Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — Page 7

Indiana. State News.

KBLLEHER ASKS FOR RECOUNT j Columbus, Ind., Nov. 16.—Patrick J. Kelleher, Democratic candidate for State Statistician, has filed a petition in the Bartholomew. county Circuit Court asking for a recount of the vote cast in the Fifth precinct in the city of Columbus at the recent election. In his complaint he sayß he believes mistakes and frauds were committed in the official count.

TWO DEAD OF MILK SICKNESS.

Morocco, Ind., Nov. 19.—Joshua Whiteman, age fifty years, and his daughter Essie, age twenty-two years, southwest of this place, are both dead from milk sickness. Mr. Whiteman, who was a prominent farmer contracted the disease about ten days ago. Bhortly after his death the daughter was stricken in i the same way, dying a short time afterward. %

EATON HAS MODERN SCHOOLHOUSE.

Muncle, Ind., Nov. 19.—1 n Eaton there was thrown open yesterday a three story new school building that is said to be the most modern in the state. A feature of the structure is the uni-llghting system. Pupils receive light from one side of the room only. Oculists and physicians have protested against the old methods of lighting schoolrooms and this building is an effort to meet the common objection.

EX-RECORDER INDICTED.

Former County Official Charged With Misappropriating $2,600. Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 19.—The Monroe county grand jury, whlc6 has just adjourned, has returned an indictment against Thomas Golliver, recorder of Monroe county for four years previously to 1907. The charge is embezzlement and it is alledged that $2,600 was misappropMated. He and his bondsmen have made good $2,000 of the amount. Golliver is a young man and a cripple. A warrant is now out for his arrest.

FOR PASTEUR TREATMENT.

Terre Haute Council Appropriates SSOO to Send Victims to Institute. Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 17.—The City Council last night appropriated SSOO to assist poor persons to take the Pasteur treatment at Chicago. Charles McClellan, of Kansas, 111., came here today for treatment for a bite inflicted on his ankle by a cat thought to be suffering from rabies. He went to Chicago at noon. Dr. Victor Keene, of Indianapolis, will deliver an address on hydrophobia, tonight, before the medical society, with the public Invited.

WOMAN ASKS DIVORCE.

Married Forty-Six Yean, She Says Husband Called Her Names. Richmond, Ind., Nov. 17.—1 n the Wayne Circuit Court today the case of Mary Bistro against Christopher Bistro for divorce and alimony was called for trial. The case is unusual Mr. and Mrs. Bistro have been married forty-six years and each is sixty-eight years of age. The wife charges cruel treatment, saying that her husband called her names. The defendent entered a general denial. The children of the aged coupl* have divided, some of them standing with the mother, others with their father. The family Is one of the best known in Richmond. Mrs. Elstro asks a reasonable sum for alimony.

SUIT ON AN OLD POLICY.

Wife of Missing Man Did Not Know of Insurance. Martinsville, Ind., Nov. 20.—An interesting case Is pending in the Monroe Circuit Court. It is a suit brought by Mrs. Elizabeth King against the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, to compel the payment of a SIO,OOO policy, held by her husband, S. T. Buckner, who left in 1867 and has never been heard from. Mrs. King never knew of the existence of the policy until three years ago, when the insurance company, in looking over their books and finding that no disposition had ever been made of the policy, began tb make inquiry with the intention of taking it off their books. Mrs. King was the wife of S. T. Buckner in 1867. In that year, in company with his brother-in-law, W. H. Baker, he left for New Orleans with a shipment of horses and mules. Buckner obtained the sum of $6,200 from the First National Bank of this city, to use in buying the stock. He and Baker never returned and have never been heard from since, and consequently the bank lost the money. During the trial, two letters that were written by Buckner to his wife after their ’arrival in New Orleans, were read. . In one of them he stated that several, men had been killed in New Qrleans about that time, but that he and Baker had no fear. As they. never .came home and nothing has. since been learned qf them, their friends thtah that they were killed. Beleiving that hpr husband was dead, Mrs. Buckner married King. His death came several years later. In her complaint Mrs. King alleges

that her first husband is dead, that she is the beneficiary of the policy and should be paid the money. The company refused to pay, claiming that the statue of limitations is a bar to payment.

SIXTY CASES OF DIPTHERIA.

Staunton Schools Closed After All Inhabitants Were Exposed. Brasil, Ind., Nov. 19—Dr. Veach of Staunton, this county, has reported a serious epidemic of diptheria at that place. He says there have been about sixty cases there in the last month, but many of them were so light that no physician was called. Some of the children who had slight attacks went to school and spread the disease. In one family there are seven children, felx of whom are now down with the fever. It was not until there was a death from diptheria that the full extent of the epidemic became known. pr. Veach says that the whole town of 1,200 inhabitants has been exposed, and the schools have been closed. County health officer Williams today wired the State health department, asking that antitoxin be sent for the treatment of the poor in Staunton.

