Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1915 — Page 1

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Public Sale Dates. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Oct. 27, Sol Norman, 6 miles north and 1 3-4 miles west of Rensselaer. General sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. -

LITTLE BUSINESS TRANSACTED

At Regular Meeting of the City Council Monday Night. At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening all members were present except Councilman King. But little business was transacted however. The city attorney presented prima facie assessment roll for the new brick alley through block 9, original plat, and same was approved. November 8 fixed for hearing objections. Petition of Korah Daniels et al, for a street light at the of Milton and Leopold streets was referred to the light committee. Application of K. T. Rhoades & Co. for a city electrician’s license was approved and clerk directed to issue same on the filing of bond to the approval of the mayor. The usual grist of claims were allowed.

The Smallpox Situation Gives No Cause for Alarm.

There were but two cases of smallpox still under quarantine in Rensselaer yesterday morning. One of these is Lon Watkins, of the northi west part of town, and the other that df the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaw. Both ol these will probably be released soon. f Harry Brown, who resides on the Loughridge farm about a mile north of the Burk bridge, contracted the disease of Victor Yeoman of Barkley tp., and did not know what it was until told by a doctor while in Rensselaer Saturday. He went in to the doctor’s office to consult him regarding the eruption and was told that he was suffering front smallpox, and was sent home. Two children of C. W. Bussell of Hanging Grove tp., one of whom had been attending high school at Rensselaer and a son of Arthur Williamson v also of Hanging Grove, have had a disease resembling that called smallpox here. The Williamson boy and one of the Bussell girls attended the Parker school in Hanging Grove, and it caused considerable excitement among the patrons there. Most of the pupils of the school have been vaccinated, and The Democrat is informed that one of the Bussell children was also vaccinated and the vaccination “took,” which convinces the doctor that it was nothing but chickenpox that they had. All the cases have been very mild and in several instances they have had no regular medical attention.

Prospectors Return From Eastern Trip.

Josiah Davisson and Janies Whited, who had accompanied the Rensselaer prospecting party to New York state the Sunday previous, returned home Saturday. They left the rest of the party at Jamestown, N. Y., and went over in Pennsylvania -to look at some country there, returning home from the latter place by rail. The ptfrty expected to reach Jamestown Tuesday, but got off on some bad road and encountered rain, “ which delayed them until Wednes- ♦ day in reaching the Chautauqua Lake country. Josiah said they were surprised to find that no killing frost had fallen east of Cleveland, 0., and the vegetation was still green. The rest of the party arrived home Monday night.. They did not get about as much as intended and got no further than Jamestown. While they were not a great distance from John M. Knapp, they did not get to go and see him nor Clyde Reeve of near Masonville, Deleware county. Max Kepner, whose second trip this was to that section of the country, is considerably taken up with the country and expects to locate there in the , spring, although he has not bargained for anything definitely as yet. ■ , '

Notice to Taxpayers. Monday, Nov. 1, is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid delinquency and having penalty added. Keipember, the county treasurer has no choice in this matter and -cannot favor anyone. Avoid the rush of the last few days by paying early.—A. A. FELL, Treasurer Jasper County.

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. Attorney George E. Hershman of Crown Point, was in the city Satur- • day.

County Road Supt. Sylvester Gray was in Kankakee, 111., on business Friday. County Treasurer Fell and wife and J. D. Allman and wife attended the funeral of Mrs. Sam Bowman at Remington Sunday afternoon. Remember that next Monday is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid delinquency and having penalty added. Attorney W. H. Parkison has been ill for the past ten days with rheumatism in his feet, and since Sunday has been confined to his bed. An architect from Chicago Heights, 111., was here yesterday submitting plans for the proposed Jasper county hospital. As but $lO,000 was appropriated for the building and ground, all agree that it is difficult to get much a hospital for this amount.

