Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1916 — Page 1

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NINE DONORS EQUIP ROOMS

In the County Hospital Now Nearing Completion. . EACH ROOM COSTS $125 New Institution Is Expected to Be Open for Receiving of Patients Not Rater Than January 15. Nine persons and organizations have made donations to the Jasper county hospital board to equip the nine single rooms in the new hospital. The cost of furnishing each room will be about $125. The equipment will be purchased by the board and will be uniform. Donations for these rooms have been made by the Rensselaer K. of P. lodge, St. Augustine’s Catholic church, the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges, Mrs. Mattie Wasson, H. R. Kurrie, A. Leopold, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Chapman, Mrs. Alda Parkison and Mrs. Leo Wolfe of Hammond, a daughter of A. Leopold. There are also two wards, each to contain three beds, and it is hoped by the board that these will he furnished complete by some of the organizations of the city. It is now expected to have the hospital open for the reception of patients not later than January 15. The building is practically completed and the painters will finish their work within the next week. Installing the furnishings is the only thing then remaining to be done. There are a good many facts concerning the new hospital which will be of. interest to perhaps every resident of the county. The cost of the institution when completed will be in the neighborhood of $20,000. For its maintenance a tax of 1 c»nt on the SIOO has been provided, and this will raise about $3,500 per year. It is estimated that the cost of operating the institution sill be SSOO a month, or about $6,000 a year. The charge to patients for use of the nine single rooms will-vary from $2.50 or $3 a day for some rooms to $5 a day for the more desirable rooms. This charge, of course, includes board and nurse, unless a special nurse is desired. The charge for ward beds lias not been fixed yet, but will be much less than the prices noted above. In charge of the hospital will be the head nurse or superintendent, Miss Bertha Brunneman of Chicago, whose salary will be SIOO per month. There will also be an assistant superintendent and probably two student nurses in addition to a night nurse if such is deemed necessary. There will also be a housekeeper amh at the start she will have one maid to assist her. This will make a total of A five salaried people, not including the student nurses, who will probably receive nothing other than board and lodging for some time. The salaried people will also receive their board and lodging at the hospital. At this time it is not known what the salary will be of the other employes than the superintendent. Neither is it known just what the housekeeping expenses will be. There will be no janitor, it being that the housekeeper*, ants maid will take care of the building. The hospital will be heated with steam, which will be furnished from the heating station at the county jail, and it is said that the capacity of the boilers is such that this additional load will never be noticed.

CONDITIONS OF THE WEATHER

Following is the official maximum and minimum temperature as recorded by the government thermometer at St. Joseph college for the twenty-four hours ending respectively at 6 a. m. on the days given below: __ . . High. Low. Wednesday i. .45 35 Thursday .29 11 Yesterday 25 5

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS December 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Walker of Newton township, a daughter.

MRS. CHRIS MORGAN EGG DEAD

Weil Known Resident of Barkley Passed' Away Tuesday. • Mrs. Chris Morganegg, a well known lady of Barkley township, died at the- family home Tuesday afternoon, aged 55 years. Mrs. Morganegg had been in failing health for several months and her death was not unexpected. Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Thursday morning at the Brushwood church at Aix, and burial was made in / the Dunkard cemetery. -. Mrs. Morganegg was one of the well known residents of Barkley township, having lived there many years, add besides the husband is by six children, as follows: Mrs. Burlie' Herrod, Colorado City, Colorado; Mrs. Leslie Shriner, Rensselaer; Chris Morganegg, Batavia, Illinois, and Misses Katharine, Eva and Anna Morganegg, who reside at home.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interestiog Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized-r-To-gether with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Cilices. Attorney Emmet Laßue was a Lafayette visitor Thursday. A. F. Knotts of Hammond was in the city on business Thursday. William McNeil of Wheatfield and Attorney Ray G. Anderson of Crown Point were business visitors in the city Wednesday. At a meeting held Tuesday evening it was decided to take no formal steps toward arranging for a reception for the returning militiamen other than to have the band out when the boys arrive and to ask all citizens to meet the train at the depot and form a parade line to town. It is not yet definitely known when the militiamen will arrive, but they were likely to reach here last evening. Plans are being made for a banquet later on. Hon. William Hi. Headrick of Indianapolis was in the city Thursday on business connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is state adjuster. His business here was in connection with the SI,OOO insurance carried in this order by the late Benjamin King of Barkley township, whose death occurring suddenly caused some delay in adjusting the insurance. The insurance beneficiaries are the two children of decedent, and Mr. Headrick stated that he would report favorably on the immediate payment of the claim. Marriage licenses issued: December 27, Guy Chester Houston of Jasper county, aged 21 November 4 last, occupation farmer, to Evelyn Floris Cassadv, also of Jasper county, aged 20 June IS last, occupation housekeeper. Second tnarriage for male, first marriage dissolved by divorce in 1914. First marriage for female. December 28, Kenneth S. Gibbs of Jasper county, aged 20 July 29 last, occupation farmer, to Mary B. Moorehead, also of Jasper county, aged 24 August 18 last, occupation housekeeper. . First marriage for each. Male being under age his father files written consent to issuance of license. Married in the clerk’s office by Squire W. I. Spitler.

