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

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Reader*. Corn, 56c; oats, 44c. Walter Porter is visiting relatines in Kansas. Clyde Comer was at Winchester, Ind., on business this week. Simon Phillips is visiting his daughters in Fowler .this week. Ora Cain of Billings Mont., is visiting his brother Charles, south of town. EL F. Parker, the photographer, has traded bis gasoline launch for an automobile. Ed Warren and Frank Norman were up at Cadalac, Mich., on business this week. Miss Mary Michaels of Marion, is here for a week’s visit with relatives and friends. Simon Leopold moves Francesville this week, where he is engaged in the clothing business. Mrs. Geo. Terwilleger of east of town went to Illinois Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends. A little more rain fell Wednesday afternoon, “for a change,” and quite a shower came Thursday morning. Misses Edith and Mary Miller of Winona Lake are visiting the family of their brother, Dr. Miller, here this week. Mrs. Turner Merritt and daughter Maude of Remington, visited the family of the former’s son, John Merritt, here Wednesday. S. L. Luce, former trustee of Keener tp., is preparing to move to Whiting, Ind., where he will engage in the undertaking business. “Mr? Clyde M. Burris of Hanging Grove tp., and Miss Dora E. Price of Barkley tp., 'were united in marriage Monday by Squire Irwin; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Branch, who have been spending the summer here with their son A. L. Branch, left Tuesday for their home in Stockton, Cali. Father George Held man of the Indian school delivered the address at the laying of the corner stone of a new Catholic church at Kakomo last Sunday. Mr. Lemuel Hammerton and Miss Ada Elder, both of this city, will be married tomorrow evening at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Elder. Mr. and Mrs. Harrod of Scott county, and Mrs. Malissa Gudgel of Jefferson county are visiting the family of the former’s son, Wm. Harrod of near Aix, this week. Ernest Stewart, who was employed here at one time in Wood’s jarber shop, died at the home of iis adopted parents in Brookston ast Sunday of consumption, aged 33 years. Miss Anna Sample, a former resident of Rensselaer and for some time an employe of the telephone office here) was married last week at her home in Pueblo, Colo., to Proctor K. Brown, a Pueblo grocer. Miss Emma Clager has gone to Lisbon, No. Dak., to attend thd wedding of Miss Lizzie Brown and Mr. Nelson G. Liane, a young farmer of near that place. She will visit there a couple of weeks before returningGorrell & Son of the Pulaski County Democrat, have added a standard linotype to their printing Slant this week. This is a luxury lat few country papers can afford, and we want to congratulate them on this evidence of their paper’s prosperity. There will be a big meeting of Second District democrats at Bloomfield, Green county, next Wednesday. Hon. W. J. Bryan will be there and address the meeting and there will also by> prominent democrats present from all over the state. Harris & Harmon sold Fritz Zard’s farm of 120 acres north'east of town Monday to Bert Amsler for 112,500, or about 1105 per acre, and Tuesday Mr. Zard and A. J. Harmon left for Mitchell, So. Dak., where he expects to purchase a larger farm. ■ ■! "" Tom Huston was down from Roselawn Thursday. The frost last week did not even kill tomatoes there and the big rain of Tuesday night never touched them. But they got a big rain recently and the Roselawn saloons are running full blast, so there is no dnouth up in that locality.

