Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1906 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

A CLOSE CALL.

“ John Barleycorn ” Gets Busy In flilroy. ONE MAN WAS ALMOST KILLED. Struck Over the Head With Fence Post and Rendered Unconscious for Several Hours. Last Sunday was children’s day at the Milroy Baptist church, but notwithstanding the day a couple of young men of that locality came to the church and marred the pleasure of the occasion by their actions. Joe Burley, of near Wolcott, and William Day, a young man employed by Ed Oliver, drove to the church in a buggy together. It is stated that both had beeu drinking, and they got into a dispute when about to leave that resulted in Burley striking Day over the head with a heavy club or fence stake, knocking him from the buggy and injuring him in such a way that for several hours his life was despaired of. It is reported that Burley engaged some young woman at the church to go buggy riding with him and that Day refused to leave the buggy, saying that Burley brought him there and must take him home. After knocking Day out of the buggy Burley picked up his unconscious form and drove him back to Oliver’s, where Drs. Cronk of Wolcott and Besser of Remington were oalled and worked over the injured man for several hours, finally bringing him around and it was found that his skull was not fractured, as at first feared. He is now reported doing nicely and will be out in a few days. Warrants were sworn out for Burley’s arrest and City Marshal Parks went out from Rensselaer to get him. He b«4 bail, however, and skipped out. If is though the went to Seafield early Monday morning and took the east-bound Panhandle train. It is is now reported that be is in Logansport, where he has a brother, and will no doubt be brought back shortly to face the charge against him, and he is fortunate indeed that the charge is not murder.

G. E. HERSHMAN FOR PROSECUTOR

Popular Yount Rensselaer Attorney Nominated at Qoodland Tuesday. The judicial convention for the Thirtieth Judicial circuit was held at Goodland Tuesday, immediately after the Democratic county convention. Newton county had no candidate for the nomination, but seconded the nomination by Jasper of Mr. Geo. E. Hershman of this city, who was nominated by acclamation. Mr. Hershman, in a few well chosen remarks, thanked the convention for the honor bestowed upon him and assured them that if elected he would carry out the provisions of the statute to the best of his ability and try and do his full duty as such officer. George is a most excellent young man and is a rising young attorney of the Jaßper county bar who has already had considerable experience in criminal praotice. He is of unimpeachable character and stands very highly in this county. Of course the majority against him is very large, but should the voters of Newton and Jasper elect him to this office they will make no mistake; there is no cleaner man or attorney in either of the two counties than George E. Hershman. He is already well known in this county and will endeavor during the campaign to get acquainted with the voters of all parts of Newton.

JULY FOURTH RACES AT PARR.

Here area few of the horses that will run at Parr Wednesday, July 4th: Flossie Cotton, by Kin« Cotton, dam La Platt; Miss Cotton, by King Cotton, dam La Platt; Roy Cotton, by King Cotton, dam La Platt; Lady Barnettte, Tom Watson, Belle of Oakwood, Clarence D, and many others. Also a splendid trotting and pacing raoe. The races will start promptly at 2 o’clock and continue all afternoon.

Leave your parcels at Rowles & Parker’s dry goods and clothing store July 4th.

