Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1908 — Page 5

. Your Personality will be less attractive and, charming when there is a noticeable taint of the breath. The direct cause of It Is frequently due to decayed teeth. , This is a trifle that should be given immediate attention for many reasons, besides making provisions for good teeth, and to ‘enjoy the use of real teeth. Particular and critical people are increasing the popularity of my operatioris and work. It will please me to have a talk frith ; you about your teeth. DR. J. W. HORTON

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. ,<■ / Mrs. I. L.’Sigler and son are visiting at Crown Point. Henry Randle Is confined to the house with sickness. To-day’s markets: Wheat, 85c; corn, 60c; oats, 44c; rye, 65c. Ernest Morlan went to Frankfort Thursday to see the fair races. Mrs. F. C. Bales of Chicago is visiting her father, Larkin Potts. H. R. Church of Remington was in the city on business Thursday. Mrs. Joseph Yeoman is confined to the house with a bladder trouble. Mrs. George Ketchuni and Mrs. W. O. Rowles were Chicago, visitors • Tuesday. Louis Hefferlin left Tuesday for Minot, No. Dak., to remain" indefinably, A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Short of the north part of town. -V-Miss Hazel Lamson went to Blufftdu Thursday to visit her brother, Harley Lrfmson. D. E. McCurtain and family of Rock Springs, Colo., are visiting relatives at Parr. There have been 26 drownings in the Calumet River near Hammond thus far this season. J. W. Meiser and wife of Monticello, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Meyers Thursday. Carl Siewert of Chicago came Wednesday to visit Harvey Grant and family for a few weeks. Emmet and Bertha Eldridge left "Wednesday to visit their sister, Mrs. J. W. Leach, at Geddes. So. Dak. jsj. A. Glazebrook and his brother-fin-law, O. Z. Bridges, were at Crown Point Thursday to see the races. James Clark left Wednesday for Chamberlain, So. Dak., to be there at the land drawing, soon to take place. Miss Flora Harris left Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends at Hammond, Joliet and other points in Illinois. Jessie Morris of Rushville * has returned honje after a visit of a few days with his sister, Mrs. George Pumphrey. r

State Chief ißanger E. P. Honan attended a meeting of the Catholic Order of Foresters at Lafayette Wednesday night. XErnest Morlan has retired from t£> threshing business, having sold his outfit to Shultz & Sigman of Parr last week. Fred Jessen and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy were over from Morocco to attend the funeral of Mrs. H. O. Harris Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Davidson returned Tuesday from a several weeks visit with relatives in Ohio and Pennsylvania. \Airs. Rusk and baby of Hanging (Wove tp., left Thursday for a visit vflth her two sisters who reside near Wilmont. So. Dak. y Ollie Rhoads Is home from a circuit of towns in Michigan, where he mas been with A. L. Padgett and his string of horses. “Ell and Jane” played to a crowded house at the opera house here Thursday night, and gave very good satisfaction indeed. L. H. Myers and daughter Miss Jennie Myers left Wednesday for a visit with relatives in Chicago and other points es Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Abbott, J. F. Hardman and A. E. Bolser went up to the Kankakee Thursday for a few days recreation at fishing. The Democrat’s serial story, “The Real Agatha,” ends with this issue. "The Man of the Hour” will appear next week. Watch for it. - ■ L. A. Harmon drove over to Remington Wednesday and met Mr. and Mrt. Crawford of Vicksburg, Miss., who are now visiting them. Mrs. Lennie Gant has traded her 60 acre farm in Union tp., to her ..brother Taylor Wood, for a house ana three acres of land In Parr. Mrs. T. A. Crockett was down town Tuesday afternoon, for the first time since January because of rheumatism and other ailments.

