Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1911 — Page 3

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. ’ Today’s markets: Corn, 58c; Oats, 37c; Wheat, 80c. R. M. Burns of Shelby was in the city on business Saturday. J. C. McColly of Virgie was in city Saturday on business. j Delos Thompson went to Chicago Sunday to see the airships. Monticello’s'' new postal savings bank was opened Saturday. Ernest Lamson made a business trip to Monon Monday irifrernoon. Hay Fever is positively cured by Anti-Phymin. For sale by A. F. Long. W. J. Wright and C. M. Blue were Monticello business visitors Monday afternoon. A. L. Padgett went to Vassar, Mich., Monday where he will race his horses this week. One dose of Anti-Phymin gives immediate relief from Asthma. For sale by A. F. Long. Butter Wind Mills are guaranteed to pump more water than ’ any other wind mill manufactured. I 23a4t Anti-Phymin cures Tuberculosis. Give it a trial and be convinced. Sold and recommended by A. F. Long. \ <Mr. and Mrs. Ed McColly went to Muncie Monday to spend several djys with relatves and friends there.

F. P. Morton of Goodland was a business visitor here Monday. Frank could-save a whole lot of money by moving over. C. F. Bradshaw, the printer expert, who was principal of the Rensselaer high school last year, was in the city on business Monday. Dr. Wm. Toy ton of Chicago, a nose and eye specialist, returned to Chicago Monday after a short business visit here with Dr. E. N. Loy. Orpha Gant, who has been working on the stone roads near Crawfordsville for several weeks, returned home Monday for a short visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crissler of Spokane, Wash., who have been visiting here with relatives for the past six weeks or two months, left for home Saturday. Harry Watson and Robert Abraham went to Chicago Heights, 111., Saturday where after a short visit the lattei will leave for his home at El Paso, Texas.

About a dozen members of the M. E. church Boys’ Brotherhood went to Monticello Monday accompanied by Rev. G.L. Harper, chaperone, to spend the week in camp on the Tippecanoe. Wm. Beasy made a business trip to Westfield Saturday. He is moving his household effects here with the intention of occupying the John Thornton property just north of the depot meat market. Lacey Gwin of Galveston, Texas, who has been visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin the past week, returned home Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Gwin accompanying him as far as Chicago. Mrs. Carrie D. Short went to Monon ’Monday for a short visit with her mother, Mrs. Baughman, who is in quite poor health. Mrs. Short expects to go from there to Royal Center where bhe will spend the week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. White and Mr. and Mrs. Warner of Joliet, 111., came Saturday via automobile to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rhoades and other friends here. Mr. White is manager of the Chicago Telephone Co., at Joliet. A petition is being circulated and generally signed to pave with brick Cullen street from the I new depot to Washington and thencp west to the Washington street bridge, and from there to £st. Joseph’s College make a tarvia roadway. The plan is to have the town and tbwnship pay thf cost by a general tax.

Tom Hoyes went to Chicago Monday to spend the day. Mathew Nessius went to Chicago on business Saturday. John M. Knapp is confined to his bed with rheumatic fever. B. J. Gifford of Kankakee was in the city on business Monday. Harry Wiltshire spent yesterday on the Kankakee river, fishing. M. B. Wishard returned to Chicago Monday after a short visit here. , u Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows returned home Monday from a visit in Chicago.

Vern Haas and Forest Morlan went to Bass Lake Monday for a short vacation. Howard Clark went to Hammond Saturday to play baseball with a team there. Fred Rhoadds returned home Saturday after a visit with relatives in Goodland. Next Saturday is Old Settlers’ at Monticello, the biggest day of the year in White county. Harry English went to Danville Monday to spend the week with his uncle and family. G. F. Meyers and J. J. Hunt took in the airship maneuvers at Chicago Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Kirkpatrick -of Kentland came yesterday morning to visit with C. W. Hanley and family. T. M. Callahan and two little daughters of Newland went to Chicago Saturday to see the airships on the lake front. Wm. Whited moved his family to Wheatfield this week and will resume the general merchandise business there again. H. C. Hoshaw returned home yesterday morning from Mt. Ayr where he had been visiting with his daughter the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Stanfield of Cincinnati, who have been visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. E. Stevens for several days, have returned home. Walter English went to Lafayette yesterday to spend a few days with friends and to make arrangements for re-entering Purdue this fall. Mr. and Mrs. Marion I. Adams returned home Monday after spending several days with relatives at Rushville, Indianapolis, Franklin and Spencer. Misses Grace and Fame Haas went to Monon Sunday morning and took in the excursion to Michigan City, returning via Delphi and Lafayette.

