Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Stores To Close During Union Meetings.

The business houses of Rensselaer have agreed to close up at 7 o’clock each night during the remainder of the union meetings being held by the city churches, beginning with last night, for the remainder of the week and all of next week, except Saturday nights.

Will Move to Valparaiso Next Week.

Mrs. Bert Brenner is busy packing up to move to Valparaiso next week, where Mr. Brenner and Boyd Porter recently purchased a drug store. Bert will come down Sunday to assist in completing the packing and shipping of their goods. Mrs. Brenner’s mother, Mrs. Porter, who has been living with them, will accompany them to their new home.

An Empty Boast.

During the campaign Mr, Crumpacker w r as going over the district asserting that his opponent was a corporation lawyer, and boasting that he intended to “smoke Mr. Peterson out.” While he was “smoking Peterson* out” the people were doing a little smoking on their own account and his empty boast went up in smoke. Mr. Peterson was elected and the democrats now have all the thirteen congressmen from Indiana. —White County Democrat.

Colvert-Hammond Nuptials.

The marriage of Mr. Leo Colvert, son of Mrs. George Colvert, and Miss Bernice Hammond, daughter of J. P. Hammond, county auditor, took place Sunday at 2 p. m., at the home of the bride’s father, Rev. C. L. Harper of Trinity M. E. church performing the ceremony. The wedding march was plaiyed by Miss Edith Adams, a cousin of the bride. Following the ceremony refreshments were served the few invited friends of the contracting parties w'ho were present and they received their congratulations. They received a nice and useful number of presents. The newly wedded couple left, amid showers of rice, for Chicago, on the afternoon train and will begin housekeeping after a few days in that city where the groom is employed in the silk department of the Fair store. The best wishes of a large number of friends go with them.

Very Favorably Impressed With Canada.

Col. Fred A. Philips returned Monday from conducting a personal property sale at Portage La Prairie, Manitobia, Canada, for Reese Hill, formerly of Brook. The sale totaled SIO,OOO, and the prices for horses and stock there are considerably higher than here. Brood mares sold at from $350 to SSOO at the sale; three yearling colts sold at S2OO each and teams of mules as high as S6OO. Reese owns 900 acres of mighty fine land there which he has rented out and will move back to Brook: The best land near railroads, sells there at about S7O per acre, and Fred says that it is finer land than any in B,enton county. Hundreds of thousands of acres is as level as a floor. It is cheaper back further from the railroads. Wheat is a little higher there than here .which shows the fallacy of our tariff on this cereal. The people there generally favored reciprocity with the United Stated, but the standpatters went out and made them believe that it was but a stepping stone for this Country to annex Canada to this country, and that they should stand by the crown. * Fred thinks they are mighty fine class of people there and that the land is unsurpassed anywhere.

Twenty-Seven Kinds It is, a known fact among Bacteriologists that twenty-sev-en different families or breeds of germs inhabit one cavity of decay and live happy without much trouble. Who wants these bugs in their mouth? Get that tooth cavity filled *at once. J. W. HORTON will fix it carefully and reasonably. One decayed tooth soon starts the others

BANK ROBBED AT MEDARYVILLE

Safe Crackers Blow Op First National Bank Monday Night. ONLY SI,OOO TAKEN,’TIS SAID Three Explosions Failed to Reach Inner Chest • Where Currency and Gold Was Kept.—Bloodhounds On Trail of Cracksmen. The First National Bank of Medaryville was blown open and robbed about 1:30 o’clock Monday night, but it is said that the robbers secured only about SI,OOO im silver, and did not get into the inside chest where the currency and gold was kept. The big Mosler safe was blown to pieces. There were three explosions, the first of which is supposed to have blown off the door on the outside; the second the inner door, and the third one of the. sheets of steel to the chest where the gold and currency was kept. The explosibns were not heard by people sleeping, in rooms next to

the bank building with only a brick wall between, but were heard by some other people of the town, and M. M. Ocker shot at one of the robbers and is supposed to have frightened them away. i Bloodhounds were secured from Laporte and reached Medaryville at daylight. The robbers, of whom there is said to have beem three, had taken a handcar from the Three-I road at San Pierre and run down to Medaryville to do the job, and escaped the same way. The handcar was found about ten o’clock yesterday morning in the Kankakee river north of San Pierre, Where the robbers dumped it, a£<l it il® supposed that they made their I get away on an Erie freight train, j or are still hiding along teh KankaJ are still hiding along the Kanka- ; kee river. When The Democrat talked with Mr. Guild, the president of the bank, yesterday at 10:30 a. m„ he stated that posses were out on the hunt of the robbers, and gave us the facts as above detailed: He also said that j the bank was amply protected from ! any loss by the burglar insurance ! that it carried. It was onJy about a week ago that the Medaryville postoffiee was robbed of about S2OO in cash and stamps and at that time parties sleeping within a short distance of the building in which the explosion occurred were not disturbed and heard no sound of the explosion. In fact, nothing was known of the robbery until the postmaster went down the next morning to open the office. Both of the robberies are supposed to be the work of Chicago cracksmen with perhaps a local confederate.

