Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from flu Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices.

Attorney Elmore Baree of Fowler was oyer on. business yesterday. Eight marriage licenses were issued last month, against eleven for the preceding month and five for the corresponding month of 1911. Special Judge Hanan will be over from LaGrange to assume jurisdiction in the Borntrager ditch case today and will set a date for taking up the hearing of the remonstrances against the assessments. Marriage licenses issued,: May 1, Robert Earl Osborne of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation laborer, to Flosse Edna Deer, also of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Groom’s father. Wm. A. Osborne, of Strawn, 111., telegraphs consent to issuing of license. May 3, Harve J.. Robinson of Rensselaer aged 21, occupation linotype operator, to Lotta Leona Robinson of Morocco, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. In the vote on the Charles E. Kersey and George Naninga stone road petitions at an election held it; Keener tp., Tuesday to determine whether or not the voters desired the roads, the Xaninga road carried by 83 to 13, and the Kersey road, which in four sections all adjoining, and a separate vote required for each section, all sections carried by the following vote: Section 1, 103 for, 5 against; section 2, 98 for, 7 against; section 3, 98 for. 5 against; section 4, 97 for, 5 against. The roads will total probably lb miles and will be a great improvement.

Owing to the illness of Joe Nagel, democrat, who was appointed by the county commissioners as registration inspector for Precinct No. 4, Marion tp., he was unable to qualify, and Auditor Hammond appointed Charles Morlan, republican, in his stead. While the commissioners had the power to appoint all these inspectors 'from the democratic party, they did not do so in several instances—in Carpenter Bast, Keener, Milroy and Newton , republican inspectors having been named—hut our republican friends never neglect the opportunity to appoint a republican in place of a democrat, we have always noticed. New suits filed: W. I. Hoover, sheriff, vs. City of Rensselaer. This is a friendly suit to determine whether the city or the county must pay the sheriff for the meals furnished by the sheriff to the tramps and vagrants who are taken to the jail by the city marshal and nightwatdh and given a •night’s lodging and. their breakfast, perhaps supper also. These “prisoners” are not committed by any court and there are no charges filed in court against them. The sheriff is entitled to pay for their meals, and in order that the question of “who pays” may be judicially determined, this aotion on an agreed statement of facts is brought.

Refusing to accept $2.25- as full settlement 'for a day and a half labor for W. O. Williams, and claiming that $3 was due him for the time put in J. U. Fitzgerald of Parr brought suit for the amount involved, or the difference, six bits; in Justice Fay’s court. * Mr. Williams took a change of venue to S. C. Irwin’s court herb and tendered the $2.25 as payment In court and Fitzgerald again refused. The court held that in the absence of any agreement, the amount tendered by Williams was that commonly paid for farm labor and

that it was sufficient. Mr. Fitzgerald thus came in for the coats which amounted to $15.10, which he pain. The Kentland railroad case was still on yesterday, but it was expected to end it up last evening. Thursday Judge Hanley granted Cora Schultz a divorce from her husband, John Schultz, and gave the custody of their child to Mrs. Schultz’s mother, Mrs. Leach. Time for filing report in Ryan ditch again continued, this time to May 4. No. 7810. Daniel W. Waymire vs. Bank of Whqatfleld; sent to Newton county on affidavit filed for change of venue from county by defendant. No. 7834. Charles H. Chapman, et al. vs. John Van Beek, et al.; dismissed, costs paid. No. 7838. W. M. Hoyt Co, vs. L. P. Larson; judgment on ‘ default for $180.16. No. 7851. International Harvester Co. vs. Everett Halstead; set tor trial May 2. No. 7861. Ed Oliver vs. Benj. H. Knapp; judgment on default for $114.50. No. 7865. McNeil-Higgins Co. Vs. L. P. Larson; judgment on default for $126.15.

Registration Blanks.

, Registration blanks for Precinct I No. 3, Marion tp., may be had in, | advance of registration day, Thursday. Mlay 9, of Harvey Wood, Sr.; at the State Bank; of Joe Luers or at The Democrat office on application of voters for same. . They can, then be filled out and handed, in in person to the registration board next Thursday. Instructions for filling out the blanks appear on the blanks themselves.

Voters Must Register.

