Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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JESSE WILSON STEPS OUT MARCH 4.

Washington, Dec. 24.—Carmi Thompson, retiring secretary of state of Ohio, who has been chosen by President Taft to succeed Jesse Wilson, of Indiana, as assistant secretary of the depart - ment of the interior, accepted the position in a telegram received at the White House to-day. and will begin his new duties March 4. Mr. Wilson, whose resignation was requested several days ago, is undecided as to what he will do. His home is in Rensselaer.

AFTER FORSYTHE AGAIN.

Winamacians Object to Rensselaer Man’s Selling Goods There. William Brucker Henry Russell and Theo. Dunkin have each filed an affidavit against B. Forsythe charging him with selling merchandise here without paying the license of $lO per day, that is . supposed to be levied 'against "transient merchants.” One similar affidavit was filed last week by John Abbott, each one covering a period of ten days. Mr. Forsythe has given bond for his appearance at the February term of court. —-Winamac Journal.

IN THE AULD LANG SYNE.

David Culp, who resides in the vicinity of Lee, was in Monticello on business Tuesday and called at Loughry Bros/ Mill to ascertain the present state of the grain trade in Monticello. Mr. Culp recalled that just 59 years ago he made his first visit to Monticello, bringing a load of corn for Robert Parker, Sr., who lived in the vicinity of Rensselaer. Mr. Parker had on hands the accumulation of three corn crops and was compelled to haul it overland to Monticello where he sold it to Rowland Hughes at 25 cents a bushel. It took two days to make the round trip and cost Mr. Parker half the price of the corn to have it hauled to markets —Monticello Journal.

BUYS OLD ERIE CANAL BED.

One of the largest land deals in recent years has just been' completed, and \Ym. Haugh of this citv becomes the owner of the old Wabash & Erie Canal proper and the overflow land along its borders through Carroll county. The consideration named in the deed was SI,OOO. , This land was transferred ty the Wabash & Erie Canal company by the trustees, Shirk & Dukes to Mr. Haugh. There are several hundred acres in the tract, and includes the Old Steam Boat canal and ten or fifteen lots in Pittsburg. For years, farmers on each side'of the canal have been farming it, some by lease of overflow lands and others by undisputed possession. But the title is clear and the tract will probably now be sold to the man who wants it the worst. —Delphi Herald.

INDUSTRY MUST BRING SUCCESS.

Vincent Ei.sle is preparing to have a public sale next month and move to town, into the former B. F. Ferguson property, which he purchased about two years ago. Mr. Eisle borrowed SBO to come to America from Germany in 1887, having just got out of the German army. He has worked hard since coming here and now has a comfortable competency to retire on. Before coming to Indiana he farmed a few years in Illinois, working a farm* owned by Henry Amsler, now of Rensselaer. He raised 5,000 bushels of corn one season and husked and cribbed every bushel of it himself. It took him about all winter, but he saved the expense of hired help at a time when dollars were not very plentiful with him. He also did a lot of hard work on a big farm near Remington. which he later sold and bought near Rensselaer, and when he sold this farm last summer it was one of the best improved farms in Jasper county.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Dec. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wells, of Jordan tp., a daughter. Dec. 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hardy, a son.

