Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1916 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From ths Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorney Emmet Laßue was in Lafayette on business Tuesday. David Blitstein of Chicago, own-er-of 200 acres of land affected by the proposed drainage of the Gifford drainage association, was down the first of the week looking after his interests in connection with the proposed drain. Marriage, licenses issued: December 20, Leßoy Meadows of Remington, aged 38, occupation farmer, to Alda Blanche Burchett, also of Remington, aged 19 June 2 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Squire Dean. County Treasurer May sold the Union township stone road bonds Thursday to J. F. Wilds & Co. of Indianapolis at $1,867.50 premium. The ifistfe is for $50,000. .Other bidders were: State Savings & Trust Co., $1,605; R. L. Dollings Co., $1,762.50; Breed, Elliott* &' Harrison, $1,601. All were Indianapolis bidders “Uncle Bill” Ervin suffered a bad fall in the court house Tuesday evening, and as a result he will be laid up for several days. In starting down from the third floor Mr. Ervin missed his footing on the top step and fell to the landing below. His scalp was lacerated in one place for about three inches, besides numerous other bruises. A physician was called and he was taken to his room at the Comer House. Another new supply of that most excellent Napier Bond typewriter paper—the kind we have handled with such splendid success for the past 15 years—just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department. Put up 8%x14, 500 sheets to box. Remember that The Democrat also handles in this department the famous Nedich typewriter ribbons and has them in stock for practically all makes of typewriters. Not all the township trustees have reported the result of the road superintedent elections in their township? at this writing, although they should have done so within three days following the election. Those reporting since our last issue are as follows:. Hanging Grove-—-No. 1, Robert Jordan; No. 2, A. N. Bailey (holdover, no election): No. 3, George Johnson: No. 4, H. W. Smith. Barkley—No. 2, Ralph Johnson: No. 3, August Goepp; No. 4, Geo. Lambert. Gillam—No. 1, Stephen Salrin: No. 2. C, E. Weiss; No. 3, J. W. Marion: No. 4, Wm. Goldsberry. Walker-—No. 1, John Hammerton; No. 2, Zack Kerns; No. 3. Mark Ott; No. 4, William Stalls aum. Union, Jordan and Wheatfield have not yet reported. America first, last and always, and most of our goods are made in America and can get no better. We now have on display the swellest gifts fgr Xmas in the city. At Duvall’s Quality Shop.—C. EARL DUVALL.

DON’T TAG FOR MONNETT SCHOOL SATURDAY, FORGET DAY FQ R g| R |J DEC. 23 ————Mm———— ■ ■ ■» _ ' •- ;,-, -' . , , .", - ■ • • DON’T FAIL TO SFF TMF vmiNn i amcc in au A^e

Main Building 106x39 Feet; Gymnasium 35x50; Two Dormitories 109x31—Accommodations for at Least 100 Little Girls and the Faculty.

A large number of the young ladies of Rensselaer have offered their assistance to the Monnett building campaign /or a great tag day on Saturday, December 23. These young ladies will be sta-

ZERO WEATHER STILL HERE

While we had a couple of days this week—Wednesday and Thursday—in ■which the mercury did not reach the zero mark, Thursday night again put the kibosh on the quick silver and it huddled close to the bulb, thermometers in t°wn registering ten below yesterday morning, and the new thermometer out at St. Joseph college registering one degree tower. This is the coldest point reached this winter. White some of the ice men in neighboring towns have been busily engaged in packing their storage houses for next summer’s business, the unexpected zero wave of last week caught our local dealers wholly unprepared and with no •water whatever in their ice pond. Work was started, however, of filling the pond, a gasoline engine and pump being used for the purpose. but it is a big job to fill it and it is possible that warmer weather will come before the work is completed and the ice made.

ST. JOSEPH WINS FIRST GAME

Defeated Y. M. P. C. Team of Lafayette Wednesday Exening. The St. Joseph basket-ball team won their first game, of the season Wednesday evening when they defeated 'the Y. M. P. C. team of Lafayette by a score of 19 to 17. The game was one of the best played at the college, and was aggressive and fast throughout. Tn the early stages of the game the visitors held a slight lead and at the end of the first half the score stood 10 to 9. The college boys overcame this lead during the closing minutes of the game and stood victorious when the final whistle blew. The college team will not play agaiif until after the holidays, and then they expect to take on several classy teams.

