People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1893 — Page 8

Lew Newcomb and Jim Snyder, of Walker township, came to town last Friday and Set whiskey get the best of them. Snyder was found back of one of the saloons stretched out on the ground dead drunk, but the liquor had a different effect on Newcomb and he became fighting drunk. Constable Wood attempted to take him to the jail and Newcomb began a rough and tumble fight with the constable, but was finally loaded into Ellis Walton’s patrol—dray wagon —we mean, and was hauled to the jail. Snyder was taken in tow by night watchman McColly, and was landed in jail, offering bo resistance. After being placed in jail Newcomb became violent again and tore up his hat and broke, the dishes in which his supper had been brought. The next day they were taken before Squire Morgan and compelled to contribute b- each to the school fund and each to the officers who saw that the law was euforced. Newcomb’s tine was paid, but Snyder’s was staid the usual niuety days. A great deal of feeling is stirred up every time an arrest of this kind is made, the assertion being made that no one but country lads are arrested for drunkenness and fighting. There is undoubtedly some cause for complaint, but in the case of Newcomb no other course could have been pursued. As any one has the right to swear out a warrant for the arrest of any one breaking the law, to be consistent, a person can not complain if some people escape, for if the complaining party did his duty he would swear out a warrant for the arrest of the law breaker. Monday afternoon Deputy Clerk Irwin was aroused from a sleepy meditation by the entrance of a young couple wanting a marriage liceuse. They gave the names of Chas. H. Fay, of Fair Oaks, and Mary E. Delaney, of Knirnan, and their ages as nineteen. They were informed that the fee would be $2, but that by waiting until after the Fourth the license would only be ¥l. The young couple said they could not wait, however, and the license was issued. From the court house the wouldbe bride and groom wandered down Washington street in search of some one to perform the marriage ceremony. Seeing their plight Sheriff Hanley and a reporter for this paper direct ted them to B. F. Ferguson’s office, where in the presence of an appreciative audience of men and boys, they were made one. The young couple became so embarrassed during the ceremony that they walked out at its conclusion without so much as a “thank you” to Mr. Ferguson. He was given the laugh by those present, and in order to keep the spectators silent, and the matter out of the paper called them over to the town pump and sot up the drinks, The last seen of the bride and groom they were in a cart behind a pony making north. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Chris. Delaney, of Kniman, and has been in the employ of Wm. Eger for some time. Monday morning her lover appeared and after a talk at the gate they separated and the would-be bride went back into the house and told Mrs. Eger that she was going to town in the afternoon, even if they were in the midst of a family washing. Remonstrances were unavailing and the girl left the house, later the couple stopped on their way home and the husband was introduced by the bride with the question, “didn’t we suprise you, though?” Mrs. Eger says the bride is not over 1G years of age.

Summer School.

The Jasper County summer school will convene Monday, July 111, 1893, in the Reusselaer High School building, and continue in session four weeks. The work will be adapted to the wants and needs of the teachers. Classes will be organized in all of the common school branches and pedagogy. Review classes will be formed in imy of the high school studies if live or more of the students desire. The adopted text books will be used. Allother texts will be helpful as references. „ ,^ uiti< ? n wil l b e *1 per week, v* for the term. For further information call on or address the instructors, E. W. Bohannon, superintendent Rensselaer schools, or J. F. Warren, county superintendent! Send in tenijients and get the PILQT eight wsek§,

KILLED BY THE CABS.

MUs Gotland, ©f Goodland, Meets Her Death While Waiting For a Train. Special to the Pilot. Goodland, July 6—One of the saddest accidents that has occured in this place for many a day happened at the Pan Handle depot July 4th. Between three and four hundred people had assembled there to take the 10:14 a. m. train for a days enjoyment at Kentland. Naturally for a crowd like this one it became a '.little restless by the train being A few minutes late and swayed to and fro on the depot platform," each one trying to get a little nearer in order to get a seat in the cars. In the crowd was the bright and promising daughter of George Gowlaud who stood near the edge of the platform talking to a companion, Miss Myrtle Oram, with Her back to the east. Being absorbed in their conversation neither of them saw T the train until the engine struck Miss' Gowland, turning her suddenly around while some parts of the engine caught her clothing and drew her down between the end of the platform and the trucks of the baggage car. She was then rolled over some three or fogr times by the oil boxes of the front trucks and bruised and mangled in a horrible manner. One arm and the left limb -was almost severed from the body, while she had a number of cuts and bruises about the head and back. She was picked up by ex-marshal Homer Hough and carried to the office of Drs. Lovett & Collier, where all that medical skill could do to relieve her intense suffering was done. After a little while she -was removed to her father’s house in the east part of town, where the loving hauds of mother, father and two sisters did all that loving ones could do to relieve her suffering. Drs. Lovett, Humston and Climer immediately repaired to the residence and began surgical operations. Having but little hope of the poor girl passing through the terrible ordeal they proceeded to administer chloioform and had amputated the foot and hand, but had not dressed the wounds about the head and back when she rallied, but soon dozed off again and her young life had passed to that brighter world. She lived about four hours from the time she was hurt. A coroner’s inquest will be held this evening. Little or no blame is attached to the railroad company, so we are told.