Under the present law every voter in the state of Indiana who wishes to vote at the election this coming - November must register on one of the three registration days be f ore election. The first day for registration will be next Thursday, May 9. It is urged that every voter register on the first day. The places of registration will be open at 5 a. m. and remain open to receive voters who wish to register until 6 o’clock in the evening.

Mad Dog Season Opens.

•Pr. E. N. Lay sent to the state board of health this week the head of a dog which belonged to Wm. Reed of near Surrey. The dog had been acting strangely, although a valuable animal the owner did not hesitate to have it killed. The report from the state laboratory shows it to be a case of hydrophobia. If all the citizens would act as promptly as did Mir. Reed, this dreadful disease would soon be stamped out. The old idea of dog days and hot weather being the dangerous period of the year is a mistaken one. The disease is always more prevalent during the spring months.

High School Notes.

Gilbert Roe, a student of the Franceeville high school, visited classes here Tuesday. Miss Willma Peyton, a 'former student of R. H. S., visited school Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. Cross, who is attending school at the Chicago University, addressed the students Monday morning, taking for his subject, “True Greatness.’’ Captain Morrison of the American Salvation Army gave an interesting talk to the High School Wednesday morning on the organization and work of that body. The commencement exercises this year will begin two weeks before the close of school with the Baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening, May 12. The Rev. Dr. Hume of Springfield, Ohio, will deliver the address at the Presbyterian church. The R. H. S. base-ball team played the first game here yesterday afternoon with the Wolcott team. The state tournament will be held at Lafayette about May 18 and there is some talk of sending a team to represent the local high school.

Monday Last Day for Paying Taxes.

Monday, May 6, •is the last day for paying the first installment of the 1911 taxes to avoid both installments going delinquent and having the 10 per cent, penalty added. We have no control oyer this, and if the first installment is not paid on or before the above date the penalty must be added. A. A. FELL, Go. Treas.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1912. '

TWO OF A KIND, APPARENTLY.

An Electrician and a Shoemaker Leave Town and Many Debts Behind. Rjay Delmer, the electrician, who seemed to be doing so well in his profession here employing as assistants, Louis Davisson and Roscoe Nelson, has absconded, witih , most of the electrical that he installed in the Leopold room on Van Rensselaer street, which he had bought with money borrowed from Davisson, Nelson and J. T. Randle. The stock was insured by Ray D. Thompson for S6OO and consisted* .of all kinds of small ellectrlcal appliances. Delmer did excelfeht" work, was very neat, and his services were in great demand, and he 6eemed to be enjoying prosperity. | Monday morning he sent his two assistants out to work on a job and said that he would pack ; up some of the stock that they had; ho use for and return it to Ghi-J (eagjo. He packed almost all of | the stock, leaving possibly SSO ( worth, and also leaving the empty! boxes on the shelves and thus avoid-1 ed discovery until Tuesday morning, when his two assistants learned that he had left, taking with him all of the tools, valued at about S2O, on thfe early train. He succeeded in getting out of town and leaving behind him debts that aggregate about S6OO. He borrowed $230 of James T. Randle, besides owing his assistants, Davisson SIBO for money borrowed and labor, and Nelson $l5O, the latter also being responsible for a sl3 board bill at Barne’s restaurant, where, before leaving he borrowed board biLl at Barnes’ restaurant, are only the largest and most important debts <that he left, many smaller ones could be added to the list. j A. J. Maisoneuve, the shoemaker who occupied one of A. Leopold’s rooms two doors south of Delmer, has also pulled out, Heaving behind nothing but a lot of bad accounts. He seemed to be an (industrious, steady sort of fellow, and by the quality of his work soon won considerable trade as well as the confidence of the people. He purchased about S2OO worth of furniture, when he began housekeeping here, on the installment plan of D. M. Worland, and paid only the iflnst payment down. When Mr. Worland heard that Malsoneuve’s wife was quite poorly and that she would have to be taken to Chicago, did not press him for his money. Conrad Kellner also accommodated him by going security on a note at the State Banh for S3O. A debt of about $25 was contracted with Simon Leopold, and toe left Dt. F. H. Hemphill sl3 to the bad for services rendered, besides a drayage bill with E. Warne and numerous other smaller accounts. It seems that Maisoneuve had told several persons that he was going to go to Kankakee, 111., where his father would start him in business soon. Saturday he had his

BACK AGAIN.

household goods put into a car and without Mr. Worland’s consent had the car bililted under Worland’s name. This was noticed by Everett Warne 1 and .he notified Mr. Worland who ordered the furniture to be held here. It iU reported that Maisoneuve consulted ian attorney to find out how he could leave town without selling with his creditors, which would indicate that' he is a dead-beat from choice rather necessity.

