Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — Page 1

Jasper (bounty Democrat.

*1.50 Per Tear.

H. FELDMAN DEAD

Trustee of Keener Tp. Victim to Typhoid Fever

FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TO-DAY At 10 a. in., From Residence —Was Thought to be Recovering When Sudden Turn loir Worse Came. jr*Henry F. Feldman, for the past rour years trustee trf Keener township, this county, died at his home in that township Saturday afternoon after a few weeks sickness from t typhoid fever. He had been sick for some time but was reported on the mend, and his death came as a shock to his friends throughout the county. \J He was {feed about 55 years and leaves a wife and five children, nearly all grown. He was an industrous and well respected farmer and owned some 200 acres of land northwest of Demotte, where he resided. The county auditor Monday appointed Tunis Snip, the trusteeelect of Keener, to serve out Mr. Feldman's unexpired term.

FIRE LOSS AT DEMOTTE.

Koppleman’s Store Burned at an Early Hour Saturday Morning. \i Fred Koppleman’s general store at y&motte was destroyed by fire at 12:30 a. m., Saturday, the building and all the contents going up In smoke. The fire is thought to have • started in the K. of P. lodge rooms above the store. Mr. Koppleman carried $2,000 insurance on the stock and there was SBOO insurance on the building, which was ownedl by other parties. The K. of P.’s los£ all of their lodge fur. aiture. V There/was another fire in Keener township Sunday forenoon, the dwelling on the Sim Simon’s farm, two miles southwest of Demotte, was burned to the ground' with all the contents. The house was occupied by Mr. Evers, a tenant, who lost all his effects and bad no insurance. The house was insured. A defective flue is supposed to have chased the fire.

$15,000 FIRE AT MOROCCO.

Restaurant, Mfeat Market and Millinery Store Destroyed. Morocco, Ind., December 21.—A fire, which started here about 4 o'clock this morning, destroyed Smart ft Hope’s restaurant, Hanper ft Brown's meat market and a millinery store owned by Celia Myers. A large brick building, owned by H. Bragg, of Brook, was damaged. The total loss was estimated at $15,000, with light insurance.

ABSORBING QUESTION IN LAKE.

Tuberculin Test Condemn Cows, But Post-mortem Shows Them Healthy. About a hundred people gathered at the Theo. Staff place jiear the fair ground last Monday forenoon, and witnessed the killing and examination of two cows, one belonging to Staff and the other to Harry Oollins, and both had been condemned by the tuberculin test. The (goseet examination that could be made by Veterinarians Woolbrldge and Williams failed to show any disease. The first, a cow eight years old, fat and in good order, was slaughtered and outside of half doxen wire, eight penny nails in her second stomach there was nothing alarming, although there was a small bunch in her stomach the size es a hickory nut, which was not natural. The three year old heifer belonging to Collins, after careful search had no signs of disease whatever, and many took away pieces of the meat to cook and eat. This puts the dairymen in a worse dilemma than before and it is be. lieved that there will be more postmortems held, and If they all turn out the .way those examined did, the tuberculin test will be looked on in these parts with suspicion. The cow owners seem now all at sea on the question, which means dollars and cents to them, and the end has not yet come. The majority of them are like the people in Missouri, who want be shown things before believing. - . The owners of those two animals were partially paid, at least, from a subscription taken up and the people who helped defray the expense were given meat in exchange for their mite if they wanted it, and many were not backward in claiming some after they witnessed the close inspection. This is a hard case to pronounce a verdict on and everyone interested must i. be their own Judge. It is reported that con-

| demned cattle are going to be slaughtered at Ainsworth soon, on account of the tuberculin test, and that inspectors furnished by the government for the Chicago stock yards will be present to pronounce the verdict. We have not been able thus far to get the date. Much Interest is being taken in the matter by dairymen, and a great crowd will be present if the time is advertised. —Lake County Star.

START ON VOYAGE OF LIFE TOGETHER.

Montlcello Journal: Freeman Wood and Miss Lucy Langford, two young people of color, were married last night by Elder A. W. Jackman at the Christian church at the close of the regular evening services. The novelty of a wedding in which the principals were of the colored race, brought out an audience that filled both of the auditoriums past their seating capacity and many stood through the service to see the ceremony performed. The groom is a well known barber of Rensselaer and is well thought of in that city. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Emily Simmons, nee Langford, of west of town. Both have many friends who will join in well wishes. " 4

WILL TAKE ROBINSON TRACT.

