Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — Page 5

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of laterest to City ud Country Readers. Corn, 550; oats, 40c. Indians State fair next week. J. C. Tbrawle is very sick with the flux. 1 , , v To-night, “Toyland” at Ellis opera house. Sam Feudig was in Chioago on business Monday. Mrs. Luoy Clark is confined to the house by sickness, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartman left Monday for a visit in Fairbury, 111. V Mrs. Wesley Mustard, of Mt; * Vernon, is visiting Mrs. Sylvester Gray. The city tax levies will be made at the council meeting Monday night. The Catholic Parochial school opened Monday with an enrollment of 62. Miss Lennie Lang, of Indianapolis, is visiting relatives here, and at Surrey. The Northwest Indiana M. E. conference is being held at Greenoastle this week. '/ 'Miss Judith Woodward of Ohin cago, is visitipg her cousin, Mrs. S. C. Irwin, this week. Conrad Shaffer, Sr. of the county farm, left Tuesday for a visit with relatives in Illinois. Charles Eller and. Henry Biatz of Hoopeston, 111., visited unole George Mhines here Sunday. <WLynn Babcock, of Otsego county, N. Y., visited here a few days this week with his uncle, F. E. Babcock. Morooco Courier: Miss Martha Parkison of Rensselaer is spending a week with Misses Mary and Edna Kessler, Mrs. J. W. McConnehay and daughter, of Pullman, 111., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Randle. 4al Peters of south of town, ac-. coihpanied his mother to Chicago Monday for a few days visit, both returning Thursday. t George Borntrager, wife and returned Thursday from visit with his mother and sister at Ft. Wayne. 4 Mrs. Linn of Attica, and son Charles of Monts Visti, Cali., are visiting her daughter, Mrs, W. H. Parkison, here this week. Oapt. and Mrs. G. W. Payne havu moved from Monticello into the property which they recently bought and improved here. , Tl young banker arrived at the hofae of Mr. and Mrs. J. J, Hunt Saturday. Mother and babe doing well and Jud as happy as a lark. WMrB. E. H. Shields and daughter, Miss Katie, moved to Brook Wednesday where the latter will teaoh in the town schools this year.

Dr. Miller went to Pierre, So. Dak., Tuesday with the intention of investing in a quarter section of land if he fonnd anything suitable. New subscribers to the Damoocrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 1: Remington, R. R. 3, 1; McCoysburg, 1; Rensselaer, R-R-3,1. irA. J. Harmon shipped nine head sos Poland China and Dnroe Jersey swine to Indianapolis last night for exhibition at the state fair next week, V W. H. Eger let the elevator rope *n his store slip through his hand Wednesday night, burning it severely and causing him a great deal of pain. “The Missouri Girl,” one of the most popular plays ever presented in Rensselaer, will appear again at Ellis opera house next Wednesday night, Sept. 11. sL-Ivan Carson, who has been clerking in the Chicago Bargain Store grocery department, is now clerking in the clothing department of Murray’s store Miss Dollie 8 bock, who has been clerking in the Racket Store for several years, has given up her position and will go to Plymouth to keep house for her brother. . Editor H, J. Bartoo of the Morocco Courier is advertising his paper for sale and it is reported will looate in thb state of Washington if he sells his newspaper plant. . Misses Madeline and Esther Phillips, who have been staying here for the past year, have gone to Minneapolis, Minn., to remain with their mother, Mrs, Louella Brown.

"A Homan Slave,” at Ellis opera house, Monday evening, Sept. 9. . J/Virgil Nowels of Pueblo, Colo., 18 visiting his father, John Nowels north of town. ' Headquarters—School supplies, boys’ and girls’ wearing apparel. Chicago Bargain Store. W. C. Baker of Chicago is visiting his parents, Mr, and Mrs. John S. Baker, of dorth of town, this week. Parr and Pleasant Ridge ball teams orossed bats Sunday and the score was 7 to 6 in favor of the former. r .» ■■ * . . Mr. and Mrs. John Richards of Pontiao, 111., are visiting the family of H. N. Moulds of near MeCoysburg. ■ i The ball game here Saturday between Lowell and Hammond teams, resulted in a score of 1 to 0 in favor-of Lowell. Mrs. Moaroe Banes of South Bend, is visiting Mrs. C. B. Steward and other friends here and dear Parr this week. a ' -MHr. and Mrs. Joe Jeffries returned home Tuesday from a two weeks visit at their old home in Apple Creek and Akron, Ohio. Little John Horton, who suffered a back-set from typhoid fever last week, is now on the mend again and his recovery is assured. Roscoe Ponsler, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ponsler of lola, Kans., returned home Tuesday after a visit with relatives and friends here. W. T. May and family of McComb. Miss., who have been visiting his parents,, James A. May’s of near Wolcott, left Monday for their home.

