Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1909 — Page 13

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL Brief Items of Interest to Qty and Country Benders. The Monticello poultry show will be held next week. R. D. Thompson was in Demotte on business yesterday. A. L. Padgett was in Francesville on business Wednesday. Bargains in Men’s Fur Coats at The G. E. Murray Co. Store. O. M. Thrasher fit Monon was in town on business Thursday. Miss Julia Leopold went to Wolcott Thursday to visit relatives. Mrs. Anson Cox went to Chicago yesterday to spend a few days. Mrs. B. F. Fendig went to Chicago Thursday to spend a few days. C. J. Dean went to Indianapolis Wednesday on a few days business trip. Wm. Washburn and R. A. Parkison were in Chicago Thursday forenoon. Don’t fail to see the display of Holiday Goods in Rhoades’ Hardware window. Boys, buy your girl a chafingdish for Christmas, at Rhoades’ Hardware Store. • David Hilton went to Marion Thursday to spend the winter at the Soldiers’ Home. New line of Furs, Fur and Muff sets on selection, select them for Christmas at Murray’s. Miss Carrie Eger visited several days the first of the week with her sister, Mrs. Frank Maloy, at Lowell. If you are thinking of investing in a watch for Christmas, be sure and see Clarke’s line, the largest in the city. The city schools will be closed from next Thursday evening to Monday, January 3, for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Liberal discounts for big bill of Christmas candy, for teachers, churches and Sunday Schools. At The G. E. Murray Co. Store. Benjamin Smith, the cement-walk maker, left Thursday for Denver, Colo., and other points in that state, where he will spend the winter endeavoring to improve his health. ■ at Four quarts of nice sound late red Cranberries for 25c. Nice Florida Oranges 18c per dozen or 50c per peck. Jersey Sweet Potatoes 2c a pound at John Eger’s. ■>*A little daughter of James Longstmh’s at Parr died Tuesday of pneumonia. The funeral was held Thursday and interment made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town. How about that mantle clock that your wife has wanted ever since you were married? Clarke has a nice line and at as little a price as you would have to pay for an Inferior clock some places. jjdrs. M. E. Powell of Washington, £r. C., who had been here visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. G. Spitler, and family, for several weeks, accompanied as far as Chicago by the latter, left Thursday for her home. J. M. Wingard, who has been working for M. A. Dewey of south of town the past season, in company with his wife left Wednesday morning for Huron, So. Dak., to spend the winter with his brother, J. J. Wingard, and prospect for lands. Our O. V. B. line of silverware for the Holiday trade can’t be beat and we sell it at a better price than the same grade can he obtained elsewhere in the city. Come to our store and be convinced. EGER BROS., Hardware.

To-day’s markets: Corn, 51c; Oats, 37c. Mr. and Mrs. Delos Thompson were in Chicago yesterday. W. C. Babcock was in Chicago on business yesterday. Don’t fail to see the Christmas candies at Murray’s before buying. The G. E. Murray Co., want to figure with you on your Christmas candy bill. What makes a more useful present than a good, reliable fountain? Clarke handles the best made. The Rensselaer Creamery will be closed all day next Saturday, Christmas day. W. H. MORRISON. If you fail to see our window display before Christmas, you will regret it.—E. D. RHOADES & Son. Kentland is going to have a *lO,000 Carnagie library, providing the necessary local condHions are complied with. Miss Helen Murray, who is attending college at Oxford, Ohio, arrived home Wednesday to spend the holiday vacation. Did you see those burned leather goods at Clarke’s? Better stop in and see them. They would make a fine Christmas present. Mrs. Blanche Fickle of Colfax, who had been visiting with Mrs. Clifford Parkison for the past three weeks, returned home Wednesday. Mrs. Mary E. Troxell of Demotte, who has been here visiting with her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Dean aUd family, for a few days, returned home yesterday. Mrs. Frank Kenton and Mrs. Geo. Parker went to Marion Wednesday to attend the funeral of their brother, Jacob Parker, which was held there Thursday. The blacksmiths have been doing a rushing business this week, sharpening up the horseshoes so* that horses could stand on the smooth, icy roads and streets. |Mrs. Morlan and son Frank of Rugby, No. Dak., arrived yesterday morning for a visit of* Indefinite length with Charles Morlan and other relatives and friends. T. G. Brown of Barkley tp., went to Vernon, Ind., yesterday to spend a few days with a friend, Wm. Gasper, formerly of Gillam tp., and to attend to a little business. F. L. Peregrine and wife of McCoysburg took the train here yesterday for Wolcott to visit the latter’s mother, Mrs. Nelson DuCharme, who is poorly at this writing. YJ. ,W. Hitchlngs went to Brooksr son Thursday to be with his father-in-law, Joseph Garrott, who is seriously ill. Mrs. Hitchlngs has been at his bedside for the past few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth went to Chicago yesterday morning and returned in the evening accompanied by their daughters, Misses Cecelia and Dorthea, who are attending Wellesley College, Mass. This year we have a larger and better assortment of Christmas Candles than usual. We will be pleased to have every school teacher and buyer of Sunday School candles, look over our line and get our Prices. JOHN EGER. pßruce White has bought a quarter section of land near Jamestown, No. Dak., for an Investment solely. He has never seen the land, but others from,here who saw it recommend it as being worth the money, *3l per acre, so Bruce took it in. There are no Improvements, but it Is all under cultivation. John Gwin of Union tp., bought near this tract, and Harley Lamson, now of Bluffton, has bought a farm adjoining Bruce’s ttact.

