Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — Page 1

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Helped Himself to Binder Twine.

Someone entered Omar Kenton’s premises a' Surrey, about a week ago and “borrowed" a , hundred pounds of Omar's binder twine, without taking the trouble to say "by your leave.” The family was away from home when the twine is supposed to have been taken. Sunday, July 7

Another Excursion to Chicago Next Sunday.

The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago next Sunday, July 21. Thife will be over the' Louisville division, starting from Greencastle, and Rensselaer will be the only stop north of Monon. The time of special train is 9:15 a. nr., and the round trip fare is 75 cents from this station. . - - • ... ■ " . - - • - ' ' ' ". ■

Barn Struck by Lightning at Kniman

John O'Connor was down from Caiman Saturday. Mr O'Condor is superintending the Springer tanch at Kniman and in addition to other crops 200 acres of buckwheat has been put out, which is looking hue. Mr. O’Connor reports that J. E. Meyers' barn was struck by lightning Saturday morning during a light shower, and one corner of the building splintered up** somewhat.

Crop Destroyed by Hail in North

Dakota. W. P. *Jaker got a letter from his tenant near Hamilton. No. Dak., a few days ago stating that the entire'' crop had been destroyed by a heavy hail storm, which beat the wheat and barley into the ground, ruining it entirely. Whether any of former Jasper county peqple were damaged by the storm we are unable to learn, but Mr. Bakers farm is not far from T. F. Brusnahan's.

Visiting In Hoopeston, Ill.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Y. Slaughter oi southeast’of town left Saturday for a two weeks visit with their daughter, Mrs. Ben Smith, at Hoopeston, 111. ■ From there they will go to Lafayette to visit a brother of Mr. Slaughter s whom he has not seen for years. Thej- expect to be gone for about a month. Mr. and Sirs. Slaughter are among Jasper county’s oldest settlers, and although beginning to show their age, are still quite spry.

Farmhouse Burned In Union Tp.

The home of Rinehold Teska in Union tp., was completely destroyed by flames shortly after the family had finished dinner Friday. Mr. Teska and family, who were in the house at the time, were unaware that the structure ' was on fire until informed by neighbors who came rushing to the scene. Most all of the contents of the house were saved, but the house, a four room 1 % story building, was completely destroyed. The house was insured for S4OO.

Can Make Connections With Monon Excursion Train at Reynolds.

The time of the Monon excursion train next Sunday at Reynolds where connections can be made by the east bound Panhandle train, is 8:36 a. m. The Panhandle train is due in Reynolds at 8:02. The round trip fare from Reynolds is SI.OO. Returning special train on the Monon leaves Chicago at 11:30 p. m., reaching Reynolds Monday morning at about 3 a. m., where a westbound train can be had on the Panhandle at 8:24 a. m.

Harry Hartley Will Manage Brady Elevator.

Harry Hartley, formerly of Goodland and Remington, will arrive here this week, to take the management of the Brady grain elevator, sold last week to the Harrington Bros. of Lafayette. Mr. Hartley grew up in the grain business and followed it for several years both at Goodland and Remington. A few years ago he went to Tacoma, Wash., and engaged in the gents furnishing business. He has sold his business there, we understand, and is moving back here to manage the grain business for the Harringtons. .Mr. Brady informs us that he has no definite plans in view for the future. He thinks he would like to buy a coal business iq a good sized city or a coal and lumber business in a smqll town. He can secure a business in South Bend, and may decide to go there, although just now he thinks perhaps he will locate in Indianapolis, where Mrs. Brady’s people live.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. New suits filed: No. 7889. James W. Toyne vs. Charleg' A. Boody, et al.; action to quiet title. s. —o—. Trustee and Mrs. G. L. Parks were in from Milroy Monday, driving a neat- little runabout auto which Mr. Parks recently purchased. 0 — 1 Mm. H. Barkley has recently sold to WO. Rowles 100 acres of land in sections 11 and 12, Barkley tp. The consideration stated in the deed is $6,200. Oren Parker has purchased the six lots on the east side of block 21. Rensselaer, called the Hammond lots, of Mary V. Hammond of Lafayette. paying therefor $3,000.' —O—■ Judge C. W. Hanley and wife and two sons returned home Fri'•day evening from their automobile trip to South Bend where the Judge attended the meeting of the state Bar Association. o Q , A few months ago The Democrat printed a brief for a Rensselaer man where one of the lawyers in the case was a Lafayette attorney, and* so well pleased was the latter with the work we did on that brief that last week he sent us up a 52-page brief in a case appealed from the Tippecanoe circuit court, to print. The printed brief was sent yesterday and The Democrat was again highly complimented on its work in a letter received from him. The Democrat is well prepared for handling this class of work and turning it out promptly. Those having cases in she higher courts are invited to see us before having their briefs printed elsewhere.

