Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — Page 1

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WEDS SUDDENLY; DESERTS GROOM

Rensselaer Girl Married Tuesday, Elopes Heit Day ALL SPEED LAWS SHATTERED Exercises Prerogative of the Eternal Feminine Changes Her Mind and is “Gone With a Handsomer Man.” Charles Gilmore of near Demotte was in the city Monday securing information as to the doings of his 16-year-old daughter Ruth, who for the past two years has been employed as a domestic.in the family of E. P. Honan, and who left last Wednesday w’ith Gossie Brown, a young man who has working for Joe Borntrager of near Pleasant Ridge. Young Brown had been the girl’s “steady” for some time, but on Sunday, August 6, she met at Parr a Chicago Heights widower, Paul Possen, aged 42 years, who had married a cousin of the girl. Possin’s wife died some time ago and he had hired his three children kept by a relative at Parr. It was while he was visiting there that he met the girl, the first time he had seen her since she wias a small child. It was apparently a case of mutual admiration, and Tuesday they went to Chicago Heights and were married.

Possin has a position with a chemical company there and now draws a weekly salary of $16.50, with a prospect of a raise to $lB soon. He gave the young wife $5 in cash Wednesday morning, his late wife’s gold ring and some of her clothing, and she came to Rensselaer, ostensibly to get her belongings at the Honan’s and return -to hffbby in the afternoon. Instead she was met by Brown w*hen she got off the train here and he prevailed on her to accompany him to his brother, Lester Brown’s home at Kirklin, and they left on the 2:01 p. m., train Wednesday afternoon. In the meantime Possin was anxiously waiting the return of his bride, but learning that on her return to Rensselaer she had vigorously denied the rumor that she was married,, and her failure to return, caused him to come to Rensselaer 1 Sunday and he then learned that she had left with Brown. Possin is said to be quite a dec' * sort of fellow, and he felt ery badly over the doings of his wife. Telephone communication was had with the girl’s father near Demotte and the latter was to come to Rensselaer Sunday afternoon and accompany Possin to Kirklin and try to have the girl-wife return to him. Mr. Gilmore, however, was unable to secure a way to get to Rensselaer, he says, and did not reach here until Monday at 11:06 a. m. He was to leave on the 2 p. m. train that day for Kirklin to assist in having the girl return to her husband. Gilmore intimated that if he run across Brown there would be a subject furnished for a funeral down in that vicinity but his enthusiasm over what he would do to Brown finally overcame him—too frequent indulgence in courage elixer—and he wandered off in the northwest part of town and went to sleep. j Someone made complaint to the that his complexion would be ruined if allowed' to remain in the hot sun too long, and Sheriff Hoover went down and aroused Gilmore and got him on his pins again. Charles had evidently been saving up his money of late, as he had some $260 on his person when picked up by the sheriff. And in the meantime, again, Possin took the milk train here Sunday evening for Lafayettd and thence across to Kirklin to see if lie couldn’t lone-handed induce her to feturn to him. He

found her at Brown’s brother’s, but Gossie wasn’t in evidence. The Kirklin marshal accompanied Possin out to Brown’s, and the young wife at first said she W’ould return with him. Later she refused to do so, and on the advice of the marshal Possin comes back to Rensselaer on ahe 2:57 train Monday afternoon to get a warrant to take her. He was told here that this was unadvisable, and he could well get a warrant there as in Rensselaer. So Possin, accompanied by the girl’s father, left on the milk train again Monday evening for Kirklin, and Gilmore declared that he would bring her back. At this writing they had not returned. The girl in the case is not, yet 17 years old. She has had a good home at the Honans and they thought a great deal of her. Her mother ‘has been dead for several years and there are several of the children, a younger sister being employed in the J. L. Brady family. The girl perhaps regrets having married on so short acquaintance a man nearly three times her age. But there may be other reasons back of all the difficulty Wlhich will no doubt come out in time. She may have had a quarrel with Brown and got married to spite him, only to regret her action later.

MANN SPITLER DIES.

Mann Spitler who was stricken with paralysis while in Rensselaer last Thursday morning, died at 3:30 Saturday morning at the home of Miss Maude Spitler, without having regained consciousness. The body was taken to his home in Thayer Saturday afternoon and, burial made at Roselawn Monday.

FIRST STORY ALMOST UP.

The match factory people now have the walls up to the top of the window frames for the first story, and - the floor for the storage house is now being put in as rapidly as- possible. From the appearance of the biulding so far as completed it is to be a very neat looking and staunch structure. 1

ENTERTAIN AT BIG DINNER.

Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long en» : tertained about 35 relatives and friends at a big fried chicken dinner Sunday at their spacious home on River street. There were lots of good things to eat besides fried chicken, and after all had eaten their fill there was an abundance left. There were present Mr. and Mrs. John Purcupile of Lafayette, and their friend, Mrs. Barker and daughter of Omaha, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha Crouch, Elizabeth and Herbert Crouch, P. Searight, wife and family and son-in-law, Wilbur Beeker and wife of Lafayette; F. J. Sears and wife; Joe Hardman and wife, Henry Purcupile and wife; C. C. Warner, wife and daughter and Miss Gertrude Hopkins of Rensselaer.

NOBODY WAS KILLED

Though Several Automobilists Thought Fatal Accident Had Occurred. While out automobiling Sunday evening George Long had a “blowout” of one of the rear tires near the A. L. Padgett place, east of town. Soon Max Kepner came along, driving John Eger’s car, with Mr. and Mrs. Eger. Mak stopped his machine and got out to assist George in repairing the blowout. John and the other occupants of the cars also got out to watch the proceedings and soon six cars were lined up there, John getting out in the middle of the road and waving a newspaper to flag every auto that came along. The occupants of the flagged cars supposed a fearful accident had occurred, and got out of their machines with solemntoned voices tip-toed up to the stranded auto where Max was busy patching the blowout. All agreed, after learning the extent of the trouble, that John ought to be given a good ducking, but water was scarce and the river was to© far away, so the joker got off scott free.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16, 1911.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the various oaparMTs OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Special Judge Marvin; came over from Monticello Monday and took up the Kankakee ditch grind again. —o— Saturday was the busiest day for marriage licenses we have :had in a long time, no jess than three being issued, making four for the month thus far. —° — New suits filed: No. 7756. William B. Austin vs. James M. Dickey, et al.; suit on note and to foreclose mortgage on real estate. Demand $3,000. No. 7757. Benjamin J. Gifford vs. Charles W. Bussell, et al.; action to foreclose a vendor's lein. Demand $14,000.

Benton Review: The action of the commissioners in offering a liberal reward for the arrest of the murderer of Peter Larsen will meet with general approval. A Benton county Grand Jury which is as powerful a body as any other that our laws have created, have decided that he did riot come to death by his own hands and the fact that the prosecuting attorney is of a different opinion would not relieve the commissioners -from their duty of taking cognizance of this decision of the Grand Jury. —o — Marriage licenses issued. Aug. 12, Ralph Emerson Ring of Marion, aged 22, occupation electrical engineer to Goldie Marie Mills, daughter of Charles E. Mills of Tefft, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Father of bride consents to issuing of license. August 12, Felix Fred Wieder of Aurora, 111., aged 26, occupation carpenter, to Flossie May Darner daughter of Walter Darner, of Wheatfield, aged 17, occupation housekeeper, First marriage for each. Father of bride consents to issuing of license. August 12, Robb Jones of Hamlet, Ind., aged 23, occupation farmer, to Hazel May Cox, of Demotte, daughter of James Harvey Cox of Illinois, aged 18, occupation housekeeper. First marriage son- each.

NEW MINISTER FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

The Christian church people have engaged Rev. W. G. Winn, of Pittsburg, Pa., to succeed Rev. G. H. Clarke as pastor of their church. He preached here some three weeks ago and made so favorable an impression that a proposition was made to locate here as pastor of the church. His family consists of a wife and two daughters, aged 15 and 13 years, respectively.

T OFFER $2,500 REWARD.

For Arrest and Conviction of Murderer of Peder Larsen. The Benton county commissioners have offered a reward of $2,500 for the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who murdered Peder Larsen the aged Dane, who was found dead in the cistern at his home in Fowler a few weeks ago, with suspicion pointing toward his wife as having murdered him. The coroner exonerated the wife but the public was not satisfied with this verdict, and the commissioners were asked to take action. The widow has since left Fowler arid no one knows where she has gone. The county council is asked to meet tomorrow to make the appropriation for the reward.

EXCURSION TRAIN KILLS THREE HORSES.

The excursion train Sunday morning killed three good horses for Wm. Reed at Surrey. Reed was driving the horses to pasture, and two of them were killed outright while another was so badly injured that it 'had to be killed. Four other horses in the bunch escaped injury.

FUNERAL OF MRS. ARTHUR WAYMIRE.

The funeral of Mrs. Ora Payne-Waymire, wife of Arthur Waymire of Barkley tp., mention of wlhose death was made in Saturday’s Democrat, was held Sunday at 2 p. m., from Trinity M. E. church in Rensselaer, conducted by Rev. Kuonen of the Barkley M. E. church and the pastor, Rev. C. L. Harper. The funeral was largely attended. Burial was made in Weston cemetery. Deceased leaves a husband, to whom she was married in 1907, and one little son.

INJURIES EXAGGERATED, HENRY SAYS.

