Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1907 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. ' Corn, 37c; oats 35c. Mrs. Orrie Clark Carson of Lafayette is visiting relatives here this week. Joseph Leobold and family of Newton tp., left Thursday for their new ootne near Walnut, Kan. Ernest Clark was down from Chicago to spend Sunday and Monday with Rensselaer relatives. Miss Fannie Porter left Monday for an extended visit with relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma. J. V. Bringle writes us to change the address of bis Democrat from Lorbville, lowa, to Eureka, Cali. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer. 1; Rensselaer R. R. 1, 1; Remington, 1. C. Irwin has rented Miss Blanche Hoyes’ property on South Weston street, and will move into same about March 1. Carry Lowman of near Pleasant Ridge is preparing to move to Van Buren county, Mich., wherb be recently purchased an improved 200-acre farm. J. A. Sharp, who is working in the shipping department of the American Brake Shoe Co., at Chicago Heights, spent Sunday with home folks in Rensselaer. Dr. William Vick, an old practicioner of Warren county and a brother of Dr. Chas. Vick of this city, died at his home in Green Hill last week, aged 78 years, A. Williams left Thursday for Indianapolis where be will look in upon the legislature for a day and go from there to Ohio to visit bis parents. He will return Monday. ‘ Albert Moorehead writes back from Limon, Colo., that he likes it 'first-rate there and that they have had practically no cold weather, but it seems more like spring than mid-winter.

Next Thursday is St. Valentine’s day. Frank Donnelly has been laid up with the grip this week. “Comrad” Fox has landed the Pleasant Grove Star mail route again, being the lowest bidder, $444 per year. W. H. Flagg has been confined to bis home on South Cullen street for the past two weeks with nervous prostration. JV'Misses Mary and Eva Russell of Monon returned home yesterday after a week’s visit wtth the family of their uncle, U. M. Baughman. M. E. Spitler and granddaughter, Miss Mildred Spitler, have gone to Oklahoma City, Okla , to visit the former’s son, M. L. Sp itler. Don’t miss reading the opening chapters in this issue of “The Conquest of Canah.” The story grows in interest, and we know you will like it. -Vvooney Kellner and the local butchers are all putting up ice this week. The quality is the best for several years and it runs from 8 to 10 inches in thickness. Albert Fendig was called here this week by the sickness of his father, Uncle Ralph Fendig, who has been in rather poor health for some time, but shows some improvement at present. \r-The groundhog cast a shadow alright, alright Saturday, and since that time we have been enjoying fine zero weather, the mercury ranging from 6 or 8 aboye to 4 to 6 below each morning. girls’ basket ball game at Whiting last Friday night between the Rensselaer high school and Whiting resulted in a score of 18 to 3in favor of Rensselaer. The Hammond team was billed to play here last night. sou was born Saturday to Mr. Ami Mrs. William Greenfield, their third child, the eldest probably some six or seven years old. Mr, Greenfield is nearly 80 years of age, while his wife, formerly Miss Flora Hodshire, is about 30.

Remember The Democrat office Cor job printing. J Now is the time to save money on boots, shoes and robbers at the Chicago Bargain Store. E. E. Gunyon has moved back to Jasper county from near Cyclone, and will occupy a farm near Parr. D. S. Makeever of Newton tp., went to Lexington, Ky., Wednesday to look after some horses for breeding purposes. Last call sacrifice clearance sale to begin Feb. 11th and last until stock is reduced to make room for goods, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Miss Con Adams went to Cincinnati last Friday to visit Mrs. Fred Chapman, and may remain there if she can find a suitable position in a mihnery store/ Just received, new line of tine zephyr ginghams; not seconds or short lengths, but full pieces. No limit to the number of yards a customer can buy, 10c yard at Rowles & Parker’s big double store. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bell have moved to Danville, 111., where he has purchased a three-chair barber shop. Their Rensselaer friends wish them success in their new location. Levi Renicker will occupy the old Spitler property, vacated by Mr. Bell. •Frank Steel, the young man arrested here last week on complaintof a young woman of Thorntown, settled the difficulty the next day after being taken there by marrying the girl. He is still at Thorntown and will probably take up his residence there. Two more cases of scarlet fever have appeared, this time in the family of Carry Reed, the paperhanger. His little three-year-old child was taken down first and the case is a very severe one and has all the complications.. It was reported quite low as we go to press. Harry has also taken down with the disease and has a well developed case of it. Another dividend of 5 per cent, in the McCoy bankrupt cases will be declared next Wednesday, it is understood. There will be 5 per cent, declared in the bank estate, making 35 per cent, in all; 10 per cent, in the A. McCoy estate, making 62| per cent.; and 3| in T. J. Mc’Coy’s estate, no previous dividends having ever been declared in Tom’s estate. * The SI,OOO liquor license bill which has passed the state Senate and is now pending in the House, will, if it becomes a law, wipe out all the cross-roads saloons in sparcely settled districts, and no doubt put out of business the saloon at Kniman, one at Dunnville and one at Kersey, and reduce the two at Demotte and three at Wheatfield to one each, in this county.