Our Honor Roll.

The following persons have our thanks for the amounts following their names, subscription to the Pilot, since our last is sue: RENEWALS. F. J. Gant, Virgir | no Lewis Spaulding, Foresuian 1 (Ml t. F. Alter, Rensselaer 1 oo Wm. Tuyloi. Rensselaer i,OO Jumes Bullis, Remington 1 00 1). 11. Yeoman, Rensselaer 1 00 R. L. P. Massey, Medaryvllle 1 00 Thus. Kennedy, Rensselaer 1 00 Wm. Yeouian, Rensselaer 1 00 Geo. Haven. Rensselaer 1 00 Win. Reek. Rensselaer 1 oo Hazll Hunt. Remington 1 00 Wan Ventllng. Remington 1 00 Frank Robinson, Rensselaer 1 00 Ulysses Illff, Rensselaer i 00 S. U. Lanisou, Little River, Kaos 1 00 John Jordan. Remington ] 00 Reuben Dickinson, Rensselaer 50 J. O. Gray, Cartilage, Mo 1 00 Geo. 11. Brown. Jr., Pleasant Grove 1 00 Dallas Nowels, Rensselaer 1 00 H. W. Porter, Rensselaer 50 John Swartz, Remington 25 Ad Hess, Medaryvllle 1 00 Clias. Odom, Medary ville 1 00 Walter l'onsler, Rensselaer 1 00 O. W. Platt, Rensselaer 1 00 NEW SUBSCRIBERS. F. E. Randle. Lowell. Ind 18 Miss Lizzie Peck, Carlin ville. 111......" 100 Drussie Puttee. Okerehee, Indian Terr. 10 Mrs. Ira Blackman, Urbana, 111... 10 A. K. Hlsliling. Lee 10 FrankSpurrows, Lee 10 Jack Knight. Rensselaer 10 Sum Rodgers. Frankfort ' 10 A. B.Scott. Templeton. Ind 10 Hiram Davis. Hecla. Ind 10 C. Wilhelm, Russiaville, Ind 10 Milton Chipmnn. Rensselaer 10 A. L. Yeoman, Chicago, 111 10 John Kimble, Blackford ‘ 10 J. M. Richmond. Valina 50 Jack Warner, Rensselaer 10 Philo Moorhead. Petrolln, Cal lti C. W. Postlll, Rensselaer 10 O. E. Fiaz.ee. Rensselaer 10 Ida McGlinn, Knlmun, Ind 10 Willie Wells, Pleasant Grove 10 t#“.No name will appear In the above list when otherwise revested by the subscriber.

Fixing Rate of Pensions.

There is much comment on the recent order of the commissioner of pensions, concerning the new ruling for fixing the rate of pensions under the disability act of June 30, 1890. The order is plain and explicit and is intended to carry out the full extent of the law. It reads as follows: 1. A claim for pension under the second section of the act of June 27, 1890, can only be allowed upon proof of mental or physical disability of a permanent character not the result of the claimants own vicious habits, incapacitating him from the performance of manual labor in such a degree as to render him unable to earn a support.

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2. No specific injury or disability can, if such, have a pensionable x*ating under that act, nor be considered otherwise than as it affects the capacity of the claimant to perform ordinary manual labor. 3. Proof that the disability is not the result of the claimant’s own vicious habits is requisite, and therefore the causes and circumstances of the origin of the disability should be shown by the evidence furnished in support of the claim for pensions so far as can be done, and by persons other than the claimants. 4. To give a claimant a pensionable status under this act, the disability must be such as to incapacitate him from the performance of mannal labor in such a degree as to render him unable to earn a support; yet the act recognizes differences in the degree of such pensionable disability, giving sl2 per month in case of greatest and $6 per month in cases of the lowest degree of such pensionable disability rendering the claimant unable to earn a support by manual labor. It also provides for intermediate ratings proportioned to the intermediate defree of pensionable disability. he proper ratings under this act will, therefore, be made in accordance with such rules for rating as the medical referee shall prescribe, subject to the approval of the commissioner.

Real Estate Transfers, for the Week Ending July 1, 1893.