C. G. Spitler and Firman Thompson returned home Saturday from a few weeks business trip to San Francisco and other points in California. Lee Longacre went to Elkhart Wednesday to spend a few days with his uncle who is a large stockholder in the Sterling automobile factory at that place. Lost—Sunday, between J. F. Irwin’s residence and Remington, a child’s black plush coat. Finder please return to A. E. Wallace, Rensselaer, and receive reward. H. L. Arnold went to Delphi Monday to attend the Carroll County Teachers’ Institute, held at Delphi this week. Mr. Arnold expects to teach in Carroll county this year. Miss Judith Woodward, who has been here for the past few days visiting with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Irwin, returned to Chicago yesterday. Her mother will stay here for a longer visit. H. R. Kurrie returned to Chicago Monday after a short visit here with his -family. It is reported that Mr. Kurrie has a very bad case of the automobile fever and will buy fine car in the near future; X Len Alsdorf was, the last of the Niagara Falls excursionists to arrive home. He visited his old home at Jamestown, N. Y., and did not get home until Sunday. He staid there as long as his ticket would allow him to. but don’t think he wants to ever go back there to reside, and was glad to get back to God’s country. . ■■

J. H. Perkins was an Indianapolis business visitor Saturday. Wm. Zard and family spent Sunday with relatives at Reynolds. ; Mr. an 4 Mrs. Harvey Wood, Jr., ’spent Sunday with relatives in Monon. "8 . • Miss Flora Harris returned borne Saturday after a visit with relatives at Oregon, 111. Lots of good specialities, singing, dancing and good music. Hear “Sis’ ” cornet solo Mrs. Alto Shigley and child-! ren of Seattle, Wash., are guests of W. S. Richards and family.

Van Lesh and wife returned home Monday after a short visit with 'relatives at Menominee, Wis. ___ Miss True George went to Chicago Saturday evening to visit a few days relatives and friends. George K. Hollingsworth and wife motored down from Chicago for a visit with friends for a few days. Mrs. Frank Minicus of Chicago Heights, 111., came Saturday to spend a few days with Mrs. I. B. Marion. James Clark has sold his Brush runabout, that he got in a trade with Luther Hemphill, to J. Hammond. Miss Lucy Mahan of Marion came Saturday to spend a few days with her mother, Mrs. James Donnelly. Vincent Eisele and daughter, Miss Pearle, went to Chicago Saturday to spend several days visiting with relatives. . Miss Merle Ackerman returned to her home in Monticello Saturday after a visit here with Mrs. Firman Thompson. Mrs. Martha Washburn of Chicago came Saturday for a short visit with her son, Dr. I. M. Washburn, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Miller and baby went to Bareda, Mich., Saturday to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. W- Hunt. H■— ■ < Wm. Swaim and family of Delphi came Saturday to spend a few days with Z. L. Swaim and wife of north of town. George Hemphill, who is working in Chicago, is spending the week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Hemphill. .Wiliam Platt came up from Lafayette Saturday evening to spend Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Platt.

It’s an old saying, the more you laugh the longer you live. See Sis Perkins at the Opera House Thursday, Aug. 24, and you will never die. Mrs. Wm. Hirschy and little daughter of Chicago, who have been visiting here for the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hauter, returned home Saturday. Mrs. H..-W. Kiplinger went to Muncie Monday afternoon to spend a few r days with relatives and to accompany home her two daughters, Misses Inez and Helen, who have been visiting there the past two or three weeks. Mrs. Kate R. Watson and daughter Myra and Mrs. Broschard and two sons, who are visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, went to Bass Lake Monday for a short outing. Mr. and Mrs. Fendig and Sam Fendig joined them yesterday. George Michaels, of south ,of town, who just got home from the hospital last Tuesday where he underwent an operation for appendicitis, went to Chicago again Sunday, accompanied by young Osa Ritchey, and Monday was operated on for hernia. The parents of Mrs. S. W. Williams, who has been away on a visit, had cared for her children during her absence. Friday the three-year-old boy went to the river, just at the foot of the garden, and fell in. He had gone dovyn for the third time when found by the grandfather, who soon fished him out. The little fellow was revived and seerried no worse for his' ducking.

Rev. A. G. Work went to South Bend, Saturday where he preached the Sunday sprmon in the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Frank Borntrager and children of Ft. Wayne returned, home Saturday after & visit here with Mr., and Mrs. Mark Reed. < Misses Johanna Wise and Mary Gulden of Kansas City left Monday for their home after a visit here with Henry Eiglesbach and family. ■ ■■■' . Judge Robert Vanatta of Marion. who has been visiting here with his parents and little daughter for the past few days, returned to Marion Monday morning.

