Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1907 — Page 5

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Reeders. Corn, 48c; oats 38c. Excursion to Chicago to-morrow; 5i.25 for the the round trip, The Makeever House is resplendent in a new coat of paint. Miss Ura Sanders of Bloomington, Ind., is visiting friends here. The Rensselaer schools will begin the first Monday in September. x Verne Shook left Monday for Spokane, Wash., on a prospecting trip. The Farmers Bank of Morocco has absorbed the Citizens Bank of . Hi at place. ’*’wJohn Ramp is visiting his sister, Mrs. Nicholas Krull, at Kentland this week. Gladys Henderson of Hot Springs, Ark-, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Geo. Goff. Goodland Herald: A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Simonin last Wednesday. Advertised Letters: Miss Marie Weston, Loren Foster, Mrs. Gertrude Hall, Ernest Meloner. Mrs. Arthur Barnes of Rockford, 111., visited her sister, Mrs. J. J. Montgomery here several days last week. Mrs. W. B. Austin and daughter, Mrs. Roy Shayne of Chicago visited relatives and friends here this week. E. A. Bartoo and daughter Gertrude of Remington were Rensselaer visitors Tuesday, coming over in their auto. Mrs. Bessie Parker returned Saturday from an extended visit with relatives in Kansas and Indian Territory.

Mrs. D. H. Patton of Woodward, Okla,, visited tbe families of N. S. Bates and A. J. Bellows a few days last week. Thomas Driver of Barkley tp., went to Chicago Tuesday to spend a few days visiting bis children who reside there. W. A. Rinehart of Queen City, Mo., was here last Friday as an on-looker at the sheriff’s site of his wife’s McCoysburg land. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Devil’s Lake, No. Dak,, 1; Geneva, Ind., 1; Rensselaer, R-R-l, 1. Christte Vick moved Monday from the Spitler tenant bouse on Weston street,into John Bislosky’s property on South River street. Misses Alice Bates and Mary Porter left Monday for a two weeks’ vacation at “The Shades,” a summer resort near Crawfordsville.

Wonder if those “Bogue Island” outlaws have not broken loose again in Newton county and are running off fine horses as in days of yore? Mr. and Mrs. Deleoust of Miama, Fla., are here for their annual summex visit with the latter’s father, Patrick Hal lagan, northeast of town. feSJMr. and Mrs. John Macy and iMittle daughter of Indianapolis, t visited here with the former’s ’ mother, Mrs. John Makeever, several days this week. A few farmers have been cutting their oats this week, but most of them have* been busy getting their haying done and will •begin on oats next week. One of the young lady clerks in a Rensselaer store is said to have been wearing a diamond ring the past few days, and her friends infer that she will Bail(er) away on the matrimonial sea ere long. 3 Leonard Rhoades was awarded >ninth place in his Prisoo lantern 'display which he recently had in the Rhoades hardware display window, and received a 125 check as a prize. Mr. and Mrs. A- K. Sayler and daughter of Newton tp., left Saturday on a prospecting trip to Big Rapids, Mich., and if pleased with the country will pVobably buy _Ad locate near there later. E. P. Honan and son Edward went to Chicago last Saturday where they will visit a couple of weeks and then go to St. Paul, Minn., with Mr. Honan where he gaffill attend the C. O. F. convention. .’. H. B. Murray, carrier on rural route No. 4, has just bought a fine new up-to-date carrier wagon. It is one of the lightest mail wagons built and is very conveniently arranged for the handling of maif and supplies.

Miss Manda Hoyes of Monticello visited her mother here this week, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Miller returned last Friday from their visit near Rushville and at Lake Winona. Company M was expected to return home last evening from the 1.. N. G. encampment at Indianapolis. Mrs. James Mead and two children of Hammond are visiting her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. CKrke. \Ray Wood returned Wednesday evening from his several months’ stay in- Tombstone, Arizona. He is looking well. Miss Leah Knox left yesterday morning for a week’s visit at Winona Lake. She was accompanied by her little sister Lucille. ' Mrs. Laidlaw of Cincinnati, 0., is visiting Mrs. E. D. Rhoades and daughter, Mrs. Radcliff, she being a sister-in-law of the latter. Henry Hildebrand was down from Chicago a few days this week to see his father-in-law, John Kellner, who has been sick for the past six months.

Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth, and Mrs. W. B. Austin of Chicago entertained a large number of lady friends here at the summer home of the former last Friday afternoon. Monticello Journal: Jesse Crowell, who has had charge of the Lowe grocery store, will go to Rensselaer and enter into partnership with his brother Richard in a cigar factory. John Casey of Fair Oaks left at this office a few days ago, a liberal sized sample of potatoes and onions grown in his garden, and they are eertainly the largest and best we have seen this year. A new band of twenty pieces, with new instruments, has been organized at Medaryville, and will be known as the Modern Woodmen Band, and be controlled by the M. W. A. lodge of that place. Hiram Day, who with his gang of plasterers has been working at Gary all season, is now here plastering the Elizer Sage house in Newton tp., and the A. F. Long, D. M. Worland and J. C. Porter residences in town. John Merritt of the grocery department of the Chicago Bargain Store, is taking a two weeks’ vacation. and with his wife is visiting his brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forbes, at East Chicago this week. Next week they will visit his parents in Remington.

Farmers are still having a strenuous time in getting their work done between showers. The continued rains—either every day or every few days since the 4th—and the extreme hot weather is also causing potatoes to start to rotting badly, it is said, to add to this season’s woes of the farmer. Newton County Enterprise: Ed. Armold. whose horse was stolen from the hitchrack in Kentland a week ago Sunday night, has gotten no clew of the lost property and perhaps never will. The organized band of horse thieves now operating in northern Indiana has a faculty of getting successfully away with their plunder. Uncle James Maloy came down from Steeger, 111., Monday for an extended visit and may remain here permanently. He likes it here much bettor than at Steeger and would like to make his home here permanently, but it is difficult for Mrs. Maloy to leave her son Bernie’s children and he does not want to be parted from them by having her bring them down here to live. Dr. Horton has sold a part of his ground fronting on Washington street, just east of Roth Bros.’ butcher shop, to Roth Bros, who expect to build a butcher shop thereon some time in the future. The plat sold is 20x150 and is now covered by the express office, Hollan’s shoe shop, and a portion of the Vick fruit store. The buildings are of little value. The price paid for the ground was |3,750.

. O. A. Powers has just closed a very successful sale here of Colorado horses, Percheron stock, and left Sunday for his home in Panama, N.Y., for a ten days’ visit, when he will return with a carload of milch cows which he -will sell out here. He then expects to go to Colorado and bring in another carload of horses. Mr. Powers was accompanied to New Yorkby J. M. Knapp’s ten-year-old son Lawrence, who will visit there several weeks.

Mrs. J. W. Horton returned home Saturday from Muncie, where she had be.en in attendance at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Moles, who was buried last Friday. Deceased was about 72 years of age and was the widow of Rev. Moles, who resided in this county several years ago.

Another horse was stolen from a bitchrack at Kentland last Monday night. It belonged to Will Armold, whose brother had a horse stolen under like circumstances a few weeks ago. No trace of the animal has been found. The horse was a large sorrel valued at 1150, and was bitched to an old buggy of little value.

O. B. Engle, a Monon freight conductor, while attempting to kick a coupling pin down Ketween two freight cars last Friday, got his foot badly mashed by the car bumpers coming together. Dr. Washburn and Charlie Chamberlain took the injured man in an auto to Francesville where bis parents reside, after having dressed his foot.

The deeply interesting story, “The Conquest of Canaan,” which has been running in this paper for some time, ends with this issue. Before taking up another serial we shall run a series of short detective stories of an up-to-date character that our readers will find very interesting. The first installment of these stories will appear soon. Watch for it.

Since the almost universal sentiment of the better class of people has become arrayed against the socalled street fair or carnival and it has become difficult for carnival companies to get permits to show in towns and cities, a new name has been devised by the sporty element who flourish during such affairs, and they are being called “home comings.” Generally they seem to be the same old carnival under a less foul smelling name.

E. P. Honan has been selected as a member of the committee on constitution of the Catholic Order of Foresters International Convention. This committee meets in Chicago next Monday and continues in session all week. The members rre paid $lO per day and expenses, and it is quite an honor also. The following Monday Mr. Honan, * accompanied by Mrs. Honan, and son Edward, will go to St, Paul, Minn., to attend tbe regular international bi-ennial meeting to which he is a delegate from this state.

W. J, Imes returned last Thursday evening from his trip to Saratoga, N. Y., where he attended the big Knight Templar conclave. He also visited Lake George and took the daylight trip down the Hudson from Albany to New York City, where he spent the most of his time with relatives. Returning be came via Baltimore and Washington. Mrs. Imes remained in New York for a longer visit. While he bad a very nice visit, yet traveling at this season with the mercury away up in tbe nineties is not really as pleasant as it might be, and a thousand mile continuous ride by rail wears one out almost completely.

GIRL AND GOSSIP.

And now the summer girl flits on ths scene With smiling face and,. incidentally. Some dainty and bewildering lingerie And pretty gowns, pink, heliotrope and green And blue and all the shades that go between. AU through the day she wields a wondrous power ----- On tennis court, the bathing beach and lawn. And gay young men Improve the shining hour To pay due homage ere the chance is gone. Sweet is the maiden in her love of glee. And, though full many a covert glance doth warn. She counts her conquests, one and two and three. ••*• • e « « Behold the gossip as she sits and knits And tears that poor girl’s morals into bits' —Laurana W. Sheldon in New York Times.