Report of the First Month's Attendance In Rural Schools.

Superintendent Lam son has just finished tabulating the record of the first month’s attendance in the rural schools. 1 This report shows the enrollment to be 1844 as against 1834 last year. The per cent of attendance is 95.8 for the county 'as against 96.1 last year for the same month. The banner school of the county' si that of Zelda Daugherty of Union township, with an attendance of 99.6 per cent. Several others are dose competitors—Jennie Eib of Barkley, 99.5 per cent; Grace Houk, of Kankakee, 99.4 per cent; Louise Strantz of Hanging Grove, 99.3 per cent: Nellie Knapp of Marion, 99.3 per cent, and Jessie Williamson of Carpenter township, 99.2 per cent. The banner schools in the different townships are as follows; Barkley, Jennie Eib; Carpenter, Jessie Williamson; Gillam, Edith Martindale; Hanging Grove, Louise Strantz; Jordm, Nellie Eck; Kankakee, Grace Houk; Keener, Otto Schwanke; Marion, Nellie Knapp; Mllroy, Ear’ Foulks; Newton, Dena Hanson; Union, Zelda Daugherty; Walker, Anf.a Jasperson; Wheatfield, Forest Crafg. Both ths teachers and the patrons are to be commended for making such a record possible. *

The Democrat for sale bills.

- RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1912.

The city council met in regular session Monday evening, all members being present except Mayor Meyers. ' In the matter of St. Augustine’s Catholic church, et al„ sewer, on motion same was continued to next meeting. Petition of Babcock & Hopkins, et al to narrow’ Vine street between Main and Forest referred to street committee. Petition of C. B. Steward for use of streets to move buildings; permission granted upon filing of bond to approval of mayor. The following claims were allowed; CORPORATION FUND Geo. Mustard, sal marshall. . .$30.00 Frank Critser, nightwatch. . 30.00 Chas. Morlan, c1erk........ 25.00 Lights city hall 60.35 Coal, city hall.. 66.31 American La France Fire Eng Co., chemicals, fire wagpn. 5.00 G. E. Murray Co., mdse fire co 1.00 Omar Osborne, serv. city eng’r 35.50 Cinders 35.50 ROAD FUND. Chester Lea, sal teamster. . 30.00 Col. Lynch of Oklahoma is here looking after some busines matters. Fred Hemphill, sewer caps. . 11.25 Healey & Clark, pub notice. . 4,50 PARK FUND. O. S. Baker, burning brush. . 2.00 LIGHT FUND C. S. Chamberlain, salary. . . . 30.00 Mell Abbott, same. 30.00 Dave Haste, same. 30.00 Dick Hartman, wk line 25.00 Gen. Elec. Co., supplies 50.42 Central Elec. Co., same.... 18.50 Metropolitan Elec. Co., same. ,100.09 Marion Coal Co., c0a1...... 118.05 Standard Oil Co., 0i1....... 27.55 Jesse Gates, haul coal ~ 29.16 G. E. Murray Co., mdse pt. 2.25 R. D. Thompson, ft. paid. .. . 58.63 WATER FUND T. E. Malone, 5a1.... 30.00 Jas. B. Clow, Water supplies. 5.09 Franklin, Plumb & Webster st sewer, R. D. Thompson, paid contractor .. . 145.36 Supplies & water rental. . . . 27.32

Additional ' Locals. - D. S. White of Elgin, 111., w’as the the Sunday guest of his sister, Mrs. John Mann. Miss Florence Goss of Remington attended the Colvert-Hammond nuptials here Sunday. Dp. Charles Fidler of Milwaukee, Monday to see his mbother, Mrs. N. Hendricks, who is in quite poor health. Jacob Suit of Elgin, No. Dak., came Monday to visit with his daughters, Mrs. Ernest and Mrs. Vern Cavinder, of north of town. i j Mrs. Cain Galbraith, the aged mother of Mrs. George Hopkins, is critically ill at the home of the latter in the east part of town. John Andrews, a student at St. Joseph’s college, was taken to St. Elizabeth’s hospital at Lafayette Monday night to be operated on for appendicitis. Ross Wolfe of Newland was kicked in several places by a mule Tuesday morning, and was considerably bruised up, but it is thought that he will get along alright. Edward Herath.iH. J. Gowland, James Reed, Omar Kenton and Zeb Swain are figuring on prospecting in Alabama early next month, > near where Marion and Sam Sparling have bougt. Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Day, Leroy Smith and Mrs. C. J. Sommers attended a birthday surprise on Mrs. Day’s brother, E. E. Smith of Chicago last week, the occasion being his 49th birthday anniversary.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

City Council Proceedings.

