Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1907 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

Mister Brown Of ShoplessTown • f II 'i^UA m f Behold a man of Shopless Town; His name is Obadiah Brown. He says the town does not improve, But rims along its ancient groove. He’d like tfflfee it spread and grow, And yet he does not help, you know. Instead of buying things for sale Right here in town, he’s sent by mail For many years and bought his things From those faroff Mail Order kings. No wonder, Obadiah Brown, This home of yours is Shopless Town!

RALPH FENDIG DEAD.

Old and Respected Jewish Citizen Passes Away. Ralph Fendig, whose critical condition hap been mentioned from time to time in these columns, died at his home on Sooth Van Rensselaer street Sunday night at about 9 o’clock. He had been siok for several months, and while his death was looked for at most any time, yet the summons came suddenly when it did come, and a few moments before he died talked with his wife and seemed no woipe than he had been. In faot Jie had appeared bo much better Sunday afternoon that his daughter, Mrs. Tillie Borchardt, who had been here for some time, . departed for her home at Tampa, Florida. Mr. Fendig was born in Bavaria, Germany, in July, 1836, and was therefore almost 71 years of age at the tiipe of his death. He came to Amerioa in 1854 and resided at times in New York City, Connecticut, Alabama, Georgia and in the city of Chicago, settling in Rensselaer in 1870, where he has since lived. In 1869 he was married to Frederika Ruger, in Milwaukee, who with five ohildren —Mrs. Tillie Borchardt and Lonie Fendig of Tampa, Fla., Albert of Brunswick, Ga., and Ben and Samuel of Rensselaer, survive him. He had always enjoyed good health until some two years ago, since whioh he has suffered more or less from Bright's disease which oaueed his death, and the family have had little or no sickness to contend with for many years. Deceased was an active member of the Masonic lodge here for many years and held the offioe of treasurer of his lodge for over a quarter of a century. He was also a member of the jewish benevolent order Bnai Brith, of Chicago for upwards of forty years. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., from the residence, conducted by Rabbi Morganstern of Lafayette, ami inter.

ment made in Weston cemetery. The Masons marched to the cemetery in a body and had oharge of the impressive burial ceremonies, which were dismissed by the Rabbi with tho Jewish burial prayer. All the children were here to the funeral except Mrs. Borchardt, who was on her way home when her father died and did not receive word of his death until her arrival home. It was then too late for her to return to the funeral, of course.

LODGE EVENT POSTPONED.

The Masons were to have had a big time here to-night, but owing to the death of so prominent a membexas Ralph Fendig, whose sons and most of his male relatives are. Masons, the event has been postponed to a later date whioh has not been set at this time. Fides Lodge No. 842, of West Pullman, 111., was coming down some fifty strong, for an outing, bringing a candidate for initiation with them, and the initiation was to take place here, they having asked for and been granted permission to do so. The local lodge had invited in some outside lodges and had made preparations to entertain their visitors handsomelyThe West Pullman lodge has been notified that they could set a new date within one, two or three weeks henoe, as they ohose.

AND THE DEMOCRATS TO BLAME AGAIN.

It is said that the notorious dives in Wdst Hammond —which is just across the line in Illinois—have been compelled to close by the new demooratio board of trustees who refused to license the dive keepers. For years they had flourished under republican administrations and have been a stench in the nostrils of the good people of Hammond and of the whale state, bat now they have met their Waterloo in the election of a set of officers! What mean cusses these democrats are to be sure. •4 ■ , . !

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“SOJERS” COMING

Battery of Field Artillery To Be Here Today. LIKELY TO REMAIN OVER SUNDAY. V’-’V A' f All Mounted and Carry Pull Equipment of duns. Ammunition Wagons, Etc. The 21st Battery of field artillery, on its way from Ft, Sheridan, 111,, to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, was expeoted to reach Rensselaer yesterday afternoon or to-day, and probably spend Sunday here. Little has been said about them in the papers, but we understand there is some 115 men and about 135 or 140 horses in the equipment. They are evidently traveling by very easy stages, as it is understood they passed through Hammond Wednesday morning. A consignment of rations was received here for them by express Thursday, consisting of 2 Crates of Bacon 1 Barrel of Flour 2 Sacks of Beans 2 Cases of Jam 1 Drum of Coffee 2 Sacks of Sugar 1 Crt, Chests Instruments They carry full equipment, of course, of artillery and the men are all mounted. They will be quite a novel sight to most of our people who have never seen a- genuine sure-enough battery.