First Beggar—What’s that paper you’ve got? Second Beggar—List of places where there’s a lack of workmen. First Beggar—You craxy? We won’t go near such places! Second Beggar—Chump! That’s why I got it!—Fllegende Blatter.

EDITORS AT FRENCH LICK.

Have a Delightful Time Despite the Torrid Weather. The Indiana Democratic Editorial Association met at French Lick last Thursday for its midsummer meeting, as guests of the national democratic chairman, Thomas Taggart, at the big French Lick Springs Hotel. It is needless to say that the entertainment was on a grand scale and everybody had a good time, except for the intense heat. The banquet Friday evening was one of the most sumptuous ever given at this popular hotel. Beginning at 8:30 p. m., it was after 1 a. m., when the speech-making was all over and the pen-pushers sought repose. There were about 300 in attendance at the banquet, and the president of the Carroll County Citizen-Times, acted as toast-mas-ter. Talks were made by President Crampton; B. F. Loutbain of the Logansport Pharos; Geo. S. Pleasants of the Vevay Democrat; Clay Metzger of the Plymouth Democrat; Frank Haimbough of the Muncie Press; Major G. V. Menges, John W, Kern, Samuel Ralston, Congressman Adair of the Eighth district, Michael Ryan, Dan Sims and others.

The fine large flag offered by President Crampton to the district having the greatest turn out of democratic editors at this meeting was won by the Eighth district, every democratic editor in the district being on hand. Saturday night a fine musical and vaudeville entertainment whs given in the handsome lobby of the hotel for the visitors, most of whom left for; their homes Sunday morning, although a few remained over until Monday. The editors all voted Mr. Taggart a royal host and thanked, bi m profusely for the splendid entertainment provided for them. Frank J. Reed, G. P. &T. A. of the Monon railroad also came in for a generous vote of thanks for courtesies extended the visiting editors over his road. French Lick is improving a great deal and several more large hotels have been erected in the past few years, although the “big hotel,” as the big French Lick Springs Hotel is called, is still far in the lead and this company of which Mr. Taggart is president have probably a million or two millions of dollars invested there in buildings and grounds, and are still beautifying the place. While the gambling casinos at West Baden and French Lick—both of which were conducted independent of the hotels and were in buildings some distance from them but on the hotel grounds — are now a thing of the past, it is said that the closing of them has been a real benefit to the hotels and that a different class of people are coming there, and they were never doing as much business or making the money they are now. None of the hotels have bars connected with them and there are but three saloons in French Lick at present. The last of these will close in October, when the town will go “dry” via the remonstrance route. That French Lick is a beautiful place and the fame of its Pluto waters are becoming known over the entire world is a matter of common knowledge to those who have been there and have seen the carloads of bottled Pluto being shipped from the big bottling house to the distributing points in the large cities, from whence it is sent all over the civilized world. And it is destined to continue to grow in popularity and bring annually thousands of dollars into Indiana and a section of country that is really not of much importance as a farming section. Our advice to people of this section who go there either for their health or recreation, is to avoid the hot Bummer months. Of course there are thousands of people there now, but a great part of them are from the south, people who are used to a warmer climate, and being in a basin of the bills and the hills covered with timber, it does get mighty hot there. It is said that a greater business is done at many of the hotels in the winter than in the summer.

LAW FOR AUTOMOBILES.

The Democrat has been asked to again publish a synopsis of the law governing the running, etc., of automobiles, in this state. Few people seem to be at all posted on the law, and we herewith give a brief synopsis of same. The law in full as amended will be found on pages 558, 559, 560, 561, Acts of 1907. Speed:—ln business section of towns and cities not greater than 8 miles per hour;* 15 miles an hour in other portions of towns;

Better Than Sherlock Holmes-—New York Tribune Martin Hewitt Investigator BY ARTHUR MORRISON Author of "The Green Diamond, ” "The Red Triangle,” etc. ILLUSTRATED BY PARKER We have secured for our m ] columns a series of brilI liant stories in which the deepest mysteries are unravelled and the shrewdest criminals caught by a detective so gentlemanly in his manner and so mod9 est ’ n s utterances that Fhe never offends. 1 ■ Vs Martin Hewitt, a law k clerk who has been suc■pttp * cessful in obtaining evidence in difficult cases, ■RJK ’ decides to set up for him- -• «' z self as a P” va t e detective. JjyL ■ J y The details of some of his wl i most extraordinary and jgW'A bA / successful cases related to 'y one of his friends, a newspaper man, have been woven into the fascinatTories which we are s'/' £°i n l» to print in our cols' umns. / /yr / Appeal strongly to all lov77ie man went over like a skittle. m °i good detective stories.—Afew York San. The gifted detective has a most pleasing personality.— Philadelphia Press. Watch for Martin Hewitt. His Appearance in This Paper Means a Feast for All Who Relish Stories of Mystery