Our hard coal is the leader. ’Phone No. 7. No gift is more pleasing and practical than a piece of nickel-plat-ed ware. E. D. RHOADES & SON. ' If you are looking for something extra nice, a little better than you can get elsewhere in fine China, Hand-jialnted China, Cut Glass, and at no higher price, into Clarke’s Jewelry Store. The Monticello Herald, in speaking of D. M. Carson, formerly of .that city but now of Indianapolis, who traded residence property In Indianapolis for Mrs. ,M L. Imes’ millinery store in Rensselaer last week, says: “From Milt’s well known trading proclivities it is doubtful if the title remains in his name long enough for him to even see Rensselaer.” According to press dispatches the opposition to football Which has developed so the past season on account' of the appalling list of deaths and serious accidents resulting, is not to end with the season’s games. Five western Pennsylvania college and the University of West Virginia have barred the game, and the Chicago board of education will no longer tolerate football in the high schools of that city. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. pDec. 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Tull Malone, a daughter* A wec. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. N. Littlefield, a son. *<Dec. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Dolph I/ay of the east part of town, a girl. \jDec. 15, to Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Clarke, a boy. PUBLIC SALES. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Dec. 22, Fred Renicker, six miles due north of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, household goods, etc. Look over our line of fancy imported China for Christmas presentsJOHN EGER. LET US CONVINCE YOU. Having re-opened the “Depot Butcher Shop,” we are now prepared to sell and deliver the choicest of meats at the lowest possible prices. Highest market prices paid for hides and tallow. JOHN L. NICHOLS. Phone 294.

CORSETS FOR BROKAW GIRL $1,500 ANNUALLY

Wife Explains How $30,000 Was Spent on Her In a Year.

Mineola, N. Y., Dec. 17.—1 n her suit for separation and alimony against W. Gould Brokaw' Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw furnished a statement to show that in a year her husband had spent *30,000 on her. Brokaw’s lawyer challenged some of the items. “One item I notice is *7,000 for jewelry; who bought that?” queried the attorney. “Why Mr. Brokaw,” replied the witness. “Where is it?” “I have some of it; some of it was left at 14 East Sixtieth street." “Of what did it consist?” “There was my engagement ring and a diamond necklace.” “So your engagement ring was purchased after you were married?” “That is quite right.” "Here are three velvet hunting suits and one corduroy set down at *600.” “That Is what they cost.” “Miscellaneous, what does that In elude?” “Oh various little things, shoes and* puttees for hunting.” “What is this item? Shanahan *8,000?” “A great many gowns.” “And here is millinery *4OO and another millinery item *3OO, and then there is something marked gloves *3,000. What does that mean?” “Some personal things and things for the bouse.” “Dr. Cralgen *2,500?” "That Is for three weeks at a sanitarium and *1 500 for an operation.” “An antique necklace, *2,000?” "That is the num Mr. Brokaw said he paid for it.” “Corsets, *300?” “His sister pays *1,500 a year for her corsets.” A butler testified he had been ordered by Brokaw to report by telegraph all of Mrs. Brokaw’s movements.

REGISTERED MAIL STOLEN

Ex-Clerk of San Francisco Postoffice Arrested In Paris. Paris, Dec. 17. —At the request of the American government, the French police have arrested Louis Cohen, said to have been connected with the San Francisco postoffice. He is accused of having carried off registered letters containing money and Jewelry. Mother Gray’s Bwee. Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children’s Home In New York. Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach,- Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. OVer 10,000 testimonials. They never fail. At all druggists, 85c- Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

WEIRDEST TALE IN SNEAD CASE

Mother Says Aunt Watched and Waited For Niece’s Death.