Eli Arnold, wife and three children of Barkley tp., went to Edmore, Mich,, Monday to visit Mrs. Arnold’s brothef, G. A. Lesh, and family, The merry-go-round has been moved to Mt. Ayr to gather in sheckels at the after harvest festival there, aft r which it will reRensselaer. Walter English, eldest son ot Dr. E. C. English, fell Sunday while running and cut his knee badly on a broken tile, it requiring three stitches lo sew up the wound. Alf Donnelly went to Chicago Monday to visit relatives for a week Alf was seen going home about noon with a yard of bologna and a soup bone, prepared for a week of short rations. Charley Harmon has resigned his position as clerk in the clothing department of the Chicago Bargain Store and will move to Chicago where he has secured a clerkship in the Carson-Pierre Scott & Co. store. “Grandma” Zard, Fritz Zard, wife and son, Mrs. John A, Knowlton and Luther Hemphill, also Ed Cull of near Parr, lbft Tuesday for Mitchell, So. Dak, to visit relatives and perhaps some to buy farms there if pleased with the country. Harry Nichols, an old-time resident of Jasper county and a brother of S. R. and John Nichols and Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Wm. Potts of Barkley tp., died last week at his home in Denver, Colo., aged about 66 years. Advertised Letters: Edd Sharkey, Henry Jay Huntington, Joseph Douglas, Dexter N. Dolton, Mrs. M. Gilligan, Oliver Lampeun, W. E. Sayers, Mrs. Albert Cole, Omar Osborne,Frances O’Donnell, Miss Mollie Orr, Will Laughlin, Will Me.

The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Elliot of northwest of town, died Saturday afternoon of cholera-infantum, after a brief illness. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the residence and interment made in Weston cemetery. Robert Blake, a former resident of Remington and of near Rensselaer, now of Idaville r was operated on for an abcess at a hospital in Wabash recently. The dootors found that he also had canoer of the liver, and no hopes of his recovery are entertained. . . T* Three nieces of Mrs. A. G. W. Farmer spent last week with her. They were Miss Ethel Maoy of Cambridge City, Ind., Miss Nellid Maoy of Columbus and Mrs. R. C. Wuestenberg of. Ohio, whose husband gave two evening entertainments at Fountain Park. Kentland Enterprise: Miss Linnie Spitler of Brook and Albert BwaTtz of Jasper county were granted a marriage license yesterday afternoon and repaired straightway to 'the Presbyterian Manse and were married by Rev. Billman.

Dave McConnehay attended the old settlers meeting at Monticello (Saturday. j George Wilson of Chioago, a college chum of Ted Eger’s visited the latter here a few days this wees. * _ *5 Earl Saidla left Tuesday for North Dakota, Montana and Washington. He expects to spend the winter in the latter statq. Mrs. Alfred Thompson is said to be getting along as well as could be expected from the injuries reoeived from the fall last week. • The 3-year-old daughter of Wm. Ballinger of Kniman, is very siok with spinal meningitis. Very lithopes are entertained of her recovery. Ex-Congressman Hatch of Kentland, is prospecting in the south with the intention of locating either in Oklahoma, Texas or California. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardy and little daughter left Monday for their home in Alva, Okla,, after a few weeks visit with relatives here and at Remington. v 4Miss Gail Daugherty, who has been spending the summer with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Daugherty, left Tuesday for her home in Wyoming.

The mercury still gets down uncomfortably close to the frost point every night, reaching below 50 ° . A heavy frost now would ruin every field of corn in the county. Mrs. Samuel Parker and Conrad Maxwell of Hanging Grove tp., were called to Blackwell, Okla., Tuesdayby theserious conditionof their futher, E. W. Maxwell, who is suffering from appendicitis. m Mrs. John Eger, Misses Mary and Carrie Eger and Mesdames C A. Roberts, I. A. Glazebrook. Van Grant, B. K. Zimmerman and Will Porter went to Lowell Thursday to spend the day with Mrs. Frank Maloy. Burglars have been getting in their work at Lowell. Frank Maloy’s house was among those entered, but Frank, like the printer man, don’t have his dollars lying about loose to tempt dishonest people, and they left bare-handed. Ex-county superintendent L, H. Hamilton, who recently formed a partnership with W. H. Parkison in the practice of law, has decided to give up the law business and has bought an interest in A. L. Branch’s coal, wood and feed business. U. M. Baughman did not get away last week after all, but was in Rensselaer Monday of this week looking after some business matters, returning to Monon in the afternoon and leaving therewith his famiipfor Oklohoma City Tuesday on the early morning train.