“Sis Perkins” will come to Ellis’ opera house Sept. 7, and as her fame has preceded her she will, no doubt, meet with a hearty welcome. John L. Nichols and Mrs. Ostie Nichols, widow of Dallas Nichols, have sold their Dakota claims and will return to this county in the near future. Charles Mecklenberg who is employed at the Lahr House in Lafayette, is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mechlenberg, for a day or two. Marie Ostello, America’s greatest lady cornetist and her famous “Sis Perkins” play of life in Posey county, Indiana, will be at the Ellis opera house, Monday, Sept. 7. J. W. Hamilton and wife of Tuscola, 111., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Brown of this city. They came by auto Thursday night and will return to Tuscola to-day. Hayes of Barkley tp„ expects to leave Monday for’Surrey, No. Dak., to stay through the harvest at least. He will also visit his brother Henry at Burke, So. Dak. Mrs. Thomas A. Crockett went to Mount Ayr Wednesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. W. O. McCord for a few days. This is the first time Mrs. Crockett has been out since last winter. Xjp. L. Halstead, E. Weurthner and Lee Alauck of Newton tp., left Wednesday on a prospecting trip to Big Rapids, Mich. Mr. Halstead now owns a large tract of land in that vicinity, Mrs. Edward C. Hoshaw went to Indianapolis’ Thursday to join her husband who is engaged in the coal business in that city. Mrs. Hoshaw has been visiting here for the past three months. XMr. and Mrs. Frank Haskell went so Frankfort Wednesday to visit some of Mrs. Haskell’s relatives for a few days. Mr. Haskell returned yesterday, but Mrs. Haskell will remain a week longer. Don’t be surprised if you hear of frost in places Thursday morning, as the thermometer stood at 50 at five o’clock a. m. in town. Of course it was colder in the lower ground, or in muck land. Geo. F. Meyers, the real estate man, has closed the sale of the 160 acre farm of Charles Schatzley, Jr., now of Winnepeg. Manltobia, to H. W. Marble of Wheatfield. It was a cash deal and possession is given immediately.

O. Z. Bridges and family of Terre Haute are visiting Mr. Bridges' sister, Mrs. I. A. Glazebrook, until Sunday, having come Wednesday. Mr. Bridges is a conductor on the Vandalia, running between Terre Haute and St. Louis. Andrew Eller of Remington, who owns a big farm in Benton county, Gilboa tp., had one field that averaged 52 bushels of oats to the acre, and his entire yield was almost 40 bushels. This is the best we have heard of this year from any place. John Caster and his boon companion J. H. Cox are doing some good fishing these days. Tuesday Mr. Caster caught several fine cats in the river channel, one of them was a yellow cat nearly two feet long. Last Sunday’s ball game at Mt. Ayr between the Mt. Ayr and Rensselaer teams, seems to have ended in a general row, according to reports from that place, and several of the players left the field, refusing to finish the game out. The Rochester Sentinel says Prof. W. H. Banta, who has been connected with the Rochester College since its establishment in 1895 has tendered his resignation to the board of control and will retire from active educational work, owing to continued illness. >s iyern Jacks came up from Crawforasville Tuesday afternoon to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jacks, until Sunday. Vern is assisting his brother-in-law, Len Lefler, in his candy and ice cream parlors at Crawfordsville and says he likes the town first rate. ;v.’ O. Worland of St. Paul, Kan., who with his daughter Miss Anna, has been visiting his son D. M. Worland of this city, went Wednesday toShelbyville to visit eld acquaintances and friends, moat of whom he has not seen since he left that place 20 years ago, and will be there about two weeks. During this time the Shelbyville Fair takes place. Before returning home they will come to Rensselaer and pay Mfr. !md Mrs. Worland another brief vlst.