WELL-KNOWN DENTIST DEAD.

Dr. John W. Garner Succumbs to Pneumonia at Muncie Home. Muncie, Ind., Nov. 19.—Following an illness that had been considered dangerous only for a period of twenty-four houts, Dr. John W. Garner, one of the city’s most prominent business men, died suddenly yesterday of pneumonia. Dr. Garner was a dentist and had accumulated a considerable fortune which he largely invested in Muncie real estate. He had lived in this city for thirty-nine years. His illness began a week ago, but it was ( not regarded as serious at any time until the day before his death. Dr. Garner had long been identified with the commercial and church life of the city. The widow, a daughter, Mrs. William W. Kemper, and a son, Dr. Frank Garner, with whom he was associated in business, survive. Dr. Garner was fifty-nine years old.

CHILDREN VACCINATED.

Physician at Delphi School to Prevent Spread of Smallpox. Delphi, Ind., Nov. 18.—The smallpox epidemic in this city is assuming alarming proportions, and threatens to close the schools and put a stop to all public meetings. There are at present about a dozen cases in the city and new ones are being reported almost daily. The conditions at the schools have become so alarming that Superintendent Townsley gave to each pupil in the school a notice to be taken to their parents saying that the school is threatened with an epidemic of smallpox. The notice says that the only protection is vaccination and that a physician will be at the school building every day this week to vaccinate, without charge, any child. The result of this notice is that nearly every child in the school has been vaccinated within the last two days.

FIGHT HOGS FOUR HOURS BEFORE HELP ARRIVES.

Boonvllle, Ind., Nov. 17.—Mrs. Rebecca Rice, age eighty-four, who lives near Selvin, yesterday suffered two broken limbs in a fight with hogs that were eating her chickens. Mrs. Rice heard her chickens squaking in the hog pen. She hurried to the pen and as she climbed the fence in an effort to stop the slaughter, she slipped upon a wet trough and fell, breaking her right arm and right leg. This happened at 10 o’clock In the morning. A neighbor woman came to her assistance and beat off the hogs, but was too weak to assist Mrs. Rice out of the pen. It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon before their cries brought further assistance. During all this time Mrs. Rice suffered great agong from her injuries and her neighbor stood by her - side fighting off the hogs. When assistance did come both had to be helped to the house. Mrs. Rice is not expected to recover from the shock.

ORGANIST TEN YEARS OLD.

Boy Presides at Pipe Organ in St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Muncie, Ind., Nov. 20—The St. Lawrence Catholic church here, one of the largest In the State, with its 2,500 members, has as Its organist a mere boy of ten years, Master Anthony Rahe. He handles the large cathedral pipe-organ in a way that has commended the lad to a number of prominent pipe - organists and distinguished musicians who have heard him. The boy is undoubtedly a musicial prodigy. He received his appointment as church organist last February. Since he was seven years old he has been receiving piano lessons from the Sisters of St. Agnes, and a few months before he was appointed began to receive instruction from' the Rev. Father John F. Kohl, assistant pastor of the St. Lawrence church. The boy’s, aptness caused much comment. Young Rahe is still In knee trousers, and until he takes his place yl . ~

| upon the organ seat he is generally mistaken for one of choir boys.

RUMMAGE SALES UNDER BAN.

Columbus Health Board Says They will Not be Permitted. Columbus, Ind., Nov. 19-—The people who depend on rummage sales for their clothing and furnishingß are doomed to disappointment in Columbus this winter, because rummage sales are under the official ban of the Columbus Board of Health. 'During the recent diptherfa epidemic no effort was made to hold any of these sales but last week, when the diptheria was practically wiped out, the Central Christian church announced a sale in the basement of the city hall. As soon as Secretary A. M. Kirkpatrick, of the Board of nealth, learned that the sale was in progress he ordered it stopped and then issued a public notice, stating tnat no more rummage sales would be allowed this winter. Kummage sales have become recognized .nstitutions among the churches of Columbus. Poor people depended on these sales almost exclusively and some well-to-do people waited lor a rummage Bale and then bought a supply of cast-on winter clothing.

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FOR SOLDIERS’ GRAVE.

Markers for Men Killed in Wreck Near Ijafayette in 1864. Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 19. —Fortyfour years after the accident, the graves of twenty-two Union soldiers, killed in a wreck in 1864, will be marked with beautiful marble headstones received here yesterday from the War Department of the United States Government. The graves are In Greenbush cemetery. In 1864 two trainloads of Union soldiers on the old Lafayette & Indianapolis railroad, now the Big Four, came in collision near this city and twen-ty-two soldiers met death. The graves have been unmarked. Capt. J. B. Shaw has interested himself in the headstoue project and has worked for fifteen years to bring it to completion. The headstones will be' inscribed with the names of the wreck victims that were indentifled. In addition to providing the headstones for the Union soldiers’ graves the Government has granted the request of local patriotic citizens for markers for the graves of thirtyfive Confederate soldiers who died in a temporary military prison maintained here during the civil war.