Manager Ellis deserves great credit in having succeeded in securing the magnificent production of “Toyland” in its entirety. It is filled with up-to-date music, something that is dazzling and catchy. There is no imitation—everything is original and new. At the opera bouse tonight: • G. A. Strickfaden was ITfcre the first of the week and assisted his family in packing up and moving to Noblesville, where he is now located in the saloon business. Mrs. F. J. Bears has rented and will move into their residence here and B. F. Fendig, the newly married druggist, will occupy the Warren property, vacated by Mrs. Sears. - y George Brooker tried a kind of grain this summer that is not much grown here. It is spelt. He got the seed from North Dakota, and though the crop had not a good chanoe be saya he has 82 bushels from 8 aores. He is so well pleased with it that he will next spring sow all he can find room for.—Pulaski County Democrat. • Wolcott Enterprise: Last week W. F. Crethers purchased the interest of T. H. Robertson in the livery business and has leased the Grimes’ feed barn which he will manage in the future,. While Robertson has disposed of his interest in the livery business, it is his intention to remain in Wolcott and conduot a sale and exchange business at his own barn the same as heretofore. The long-pending case of the trustee of A. .McCoy & Co., the bankrupt bankers, vs. Delos Thompson—-the old Rensselaer Stock Farm matter in which there was an overdraft of some 128,000 and some $24,000 in notes, a total of over $50,000 with interest, etc. — has been set for trial in the Lake cirouit court Oct. 1. W. H. Parkison of Rensselaer and E, B. Sellers of Monticello have charge of the case for the trustee.

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Mrs. F. E. Babcock went to Goodland yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs. S. A. Freelqve, ‘ over Sunday. Miss Edna King, of Winoua Lake, is hejre to spend the winter with her sister, Miss Bessie King, the librarian, and attend high school. In Newton county the total appropriations for county purposes reaches a total of $72,595,36, and the total county levy is but 47.65 cents, or about 18 cents less than Jasper county. Walter Lee, of the G. E. Murray Co., firm, has purchased .an interest in the Hemphill horsestocks business and will devote a part of his time to extending the manufacture and sale of the latter. Rev. Kindig and Jay W. Williams are attending the M. E. conference at Greencastle. It seems to be the general opinion that Rev. Kindig will be returned here for another year. He has been here four years now. Mrs. E. P. Honan and son Edward visited the former’s brother, James Hemphill, in Danville, 111., last week. They were accompanied home by Jim’s little daughter Edna Margaret Hemphill, who \4 visiting them at present. Knox, the county seat of Starke county, has climbed on the water wagon, the remonstrators winning out by the magic 23 majority. Six saloons will be put out of business. Other towns in Pulaski and Starke will attempt to follow suit. The Marion tp., schools will open Monday with the following corps of teachers: Pleasant Ridge W. F. Osborne; James, Fred Tyler; Putts, Anna Luers; .Slaughter, Lizzie Luers; Belle Center, Clare Jessen; Bowling Green, Zelma Rayher; Union, Paul Glazebrook; Wood, Loma Wood.

Manager Ellis has given the theatre-going public some good attractions the past few weeks and has several more good ones booked. Tonight “Toyland” is the attraction and Monday night “A Human Slave” will appear. Both are much above the average seen here and will no doubt draw good houses. _________ Mrs. Littlefield of Remington, and sons Dr. A. H. and Charlie, with the former’s wife and two children, spent Sunday with tbs family of N. Littlefield of Rensselaer. Dr. Littjefield has reoently sold his dental practice at Clarion, lowa, and after a few weeks visit with his mother and brothers here will go to San Diego, Cal., with the intention of spending the winter and perhaps locating peramnently in California.

Spofford, Powell and Cohn’s production of Halton Powell’s greatest play “A Human Slave” will be seen ut the Ellis Opera House on Monday evening, Sept. 9. All lovers of good comedy drama are familiar with the lines of this story, this being its fourth successful season, but the play. never seems to grow old or monotonous. More applications for return dates were had this year than last, proving conclusively that the play pleases and entertains theatre patrons and that the local manager’s beast is made glad by substantial box office receipts. Lots of “crackini' good” specialties are promised this trip ana business here should be capacity.