JBjohn Martindale of Newton township was knocked down by a bull Tuesday evening and had a narrow escape from being badly injured. No bones were broken but his side was severely bruised, causing a v®ry painful injury, butXio serious effects are anticipated at this time. Mrs. C. E. Richardson, who has been* visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Brusnahan, of northwest of town for several weeks, left Tuesday for her home in Frederick, Okla., accompanied -by her sister. Miss Dorothy Brusnahan, who will spend the winter with her and attend school. Joe Jeffries was very much taken up with Oklahoma during his recent visit there, and especially with Elk City as a smaller business place, and he may conclude to locate there. The climate he thinks is superb and seemed to agree with Mrs. Jeffries firStrate. We shall be sorry to see Joe leave us. > \Fred Phillips left Tuesday for ah'extended trip through the west. He goes from here to Shoshone, Wyo., where he meets Lee Martin, an old friend of his cowboy days, and they will take a horseback trip, cowboy fashion, of ten days through Yellowstone National Park, returning home about Sept. 1. . Chase Ritchey and wife visited at Walkerton Monday and at Knox Tuesday, returning to Rensselaer Wednesday. Friday morning they started to Vernon, Okla., where both will teach the coming winter. Miss Maribel Kays accompanied them and will teach at Altus, Okla., this winter. The Ritcheys live at Yukon. You can materially assist The Democrat by sending in items of interest by ’phone or by handing them to us at the office. You want the news, and so do we. Remember this when your relatives or friends visit you or you visit them. All local happenings reported to us will receive our best attention, and will be appreciated. G. W. infield was in town Wednesday and Thursday, having been to Chicago in the interest of the Lafayette & Chicago Railway Co., the traction line projected through this city. Mr. Infield still has hopes of eventually building this line, and returned to Chicago Thursday to talk over some matters with parties he has interested in the project.

Mrs. Nora Kimberlin of Rossville, IJI.. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Baker of Barkley tp., They are moving from Rossville to Chicago and Mrs. Kimberlin will remain here until their household effects reach Chicago. Her husband is in the railroad employ and he has been transferred to Chicago, hence their removal tothat city. Crown Point Star: Corn is retailing at 90 cents in our market, oats 60 cents, potatoes $1.20, wheat sl.lO and everything else accordingly as high. Hay is yet plenty and sells at a moderate price, but that will not last long. The drouth and hot weather has thoroughly cooked the pastures, and many are already compelled to feed hay. Really, the outlook is not encouraging. |Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Nowels and cnildren of Laurens, lowa, came Wednesday evening for a few weeks visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Nowels, and other relatives and friends. Mr. Nowels is much pleased with the section of lowa where he is located. He says oats are poor there but corn is looking fine, and if frost holds off long enough there will be a good crop. Nesslus, the democratic candidate for assessor of Jordan tp., is going to withdraw his name from the ticket because of his contemplation of moving to Lisbon, No. Dak., next spring. He did not think of leaving when the nomination was made, but has now concluded to do so, and will notify the township committee so that another good man can be put on the ticket in his place. The bridge gang are working early and late, having commenced at 4 a. m. Thursday morning, and stopping only long enough for breakfast, before continuing the day’s work- It will probably be the middle of the week before the bridge is back in place and the flooring repaired ready for travel. New joists and plank have been ordered but the joists are not here yet, so the floor will be repaired temporarily for the present. x Master Frank James of Hoopeston 111., an artistic card writer, was on the street Wednesday and Thursday, and for a boy of thirteen he is a wonder. There are but few boys with but four months experience in this business that could equal him, and the writer has seen many professionals, three times his age, that couldn’t do so well. He was visiting his uncle I. N. Best, at Roselawn, and just ran down here for a pasttime. Chalmers Ledger: The Union church at West Point was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon during the severe electrical storm that passed over that vicinity. There was no insurance on the structure, and the loss was total. In the last few years the membership has been greatly reduced and It is not likely the church will ever be rebuilt. This is unfortunate on account of the cemetery located near the church as people who have relatives interred there would prefer to see the church maintained.