Robert Wamsher to Johu W. Sapp, March 6, ne 31-28-7, 80 aci-es, $3,000. John W. Sapp to Mary E. Wamsher, March 6, w£ ne 31-28-7, 80 acres, qcd., sl. S, J. Bently to Wm. O. Jackson, June 15, It 2 in out lot 1, Bentley’s sub. div., Wheatfield, SSO. James McGinnis to Mary Long, June 15, w side ne nw 12-30-5, 35 acres, S6OO. James N. White to Ella Hughes, J une 2, pt ne 27-32-5, $550. Martin L. Hemphill to Julia E. Warner, June 21, 1890, Rensselaer, $75. Nancy M. Masterson to B. J. Gifford, June, nw se 16-30-6, qcd, $25. Lewis W. Hasselman to Russel King, J une 15, all of 20-31-7, nw, w 4 ne 29-31-7, 880 acres, sl. Russel King to Elizabeth W. Hasselman, June 16, same, sl. P. E. Davis to Samuel Remley, June 6, pt ne se 25-32-G. S6OO. John Coen, guar., to D. H. Yeoman, April 8, Its 1,3, 4,5, 6. 7,8, 9, 10, bl 4, Weston’s add., Rensselaer, guardian’s deed, SI,OOO. Inis Rosetta Langdon to H armon N. Clark, April 26, Its 1, 2. bl 6, Wheatfield, $550. , Dr. I. B. Washburn, the optician, handles the celebrated Trolley’s Kohinoor eye glasses, the best made. Attention is called to the ad, “See Again as in Youth,” in another place in this paper.

PILOT 8 WEEKS FOR 10 CENTS.

CORRESPONDENCE.

GOODLAND. Mr. John Thomas will soon take a position on the Monon. Quite a number of Brook people were in town Saturday. J.-W. Oswalt is building ah addition to his»-residence. Bringham Brothers have decorated the front of their brick with some very fine lettering. Mr. William Mills, of S. Dakota, arrived in Goodland Tuesday. Charley Caise has put a fine glass front in his saloon. The Holiness people did not get up their tent at this place until last Saturday. But they have been making Rome howl since that time.

But for the timely appearance last Friday of some of the boys returning from the race tracks the old Foster ware house would have been in ashes. A spark from the smoke stack had lodged on some fine chaff and husks and was getting under full head-way when the boys saw it from a distance, while a number of working men inside did not know anything of it until informed by the outsiders. Hunt up your oldshoes, ladies, if you are going to the World’s Fair. They have increased in price amazingly in the last thirty days. A man by the name of Leins, recently released from the insane asylum at Logansport on a few days trial, was taken back to that institution last Friday by our city marshal, Apger. We may be a little in error as to the exact amount of the school expenses Trustee Jenkins pays, but it is very evident he does not pay his share. As we said last week he should either pay his share or take his children from school when he quits paying or the school board should compel them to pay a tuition after. Which will they do?

If some of Goodland’s lady cyclists had to tread a sewing machine as hard as they do a bicycle they would want some one to stand over them with a palm leaf fan. “Consistency, thou art a jewel.” The Catholics have made some improvements on the inside of their church. Mr. Moriarty contemplates building a fine residence in the south part of town soon. Mr. J. A.rich was at Remington, Wolcott and Monticello the latter part of the week in search of a girl. A fellow by the name of H. Kiser was arrested Saturday for being drunk on the streets and lodged in jail until .he sobered up, when he was arraigned before Esq. Potter and fined one dollar and costs, making a total amount of nine dollars and fifty cents.

Ben Hines, so long a breakman on the C. & I. C., LaCrosse division, has been transferred to Brazil and will soon be a full fledged conductor. The people along the line regret the change, for Ben is a good fellow. For the benefit of some who can not understand a newspaper item without the writer taking a half column to tell it in, we will say our item had no reference to Mr. George McCarn trading off his fine Jasper county farm or selling it either. He and Mr. Clark went to Fowler on a land trade. Mr. Clark is a real estate agent at this place and is continually trading and selling land in this and adjoining counties and Mr, McCarn only accompanied him on some other business of a private character. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, father and mother of Charley Perkins, arrived in Goodland Monday for a few days visit with their children.

About fifteen or twenty old soldiers from various townships in the county met at the G. A. R. hall in this place last Saturday to fix a time for holding the annual reunion of tfris county. August 23rd and -24th were the days and Brook the place chosen. It will be seen that two days have been chosen this year instead of one as was the case last year at this place. The boys at Brook promise a very interesting program. Bushels of huckleberries now make their appearance in our place every evening on the ar-

rival of the LaCrosse train. Most of them are shipped from Kniman. It seems that Mr. James Linch. living in the eastern part of town, has a pet crow and ;every b6dy knows a pet crow thinks he is monarch of all he survejsf,*3&t ' home or abfoaid. So our'crOw lordship concluded a- few days ago to take in the sights in his immediate neighborhood and see if there was anything he could make use of in his own household, and spying the upper windows of the residence of Dr. Climer open he thought he would peep in and see if there was anything he could use,. He spied Miss Climer’s gold watch lying on the stand and having a great desire to be up with any ordinary Goodland dude he slipped out, watch, chain and all and leisurely retired to his own residence. Diljgent search was made for the watch, but no trace of it could be found for four or five when some one happened to be in Mr. Linch’s garden and found it neatly tucked away in a bunch of horse-radish, it is needless to say that Miss Climer was greatly pleased when her watch was returned to her and is willing to vote a medal to Mr. Crow for pure cussedness. Jack the Ripper.