The marriage of Mr. Fred Browne of St. Paul, Minn., aqd Miss Carrie Marshall took place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Marshall, at the west side of town, Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a number of relatives of the contracting parties, Rev. H. L. Eendig of the M.*E. church officiating. Among the out of town guests were Mrs. W. H. Browne and Mrs. N. W, Irwin of Newark, 0., mother and aunt of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. George Franois, of Laporte; Judge A. O. Marshall of Joliet, Ill.; Mrs. Sarah Gillett of Morley, Ill.; Bert Marshall of Fargo, North Dak.; Miss Bell Marshall of Madison, Wis. The groom is a civil engineer by profession and holds a position with the Great Western Ry. at Duluth, where they will reside. —o — Mr. Elmer E. Stephenson of Chicago, formerly ot Parr, this county, and Miss Hazel Kirk, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Kirk, were married Wednesday at the home of the bride’s parents in this city, Rev. H. L. Kendig performing the ceremony in the presence of. a large number of friends and relatives of the contracting parties. The young couple left on the evening train for a short visit with relatives in Michigan, .after which they will take up their residence in Chicago, where the groom is employed as correspondent for the American Steel Company. Out of town guests at the wedding were: Mrs. W. W. Watson and Miss Evyln Watson, Chicago. Misses Clara Louise and May Ewing, Nashville, Tenn. Misses Bertha and Golda Jackson, Logansport. Mrs. W. H. Parish, Gallatin, Tenn. Mrs. Rena Bartoo, Morocco. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stephenson, Roy and Alva Stephenson, Parr. .. —o — Mr. Lawson H. Meyer, son of Postmaster and Mrs. F. B. Meyer, and Miss Grace Nowels, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Nowels of Flora, and a teacher in the Rensselaer schools foj qQme time, were united in marriage at 8 a. m., Wednesday, the ceremony taking place at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Ray D. Thompson, and being performed by the bride’s father. After the ceremony the young couple left for Lake Forest, 111., where they will reside and where the groom is employed as superintendent of a telephone exchange. Those present from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels of Flora. Mrs. A, E. Alter and little daughter of Forest, Ind. Mrs. King, of Battle Creek, Mich, Mr. and Mrs. Bert White, Arthur Hock and Miss Dunning of West Pullman, 111. Charles Holder, Melvin Archer and George Wembur of Lake Forest, 111. Miss Carrie Warren of Oklahoma City, Ok la. Mrs. Wells of Streator, 111. Miss Marlatt, Mrs. G. M. Troll, Maurice Morstrom, A W. Hopkins and Jas. Meyer of Chicago.

SPECIAL TRIANS WILL BE RUN.

We understand arrangements have been perfected at Goodland to have the Panhandle run its State Line train back to Reynolds the night of the 4th to carry back home the people along that line who come here on the early morning train connecting with the Monon night train at Reynolds, if they are assured of facilities for returning home at night. If this special train, is run back to the State Line, it means a great big crowd from Kentland, Goodland, Remington and Wolcott who oould not otherwise get here. In addition to this there will probably be 200 people from Brookston and Chalmers, 200 to 400 from Monticello, and 300 to 500 from Lowell, besides many from intermediate stations, making with the surrounding oountry and the neighboring towns those who will drive, one of the largest crowds here the 4th that was ever in Rensselaer. Lowell will come down on a special train.

“The Pieroes” appeared at the Fraternal last night in their repertoire of character sketches. Their work was artistic in the extreme, such as is seldom seen here, and those who did not attend missed a rare treat. It is safe to predict that a more high-class entertainment will not appear at the Fraternal this season—Poplar Bluff (M o,) Daily Republican. At Fountain Park, Remington, Ind., Aug. 21.

COMMITTEE.

THREE JUNE WEDDINGS.

FOUNTAIN PARK TALENT.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, June 30, 1906.