YES, MARRIAGE IS SOMETIMES A FAILURE.

Lees than two months ago Miss Bessie Johnson, the beautiful and talented daughter of Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, was married to a prominent “Dago,” Her parents did everything they reasonably qould to disuade her from marrying the foreigner, but she was determined, and marry him she did. Now her dream is over and she has returned to her parents’ home, her father at her request going to New York after her. Mariani, the Dago, is supposed to have returned to his bachelor quarters in New York. The Johnsons refuse to discuss the trouble in any way, but the young woman, like scores of other fool American girls, who might have had their pick of the best young men of her own country, but chose to marry a foreigner, no doubt, found her dago husband a roe and a rake of the first water, who only married her for her father’s money. Too bad.

SUDDEN DEATH IN UNION.

Coroner Wright was called to Fair Oaks Wednesday by the sudden death of Jameß A. Caldwell, of Pontiac, HI., who died at his farm some two miles east of Fair Oaks at about 2 a. m., Wednesday of heart disease. Mr. Caldwell had come to the farm from Pontiac only Tuesday and retired that night in his usual health. About 2 o’clock in the morning he called to his tenant J. L. Myers, and the latter started to go to his room, but Mr. Caldwell had gotten out of bed and met him in the sitting room and fell into his arms, expiring without uttering a word. The coroner decided there was no need of his servioes in an official capacity, but assisted in preparing the remains for shipment to Pontiac, whioh was done Thursday.

LOWELL HAS ANOTHER FIRE.

Up at Lowell Tuesday the standpipe of the waterworks was emptied to dean it out, and while this was going on fire broke out in a bam in the town. Before the flames were got under control a grocery store and two or three barns were burned, entailing a loss of about $2,000, The wind was blowing very strong at the time and it looked like a good part of the town would be swept away, but fortunately the wind veered somewhat and the “bucket brigade” finally got the fire under control. Our former townsman, Frank Maloy’s house Was in the path of the flames and all his household goods, as were those of two others, were moved out in anticipation that the house must go, but the building was saved.

ELECTRIC ROAD PROGRESS.

The Chioago bankers who are figuring on financing the proposed Lafayette-Chicago electric line, failed to reach Rensselaer last Friday as expected, owing to their encountering sandy roads, open ditches, etc., but did get here Saturday. They came in two large automobiles and were accompanied I>y the wives of some of the party. They came via Hammond, Crown Point, Hebron, Lowell, Shelby and Roselawu, reaching Rensselaer at 2p. m., Saturday and took dinner at the Makeever House. Friday night was spent at Lowell. They went from here to Lafayette where they spent Saturday night, returning Sunday to Chicago, passing through here Sunday afternoon.

They were accompanied on their trip by Mr. Infield, who has been working so hard to establish the road, and from what can be gathered there is a good: prospect of these people taking hold of the matter. Later:— President Infield returned from Chicago Thursday and states that the parties will finance the road on certain conditions. which he would not state publicly, but which would be talked over with the other members of the local company here. We infer from his talk that the question of management of the road comes np, and that the Chicago parties will put up the money but want to take entire charge of the road and run it as they please. In the event of arrangements not being satisfactorily made with these parties, the company will look elsewhere for finances.

A LIVELY RUNAWAY.

While out in their slaughter bouse about a mile west of town Wednesday afternoon, Roth Bros.’ team ran away with only the five-year-old son of Sam Roth, Milton, Jr., in the wagon. The team ran into town and when near J. C. Porter’s residence collided with a telephone pole and the wagon was partly demolished. The boy had been jostled off the seat into the bed of the wagon with the cushion from the seat and the seat had out a slight gash in his head where it had struck him, and when the team collided with the telephone pole he was thrown out but was hugging the cushion and it too went out with him and was between him and the ground when he landed, so it broke the force of his fall and he was unhurt except for the cut on his head. It was a lucky runaway, as the team ran at a terrific speed, but fortunately kept the road, and the boy’s falling off the seat into the wagon bed saved him from more qerions injury.