Morine, the 16 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chisom, died at their home in Englewood yesterday morning at 7 o’clock. The remains were brought here last night for burial. The Mormon elders were here Saturdav'night and Sunday and held meetings on the streets as advertised. Quite a large number of people listened to the singing and their talks, bnt we do not think anyone was converted to the Mormon faith. Mrs. Frank Parker and 1. D. Walker were called to Trafalgar, Ind.,'Thursday by the death of their h’alf-brother, David L.Pritchard, a former resident of this county, who died of typhoid fever, He was 54 years of age and leaves a wife and four children, three of whom are married. Lafayette papers think Tom McCoy will be paroled by the parole board which is in session this week. At the time of going to press we had no report of what the board done in the matter, but as previously stated in these columne, it is not thought a parole will be granted until the cases still pending in the Newton circuit court are gotten rid of.

Through the efforts of W. B. Conkey, head of the big printing plant at Hammond, the Monon will install a 10-ride ticket between Hammond and Chicago for $2.50, good for any passager. They will also put on sale as soon as permitted by the International Commerce Commission, a 2-ride ticket between those two points for 50 cents. The latter ticket can be used both going or as a round trip ticket Mrs. Frank Dewese died at her home in Mt. Ayr Monday night of typhoid fever and other complications, aged 37 years. The remains were brought here for burial yesterday. Deceased was well known here and in Newton tp , where she formerly resided, and her large circle of friends will be pained to learn of her death. She leaves a husband who conducted a restaurant at Mt. Ayr, but no children.

Squire Irwin has been having a rush in the matrimonial business this week, uniting two couples, Jacob C. Sayler to Malinda Saylor (a re-marriage,) both of near Mt. Ayr, and Bert" Laßoche to Goldie Meaoham, both of Rensselaer Wednesday, and Frederick M. Phillips, of Rensselaer to Bessie Sink of Fair Oaks, (daughter of the late John D. Sink) Thursday. The squire regards all of them as rather oritical oases and does not give a guarantee that any of them will stiok.

Benton Review: Mrs. Duhme has placed the management of all her Benton oounty land in the bands of the Lafayette Loan and Trust Co, They are collecting the rent this and have given the tenants notice that the rent next year will be one-half in place of two fifths •as heretofore, and of course any tenant that wants to plant anything but corn and oats will as usual have to pay cash rent. The Duhme land is considered to be the poorest in the country, the polioy of the owners being to rob the land and spend the money in high living. The tenants on this land this year are averaging very small yields, and have all lost money unless a big corn crop and high prices help them out of the hole.

Thos. Driver of Barkley tp,, returned Sunday from his trip to Lewiston, Mich. He was so favorably impressed with the country there that he purchased 80 acres, paying sl2 oO per acre therefor. He unfortunately got mixed up in a bad runaway while there and got kicked on the leg by one of the horses, whioh came near breaking the bone. He is getting along nicely now, however, and expects to go back next week with another party who wants to buy there. Owing to the high price of print pap9r and other material that enters into the making of a newspaper, the Lake County Star announces that its subscription price will be advanced to $1.50 per year. The continual advancing prices of paper and printing material, which has nearly doubled in the past dozen years—and income items more than doubled—is becom* ing a serious matter for newspaper men, and many are advancing the subscription price of their publication to in part cover this great increase in cost of production.

Lake County Star: The north part of the county, where numerous orimes are daily committed, ought to be put under military law, with pickets thrown out around it, and no one allowed tq_@nter or leave without proper credentials, and that is perhaps all the way that territory <sftn be tamed as long as Gary is building. Not until the great work of finishing that city is done can the people be insured of their lives. The inhabitants there admit it is not safe for anybody to getaway from the main parts of the place, especially in the outskirts, where brush and marshes furnish concealment for the pirates. It is not popular, we know, with the grafters who are continually trying to break into the county treasury for anyone to object to any scheme that is presented to spend the people’s. money, but there are numerous instances where objections should be made, and if The Democrat’s frequent urgings that the taxpayers meet and select a non-partison committee to carefully scrutinize every item that is proposed for taking the money out of the treasury and strenuously object to illegal and uncalled for expenditures were heeded, thousands of dollars would be saved to taxpayers of the county each year. So long as the people persist, however, in electing partisan county councils they must do something like the above or suffer the oonsequenoes.

FORTY-TWO ' ACRE FARM FOR SALE. As I contemplate moving to Michigan I will offer my 42 acre farm in Barkley tp., for sale at a very reasonable figure. Has good six room house, good large barn, cribs and other out-buildings, all well painted and in good repair, well tiled and fenced with 300 rods of hog-tight wire, drilled well, wind-mill, seven miles from Rensselaer, gravel road all the way, R. F. D., and telephone, fruit of all kinds and a most desirable well located Thomas Driver, R-R-l. Rensselaer, Ind. j- One o the worst features ot Kidney trouble is that it is an insidiom disease and before the ▼iotim realizes his danger be may hare a fate! malady. first sign of trouble, as it correct# irregalarttiee and prevents Bright's disease and A. F. Long.