4TH OF JULY PROGRAM RENSSELAER, 1906. - v 4:30 to 6. Anvil Salutes. 8 to 9. Band Concert. 9 to 9:30. High Diving Dog. 9:30 to 10. Foot Ball Chase. A foot ball will be thrown from the K. of P. Building and the person delivering it to Chas. Morlan at the Court House will receive sl. Fight for it; no matter where or how you get it. 10 to ii. Industrial Parade. Forming near the school house, and inarching under leadership of Mayor Ellis, followed by the bands, the floats, the ball teams and militia companies. The parade will be along Washington street and will disband across the river. 11. Oration by Father George Heldman, Of St. Joseph Indian School. East side court house. 12. Dinner. Picnic spread in Milroy Park. Or in the Court Yard or vacant lots anywhere in town. Big tank of ice water in Milroy Park. i. Slide for Life from Court House Tower. Daring event performed by “ Dick ” Hartman. Racing Events. Entries free to all. Marshal of the Day Fred Phillips will announce these events in the following order along Washington street. Contestants give names to Geo. Strickfaden or other member of the Race Event Committee: : 1:15. 100 yard dash. ; 1:30. Obstacle race, i 1:45. Pony riding race. Free entries, i 2:00. High Diving Dog. I 2:15. Potato race. ; 2:30 Race around Court House Square. 2:45. Fat men’s race, 200 pounds and over. | 3:00. £SO base ball game, Chalmers vs. Lowell. At Riverside Athletic Park. Free admission to Park and Grand Stand. | 5:00. Sham Battle. Company C, Monticello, vs. Company M, Rensselaer. At Riverside Park. ; 6:00. Supper. ; 6:30. Band Concert. 7:00. Slide for Life. 7:15. Fire Department Rpn. Clear the streets. 8:00. Fire Works. Fired trom roof of State Bank. All concluding with a big double band concert.

“OUR TOM” AT MICHIGAN CITY.

Tom McCoy wasn’t busted when he reached the penitentiary anyhow, for when he emptied his pockets on being turned over to the prison authorities he had $54 in cash, more tban some of the bank victims have left from the wreck. It is reported that he will be assigned to a job with Dave Sherrick, his old political friend and ex-auditor of state, on the prison farm. It is also said that one Alfred Armstrong who formerly worked for the McCoys on their McCoysburg farm, is now foreman of the prison farm and if Tom is assigned a place on said farm he will be under this man. If he had read nothing of the

Don’t Miss the firemorks.

The fireworks display here July 4th will probably be the grandest ever seen in this section of the State. Here is a list of the pieces and you can form some idea of what the display will be: Maroon Report Shells, announcing Display 4—24 pounders Patent Prismatic Illuminators of grand Changing Colors 12 bags Flight Fancy Rockets, assorted Colors and Effects 12—4 pound Musical Battery Display 2 Piccolo Batteries Aerial Shell Display in Beautiful Colorings ..I—lß inch Shell Golden Umbrellas or Canopies of Fire 2 extra large Exhibition Chromatic Wheels 3—lß inch Wheels Special Device, (set piece, fire frontage 12x12 feet) ..Tropical Sun Rocket Display 4—4 pound Search Light Rocket Display 4 —pound Willow Tree Rocket Display 4—4 pound Prismatic Dragon F light of Saucissious 4 extra large Eifel Tower Display 4 extra large Battery of Whirling Dervishes 6 extra heavy Combination Battery Display ~.3 extra heavy Mt. Pelee Display 3 extra heavy Devil Amongst Tailors, display 3 Mammoth Flight of Rockets 12—4 pound fancy Special Device (set piece fire frontage, 10x15 ft) Venetian Jets Wheel Display ; 6 Silver Glory Wheels Floral Bouquet Bombshells 4 extra heavy Ascension of Aerial Shells inch Rocket Flights, Old Glory 3—4 pound heavy Rocket Flights, Liberty 3—4 pound heavy Rocket Flights, Peacock Plume ..’ 3—4 pound heavy Special Device (set piece fire frontage 15x15 ft) Forest Fires Mines of Saucissions ; 3 extra heavy Flying Pigeons 2 exhibition Cascade Display in Silver and Gold 4 extra heavy Rocket Display, Flight of Heavy F'ancy 12—3 pound Rocket Display, Flight of Spider and Fly 3—4 pound Rocket Display, Flight of Japanese Festoon 3—4 pound Sck in Box ... 2 extra large ammoth Flight of Rockets 48—1 pouud fancy Whistling Battery 2 Piccolo Batteries Special Device (set piece fire frontage 10x15 ft) Tree of Liberty Horizontal Ascension Battery Wheels 2 Horizontal Wheels Illuminated Golden Fountain 2 Illuminated Fountains Aerial Shells, aoth Century Colors I—lß1—18 inch Shell Japanese Flower Garden, Grand Bombardment, Finale „ _. .... (30 ft fire frontage) Port Fires for Lighting t dozen

