Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1906 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 39c; oats 290. "-T-The street sprinkler was started Tuesday. Garden-making has been in order this week. Benjamin returned Sunday from a several months stay in Kansas. Judge and Mrs. E. P. Hammond of Lafayette were in the city Monday. Laura Michael of Marion was visiting here Thursday and yesterday. V-Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin of "Chicago were in the city Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Grace Jouvenat White, of Chicago, is visiting her cousin, Miss True George. Miss Bessie Burk of Logansport attended the funeral of Korah Parker here last Friday. The restaurant firm of Strickfaden & Cain has dissolved, and “Strick” is now the whole thing. Robert Lefler of Wabash io visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Murray, here this week.

was quite a frost came Subday night, but nothing was far enough advanced to be damaged. Good weather here all week and and the farmers are improving it in hustling up their oats sowing and other farm work. W. Q Schanlaub of Morocco, spent Saturday and Sunday with hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub of this city. Mrs. J. C. Coons, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ida Pierce, for some time, returned to her borne in Bucklin, Kan., Monday.

P. Honan, State Chief Ranger of the C. O. F., attended a quarterly meeting of the State Court at Hammond Tuesday evening.

The ofhcial call for the democratic county convention appears in another column. Now let's bear from the candidates for office.

The lecture by John Merritte Driver Monday evening was probably the best of the entire course, and was about the poorest attended.

J. L. Makeever of Chicago, was here a few days the first of the week, advising his half-sister, Mrs. K. A. Parker, about her business affairs. millinery store of Mrs. lines, in her new quarters, is the finest ever in Rensselaer, and would do credit to many of the larger cities. ']VMr. and Mrs. J. J. Hunt returned Tuesday from their wedding trip. They will go to ing Boon in their new home on' Front street. V. H. Thornton left Thursday for Quincy, Wash., to join her husband, who .will locate there. Bam Thornton also expects to locate in Washington.

Dr. and Mrs. Albert Overton of Tuscola, 111., and Dr. and Mrs. J. E, Francis of Charleston, 111,, were in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Iva Robinson Saturday. Sam Thornton of Union tp., was in the city Monday. While able to be oat once more, Mr. Thornton has not fully recovered from his recent severe sickness.

Mrs. J. E. Bislosky, who is taking treatment in a Chicago hospital for blood poisoning, has not shown much improvement this week, but it is still hoped she will recover.

Henry Uhter, aged 88 years, committed suicide at his home near Lowell last Sunday by shooting himself with a shotgun. He had resided in Lake county for thirty years.

Miss Zoe Hopkins, formerly of this city, wa6 married last week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hopkins, near Roll, Ind., to Mr. Earl Cummings of near that place.

The first day a boy starts to school, he hearß, “Come straight home without stopping on the road to play,” and he hears the same thing from some woman till the end of his life.

New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Wilson Creek, Wash., 1; McCoysburg, 1; Hibbing, Minn., 1; Rensselaer, R-R-2, 1; Rensselaer R-R-3,1; Rensselaer, 1; Lafayette, 1. "T-Misa Clara Markin returned Saturday from several weeks visit with Mrs. Jesse Sayler, near Mitchell, So. Dak. Her father, Geo. Markin, will remain there for the present and work for Mr. Sayler.

Regular preaching service at the Barkely M. E. church Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. The second sermon on the life of Moses will be given. Sunday school every Sunday at ten o’clock.

Lowell Tribune: Mr. and Mrs. Clark, of Wheatfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tanner, of Rensselaer, visited their sisters, Mrs. L. B. Falk and Mrs. Frank Worley and brother Fred Tanner and families here Sunday.

The basket ball game here last Friday night between the Oak Park, Chicago girls’ high school team and the Rensselaer girls’ high school team, resulted in defeat for the latter—the first of the season. Score 17 to 7.

Mrs. Leslie Hewitt, aged about 23 years, died at her home near Newland Sunday morning at about 2:30 from pyemia. She leaves two children, one a babe but a few weeks old, She was a daughter of Charles Walker of Barkley tp.