F. R. Erwin of Fair Oaks, was a business visitor in Rensselaer Monday afternoon. He stated to The Democrat that the report that he had bid off the upper end of the Boyle ditch for J. J. Lawler was without any foundation whatever. He had never hid any conversation of any kind with Mr. Lawler regarding the matter; he bid it off for himself and expects to do the work.

New suits filed: No. 8501. Jesse C. and John I. Gwin vs. Mary S. Grieser and Albert E. Brand; suit to foreclose mechanic’s lien. Demand SIOO. No. 8502. Grant-Warner Lumber Co. vs. Itolla Gates et al; foreclosure of mechanic’s lien. Demand $l5O. No. 8503. Isaac Kight vs. John Roorda; complaint on account. Demand $125. NO. 8504. David M. Worland vs. Ed Oliver; suit on account. Demand $122.50.

Superintendent of construction DeVere Yeoman sold the Boyle ditch Friday afternoon. The upper end or section I, and the Moffitt ditch and all laterals to outlet or junction of the Otis and Moffitt ditches, was sold to Joseph Marbaugh, of Marbaugh Bros., of Monteray, Ind., at 5.82 cents per cubic yard, at a total of $19,881.99. The lower half of the main ditch and the Kight lateral was sold to F. R. Erwin of Fair Oaks, at 8% cents per cubic yard, a total of $17,085.78. There wehe twenty-two bidders work.

Attorneys Dunlap of this city, and Milt Graves of Morocco, got a $2,000 verdict in a personal damage case in the Newton circuit court Saturday. The case was that of Margaret Cheever vs. Joseph M. Chisum of Morocco. Mrs. Cheever in going up town one evening after dark had stumbled over some posts left on the sidewalk by Chizum, who was rebuilding the fence in front of his home, and fell into a Irrge post-hole, causing permanent injury, it was alleged. She sued for SIO,OOO. The case was tried Wednesday and Thursday and the argument of the attorneys was fnade Saturday. Messrs. Dunlap and Graves were confronted by quite an array of legal talent, including E. B. Sellers of Monticello, and it was quite a victory in securing this judgment under such conditions.

Return From Pleasant Visit to South Dakota.

Dr. C. E; Johnson and Simon Thompson returned Sunday from a week’s®visit to Pierpont, S. D., with

THE TWICE=A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915.

E. E. Flint and family, formerly residents of Rensselaer for a short time. They found the Flints all well except Mrs. Flint, who is rather poorly, and all through that section they had fine cropa. this year. The weather is nice there at present. They 4iad a couple of days fine sport at hunting ducks, of which there are millions there. A Mr. Flint owns the finest section of land there, Dr. Johnson says, that he ever saw, and has it finely improved, with a big modern house, with all modern improvements, including water from an artesian well with good pressure, electric lights, etc. He farms over 800 acres of land. Dr. Johnson brought a halfdozen potatoes—a part of those dug from one hill on the Flint farm—for The Democrat. The six weighed 8 pounds. The doctor did not state how many got away, but he said he saw 22 good sized potatoes dug from one hill.

They had a very nice time while away and were much pleased with that section of the state. The Flints, who located there some 32 years ago when it was newly opened, spent a few years here and at Remington in recent years, returning to their farm some two years ago. They sent kindest regards to all their old friends in Jasper county.

TOWN ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY.

Remington and Wheatfield Will Elect Local Tickets Remington and Wheatfield, the only incorporated towns in Jasper county outside of the city of Rensselaer, will elect town tickets next Tuesday under the law of 1905, which provides that the officers so elected shall serve for four years.