trial or bank failure, what a surprise it must have been to him to aee “Tom” marched out in a striped suit to go to work for the State and under a former employe of the McCoys. Our private opinion is that Tom will not be given a very hard job, and that the confinement will be the worst punishment to him. A republican politician told us a few days ago that *he thought “Tom” was instrumental in securing the present warden his job, and if so it iB not likely he will fare very badly. Tom’s make-up is such that the disgrace will not penetrate very deep, as it would with a man of finer sensibilities. Try a dinner at Hascall Bros, case.

KELLOGG STILL IN JAIL.

U. B. Kellogg, the alleged Canadian land swindler, has begun suit in Lafayette against Prof. G. W. Michael, who is pushing the prosecution against Kellogg* for $15,000 damages for malicious prosecutiop. Michaels doesn’t appear to be scared at the action, which is no doubt started to get him to drop the prosecution, but will go right ahead. Kellogg’s examination at Lafayette resulted in his being bound over to the circuit court under $1,500 bonds, which be was unable to give and went back to jail. It is stated that Mr. Payson of Watseka, Ills., one of Kellogg’s attorneys, has been disbarred from practice in Illinois and Kansas, and that be will be disbarred in Indiana also.

THE CITY COUNCIL.

The common council of the city of Rensselaer met in regular session Monday evening. A petition was presented by B. Forsythe et al asking for the improvement of Washington and Division streets from the Makeever House to Melville street, 40 feet in width and with cement curb. The improvement under the rock road system is to be but 12 feet wide, and it is proposed to give property owners credit for 12 feet and they pay the difference in the cost and make it 40 feet. It is stated that the same action will be taken by property owners on some of the other streets. The council ordered the city attorney to prepare a resolution for the improvement from the point asked for and north to the railroad. Insurance for S6OO was ordered renewed on oity hall with R. D. Thompson’s agency. The resolution for narrowing Emilie street iu Leopold’s addition, as petitioned for, was adopted. Resolution for new sidewalks on Jackson and Vine streets was adopted. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. Hiram Day, window frame $ 200 Larkin life Go., relief valve SO 00 American LaFranoe Eng: Co., fire extinguisher 30 00 W. S. Richards, papering city hall 6 80 J. H. Chapman, salary 58 00 Lyman Zen, night watch 25 00 Chas. Morlan, salary and fees 48 06 A. J. Miller, health officer 16 66 H. L. Gamble, city engineer 6 00 Hugh Kirk, assisting engineer 2 25 Chas. Blue, assisting engineer 75 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. I. H. Chapman, freight.: 81 35 C. 8. Chamberlain, salary 50 00 Lem Houston, salary 30 00 C. L. Thorton, salary ; 30 00 Freeman Spency, boiler ..., 50 32 H. W. Johns-Manviile Co., pipe covering 18 07 Hiram Day, laying brick 85 75 Art Bailey, work on boiler 6 00 Karl Sayler, work on line 3 37 WATER FUND. Mell Abbott, salary 30 00 J. H. Chapman, interest 288 72 ROAD FUND. Hiram Day, cement 80 Marshall A Healey, printing 18 00 Smith, Yeiter A Day, cement work 56 80 W. S. Parks, marshal 22 50 Bruce Hardy, labor 36 40 SPECIAL ADD. FUND. J. H. Chapman, interest school house bonds 180 45 ELECTRIC LIGHT IMP. FUND. First National Bauk. principal and interest loan 1146 10

THEY MOVED ON.

In driving to Goodland Tuesday the need of rain was evident on all aides, but about Goodland there seemed to have been less rain during the season than in this locality, and pastures thereabouts are bare as a door almost. The best corn and oats seen anywhere on the route—we came back via Remington—were in Jordan township, in the neighborhood of the Raymond school house. Oats generally are very short, the hay crop will be the lightest for years, and there is considerable of the later planted corn that is not looking very well.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

June 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reed of Barkley township, a daughter. June 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Warner Hopkins, southwest of town, a daughter, June 27, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baker, north of town several miles, a daughter. The big store on the square is the best located, best ventilated and Is better equipped for your comfort July 4th. Chicago Bargain Store.