Geo. A. Cover, as executor of the estate of the late George W. Cover of Union tp , will sell the stock, implements and other personal property of said decedent at public auction next Tuesday, at the late residence of deceased, beginning at 10 a. m.

Wood, southeast of town, lost six head of two and three-year-old steers last week from what he attributes eating the leaves of horseradish, a luxuriant crop of which grew upon the site of a former farmhouse, to which the cattle had access. VyDelos Thompson, cashier of the state Bank, has another new automobile. This machine is larger and finer than either of the three former machines he has had in the past two years, in fact is the largest and most expensive machine ever owned here. It is a steam machine. VThe heavy rain last Friday night brought large numbers of farmers and their wives to town Saturday, and trade was unusually brisk with the merchants and especially in the grocery lines. One stffte alone took in over 2,300 dozen of eggs in its grocery department Saturday.

The two young . sons of James Britt of Barkley tp., who have been very siok with pneumonia, ope of whom it was thought must die, are reported better and will get well, it is expeoted, although the eldest has had a little relapse in the past few days.

Janitor Morlan found a wild duck lying dead on the baloony above the north entrance to the court house yesterday morning. The bird had evidently struck the tower in in its flight and fell dead on the balcony. It had been dead a day or two when found.

The funeral of Korah Parker last Friday afternoon was the most largely attended of any funeral held here for a long time. A large number of old neighbors of deceased from the country came in to pay the last tribute of respect to one whom they bad known, loved and honored.

C. W. Coen has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late Korah A. Parker. The estate will inventory about $7,500. The buggy and implement business conducted by Mr. Parker will probably be sold entire. It is a good business, and he had a clean new stock on hand. Several different parties are after the business, we understand.

S. H. Norman writes us from Tacoma, Wash., in renewing his subscription, and states that he still likes the country there firstrate and has no desire to return to Indiana. With his family he took a long overland trip last fall, prospecting, a partial account of which Mrs. Norman sends us. We regret that its length makes it impossible for us to publish.

An American quarter of a dollar, with the figure of Liberty on it is said to have looked down contemptuously on a copper cent, with the head of a red Indian on it, and to have said: “Oh yon dark - skinned, feather - trimmed barbarian, do yon call yourself a coin?” “Well, whatever I am,” said the copper cent, “I am oftener found in the missionary meetings than yon are!”

The funeral of Mrs. S. C. Robinson last Saturday was largely attended by relatives, friends and sympathizing neighbors of the bereaved families. Dr. Robinson, we understand, will not return to his practice at Auburn, but will probably spend most of the Bummer here. The infant babe left by Mrs. Robinson has been taken by her sister, Mrs. W. O. Rowles, who will care for it. the social happening in the city the past week were a series of “showers” for the bride-to-be, Miss Besse Eger, whose marriage to Mr. Van Grant will take place next Wednesday. Last Friday evening Miss Alice Bates gave the first, followed Saturday evening by Mrs. Charley Rhoades, and Monday evening Misses Mary Porter and Juno Kannal gave a six o’clock dinner in her honor. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hardman celebrated their silver wedding Thursday evening, April 12, or, rather, their friends oelebrated it for them in the form of a surprise party in their honor, at the home of Mrs F. A. Ross on River street. Some eighty guests were present, and a handsome set of solid silver table forks were presented Mr. and Mrs. Hardman. The evening was spent at cards. Refreshments were served.

7$ nite a number of former JasJasper county people now reaide in California, but few, if any, so far as learned in San Francisco, however, or in the other badly shaken towns. Several here have relatiyes in Oakland, just aoross the bay, which was not badly damaged. Joe' Larsh’s mother and two or three of his brothers reside at the latter place. A. L. Branch’s parents also reside at Oakland.