DATE BIRTH AXXOI’XCEMEXTS December 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sheetz of near Remington, a daughter. December 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Berry of near Pleasant Ridge, at the home of the latter’s sister, Mrs. Frank Haskell, on Park avenue, a son. Highest prices paid for all kinds of fur.—-C. B. HARRIS. Phone 547 or 296. Zi J .

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1916.

tioned at various parts of the city on Saturday and will do their best to see that everyone is given an opportunity to contribute. The campaign headquarters next to the postoffice will be open all day. Pic-

TELEPHONE MAN ARRESTED

Floyd Gruver (’barged With Stealing Part of a Hog. Floyd Gruver, lineman for the Jasper County Telephone company, was placed under arrest Tuesday evening and lodged in jail on.complaint of Fred Schultz of Union township, who charged that Gruver stole part of a hog at the Schultz home while there making some repairs to the telephone during the absence of the family. Gruver was given a preliminary hearing before Squire Dean Wednesday morning and bound over to the circuit court under bond of SIOO,. which was later furnished by W. L. Bott, proprietor of the telephone company. Gruver attributes the act to drink, saying that he was under the influence of liquor when he was at the Schultz farm and has no recollection of taking the meat. He does recollect, however, of buying some liver from a farmer just before he the Schultz farm. Gruver had been sent to the north end of the county in the company’s car to make some repairs and collections, and visited the wet town of Demotte. While returning he got stuck in the snow several times, and at one time was helped out by Mr. Schultz who, after reaching home had missed the meat and followed Gruver to» town. He had said nothing to him about it at the time. Gruver got stuck again near Aix and was helped out by Dan Lakin. Gruver has a w r ife and seven children and has lived here for the past two years or more, coming here from Morocco when Messrs. Bott and Clark bought the plant. He has always proven reliable and trustworthy with the telephone company, and his trouble in this instance is attributed to his intoxicated condition.

FUTURE PUBLIC SALE DATES The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Thursday, December 28, Dana Rishling, % mile east of Gifford. General sale, 7 head of horses, 4 head of cattle, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, January 9, Mrs. Matilda Dluzak, Ex., 9 miles south and one mile west of Rensselaer. } General sale, including/16 head of horses, 23 head of cattle, farm 'tools, etc. Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.

THE PROPOSED GREATER MONNETT SCHOOL

tures of the new buildings will be on display and a force of workers will be on hand to explain what is hoped for. The campaign director at headquarters will be glad to receive at that place any subscrip-

MUSICAL TREAT AT COLLEGE

Under the direction of Professor Hovorka and Zeigler of St. Joseph college, the musical students there rendered a most pleasing recital Tuesday evening. On account of the bad weather of that evening not a great many people from Rensselaer were in attendance, but as this was the first of a series of student recitals it is safe to say those in the future will be much more largely patronized. The students as well as the professors in charge exhibited rare musical talent and training and the recital was indeed a treat to • all those present.

BIG DAMAGE SUIT INSTITUTED

Tony Jessup of Goodland Sues Public Service Company for $50,000 Tony Jessup and his wife of GoodlaHd, through their attorney, John A. Dunlap of this city, have filed suit in the Newton circuit court asking $50,000 damages from the Interstate Public Service Co., which concern (furnishes electric current to Goodland and several other northern Indiana towns, maintaining power staitons at Monticello and Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. Jessup are the parents of David and Edward Jessup, 12 and 10 years old, both of whom came in contact with the company’s electric light wires last August and which contact the death of the older boy and the latter being made a permanent cripple. Thy light station at Goodland is located alongside of the C. & E. I. railroad tracks, and in the complaint it is set out "that the railroad set off a car near the light.*station. and that the two boys climbed upon this car and then onto the top of the light statfbn -where they came in contact with the live wires. It is charged that the public service company was criminally negligent in that they did not have the wires properly insulated and protected, and $15,000 is being asked for the death oft David Jessup and $35,000 for the Injuries received by Edward Jessup. « . » KEISER CRAVATS—“HE” WILL be delighted with one of them straight from Fifth avenue; cost $1.50 and worth it. Never before in Rensselaer. —/HILLIARD & HAMILL.

tions that you may wish to make. Come in and talk the matter over, even though you do not. want to make your subscription at this time. A greater Monnett, school means a greater Rensselaer.