—o• Herbert Garriott, the Union tp., young man who was arrested last Thursday and fined and costed $29.35 on a charge of assault and battery on the person of Wm. Harrod, also of Union, was in town Saturday and wanted the Democrat to correct the statement regarding the name of the girl, whom it was reported that he was keeping company with and who, report had it, had thrown him down because of stories alleged to have been told by Harrod about him. It was not Mr. Harrod's daughter, nor did the latter have anything whatever to do with it. Garriott is keeping company with a Miss Hurley, and they have had no trouble over the affair. The fight difficulty dates back some tjme and Garriott and others claim that Mr. Harrod spirted to reopen old sores while both were in town, the day of the Saturday night mix-up.

Airs. B. T. Lanham Dead.

Mrs. B. T. Lanham, aged 53 years, a resident of Marion tp., died from heart failure at her home southeast of the city at 1 a. m., Saturday, after a rather protracted illness. A sister and five children survive to mourn their loss, the youngest child being about 13 years old, and the eldest is married and now lives in North Dakota. Mrs. Lanham was born in Hamilton county in 1859, but had lived in Jasper county for several years. Rev. £. L. Harper conducted the funeral services at the house at 2 p. m., Monday and interment was made in Weston cemetery.

Auto Thief Headed Toward Logansport When Last Heard of.

The stolen Warren-Detroit 30 auto, which has been leading the officers of Kankakee, 111., a merry chase the past few days, was seen at Francesville after leaving here last week in the hands of the thief, Billy Edwards, whose suspicious actions, both in trying to beat a gas

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bill and to sell the car at a great sacrifice, aroused the suspicions of the villagers,' who notified the authorities. Before* the men arrived the machine had left for Logansport, presumably, Edward having asked the way to that town from bystanders. The Kankakee officers were out on his trail in a swift car and were expected to take him and the machine at any time.

Now Put op or Shut Up.

A special meeting of the city council was held Friday night and it was agreed to accept the match factory people’s proposition of a minimum rate ST $l5O per year for five years for the water used by them—if they use any at all —and extend the water mains to the corporation line where the factory people are to take it up and extend it to the factory on the terms heretofore agreed. ■ The factory people agree to deposit $1,200 in bank before the city begins work on the extension, to pay for extending the mains from the city limits to the factory, and to also deposit $5,000 in bank to pay off all existing leins and claims against the factory. If they go ahead and do this it will look a little as though thev meant to -do something with the factory building, and the creditors are enxiously waiting to see the color of their money.

We Enter a Plea Of Not Guilty.