Lee G. whose wife recently died at Knightstown, has returned to Rensselaer and will again make this city his home. He is staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Catt. John and Barney Kolhoff, Jack Warner and Henry Haag of Rensselaer and Chas. Pefley and George Hemphill of Remington went to the Kankakee river Monday to spend a few days fishing. Miss Madeline Phillips of Miuheapolis, Minn., who has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Blue, here for the past few days, went to Chicago Saturday for a short visit. She will return here before going to her home in Minneapolis. The regular annual session of the Marion Township Sunday School Association will be held in the Presbyterian church, Sunday, September 3, 1911, in the afternoon and evening. State Secretary J. N. Burnie will be present.—John I. Gwin, Twp. Chairman. Harry Wftson was among the Rensselaer people who witnessed the airship flights at. Chicago Sunday. He says the airships seem very simple, the moter being the most expensive part to them, it costing $2,000 or better. If he had a motor, he says, he would build an airship of his own. George Pumphrey has received notice of an increase of pension from $24 to S3O per month. By the way, there is now more than a dozen old soldiers here drawing S3O per month or better, and the total received for pensions each three months adds considerably to the money circulation in this locality.

John I. Gwin and wife returned home Sunday from their trip to Jamestown, No. Dak. Mrs. Gwin accompanied by Mrs. A. R. Hopkins and Mrs. Alta Parkison, visited the San Luis valley, Denver, Salt Lake and the Yellowstone National Park before going to Jamestown. Mrs. Parkison returned home Saturday, while Mrs. Hopkins stopped off at Townsend, Mont., to visit her sister, Mrs. Brown. The last quarterly meeting of the year of. the U. B. church will be held Sunday, Aug. 26, at the John E. Alter grove. Sunday school at 10 a. m., and preaching at 11 a. m., by the Rev. J. E. Grimes of North Manchester. Everybody should come with well-filled baskets and participate in the basket dinner in the grove at noon. In case of rain the meeting will be held at the U. B. church at Aix. Everyone welcome. ♦ The Democrat has just turned out a rather good-sized job of linotype work, it being a historical work written by Rev. Father Krull of St. Joseph’s College, of the Catholic church, and contains about 260 pages. The linotype work was all done by The Democrat, and about 900 pounds of metal was used for setting it up. The first edition of the book will be 2,000 copies, and it is being printed at. the College printery. A large number of Rensselaer Woodmen are planning to go over to Remington on Wednesday evening of next week to assist the Remington camp in initiatory work. The Remington Woodmen are going to tap a keg of cider and have a few doughnut and ice cream • for their guests, and a good time is assured. All members of the Rensselaer Camp who can possibly go over should notify Clerk Mustard, so plenty of automobiles can be engaged to take the boys over. ...

Notice of filing Estimates for 1912 Notice Is hereby given that the Estimates of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, and the various County and Township Offices for the year 1912 are now on file in the Auditor’s Office of Jasper County, Indiana. The amounts of said estimates being as follows: " Total estimates of the County Commissioners for the various expenditures of the County $14,477.00 Payment of Interest Court House Bonds 5,747.50 Gravel Road Repair....... 11,500.00 Expense Jasper Circuit C0urt........... . 6,990.00 Expense Juvenile Court 175.00 Insanity Inquests ...a... 525.00 Epilepsy Inquests Salary County Clerk and Office Expenses 2,405.00 Salary County Auditor and Office Expenses 2,765.80 Salary County Treasurer and Office Expenses 2,638.00 Salary County Recorder and Office Expenses .... 2,169.25 Salary County Sheriff and Office Expenses 1,935.00 Salary County Assessor and Office Expenses . 618.00 Per Diem County Surveyor and Office Expenses . 1,975.95 Per Diem County Superintendent and Office Expenses .... 2,003.50 Per Diem County Coroner and Office Expenses 315.00 Per Diem Township Assesors and Deputies 2,136.00 Per Diem Truant Officer and Office Expenses *• 200.00 Salary and Expenses Secretary Board of Health 728.32 Supplies Township Assessors 102.75 Expense County Poor Asylum and Farm .... ...... .. 3,436.00 Total .....$63,048.27 JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, Auditor Jasper County.