1 Miss Leathe Wright, who has been in a Chicago hospital for the past two weeks, was operated on Tuesday for appendicitis. It was thought last week that perhaps an operation would not be necessary, but her condition became worse and the operation was made. Her brother W. J .Wright went up to the city Tuesday to be present during the operation. As we go to press he has not returned, but Mrs. Wright informs us that she had heard from her husband yesterday and that Miss Leathe was doing nicely. Quite a number more young men have left here this week for the Dakotas to work in the harvest. Among them are Gaylord Parker, Chester Downs and George Wenrlck of Hanging Grove, who go to Mitchell, So. Dak., Martin Shide, Frank Stover, Ed Bullis, Joe Kellner and E. F. Zehr of Jordan and Carpenter, who go to Lisbon, No. Dak. Frank Alter of Rensselaer also left Wednesday morning for Jamestown, No. Dak., to visit his brother-in-law, Ross Grant, who travels for a wholesale fruit firm in Minneapolis, and Frank will perhaps remain there. TO BROTHER PUBLISHERS. A publisher for whom The Democrat recently “set up” a job of lodge by-laws, in remitting for same, says: “I have used considerable linotype in job work, but never had any that gave better satisfaction.” Our prices for linotype composition are much more reasonable than the city shops and our work is as good as the best. We give quick service. Let us figure on the next job of composition you want in a hurry. in sending in copy or asking for estimates, state size of slug you want matter cast on. Registerable Duroc Jersey sows for sale. Will farrow in September. PUMPHREY & SON. Don’t forget Robertson’s next sale of horses and mules, at Wolcott, Saturday, August 29. ( >■ - Jasper Guy or Remington makes farm loans at 5 per cent interest with no commission but office charges. Write him. ts

Dr. Rose M. Remmek, registered optician, who has made regular visits to Clarke's jewelry store for five years, is now permanently located there. Dr. Remmek is fully qualified to accurately measure errors of refraction. This knowledge of the eye and rays of light enable us to determine the kind of glasses to prescribe. Our glasses are reasonable in price—your sight is priceless and we want your patronage. A. W. Jackman will speak on prohibition at the court house Monday night. August 24, at 8 p. m. AH are invited to hear him. E. S. THORNTON, County Chairman. “THE MAN OF THE HOUR.” Many of our readers have heard of G. H. Broadhurst’s great and successful play, “The Man of the Hour,” which has had such great runs in the leading play houses of America, while a few, perhaps, have been fortunate enough to witness the play while it was running in Chicago. The Democrat has secured Albert Payson Terhune’s story, “The Man of the Hour,” based on this play, and it will appear in serial form in our columns. FOR SALE. A brick livery barn with good basement. Three good office rooms above, all occupied. Two good business rooms on ground floor, one with good basement, all occupied. The price is right. LAWRENCE OR CONRAD HILDEBRAND, Rensselaer, Ind. The Ohio Farmers Insurance Company has been doing business years, writing fire, lightning and c., clone insurance, on both city town and farm property, also on live stocK, and nay in barn nr in stack. It will be to your interest to see me before placing your insurance. J. C. PORTER, Agent.

Clara A. Peters r Optician 10 PER CENT. DISCOUNT On all work, orders, \ chains, cases, etc., during , August. , SPECIAL 20 Per Cent < Discount I have in stock a few SPECIAL BARGAINS in Gold and Gold Filled ’ goods including different , styles of Spectacles and , Eye Glasses, also Eye , Glass Chains. August Only.

TROUBLE FOR FOR WALSH

Railways Fail to Pay Their Debts and One Is in a Receiver’s Hands. 7 SOUTHERN INDIANA GOES FIRST Will Probably Be Followed by the Chicago Southern “Pocket’’ Mines Continue at Work. Indianapolis. Aug. 21.—Federal jurisdiction now extends over the Southern Indiana Railway company through the appointment of a receiver in the United States circuit court, at Chicago, for the road which has long been regarded as the best of what are known as the John R. Walsh railroads. On a petition presented by counsel of the First Trust and Savings bank, of Chicago. the representatives of the Chicago Clearing House association, Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat appointed M. J. Carpenter, formerly president of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad company, receiver of the Southern Indiana Railway company. Walsh's First. Railway Venture. The Southern Indiana road was the first railroad acquired by John R. Walsh in the extending of his banking business from banking lines to a wider financial expansion, and the methods employed to develop the road and finance the other railroad enterprises formed a large part of the trial which preceded the conviction of the aged banker on a charge of misapplying the funds of the Chicago National bank, of which be had I>een president. The receivership which now covers the Southern Indiana road alone will probably be extended to take In the Chicago Southern Railroad company, which was designed to connect the Southern Indiana road with Chicago. There Are 525 Miles of Road. The Southern Indiana road was organized in May. 1897. the name of the road then being the Evrnsvllle and Richmond Railwa.v company, but later the name was changed. The total mileage of the road, together with the Chicago Southern, which it operates. Is 525 milesTTneluding main, branch and Its sidetrack lines. The claim of the First Trust and Savings bank, complainant In the receivership proceedings. amounts to $135,600 oh two promissory notes. Interest on these notes and the notes themselves are past due. and the defendant company admits Its inability to pay. Sympathy at Linton. Linton. Ind.. Aug. 21.—1 n view of the appointment of a receiver for the Walsh railway properties much sympathy is expressed here for Walsh. His •Mends here have little hope he will be able to save the remainder of his property from the hands of creditors. Walsh's mining property in this field is valued at $500,000. and his stone quarries at Bedford are worth an equal amount. There are delinquent taxes and indebtedness on all the property. ind many suit i have been brought against these corporations.

