Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1907 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL! Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 42c; oats 39c. Mr. and Mrs. GF. D. Gregory in Monon Sunday. Ivan Grant of Chicago is visit* ing relatives here this week. E. A. Perkins of Goodland was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday. Howard Burr was over from Goodland on tax-paying business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Meyers spent Sunday with relatives at Converse. C. R. Ramp is having the interior of his residence on Division street remodeled. Mrs. Ross Hawkins and children of Logansport are visiting Mrs. W. H. Mackey this week. Uncle Isaac Thompson of Bluffton, Ohio, is visiting his brother, Judge Thompson and family. Owen Hurley and family of Logansport visited bis father, Theodore Hurley here this week. The high school base ball nine went to Monon Saturday, where they were defeated by a score of 9 to 3. Mrs. Wm. Diltz and children of, Harvey, 111., are visiting her brother, J. L. Griggs and family this week. : , Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dunlap of Mt. Ayr spent Sunday here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haskell. Miss Belle Chamberlain of Chicago, spent Sunday with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Yeoman. T-” Gaylord McFarland and Lee Kepner went to Mishawaka Monday, where they expect to secure employment. At the sale of John Jones* hard of milch cows last Saturday the 17 head averaged 156 each. One cow went for $lO3. *"•** * * W. T. McCray' of Kentland, who has a fine herd of Hereford cattle, lost a > bull last week that cost him 12,500. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, R-R-2,1; Valparaiso, 1; Monticelle, R-R-2,1. The Griswold Uncle Tom's Cabin show here Tuesday night had a packed house, or tent, rather, and have a good show of its kind. Miss Clara Peters, the optician, has just added a fine new optbalometer, an instrument used in testing the eyes, to her office equip, ment. - . . It is rumored that a well known ( Rensselaer bachelor has fallen a' victim to Cupid and will soon lead to the alter a well known Newton township lady. X■■l 1 I I Mattie Benjamin is preparing to thoroughly remodel the dwelling on South street, occupied by Ed Reeve. The improvements will cost from S6OO to SBOO. „

T. J. Richardson of Valnaa left Tuesday for a trip through Kansas. Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorada. Miss Cora Everett, the deputy postmistress, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. F. L. Hunt, at Lowell. ' k Adharlie Rhoads of Rensselaer, who has been employed for two or three years on the Chalmers Dispatch, has taken a position on the Monon News. Rev. Father Meyer’s new auto is here but at this writing the reverend gentleman has not summoned up sufficient courage to give a public exhibition of the machine all by himself. S. D. Clark, Charles Schatzley and others from Wheatfield tp„ Were down Tuesday and Wednesday on the Williams ditch matter, which was being heard by the county commissioners. Mr. Grover Smith, Jr., and Miss Bonnie Biggs, daughter of John Biggs, both of Wheatfield, were united in marriage Saturday at the residence of B. F. Ferguson, the officiating clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forbes of East Chicago, Ind., visited relatives here and at Remington Sunday and Monday, when Walter returned home, but Mrs. Forbes will remain during the week. “VD. Wright, wife' and daughter of Champaign oounty, 111., left Thursday for Wolcott and other points in Indiana and Ohio, after a week’s visit with his brothers Jap and Randolph Wright of Newton tfh The Morocco Courier is authority for the statement that S. U. Dobbins of Goodland, late of Rensselaer, has been told by his physician that he is afflicted with Bright’s disease, and that he is becoming considerably reduced in flesh. Mr. Machall Coven formerly of Jasper county, and Miss Hannah Nelson of Minnesota, were married recently at the home of the bride’s parents. They will reside near Vivian, So. Dak., where they had each taken up claims about a year ago. In the report last week of the luncheon given in honor of Mrs. Michael Eger’s seventy-fifth birthday anniversary, it should have stated that it was given byboth Mrs. John Eger and Mrs. W. H. Eger, the two daughters-in-law, at the home of the former. The dry goods atore of Shields Bros, at Monticello^was practically destroyed by fire at an early hour Tuesday morning. Insurance of $5,200 was carried on stock and fixturbs. The stock ia a total loss and the building was badly damaged. Cause of fire unknown. The little baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Cookerill died Sunday afternoon and was buried Monday afternoon in Weston cemetery. Funeral services conducted by Rev. D. L. Halstead were held at the residence. Her age was about, one year, and she had never been very strong.