In mentioning the runaway accident to “Herman” Hordeman, in Saturday’s Democrat, we should have said Henry Hordeman, instead of Herman. Herman is the thresherman, and is all whole and sound. Also, Henry says he was not so badly hurt as first reported, and that he went right to hauling corn again as soon as patched up a little by the doctor. Most people, in a like instance, would perhaps have taken to their bed for a week at least to recuperate from their bruises, but Henry has more grit to the square inch than any man in Jasper county, and it takes more than losing a hand, or arm or being thrown out of a wagon and getting all bruised up to put him out of commission.

HERE FROM TACOMA.

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bartoo of Tacoma, Wash., who are visiting relatives at Remington, came over Monday afternoon to visit relatives and old friends in Rensselaer. Mr. Bartoo returned to Remington the same afternoon but Mrs. Bartoo will remain here for a few days longer. Bert is looking well and tips the scales at about 200 pounds. He has sold an interest in his job printing business at Tacoma and has things arranged so that he does not have to hurry back. The hot weather rather get’s away with him here and he is undecided just how long they will remain in Indiana, but perhaps for two or three months yet. Mrs. Bartoo and little daughter have been here for about six weeks, but Bert only came about a week ago.

A WARM TRIAL

Was Had Out at Squire Bussell’s Friday, But Willis Was Acquitted. Judging from all reports the trial of the State of Indiana vs. James Willis, charged with auto speeding, held out at Squire Bussell’s in Hanging Grove tp., Friday was about the warmest trial had in Jasper county for some time. The testimony was criss-cross and the attorneys waxed hot during the crossquestioning and furnished much amusement for the spectators. The Squire thought he had better sleep over the matter to get back to terre firma before announcing his* verdict, and accordingly took the matter under advisement until 9 o’clock Saturday morning, when he gave the culprit a curtain lecture on automobiling and turned him loose to sin no more. The evidence was of such a nature, he stated, that he could do nothing else. There was a goodly number of witnesses out to the trial on both sides, and opinion is, of course, divided as to the justice of the verdict. Prosecutor Longwell appeared for the state in the trial, while John A. Dunlap, ably represented the defendant. Peaches For Sale— Several bu- . shels of nice budded peaches, 'also some plums.— Mrs. S. ChilIcote, Rensselaer, k-4. J

NO ABATEMENT IN THE INTEREST

In the Democrat’s Great $350 Plano Contest ARE PAYING NO ATTENTION To the Hot Weather—Leaders ■■■< Are Out Hustling for Votes Despite Old Sol’s Best Eforts. The candidates in The Democrat’s big contest and particularly the leaders, are paying no attention to the present heat wave, and are apparently hustling as hard as -ever to secure votes.

It is only by keeping everlastingly at it; no let-ups; no wondering about the ultimate success, but genuine determination to win that is keeping the leaders at the top. Getting discouraged and not doing the best they can will upset the chances of any. The best way, and, in fact, the only way to expect to win is by grim determination, strong tenacity of purpose coupled with the effervescence of hustle.

The standing is as follows: Marlbell Kays, Rensselaer Lizzie Wiseman, Virgie Loretta Nagel, Rensselaer Ethel M Fisher, Rensselaer Arkana Ritchey, Remington R-3 Bessie McElfresh, Rensselaer R-l Alice Daniels, Rensselaer Mildred Rush, Rensselaer R-3 Fairy Pollard, Rensselaer R-4 Lucy Morgenegg, Rensselaer R-l Ida Hurley, Parr Mary Bice, Rensselaer, R-4 Victoria Marsh, Rensselaer R-8 Bernice Yeoman, Rensselaer R-2 Stella Platt, Rensselaer May Shook, Knimah Ruth E Bull, Rensselaer Lucy Fulks, Remington R-4 - Anna Marion, Parr Myrtle Leave!, Rensselaer Gaunt, Remington R-3 Elsie Smith, Rensselaer Lena Trulley, Rensselaer, R-l Mary Potts, Rensselaer Ruth Wiltshire, Rensselaer Edna Ward, Rensselaer R-4 Martha Critser, Rensselaer, R-3 Hazel Shumaker, Rensselaer R-4 Wilda Green, Remington Lois Spencer, Wolcott Aria Lyons, Rensselaer

Those who are away down in the list should not be discouraged, remember the race is a long one and is only well started. A little spurt, a few subscriptions from among your friends and your name will be up among the leaders. If some one else has been more successful than you, it merely proves w’bat you can do if you try. And any of the premiums are well worth your best efforts. And you have all the time anyone could ask.