Dr. Hartzel was up in Windon, Minn., several days this week on business. ' ■ Miss Jeanette Newton of Indianapolis, is visiting relatives here for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Wash Lowman and daughter Dora left Tuesday for Paris, Tenn., to visit relatives. The new patterns in Hart Sbaff* ner & Marx dress suits, at the G, E. Murray Co. are swell. Miss Nellie Grant has returned from a few months visit with relatives in East Liverpool, Ohio. J. P. Harriott, who is attending a dental college in Chicago, visited relatives in Union tp.,a few days this week, Advertised Letters: Mrs. Chas. Greenlee, Millie Milles, J. Clouse, Mrs. Frank Reddy. James Nixon, John Deen. Miss Nellie Coen Jof Cleveland, Ohio, returned home Wednesday after a several days visit with relatives here. Rowles & Parker want to see you at their cloak and suit opening Wednesday, Oct. 9. All garments delivered. B. 8. Fendig attended the K. of P. Grand Lodge meeting at Indianapolis this week as delegate from the Rensselaer lodge. Jay W. Williams the furniture dealer, is now able to sit up after bis few weeks sickness, but it will be some days yet before he can get up town. R. 8. Parr of Indianapolis, who has been visiting the family of his nephew, Wm. Gratner of Barkley tp., for a couple of weeks returned home Tuesday. Messrs. C. E. Newell and A. 8. Newell and families of Logansport are visiting their uncle, Smith Newell and family of Barkley tp., a few days this week, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott of Muncie, 11l , returned home Wednesday after a few days visit, with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis, west of town. Grant Culp of Carpenter tp., was in the city Thursday advertising a big mule sale which be will bold at Remington next Wednes-I day. See adv. elsewhere in this paper. 'J. O. Haskell of Bluffton was here a few days this week looking after business matters and visiting his brother Frank, He says the frost did considerable damage in his locality. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schafer, southwest of town, died Wednesday of bowel trouble. Its age was about twenty months. Funeral was held yesterday afternoon. Ed Oliver, the Newland real estate agent, has sold three farms near Newland this week, two eighties and 140. The purchasers were from Boone and Tipton counties and will move on the farms in the spring. Mrs. John Spangle of Chetopa, Kan., is visiting old friends here this week. Her busband, who died about a year ago, was engaged in the merchant tailoring business in Rensselaer a quarter of a century ago. Mesdames. A. Oppenheimer, C. Kaufman, A. Kirch, H. Taber, A. Specter, M. Rothschild, F. Cohn, L. Wolf and A. Jackson of Hammond and East Chicago, were guests of A. Leopold and family Wednesday. Postmaster W. E. Peck of Remington has been appointed district' deputy by K. of P. Grand Chancellor Gass, and Postmaster H. A. Strohm of Kentland is appointed chairman of the committee on mileage and per diem. The vault and heating apparatus in the former Long drug store building is practically completed for the Jasper Savings & Trust Co , Bank which will be moved into same as soon as the changes are made in the room. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery left Sunday for a two weeks visit, Jack to go to New York, Baltimore, Washington andotfier points in the east as well as the Jamestown exposition, and Mrs. Montgomery to visit relatives in Madison, Wis. Lowell Tribune: James Flynn who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. H, V. Weaver tfnd family here for several days, went to Chesterton Sunday evening where with his son-in-law, Cal Nichols, he will engage in the milling business again: he having lately sold his milling business at Rensselaer. His son resides at Chesterton.

No work at all has been done on the stone roads since last Friday on account of the wet weather. . Delos Thompson was at Lima, Ohio, a few days the first of the week, where his string of race horses are. Mrs. Needham of Dublin, Ind., mother of Miss Jeanette Needham, a former teacher in the Rensselaer schools, is visiting Mrs. Mary Kan* nal' and other friends here this week. The Democrat is requested to announce that parties interested in the Egypt cemetery in Jordan tp., will meet there Tuesday, Oct. 15, for the purpose of cleaning up said cemetery. The Emonds ditch, which starts near the line of Milroy tp., this county and empties into the Hoagland ditch in White county, was ordered established by the White circuit court Wednesday. The remonstrators have given notice that they will appeal to the supreme court. B. J. Gifford met the New York Central people at Chicago this week by appointment and be was practically sure the sale of his railroad to them would be definitely closed at this meeting. At thebourof going to press the Democrat bad not been able to learn the result of the conference. John Eiglesbach will occupy the brick cottage of Dr. I. M. Washburn’s near the creamery bridge, as soon as the doctor moves into the G. E. Marshall residence property on East Washington street, which he recently purchased and is having repapered ard repaired before occupying same. Mrs. R. Young of Wakefield, England, is here for a week or ten days’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. Hester Hoyes. This is Mrs. Young’s first visit to America. She is a sister of Samuel Rogers of Frankfort, whom she has been visiting, also relatives in other sections of this country. Two saloons at Kentland will go out of business Nov. 4, when the whole southern part of Newton county will be dry. The connseats of Benton, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski and White, all adjoining counties, and all in the northwestern part of the state, are now with' 1 - out saloons or will be as soon as present licenses expire in Newton and Pulaski, while practically all the principal towns in these five counties are now dry or soon will be. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Armstrong of Michigan City visited relatives and friends in and about Rensselaer for the past week. Mr. Armstrong was formerly employed by the McCoys on their McCoysburg farm, but for several years has been superintendent of the prison farm at Michigan City. He states that Tom McCoy is still down with his broken leg aud will not get np for some days yet. The 1 limb was broken a little above midway between the knee and hip joint. The dredge is now throwing out rock on the river ditch at a fair rate and is nearly to the bend where it turns north, near the west side of the ball park. Its working can now be seen from the Washington street bridge. Mr. Moore, the rock blasting contractor, has received his rope net and is at work blasting south of above named bridge. It seems to prevent the rock from flying from the blasts, and it is not probable any more damage will result from this source. The funeral of Joshua Andrus, of Kniman, father of Mrs. John O’Connor of Rensselaer, was held last Saturday and interment mad< at his old home in Lake Village, Newton county. His aged wife who was very sick with pneumonia at the time of his death was not appraised of her husband’s death. Sheriff O’Connor was notified Thursday morning by Mrs. O’Connor that Mrs. Andrus was sinking and he went up there at once. Practically no hopes are enter* tained for her recovery, although; she was still alive yesterday morning. Extra stock of cloaks for the opening days and special low prices. Wednesday, Oct. 9th to Saturday, Oct, 12. Chicago Bargain Store. The patterns and quality in cotton and wool bed blankets at the G. E. Murray Co. is very pleasing. You must see them before you buy, See the new 50 inch black Kersey coat, fancy trimmed in braid, front and back, worth $9.50, for $5.00. Cloak opening daysWednesday, Oct. 9, to Saturday, Oct. 12. Chicago Bargain Store.

