Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1908 — Page 5

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brier Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Subscribe for The Democrat. To-day’s markets: Corn,' 55c; oats, 47c. Mr. .and Mrs. Joe Jeffries spent Sunday in Chicago. Miss Edna Ritchey of Traverse City, Mich., is visiting her father, W. H. Ritchey of south of town.

William T. Hawkins has been appointed postmaster at Gifford, Jasper county, vice Guy Beebee, resigned. The rural mail carriers had a holiday Saturday, and Saturday’s mail did not go out on the routes until Monday . barn of H. J. Dexter of Union tp., was struck by lightning last Friday morning, doing but little damage however. Supt. W. O. Schanlaub Of Kentland spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub, of Rensselaer.

Anna Jasperson of Walker tp., spent a' few days last week with the Goetz sisters in Newton tp., returning home Monday. O. A- Yeoman, who has been engaged in running a general store at Virgie for several years, has quit business and closed his store. Morocco Courier: The editor’s wife, who has been very sick for upwards of six weeks, has improved sufficiently to be about the house again.

Al Robinson of Monon has rented the Mrs. Eger tenant house on Franklin street, lately vacated by Dr. Miller, and will move his family here. Charles Jouvenat of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday here with Mrs. Jouvenat who has been visiting, her sister, Mrs. George, for a couple of weeks. Miss Bessie King went to Winona Lake Monday morning to visit her parents and attend commencement exercises, her brother Fred being one of the’ graduates. sJJnble John Groom, who has been confined to the house almost all winter and spring with a complication of diseases, is now able to be out a little. He is 86 years old. S Pear trees are trying to do their full duty this year. The frost having destroyed many of the first crop of blossoms, many trees are now in bloqm the second time this spring. Mrs. Nora Finney came from Indianapolis Saturday to.visit her parents .Geo. and Mrs. Morgan, returning Monday morning on the early train.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Randle celebrated their golden wedding yesterday at their home on Forest street. It was a sort of a picnic dinner affair apd was quite largely attended. Fish Gilmore of LaCrosse was down Saturday to the Memorial Day celebration; Fish says things look good to him at LaCrosse and he looks good, too —the best we ever saw him. r¥r. and Mrs. S. M. Laßue returned Monday afternoon from a few days visit with relatives at Milford, 111. Mr. Laßue says oats and grass look as well or better here than they do in that section. John Collins and wife of Indianapolis visited with Alfred Collins and family over Sunday. Mrs. Collins will remain a few days with friends, but Mr. Collins returned Monday morning to the city. There was a large attendance Sat-

urday to the Decoration day exercises. Nearly 50 people came down from Parr on the 10:55 train, returning on the 6:32, both of which trains stopped there that day to accommodate them. » The town of Reynolds has filed a remonstrance against licensed saloons with twelve majority. It hefd good White county will soon be in the "dry” column, the one saloon at Monon having to close at the expiration of its present license. Its an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the recent heavy rains have done some good albng with their damage. Had you noticed that while the potatoes were covered with eggs there are no bugs to speak off The heavy rains are undoubtedly the cause of it. Uncle Stott Grant, one of the few pioneers remaining, is paying his accustomed visits to the city after having been confined to his home all winter and spring. His limbs have refused to do their duty and in consequence he can not get ' around much even at home.

Miss Kathryn Brady of Momence, Hl- visited Miss Elizabeth Luers pVe]r Sunday. x KDr. E. C. English will be in Chicago in attendance on the American Medical Association Wednesday. “-Lpr. Turfler and W. H. Timmons yent to Chicago Saturday, returning the same evening with the former’s new auto, a Buick runabout of the same pattern as Dr. Kresler’s new machine. Mrs. Vern Nowels went to Chicago Sunday with her little son Harold for ’ further treatment for his paralysis. While greatly improved the boy’s limbs are still stiffened so much that he cannot move about freely like other boys.

On account of the Farmer dredge crossing its right-of-way north of Brookston last Sunday, the Chicago excursion that was to have been run on the Louisville division of the Monon was abandoned and will be run at some later date. pjohn Ryan of Gillam township agent Saturday night with C. A. Roberts and wife, and Sunday he had dinner with his sister and family, Mrs. Warren Robinson. His daughters who have been attending school here returned home with him Sunday evening.