BEST CATARRH DOCTOR.

This is the little Hyomei inhaler, a doctor that has cured many thousands of sufferers from catarrh, bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, coughs, colds, grip and croyp. It’s easy to cure yourself with Hyomei. Pour a few drops in the little inhaler, and breathe it in. The healing, soothing and antiseptic air will reach every nook and crevice of the mucous membrane of the throat; will stop immediately; will, allay the information; drive out the foul odor; kill the germs and cure the disease. My wife has been using Hyomei for two months for catarrh. She

has received more relief and benefit than from any other treatment.”— E. S. Parrett, Jeffersonville, O. B. F. Fendig, the druggist, sells Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me) and guarantees it. A complete outfit, including inhaler, only costs SI.OO. N

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THE WIDOW and A THANKSGIVING EPISODE

Deacon silas lapham, via. ower, bad been paying atten tions to Aunt Sarah Hender sou. widow, for two years Each beard that ttfe other was stub born, and each was watching and waiting for the other to exhibit the trait Thanksgiving brought the crisis. The widow invited the deacon to dinner There was no question about the deacon taking the bead oi tbe table, bnt when tbe matter of carving came op tbe widow took knife and fork in hand and said: “I can do It so mneb better than you. you know." "1 fall to see bow or why," he replied. "Because l have alwaye carved. It was an eccentricity of mine even when I was a girl. No doubt you can slice ham or pork, but wben It comes to carving a turkey’’— “I have carved thousands of them

"THERE—YOU ARE JABBING AGAIN!"

as you must know,” interrupted the deacon, with considerable asperity. “Don’t jab the fork into the bird like that. That’s like a hired man jabbing a pitchfork into a heap of hay.” “I was not jabbing. In order to ■tart carving you must get a firm bold of the bird. ' “Then take it by a leg.” "Never! How would you look holding the bird with one hand while you sliced away with the knife? If you have always carved that way”— ”1 have, and it’s the only way to carve. There—you are jabbing again! One would think you were a soldier bayoneting an enemy.” , “Deacon Silas Lapham, you are talking like a child! When I think I need to be told how to carve a turkey I will call on you for advice. 1 simply get a firm hold with the fork and then”— “And then jab, jab. jab. A woman has no business with the carving knife and fork when there is a man present I -will carve this turkey.” “I beg your pardon, but yon will sit there and see me carve it. Don’t forget that I am in my own house and that 1 am stiil my own boss.” “You Invite me.to dinner and then humiliate me. do you?" shouted the deacon as lie shoved back his chair. "Now, don't lie a schoolboy,” chided the widow as she flourished the knife around. “Having got a firm hold with the fork. 1 now proceed to cut around the thigh joint—thus.” “But you are sawing instead of cutting.” “No. I’m not “Widow Henderson!** “Deacon Lapham!” “If 1 was a swearing man"— “You’d get off a swear word on this Occasion Yes. you look as if you were ■wearing to yourself this minute.” “I hain’t sworn a single swear, but when a man lias to sit here and see a Thanksgiving turkey jabbed and poked and stabbed and sawed and butchered the Lord would surely forgive him for one or two swear words.” “Deacon Silas Lapham.” she replied as she rested from her labors, “I said I could carve a fowl.” “Then why don’t you?” “I am doing it. and if you would keep quiet for five minutes I” “This is too much, widow— too much"’ said the deacon as he started for his overcoat and hat. “Yoq, invite me here and then insult me. 1 heard about your obstinacy”— “And I beard about yours.” “And your wretched temper”— “Same to you.” “But 1 thought It a slander. Now,, however, 1 can no longer doubt.” “Neither can I.” “It was my place to carve that turkey In your obstinacy you continued to saw and Jab and butcher without regard to my feelings. My only recourse is to hid you good day and tike my bat and leave.” “If you will act like a boy, 1 can’t help It.” “And never come again,” finished

THE WIDOWER

By Caspar Dullon

CepyrigHl. IMS. by Amiriun b«u Allocution

the deacon as he got on bis overcoat. Tbe widow ate ber Thanksgiving dinner alone, but that turkey was never carved to form a part of it. After tbe deacon’s departure she returned to the carving knife and eventually managed to saw off a piece of the meat, but she bad no sooner tasted it than she started for tbe kitchen to Interview tbe hired girl. It was three or four days before the Mystery was solved, for there was a mystery. The turkey, which bad been killed three or four days abead of time and hung op to freeze, bad been cut down and devoured by cats, and to save himself from reproof tbe hired man bad killed a peacock and bung R in Its place. “And so you see I bad to saw and jab," explained tbe widow as tbe widower was sent for. "Y-e-s, 1 see."