Haines Hackett, a Monon brakeman, got both bis legs cut off in the yards at Monon Monday morning while switching cars. He fell from a stone car and the wheels cut one leg off above the kneefend the other above the ankle. He has a wife and three small children. Both legs were amputated above the knee and at last reports he seemed to be getting along as well as could be expected. Fowler Republican: The corn which is being brought to market is the worst that has ever been sold in Benton county. The elevators are nearly filled with it and cars cannot be secured at all, so that shelling will be stopped in a day or two. If the weather should happen to moderate a big part of the corn now in elevators will spoil. The grain men say it is the werst proposition they were ever up against. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Goble and little daughter of Indianapolis visited Mrs. Goble’s mother, Mrs. John Sullivan, here this week,leaving Wednesday for Sheldon, HL, to visit her brother there for a few days, after which they will return to Rensselaer to remain until about March 1. when they will go to Los Angeles, Cal., where Mr. Goble has secured a position as head clerk in the dress goods department of a big department store. The service pension bill, mention of which was made in The Democrat a few weeks ago, has passed both branches of congress and will become a law. . Under its provisions every soldier serving three months in the civil war and receiving an honorable discharge will receive sl2 per month on reaching the age of 62; sls per month at the age of 70, and S2O per month at the age of 75 or over. In other words, those at the age of 62, now receiving $8 or sloper month, will hereafter receive sl2, etc.

New zephyr ginghams at Rowles & Parker’s big double store only 10 cents a yard; no limit to the number of yards a customer can purchase. The Democrat bought a ton of print paper this week and had to pay $8 more for it than for the last ton bought, and about sl2 more than it paid before Roosevelt “busted” the paper trust. It also received notice from its paper house that all grades of bond and flat writing paper had been advanced, in some cases two to three cents per pound. If “Roosy” keeps on “busting” (?) the trusts and the trusts keep on advancing the price df their product, we don’t know what the poor printer man and others who must buy their goods is coming to. Harry Graves, an employe in the round house at Monon, was assaulted at an early hour Sunday by a footpad who struck him over the head with an iron bar and robbed him of his watch and $3 in money. The watch, badly damaged, was found later in the day in the yards, where the robber had evidently dropped it in his hurry to get away. Graves said his assailant was a negro, and that evening a strange negro was arrested at South Hammond and brought back to Monon where he was identified by Graves and was bound over to the Circuit court, and is now in jail at Monticello. Regarding the item appearing in The Democrat last week mentioning the Monon News being offered for sale and that the present lessee would remove to another state, we will say that the information was taken from the Garrett, Ind., Herald of Jan. 25, 1907, a paper owned and published by Geo. T. Weeks, who also owns the Monon News plant. It is probable that if the rumors afloat in Monon and Rensselaer regarding chicanery in the voting contest being conducted by said paper are investigated by the postoffice department and found to be correct, that the lessee may move to Columbus, Ohio, instead of Kentucky. Squire Irwin and Drs. English, Merrill and Miller held an inquest Thursday to determine the mental condition of Mrs. Mildred Mikels, who resides with her brother-in-law, Stephen Mikels, on River street. She was found insane and application was made to take her to the asylum. The family formerly came from Kentucky and moved here from Fair Oaks a few months ago. There are nine children in her brother-in-law’s family, one a recent arrival, and they are quite poor. The insane woman is 27 years of age and childless. She has formerly been confined in an asylum in Kentucky, previous to coming to Indiana, and is said to have a husband now some place in Pennsylvania, but lately of South Bend, who has done nothing toward supporting her of late. Now is the time to buy your Electric Weld fencing before another advance at the Chicago Bargain Store.

