Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1906 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 39c; oats 29c. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman were Chicago visitors Monday. Rev. Flagg will preach at Mt. Hope Sunday morning and night. Frank and George Minicus of Chicago Heights, were here Sunday. * Miss Nora Leavel of Ur bans, is visiting relatives and friends here at this writing. Remember the stone road election in Rensselaer and Marion township to-day. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Tefft, 1; Laura, 1. William Cooper of near Virgie, had a young heifer killed Wednesday night by lightning. Uncle William E. Moore is taking treatment for rheumatism at the springs near Attica. -V—Cleve Eger came up from Pursue to attend the wedding of bis sister, Miss Besse Eger, Wednesday. Earl Sayler and family are visiting Mrs. Sayler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Leavel, near Urbana, Ind. Herbert Paxton of Longmont, Colo., son of J. C. Paxton, is visiting relatives and friends here this week. C. Kermis of St. Louis, a former resident of Rensselaer, visited John Healy here a few days this week. Special lace curtain sale, and the largest line ever shown in this city to select from at Rowles & Parker’s. I. M. Washburn has finished his post-graduate course and will return home to-day to resume his practice. Rev. Clark and Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Brady attended the Con?ress of the Disciples of Christ at ndianapolis this week. Eli Gerber is just completing a new house on his farm in Keener tp , to take the place of the one recently destroyed by fire E. A. Walker, of the Wolcott Enterprise, is down with the typhoid fever, his second attack of the disease in the past few years. We fear the finances or needs of the city hardly justify the great expense that is being made in the fire department line. A halt should be oalled. .Mrs. S. O. Lang returned to her home in Indianapolis Saturday, after visiting a few weeks with her daughters, Mrs. Lem Hußton and Mrs. Ed Hopkins. Mesdames Geo. Bell, W. H. Beam, H. Keplinger and W. F. Smith drove to Oxford Thursday to attend the district meeting of the Rath bone Sisters.. ~-*isr. S. H. Moore will leave to"aay for San Francisco. He had two daughters residing there and has been unable to get any tidings from them since the catastrophe. Wheatfield town school oloefed last Friday, and George Scott of Rensselaer, and Miss Mary Goetz of Newton tp.,.two of the teachers, returned home Saturday.

"V-Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fendig returned Sunday from spending the winter with their children in Brunswick, Ga., and Tampa, Fla. Mrs. Elmer Pullius of Gillam tp., died last Sunday after a week’s sickness from appendicitis. She was aged about 35 years and leaves a husband and six children. Joseph Gaines of the east part of town, was quite badly hart last Friday by falling from the seat of his wagon and alighting on the wagon tongue, no bones were broken, however. Sunday services at the court house: Subject of the morning sermon, “Living in the Sunshine;” in the evening, “Signs of the Second Coming of Christ and the End of the World.” All are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Zerdan celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding last Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Healy. A large number of relatives and friends were in attendance. Rowles & Parker are showing in their ladies waist department the product of one of the largest Eastern manufacturers, that for styles cannot be duplicated anywhere and a*, prices you will appreciate. \ Henry Hildebrand has purchased a saloon in Chicago and will move there, it is reported, as soon as his license expires here, next October. His srn Lawrenoe will have charge of the saloon there until that time, we understand. Lee E. Glazebrook, who has been confined to bis home north of town for several months with bladder trooble, was in town Saturday for the first time since last fall. He has been up aud abqut the house nearly all this time and the treatment he is now taking he hopes will effect a cure. J. E. Bislosky returned from Chicago Wednesday, where he had been for several days with his wife who is taking treatment in a hospital there for blood poisoning, growing out of, the removal of a cancer from her arm recently. He reports her in a very serious condition, but somewhat better at the time be left. A. Leopold has purchased of R. B. Harris the tenant house formerly occupied by the late Cyrus Haas on South Front street, together with the three lots therewith, and will repair the old house and erect new cottages thereon to rent. The Haas family have moved into Tom Grant’s tenant house on Main street. Judge Nye of the Pulaski cir-L ouit court, sustained a motion last week to quash three indictments against Francesville saloon-keep-ers on th 6 ground that Washington’s birthday is not a legal holiday within the meaning of the law requiring that saloons be kept closed. An appeal to the supreme court will be taken by the State. The Democrat this week has an interesting lot of items from Valparaiso University, in its correspondence oolumn. Some twenty-five students from this county are now attending the Valpo University and these items will be particularly interesting to their friends in different parts of the county as well as to the students themselves, practically all of whom read The Democrat each week.