“And you would also have had to saw and jab.” “Y-e-s ” “And though you went away yob didn’t miss your turkev,” “N-o” “And ail things considered”— “Yes. all things considered”— The deacon’s fur had to be rubbed the right way for a time, but he purred at last, and on this Thanksgiving day he will do the carving and his wife will pass the cranberry sauce.

Our Thankfulest Thanks

By ROBERTUS LOVE.

[Copyright, 1908, by American Preao Association.) OH. we are thankful for manifold blessings, Thankful for life and for home and for health. Thankful for turkeys with aavory dress Ings. Thankful for progress and wisdom and wealth. Thankful for corn and alfalfa and clover. Thankful for money and faith In the banks. Thankful, so thankful, election is overThat Is the source of our thankfulest thanks! One year in four is a leap year, remember This Is one of ’em, and many a man Sworn to stay single if this we're Decern ber Now would give thanks to be freed of the ban. Tat there’s a bother that’s still more distressing One year In four—all the rest It out ranks— Namely, election, which keeps us a-guess-ing . v Now that It’s over, our thankfulest thanks Man can escape from the maiden pursuing. Man can resist the Importunate miss; Simply a system ot shunting and lngThat will avoid matrimonial bliss But there Is never a man so evasive He can escape the political tanks. Always a-drlp with palaver persuasive. Now that they’re quiet, our thankfulest thanks ’ Season of roaring and ranting and raving Period when It is perfectly plain Every man’s uppermost duty is saving Washington's country from bondage** chain: Time when your friend or your father or brother For his opinions you class with the cranks. Now for four years we cannot have another. So let U 6 offer our thankfulest thanks. Maybe twas tariff and maybe 'twaa labor. Maybe ’twas courts that so split us apart; Maybe the trusts so affected your neighbor That he dissevered himself from your heart: Maybe Injunctions or guaranteed banking. Any or all of the partisan planks. Well, it is over, so now for the thanking— Now for reunion, our thankfulest thanks! Oh. we are thankful the nation Is living. Thankful the dear old republic is etlll Bure of a band to proclaim a Thanksgiving. Thankful, so thankful, hla front name to Bill! Thankful are we that Columbia to leaping Four, years away from political pranks. Such a relief is occasion for heaping Thus on Thanksgiving our thankfulsat thanks

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COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Truateea. Towmhiiu Washington Cook Hanging (W, W. Coppess ...^.OlltoS Grand Davi550n................. .Barkles Charles F. Stackhouse Marlon Charles E. Sage jSSian W, B. Yeoman Newton §e?r*e xr L ’ K Parks • • Jahroy Fred Karch wniircr Henry Feldman... Keener Charles Stalbaum Kankakee Robert A. Mannan Wheatfleld Anson A. Fell Caroenbe? Harvey Davisson nion Ernest. Lamson, Co. Supt... .Rensselaer “• '-• FallgllSn v . . Rpngaftlnar James H. Green Remlngtoa Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfleld Truant Officer.. C. M. Sands, Rensselaer Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney R. o. Graven Terms of Court.—Second Monday In February, April, September and November. Four week terms. CITY OFFICERS. J. H. S. Ellis Treasurer Moses Leopold Ai U ?i rn w y i; Geo. A - Williams F « oh.fr neer i” H. L. Gamble Ejj? • -J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden J. j. Montgomery ’ , Councilman, w H - **■ Brown At large..C. G. Spltler, Jay W. William. COUNTY OFFICERS. Hi’ Charles C. Warner Auditor j. N. Leatherman Treasurer j. u. Allman Recorder j. w. Tilton Surveyor Mvrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools. .Brnestß. Lamson Gouat y Assessor John Q. Lewis Health Officer M. D. Gwin Commissioners. Ist District John Pettet 2nd District Frederick Waymlra 3rd District ...Charles T. Denham Commissioners' court —First Monday of each month. Jordan Township. The undersigned, trustee of Jordan township, attends to official business at his residence on the first Saturday of each month; also at the Shlde schoolhouse on the east side, on the third Saturday of each month between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Goodland, Ind. R. F. D. CHAS. E. SAGE. Trustee. Newton Township. The undersigned, trustee of Newton township, attends to official business at his residence on Thursday of each week. Persons having business with me will Please govern themselves accordingly. 'ostoffice address Rensselaer, Indiana. Phone 26-A. Mt. Ayr Exchange. W. B. YEOMAN. Trustee. Union TowNahlp. The undersigned, trustee of Union township, attends to official business at his residence on Friday of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Rensselaer, Indiana, ‘ HARVEY DAVISSON. Trustee.

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