The members of the Columbian Literary Society rendered a pleasant and very instructive program l*st Sunday evening. The proposition that it would have been better for the civilization and progress of the world if Russia had oome out victorious in her late war with Japan was debated by Thomas Harrington and Joseph Kenkel. The last named gentleman who stood in defense Of the doughty little Jap, won the debate by superior argumentation and pleasing delivery. The intermissions in the program were filled in with violin selections by Master McGaihey and musical numbers by Professor Havorka apd his orchestra. Last Sunday L. H. Cavenagh of Chicago paid a very pleasant visit to his son at the College. He was accompanied by Miss Anna and Master Cavenagh. The Varsity was unlucky in its initial game of base-ball for the season, having lost to St. Viateur’s last Saturday at Kankakee. Although the St. Jtoe boys succeeded In getting a good number of hits and on the strength of them should have won the game, their opponents were wide awake enough to take advantage of a number of untimely errors and loose playing. The score stood ten to three in favor of St. Viateur’s. The boys are hard at work and they expect, with this week’s practice to help them, to fare better with the Y. M. I. team of Lafayette which is scheduled to play here next Sunday. Rev. T. F. Kramer was hurried to the hospital last week where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. By last report Father; .'•Cramer is doiig well and he expects to be back at his work at the Col.'ege within a few weeks.

White Elephant Social.

The ladies of the second ward. Of the Presbyterian church will hold their regular dime social next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. James H. Chapman. Each lady is requested to bring some article which she does not want. Please wrap the article so it is disguised, and receive another in exchange. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody, and strangers ifa the city especially invited.

Baptisms and reception of members at the morning services, and at night the American Volunteers of the Salvation Army will have charge of the servioes. You are welcome to these services.

Collegeville Items.

Methodist Church.

Song Recital. Sonne one expressed his opinion of Thursday ' night's song recital in these words: "Any one number out of the many on the program was worth the price of admission.” And we believe "that is the sentiment of every one who was present and enjoyed the splendid entertainment of an hour and a half. Probably owing to the fact that it was band concert night and that in consequence the stores in town were kept open, which naturally and unavoidably kept many away, the attendance was not as large as would have been expected under different circumstances.

The program was opened by the organ selection by Prof. Havorka. It was a splendid rendition of a very difficult selection, both in technique and modulation. Prof. Havorka also showed himself a past master in the art of accompanying, following the mood of the singer with great feeling and delicacy. Miss Schnee's appearance will be voted a great success by all who " ere present. Her delivery and stage presence are charming. With purity, richness and sweetness of time she combines extraordinary strength of voice and round ness and fullness of tone. Besides this- she sings in perfect harmony with the sentiment of the text. This' was especially noticeable in the “Erlking.” We noticed that after the test dramatic sentence there was a hushed silence over the audience bet ore they broke it to applause.

Mr. Nowak's singing is extremely dramatic, which becomes all the •r.ore effective on account of the depth and strength and versatility of his voice. In his song “The Sea” with its great lyric and dramatic passages, he appeared at his best. In , fact, even if we were ever so critically inclined, we could not find a flaw in his rendition of that song. Ir his other numbers also Mr. Nowak showed his great power and skill and the well-trained qualities of his voice. “From Oberon in Fairy Land” with its sportive melody was very well received.

Master McGahey, the boy-violin-ist, was a surprise to me audience. He plays the violin with perfect abandon, and his appearance on the stage shows an utter lack of seir-consciousnese. His technique is perfect and the accuracy with \«hich he plays is extraordinary for a player of his years. We may say, without fear of contradiction, that every number given at this recital was given with a real artist’s soul and power and understanding, and we a.-3 all glad that we have had the opportunity and pleasure of hearing these artists.