YE POET TURNS LOOSE

Yea, and He Singeth of Wreck Wrought by Feminine Headlights. FOR THE YOUNG MEN SAW THEM And Lo They Were Bewitched from T*elr Duty and Much Low Hath Taken Place. Elwood, Ind., Oct. 2. —The wrecking crew of the Lake Erie and Western railroad tolled late at night picking uj; an engine and several cars that left the track at the Jay Grain company's elevator here. The engine and care were ditched by- two smile-illumined faces and four laughing eyes. Ye Poet Taketh Hold. Two Elwood girls went out for a walk, and fair of face were they; so fair, indeed, that theswitchlng crew was com. pletely carried away. The switching crew forgot its toil and gave no heed to a switch that lay open there before them and dumped the train in the ditch. The Elwood maids, as was said before, had gone for a little walk, and when thq switchmen saw them they began to grin and gawk. The maidens smiled and the switchmen smiled, aud the engine rumbled on with never a fear of drawing near tlie elevator’s lawn. Groweth Warm on His Subject. The maidens cast their glances sweet to tlie switchmen on the cars and the switchmen fairly danced with glee and whispered: “Ain’t they stars?” But alas, and alack! the railroad track was net of the lovelorn style, for tlie cars soon jumped and quickly dumped the whole blamed train in' a pile« The switch wasn’t closed as the men sup-, posed, and it proved to the crew uncouth that the adage is straight that as sure as fate “true love she don’t run smooth.” And now the boys of the switching crew have got to tell the boss how four bright eyes made them hit the ties and cause such an awful loss. ’ But Droppeth Again Into Praise. The division superintendent will come to Elwood at once to investigate tlie cause of the wreck. The switching crew readily admits that it was tlie sight of the girls that caused them to forget to close the switch that runs into the Jay Grain company’s ele vator.

TOWNSHIP ALL IN THE FAMILY Everybody There Is Belated to Everybody Else—One Feature of the Situation. Columbus, Ind., Oct 2.-—The circuit court officials are trying to figure ord the relationship of everybody in Flatrock township, this county. It is sa’J that every family in tlie township is more or less kin to every other family, and for a long time it has been difficult to obtain members of election boards in Clifford, a small town in that township, because every resident in the town was related to some of the candidates.* The most recent trouble over relationship came when Albert Reed filed a petition for a public drain in Flatrock township. Several names were appended to the petition, and it was filed in the circuit court under the new drainage law r . Some time later Edward Lortz and several of his friends and neighbors also tiled a petition for a public drain in the township. The drainage commission of this county is composed of County Surveyor Right" and William # Moffett, but in every case where this commission has to serve, the court has to name a third man. Judge Haeker appointed Lewis Aiken, a resident of the township, but he had to be removed from his position beeadse It was found that he was related to some of the petitioners. Joseph Andrews was then appointed and he had to decline to serve after he had started on the work because it was found that he was also related to some of the interested persons. John Dodd has now been appointed and a careful study is being made of the petitioners to see if Dodd is related to any of them. If he is, another man will have to be chosen.

Deserted by His Mistress. Bloomington. Ind., Oct. 2. —The final trouble that broke dowp Thomas Jaddis, who killed the whitecaps* leader. Jesse Robinson, one week ago, came When.he was notified that his supposed girl wife had deserted him. He broke down completely and said that he had lost his last friend. They never were married* She took the children with her.