Following are the tickets nominated in Remington: DEMOCRATIC TICKET Trustee, Ist ward. . . .W. H. Kenyon Trustee, 2d ward.... D. V. McGlynn Trustee, 3d ward. .Dr. A. P. Rainier Clerk T. E. Samuels Treasurer Ellis Jones Marshal Leonard Dickinson [lt is understood that Mr. Jones has declined the nomination for treasurer.] REPUBLICAN TICKET. Trustee, Ist ward. . . .Fred A. Hicks Trustee, 2d wardS. G. Hand Trustee, 3d ward....G. I. Thomas Clerk Charles Hascall Treasurer .F. L. Lough Marshal. ..... .Lee Rush [Hicks, Hand and Rush are present incumbents of the offices to which they were nominated.] We are unable to give the names on the Wheatfield tickets.

John Burris Freed On Technicality.

Jas. Snedeker and J. D. Allman were called to Kentland Monday on the case of the State vs. John Burris, who is charged with passing a forged check on James Snedeker, the Main street grocer, several months ago. Burris went free, however, on a technicality. The affidavit, it seems, did not charge the forgery of the check, as generally understood, but charged the endorsing of ■a check knowing that.the alleged maker had no funds in bank at th'e time. '• After the jury had been sworn to try the cause, Burris’ attorney, Mose Leopold, raised the question of such endorsement being a crime—which it is not, apparently—and the court ordered the jury to return a verdict of acquittal. It was understood that the prosecutor would file another affidavit Monday night and have Burris rearrested, but we were unable to learn anything further regarding the matter. »

I. O. O. F. and Rebekah County Convention Friday.

The Jasper county convention of the several lodges of Odd and Rebekahs will be held in Rensselaer on Friday of. this week. It is expected that between three hundred and four hundred visitors wilh be here. An interesting program has been prepared and will be carried out during the afternoon and evening. The ladies of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches will furnish the supper for the visitors at their respective church parlors.

Oct, 22, to Mr. and Mrs. George Long a daughter. Oct. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Nelson, a daughter. Oct. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wilson, of Newland, a daughter. Oct. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Weaver of Fair Oaks, a son.

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CONCRETE ROADS LOOKS GOOD.

kutquois County, 111., Has Some Eight Miles Near Watseka. The editor of The Democrat took an auto trip Sunday over to Watseka, the county seat of Iroquois county, Illinois, principally for the purpose of seeing the concrete roads constructed near that city under Illinois' new state aid law. We are not familiar with the provisions of this law, that is, what proportion isjjaid by the state, the county and the township, nor their cost, but there is some four miles of this concrete road between Sheldon and Watseka and four miles winding on west and north of the latter place. Apparently that on the west was constructed last year and that on the east this year. Both sections seem to be standing up well so far, but it is too early, of Course, to determine how it will withstand several hard winters. It looks good now and is free from cracks.

These roads are but nine or ten feet wide, apparently, and in meeting teams or autos both have to turn off one side to the dirt to give half the road, leaving the wheels of the vehicles half on the concrete and half on the dirt, and everyone turns out, too, and gives half the concrete road. The concrete has a 6-inca curb at each side the same hei o ht of the' roadway, which latter is almost or quite flat; perhaps Is one inch higher in the center than at the sides.

Dirt is banked up against the curb to the top, so at present it is not difficult to turn off and on the concrete. But it impressed us that in a • t time this banking would become too soft and get cut up so badly that the wheels of the vehicles would sink down in the mud so far that it would be very difficult to get back on the concrete after one had turned off in meeting another rig. Also, to keep the sides well banked on so narrow a roadway, would be considerable expense, as it would be necessary at certain seasons to go over the road each day and pull the dirt ‘or sand—which latter is used in some places—back in place.

It seems to us that it would have been economy in the long run to have made these roadways full sixteen feet of the concrete or to use crushed rock for banking. However, it makes a might nice road to travel over and if it will wear it is preferable to brick. It is absolutely free from all dust. . We run over the entire two sections of concrete road there, and also drove a few miles north of Watseka on a good stone road, but we wouldn't care to drive very far over their dirt roads, which are abomnible.