The Jasper County Democrat is opposed to carnivals and does not mince words in pointing out their evils. A visit to the “Empire,” at Indianapolis, while attending a state cc-ntehiion is all O. K, as long as the folks back home don’t hear about it. Yes, Brother Babcock our sentiments on the show question run in the same channel.—Remington Press... : The uninitiated would infer from the above, no doubt, that the “Empire" i s a terribly immoral place. We presume the Empire theatre in Indianapolis is meant, but as the writer does not remember having attended, at any time, while at a state convention any theatre we must plead not guilty, and infer that as Remington is talking of having another carnival, the attempt at impeachment is inspired by some Remington doctor who thinks The Democrat man in opposing carnivals is “knocking” his business. The "Empire” is a theatre of the medium class in Indianapolis, and the only time we ever, recall having ' isited it was some sixteen or seventeen years ago when' in company with C. E. Harlacher of Remington, now of Monticello, we were on our way to southeastern Indiana on a business trip and stopped over night in Indianapolis. It was our first visit to tile state capitol. and after supper at our hotel, with Mr. Harlacher, we went out on the street. There we met J. F. Warren, then superintendent of schools of Jasper county and an uncle of one of the editors of the Rensselaer Republican which copied the above "item” from the Press with great gusto, and several of the township trustees of this county, including John Lamborn of Carpenter tp., since deceased, there being a state meeting of trustees there, we believe, and after a few moments chat Mr. Warren said t|iey were all on their way to the theatre, and invited Mr. Harlacher and the writer to go along. We did so, and they went to the “Empire.”

It was our first and only visit to that theatre that we recall, and we did not think we were in very disreputable company in going there nor was the show in any ways bad or demoralizing. In fact Indianapolis does not permit anything very “rocky” in the show line, and the Empire is a theatre that is advertised right along in those great moral agencies, the Indianapolis News and Star. While not laying any claims, to being so much better than the average citizen, we do say thht we have not done anything or been at any place while away from ' home that we have any objections to “the folks back home” knowing of. The Democrat opposes carnivals, not so for the legitimate shows that some of them have, but for the all manner of crooks and people of loose morals that follow them or are attracted to places where they show, where, as a general thing, free license is granted for all manner of law violations during the carnival.

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“A BEAST AT BAY.”

Interesting Automobile - Chase After Sid \\ alker, a Chicago Doctor. A Chicago man. giving the name of Dr. J. Sidney Walker. Jr, driving a Marquette Buick roadster, drove into the Rensselaer Garage one day last week and asked for a new outer casing, which was furnished him by Dan Waymire, and when the stranger nervously tendered a check signed by himself; .in payment for the casing, Mr. Waymife took the check immediately, to the State Bank, and had the cashier telephone to the Chicago I bank on which the check was drawn to see if Walker had any funds on deposit there. On being informed I that Walker had plenty of moneyj in the bank to cover the check.! Waymine’s suspicions. caused by the furtive actions of the man while; I making out the check, were allayed.! and he returned to the garage, only to find that Walker's other J rear casing had gave way during! his absence, and Walker had asked j the mechanician. L. C. Canada, to! replace it with a new one. So short had the lapse of timei [been with the dealings between; Waymire and Walker that Canada, 'who had nor been informed that] ' the second casing had not been paid ] 'for. naturally supposed that bothcasing#. were covered by the check j I given by the stranger to Mr. Way-: mire, and Walker departed without offering to pay for the second casing. Mr. Waymire then telephoned; to Remington and the marshal of that city took the man and machine' in custody upon his arrival there, and succeeded in getting a check from the man for $S less than the! amount of the bill, and allowed the; stranger to go’ merrily on his way' I never doubting but what Ire had ■ (secured the correct amount, and I that the affair was ended. Later developments, however, j show that this was by no means j the case, for, when the first check was sent into the city for payment by the bank, ilt was returned here with a protest of $2.85, Which the garage was forced to pay, beside the $75 loss on the tires. Tuesday morning about 9 a. m., or a little after, thei car carrying a couple of men be-; side Walker, and some camping equippage, 1 was seen bowling along in front of the garage by Mr. Way- j mire, who, with Delos Thompson, I Sheriff Hoover, and M. R. Kepner,; started in pursuit in Thompson's! Marmon,. after the strangers had! the advantage of about 20 minutes! start. The city marshal telephoned! to various points 4a along the route from here to Chicago in an effort; to have the car and its occupants apprehended. < < It seems that Sidney had (.telegraphed the Chicago bank and stopped payment on both the checks, which were given on the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago. In spite of the stranger's lead! of possibly 20 minutes it was thought that the Marmon would soon eat up the distance between the pursued and pursuer, and thht the race would be a hot one. Later—Just as we go to press the pursuing party returned with the information that they overhauled the “fugitive” machine at Fogli’s place op the. Kankakee, where it was discovered that the parties were not the ones wanted.