HE GOT A “TAIL HOLT”

John Bright Tackles a Bull and Chokes It Into SubmissionHad No Horns. Bourbon. Ind.. Aug. 21. John Bright is now the hero of the hour of this village. While cattle buyers were driving a herd through this place a young bull made II dask for the pavement. scattering women and children in mad fright. Bright jumped to their rescue and the animal lurged at him. but he avoided it by jumping to one side. The screams of women and children diverted the animal's attention and Bright seized the bull by the tail to which he clung with the tenacity of despair, despite the animal’s plunges from side to side. A convenient telephone pole gave him an’ additional leverage, and when the anma! twisted its nose in range he seized the bull by the nostrils and choked It Into submission. The animal was hornless and this helped Bright in winning the battle. Bright has great strength, while his courage la undisputed after this episode.

Miners Will Continue to Work.

Evansville, Ind.. Aug. 21.—8 y the miners agreeing to a temporary continuation of the checking-off of miners' union assessments and dues three Evansville mines and the Chandler mines in the Evansville field will contnue to work the remainder of the present week. The local arrangement was effected between the operators of the affected mines and representatives of the union, independently of any action from Terre Haute or Indianapolis.

Bees Stings a Horse to Death.

Newcastle. Ind.. Aug. 21. —Fire of Adams, farmer, and his little son were driving to this place bees settled on the horsa Adams threw Lis son from the buggy, telling him to run, after ■which be made an effort to aid the horse, but he could not get the bees off till the animal had been fatally strung, dying of Its Injuries.

Fire in a Rolling Mill.

Newcastle. Ind., Aug. 2L —Fire of unknown origin, which started In the varnish room, caused $50,000 damage to the plant of the Indiana Rolling Mill company. The part of the plant involved was that of the shovel manufacturing buildings at the north end cf the city.

Fine cigars—Home Grocery.

NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

King Edward officially opened ths new croquet lawn at Marelnbad and r played a game with Anthony Drexel, of Philadelphia. Seventy-uine men were killed by the explosion in the coal mine at Wigan, G. B. Bishop McQuaid, Roman Catholic, while speaking at exercises at St. Bernard’s seminary. Rochester, N. Y., collapsed and was thought to be dying. He revived in a few moments, however, but is seriously ill. Stories that there are dissensions between President McCrea and the directors of the Pennsylvania railway are officially denied. Elsie Janis, the actress, has given a trophy to the balloonists who are to take part In the international balloon race at Columbus, 0., Aug. 29. The National Editorial association has chosen Seattle as the .place for the convention of 1909. Captain Charles K. Jackson, seven-ty-one years old, a great lakes sailor for more than half a century, a dead at Algonae, Meh.