THREE SISTERS ARE ACCUSED

Uncanny Vigil In Loqjly and Bare House In Which Young Woman Was Found Dead In Bathtub Was Maintained For a Day and a Night, According to <Story Related by Woman In Tombs Charged With the Murder of Her Daughter.

New York, Dec. 17.—-Strangest of all the weird tales that have sprung from the mystery of the death of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead in East Orange 'was the one told lit the Tombs by Mrs. Caroline Wardlaw Martin, mother of the woman found drowned in a bathtub. The mother is awaiting extradition to New Jersey to face a charge of murder. She told how her sister, Virginia Wardlaw had sat in the bare rooms on the first floor of a vacant house in East Orange waiting for Mrs. Snead to take her own life. Mrs. Martin declared that Miss Wardlaw lingered for a day and night before she dared go upstairs to learn whether her niece, the ailing woman whom she had left alone on a cot in an unfurnished bedroom, had committed suicide. She had heard Ocey Snead say that on that day the light would go out for her; she had known that the sick wdman had written letters forecasting death by her own hand. Yet Virginia Wardlaw sat in the lower part of the desolate house in East Orange until darkness had come and gone, waiting and afraid. When she finally decided to climb the stairs to the bathroom she found that death had come into the house during her vigil. Mrs. Mary Snead, the third of the Wardlaw sisters to be involved in the mystery, also is under arrest.

COMET ON VIEW IN A MONTH

Heavenly Body Named For Halley Observed Through Kansas Telescope. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 17.—Halley’s comet has been observed through the Washburn college telescope. H. L Woods, professor of astronomy, says the comet will be visible to the naked eye in this section of the country in about a month.

The Weather. Fair and colder, with cold wave in northern parts, today; snow probable tomorrow.

THE MARKETS

Cash Grain Market. Chicago, Dec. 18. Winter wheat J>y sample: No. 2 red, *[email protected]; No. 3 red, *[email protected]; No. 2 hard, *[email protected]; No. 3 hard, *l.oß@ 1.13. Spring wheat by sample: No. 1 northern, *[email protected]; No. 2 northern, *[email protected]%; No. 3 spring, *l.oß@ 1.13. Corn by sample: No. 8, 59%c; No. 3 white, 59%c; No. 3 yellow, 59%@60c; No. 4, 57 @ 58c. Oats by sample: No. 2 white, 44%c; No. 3 white, 43@43%c; No. 4 white, 42tfc@ 43%c; standard, 44%c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 25,000. Quotations ranged at *[email protected] for choice heavy. *[email protected] choice light, *[email protected] heavy packing, *7.25 @B.OO good to choice pigs. Cattle —Receipts 6,500. Quotations ranged at *[email protected] for choice to prime steers, *[email protected] good to choice beef cows, [email protected] good to choice heifers, *[email protected] good to choice calves, *[email protected] selected feeders. *4.00@440 good to choice stockers Sheep—Receipts 15,00b> Quotations ranged at *[email protected] for good to choice lambs, *[email protected] good to choice wethers, *[email protected] good to choice ewes.

Potatoes. Choice to fancy, 42 @ 43c; fal r to good, 35@40c. Live Poultry. Turkeys, dry-picked, 23c; chickens, fowls, 13c; springs, 13c; roosters, 9%c; ducks, 16c; geese, Omaha Live Stock. Cattle—Receipts, 3,600 head; market steady to stronger; native steers, *3.75 @7.50; cows and heifers, *3@s; western steers, *[email protected]; Texas steers, *[email protected]; range cows and heifers, *2.75 @4.35; canners, *[email protected]; Stocker* and feeders, *[email protected]; calves, *3.50 @7.50; bulls, stags, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs— Receipts, 9,500 head; market s@loc higher; heavy, mixed, *[email protected]; light, *[email protected]; Pigs, *[email protected]; bulk of sales, *B.lo@ 8.20. , Sheep—Receipts, 8,300 head; market stronger; yearlings, *5.80@7; wethers, *[email protected]; ewes. *[email protected]; lambs, *[email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts 3 cars, market slow. Hogs—Receipts 20 cars, market slow; heavy, *8.50; Yorkers, *[email protected]; pigs, *8.20. Sheep and Lamb*—Receipts 10 cars, market steady; best lambs, *8.70; yearlings, *6.7505.25; wethers, *5.25@ 5.75; ewes, *[email protected]. Calve*— Best, *5.00@ 10.00. Elgin Butter Market. Creamery, extra, 34c; prints, 86c; •xti*a firsts, 33c; firsts, 30c; dairies, extra, 30c; firsts, 27c; packing stock. MHc

ABOUT THE TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.