Jasper county people who are interested in bettering our own roads and reducting the cost of upkeep should drive over to Watseka and inspect these concrete roads. It is a nice drive and only 40 miles from Rensselaer. There is stone road all the way, going via Remington, Goodland, Kentland and Sheldon. Some of the stone road is rather bumpy, especially a strip west of Sheldon, but there is a good dirt road at the side and nearly everybody uses the latter when it is not muddy. This particular piece of stone roadi is worse than any we have in Jasper county—more full of chuck-holes, but is free of rough rock. It connects with the concrete road further west, and, as no work has been done on it all this season, it may be that they expect to replace it with concrete next year.

Mrs. Sam Bowman of Remington, Buried Sunday Afternoon.

Mrs. Samuel Bowman, an estimiable Remington lady, died at a hospital in Indianapolis at 3 a. m., Friday, and her remains were brought back to Remington Friday evening and the funeral held Sunday at 2:30 p. m., at the Christian church, and was very largely attended. . - ■ Mrs.' Bowamn was an old resident of Remington, having lived there most of her life. She leaves a husband and three children, Charles Bowman and Mrs. Ethel Gillam of Remington, and Harold Bowman of Monticello. Iler age was about 65 years.

Box Social at Bowling Green.

There will be a box social at the Bowling Green school house in Newton tp., Friday evening, Oct. 29. Ladies please bring boxes. Everybody cordially invited.—GERTRUDE JACKSON, Teacher.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* in the Nearby Citie* and Town*—Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Plaoe*. AUTO TURNS OVER TWICE. Illinois Man Killed and Wife and Their Guest Hurt. Hammond, Ind., Oct. 25.—Joseph Plamanden, of Momence, 111., was instantly killed yesterday, his wife was seriously hurt and John Hayes, their guest, suffered internal injuries near Lowell, south of here, when the automobile which Plamanden was driving turned over twice after a front tire blew out. They were on their way to Lowell to visit Mrs. Plamanden’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purdy.

MOSTLY TECHNICAL.

Forty-six Violations of Chicago Sunday Closing Law Reported. Chicago, Oct. 25. —-Forty-six violations of the Sunday closing order were charged against saloon keepers yesterday, Chicago’s third dry Sunday since the order of Mayor Thompson enforcing the state . dram&hop law. Nineteen of the offenders were accused of failing to observe the letter, of the state closing law. The charge against twenty-seven was merely that they had failed to permit an unobstructed view of the bar from the street as required by city ordinance. Police officials said that the fact that most of yesterday’s vialotions were technical”* indicated that the citizens had adjusted themselves to the situation.

SHOOTING SCRAPE IN STARKE.

Samuel and William Hook of Knox, In Jail at Laporte for Killing Orris Font. Valparaiso, Ind., October 22. Orris Fout, of Knox, 20 years old, is dead and Samuel and; William Hook, also of Knox, father, and son, are in jail at Laporte charged with murder. The shooting occurred tonight when the father and son and William Fox, in an automobile drove to the Fout home and demanded a horse which the court yesterday, in a replevin suit, had held belonged to Hook. The Hooks were armed, one carrying a shotgun and the other a revolver. Upon Font’s refusal to deliver the horse the shooting began. Fout was hit with a bullet from the revolver and fell. Samuel Hook then, it is charged, placed his shotgun against the dying boy’s shoulder and fired, tearing his body to shreds. The men then went to Knox, where they gave themselves up and were later taken to Laporte for safe keeping. Both men in jail bear slight bullet wounds. They say they acted in self-defense.

ROBBERS MAKE BIG HAUL.