Seth and Roy Nichols, (sons of Wallace Nichols, a brother, who was killed some years ago by a horse on the H. O. Harris farm at Mt.' Ayr,) from Lafayette and Miss Hattie Coons, a sister, from Peoria, 111., were here to attend the funeral of Dallas Nichols yesterday.

Clyde Gunyon of Parr is slowly improving from a very severe attack of rheumatism. Mr. Gunyon was compelled to come home from lowa, where he was working on a dredge, last fall, but has become well enough to get about some. The limb affected will probably always be stiff.

4 Isaac Tuteur, who has been with Stbele, Weddles & Co., wholesale grocers of Chicago, for the past four years, came down Saturday to visit relatives and friends a few days. He saw Louis Wildberg at the hospital Friday, but cannot report any improvement in his condition. Mrs. Tuteur and baby accompanied Ike to Rensselaer.

Mr; E. Rapp of Washington, 111., came over Monday to look after his farm south of town. Mr. Rapp is nearly 82 years of age but is very active for a man of his age, and gets over here two or three times a year. He reports that weather conditions there are about the same as here, and farmers are still busy plowing for and planting corn..

jsjh' blasting in the river is playing havoc with the fish. On Monday one blast brought up three big ones, but they revived sufficiently to make a “get-away” before the men got to them. The next shot brought up two more, both German carp. J. C. Thornton nailed one of these and carried It home, the other made off. Joe's fish weighed six pounds. 'Vc. C. Starr, in business longer tfian any other merchant in, Rensselaer, but retired some years ago, is now farming, making an able assistant to his son-in-law William Barkley. Slopping the hogs, milking the cows and feeding the hens seem to agree with Charlie as he looks fine since indulging in this pastime for some six weeks. He spent Sunday with his family in town and returned to the farm Monday evening.

Speaking of" old residents, our worthy citizen Chris. Sack is by no means a newcomer to Rensselaer. He located here fifty years ago this spring and except for_ some ten years spent in Missouri has lived here since. Jasper county and the territory surrounding Rensselaer was then quite a wilderness, and Mr, Sack has hunted and killed many a deer and other wild game hereabouts.

The old Monnett Threshing Machine factory north of the railroad, one of <he historic buildings of Rensselaer, is being razed to the ground. It was here that J. S. Monnett, sometimes called J. C. Calhoun, built his famous x threshing machine. Later Geo* M. Barcus used it for his horse stocks factory, but since this business was moved to Wabash the building has not been used much except for storage purposes. Jsjhe hail did a large amount of damage south of town, Thursday night. A field of rye on the F. M. Pollard farm just north of A. G. W. Farmer’s was almost destroyed and another field on the John Langhoff farm fared little better. Catalpa leaves displayed at this office by Al Peters had holes in them that must have been made by hall as large as quail’s eggs. Some hail fell th Rensselaer but did no damage worth speaking of.

Frank Kelly and w«e of Chicago were in town over Sunday, visiting relatives. Frank was born and raised in this city and owned the newstand as partner with his brother for a time. During the last four years he has been employed with the Illinois Central Railroad, working in the, freight department. He and Mrs. Kelly returned to the city Monday morning. ■"

Are you going out of town, are there friends or relatives visiting you? Are members of your family sick, or has an accident happened in your vicinity? Call The Democrat, phone 315, and tell us about it. Your friends will always be interested in these happenings and they all read The Democrat. Please do not forget this, will you? ’Phone 315 is the number.

In a letter from ,our good friend Thomas Driver of Lewiston, Mich., he says: "The paper si very interesting to us here, and we appreciate the way you scrape off deceptions and bring truth to light.” That is our mission, Bro. and we arise to thank you for the compliment. The Democrat has gained immensely in number of readers the last few months and the universal commendation we have received is conclusive evidence to us that our course straight down the middle of the road is the only one to pursue.

Esper McCleary of Arcadia, Neb., sends us a couple of excellent photo post cards of views in that vicinity. One is a view of ‘‘Horsethief Cave” and Snake River Falls, and the other shows a lone grave near Snake River Falls, fenced in with barb wire. A lone pine tree stands a few feet away and a party of about a dozed men and women on horseback, who are evidently out visiting points of interest, are drawn up about the rude grave, probably the resting place of some luckless wayfarer who met death, perhaps in a tragic manner, in pioneer days.