INTEREST IN SCHOOL GROWING

Move to Raise* $50,000 Meeting With General Favor. Interest in the endeavor of the trustees of the Monnett School for Girls to raise the sum of $50,000 to enable them to erect larger buildings and secure up-to-date equipment in increasing daily. There is no doubt that the friends of the institution, both in Rensselaer Snd throughout the state, -will rally to its assistance in this great campaign. Plans are being formulated for a whirlwind program beginning immediately after the holidays in the effort to secure the needed amount so that in the early spring work can be started on the greater Mon nett. Many of the churches and Sunday schools of Indiana will give their Christmas offering this year toward this building fund. It is estimated that? it will cost SIO,OOO to provide for the gymnasium, which will be in the main building. Is there someone in Rensselaer who wants to perpetuate his or her family name by giving this amount toward the new building? The gymnasium will bear the name of the donor and as long as the school shall endure this memorial shall stand. Gifts of SI,OOO will provide for certain rooms in the building and bear tablets with such name as the giver may designate. Where else could money bo better invested? The making of character, the providing of Christian training and a Christian home. Children whose opportunity will have been given because of your subscription will in years to come look back to their school days at Monnett as the bright spot of their lives, and long after you and T t have gone our way; long after the last giver has finished his work here. Children will bo enjoying the benefits of our gifts. Remember, Monnett School for Girls ts the only school of its Ttlnd in this country. Founded by one. of Rensselfter’s noble women, the school stands as the realization of the fondest dreams of rrfany mon and women who have long desired just such a place as this. What will be your Christmas gift to Monnett? All subscriptions can be paid’in Installments extending over a erlod of eighteen months. *• Subscribe for The Democrat.

Vol. XIX, No. 77

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. TROSCHIER COMMITS- SUICIDE Tailor Employed in Rensselaer Last Summer Ends Life. William Troschier, the Lafayette journeyman tailor, who was employed in 15. K. Zimmerman's tailor shop here the fore part of last summer and who was recently convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of front two to, twentyone years in the state prison at Michigan City for killing Charles Harris, committed suicide at about 6 o’clock Wednesday morning in the county jail at Lafayette. Troschier had declared frequently that he never would go to the penitentiary, and the jail authorities had watched him very closely. Troschier strangled himself with a piece of cord he wrapped around a ventilator pipe and twisted about his neck by standing up In his cell and bowing his head until he choked to death. Troschier came from Germany. He had worked as a tailor in Lafayette and other Indiana cities for the last fifteen years. He was convicted on circpmstantial evidence and throughout the case stoutly maintained he knew nothing about the killing. A four page letter written in German was left by Troschier in which he again asserted his innocence of the murder of Harris and the police and others who were instrumental in convicting him were scored for their part in manufacturing evidence against him, as he termed it. Troschier was to have been taken to the penitentiary two weeks ago, but asked permission to remain in jail there until after his birthday, December 16. He was to have been taken to Michigan City Thursday. Charles Harris was killed In a room over a Main street saloon. Troschier was accused of killing Harris for money Harris was known to have had. Many people still believe Troschier was innocent.

WISH 4,000 MILES OF ROADS

Illinois Good Roads Men Indorse Bond Issue of 5U10.000.000. % Danville, Illinois, December 21. * -With more than half the counties hi the state represented, the Illinois Highway Improvement association yesterday indorsed a state bond issue of SGO 000.000 for the construction of 4,000 miles of public highways, and adopted a resolution pledging its support and asking the legislature to submit the proposition to the people at the November election in 1018. 7 The association also favors a reasonable increase in the automobile license. fee, on heavy cars and on trucks. Figures were read to prove that a bond issue of that amount would not be oppressive. The resolution was adopted without a dissentins vote. At the afternoon meeting talks were made by Speaker David E. Shanahan of the Illinois legislature; Dr. It. E. Ilieronymous of the University of Illinois and W. G. Edens of Chicago, president of the association Mr. Edens was reelected president and Robert W. Dunn of Chicago was elected secretary.