Well Pleased With the Red River Valley.

Joe Putts of south of town returned last week from a prospecting trip to the Red River Valley of North Dakota. He visited ChaS. H. Pfeffer, a former student at St. Joseph s College, now located at Fargo, and was shown all over the territory about Fargo and Grand Forks. He was very much pleased with the country in that locality and was especially pleased with a section of land about fourteen miles from Fargo, which he may buy, later. Two of Joe’s boys expect to go out there to look around next month, and if they like the country well enough to go on the farm Joe will buy it. While crops were fine there—in fact Joe says he never saw such crops—he and his wife do not care to leave Jasper county, where he has always had three square meals a day and had a little pocket money left. He thinks, however, that land will go to SIOO per acre in the vicinity of Fargo in a short time, and if the boys want to locate there he wHI put up the wherewith for a good farm. ;

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. r ‘ . U' • ' Bendon County Democratic Ticket. Theßecton democratic county convention held at Fowler named the ■ -Towing Candida-e.-: Anditor, Warren a.Mnkey’; treasurer, John R. O'Conner;”sheriff, Robert Hamilton; Recorder. William Hoss; coroner, Warren Mankey; treasurer, John R. Gerlach: commissioner, Jerry Helmerick. '. .

More About the Aecidental Shooting near Kersey.

\\. R. Stevenson of Kersey was a business visitor 1 in the city Monday. Regarding the accidental shooting and killing and Miss Winnie Stroup of near that place last Thursday evening, mention of which was made in Saturday's Democrat, the boy and girl had been shooting at a target at the Stroup home. The boy had started home, taking the target rifle, a 22-caliber gun, which belonged to him, carrying it under his arm. The girl ran alter him and caught hold of the muzzle of the gun and attempted to pull it away from him. The hammer caught in his clothing and the gun was discharged, the bullet entering the girl’s forehead. Both the girl and boy were but 14 years of age. No blame is attached to the boy,, as the shooting wa- purely acidental.

FORMERLY AT MONTICELLO

Rev. Parker Is Center <»f Kempton Sensation. c Another minister well known in Monticello has fallen from grace, and the story of his fall is the sensation of the hour; eclipsing the Eldridge-Sangster-Cissel affairs. Rev. J. A. Parker, pastor of the Christian church at Kempton, and a former pastor of the.' Christian church of this city, is the last whose name has been added to the list of those gone estray. It seems that through a trap laid by his wife Rev. Parker was caught in a Compromising position with Miss Nellie White, also formerly of this city, who has made her home with Rev. and Mrs. Parker for several months. It is stated that Mrs. Parker has long suspected that all was not well in her household and kept watch on the actions of her husband. Last Monday she left the house to visit a sick neighbor, but returned to secret herself under the bed and later discovered Mr. Parker and Miss White in improper conduct. Following the discoverey that her husband was false to her, Mrs. Parker left on the afternoon train Monday for the home of her father in Newpoint. Miss White left at about the same time and has not since been seen about Kempton. Mr. Parker remained at home and nothing was known of what had happened until Thursday when Mrs. Pa'rker returned with her father for her household goods. Rev. Parker came to Monticello th fee years ago this fall from Arapahoe, Neb., and after a trial sermon was engaged by the Christian church as pasCdrr He filled the position very acceptably for two years and then resigned to enter the evangelistic field, where he met with marked success. His wife and little daughter accompanied him in nearly all of his work. Later they' were joined by Miss Nellie White, who entered the church here under his ministry and became an active personal worker. Last winter the members of bhe Christian church at Kempton wanted to hold - a revival meeting and they secured the services of Rev. Parker. A series of meetings were held and they were ao succssful and the evangelist made such a favorable impression that they afterward

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secured his services as their regular pastor. The pastor and his family then move<s- trom this city to Kempton.—Monticello Journal.