Valparaiso Jewelry Store Robbed of SB,OOO Worth of Diamonds. Valparaiso, Ind., October 23. Burglars early today perpetrated the most daring robbery iiere in recent years when they forced open a rear window at the jewelry store of Gdo. Beach, a ctty councilman, in the heart of the business district, and took virtually all the stock of 'iliamonds. The loss is SB,OOO. The showcases and display windows were ransacked. Twenty-eight gold watches also were taken. The safe in which the diamonds were kept was opened by some one who had come in possession of the combination, and a skeleton key provided easy access to the strong box inside. Tenants on the second floor were undisturbed in their slumbers and the thieves accomplished their work without leaving the slightest clew. The city’s lighting system is operated on a “moonlight” schedule and all the alley lights were out. This afforded the robbers the opportun-

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ity sought to enter the store from rear, since an electric sign and window lights “made entrance from the front impossible. Less than ten feet away stands a police patrol box from which the officers turn in reports

every hour. The theft was not discovered until morning, when Beach opened the sale. When'the news of the robbery became generally known there was a stampede of customers to the store to learn whether articles of jewelry taken there for repair or alterations had been stolen. Their fears were unfounded, for the thieves seemingly refused to steal anything but diamonds and watches which bore no workman’s memorandum tag. The police assert the theft was too daring and cleverly executed for amateurs. Beach estimates his loss at SB,OOO.

Former Jasper County Resident Dies at Francesville.

Mrs. Ffed Schultz died at the home of her mother in Francesville Saturday at noon. The cause of her death was tuberculosis from which she had been sick for several years. She was born in Westlin, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany, October 24, 1869. When fifteen years of age she came to the United States with her parents, w'ho first located in Beaver tp. Nov. 9, 1890, she was married to Fred Schultz, to which union two sons and one daughter were born. During the first ten years of their married life they lived in Rensselaer, three years following they lived at Lamar, Colo., on account of her health, they came back and have lived in this part of the county ever since. She leaves to mourn her aged mother, husband, daughter Mary, two sons, Henry and Ernest, brothers, Charles of Beaver, and Ernest of Monticello. The funeral was held at the church Tuesday morning, Rev. Weis officiating. Burial was made in St. Jacob’s cemetery in Beaver.—Francesville Tribune.

Mrs. W. R. Bull Dies Following An Operation.

Mrs. W. R. Bull of Barkley tp., who had been in poor health for several years and was gradually failing, was operated on by Dr. Washburn, assisted by Drs. English and Kresler, last Friday, but a gall bladder tumor was found and her chances for recovery were thought to be very slight. The operation was performed as a last resort, but was without avail. She died at 1:40 o’clock Sunday morning. Miriam English Bull was born in Champaign county, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1854, and came to Indiana in 1857, where she had since resided. Her age was 63 years, 11 months and 7 days. She leaves a husband and five daughters, Mrs. Donzetta Gorham, Emily, Loraine, Pearl and Ruth Bull. She also leaves several brothers and sisters—Millard English of lowa, John and Milroy English and Mrs. Gertrude Hewitt of Canada, Mrs. Catherine Rowen and Mrs. Luther Hemphill of Rensselaer, and Mrs. A. O. Moore of Barkley tp. The funeral was held from the house yesterday at 1 p. m., conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett of Hammond, and burial made in Weston cemetery, the services at the cemetery being conducted by Rev. t’ostill, as Rev. Parrett had to get back to Hammond, where he was ordalpeu yesterday afternoon as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of that city.

Are You Going to Entertain?

If so, don’t wear yourself out writing the invitations, but call at The Democrat office and let us furnish and print the invitations and envelopes—handsome linen finish , ones—for almost as little as you could buy the blank cards and envelopes elsewhere.

Lyceum Course Dates.

November s—Colonial Band. T January 1 9—Ralph Bingham. January 28- —Tahan. February 15—William Rainey Bennett. March 29—Columbian Entertainers.

CEE and BEE TAXI SERVICE. Rensselaer’s new taxi service is now in operation. All city drives 10c. To the college 15 cents. Long distance drives' at reasonable rates. Phone 360.—E. M. BAKER, Location Nowels’ Restaurant. ts ■ ii i i ■■ in Place your want ads in The Demo crat If you want to get results.