Mr- and Mrs. A. D. Washburn of Kentland,were guests of friends here over Sunday. Larry Daily, an old inmate of the poor asylum, died Saturday night and was buried in the poor asylum lots in Weston cemetery Monday. Rev. W. H. Flagg returned yesterday from a visit to his old home in Dearborn oonnty. He reports wheat looking fine there and alfalfa from six to seven inches in height. ''rThe drilling outfit on the Iroquois rock work has been moved down town, near the old creamery bridge, where the water will not interfere with the work so much during the spring rains. We want you to read the new column feature in The Democrat, “Visits With Uncle By,” which now appears each week. You will enjoy this column immensely, no matter what your age or walk in life may be. M. D. Gwin ofthis city and Miss Susie May Rauier of Lafayette, were united in marriage at the home of the bride in that city Wednesday. After a short visit in Indianapolis they have returned to Rensselaer to reside. Dr. J. A. Hatch of Kentland, a former congressman from this district, was attending court here yesterday and Thursday. The doctor spent the winter in California, returning from San Francisco a few weeks since. D. J. Babcock, the young son of The Democrat editor who has been confined to the bouse the past seven weeks with typhoid fever, is beginning to get about again and ventured out of doors Wednesday for the first time. Mary Kosta, sixteen years of age, whose parents reside in Newton tp., and John Karr of over the line in Newton county, eloped to Porter county, bat the father of the girl got after them and located the couple at the home of Joe Deveraux, in Porter county, with the aid of the Wheatfield marshal, and the girl was brought back home., Karr, who is 24 years of age, was allowed to go free. “Uncle Alf” McCoy and wife who have been occupying rooms over Warner’s hardware store since Tom’s house was dynamited in October, 1904, have stored their goods in A. Parkison’s brick house on Forest street and broken up housekeeping for the present. Mrs. McCoy will reside with Mr. Parkison’s while the old man has signified his intention of shaking the dust of Rensselaer from his brogans, no doubt intending to go live with son-in-law Rinehart in the “Show Me” state if he comes oat onecathed from the criminal cases now pending against him for wrecking the McCoy bank. W. B. Donahue, in the “Mrs. Brown” trial Thursday, testified that the people of Rensselaer bad “had it in for him” for a year or more. This is evidently a mistake, for if they had Donahue would no doubt have been given notice to get out of town long ago. His actions here, tbe class of people he has associated with, his drunken and besotted condition much of the time, together with the general reputation of the place here where he “boarded,” while bis wife —said to have been a most worthy woman —lay dying in their Dakota home, his taking his innocent babe to this house here where, according to his own story, told after one of their drunkin fights, it was shamefully abused, bas not been such as to commend him to the people of Rensselaer, and no one is to blame for the opinion held of him here but himself. ••DEATH, RUIN AMD DISASTER,” A large book of over 500 pages, beautifully illustrated, cloth bound, telling all about tbe San Francisco disaster. Price 51.50. Will deliver book on or about May 20. J. W. King. See the new novelties iu belts, hand bags, combs, umbrella, etc., just received. Chicago Bargain Btore. Tho G. E. Murray Co„ is unloading tbe third oar of “Sleepy Eye” which prove, it superiorty over other flour. Order of Services at Trinity M. E. Church Sunday, April ap, 10:45 A. M. Voluntary Mrs. Delos Thompson Hymn and Prayer Chorus, “Be Not Afraid” Selection from Elijah i , Mrs. Delos Thompson's Class Scripture Lesson Offertory, Tanhouser Ora Duvall Choir, “Nearer My God to Thee" Sermon Solo Miss Ethel Ferguson Benediction. An armload of old paper* for a nickel at The Demoorat office.

WANTED. 1,000,000 E{is and 100,000 Pounds of Poultry. •On May Ist we will open tbe poultry store north of Horton’s oorner and will have an outlet for all the produce we can buy. Will pay all the market will bear. Will pay as much in trade at the store as any other dealer can pay, and in better goods than most dealers, at a lower price than elsewhere for the same quality of goods. J. A. McFarland.

CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The regular meeting of the common council of the City of Rensselaer met in regular session Monday evening with ail members present except Councilman McColly, who is still having trouble with his eye and is unable to see but little with it. Following is a report of the proceedings: The Fire Committee was authorized to prepare the upper room of City Hall for living rooms for Bruce Hardy. The marshal was instructed to put iu a crossing on Front street at crossing of Rutsen, and to take up aud clean sewer on Forest street. The city attorney was instructed to prepare resolution for sidewalk on Jefferson street along lot 8, in block ten. Resolution f(ff sidewalk on west side of Division street from Rutsen street north to Washington, was adopted. An ordinance fixing damages and benefits for the opening of the continuation of Grove street from South, west to the gravel road, petitioned for by Fred Phillips, was adopted, a^. follows: BENEFITS. Fred Phillips $150.00 A. F. Long- 87.50 G. F.. Murray .* 62.50 City of Rensselaer 50.09 Total benefits 350.00 DAMAGES. Alfred Thompson heirs.... 350.(0 The following claims were allowed: COSPOHATION FUND. Lyman Zea, sal. nightwatch 22.50 Len Griggs, firing, council meetings... 3.30 H. L. Gamble, City Eng. Grace st 3.00 I. A. Glazebrook, assisting same 1.51 BOAD FUND. Tom Parker, work on street 3.00 Chas. Parker, sutpe 3.(0 Geo. Smith, same.... ... 7.50 At Fletcher, same 3.00 Joe Burroughs, same 4.50 J. P. Simons, same 1.50 Ray Thomas, same 1.50 Jake Gilmore, same 4.50 Everett Warue. hauling d0g..,,,,....„ ,26 Fred Irwin, work on street 1 50 W. S. Parks, salary as marshal 2220 ELECTHIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Apr. 15.... 50.(0 C. L. Thornton, same 30.00 Lem Huston, same 30.00 Victoria Coal Co., coal 226.05 Electric Appliance Co., supplies 25.53 Standard Oil Co., oil*. 6.23 Bruce Hardy, hauling coal 11.40 WATER FUND. Mel Abbott, salary to April 15 30X0 John Hordeman work on main 10.'5 Erie Iron Works, bal. on boiler 383.33

ROYAL INSURANCE CO.

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NO BAN ON SMOKING

Hoosiers, Including the Boy Hoo* sier, Can Still Smoka the Seductive Cigarette. CAH BUY OUT OF THE STATE Anti-Law Only Prohibits Them from Being Sold or Kept for SaleState Miscellany. Indianapolis, April 27. —The supreme court in a decision holds the anti-ei-garette law valid, but construes it as not applying In the case of a person who brings cigarettes into the state In the conduct of Interstate commerce and not forbidding persons to smoke cigarettes, but only to sell them or keep them for sale. The conviction of Joun, M. Lewis, of Anderson, for smoking a cigarette was reversed, and the refusal of the trial court to convict VV. VV. Lowry, of Indianapolis, for obtaining cigarettes from Louisville was upheld. Doesn’t Apply to Smoking. The court, by Judge Gillett, said In part: “After a painstaking study of the statute iu question, the conviction has been forced upon us that said enactment does not apply to the act of smoking cigarettes or of having them in possession for the sole purpose of smoking. Several reasons conspire to lead us to this conclusion: If it had been tbe purpose of the legislature to prohibit smoking cigarettes, it can scarcely be supposed that the intention so to do would not have found direct expression. That being within the in- | tent, the smoking of cigarettes would | naturally have been the major del nouncemeut. Scope of the Law Is Difficult. “Of course, we know that the smokj ing of cigarettes, at least in some cirI cuinstances. was the evil with which I the law-making power sought to deal, but as we have no means of knowing whether the end was to suppress the smoking of cigarettes entirely, or to limit their use by making them difficult i to obtain, particularly by boys, we are unable to say that the legislative purpose could only attain its eonsumma- | tion by a bolding that the cigarette was intended to be contraband in all i circumstances. Indeed, if we may i judge by contemporaneous legislation. ! we may assume that because the ci- ■ garotte was a recognized menace to the boys of the state, it was deemed advisable to take cigarettes out of eomj merce by prohibiting the manufacture, sale, gift or other transfer of them. “ State’s Construction Too Broad. “Another consideration which shows that the statute cannot have the broad I construction which tbe state contends ' for is that the title of the act states that it is ‘an act to regulate and in cer- ! tain cases to prohibit,’ etc. Now the primary meaning of the word ‘regulate’ is ’to lay down the rule by which a thing shall be done. The only words in tiie statute which would be broad enough to cover the cases in hand are ‘keep’ and ‘own.' and yet we find that they are preceded by the words ‘manufacture, sell, exchange, barter, dispose of. give away, or keep for sale.' ”

SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUST DUE

He Is to Visit the Southwestern Portion of the Hooster State This Year. Indianapolis. April 27. —The seven-teen-year locust is scheduled to appear this year. The brood of 1000, however, is an especially aristocratic brood. It traces its ancestry as far back as any Daughter of the Revolution can trace hers, and then leaves her far behind by making its way without a single flaw into the days of Hid!!. The cicada of lflOtl. so far as iis reappearance In Indiana is concerned, will affect only a small area. The scientists of the department of agriculture assert that it will infest only the southwestern portion of the state, and will be especially numerous in vhe following counties: Clay. Crawford. Daviess. Gibson, Greene. Knox, Lew rence, IMke, Posey. Sullivan, Vunderburg, Vigo and Warrick. Death Has Ended This Suit. Columbus. Ind.. April 27. The divorce suit brought by Mrs. Anna It. Davis against Jesse C. Davis was called in tiie circuit court and dismissed. There was nothing else to do, Davis having murdered his wife and then killed ldinself. The divorce suit was tiie immediate cause of the tragedy. Diamond Thief Is Captured. Richmond, Ind., April 27. Harrv Walker, colored, of Indianapolis, employed at the home of Edward McGuire, tlds city, took a diamond ring and two other rings of lesser value from a jewel ease and left tiie premises. Two hours later Walker was captured at Greenfield. Andrew Carnegie to Give $25,000. Indianapolis, April 27.—1 tis announced that Andrew Carnegie has pledged the last 125,000 of the additional endowment of #250,000 being raised for Butler college. University of Indianapolis. Of this sum #IOO,OOO has been raised, leaving #125,000 still unpledged Gone to Manage a Mine. Anderson, Ind., April 27. Lase J. Burr, a well-known capitalist of this city, has left for Revel Stroke, Alberta, Canada, where tor flve mouths he will be general manager of the property of the American Mining company.

Taking Chances. I never tell ma, cause she’s awful ‘frald I’ll fall In som'eres thet’s too deep t' wade! She jist thinks, ma does, thet most evßry day I’m killed, er I’m cut, er I’m skinned some way! She’s afraid I'll drown'd er sustain a fall— I won’t, by cracky! Course I won't a fall! Onc’t I helped cut Ice—an* I slipped right In! “Hold on!” hollered Bill, “er repent yer sirs!” Then he hustled ’round an’ he fished me out, By Jlng, with a pole, where my pants waa stout! By th’ great gee whiz, but th’ wind waa sharp! “Next thing,” says Billy, ’’youTl be pickin’ a harp!” Then I sez t’ BUI, in a big, loud tone: “I’m hot! Jist as hot as a hot soap-stone!’* An' kep’ at work with th’ great, white ■ - - blocks, —— ' —— While Bill, he chuckled: “That’s th’ stuff ’at knocks!” But along t’wards night come a awful croup— I couldeMf say nothin’ but: “Whoopt Whoop! Whoop!” W'ell, to-morrow night—an’ there ain’t no fail— I hitch ma’s biler to our burro’s tail! Then I’ll clamber in an’ I’ll take a ride, A-ticklin’ th’ jack on his stern-wheel side! Jim-i-nee cracky! what a heap o’ fun, Fer that there burro is a son’s-a-gun! An’ maybe when I am at rest fer They’ll put up a sign fer th’ passerby: “Hie jacet— lie lies; an’ his name was ‘Bub’— He hitched a burro t’ his mother’s tub! And thus ends our tale\ Let us weep and drool, Far Bub an’ th’ biler, an’ likewise Ut* mule!” ... Sweet Goodnight. “Such songs have power te quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer." How true are the words of Bailey: “Ah, nothing comes to us so soon &a sorrow!” Two tiny, motherless children la South Chicago cannot as yet realize the cruel ways of fate, but even their adolescent minds understand something of that sorrow which comes so soon! Every evening they sit on the knee of the heartbroken father, and listen to a phonograph as it sings a lullaby in their dead mother's voice. And then they say their prayers in lisping accents, and “God giveth His beloved sleep!” Three days before the mother died she sang into the phonograph, and the song was etched into the waxen blank. Now the graye is her shroud, and at night when drowsiness o'ertakes them, the babes, in solemn voices, ask for "mother’s song of sweet goodnight.” “Men die. but sorrow never dies; Tiie crowding years divide in vain. And the wide world is knit with ties Of common brotherhood in pain!” * • • Grumblings. Many a girl who has taken a thorough athletic training at college is too weak to help mother wash the dishes during vacation time. • The young man now thoroughly realizes how much she loves him. She doesn’t like onions, but has promised without reserve that he may eat the odorous vegetable as often as ha choses—and he will not be compelled to sleep under the bed for doing so, either.

There is no place like home — with a boy and a drum In It. But. after all. you may not appreciate good music. My wife says several of her relatives were Nonogenarlans, but all mine seems to have been Methodists * and Baptists. It’s nothing to quarrel about, anyhow. Playing the bucket shop Is not gambling. You cannot possibly win anything. Executive ability at this day and age might be defined as the faculty ot earning your bread by the sweat of other peoples’ brows. A little girl defines drawing as "thinking and then drawing lines around the think.” If Ham had been sick and Noah had given him sugar, wotild he hare been * "sugar cured Ham?" Pleasure Is of two kinds —the mushroom and the toadstool. One Is sustenance; the othor, poison. BYRON WILLIAMS. >