John Mulder is pining for a return of the days when he was superintending the Chicago & Alton Railway at Bloomington, 111. Those were days before E. H. Harriman became the whole thing in the Alton. * John has one souvenir which he treated himself to while with the Alton that money will not buy. This is a two-story Meerschaum pipe, which has become so acquainted with John’s ways that when he wants to smoke he just rakes a ten-penny nail on the rear part of his pants, touches the head to the top of his Meerschaum, and lays back and enjoys life. Tw< operations of this kind serves for a whole day’s enjoyment.

That was a vA-y pertinent question Thomas R. Marshall put at the 11th district democratic convention the other day, and up to the hour of going to press no advocate of trust-boosting protectionism has attempted to answer him. He wanted to know why—if it was protection that filled the dinner pail of the workingman when the country is prosperous—it is ’ now proposed when the workingman’s dinner pail is empty and needs filling to hold a special session of congress and reduce the tariff? Would not the logic of the situation demand a further boosting of the tariff for the benefit of the dinner pail?—lndianapolis Independent.

A protracted meeting is in progress at Fair Oaks. With the aid of the millions of mosquitos and the red hot nights—literally suggestive of the awful future in store for the unregenerate followers of the lusts of the flesh —the good dominie should have no trouble in driving home the truth, to the utter rout of the Prince of darkness. Let us hope that the warring factions in that vicinity will cease fighting long enough to attend these meetings, get down to the mourners’ bench in humility and contrition of spirit, resolve to forsake the ways of sin and the flesh, and to devote their lives in future to cultivate a feeling of brotherly love and forbearance.

Frequent mention was made a few years ago of Eli Green, the North Judson “ossified man,” whose flesh seemed to be turning to bone or something equally hard. He moved to Knox a few years ago, and the Democrat of that town states that he has recently come home from a sanitarium, where he went suffering as he supposed from a turn for the worse of his old trouble, the ossification of his muscles, but the specialist who treated him said that was not the case, but that his trouble was acute malaria, affecting his uead chiefly. The specialist gave it as his opinion that the ossification has run its course and that Mr. Green will grow better 1 slowly in that respect. He is now tn better health than he has been for several years.—Pulaski County Democrat.

"Bally” Powers caught a nice pickerel Monday afternoon about the Padgett bridge, but Bally can catch them anywhere. It makes no difference whether there are any fish in that neighborhood or not. And speaking about fishing, ' Jack Warner strolled up the river after Sunday school to where Bally Powers caught the big fish Monday. Jack thought that it being Sunday he would give the fish something good, so he baited with crayfish. He had just cast his line, and not having his reel, was in the act of sticking the pole in the ground when a huge fish took the bait and never stopped going. Jack held on for dear life, but when the fish got the slack all out of the line it snapped like a spider web and Jack lost his fish. Shortly after he got another bite but after making a short run this one "spit out” the hook and went about his business.

Loyd A. Jessen, who left Rensselaer Sept. 15, 1906, for Pueblo, Col., and other western points on a prospecting and sight-seeing trip, arrived home yesterday morning from Ogden, Utah. During the last eighteen months he has visited the following places, as an operator on the various railroads named: The Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Colo. Midland, Rio Grande Western, and Colo. Southern —Pueblo, Sommers, Buttes. Colorado Springs, Florrisant, Ivanhoe (Hagermann Pass), New Castle, Grand Junction, Colo.; Helper, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Lemay. Rambo (on the lake), Utah; Stockton, Oakland, San Francisco, San Ardo, Watsonville, Pajaro, San Luis, Obispo, California. While at Ogden last year he came near dying from typhoid fever. In San Francisco he went broke and all taken together he has had a large quantity of experience that will come in good stead in the future. He has gained in flesh and is now in robust health. The many places in which he was temporarily employed is the best evidence of the terrible industrial conditions prevailing in the west at present time, and he reports that there is no hope of better conditions in sight. Gaylord McFarland, who with Rue Parcels went west later, came back with him. Gaylord is looking well and seems to have all of the west he wants for the present.