THE COURT HOUSE

ft'ins Picked Up About the County Capitol A marriage license was granted at Monticello Saturday to \\ illiam McGinnis of Idaville and Grace Hilton of Rensselaer. Over in PulaSki county the deputy Sheriff is a young lady, Miss Maude Sanders, and the young men cut up didoes on purpose to get arrested. New suits filed: No. 7684. The State of Indiana, ex rel. Charles Saidla, vs. Seth B. Moffitt, et al.; suit for board and labor on account of the Ringheisen ditch, amounting to $104.50. said Moffitt being the contractor thereon. The Democrat was the successful bidder- on the stationery contract for the use of the various county officers for the year 1911 at the letting of the contract Friday. Its bid was SISI .- 50, and that of the Republican 5161.76. Levy Bros, of Indianapolis bid $162.40 for this class of work. T. F. Maloney of Kankakee tp., was down Monday closing up his account with the circuit court on the Rasmussen ditch, of whifb he was superintendent. One or two unpaid assessments had delayed making the final settlement until now. Tom is also superintendent of the R. E. Davis ditch, which is advertised to be sold at Wheatfield to-day. See adv. elsewhere in this issue of The Democrat. The Brook Reporter says of the recent examination of the voting machines in Newton countv: "The committee appointed by the commissioners to pass upon the voting machines, after an examination of the machines, recommended that the machines be kept permanently at Kentland, and that a few w eeks before each election a competent home mechanic be employed to thoroughly test each machine and place it in good condition. The main fault found with the machines, was that they were gummed and dirty and did not readily respond to the lever.” Marriage licenses issued: Dec. 23, George Davis Clougher of Austin, 111., aged 44. occupation printer, to Elfredda Gertrude Larson, also of Austin, aged 26. occupation book-keeper. Second marriage for male, first marriage having been dissolved by divorce Dec. 18, 1910. First marriage for female.

Dec. 24, John Alvin Jacox of Britton, So. Dak., aged 29. occupation farmer, to Sedalia May, daughter of Peter May of Rensselaer, aged 22. occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. - i

Dec. 24, Orlando Mannen of Milroy tp.. aged 23, occupation farmer, to Bertha Jane Cook, daughter of Simon Cook of Hanging Grove tp., aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. At the special meeting of the county commissioners Friday to close up the business of the year and let the annual contract for books and stationery, the following business was transacted : In the matter of supplies for county officers for 1911, Levy Bros, of Indianapolis were awarded contract for Class 1: BurtII ay wood Co., of Lafayette, for Class 3; F. E Babcock of Rensselaer, Class 4. The bonds ,of the newly elected county officers who take their offices Jan. 1. 1911. w ere approved with the following bondsmen: Sheriff. ss.ooo—William I. Hoover, Frank L. _Hoover. William M. Hoover.

Count\ T Asessor, $5,000 —John O- Lewis, John Ettglish, Win. Fo'ger, Mvrt B. Price. * County Surveyor. SI,OOO—W. Frank Osborne, Wm. W ashburn. Sylvester Gray, Wm. W ashburn. Drainage Commissioner. $5,000 —Same bondsmen as above.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 1910.

MRS, BETTY LONGWELL CRITICALLY ILL.

Brook Reporter: Mrs. Betty Longwell, Fred LongwelFs mother, who is at a hospital in Indianapolis, is reported* very low r , and Fred has been at her bedside most of the time. Grave doubts of her recovery are entertained. She was quite wed! known here, having been a frequent visitor in tow r n.

ANOTHER SHOOT AT THE STOCK FARM.

Bicknell will give another bluerock shoot at the Rensselaer Stock Farm on Friday, Dec. 30, commencing at 9 o’clock a. m. Big prizes will be given at. the shoot including a S4O L. C. Smith trap gun for first prize on 20 bird shoot. Some good turkeys w'ill also be shot for. Loaded shells and hot lunch furnished on the ground.

OFF FOR CHICAGO.

The winners in The Democrat’s recept Chicago trip contest, Misses Nellie Osborne of Gillam tp., Ruth Yeoman of Newton tp., and Estella Taylor of Carpenter tp., left yesterday on the 10:05 a. m., train for a two days trip to the “Big City by the Lake.” They were chaperoned by The Democrateditor and w r ife. Mrs. George Stoudt of Remington, also joined the party here and accompanied them to the city. All expect to return tonight.

APPLES WITHOUT CORES.