-\The Gangloff bridge over the Iroquois river was got back in position for traffic over it Wedneseay afternoon. Rufus Fulk of McCoysburg, who has been sick for some time, is reported in a hopelesi condition and bis death is liable to occur at any moment. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Osborne of Newcastle are visiting here for an indefinite time, having sold their property in Newcastle. The tetter is in poor health. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller of Barkley tp., died Sunday of pneumonia and brain fever, after a few days sickness. Its agte was about five months. Osborne was in from Gillam Mobday paying taxes. No one in his locality has been compelled to re-sow their oats and they are coming out in good shape, much better than anticipated. Uncle John Grbom has sold his residence property on the corner of Weston and Rutsen streets to Geo. F. Meyers, and will move back on his farm. Mr. Meyers will improve the property somewhat. ' We are sorry to sfie that Harry Strohm of the Kentland Enterprise is having such hard work to make the Republican editors of the Tenth district “stick” to the Fairbanks resolutions that they “unanimously” adopted at Lafayette recently. s barn on H. M. Baughman’s Tarubwest of Monon was struck by lightning on Monday!) night of last week and burned. Loss SBOO with $250 insurance. The tenant, Alva Thomas, lost two good horses, implements, etc., valued at S6OO, with about S3OO insurance. Mr. Baughman is the father of U. M. Baughman of this city. Charles Frauenknecht died at the brothers’, house at the Indian school at St. Joseph’s college on Thursday night of last week and was buried Saturday. He had been sick but a few days from throat trouble. Deceased was 49 years of age and had been at the Indian school some eleven years. He was a native of Switzerland. Sheriff Oglesby of Pulaski county, accompanied by Mrs. John Ran of Winamac, was here last week looking for the tetter’s 16-jear-old son, Ora Mitchell, who had gone to Francesville with some other boys to a field meet the Saturday previous and failed to return. The boy seems to have left for parts unknown, as their search was fruitless. George Stembel, president of the Wheatfield school board, was down Monday attending the county board of education meeting. George used to tip the beam at something over 225 pounds, but is now down to about 170, having fallen off a great deal id the past year or two. For awhile after he begun losing flesh he felt no ill affects, but he tells us now that he does not feel right. We hope his trouble may be nothing serious, and he has a host of friends in Jasper county who hope the same.

tMlss Mildred Spitler ia visiting relatives at Goshen. . Mrs. John Kohler is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred Chapman, at Cincinnati. JLXko stone crushers are now at near the river, crashing rock for the Marion tp., roads. Winamac Republican: Mrs. Theodora Baker left Tuesday for Remington and Rensselaer on a two weeks’ visit with relatives. >Afr. and Mrs. Elmore Barce of FoWler were guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barce, north of town, several days this week. Awinamac barbers are at war ovbr prices, and now a haircut costs hut ten cents, while fifteen shaves can be had for one dollar. The report in the Brook paper that Dr. Gwin of this city was preparing to locate at Brook, the doctor tells us is a mistake, as he has no present intention of doing so. No wonder the telephone girls couldn’t tell over the wire where the fire was Wednesday £night, in response to anxious inquiries from ’phone patrons all over town. \/James Yeoman is making quite Extensive improvements to his residence on Front street, including a cellar, kitchen and bath room-and a new porch across the entire front. Earl Park, Benton county, has gone “dry” for another two years, the efforts of the saloonists to break in having failed. Freeland is still the only oasis in the Benton county desert. Coroner Wright was called to Wheatfield Monday to investigate the death of the 14-year-old-son of Walter Wiseman, who accidently shot and killed himself while out bunting the day before, the particulars of which will be found in our Four Corners correspondence. While the death rate in Jasper county is usually very low as compared with other counties in the state, it has been extraordinary high for the past few months, undertaker Wright having had upwards of fifty funerals since the first of the year. And there has been no epidemic to account for this either. J JM. Wasson're turned Wednesday from Winchester, Ind., where be was cal Fed Sunday by the serious condition of his brother Peter who was operated upon for kidney trouble recently. His condition Thursday was thought to be better, but Mr. Wasson received a message at 1 p. m., yesterday that he was dead. No particulars regarding the funeral. Geo. Casey of Union tp., had two steers killed by lightning last week. They were insured /or S4O each in 0. B. Siewart’s agency and Mr. Casey was paid the full amount of same this week. The same stroke followed the wire fence along for about a mile and killed a cow for another farmer whose name we did not learn. Abe Hardy, J. W. Childers, Charles Smith, Joe O’Connor, Claude Sayler, Harvey Thornton and Clarence Lenh am of Rensselaer, and Al Robinson of Monon left Monday for Forsythe. Montana, where the most of the party expect to work on a new railroad being built there, and may remain permanently. It is reported that Bruce Hardy will also follow later. A young Goodland bride was making her first shopping tour in the grocery line recently, and when she asked the price of eggs she was astonished to hear the clerk say "Twenty-five cents a dozen.” “Why that is more than two cents for one egg,” sighed the bride. To which the bright clerk replied: “But, madam, you must remember that one egg is a whole day’s work for a hen.” The fire company was called out at 9:30 p. m., Wednesday night to extinguish a blaze in the Monon’s onthouse at the depot, that started from a spark from a passing locomotive wad which would have destroyed the water tank and other property had it not been checked. The boys made the ran in precisely six minutes from the time the alarm was turned in, and the distance is about a half a mile. G. D. Gregory, who is traveling up in Starke county for the Dr. Baker medicine company, spent Sunday at his home here. He states that a distemper is prevalent among the horses of Starke that terminates fatally in many cases. One man lost six head. The animals have no cough nor discharge from the nostrils until after a gathering in the throat has broken, and frequently this swelling shuts off the air from the lungs and the horse dies. Veterinanes up there call the disease the “strangle.”