Forty years ago there were very few song birds in this county, as almost all birds of this character are domestic in their habits. That is. they live in orchards and hedges where they can nest and rear their young. There was one song bird in those days that will be remembered by all elderly persons, as the sweetest singer, having a voice as flexible as the canary, as varied as the brown thrush, as pure as the whip-poor-will. It was the bobolink or Spotted blackbird. These birds nearly always sing on the wing, and its song has charmed many a bare-foot boy as he followed the third "furrow behind “Pap” planting sod corn with a spade. Many a hill went in the wrong furrow. and many another hill didn’t go in at all, as he stood spell-bound when Bob got on the wing and commenced his song to his mate who was hidden nearby in the wild grass, in a nest that it was almost impossible to find. This beautiful songster is still found in the wild meadows in those parts of the country. where the plow has not destroyed them. In the autumn they go south, change their coat, color and even their voice, and then become the rice bird of the south. Long live this beautiful songster: almost the only reminder of the pioneer days when wild strawberries could be found anywhere, and the wild prairie flowers made the air fragrant with their perfume.

Hangs Himself In Cell 13. Jeffersonville, May 23,-r-Frank Stillwell, a Shelby county youth, who was serving a term of from 10 to 20 years in the reformatory for burglary, hanged himself. Stillwell’s cell was No. 13. Meets Death During Storm. Frankfort, May 28—During a tenrifle storm William Malllcoat, a section foreman for the Northwestern Traction line, was killed by lightning. DENTISTRY. All you’ve “guessed” about artificial teeth may be wrong; what we know about them is the result of long experience. Possibly it would surprise you to know how reasonable in price they are made our way. We make so many sets that we can afford to give you more reasonable prices than most dentists do—that is, for first-class work. We are told again and again that our work is by far the best in the district. We always intended that it should be; we always try to give superlative service. We use the best materials, take greatest pains. Our fee depends upon what requires to be done. We always give estimates most gladly, and we guarantee entire satisfaction. J. W. HORTON, Dentist. On East Side.

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NEWTON TP. CONVENTION.

Notice is hereby given to the democratic voters of Newton tp., and all others who desire to affiliate with them in the November election to meet at the usual voting place in said township on Saturday, June 20, 1908, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for trustee, one assessor, one justice of the peace, to be voted for at the November election. W. B. YEOMAN, Chm. E. P. LANE, Sec.

COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.

REMINGTON. REMINGTON R. R. TIME TABLE. EAST. | TRAINS WEST. 6:10 am Mall and Psasenger 9:38 am 9:38 am Local Freight 12:42 pm 11:38 am Mall and Passenger 5:12 pm 8:10 am Pass’g’r (Sun.only) 7:50 pm

William Geier was a Rensselaer visitor Saturday. Mrs. Leona Tabor and little son visited in Logansport last week. Rev. Crowder returned Sunday evening from his European trip. D. E. Capes of Pontiac, 111., visited relatives here last Wednesday. County Treasurer J. D. Allman and family of Rensselaer spent Saturday in Remington. Corn planting is still in progress in this vicinity, although the great bulk of it is now in. Charles Bonner and C. A. Balcom attended grand lodge meeting at Indianapolis last week. Richard Brown and daughter of Peru are visiting his son-in-law, John Howell, at this writing. Mrs. W. R. Geier and daughter Avonell visited last week with the former’s sister, Mrs. Homer Hardy, of Huntington. Miss E. L. Mlscher has returned from a several months stay with her brothers Henry and Charlie near Bunker Hill, Ind. Blanchard Elmore has recently sold his restaurant business at Goodland and is at present operating a 5-cent theater at Delphi. Misses Florence Goss and Clara Vincent attended the district Christian Endeavor convention at Oxford last Wednesday and Thursday. C. F. Fisher has returned from Marion, where he had been spending the winter at the soldiers’ home and will likely remain here through the summer. T. J. Gray, a former well known hardware merchant of Goodland, died last week at a hospital in New York state where he had been taking treatment. His remains were brought back to Goodland Friday and burial took place Sunday. Clyde Reeve and family went to Rensselaer Thursday evening and from there he went with his parents to Medaryville to attend the funeral of his grandfather, F. S. Horner, which was held Friday. They returned home Sunday afternoon.

Matt Sharkey is here from Lewiston, Idaho, for a few months visit with relatives and friends. He has been living there for about three years and is well pleased with the country. He also has a son and daughter there who own farms near him. On account of there being practically nobody out to the republican township convention, the same was postponed to next Saturday, June 6. Charles May has announced himself as a candidate for the nomination for trustee, and J. H. Allman, the present assessor, would like to have another term.