AGED RESIDENT PASSED AWAY

Jacob Myers Died Yesterday at Age of Ninety Years. Jacob Myers, an aged resident of Jasper county, died at 5 o’clock a. m. yesterday at the home of his son, Billy Myers, of near Parr. Mr. Myers had been in feeble health for several days. He would have been 90 years old January 10. Funeral services will be held at the Brushwood church near Aix at 11 a. m. this Saturday morning, and burial will be made in the Praeter cemetery. 4

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916.

YOUNG MAN DIES SUDDENLY

Elvyn Allman Passed Away Yesterday After Brief illness. The people of Rensselaer were greatly shocked yesterday morning to learn that Elvyn Allman, youngest son of former County Treasurer J. D. Allman and now connected with the First National bank of this city, had died at about 1 a. m., yesterday morning. The young man had only been complaining for a few. days with pains in the back of bis neck and bis death came as a great shock to his parents and sisters arid brother, as well as to the community. About a year ago tin* young man, who had always looked rather frail, was found to be suf-. sering from a slight tubercular trouble and was taken to Chicago and had his tonsils removed and a thorough examination of his condition made. It was- found that there were tubercular ulcers of the lungs and some ulcers also in the cavities at the base of the bruin, but his physician says that he had improved greatly the past year and the ulcers had all healed up. For the past few days he had been troubled with what his physician diagnosed as auto-intoxication of the bowels, and lie thinks this may possibly have caused the old ulcere at the base of the brain to break open and brought on hemorrhage of the brain, causing death. Elvyn was not sick in bed and had been about the house and was up town Wednesday. His condition became much worse during Thursday evening and a doctor was called, but the young man passed away about 1 a. m. . Elvyn was born in . Remington nineteen years ago next month, and came with his parents to Rensselaer about nine years ago, when Mr. Allman took charge of the county treasurer’s office. He was a bright boy, of excellent habits and was well liked by everyone He * leaves besides his father and mother, one brother, Kenneth, who is employed In Indianapolis,' and two sisters, Florence and Adleen, and hosts of friends who extend

their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. The funeral arrangements had not, been made at the time The Democrat went to press.

RESIDENT OF CARPENTER DIES

James Burns, aged 72 years, of west Carpenter, a brother-in-law of Sylvester Gray of this city, died at. his home at about 2 o’clock Thursday morning of hardening ot the arteries. Mr. Burns was an old resident of Jasper county and leaves a wife and six children, all of whom are married. The children are: Charles of Idavllle. Lloyd and Everett of near Wolcott, Mora of Goodland, Mrs. Frank Warner of Wanatah and Mrs. Ora Nicely of Goodland. The funeral will be held at. the home today at M o’clock and burial made at Remington.

POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE WED

Miss Marguerite Daugherty Bride of Thomas Kldridge. A beautiful wedding took placeat the home of William Daugherty. four miles northeast of this city, Tuesday evening at C, o’clock, when Miss Marguerite Daugherty and Thomas Eldridge, ■■ coming from opposite rooms, met under a festoon of mistletoe in front of Rev. E.~W. Strecker and took the marriage vowij in the presence of about forty guests. Miss Esther Padgitt sang “O Promise Me,’’' with ’Miss Daugherty, aunt of the bride, at the piano. After the ceremony congratulations were extended and then followed a three-course wedding supper. Pink and ' white carnations and mistletoe furnished the decorations, the mistletoe being sent from Oregon by relatives. During the evening music was furnished, which added pleasure to the occasion. Guests from away were Mrs. Charles Gregg and son of Rockfield and Miss Hannah Caster of Lowell. These estimable young people enter upon the sea of life together with the best of wishes from a hpst of friends and relatives. **

EXPRESS EMPLOYES TO SHARE

In the Company’s Net Earnings During the Past Year. George C. Taylor, president of the American Express company, has announced that all employes in the service of the company for one year or more, will be awarded a bonus in recognition of their excellent service to the company and the public during the past year. This bonus will aggregate $ 250,000 and will affect about 12. 000 employes. Payments will be made quarterly on the iirst of January, April, July and October Frank Tobias, local agent for the express company, and Hazel Carr, driver, each come in for q share of this division, the former to receive $65 and the latter SSO.

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. OFFICIAL RETURNS BY STATES Wilson’s Plurality 558,182 —Total Popular Vote 18,807,101. New York, December 27.—Complete official returns on the Presidential election show that Mr. Wilson received 9,125,286 votes and Mr. Hughes 8,*567,104, a plurality of 558,182 for Wilson. In 1912 Wilson (Dem.) received 6,297,099, Tafft (Rep.) 3,846,399, Roosevelt (Prog.) 4,124,959. The vote for Mr. Benson, Socialist. candidate for President, was 750,000, with eight missing states estimated, against 901,873 for Debs (Soc) in 1912, and for Mr. Hanly, Prohibitionist candidate, was 225,101, against 207,928 for Chafin (Prohi.) in 1912. The total popular vo(o Tor the four candidate was 1 8,667,491, as against 15,045,322 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,622,169, accounted for by tlie increased popu lation, and the woman vote in the new suffrage states.