Commercial Club Directors So Decide Yesterday Morning. At a meeting of the Commercial Club Directors yesterday morning, with all directors present except E. L. Hollingsworth and G. E. Murray. It was unanimously decided to accept the option on the Warren Robinson tract of land for the factory fund lots at. the east side of town, lying along the Monon railroad. ’there is 76% acres in this tract altogether, but Mr. Robinson reserves his residence and 1% acres of ground, leaving 75 acres on fehich the option is taken at $l3O per acre. Mr. Robinson agrees to take two lots at S2OO each, and should he draw the lot on which a tenant house worth S7OO to SBOO is located, he offers to donate it back Other options goffered were: thd Conrad Kellner tract on the Pleasant Ridge Mad, $175 per acre. The Ad Parkinson 24 acres, east of Kellner's formerly owned by Harry Murray, $l5O per acre. The 20 acres of the former Monnett land, on the Range Lina gravel road, $l5O per acre. Harvey Grant land, north of town, $250 per acre. Henry Amßler, 76 acres, north of town, $l4O per acre. Platting of the land into lots will begin at once. Mr. Deam of the Chicago Industrial Co., who is having charge of ■the lot sale, is here, but he does not know just when the metal furniture factory people, who are talking of locating here, can come down to look over the field. He wrote up to them yesterday about the matter.

THAT ARKANSAS LAND DEAL.

The Developement of Which Wrecked the Baldwin & I)ague Banks. Fowler Leader: Grant Hall will go to Logansport Monday. The trade for the purchase of the Arkansas land is Btill on. About ten years ago a real estate dealer came to Fowler and sold to a Company composed of Daniel Baldwin, W. S. VanNatta and W. H.- Dague some seven or eight thousand acres of land at about seven dollars per acre. James Richey was given a working Interest. He did not manage things profitably, and after a time retired. Then after a year or so, W. S. Van Natta decided that* things had run along long enough and proposed to sell his Interest, which was one-half, or buy all and fixed the price he would give or take. Messrs Baldwin and Dague proposed to buy, and Mr. VanNatta was given a mortgage on the entire property. The deferred payments with interest now amount to about twenty-seven thousand dollars. And Mr. VanNatta has reached the age which he wantp his business affairs straightened. He will doubtless foreclose his mortgage as soon as he can get to it. The land in question has been deeded to the three banks, the Fowler bank being the largest owner. Purchasers want all of the land and not merely part of it and for that reason the receivers of the Goodland bank must co-operate with the receiver of the Fowler andQhmbia banks.

PUBLIC SALES.

The Democrat has printed bills far the following public sales: Thursday, Dec. 31, Harvey Davisson, 9 miles north of Rensselaer on the gravel road. General sale of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and farm implements. Thursday, Jan. 7, H. N. Moulds, 9 miles east and 2 miles north of Rensselaer, in Hanging Grove tp. General sale, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, farm toOlB, household goods, etc. Drive up and pull the bell rope and a clerk will be at your service in two seconds. ' *" CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE.

THE TWICE - A - WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. JW, 1908.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol.

The monthly meeting of the county board of education will not be held next month until the, second Monday of the month, on account of the annual settlement of the township trustees with the advisory boards. —o— Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 18, Leroy S. Price qf Rensselaer, son of W. L. Price, aged 21, occupation laborer, to Lottie L. Goodner, also of Rensselaer, daughter of Perry Goodner, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. The Carr ditch evidence was alt got in Monday and the court thought it might get the matters summed up in shape to render a decision yesterday, although this seemed a little doubtful. Neither side seemed over confident of winning out, though expressing themselves as not at all discouraged. —° — The county commissioners will be In special aassion today to let the annual stationery contract and to finish up the business of the year. All those haying claims allowed them either today or previously during the present calendar year, shpuld take up the county warrants for same before Jan. 1, as all appropriations lapse on the first of the year and revert back to the county treasury. After taking 15 ballots at the meeting of the township trustees of Pulaski county on Monday of last week, to elect a successor to the late J. H. Reddick for county superintendent, without succeeding in electing, an adjournment was taken to Friday. There were four candidates: Mrs. J. H. Reddick, Miss Birgie Tobin, H. L. Rogers and E. O. Worley. Mrs. Reddick received 4 to 6 votes each ballot: Necessary to choice, 7. Squire Irwin officiated Friday afternoon at a marriage in the clerk’s office where the groom appeared somewhat unwilling, and tried to prevlal on his would-be mother-in-law tp postpone the marriage to some other time* but she wouldn’t hear to it, and it is said that if it had taken place several months ago it would have been better for all parties concerned. The groom was Leroy S. Price, and he came here from Arkansas last spring. The bride is but 16 and is a daughter of Perry Goodner, who left here some months ago. It is alleged, with the wife of another man, deserting his family. Squire Irwin doesn’t furnish a guarantee with such marriage certificates that they will stick.