The following merchants give certificates good for one vote with each cent’s worth of cash purchase; each dollar spent with them is good for 100 votes. Cut the list out and have your friends ask for the certificates at these stores: D. M. Worland, Furniture and Rugs Cleve Eger, Hardware 0.-- Earl Duvall, Clothing and Gents Furnishings B. F. Fendig, Drug Store Sam Fendig, Dry Goods Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy, Millinery Store Scott Bros., Harness Home Grocery, Groceries Jessen, the Jeweler Depot Grocery, Groceries B. N. Fendig, Exclusive Shoe Dealer C. A. Roberts, Buggies, Wagons and Corn Harvesters. Spencer’s Jewelry Store, Remington. Peck’s Drug Store, Remington. Worden’s Harness Shop, Remington. Surrey Store, General Merchandise, Surrey W. L. Wood, General Merchandise, Parr Aix Store, General Merchandise, Alx Contestants should remind their friends to be sure and ask for certificates' with each cash purchase made at any of the stores mentioned in the list. Candidates should not fail to sign their names to all votes whether coupons received for subscriptions, clipped from The Democrat, or certificates re-

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ceived at the stores. And in clipping from the paper, cut the coupon as neatly as possible. Neatness is a virtue in all things and in this case is to be especially commended.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The regular meeting of the city council was held Monday evening, all members present except Councilman Grow. Sylvester Gray was appointed superintendent of the Monnett and Leopold alleys at $2.50 per day. The marshal was instructed to put in a brick crossing on Merritt street at intersection of Webster street. City attorney was instructed to prepare 'resolution for cement sidewalk along property of E. Peacock, on South Matheson avenue. Petition of J. D. Allman for erection and rebuilding of M. E. church was referred to city attorney. Iwo gentlemen representing the lowa Masoleum Go., were before the council asking the latter to appoint a committee to go with tlhem at the company’s expense to investigate their plan and see masoleums erected at different points. After some discussion of the matter the council passed it up without action, thinking that if anybody was sent it should be the cemetery trustees.

The following claims were allowed : CORPORATION FUND. Geo. Mustard, sal marshal. .|30.00 Frank Critser, nightwatch.. 25.00 W F Osborne, city engineer 30.50 Otnar Osborne, assisting same 4.80 Richard Shlrer, 5ame...... .u& Eger Bros, merchandise..., 3.70 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, teamster 25.00 C W Platt, work on bridge. 14.40 John Hordeman, same..... 25.80 F Mecklenburg, haul stone & sand 21.00 W S Parks, hauling bridge., 3.50 J Richards,' wk on bridge. . .40 Harry McGee, hauling sand 3.50 Harry Swartzell, straw. 7.6© Eger Bros, mdse i.gg W F Osborne, cem’t approach 7,20 Rensselaer Lum. Co, sewer. . 24.78 Healey & Clark, pub notices 16.00 R D Thompson, frt on stone 33.02 Harry Swartzell, hauling sand 1.75 Ed Randle, 5ame.......... 1.75 WATER FUND. T E Malone, salary 45.00 Platt Iron Works, rep pump 57.35 Mueller Mfg. Co, supplies.. 11.49 J Hordeman, wk on malhs 8.85 C W Platt, 5ame.......... 3.00 Rensselaer Garage, lathe wk 6.70 Eger Bros, mdse...-,. 30.26 Healey & Clark, pub notices 2.48 R D Thompson, freight.... 22.99 PARK FUND. Wm Gray, mowing. 7; LIGHT FUND. C S Chamberlain, salary.... 50.00 Mel, Abbott, same 45.00 Dave Haste, same. 45.00 Scott Chestnut, wk on line. . 5.50 Same, same 8.25 Central El Co, supplies.... 16.85 Western El. Co, same 41.23 Beardslee Mfg. Co, same.... 7.25 Jesse Gates, haul coal. 32.68 Vandalia Coal Co, c0a1.... 76.40 Eger Bros, mdse 16.82 R D Thompson, freight. ... 121.45

ROOM FOR HOME MISSION WORK.

Clint Saidla was bound over to the circuit court Friday afternoon in SSOO bounds furnished by his father, I. A. Saidla, on paternity charges brought by Ella Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of former night-watch Thoms, who alleges he is the father of her six months old babe. Young Saidla vigorously denies the charge. A sister of the girl also has an illegitimate babe, and is understood to have settled for a cash consideration from the father of Roscoe Zeig-. ler, she alleging that young Zeigler was the father of the child. By the way, isn’t it about time Rensselaer had a moral awakening? In the last year four or five illegitimate children have been born to young girls here, and if such girls are allowed to gad the streets at all hours of the night, as they have been doing in the past if reports are correct, we may expect these conditions to grow worse instead of better. This is a live subject and it is to be hoped that it will replace foreign mission work among our religious and moraiuplifht people for awhile, at least until the conditions are bettered greatly.

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