For the benefit of subscribers at or near Remington, or those who may wish to subscribe and secure one of The Democrat’s Wall Charts and save the expense of mailing, we have left a supply of these charts at C. W. Littlefield’s jewelry store and Mr. Littlefield will receive such subscriptlods and supply the charts. THE DEMOCRAT. There is some talk of Remington’s celebrating the 4th this year, but at this writing nothing definite has been done in the matter. It would seem that we ought to have a good rousing celebration here this year and let our neighboring towns know that Remington is still on the map and that “Bob” Parker didn’t get quite all of our money, start the ball to rolling, boys, andshow ’em what we can do when we set about it.

CLARA A. PETERS. LATEST AND BEST STYLES IX SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES. Deep Perttoric Lens whose curve follows the contour of the eye. New Invisible Bifocals and all other styles. Latest VICI eyeglass mounting, neatest and surest fit of any. Full line of repairs and lenses on hand. Prices reasonable. Sntis--faction guaranteed. Phone 204. DR. ROSE M. REMMEK, REGISTERED OPTICIAN, is making a specialty of the fused bi-focal lens. This lens combines the reading and distant vision in an invisible manner and positively never gets air bubbles in the reading correction. We also supply the Perltoric and Opifex lens. Most careful examination of the eyes in every case. Special attention given to muscular imbalance, such as a tendency of the eyes to turn in or out. Office at Clarke’s jewelry store. McKay sells ice cream in any amount from one-half pint to ten gallons. Cows For Sale: Five fresh cows and several more that will be fresh soon, at my residence 4 miles south of Wheatfield. H. C. MEYERS. W. S. Richards, Painter and Paper Hanger, ’Phone 331, Wanted —2,000 rolls of paper to hang, and all the painting in Jasper county. Fifteen years experience in Rensselaer. IjuneS THE NEW STATE Of Oklahoma offers a splendid field | for investments in farm lands—corn, cotton and alfalfa, hogs and cattle. Poultry raising also very profitable. If you do not care to invest in land, write us about loaning your money at a splendid rate of interest. U. M. on first mortgage real estate security Baughman, formerly of Rensselaer, Ind., but now of this firm, take pleasure in answering any inquiries. A. C. FARMER & CO., 132% Main St., Oklahoma City, Okla. Wanted——Cattle to put in pasture of 146 acres, good timothy and bluegrass, shade and water. MRS. SOPHIA CHILCOTE. R. R. 4, Rensselaer, Ind. I have $300.00 to place at once, on real estate. Anyone wanting $300.00 call and get terms. B. F. FERGUSON-

This is the Handy Store I During the heat of summer there are a host of appetizing things that we can supply ready to eat. No necessity at all for cooking oneself cooking meals. Our Canned Goods department is always ready to serve you. Potted Ham. Sliced Beef. Delicacies in biscuits to no end. The freshest fruits from far and near. In short, there is EVERY requisite here to enable a housekeeper to prepare appetizing meals easily and quickly. And best of all, the grades that we handle are guaranteed to be pure and wholesome. McFarland, Grocer.

: . FOR EXCHANGE. 127 acres of land, level fair | land, good buildings and fenc- : ing, on free mail route, hear ■ school and three miles to ■ good town. Price S4O. 80 acres, nearly all black : land in cultivation, fair im- • provements, near gravel road, ■ free mail and telephone. Price : $«o. 40 acres, two miles of sta- > tion, on main road, no imI provements, clear, title good. ! Price $25. 14 acres, near station in I Dearborn county, Ind., clear. ; Price S3O. Six room house on Improved street, clear. Five room house on two good lots, good barn, well, cistern and fruit. Two blocks from court house. Six vacant lots in Rensselaer, two lots in Roachdale and one in Gas City. Also >2,600 in mortgage notes, s Will trade any or all of the above for land, town property 'or live stock and pay cash difference. Special bargain for cash. 300 acres level land, all in pasture and set to grass, fenced with hog and sheep tight fence, cross fences the same; has six room house, fair barn, cribs, large sheep sheds, wind mill and tanks. All buildings and fencing new. Lies near two stations. Will be sold at suitable terms at the low price of >25. x G. F. MEYERS. Office Leopold Blk.