Almost everybody has heard of the story of the boy who asked his companion for the core of the apple, to which the companion made the historic remark, “there ain’t going to be no core.” Now Justice of the Peace David Barb, of Clifford, Bartholomew county, has an apple tree and that tree bears apples. Should any person ask for thejcore o£ an apple from that tree he would be doomed to disappointment, because the apples do not have cores. Justice Barb has brought some of the apples to Columbus and exhibited them. He says the tree that bears the apples never blooms in the spring, but through some freak process it bears the same as other trees. These apples are without cores and are also seedless.—Exchange.

THIS IS A NEW STUNT.

Pleasant Ridge Farmer Has Hogs Stolen Friday Night. Lon Colton, who resides on the former Joseph Parkison farm at Pleasant Ridge, now owned |by Henry Amsler, was in town I Saturday and stated to The Democrat that he had three good hogs stolen from his hog lot the night previous. The porkers weighed from 150 to 200 pounds each, and no clue to the thrives : had been found at that time. Mr. Colton said that the hogs had evidently been driven out of j the hog house into the yard, ; where they were knocked in the i head and lifted over the fence and loaded into a wagon, the tracks indicating that it was a spring wagon that had been used to haul them away. Footprints in the snow showed that a medium sized shoe of a fashionable cut was worn by at least one of the thieves, if there was more than one, which it is supposed there was. Hog stealing is certainly a new stunt in the thieving line in Jasper county, and while the high price of turkey might in a measure excuse. 1 a man with a big family from taking a small pig sot his Christmas dinner, there are no extenuating circum- ; stances for the man who would steal three big hogs, and he 'ought to go to prison for life. Mr. Coltpn is a tenant on the | Amsler farm and the lo.is is confsiderable to him.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockhblders of the Home Telephone Company of Jasper, Newton. Pulaski prid W r hite Counties, Indiana, will be held in Rensselaer, Ind., on Saturday, January 14,, 1911, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year. ' ' R. J. YEOMAN, Pres. F. E. BABCOCK, Sec. './ ‘ -'' ' , > ' ’’ -

HOSHAW REUNION.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hoshaw of Wolcott, Edward Hoshaw of Indianapolis. MVs. Frank Burns and family of Mt. Ayr, and Samuel Hoshaw and family of Rensselaer, sons and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hoshaw in the ! northwest part of town, gathered funder the parental roof Sunday the first time the family has been together for several years. An excellent time was had by, all in feasting and visiting with each other.

PYTHIAN SISTERS’ NEW OFFICERS.

At the semi-annual election of officers Friday night, the Pythian Sisters’ Temple elected the following officers for the ensuing term: • Mrs. Grace Pumphrey, M. E. C; Mrs. B. J. Moore, E. .S.; Mrs. Inez Nichols, E. J.; Mrs. Mae E. Babcock, M. of T.; Mrs. Sadie Laßue, M. of F.; Mrs. Mattie Kresler, M. of R. and C.; Mrs. Frank Osborne, P. of T.; Mrs. W. V. Porter, O. G.; Mrs. Blanche Hoyes, P. C.; Mrs. Maude Woodworth, J. O.; Mrs. Ana R. Mills, Trustee for term of three years.

PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ENTAINMENT.

The pupils of the St Augustine’s Parochial School have been rehearsing for an elaborate Christmas-tide entertainment to be given Friday evening, Dec. 30, in the St. Augustine’s school hall. The entertainment is under the ablfe direction of the sisters of the Most Precious Blood, who are in charge of the Parochial school. The program consists of sevieral small plays, recitations, drills, songs and tableaus, and is sure to entertain all that have the good fortune to be present. The program consists of the ioljpwing numbers 1. Welcome Song. 2. Evening March. 3. Brownie Drill. 4. “Ho’pe and Despair.—Song. 5. ‘‘Discontented Sisters.” —Play. 6. “Topsy-Turvy.” Humorous Action Song. 7. “How Zackery Set the Hen.” 8. “Troublesome Servant.” —Play. 9. “Drifting With the Tide.” — Song. 10. Christmas Star Drill. 11. “The Birth of Jesus.”—Recitation. Tableau.. 12. “The Three Wise Men. —Reci- _ tation. Tableau.