. Walter Disbrow, mention of whose sickness from pneumonia was made in these columns last week, died at his home near Sharon at ten o’clock Friday night, after but five days siokness. Mr. Disbrow was a bachelor and since bis mother’s death had lived alone in a small house on Vincent Eisle’s place south of town. He was taken sick Sunday, April 8, and was not discovered until the Tuesday following, when Mr. Eisle found him. He was without medical attendance during this time and the disease had made too much progress to save bis life. Obituary appears elsewhere in this paper.

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EXCESSIVE PRACTICE FATAL TO ATHLETE.

Hammond, Ind., April 19. Clarence Tilton, a popular high school athlete, is dead at St. Margaret’s Hospital, in this oity. as a result of a strain he sustained while throwing hammer in practice for the State meet next month at Crawfordsville. It was Tilton’s passion to win tnis event, And he practioed constantly. Doctors say it caused his death, bringing on appendicitis. He was operated on. Tilton was seventeen years old and a noted athlete. He was captain of both the football and basketball teams of the Hammond high school for two years, and it was due to his brilliant playing last season that Hammond won the northern Indiana high school championship. He was president of the junior class and a brilliant student. Tilton is the second Hammond high school pupil to die within six months owing to over indulgence in athletics. Miss Marjorie Jackson, former captain of the girl’s basketball team, contracted a fatal illness from the effects of hard Paying.

CYRUS HAAS DIES.

Cyrus Haas, whose serious condition was noted in last week’s Democrat, died at his home on Front street at an early hour Saturday morning, aged 66 years, 11 months and 11 days. Brief funeral services were held at the residence Sunday morning by Rev. H. L. Kindig, after which the remains were taken to Medaryville for burial beside his wife who died about a year ago.

Deceased was born in Selin’s Grove, Snyder county, Penn., May 2, 1829. At an early age his parents removed to Indiana and most of deceased’s life was spent in Jasper and neighboring counties. He was a veteran of the civil war, serving in the 48th Ohio regiment. He was for many years a member of the Methodist church.

He was twice married, first to Miss Eraney McMurray, at Remington, and of the children born to them only two are living, Mrs. Walter Conway, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Wm. Smedier, of North Vernon, Ind. The eecond marriage was on Feb. 7, 1874, to Mrs. Mary Postill, who died a little more than a year ago. Six children born to them, all surviving, namely, Mrs. Addie Smith, of Charlevoix, Pa.; Austin Haas, of Lafayette, Grace, Fame, Melvin and Vernon Haas, of this city.

OBITUARY.

Walter Disbrow wag bom in Cambridgeshire, England, Jan. 17, 1848, and died at his home near Rensselaer, Ind., April 13, 1906, aged 58 years, 2 months and 27 days. He arrived in New York in November, 1871, and had resided in Jasper county for a number es years. While attending Sunday school April 8, he was taken with a severe headache, caused by the grief over his mother, who preceded h'm only eleven weeks before, which later developed into pneumonia and pleurisy. During all his sickness he never complained but was ready and willing to go, believing all things were for the best. He leaves four sisters and two brothers to mourn their loss, three of which are still in England, two sisters and one brother in America. They are Mrs Jno. Warren and Mrs. Joseph Haxby of Effner, Ind., and John W., of Otnaha, Neb. Mr. Disbrow was always a devoted member of the Church of England. Funeral services were conducted at Effner. Ind., in the Presbyterian church, Monday, April 16, 10:30 o’clock, burial at Sheldon, 111., beside his mother. %* I desire to thank all the neighbors and friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of my beloved brother.

MRS. JOSEPH HAXBY.

Wanted: Good middle-aged woman for housework. j. E. Bislosky. For Sale:— Good rubber tired buggy, nearly new. Geo. Liston, at the Chicago Bargain Store. For Sale: Three thoroughbred Poland China boar pigs, large enough for service. Jos I. Adams. R-R-4 Rensselaer, Ind. Come in and see the new spring novelties bought this week for the Chicago Bargain Store.» • Lost: —Between Rensselaer and aud Blackoak, one day last week, a ladie’s gold watch, belonging to Mrs. Frank May. Finder please return to this office and reoeive reward. Collegian suits for* the young men in all the latest shades and patterns, long coats, peg trousers and all the novelty Baits. Duvall & Lundy.