Why He Always Woje His Hat. Owensville, Ind., Oct. 2.—Word has been received here announcing the death of Jesse Garrett at Bremerton. Wash. He was 72 years old. During the thirty years In which he lived here Garrett was never known to take off his hat except In bed. He was bald and sensitive about it

Mormon Elders Egged. Anderson, Ind., Oct 2. —Seven Mormon elders, who had sought converts to their faith in the vicinity of Fortville, for several days, were egged while boarding a traction car. Fetch on Your “Punpklns.” Elwood. Ind., Oct. 2.—Orville Longer?. _ ig, 2702 East Main street is exhibiting a pumpkin that measures sis feet and fourteen Inches in clrcumfer Cnee and weighs 310 pounds.

The Garden Spot of Indiana Buy a Farm There While You Can Several thousand acres of land yet for sale in the “Gifford District” of Jasper county. Many of the farms are well improved with good. buildings and the crops are there to show for themselves. Will sell on easy terms. Call on or write to me at once if you want to get a farm in this garden spot of the state before prices of land double. Also have other lands for sale in Indiana and other states. ED. OLIVER, Newland, - - „ - Indiana.

RE JOINS HER HUSBAND

Widow of General Lew Wallace Has Also Passed to the .Other Shore. STAYED BEHIND ABOUT A YEAR Had Been 11l for Some Time—Sequel of a Sensational Elopement —lndiana Items.

Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 3. Mrs. Susan E. Wallatw, widow of General Lew Wallace, the distinguished general and statesman and author of “Ben Hur,” is dead at her home in this city Tuesday night, following an Illness of little more than three weeks. The end was calm and peaceful. The members of her immediate family and the two trained nurses were with her when tlie end came. She would have been 77 years old had she lived until next Christmas Day. Will Rest Beside Her Husband. Although definite arrangements for tlie funeral have not been made, the services will be held at the Wallace home in this city some time Friday. Mrs. Wallace will be buried in beautiful Oak Hill cemetery, near Crawfordsville, beside her distinguished hus band. Mrs. Wallace's illness dates back to last June when she suffered an attack of pneumonia. ’Three weeks ago Mrs. Wallace suffered a severe attack. which the physicians pronounced oedema of the heart. This attack came on Saturday night, Sept. 7, and it was thought then that she could not survive the night. Daughter of a Pioneer. With Mrs. Wallace when she died were Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Wallace. Mrs. Lane. Colonel Elston, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Eva Millen, Dr. H. W. Ristine, tlie famidy physician aud the trained nurses. Mrs. Wallace’s maiden name was Susan Elston. She was the fourth child of Colonel and Mrs. Isaac E. Elston, pioneer residents of Crawfordsville. She was born here on Christmas Day in 1836 and would have been 77 years of age had she lived until Dec. 25 of this year. General Lew Wallace, her husband, died about a yeaj ago. She Was Counted Three Years. Mrs. Wallace first met Lew Wallace Immediately after the Mexican war. After a courtship of three years, they were married May (5, 1852. Although Wallace had lived at Crawfordsville previous to their marriage, and bad attended Wabash college, he was living in Covington when he was mar ried. and there they continued to live until 1853, when they moved to Craw - fordsville, where Wallace began the practice of the law.

DEATH KN DS THEIR ROMANCE Had Mach Trouble Getting Married and in a Few Months the Husband Dies. Columbus, Ind., Oct. 3. —Nathan Aybuckle, aged 23 who figured in a sensational elopeinent April 23 last; when he wedded Miss Ella Thomas, daughter of Luke Thomas, a wealthy farm er, is dead of typhoid fever. Mrs. Arbuckle’s parents never forgave him for marrying their daughter and had never been in bis home* on the Mineral Springs farm since their marriage. Miss Thomas and Arbuckle were three days trying to get married and during that time the bride remained at the home of Arbuckle's parents. As her parents objected to the marriage no minister here would marry them, and being unable to even obtain a rig they walked from Azalia to Elibazethtown, where they took the train to Indianapolis and were married. Thomas warned the county clerk not to give his daughter a license, but she was of nge and demanded it. Got in Front of a Trolley. Shelbyville, Tnd., Oct. 3. Roy Fisher, who lives near Acton, was badly injured by an interurban car, just out of Indianapolis. Fisher was driving a horse and was on his way home when the car struck him. The horse escaped injury, but the wagon was demolished. ■

WnVv I nV ... 11l fjl W ft 111 sls / That’s what this coat will cost you. It looks fine now —so do other new coats. The one thing that makes this coat worth even more than we ask is that \ It will keep on looking handsome v That’s where you “win out” in buying a garment of quality. For a “cheap” garment looks good only when it’s new. A good looking “cheap” new garment is a good example of.the power of the tailor’s goose “The Palmer Garment” is pressed, of course. But all the pressing in tjje world wouldn’t do any permanent good if it had not been cut right. Have you seen the one we show in the picture? Come in and’see it—plenty of others, too. The G. E. Murray Company