Mr. and Mrs. Thus* Thornton have gone to .Messick, Mich., where the latter will reside, her husband expecting to enter the soldiers' home at Grand Rapids. The funeral of the 10-months-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. James Longstreth of Parr was held Thursday afternoon from St. Augustine’s Catholic church and interment made in Mt. Calvary cemetery south of town. It had been sick about a week with pneumonia. And now T. M. Callahan, the lord mayor of Newland, has bought an automobile and will soon be ohoo-chooing about looking after his branch stores and other business at Kersey and Pleasant Grove. Tom must come down and join our automobilo parade the 4th, if he gets his “critter” under good control by that time. Mr. Harry J. Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Murray of Rensselaer, and Miss Elva K. Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James Fisher of this city were united in marriage at 8:30 p. m., Wednesday at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. H. L. Kindig. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wood, Jr., the latter being a sister of the groom. Mr. Murray was formerly a clerk in the Chicago Bargain store, but is now employed in Indianapolis, where they will reside. The Democrat joins in congratulations.

The city schools will close on Tuesday, May, 28. Class day will be held Friday evening, May 24, at the Christian church, program by senior class. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev, G. H. Clarke, at the Christian church, Sunday evening, May 26. Monday evening, May 27, the commencement address by Rev, Dr. Quale of Chicago, will be delivered at the Christian church. The junior reception to the seniors will be given Tuesday evening, May 28, at the Armory, while the alumni banquet wiU be held at the armory Wednesday evening.

Winamac Journal: Mr. John Ferguson of Logansport, who is buying farms in the vicinity of Thornhope, was in town last Tuesday. In reply to the query of a Democrat-Journal reporter as to the purpose of bis extensive land purchases, he merely said, “I am buying the land in my own name.” He added that he had already secured deeds for 320 acres, with options on adjacent tracts. Whether the big sand farms are to be converted into winter quarters for the Wallace show, or on which will be located a brick factory, or turned over to the Pennsylvania company for the sand, still remains a mystery to the general public.

“FITZ” WON’T COME.

Francesville Tribune: The Jasper County Democrat wants us to come over and spend the 4th. We’ve thought the matter over and have decided not to come over, the reason being based on the fact that the politicians of the county seat are not any too courteous to newspapers. If an editor over there wants the post office they hand him a big lemon; if he says too much about nice furniture in the court house he is made a defendant in a libel suit. No, we are not coming, obernit!

A CARD OF THANKS.

Having made my final report as administratrix of the estate of Edward T. Biggs, deceased, and the Jasper Circuit Court having approved my report and having discharged me and my bondsmen from any further liability on account of said estate, I desire to express publicly my sincere thanks to my bondsmen for the kindness and support given me during the settlement of this estate. x Very respectfully, . Maria Biggs.

SCHOOL ENUMERATION.