Mile Zara, New r York’s favorite palmist and clairvoyant, has arrived in Rensselaer and is stopping at the corner of Van Rensselaer and Angelica streets. See advertisement in another column. —Advt.

B. Kohler of Kansas City, Mo., arrived Sunday to visit John Kohler and Charles Ramp and families. His wife has been here for about three weeks. This is Mr. Kohler’s first visit here for about twenty years.

The house occupied by James Rees at Newland was damaged about $l5O Saturday noon by fire, but was saved by a bucket brigade before the flames had made very much headway. The loss is covered by insurance.

Mrs. Joseph Leach and two children of Geddes, So. Dak., who has been visiting with relatives here for a couple of weeks, started homeward Monday. She was accompanied as as far as Chicago by her brother, Thomas, and sister, Miss Bertha Eldridge.

Frank Potts, who returned recently from North Dakota, was operated on at the Rensselaer hospital Monday for tuberculosis of the bone of his left limb, below the knee, and the diseased portion of the bone war> chiseled out. It is hoped that he will get along alright now. i The barn on the E. T. . Harris farm, four miles northwest of Rensselaer, was burned Saturday morning, together with its contents, that belonged to the tenant, James Dowers. The loss was about $1,200, about evenly divided between building and contents, and the insurance was S6OO, S3OO on each.

Ed, and Charlotte Kanne entertained Lonzo Healy, Prof. Novak of St. Joseph’s college, Fred and Walter Feldhaus, Elizabeth Luers, Lanie Schmal and Mrs. Al Kanne at a three course six o’clock dinner Monday evening. Prof Novak and Lonzo Healy played several musical numbers during the evening, to the great .enjoyment of all.

Escaping gas from a base burner nearly asphyxiated Mrs. Frank Critser a f«w nights ago. When Mr. Critser went home in the morning 'Mrs. Critser started to get out of bed and fell in a heap on the floor, so nearly overcome was she by the poisonous fumes, which had come out into the room by reason of a stoppage in the chimney.

Walter Schreiner of Sandwich, 111., who with his brother Walter put in some time hunting pearls last jSeptember near |thd Jay Lamson farm west of town, went to New York with the several pearls that they found and sold the finest one for SI,OOO. The boys also harvested about twenty tons of clam shells which they will ship) to a pearl button factory.

And they have even taken Idaho with its 4 electoral votes away from Taft and givem it to Wilson, while later returns give California to Roosevelt by 900. Except for Horace Greeley, in 1872, who got no electoral votes at all, Taft is the worst defeated candidate who ever run for the presidency on either of the leading tickets. He gets but 8 electoral votes to Roosevelt’s 90 and Wilson’s 430.

Saturday night’s jolifloation over the election, by a crowd of boys and young men, was hardly up to Thursday might’s "blow-out.” It did not start until abdut 9:30 o’clock and consisted of a big bonfire on the rfyver bank near the Washington Street bridge. Some red fire and fireworks were set off up town later, and there was but little music. The affair was entirely unofficial and non-partisan in its character.

Basil Leech, delivery boy for the Home Grocery, who was quarantined last Friday, when he was taken down with scarlet fever, Is reported to be doing nicely. His brother, Oscar, who is employed in John Werner's tailoring establishment, and who occupied the bed with Basil the night before he was taken down, was also quarantined. The young nfan fc supposed to contracted the disease qver in Illinois where he and bin mother recently visited relatives. The case is a mild one, it is said.

Sale Bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. Come In.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Note* Gathered from the Several County Offices. Devore Yeoman, county surveyorelect, has rented Bert Brenner’s property on River street and will soon move into same. Judge Wason of the Carroll-White circuit won out over Roafch, his republican! oppenent, by a total plurality of 1312—747 in Carroll and 565 in White.