Notice to Dog Owners. Notice is hereby given to the dog owners of the county that they must positively keep, their-dogs on the premises or else muzzled. All stray dogs will be killed. The cooperation of all the Citizens and officers of the law are asked in this matter that hydrophobia may r be stamped out of the county. In view of the fact that we have had two cases within the past four months in different parts of the county, i the state board ol health are very positive in their instructions to the county health commissioner. This publication will' be sufficient notice. mil 6 E. N. LOY, County Health Commissioner.

Birth Announcements.

April 28, to Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan of Lafayette, a daughter. April 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pollard, of south of town, a daughter.

The undersigned’s subscription to the storm victims Union tp., and elsewhere in Jasper county, Ind. f "HI be to furnish all and any roofing they may require in the replacing of their fundings by me at the actual qost of production l at factory; 24 diffeernt styles to ser lect from, all at which I am the Inventor and in control of the manufacture of same. Yours for old pme sake, A. E. KIRK. P- S. —This only applies to owners of land living on same at the time of disaster. m 4

Good Hope Church.

Preaching at Good Hope church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Everybody Invited. ... . " *

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Vol. XV. No. 9.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL 9 Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. Liabilities tirowing. The liabilities in the Dr. George Songster case continue to grow as later returns come in. and now total about SII,OOO. Since last Week one note for $ 1.000 has been found in the hands of Henry MilHow. of CarroU county; and this two notes- —aggregating about $2,250 have beeh^"reported 'front, a horse breeding company In Illinois. - White County Democrat.

Allen Louks Writes of Crop Conditions in Iowa.

In a letter 'from Allen Louks of Cambridge, 1 lowa, be states that they had a very severe winter there, but winter wheat is looking fine and the spring wheat and oats is up three inches high. He has 16 acres of sipring wheat, 55 acres of oats and will have 135 acres in corn; has 35 acres of ground yet to plow, but is running two gang plows and It will be ‘ a short job. He has 450 buhhels of corn yet to sell. Oorn is 72 % cents per bushel; oats 51 %; hogs $7.35 per cwt.; beef cattle 5 to 5% cents; bay S2O to $25 per ton and hard to get. Two of the elevator men are getting in wild hay from northern lowa and selling it at $22. Two carloads came In Saturday and It was all dinputted oi before 6 o’clock the same evening. Fruit, Allen says, is about all kfiled, neither apple or plum trees showing any signs of blossoming. Seed corn is scarce and high In price, selling from $5 to $7 per bushel. Allen has 43 bushels of his own that he tricked last fall. Potatoes are $2.25 a bushel there, he

Now a Resident of Minnesota.

Mrs. A. F. Patzschke, formerly Miss Candace Brown of and a “typo” on The Democrat, writes from her new home near Barnsville, Minn., to which place she an-d her husband and family recently mowed from Lisbon, No. Dak., under date of April 28, and among other things, says: Received -my Democrat today, so presume the Lisbon postoffice notified you of the change. We sold our farm near Lisbon a year ago this spring and took some town property in on the deal, and this spring traded the town property 4V4 ekst of Barnesville. Just got moved this week. We expected to be here the middle of March, but Mr. PaJLzscthke has been In Fargo since the 22d doctoring for an ulcer on his eye. Although his eight is saved, at present he can only distinguish daylight from dark, but his sight wtil return as the scar grows off. Have been “boss” so long I will hate to give up the job. The weather has been rather cool; had a good rain yesterday and last night. Small grain is about all in. This is a great potato country, but owing to getting moved so late will not put in but a few acres this year. Send in your order ( early for potatoes. We are located about half a mile from the main Toad to the lakes, a great summer resort. Will only be a 17 mile drive, so are expect eing to make the trip this summer. It seems Indiana Is getting to be a cyclone center; it certainly was terrible. Is late so will close. Am on the form once more and that means early morning hours. The folks at home were all well the last I heard from them. They are intending to drive over this summer, a distance of about 72 miles. We are about 22 miles from Fargo.

Notice to Sheep Raisers. The Rensselaer Producing Company will be in the market for your wools this season, and with the increased facilities we will be able to handle it better than we have ever been before. Please caM on us for prices before selling.—Rensselaer Producing Company. jl