The Lake County . Star, the republican organ of Lake county, says of the election contest now going on at Crown Point: "It seems time to make ney naturalization laws which will prohibit such men voting who have caused so much tumult,” and the Star is certainly right for once. But for this “Hunyak” vote, however, the big republican majority in Lake county would not have happened in the late election. The investigation, which is still in progress, shows that whole droves of these Ignorant foreigners were brought to the naturalization office under the lead of some party worker, and the blanks Were signed up in blank and filled in whenever it was convenient; that probably not one-half of these hastily and carelessly naturalized foreigners was entitled to vote, yet they did vote and their votes helped to make the g. o. p. victorious in Lake county. And such cattle as these rule the government of this country, as they hold the balance of power in many states. It is indeed time some change was made in our naturalization laws.

A HANDSOME REMEMBRANCE.

Union Township Teachers Present Retiring Trustee With Gold Watch Ghain and Charm. The teachers of Union township, at the institute held at eParr last Saturday, served an elegant dinner in the school building, in honor of Trustee Davisson, and as a token of the excellent feeling they had toward him they presented him with a handsome gold watch chain and K, of P. charm. County Superinintendent Lamson was also a guest at the dinner. Mr. Davisson values the gift very highly, and well he may, for there has never been a clash in any way tptween him and his teachers during the four years he has been trustee of Union.

FOB SALE AT A DISCOUNT. Four high grade autos of different makes. Now is your chance. Address P. O. Box 267, Remington. Ind.

THE OLD VIRGINTA REEL

ORIGINATES IN STARKE COUNTY.

Bill to Have Circuit Judge In Every County Not Result of Local Brain Storm. It developes that the proposed bill for a circuit court judge for each county in Indiana, which will provide that no judge shall sit on cases in the county from which he is elected, that an Indianapolis paper says Abraham Halleck stated he would introduce in the senate is not the product of Abe’s brain but originates in the caranium of one Henry 8. Robbins, an attorney of Knox, Starke county, according to the Starke county Republican, and Mr. Halleck is to introduce it at Robbins’ request. The Republican says of the proposed measure: “Section one of the proposed law provides that the Circuit courts of the State of Indiana shall be divided and embraced in six Judicial Districts; each county shall constitute a Judicial Circuit. Section three specifies that each county shall elect one circuit judge/ who shall hold hts office for the term of six years, and be ineligible to become his own successor, either by election or appointment. Section six provides that each circuit judge of the state shall hold four terms of court each year in his respective district of which his circuit forms a part, but he shall have held one term of court in each of the counties composing his district, other than the county from which he is elected. No judge shall hold the second term in any county of his district until he shall have held one term in each of the other counties of hts district. "On the first Monday of August of each year the judges of their respective districts shall meet and assign to each bis work for the ensuing year, in accordance to this act. The place of the meetings in each of the districts shall be designated by the governor of the state. Section eleven specifies the time of holding elections and says that each county shall elect a judge of the circuit court whenever a vacancy exists, on the second Tuesday of July of said year. ' Said election shall be according to the Australian system, and each person desiring to be a candidate shall be permitted to have his name placed on the ticket by recording his name and request with the clerk of the circuit court thirty