Following is the school enumeration for Jasper county as just returned by the enumerators: Total M » Total 3 I Barkley3Bß 840 300 Mo OT Carpenter... 337 158 186 334 13 Gillam 216 130 101 231 5 Han*. Grove 138 TO 63 142 3 Jordan23B 114 111 225 7 Kankakee... 151 86 71 157 6 Keener 225 121 108 229 4 Marion4ls 885 133 418 3 Milroy 102 56 46 108 Newtonls6 85 79 164 9 Union 511 280 222 502 9 Walker 248 136 144 280 32 Wheatfield.. 164 87 74 161 3 Total32Bß 1847 1518 3365 109 82 Remington.. 396 144 153 897 7 Wheatfield.. 97 . 55 49 104 1 T0ta1..... 393 199 202 401 8 Reowela*.. 668 328 341 689 11 Grand t’14839 2374 8061 44J5 128 32 Total rain 96 Wi id'M ■ »■,. , „ „in Louw H. Hamilton, Co. Supt. Read The Democrat for netrs.

HAS NO RIGHT TO LIVE

That fs the Status of the Saloon According to Latest Law Interpretation. . » 80 DECIDED AT MARTINBVILLB Strange Negro Genins Who Can Tell the Time of Day Without a Timepiece—ltems. j Martinsville, Ind., May 8. The commissioners of Morgan county are probably the first county commissioners in Indiana to act on applications for licenses to sell Intoxicating liquors along the lines set out in the opinions of Judges Artman and Christian. This action wad taken when the board refused to grant licenses to Francis H. Hamblen to sell in the Second ward and Edward Caln to sell in the Third ward of this city. Remonstrances Had Expired. These wards shut out saloons two years ago. The remonstrances, however, expired a few days before the board met this month. New remonstrances were filed at the April term by the temperance workers, and the remonstrances and the applications for licenses wecgvpresented. Attorneys for the applicants filed pleas In abatement alleging that the new remonstrances were filed while other remonstrances were pending. The pleas in abatement were overruled and the applicants moved to strike off names and dismiss the remonstrances. The Way They Worked It Out. Frank E. Carlisle, of Mooresville, a commissioner, however, moved that, inasmuch as it was the understanding and opinion of the board that a saloon Is a public nuisance, and that there was a remonstrance on file, the board was without authority of law or morals to grant a license to sell intoxicating liquors, and, further, that if any one should grant a license to sell Intoxicants In Morgan county It should be the circuit court and not the board of commissioners. This motion was sustained by the other two members, James M. Blair and S. W. Tackett. County Attorney Affirms. The commissioners then asked County Attorney Silas C. Kivett for his opinion on the question. Kivett upheld the board and stated: “If the saloon, as an Institution, is within itself a public niilsance and Inherently dangerous to public peace, public safety and public morals (as, in my opinion. It is), then this board has not only the right to refuse a license to conduct such ar* evil, but fs wholly -without authority to grant such a license.”

HAS A REMARKABLE FACULTY Negro Boy Who Can Tell the Time of Day to the Minute Out of His Head. Richmond, Ind., May B.—Ernest McKay, a colored tx>y, 12 years old, i« known as the “human time piece,” because of his ability to tell precisely the time of day or night without being compelled to rely on watches or clocks. Dozens of times each day the boy is stopped on the streets with the query: “What time is it, Ernest?** and instantly he responds, even to the half minutes. Various tests have been made in an effort to discover how the lad computes time so unerringly without the aid of the usual devices, but the mystery only deepens. A few days ago h number of men sought to entrap the boy. He was called into a store, and. after being questioned for several minutes, one of the men pulled a watch from his pocket, and, handling it to Ernest, said: “My boy, if you will look at the face of this watch and tell me the time, I will give you a dime.” Quick as a flash the replied: “Your watch says It is 10 o’clock, but the right time Is seventeen minutes to 9." And that was the correct time. Local Coal Trust To Be Probed. Richmond, Ind., May 8. —The city council has taken official cognizance of the alleged local coal trust, the mayor and members of the city council having information to the effect that local coal dealers had fixed a schedule of prices by agreement A committee was appointed to investigate.

Terribly Burned by an Explosion. Linton, Ind., May B.—William Cook, chemical engineer at the Linton Ice plant, was seriously burned by the explosion of a hot pipe. The flesh on his right arm was burned to the bone, and the right side of bls face and his eye were frightfully injured, the sight, perhaps, destroyed. There’s Money in Potatoes. Newcastle, Ind., May & Henry Current, of Blue River township, will plant thirty-four acres in potatoes and has contracted with the Ladles’ Sewing society, of Mooreland, to cut the potatoes few seed. Last year he raised x 2,000 bushels and*they sold for over SI,OOO. Fatally Wounds Hta Brother. Seymour, Ind., May B.—Jesse Barringter, 18 years old, was accidentally shotand fatally wounded by a younger brother while hunting near Crothersville, one side of bls face being torn away. Ha died later. i