COUNCIL

A Few flinor Matters Transacted and Several Bills Allowed. The regular meeting of the Common Council of the city of Rensselaer was held Monday evening with all members present. Following is a report of the business transacted: The order made for a new cement sidewalk ordered in on Division street at the last meeting was rescinded, the parties having repaired the old walks to the satisfaction of the council. Matter of repairs to sidewalk on Vine street was referred to the street committee with power to make the needed repairs. The street commissioner was instructed to use all the cinders possible on South street near the cemetery. The matter of the repair on Division street north from Washington street was referred to the Street Committee. Contract was signed up for a new boiler at the light plant, to cost $756.66, one-half to be cash and balance in 60 days. Matter of repairing roof to light plant was referred to the light committee. Petition of Charles Malchow for a small street light at corner of Juno and Kannal streets, was granted and said light was ordered installed.

The tax levy ordinance for the year 1905 was passed as amended, as follows: Road Fund.... .20 Sinking Fundlo Corporation Fund .25 Waterworks Fundls Electric Light Fundls Special School Fund4o Tuition Fund .35 Electric Light Improvement Fund....... .15 Public Park Fundo3 T0ta151.78 The library and township poor tax is to be added to this, making a total of about $1.93 on each 1100 valuation. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FCND. Firemen ~J 91 25 Fire department disability fund 3 75 Lyman 7.fa, nightwatch 22 50 F.M. Abbott, marshal... 22 50 J. H Chapman, treasurer 58 00 Chas. Morlan. salary and fees 43 05 WATER FUND. Conrad Hildebrand, salary 30 0(1 ELECTRIC LIGHT FIND. C. S. Chamberlain, salary 50 00 C. L. Thornton, salary 30 00 Lem Huston, salary . 30 00 Tom Hoyes, work on line 10 57 Earl Sayler, work on line 15 75 Chas Morlan. making light duplicate.. 10 00 J. H. Chapman, freight 127 08 C. J. Huebel Co., poles 185 40 Victoria Coal Mining Co., Coal 185 40 Central Electric Co., supplies 157 85 Central Electric Co., electric supplies. 48 85 HOAD FUND. Wm. Simons, work on street 11 70 Al Fletcher, work on street 6 90 Roy Williams, work on street 4 35 Ernest Cockrel, work on street 2 70 J. P. Simons, work on street 3 45 Chas. Seelman.... 3 90 Chas. Bowers, work on street 3 00 Ed Randle, work on street 1 50 Chas. Parker, work on street 1 50 C. M. Blue, work on street 75 J. W. Childers, salary * 22 50 Indiana Paving Brick and Block Co., car brick 90 00

EASY WAY TO OWN LAND.

To parties who have a small amount of money each year for investment, we can sell you land in Hughes and Sully counties, South Dakota, at $lO and sll per acre. Annual payments of only $1 per acre, with 6 per cent, interest. Don’t miss this chance, but buy it. The land is good. The state capital is in Hughes county, and you will not always have the chance to buy land on as easy terms.

JONES BROS.,

40 good breeding ewes for sale. Enquire of Ed J. Randle, Pleasant Grove, Ind., or ’phone 517-B.

Remington, Ind.