Summer trousers in fiannels and serges, cuff bottons or without cuffs, in all sizes, from tl to $5. Just the thing for outing wear. Duvall & Lundy.

Vol. IX. No. 13

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. —o — The case of William D. Bond vs. Peter May, appealed from the Jasper circuit court by the former, was affirmed by the Appellate court last Friday. —-O Marriage licenses issued: June 22, Fred Browne, of Bt. Paul. Minn., aged 27, to Carolyn May Marshall of Rensselaer, aged 24. First marriage for each. June 25, Albert Henry Scheidler of Earl Park, aged 25, to Lucy Viola Gray, of Remington, aged 26. First marriage for each. June 26, Lawson Hopkins Meyer, of Lake Forest, 111., aged 24, to Grace Nowels, of Rensselaer, aged 25. First marriage for each. June 27, Elmer E. Stephenson, of Chicago, aged 29, to Hazel Kirk, of Rensselaer, aged 20. First marriage for each. —o — Nearly one-half the Range Line stone road is already built, except for the top dressing of fine rock, and it- is rpally going to be one of the greatest jimprovements ever made in the county and one that will certainly never regretted by the people who übo it. The grading has been well done and scarcely a perceptible rise exists where the big sand-hill was. This hill has been cut down practically level and the sand came in handy for making a big fill just north of the hill. Several other smaller cuts were made, so that the grades are so easy that a team can not be loaded too heavily to pull any kind of a load between Rensselaer and Remington. Those who have heretofore traveled this road when either from mod or the big sandhill it was next to impossible for a team to poll an empty wagon through Jordan will be most agreeably surprised at the great change that is being wrought. The board of review adjourned Saturday, having completed its labors. Following is a report of the changes made in assessments: Bank of Remington reduced from *9.945 to *9,150. State Bank of Rensselaer raised trom *25,000 to *29,800. First National Bank of Rensselaer raised from $33,000 to $35,340. The above banks bays' appealed. Rensselaer Bank raised from *8,500 to $9,(160. American Lubricating and Refining Co., of Gillam and Walker townships reduced from *25,780 to $15,200 in Gillam, and from $23,365 to $13,600 in Walker. Assessment of f. J. Shea in Gillam reduced from $3,000 to $2,200. Tom Murphy, Newton township, from *36010 *3lO. In Gillam implements were raised 20 per cent, and household goods 40 per cent.

In Walker horses and implements were reduced 10 per cent. In Barkley household goods wereraised 50 per cent, and implements 10 percent. In Kankakee household goods and implements raised 20 per cent. In Wheatfield implements reduced 25 pei cent and horses 20 per cent. In Carpenter household goods raised 20 per cent. In Union implements raised 50 per cent, and horses reduced 10 per cent. In Marion horses raised 10 per cent.

Make your headquarters at Murray’s big department store July 4. FOURTH OP JULY RATES ON THE riONON. The Monon will sell round trip tickets on July 3 and 4 for one and one-third fare to local points within 200 miles. Tickets will be good to return up to and including July 5. W. H. Beam. Agt. Have you seen the basket weave underwear? It’s as cool as can be; Isl a suit. Duvall & Lundy. Read Bowles & Parker’s page ad elsewhere in this paper. It means a saving of $ $ to you. Prices talk and I make the prices so low that you can not help but buy, because I am determined to quit the clothing business. Louis Wildberg. Ample supply of chairs and benches for your comfort on the 4th. Chicago Bargain Stork. Headquarters for your vegetables, fruits, nuts, roasted peanuts, oraoker jack, bread, cakes eta The leader. Chicago Bargain Bjorr.