PRESENT PARK TO LAFAYETTE

Mimlock Brothers Give City Properly Worth $:to,ooo. Lafayette, December 27. C. M. Murdock, a banker of this city, and Samuel T. Murdock of Indianapolis have deeded Barbee grove, in the northeastern part of Lafayette, to the city as a Christinas gift. The gift, is made in the memory of their father, the late Janies Murdock. The grove Vontains thirty-nine acres and is beautifully located. If is valued at about $30,000. It will be known as Murdock park. The elder Murdock bad , expressed },: -• intention just before his death to buy the tract and present it to the city.

FIRE DESTROYS SCHOOL HACK

A darn Vinyard drove a school hack Tuesday and hitched at the hitch rack north of William Sullivan’s store. About. Joe Sullivan and Clarence Dixon noticed that smoke was coming from the wagon, and quickly unhitched the team from the wagon. An alarm of fire was turned in but the wagon was pushed across the road to a hydrant and the fire extinguished before the department got out. The upholstering and body of the hack was ruined, but the running gear was uninjured. The asbestos between the stove and the woodwork had become detached and the woodwork had fired from the stove. —Wolcott Enterprise.

“SOMETHING DOING" ALWAYS

Springfield, Illinois, December 28.-—Analysis on crime conditions in Chicago just completed by Thomas JL Kilbride, secretary of the state board of pardons, shows that there is a holdup every six hours, a murder every second day, two suicides a day and arrest every seven and a half minutes. The four causes of crime, he says, are liquor, lust, gambling and bad Company.

Vol. XIX, No. 79

REPORT FILED IN BIG DRAIN

Extensive Manuscript Covers Many Pages. REMONSTRANCES EXPECTED IHVih and Laterals Kxteml Nearly Thirty Miles and Affect Thousands of Acres of l^and. The report in the F. Guy Barnard ditch, in the northeast, part of the county* was filed in the clerk’s office late Saturday evening. This is quite a good sized drainage proposition and the report covers several hundred pages of legal size paper. The main ditch is 110,100 feet long, about twenty-one miles, and there are eight laterals, totaling several miles more. The total estimated benefits of the entiro Improvement aro $93,550.54, and the estimated cost is $69,521.64. There are 778,309 cubic yards of earth to be removed on the main ditch. The Schrader lateral is 1,329 feet, long, and there are 4,896 cubic yards of earth to bo removed. The Maiiney Marsh lateral Is two miles long and there are' 16,140 cubic yards of earth to be removed. There is also a spur to this lateral 3,453 feet long, for which 14,837 cubic yards of earth are to he reniovetj. The Mickam lateral is 15,950 feet long and 52,029 cubic yards of earth are to lie removed. The Marble lateral is 8,100 feet long and the dirt removal is estimated at 36,277 cubic yards. The Hedges lateral is 15,700 feet long and the earth roomved is estimated at 46,097 cubic yards. The Akers lateral is 1,700 feet long and 4,8 51 cubic yards of earth is to he removed. The Delehanty lateral is 1,900 feet long and the earth removal is 16,735 cubic yards. The Sehatzley lateral is 1, 000feet long and 5,581 cubic yards of earth is to Ije removed. - q This is quite an extensive drainage proposition and it is likely that the improvement will lie warmly contested. Itemotisirators have ten days, not, counting Sundays, in which to remonstrate and already quite a large number of land owners affected, most of whom will he in Kankakee and Wheat field townships, have tiled remonstrances. The report, as previously stated, was filed Saturday evening about 6 o’clock or a little after, and the ten days in Which land owners affected may remonstrate will expire next Thursday, we understand, the day of filing and the two Sundays intervening not counting against this time.

OTTERBEIN MAN LEAVES BRIDE

Of Two Days and N'<> Trace Is Secured of llis Whereabouts. The whereabouts of A. AT. Smith, lr., is a mystery that is bothering the people of Ofterbeih. On December ft Mr. Smith was married to Miss Elsie Weise, a- teacher in Die Otterbein schools and one of ihe town’s most popular young women. They were married at Danville, Illinois, and returned immediately to Otterbein. On Monday, December 11, Smith left his bride of two days and has ngt been seen since. . vrr There seems to be no plausible reason, for his disappearance and his bride and family are distracted. Mis father is the senior member or the firm of A. M. smith & Brother, real estate, and the young man has been associated in the business. It is hinted that the bridgegrooni may have become mentally deranged. Mrs. Smith has gone to Chicago to'spend the holidays with friends, and it is said will return to Otterbein to resume her school work. Smith left no word when he disappeared and his relatives and friends who have, made a search for him can give no information that will lead to his whereabouts. -—Lafayette Journal.

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