A CHRISTMAS REVERIE IN VERSE

BY ROBERTUS LOVE

days before the date oft the election. No officer shall be voted for at the election other than the circuit judge, and where there are more than one candidate, the party receiving a plurality of the votes cast shall be the party elected. "The salary of the judges is fixed at $3,500 per year, with traveling expenses. The proposed law also provides that prosecutors shall receive a salary of SIOOO per year and that they shall be elected, at the regular November elections, for a term of three years. Starke county is included in the first district which is composed of the counties of St. Joseph, La porte, Lake, Jasper Pulaski, Porter, Newton, Starke, Fulton, Cass, White, Miami.” This would be a beautiful law indeed, and would just about double tne cost for circuit judges and prosecutors in the state. Besides the special* time for holding the elections to elect the judges would cost from SI,OOO to $3,000 for each county.

OLD FOOTBALL INJURY FATAL.

Laporte, Ind., Dec. 18.—Word was received here today that Frank Hannum, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hannum, of this city, had died in Seattle, Wash., of injuries received in a football game here two years ago. He was injured in the head and a tumor began to grow. Although several operations were made the trouble could not be overcome.

The new meat market for fancy meats for the Christmas holidays. JOE PUTTS. Pull the bell rope In front of the grocery and a clerk will pop out like a jumping jack from a box. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. Fancy salad dressing, fine syrup, sweet pecallette, good ' olives' and all other little nicetieß to finish off your Christmas dinner. HOME GROCERY. Just received a large lot fancy Indiana home grown celery, the finest in the market. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. 10 per cent discount on woolen and cotton blankets at the G. E. Murray Co. The G. E. Murray Co. are selling flour at $1.85 per sack. Your money back If It la not the best in town.

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..Mm ■ -» t ■* /i r IN old Virginia, on the James, Beside Potomac’s placid flow. Where limpid Shenandoah shames The rival welkin with its glow Or Rappahannock runs, you know (ICre war had flashed its fiery steel), Some half a hundred years ago They danced the old Virginia reel. Where now are they, the stately dames The dimpled maidens all a-row. Who played with hearts the deadliest games While lightly treading to and fro"' Where now is all the dainty show Of silken fabric, glance of heel And gleam of satin slippered toe That danced the old Virginia reel? Where now the cavaliers? The names Of some have fed the bugle blow Of glory—seared in battle flames. They sleep Virginia’s sod below— And some have quaffed the common woe Of nameless death their dooms tar seal And yet, good fellows all, heigHo! They danced the old Virginia reel. ENVOY. * Gallants and girls, I see ye grow From out the gloom—your ghosts appeal. Touch hands anew—the music—so! We'll dance the old Virginia reel.

A GREAT INSTITUTION.

The Indiana Business College, with schools at Lafayette, Logansport, Marion, Muncie, Kokomo, Anderson, Richmond, Columbus and Indianapolis, with its specially trained teachers, employment department, and up-to-date features, is the greatest school of practical education in the state. Mid-winter term begins Jan. 4th. Full information furnished by the secretary, W. H. Carrier, Lafayette, Ind.

REMOVAL NOTICE.

Dr. Rose M. Remmek, optical specialist, who has been located at Clarke’s jewelry store, has moved her office to the second floor of Harris Bank building, where she will have more room for the practice of optics. All old patients, aat any one suffering from eye discomforts are cordially invited to catl. ’Phone 403.

Buy your Christmas dinner groceries the Home Grocery. For Sale or Trade: — Two desirable building lots in the went part of the city, each 67x150 feet, well drained, shade, and fruit trees of various kinds set out. Will sell cheap for cash or on time or will trade for well located medium priced residence property and pay difference. Enquire at The Democrat office. We are very busy these days. We want to serve you the best possible and therefore ask. that yon telephone us your order as early as possible. HOJIE GROCERY.

NURSES WASTED. Englewood Hospital of Chicago offers a course of training to young women wishing to .taker up the profession of Nursing. For further information, address Englewood Hospital, 6001 Green St., Chicago. The cranberry and apples just received at the Home Grocery are extra fine. ' MONEY TO DOAN. ■ A small amount of private money to loan on first mortgage on real estate in Rensselaer, if taken at once. ARTHUR H. HOPKINS . A Christmas dinner no matter how good, is incomplete without good coffee. Millar coffee is the one to top it off right. HOME GROCERY.

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