POULTRY AND CORN SHOW

To Be Held the First Week in January, In the Armory. The following extra cash prizes will be given on corn besides the regular cash and ribbon prizes announced in our premium list: 10 ear class, yellow corn, $3 first, $2 second, $1 third. 10 ear class, white corn, $3 first, $2 second, $3 third. 1 ear class, white corn, $1 first, 50 cents second, 25 cents third. 1 ear class, yellow corn, $1 first, 50 cents second, 25 cents third. For the longest ear, any color, sl. This year’s show promises to be the biggest we’ve ever held, and with the addition of corn we hope to make it an annual event which will be of interest to everybody. Corn and poultry must be in the Armory by Tuesday evening. Jan. 3. Mr. Wm. Littlejohn of Kentland, Ind., an expert judge, will judge the corn on Thursday afternoon. Everybody invited to be there. —Rensseiaer Poultry Association. * AiA._

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters remain uncalled for in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending December 26, 1910. Elsie Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Alson A. Fell, Mrs. Elm Jenkson, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith, Mrs. Viola Williams, Airs. Dan Blake, Albert Gerhardstein, George Simpson, The Morfaing Times, -Wm. Lowny, Joseph Urne. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office Jam. 9, if not delivered before that date. In calling for the above, please say “Advertised,” giving date of list,;: G. E. MURRAY, P. M. \■ . : Genuine Quaker Parchment Butter Wrappers, either blank 61 printed, always on sale at The Democrat office.

State and General News

. ROASTED ALIVE. Was Live Stock Attendant, Who Slept in a Wrecked Train. Strawns, Ind., Dec. ,25, —Descending the two-mile 85-foot grade east of Dublin, Ind., a Pennsylvania railroad fat live stock train, east-bound, precipitated itself into Christmas casualty when it crashed into the rear of a freight. Conductor Thompson, r his brakeman and an unidentified live stock attendant were in the caboose, which was smashed. The first two escaped by jumping, but the latter, while asleep in the loft, was literally burned alive by flames which consumed the caboose and two cars. Traffic was delayed five hours.

OPERA HOUSE BURNS.

Fire at Wabash Causes Loss of Eight Thousand Dollars. Wabash, Ind., Dec. 24.—The Harter opera house block, three stories high, was gutted by fire yesterday. The loss is about SB,000, fully insured. The Indiana Lighting Company’s office, one of the finest in the city, with a large display of expensive lamps and fittings was destroyed. A number of other business houses suffered heavy damage. It was only by the herioc work of the firemen that the adjacent buildings were saved. The opera house block was owned by the Wabash National Bank and for many years was the only opera house in the city.

COSTLY XMAS DINNER.

Gardner Kills SIOO Rooster in Mistake for Ordinary Fowl, Logansport, Ind., Dec. 25. The high cost of living got another jolt upward when Henry Odum, gardner for George E. Ross, ex-Judge of the Appellate Court of Indiana, feasted Christmas Day on a SIOO rooster. Odum had been told that lie could have an old rooster confined in one of the coops where Judge Ross shelters his prizewinning cockerels. He was told where to find his Christmas dinner, but made a mistake and chopped off the head of King Richard, mate to Martha, who a few days hgo >von second prize in the Rhode Island Red class at the Chicago.show. Eggs from this particular pair of fowds sell at S2O a dozen.

MURPHY TOOK A LOOK

At Girl Who Advertised She Was a Live Wire—Wedding Bells Ring. ' Lavvrenceburg, Ind., Dec. 23. “I am a live wire. I’ll marry the man who looks good to me.” M Iss Malinda Johnson, age 16, full of life and fun added the foregoing words as a footnote in a letter replying to an advertisement. Charles A. Murphy, age 25, a locomotive stoker/of Chicago read the letter and the footnote, resigned his position and sent a letter to the girl, in which he said: “I’m coming to have a look.” Murphy was as good as his word and caifae as fast as steam could carry him. Miss Johnson was not disappointed in his appearance. Yesterday Murphy obtained a license, after, the girl’s father, Strawder F. Johnson, had given his consent to their marriage, and the Rev. A. E. Davis performed the ceremony at the parsonage of the First Presbyterian Church.

NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING

The 14th annual meeting of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of Bent>n and adjoining Counties of Jasper and White, will be held in the "Exchange Hall, Remington. Indiana, January 7, 1911, for the election of officers, and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. We would like for as many to attend as can do sb, as these is business of importance to‘ come before the meeting. W- I- McCullough,Pres. FRANK E. FISHER, Sec.

YOUTHFUL KNIFE WIELDER HELD.

El wood, Ind., Dec, 26.—This afternoon M ike Finnerty. aged 14, seriously stabbed Joe Knotts, aged 13. Finnerty is held i\ the police headquarters awaiting developments. The boys quarreled about a pair of skates. /

WOMAN HURT IN CRASH.

Logansport, Ind., December 26. —Carrying 50 persons, a street car crossing a bridge over - the Wabash River to-night struck a Pennsylvania freight train from Chicago at right angles. When the motorman saw a collision inevitable he jumped. M'rs. Geo. Palmer, a passenger, was the only one hurt.

SOME CORN ON THE KANKAKEE MARSHES.

The corp husking on the John Brown & Son Kankakee ranch .was practically finished this week, and a very conservative estimate on the many different cribs and piles, scattered over the large place, is 50,000 bushels. This is based on 40 bushels per acre, and they are quite sure some turned out 60 and 70 bushels, and perhaps the 1,200 acres averaged 50 will swell the total to 60,000 bushels.—Crown Point Star.

PUBLIC SALES.

The Democrat lias printed bills for the following public sales: Monday, Jan. 2, Josiali Davisson, at Kniman. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.

Thursday, Jan. 12, J. A. Isselstein, Z l /i miles south and 1 mile v east of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, farm tools, etc. Monday, Jan. 16, Vincent Eisle, 3 miles south of Rensselaer. General sale, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, farm tools, etc.

Medicine In Norway.

Norway prohibits doctors dispensing medicines where pharmacies are convenient and pharmacists prescribing If a doctor Is within reach.

Ireland’s Claddach Clan.

The Claddach. in the extreme west of Ireland, is the one section of , the country where the Gaelic life is the same today as it was before the Normans invaded Britain, tip to about forty years ago 4 the clan had Its own king. A Dominican monastery bas been in continuous existence there since the fifth century.

London Climate.

An English wit made an epigram to describe the climate of London: “In a fine day, looking up a chimney; in a foul day, looking down one.”

Mexican Chicle.

The gum of the Mexican chicle tree is valuable as the basis for most chewing gums for the reason that it is absolutely tasteless and therefore does not affect the flavor of other ingredients mixed with it.

Last of the Barons.

The battle of Barnet was one of the most decisive ever fought. It was itt 1471 and closed the age of baron rule in England. s

Foxglove.

The foxglove is a hardy perennial that has a medicinal reputation. Digitalis Is one of the; most valued remedies in heart troubles and is obtained from the plant to which the common name, foxglove, is given. In olden time it was esteemed as an application to ulcers, etc., and Italian peasants have a proverb, “Foxglove heals all sores.” Flowers of the foxglove were reputed to be favorites with elves and fairies.

South Africa.

South Africa is of volcanic origin, and the land in the vicinity of Kimberley is so sulphurous that a-uts cannot exist upon it.

Battle of the Emperors.

The battle of the emperors was fought at Austerlßz. 1805. The emperors present-were Napoleon. Francis of Austria aud Alexander of Russia. Over 170.000 men were actually engaged in the battle, and of this number 23.000 werq killed gr wounded, or 13 per cent of the whole. .

Suspension Bridges.

It took sixteen years to build the first Brooklyn bridge, but immensely larger suspension bridges can now be constructed in from four to five yea,rs.

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