ARM BROKE IN RUNAWAY.

James A. Keister of Jordan tp., was in town Tuesday morning with his daughter Myrtle whom he brought in to have the doctor see if her injured wrist was getting along all right. The injury was caused from jumping from a buggy on Tuesday night of last week while returning from the Uncle Tom’s Cabin show. It seems she came to the show with Will Haver, a young man of that neighborhood who drove a four-year-old colt; and in going home he got out to open a gate that they had to pass through, when the horse took fright and started to run. The girl jumped out and struck on her left hand in such a manner as to break both bones es the wrist. Hayerhad hold of one line and hong to the horse until he stopped it, being dragged for a dozen rods or more in a ditoh next the hedge filled with about two feet of water. He finally pulled horse into the hedge and stopped it, but was a sight when he got on his feet, being completely plastered with mud and soaking wet.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

TBINITT M. E. CHUJRCH. The pastor’s morning subject on next Sabbath will be “The Revelation of God.” In the evening he will speak on the subject, “Some notable Bad Bargains.” All services as usual. The public will be cordially welcomed.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 9, to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Markley of Barkley tp., a son. May 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne of Barkley tp., a son. .150,000,000 bottles of Coca-Cola sold in 1906. On sale at Vick’s 4

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Judge Hanley will deliver the Decoration day address at Kentland. The Jasper County Board of Review will meet Monday, June 3, to hear oomplaints on assessments. The session will last about 30 days. —o — It was anticipated that the sale of the Howe ditch would be made June 5, but owing to the tardiness of land owners in returning cards asking for bonds the sale will probably be delayed a couple of weeks. —o Rev. B. F. Ferguson tied the nuptial knot ior a Chicago couple Saturday forenoon, in the county clerk’s office. Julius Lindauer and Florence A. Roger were the names of the contracting parties, and it was the second matrimonial experience for eaoh.

The supreme court has advanced one of the Judge Artman decisions involving the question of the standing of the saloon, whether a public nuisance or not, Judge Artman' having so held in a case sent to him from Noblesville, and fining a saloonist $lO and costs. Marriage licenses issued: May 11, Julius H. Lindner of Chicago aged 41, occupation traveling salesman, to Florence A. Ruger, also of Chicago, aged 39, occupation not given. Second marriage for each, first wife of male having died in 1904, and female divorced Sept. 3, 1906.

—o — A final dividend of 71 per cent has been declared in the defunct Citizens Bankof St.Paul.lnd., making that was forced to the wall with the Milroy Bank when Fred Gilman’s Home Bank at Goodland went under, Fred having “borrowed” SIO,OOO of the St. Paul concern.

Tim Amore of Reynolds was denied a saloon lioense last week because of alleged unfitness, and the anti-saloon element of the township in which Reynolds is located will now try to finish up the work with a blanket remonstrance. If successful, after next October there will not be a saloon on the entire Effner division of Ibe Panhandle road, which is 51 miles in length. It has been generally published over the state that a law passed by the last legislature required township trustees to purchase United States flags to float over each school building in their respective townships. This is a mistake, as they are only required to purchase such flags “when the money there* for shall be donated from any source or by any person or persons.” This also applies to town or city schools. Editor G. W. Riddick of the Winamao Republican, who was arrested a couple of times recently on the charge of making a false affidavit to secure moltgage exemption and on the charge of perjury, was tried in the Pulaski cirouit court this week and acquitted. If, as Riddiok states, the prosecution was without merit and was simply brought by political enemies for revenge, he should never have been arrested. /

Joe O’Connor writes home from Forsyth, Mont., that he likes his work with the railroad construction party, has a good boarding camp and everything is 0. K. They are some 20 miles from Forsyth, in the mountains, and there is lots of game abounding thereabouts. "Bill” Childers is hunting wolves when not at work and will probably make a record hs one of the greatest wolf hunters in that section of the county. Joe didn’t state whether Bill had killed any wolves or not—just said he was hunting them. Nbw suits filed: No. 7166. Charles 8. Nicholas vs. William S. Parks; suit for alienation of affections of plaintiff’s wife, Etta Nicholas. Demand SIO,OOO. This oase grows out of Jhe sen-