METHODS CRITICISED

Report Suggests That Improvement Can Be Made in the State Auditor's Office. WHY A WOMAN WANTS DIVORCE Chaney Renominated for Congress by Acclamation—Man Who Mistrusted Banks—ltems. Indianapolis, April 20. —Various matters of details relative to the state’s method of doing business are discussed in the report of the Investigating committee at the state auditor’s office. The method of paying for the examination of banks, trust companies and other financial institutions, under the supervision of the state, comes in for its share of criticism and consequent recommendation. The report says: No Record of Fees. “In the department having supervision of financial institutions dolug business in the state we found that no record was kept of the fees and expenses paid for such institutions for examinations by the auditor. * * * We are informed that the examiners for the different classes of institutions received whatever fees and expenses were paid directly from the institution examined, and as the state receives no benefit from them, no record thereof is kept. State Should Pay Examiners.

“The person making the examination for tile auditor therefore receives his compensation, not from the state, which he is serving, but directly from the baud of the parties being investigated. We have no suspicion of any improper influence having arisen from such relation during the term of Mr. Sherrick, but the examiner should in all cases receive his compensation directly from the state and thus maintain an absolute independence of the parties or institutions under examination.” Should Watch the Printing. A printing abuse is found, according to the report. “We find that while the large bulk of the printing required and used by the state is ordered by requisition and furnished under the supervision of the printing board, as provided by law,” says the report, ‘there is a considerable amount of printing, stationery and office supplies furnished to the different offices and boards and paid for out of the appropriations for office expenses, which does not pass nnder the supervision of the printing board at all.” This practice the report condemns. SOME GRIEVANCES OF A WIFE Reasons Why She Wants a Divorce, Alimony, Custody of the Kids and Their Snpport. Lafayette, Ind., April 20.—Alleging that for ten years she workedNn the field and in the barn with her husband and earned half the money which accrued from the operation of their farm, sowing, plowing, chopping and sawing wood and raising chickens, iu addition to her household duties and then discovered accidentally that her husband had made the deed to the property in his own name and not jointly witii her, as he promised. Mrs. Mary J. Maltke. wife of a well-to-do farmer of Shelby township, has brought suit for divorce against Edward Maltke. In addition to the principal allegation in the complaint, she says she was constantly abused, struck ou the head with billets of wood, pounded witii sticks until she was unconscious and threatened with death. She wishes, ini addition to the divorce, $.’1,000 alimony, custody of the four children and a regular allowance for their support.

Brave Fire lamie la She. Richland, Ind., April 20. Mias Nellie Hood, of Richland, ap'd 16. saved her home from destruction, by fire. She found the mantel in tiie sitting room had caught fire. The fire was in such n place that she could not extinguish it with water. Seizing an ax she demolished the mantel, tore it from the wall and carried it out of the house, badly burning her hands. She then extinguished the blaze with a bucket of water.

He Mistrusted Banks. Greenfield, Ind., April 20. Frank O’Brien, of Brandywine township, concealed his money in his house rather than trust it to a hank, and lie selected an old lounge as a hiding place. Sparks from an open fireplace, blown by the wind, communicated with the lounge, and it was consumed, together with $3lO cash. Fire Cremates Live Stock. Madison, Ind.. April 20.—The barn owned by the Bonnett brothers burned and five horses, twenty-five sheep and twelve head of cattle were consumed, together with sixty-five bushels of wheat and valuable farm implements. Catches a Big Pickerel. Morocco. Ind., April 20.—Postmaster Peck, of this place, has opened up the fishing season lit the Kankakee by landing a pickerel weighing seventeen pounds. Wants SB,OOO for One Hug. Princeton, Ind., April 20. Mrs. Nellie Montgomery has sued Stephen A. Douglas, a wealthy citizen, for s3,* 000 for hugging her against her will. > Chaney by Acclamation. Linton, Ind., April 20. Representative Chaney was renominated by acclamation for congress by the Republicans of the Second district *