WALKER AND HOGAN.

The farmers have commenced harvesting. Mrs. Wm. Hanley is on the sick list. Minnie Grabow, of Valparaiso, is visiting her parents at this place. Anna and Etha Middlekamp have returned home from Chicago. John Collins has traded his farm here for property in Chicago Heights and will move there in a few days. Among the visitors at the Fair this week are Henry Wagner and wife, Wm. Shirer and Geo. W. Peters and wife. Mr. Fred Iliff, of Rensselaer, was the guest of Miss Ella Droste Monday. Mrs. Pettit, who has been sick for some time is slowly recovering under the care of our most worthy Hogan physician. Leroy Armstrong has gone to the Kankakee river fishing. Our business man is very sick with a fever.

J. W. McGlinn is making preparations to run the creamery at this place. Well, what about the post office? Thomas Sayers has his old house now turned into a new one, and it is the most elegant house in our town. C. V. Jones is at present clerking in the millinery shop of Miss Anna Meyers and he also assists in trimming hats. Several of our young people attended the ball last Saturday evening at G. W. Hershman’s and reported a good time. Miss Alice Bunker, who has been visiting her grand-parents at this place, has returned home to Logansport. It is earnestly hoped by her many friends here that she will some time in the near future visit us again, and that they may enjoy as many pleasant hours With her in the future as they have in the past. Miss Ella Droste has just received from Red Bluff, California, a pair of mocking birds which she delights in showing to her many friends. Mrs. Chas. Gundy, of Fair Oaks, is {visiting at J. W. McGlinn’s this week. Albert Sayers and family have moved to Kniman to engage in the hotel business.

Gus Hilcher is preparing to build a fine house on his farm here. Henry Ferrell will visit friends in Logansport next week. Mr. Lewark, in assisting one of our neighbor women in lifting a boiler full of water upon a stove, the other morning, sprained his back and has been confined to his bed for several days. Our Sabbath school is still in a most flourishing condition. Some of our men and boys are greatly interested in playing marble when they ought to attend services. Miss Lisfi* Peters talks ot visiting the Fwif &«**

week and also intends to Michigan City in the near future. Ran. Halleek has built him a small creamery and will run in opposition to Mr. Russell. Peters & Son have ordered another bicycle with cigars. Bicycles are getting numerous. All our business men now have them. Hypocrite.

THE SLANDER SUIT.

Mr, Edi.tor —Your comments show a leaning in favor of the defendant. The article seems to indirectly reflect on the good name and fame of Mr. Huffman Keen, an old settler of Jordan township, and the members of his family. We care not whether the bystanders arrayed themselves in favor of the right or the wrong side in that trial. It is a reflection on the honesty of the jury to say that their verdict was returned merely to throw costs. It reflects on the court to say that it favored the defendant. It is a reflection on Mr. Keen’s standing to say that he could not get a resident of Jordan township to sustain his good reputation for truth. We closely observed all that occured during that trial and these are the true facts: The defendant did show ' that his friends had also helped defame the plaintiff’s character by whispering various falsehoods in credulous ears. The defendant admitted the authorship of the words which you well say were too filthy to publish. He plead their truth and swore to his plea. The jury found that his statement, plea and oath were each false. Every attack made on a witness in his absence was led by the defendant to well merited defeat. The court permitted the defendant to introduce thirteen witnesses touching the character of Huffman Keen -for ' truth. He mustered the thirteen, including himself, his mother and residents of Rensselaer, Mt. Ayr and Goodland. The plaintiff met this attack by seven of his nearest neighbors and closest acquaintances, nearly all of whom now live in Jordan township, as well as six others living in Rensselaer and Goodland. The jury sustained Mr. Keen. The Judge was impartial and the verdict leaves a slanderer rebuked and truth triumphant. •Observer.

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For Sale at a Great Bargain. Ladies and gent’s watches, silver plated ware, table castors, knives, forks, tea and table spoons, spectacles and eye glasses, stereoscopes and stereoscopic views, watch chains and notions, all to be sold at a sacrifice at Vick’s restaurant, sign ragged awning.