The November term of the Jasper circuit court opened Monday. Yesterday was “call day,” and the grand jury also convened. There are quite a number of cases on the docket, nearly a dozen having been filed in the last two weeks. The first marriage license issued this month was issued Saturday to Leo Lemain Colvert of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation clerk, to Bernice Irene Hammond, also of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Elmer G. Bunnell, assistant to Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, died in Indianapolis Sunday. He was well known to many teachdrs of this county. His body was taken to Daporte, his old home, for burial yesterday. Peter He rath i of west of Brook, who owned the 137 acre farm xiorfh of Rensselaer, in Marion tp., on which his son Edward Heratb lives, traded same off a few days ago to his son-in-law, John H. Sell, for a 190 acre farm near Brook. The former farm was figured at $l5O per acre in the deal and the latter at $l9O. It is said that $250 per acre has been refused for some farms about Brook.

Although Judge J. T. Sanderson carried his own county of Benton by 134, he was defeated by B. B. Berry, Republican, for judge of the Benton-Warren circuit by 99 votes, Berry carrying Warren county by 234. The democrats elected the.auditor in Benton by 457, the Bberiff by 214, and one commissioner by 124. The republicans elected the balance cf the county ticket. Wilson carried the county by 386; Ralston by 404 and Peterson by 286. There were 796 bull moose votes cast for head of the ticket. Gub Grant was up to Fair Oaks a few days ago to see John Stowers, the old man w'ho was struck over the head with a beer bottle by Ed. Frawley and probably fatally Injured. Gus says that the old gen-

Rhoads 9 Grocery Prices We don’t claim these are stemwinders, but our regular prices Pillsbury Flour . . ... $1.50 Washburn Flour • . . $1.30 Butterine, Swift’s Jersey, the best .22 Dry Salt Bacon . ... .12| 4 cans Hoipiny . . . . .25 4 cans Pumpkin ... . .25 4 cans Kidney Beans .... .25 4 cans Baked jßeans . . .25 4 cans Corn . .... .25 131 b can Apricots . . . .15 1 31b can Peaches .... .15 131 b can Tomatoes . ) . . . . .10 1 lib can Salmon . . . . .10 1 gallon bulk Home-made Kraut . . .15 l'he goods listed in can are not bur best qual ity, but as good as any firm wvill sell >ou for the money. As a rule in any line of merchandise the price suggests the qua lit v Rhoads’ Grocery

tleman’s skull is fractured and there is quite a depression where he was hit. He doesn’t seem to improve much, if any, some days appearing a trifle better ail'd then getting worse again. It is not believed that he can recover. Frawley is still in jail and appears to be considerably worried over the outcome, as he may well be.

Owing to an error in the figures of the state and national vote In Kankakee township, as published in Itihe tabulated vote to Saturday’s Democrat, and a few other slight errors in some of the other figures, we are again publishing the tabulated vote in today’s Democrat, and as it has been carefully gone over agaiin we believe that it is now absolutely correct. Kankakee township gave Willson a plurality of 27 and Roosevelt received 38 votes, as is shown inthe corrected table which is the only correct table of the vote that has been published in Jasper county. -

At the time of publishing the vote for district candidates In Saturday’s Democrat we did not have the official vote from all the counties. Chester A. McCormick for state senator carried three of the foqr counties in this district—Newton by 68, Starke by 446, White by 239 and lost Jasper by only 86. His net plurality was, therefore, 676. Brother McCormick naturally feels a little chesty over the splendid majority given him in his own county, which was larger than that of Wilson and was the largest plurality given any candidate in that county for a good many years.

New suits filed: No. 7943. ex rel. Edna Llntner, vs. Leo Terry; transcript from Porter county. No. 794 4. Zack Kerns vs. Earl Parker; action for damages alleged to have been inflicted by defendant on the night of Sept. 10 to plaintiff’s horse and buggy, driven by plaintiff’s son, by reason of defendant’s reckless driving of a team of horses and wagon upon the public highway near GifTord, demolishing the buggy and killing the horse. Demand SSOO. No. 7946. Coen & Brady vs. Charles L. Otis; suit on account. Demand S6O. No. 7946. Standard Oil Co., vs. Theodore Smith; suit on account. Demand $84.91. No. 7947. Walter Blankenbaker vs. Frank P. Huntington; action to compel Die specific performance of contract in the purchase on real estate.

No. 7848. D. M. Osborne Co., vs. Thomas Florence; suit on note. Demand SSO.

Today’s markets: corn, 38c; oats, 26c; Rye, 60c; wheat, 75c; buck'wheat, 55c.

We are paying for Butter Fat This Week 32c WILSON & GILMORE Parr, Indiana.

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