20 miles an hour outside municipalities; never at a speed greater than x is reasonable and proper, having regard to the use in common of the streets and highways and not to endanger life or limb of any person. Upon approaching a bridge, dam, curve, steep descent, crossing of highway, etc., machine must be under control and at reasonable and proper speed, with regard to the safety of traffic and the public. The Highway Rules—Operator must, on meeting anyone riding, leading or driving a horse or other farm animals, not run faster than 6 miles per hour when passing such, and upon request or signal by putting up the band from tbe person or persons so met (if in sufficient light for such signal to be perceptible) immediately bring machine to a stop and remain stationery as long as may be reasonable to allow them to pass; and on request must furnish such aid as may be necessary in passing. Upon overtaking persons leading, driving or riding a horse or other farm animals, practically tbe same rule applies. Tbe machine must be reduced in speed on signal as above and before passing allow a reasonable time for such animal or animals to be lead or driven to the side of the road. The driver of the horse, etc.,' must drive to tbe right on the approach of any auto so as to give it one-half of tbe traveled highway, and the auto driver must do tbe same. Drivers of automobiles and other motor vehicles (except motorcycles) must have their registered number displayed both in front and rear of machines, so as to be plainly visible, etc. Section 5 provides a penalty of not more than SSO for the first conviction of any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of the act; not more than SIOO for tbe second offense, and not more than S2OO for a third or subsequent offense.

Slang In Business.

Illustrations of the disadvantage of cultivating local vernacular and slang in one’s language are sometimes brought sharply home to business men, as was the case In a letter received the other day by a New York firm from one of their correspondents in the far east, which read in part as follows: “Will you kindly send us a modern dictionary of American language, as We are unable to understand some of the phrases in your letters? Writing on the —th ultimo, you say, for instance: ‘Do riot let Messrs. hand you a lemon in this deal. If they try It on pitch one Cor fair right over the plate to Mr. , and if he foozles cable for a solar plexus.’ The terms used are foreign to us, and we entirely fait to comprehend their significance.”—Shipping Illustrated.

She Knew a Cocktail.

Lieutenant 8., just arrived from duty in the Philippines, came eastward to New York with his wife, picking up en route their twelve-year-old daughter, who had been left with a friend during their absence. The little one had fallen asleep, and as the train was nearing the Grand Central station her parents fell to discussing the hotel question. “Well, as we shall only remain one night,” said Mrs. 8., “I vote for the Manhattan.” The couple were suddenly electrified by their little girl's sitting up and in drowsy tones inquiring: “Oh, mamma, may I have the cherry?"—Philadelphia Ledger.

The Stolen Ham.

A darky was walking along South street, Philadelphia, carrying a large ham on his shoulder, when he was accosted by a big policeman, who exclaimed gruffly: “Say, there, you black rascal, where did you get that ham?” The darky looked around and, seeming to be very much surprised at bls possession of the ham, said, “Who put dat 'ere ham on mah shoulder?”— —Judge’s Library.

Real Stop Watch.

“Hold on there!’ shouted the old farmer, looking at his watch. “Yeou be violating the speed laws of this caounty.” < “What do you know* about our speed?” retorted the angry chauffeur. “You haven’t a stop watch.” “Haven’t a stop watch? Why, by gum, this watch stops every two or three minutes. Only paid 89 cents for it, neighbor.”—Chicago News.

When It Becomes a Personal Loss.

“George, the cook has gone.” “Let her go. I never liked her.” “But she took all my currant Jelly and both my best tablecloths.” “Oh, det her go.” “And she carried off the recipe for waffles you like so well.” “What’s that? Which way did she go? Why didn’t you call the police?”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Hope.

“Do you think,” he asked her younger sister, “there Is any hope for mW I have tried four times to persuade her to say yes, but she always puts me off. I shall not care to live If she finally refuses me." “Hope on, Charley. She may keep putting you off, but she’s busy getting stuff for her wedding outfit.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

How Ho Catches Them.

“How does It happen that you are retained in so many divorce cases?” “Well,” replied the lawyer, “seeing that you are not in my line. I’ll tell you. I look over the marriage licenses every morning and send my card around to the contracting parties.”— Judge.

What Ho Wanted.

“You say this man stole your coat,” said the magistrate. “Do I understand that you prefer charges against him?" “No, yer honor,” replied the complainant; “I prayfer th’ coat if it’s all the same t* ye, sor.”—Houston Poet