Charles Steward went to Snydetr yesterday morning on busiChris Koepkey went to Francesville yesterday to spend a few days. , ■ Worth McCarthy went to Terre Haute yesterday to spend a few days with Kis brother, Dr. Frank McCarthy, and family. * D. M. Worland went to Martinsville, Ind., yesterday to take a couple of week’s treatment at the springs there. Rue Parcels came from Chicago Monday evening to spend a short time here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels. Mr. and Mrs. Ortel Willey, who have been visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. George Ketchum since Saturday, went to Marion yesterday. Misses Lillie Langdon and Merle Minor of Wheatfield came yesterday morning to spend a week here with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jensen. Misses Dora and Elizabeth Kahler, who have been attending the six weeks teachers’ course at Valparaiso, returned home Monday evening. Marshal Mustard has been using the dirt taken from the Leopold alley to fill in the Milroy Park grounds, which helps the appearance of the latter very much. t Misses Ruth Harper and Florence Chaffin went to Monticello yesterday morning to spend the day with the former’s father, C. L. Harper, at the Boy’s Brotherhood camp on the Tippecanoe. Earl Clouse is suffering from a broken arm received while riding a horse near the cemetery Monday afternoon, the saddle slipping and letting him fall so that he was dragged along for about two blocks before he could free himself. Nathaniel _Scott and wife left yesterday morning for Indianapolis and Franklin. At the lat-. ter place they will visit with Mrs. Scott’s parents and take in the Johnson County Fair, expecting to be away from home about a week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lakin of Union tp., had a narrow escape Sunday from what might easily have been a serious accident when the young team of mules they were driving refused to cross the creamery bridge and plunged down the steep embankment, breaking the tongue from their rig thus saving the occupants from harm. Mr. Lakin, however, held on to the team and borrowed a wagon from Charles Pullins and continued his trip to Remington, fro which place he was bound when the accident occurred.

The cemetery trustees have turned down the request oF the masoleum promotors for a donation of ground in Weston cemetery for the erection of a masoleum, and the promotors, it is have secured an option on ground adjoining the cemetery and say they will build there. Whether they, will do this or not, however, remains to be seen. Crown Point, Lowell and many other towns have permitted the erection of these modern burial and these same parties are now engaged in promoting the scheme at Monticello. * ?

Mrs. Elizabeth Sterret, aged 86 years, died at Delphi last week. Her father, William Wilson, came to Delphi before the town was named, and gave one hundred acres to the county where Delphi now stands for county seat purposes. Mrs. Sterret had lived there since 1844. Don’t fail to ask for the free piano certificates with each cash purchase at the stores handling them, a list of which appears elsewhere in this paper. Remember you can fill in the name of any candidate you choose to vote for, and if you do not care to vote them now you can do so later. Elmer Gwin came in Saturday afternoon from the wilds of £he Gifford district, where he is putting down four school house wells in Barkley tp., with a week’s growth of alfalfa covering his face He’has finished up the wells in the muck district and is now working on the fourth well at Blackford. Mr. and Mrs. John Jordan and Mr. and Mrs. John McCullough of Remington, and Mr. McCullough’s mother, Mrs. W. I. McCullough, of Benton county, drove over Monday afternoon in Mr. Jordan’s auto. It was Mrs. W. I. McCullough’s first visit to Rensselaer, although she has resided in Benton county all her life. No, it is not 'too late for new candidates to enter The Democrat’s piano contest, but it soon will be. No new candidates can enter after the date soon tj be announced. While the early candidates have, of course, got a lead now, a few new subscriptions and renewals will place a new candidate right up among the leaders. A nine-year-old Gary boy was taken to Longcliff last week. He is the youngest patient ever admitted to an asylum in Indiana. His case was thoroughly investigated by the physicians and nurses at the institution, and while not certain as to the causes of the lad’s insanity, they seem to think that it came from his spine and teeth.

W. D. Bringle returned Monday from a few days visit with his sister, Mrs. F. L. Yeoman, at Hibbard, Ind. Mrs. Yeoman recently underwent an operation in a Ft. Wayne hospital for gallstones and before she got out of the hospital her husband was brought there suffering with typhoid fever. He just got out last week. Both are now getting along nicely. W. F. Hayes, who was here a few days the first of the week looking after his farm in Barkley tp., deposited two mammoth apples on our table Monday that he picked from his orchard there. The largest jjne measured inches in circumference. He did not know what variety they were. ' He states that there will probably be 35 or 40 bushels of peaches on his place this year. Mrs. B. M. Williams i returned Friday from a week’s visiting trip through Indiana and Illinois, going east first and then back west to Pontiac and Fairbury, traveling in all about 500 miles. She says crops in Illinois are about the same as here except at Colfax, 111., is a stnj> about ten miles wide that the hail took everything and the ground is as bare as if plowed. Mrs. Williams reports having had a nice visit with her mother and family and old home friends.