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limits of Rensselaer, *I.OO and l *2.00 —the same as now; over 500 and up to 700, *1.25 and *2.25; over 700, *1.50 and *2.50. Now the old company wanted *1.50 and *2.50 without any regard to the number of phones it had in use, and it did not have then or now, nor never did have, 500 phones in the city of Rensselaer, and under the terms of the franchise of the Home company which comes up for final passage at the next meeting of the council, the latter can only charge *I.OO and *2.00 at most until it has more phones in operation in Rensselaer than the old company ever had, and the rates asked by the new company can never apply until Rensselaer grows at least onethird in population, so that 700 ’phone subscribers can be had within the corporate limits. The Home company has no choice in this matter of systems, but must put in the exepnsive and uncalled for common battery system or none at all, by the terms of this ordinance. It wants to furnish service as cheaply as it possibly can, but if it cannot furnish the common battery service for the present rates, after 500 phones are in use it asks as a matter of protection, that it may be permitted to make an increase of rates of 25 cents per month, per phone, up to 700. The Democrat probably uses a phone more than any ordinary business house, and it sees no necessity for requiring so expensive a system as the common battery system. The magneto system is plenty good enough for us, with a company that will keep its equipment up and try to give good “central” service. We can afford to ring "central” for less than *6 per year, which the old company proposed to fasten on us for doing away with the ringing proposition.

The public is only demanding a good magneto system service, and wants this service as cheaply as it can be had consistently. It does want cheaper toll rates to local points, and ought to have them. It is true that the old company has made a proposition to sell to the new company, and the latter may buy them out. The matter is being considered and something will be definitely decided upon in that respect very shortly. Should it do so the service will try to be bettered, the local toll rates reduced and an earnest effort be made to give the patrons the very best service pose> ble without increase of rates. The class of farmers behitad the Home company movement is a sufficient guarantee that the move is only for the purpose of bettering the service and keeping down the rates, and makes the charges of the Republican, two of whose owners are heavy stockholders in the old company, look awful silly.

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COLLEGEVILLE ITEMS.

The Christmas recess will I 'begin Wednesday, Dec. 22, at noon, and studies will be resumed Thursday, Jan. 6, 1910. Not a little interest was shown in the Red Cross stamps by the students. Since they are on sale the stationer has been busy handing them over the counter. A very pleasant private entertainment was rendered by the C. L. S. last Sunday. The society has made arrangements to have the - library entirely refurnished. They say that after their plans are carried out their reading room will be equal to any in the state. The basket ball team played its first game at Goodland Wednesday evening. Manual Training, Indianapolis, will take the Reps to task In the college gymnasium next Saturday afternoon. Goodland will be here next Tuesday afternoon. The first issue of the “Collegian” for this year appeared last Saturday. It is an excellent number, and the youthful writers deserve all encouragement to help them on in their literary struggles. Roth the matter and the form of the present issue seem to take the kink of irony out of the Chicago paragrapher’s parody: “The Indiana Muse slumbers and Hoosier poets are what they seem.” A. Kirchen took a tumble down stairs the other day, and a gash over his right temple was all that remained when he regained consciousness an hour later. The Raleigh Smoking Club held their second election last Wednesday afternoon. Father Besslnger directed the affair, which proved that the inhalers were - very much alive to their business. R. Carmody now holds the Uncle Joe position; and H. Berghoff is ever ready to wield" the gavel In the absence of his chtef. J. Nageleisen writes the notes, and carries the collected fines of unwary offenders to the dealer and receives in exchange the little rolls of the fragrant weed to pass around the circle. W. Reineck wears the star and in times of trouble will offer the calumet. Under the present* staff of officers the tobacco grower* need have no fear of a slump In their business. Everything nobby for the men and boys for Xmas. C. EARL DUVALL.

Our O. V. B. line of silverware for the Holiday trade can’t be beat and we sell it at a better price than the same grade can be obtained elsewhere in the city. Come to our store and be convinced. EgER BROS., Hardware.

NEW SECOND-HAND STORE. I have on hand at my secondhand store on South Van Rensselaer street a large supply of stoves, both hard and soft coal and wood heaters, and household furniture, of practically all kinds. You will find many articles here of general use in good repair and at astonishing law prices. Call in and look around. VANCE COLLINS.