Anecdote of King Alfonso, Many were the stories told of JOam Alfonso’s childhood. One shows M much the characteristic determination of hi 3 later years that it Is worth repeating. While still a child in the nursery his governess rebuked him for pnttlng his knife in his mouth. “Gentlemen never eat like that,” she said. “But I am a king,” remarked the child. “Kings still less put knives In their mouths,” said the governess. “This king does!” was the reply. ' _____ i Mntnal Life Investigation. Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central railroad, who was forced off the board of trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance company because he insisted on u thorough investigation of its affairs, has re-entered the fight as leader of a protective committee of Mutual Life policy holders, which will represent this country, Canada, Great Britain, France and Germany. The purpose of the international committee Is to drive from power the present management, which is regarded as a duplicate in disguise of the McCurdy administration. It is also proposed to

STUYVESANT FISH.

bring suits against every one of the trustees and officers of the company who was involved In the McCurdy scandals and who escaped exposure and punishment by reason of the obstructive tactics employed while Stuyvesant Fish was a member of the Truesdale Investigating committee. At least eight suits for restitution. Involving a total of $2,700,000, will be Instituted as soon as the international committee gets into working shape at a not far distant date. It is the purpose to move swiftly and without regard for the prominence of the men who have enriched themselves at the expense of the policy holders. Stuyvesant Fish Is a son of Hamilton Fish, who was secretary of state In Grant’s cabinet. His wife is a leader In New York society and is noted for the splendor and originality of her entertainments.

How the Air In Purified.

Motion, mechanical and molecular, the great law of the universe, is a natural method for the purification of the atmosphere. Its power as a purifier of the air is shown mechanically in the flow of rivers and in the ocean currents. Molecularly it serves the same purpose in the form of heat, light and electricity. When not in motion air stagnates as water does and becomes offensive and bad, because It is easily Impregnated with flue animal and vegetable dust as well as noxious gases. Certain physical conditions are always necessary for the continual movement of the air. We know that the diurnal motion of land and sea air brings the warm days and cool nights as well as the rain and wind. In the tropical regions as the sun rises the heat of the day increases, and the breeze sets in from the sea to the land. As the sun goes down the heat diminishes, and at aunset the temperatures of sea and land are equal. At night again the breeze is from land to sea until morning, when the temperature may become equal and the sea breeze return.

Took His Opportunity.

The visitor was admiring the rare collection of curios belonging to his host, and his attention had just been called to a superb Japanese carving la Ivory. “By Jove, what beautiful pieces!" he said, taking one down. -And then he started, for the carving had been broken and awkwardly glued together again. The kindly host noted the fact the same moment and rang for his man. “Voles,” he said, “this ivory is broken.” “Yes, sir. I had an accident,” the servant answered confusedly. “But It has been glued together,” said the master of the house. “I call It unpardonable of you to glue it together—to conceal it. If you had come to me openly and said you had broken It I’d have forgiven you”— “Excuse me, sir,” said Voles eagerly, “the cither’s broke too!”—London Answers.

Hard on the Kids.

Those pleasant little week end parties over to “dear old New York’’ which the Republican kid congressmen looked forward to with so much pleasure after New Year’s have been abandoned since the hard hearted Pennsylvania railroad has declared a holdup on free passes. But, then, perhaps some corporation philanthropist will deal out something In lieu of passes, for there arc more ways of killing a cat than choking It with butter. Homer u « Medicine. Honey makes au excellent gargle for sore throat. 801 l ohc teaspoonful es honey In a cup of soft water and gargle freely. This same preparation also ’ makes an excellent eye wash. Dip a clean piece of linen in the honey water and lay over the eyes.