Explosion of Coal Oil Stove Causes Lively Blaze.

The explosion of a coal oil cook stove at the farmhouse of Henry Eiglesbach southwest of town about 11:20 a. m. Monday, was the cause c>f a blaze that might easily nave destroyed the entire house had it not been for the presence of mind of Mrs. Eiglesbach, whom it seems, had sarted the fire preparatory to getting dinner and then gone, but to the garden so get some lettuce. While mere she heard the explosion, and before she .could reach the Abuse the flames were from the kitchen window. She rushed into the house and closed the door leading from the kitchen to the adjoining rooms and then taking water from a nearby tank, succeeded in smoothering the flames. The kitchen was damaged considerably. the woodwork, paper and some furniture badly charred and smoked, and three of the other rooms will have to be repaper'd. The damage will total about SIOO. The stove set in one corner of the kitchen, a good sized room, and on the opposite side was the table, with a table cloth and partly set for dinner, and when the explosion pccurred the oil was thrown clear across the room p and the table cloth burned up. Had Mrs. Eiglesbaih been in the kitchen at ’the time her clothing would.. likely have been covered with the. burning oil. and the Are probably have ended in a tragedy. As it was she. had both her hands burned considerably in her efforts to put out the lire, in which sbo succeeded before the arrival of Fire Chief Montgomery and several automobiles from town loaded with fir© fighting chemicals.

ABOUT MUZZLING DOGS.

Dr. Hurty and Other Eminent Authorities Should Be Set Right z By the in. e. The military editor of the Republican “writ” a piece about dogs, and it was a dog-goned sensible (?) piece, too. He had just returned from Indianapolis, he said, and while away had learned a great deal about dogologly. According to the “piece” dogs are a greatly abused animal and they should not be muzzled nor shot by wicked officers—especially by Marshall Mustard, at whom the article was ainied—when their owners fail or refuse to obey the law in keeping them muzzled. The rabies theory is largely imaginative and dogs don’t go “mad” more frequently during hot weather than cold, etc., etc. Nothwithstanding this enlightening article from the pen of one at such eminent authority, the mistake of enforcing the dog muzzling ordinances goes right on, in practically every part of the state, and the mayor of Hammond Issued a proclamation warning citizens last week that all unmuzzled dogs found oh the streets of that city would be shot. In fact the enforcement of the muzzling ordinance is general, rather than Rensselaer being the exception in enforcement, as alleged by the m. e. Saturday’s Indianapolis News had the following to say: Dr. H. W. Sigmund, health commissioner of Montgomery county, in his monthly report to the state board of health, has reported difficulty encountered in obtaining aid of farmers in that county in a campaign he is waging against rabies. The farmers object to killing, muzzling or confining their dogs when rabies breaks out in their Communities. ’ “It seems strange that the farmers should take such a view,” said Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary of the state board, “when the statistics show that last year fifty-'/even farmets in this state were bitten by rabid dogs, and that the county treasurers paid $200,000 for live stock killed by dogs running at large, many of’ them mad.” Dr. J. P. Ward, health commissioner' of Switzerland county, reported five persons bitten in that county by rabid dogs. All were treated at home by physicians. Therefore we have the spectacle of Dr. Hurty and other emminent health officers disagreeing with the military editor on the dog question, and we would respectfullly suggest that the latter get busy and set these 'gentlemen, right. They certainly have groped about in the darkness long enough, in fact all their lives, if the m. e’s. theory is correct, and it is time they were shown the error of their ways.