SAINT AUGUSTINE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH REPORT.

At the services of St. Augustine’s church Sunday, Rev. Thos. Meyer read a duplicate of report sent to the bishop of this diocese for 1906, as follows: ’ Total cash received from all lourcea. including fair 14,860 16 Total cash expended. Including payment on Sisters’ home ($2,500) and other expenses 4,771 22 Leaving a balance Jan. 1,1907, of SBB 94 CONOHKG ATION. No. of families 109 No. of persons in all 562 No. of children baptised during 1906 23 No. of deaths during 1906 3 No. of marriages during 1906 5 The Sisters’ home was formerly owned by the Cbilcote heirs. The congregation bought the property, owing $3,500 on same, and after paying $2,500 leaves the present debt SI,OOO. They have also made improvements of SSOO to the property.

NESSIUS-SMITH.

Matthew Nessius, son of Joseph Nessius of near Sharon, and Miss Malinda Smitt, daughter of Mrs. Catharine Smitt of 181 Twenty-Eighth Place, Chicago, were married at St. Anthony’s Catholic church in that city Thursday morning. Mr. Anthony Nessius, a brother of the groom, was groomsman, and Miss Catharine Gillam of Chicago, a cousin of the bride, was bridesmaid. The ceremony was witnessed by the immediate friends and relatives of the contracting parties, including the groom’s parents. They returned to Rensselaer Thursday afternoon and will take up their residence on one of Mr. Nessius’ farms near Sharon.

Four foot and block wood for sale in quantities to suit. ’Phone 624-D. C. H, Leavel.

A MOST IMPROBABLE STORY.

'. The Goodland Herald publishes a story about a Kankakee, 111., woman who recently gave birth to triplets, all boys, and that President Roosevelt was notified of the event and sent the father and mother a check for $3,000 and sent a nurse to care for the babies for a year, We guess that the whole story is a boax, except the birth of the children, and that if the family is claiming any such thing they are imposing on the credulity of the public. Triplets are not so very unusual the country over, and if Mr. Roosevelt was to give $3,000 cash and furnish nurses for a year in each case—which he would no doubt do if in Uny —he would need the wealth of a Rockefeller. The story is preposterous.

BADLY BEATEN IN POKER DEN.

Fowler, Ind., Feb. 5.—D. Gilbert, a prominent business man of this city, is lying at the point of death at his home as the result of a beating which he received in a poker den at an early hour this morning. His assailant, Harry Sheetz, is a liveryman. During a game, which was being played in a gambling room operated by Sheetz’s father, Fred Sheetz, a dispute arose and the younger Sheetz assaulted Gilbert in a vicous manner, beating him with a beer bottle and kicking him after he had been knocked unconscious. Gilbert is suffering from paralysis and his death is expected. Sheetz has been arrested charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Fred Sheetz, the proprietor of the gambling room, has fled. For some time the Good Citizens’ league has tried to suppress the gambling rooms here, but has been unsuccessful, as the sporting element has stood too close to the officers.

EIGHTEENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Eighteen years ago Jan. 29, in this city, the wedding of Miss Cora Smith and Benton Forsythe was quietly celebrated in the Legget house parlors. Last evening in honor of the event Hon. C. D. Legget and wife entertained a party of friends at their home on South Main street. The guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Leggett and Mr. and Mrs. Benton Forsythe. The evening was spent in a social way, one of the chief amusements being the old fashioned square and round dance, which proved a delightful way of entertaining to all the guests. An orchestra of two pieces furnished good music during the entire evening. The rooms of the home were decorated with boquets of pink carnations. The beautiful costumes of the ladies added much to the pretty scene. During the evening Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe received the congratulations and best wishes of all. Light refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Forsythe is the niece of Hon. C. D. Leggett at whose home she has been a guest for the past three weeks. She is well known here. Mr. Forsythe is proprietor of one of the largest mercantile houses in Rensselaer, Ind. He arrived Sunday to accompany bis wife home.—Fairfield, lowa, Journal.

STERNBERGS SECURE ANOTHER BIG DITCH CONTRACT.