WITH A BONE IN HER TEETH

And Another Record Run Across the Pond to Her Credit Comes the Lusitania. New York, Aug. 21.—The Cunard liner Lusitania finished a new record run across th eAtlantic at 9:30 p. m. yesterday, and when the official figures for the trip became available after the liner had anchored outside the bar for the night It developed that the big turblner had not only lowered all records for the trans-Atlantic voyage by nearly four hours, but that she had also broken three other records. The official timing of the Lusitania placed her off Daunts Rock at 11:30 last Sunday. Steaming abreast of the lightship at 9:30 p. m. yesterday she had made the passage in just 4 days and 15 hours. The best previous cerord, made by her on Nov. 8 last, was 4 days. 18 hours and 40 minutes, her new performance lowering the previous mark by 3 hours and 40 minutes. On the •whole trip of 2,718 miles the Lusitania made an average speed of 25.05 knots an hour, a new record. The third record broken is that for the greatest day's run—oso knots up to noon of the 17th —in which run she also set a new pace in steaming an average of 25.66 knots for twenty-four hours.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain. Chicago, Aug. 20. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. 12 m. Sept. .. .$ .94 $ .94% $ .93% $ .94 Dec. (n) .95% .95% .94% .95 May ... .99% .99% .98% .98% Corn — Sept 77% .78 .77% .77% Dec 65% .65% .65% .65% May ~. .64% .64% .64 .64 Oats— Sept 48% .49% .48% .48% Dec 48%, .48% .48% .48% May ... .50% .50% .50% .50% Pork — Sept. ..14.80 14.90 14.80 14.87% Oct. ...14.95 15.02% 14.95 15.00 Jan. ...15.72% 15.95 15.72% 15.92 Lard— Sept 9.25 9.27% 9.25 9.27% Oct. ... 9.35 9.37% 9.35 9.37% Jan. ... 9.15 9.17 9.15 9.17 Short Ribs,— Sept. ... 8.72% 8.77% 8.72% 8.77% Oct. ... 8.82% 8.89 8.82% 8.87% Jan. ... 8.12% 8.17% 8.12% &17 Cash Sales Winter wheat—By sample: No. 2 red, 95®96c; No. 3 red, 94%.@95%c; No. 2 hard, 95®97%V; No. 3 hard, 94%®97c. Spring wheat—By sample: No. 3 spring, [email protected]. Corn —By sample: No. 2 white, 76%c; No. 2 yellow. 80®80%c; No. 3, 79@79%c; No. 3 white, 79®79%c; No. 3 yellow, 80c: Na 4. 78c. Oats—By sample: No. 3 white, new. 48%®49c; No. 4 white, new. 47%®48%c: standard, new, 49c. Live Stock, Poultry and Hay. Hogs—Receipts 16,000. Sales ranged at $6.75®6.85 for choice heavy shipping, $6.40®6.50 light mixed, $6.00® 6.75 choice light. [email protected] heavy packing, [email protected] good to choice pigs. Cattle— Receipts 4.000. Quotations ranged at $7.40®7.75 for prime fat steers. $6.00® 7.40 good to choice steers, $4,00® 5.25 good to choice cows, $5.25® 6.00 prime heifers, [email protected] good to choice calves, [email protected] selected feeders. Sheep—Receipts 15,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to choice wethers, [email protected] fair to good wethers. $4.65®5.00 good to choice yearlings, $5.25® 6.25 fair to choice spring lambs. Live l%ultry—Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chickens, fowls, 10%c; springs, 15c; roosters, 7c; geese, $4.00®}6.00: ducks, 9%@11c. Hay—Choice timothy. $12.50® 13.50; No. 1 old timothy bay, sll.oo® 12.00; No. 2 old timothy, and Na 1 mixed, $9.00® 10.00: No. 3 old timothy and Na 2 mixed. $7.50@R50. Illinois, Indlaan snd Wisconsin feeding prairie, $7.00® 8.00: Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin packing. $6.00®6.50. East Buffalo Live Stock. . East Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 2a Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffala K Y., quote os follows: Cattle—Receipts 3 ears; market steady. Hogs— Receipts 15 cars; market steady; heavy, $7.10; Yorkers. $6.90; pigs, $5.25 @5.40. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 5 cars: market steady; best lambs, $6.35; yearlings. $4.75®5 00: wetbwa $4.25. Calves—Best [email protected]