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sational disappearance, of Mr. Parks and Mrs. Nicholas from Rensselaer some three years ago, for a few months, and is the second suit for the same amount filed against Parks jn the like grounds, the first one, instituted some two years ago, having been withdrawn by plaintiff before trial, it was generally supposed for a cash consideration, bat this Mr. Parks says is not so, as he never puid him a penny, Nicholas and his wife moved to Hammond Shortly after her return here the sos 1904 bat left him it seems in the fall of 1905 and ik said to have since procured a divorce and remarried again, and with her present husband reside, in Hammond. A firm of Hammond attorneys represent the plaintiff in the action.

NEW NIGHTWATCH ELECTED.

E. n. Thomas Succeeds Lyman Zea. —Other Proceedings of the City Council. . , 4k At the regular meeting of the common council Monday evening all members were present except Councilmen Irwin, who was out of town. The following is a report of the proceeding^: Fire Warden Steward presented his annnal report and for about the the thirty-second time recommended providing garbage boxes to take care of the waste paper proposition, and there is little doubt but they would be a good thing. He also recommended the passage of and the enforcement of an ordinance for the storage of gasoline. Report was approved. Supt. of water and light plant was instructed to order a valve for use of street sprinkler, to be located at northwest corner of public square. A rate of $35 was made to W. F. Smith for water for use in sprinkling for the new street improvements now contracted for.

J. L. Brady was granted permission to use streets for moving a house. Petition of A. H. Hopkins et al, asking that C. B. Steward be reappointed fire warden was favorably acted upon and he was re-ap-pointed as such. f Members of the fire department were allowed $1 each for attendance at the I. N. Warren fire and $2 each for the fire at the depot. True Woodworth was allowed $1.50 for hauling fire apparatus to the former fire. The resolution heretofore adopted for sewer on Cullen and Forest Btreets was modified so as to include only that part north of the Makemself, the parties living south of Makemself, being in a hurry for that part, having already put in same by agreement. Resolution for sewer on College and Vine streets was confirmed, there being no objection to same. Resolution also confirmed for sidewalk on Jefferson street. Resolution for extension of Division and Main street improvement, making same 40 feet wide, with cement ourb, was adopted. This will extend from Washington street, at the Forsythe residence corner, to the north line of railroad right-of-way near depot. May 31 is fixed for hearing objections. . E. M. Thomas was elected nightwatch in place of Lymdn Zea, whose, term expired with Monday night, Thomas receiving all four votes of the counoil.

The following claims were allowed: . CORPORATION FUND. Porter A Krceler, mb. boots. Fire Co..* 3 25 A.F. Look, merchandise..... 8 OS «>•> L. Jones, milk, fever ca5e5........ 2 00 W. S. Parks, salary as marshal. 30 00 Ly“an Zea, same, nlghtwatch 25 00 Ed Miller, rent of house, fever oases . 400 H. L. Gamble, city engineer 21 00 A. B. Kirk, assisting same.... 2 50 John Maoklenberg, same 3 00 » ROAD fund. Chris jSieddle, work on 5ewer.......... *IS John Albertson, 5ame,...., 6 90 John Hordeman, same 4 so J. A. Grant, hauling so Donnelly Bros., grade stakes.. 5 23 Chester Zea, labor for city 25 00 WATKB FUND. a, s oto&Sl’88 KX.BCTRXC LIGHT FUND. C. S.Chamberlain, salary to May 1..1. ho 00 Mel Abbott,same so 00 Dave Haste, same 30 00 O <^? rn .» 1 r ctrl , c 9?" auppUes....v 382 23 Brilliant Electric Co., same 11 08 Federal Electric Co., same 27 70 Q*g»i;al Electric Co., same 23 18 *Co„ lamp Shades 2 82 Shirley Hill Coal Co,, coal. . 145 28 Charley,Smith, work on 1ine............. 8 88 Leslie Clark, light statements...... 150 A. F, Long, mdse, light plant 3 55 Porter* Krcal'cr'mds£ p,ant " *\ 4 Moae Leopold, frajghtT... 104 B Babcock A Hopkins, coal 86 14 Cumw Sr. North, fund. . Moses Leopold, interest paid.... 4 10 1