C. H. Sternberg & Son, the contractors on the main Iroquois ditch, including the rock excavation in Rensselaer, secured another big ditch contract this week on the Hoagland ditch in White county. They get in on sections 1, 3. 4, and their bids were 10 45, 7.35 and 7.45 cents per cubic yard respectively, aggregating $120,525. W. E. Fox & Co., of Wolcott get sections 2,5, 6, which includes the tile and stone work, and aggregates $39,619.72. Speaking of the letting the Monticello Journal says: “One gentleman in talking about the undertaking said, ‘May God have mercy on the Sternbergs. They can take the dirt out in that cut off, but can they keep it out?’ If anybody can the Sternbergs can. In their first venture into dredging their friends begged them to desist, but they went ahead and wrestled victory and a profit out of what everyone predicted would be a Waterloo to them, and they have undertaken more hazardous jobs than any other company of the same age in the country and made more money out of the ventures. “So the work seems to have fallen into safe hands. Their competitors were all safe dredge men who would have been equal to the job had any of them secured it but Sternbergs’ had the pole that knocked the persimmons.” The ditch is 41 miles in length and the total cost is over $160,000, making it the largest ditch contract in the history of White county. It affects lands in the southeast part of this county also.

Ellis Opera House | MONDAY, Feb. 11, | H. H. FRAZEE i Presents the Big Fun Show, = Uncle Josh-? Perkins. Singers, Dancers and Com-o, edians. An Everlasting Success! See Uncle Josh at the County Fair Watch for the Big Parade of the Hay Seed Band. Prices, 25, 35, 50c.

COLD WEATHER AND “SOME” SNOW IN NORTH DAKOTA.

While Jasper county people are enjoying this pleasant, bracing weather with scarcely enough snow to whiten the ground, some of their old neighbors and friends who have moved to North Dakota are seeing a little too much winter for comfort. A letter from Ransom county, written Jan. 28—but which did not leave Lisbon until the 30th, because trains can run only semi-occasionally—states no mail had been received there until a day or two before for ten days. The town was out of sugar and some other necessities for several days because freight trains could not get through the snow drifts. The week of Jan. 13 to 19 the mercury stood as follows: Monday, 14 below zero. Tuesday, 8 “ “ Wednesday, 30 “ “ Thursday, 20 “ “ Friday, 17 The snow is said to be deeper than for ten years, and some of the country people are playing the Santa Claus act to feed their stock, —as they did then —going down through the barn roofs because they cannot get the doors open for the high drifts packed against them. In some instances fuel was running low and no doubt there is considerable suffering in cases where people were unprepared.

. DUROC JERSEY HOG SALE. Last call for the big sale of pure bred Duroc Jersey brood sows of J. A. Teter’s at Lock’s heated sale barn in Remington, Monday, Feb. 11. Wait for the big muslin underwear sale in a few days, Finest stock ever in town. Chicago Bargain Store. The prices we are making on muslins, laces, embroideries and everything you need for your spring sewing means a big saving to you. Rowles & Parker. Jost received, the 3rd car load of Electric Weld fencing since November ’O6, at the Chicago Bargain Store. For Salf: Five room house; 75 by 300 foot lot, bearing fruit, situated on River street. Enquire at this office. A comfortable office room 16x20 feet for rent. Heat and light furnished. $72 per year. B. Forsythe. Rowles & Parker’s lace and embroidery department is the most complete in the city while the prices they name are always the lowest. Lost, a heavy lap robe between Good Hope church and River Side farm on Sunday, Feb. 3, 1907. Black on one side and brown on the other. Rather woolly. Finder please return to this office and receive reward. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Feb. 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Chupp of Surrey, a daughter. Feb. 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reed, north of town, a sou. Jan. 31, to Mr. and Mrs. James Kennedy of Jordan tp., a daughter. (Died Monday.) Feb. 6, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hoover, in town, a son, After inventory sale to begin Feb. 11th Slaughtering prices will rule until all winter goods are closed out, at the Chicago Bargain Store. We are still hammering down prices on all heavy winter goods. Rowles & Parker, Wanted: —Gentleman or lady to travel for Mercantile House of large capital. Territory at home or abroad to suit. If desirable the home may be used as headquarters. Weekly salary of SI,OOO per year and expenses. Address, with stamp, Jos. A. Alexander, Rensselaer, Ind.