Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — Page 5
| A* Great Day at I Goodland! £ f .ON TUESDAY, j June 7, | 1898, J Judy & Leif > Buggy Company, <> >• Of Goodland, Ind., will give £ their FIRST I SPECIAL -SALES CAY. |) W*«*>A*N f SNo one should fail to attend >• this occasion and view the S Immense Stock of | Wagons, Buggies, HarZ ness, Etc.
?* Bring your J | Old Buggy : •) and if you want to 5 S trade for a 'J | NEW ONE | g Come early and get first choice. | § If you are in need of anything •< Sin their line this day will be a (• great money saver to you. (« (• •. S On these Special Sale Davs, they make a J (• Special Business of trading I New Buggies for Old Ones i Also giving their customers / £ I Low Prices, Easy Trms, and i I LONG TIME. : (• ; • (• (< (• If you need any < 1 Repairing and Repainting | Jr to be done, bring it in on this day and get £ Special Prices. S 2, These Special Sale Days will J g be continued on Tuesday of each | <• week, and will prove a boon to • 2 all who will take advantage of • g the same. 9 <• • C* Don’t Forget the date 2 | Tues. June 7.i
CORRESPONDENCE.
' ' Sharon Items. Farmers busy. Owing to the incessant rainour farmers are compelled to plant their corn again. Rev. Carson of Remington, preached to a large congregation at the Lawndale school house last Sunday. Messrs Harris and Turner were callers in Remington last Monday. Our Sunday school will send a delegate to the- state convension at Greenfield, next week. Quite a number from here will attend the endeavor convention at Remington the Bth and 9th. The Endeavor society will give an ice cream supper at the Slaughter school house next Saturday night. Come one, <;o:ne all. The Democratic ticket for the various offices is a good one and will be supported by a large number of republicans, who arc dissatisfied with the rule of oppression practised by the machine—What WO want is reform.
Blackford.
Weather fine. Grant Reinker will begin the erection of a new residence soon. Roads are in good condition since the recent rains. Christopher Arnold is building a m w wood house. Decoration Day at Blackfofd last Monday was a grand success. | Abram Abbot. Theodore Hurley j and Rev. Shirrel delivered addresses. George Jenkins and his sons, ' Newton and Burton visited rela-i tives in Monon this week. I Chas. Warren who is working I at Shelbv has lost two of his! horses. He is unable to determine whether they have strayed away or been stolen. Quite a large crowd gathered at Blackford on Decoration Day. George Jenkins reports a poor prbdpect for a good corn crop between Pleasant Ridge and Monon. Chas Fish made a- good standard bearer.
Kniman Siftings.
Corn planting is over now and cult ivating has begun. Martin White is on a business trip to Attica and also to take mud baths. Mr. and Mrs. McArthur after visiting relatives a few days have i returned to their home at Milwau-, kee. The Epworth League gave an i entertainment Monday evening for the benefit of the minister, which was well attended. G. F. Meyers is on a business trip to some part of 111. The Ladies Aid will give a grand picnic June 9 in Shidd’s' grove. Isaah Fisher is contemplating; the sale of his crop and intends to move to Cincinnati, 0., where he has a position tendered him on the police force. We are sorry to lose him as he is one of our most promising young fanners. Several of our cilizens took advantage of the cheap rates on the Monon Sunday, and took iu the sights of the city. Some of our boys went to DeMotte Tuesday evening and took in the war speech. Win. Shirer has purchased a fine new buggy. Mike Overmeyer was the guest of Maggie McGlynn Sunday. Decoration Day was observed by our citizens at the Guard cemetery.
Parr Items.
Jack Kight of Fair Oaks visited Cecil Alter Tuesday Iva Alter visited Harriet Yeoman of Rensselaer Tuesday. Everybody was late planting corn but have finished now and are trying to get ahead of the weeds that grew tip while it was raining. Dr. Hartsell was called to the bedside of Mrs. George Peterson Wednesday morning. ■j-
Mrs. 1 George Casey, is pratically no better. Dr. Moore of Rensselaer visited her Sunday. If A. F. Knetts is elected as representative from this district the Roby crowd will have a man who will represent their interest and No people except the bankers and capitilists ask congress to vote an issue of bonds. The common people, who will have the war debt to pay favor the coinage of the seignorage and the issue of greenbacks. The RoLiy gang sent A. F. Knott* before the last legislature to loby in the interest of the gambling to.tc.mity of Roby. They will probably contribute a large fund to convince the people that he is the nun to represent the honest laxv abiding citizens of this district. Has Congressman Ciu ’..packer’s opinion on territorial a • juisition undergone any change recently? He is die same gentleman, who op--1 fused the r.ni’. , ":at’ in oil Hawaii and annouh'- cd his op;> rtion to any measure that would add territory to our domain. It would be well for bis constituents to write him and ask him to “crawfish” or explain.
North Barkley.
George Fauson is on the sick list. Ed. Black is working for G. W. Fauson. Mr. Donnell did business in Rensselaer Saturday. Mary Williard is staying with Mrs. L. J. Berdy. Edward Trahn and Will Phouts of dredge No. 2 visited in Rensselaer Sunday and Monday. Will Collins and wife visited in Rensselaer Saturday. F. M. Callahan and sister Maggie attended a dance at Theo. Kiper’s Wednesday night. Dredge boat, "Minnie" floated down the ditch Monday but failed to return, They struck on a sand bar. and I guess will remain where they art* all summer, unless it rains. Corn planting is about all finished.
Early planting is ready to plow. Everybody reports a good stand. People who live on the marsh are in luck this year, as the ground is in better condition than the north or south part of the country. About half the south had to replant. Oats, wheat and rye look fine. Mr. George Curtis who came to this country this spring from Ohio, to try gardening, died at his home Monday morning of hemmorrage of the lungs. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss. Remains were interred in Independence Cemetery near Medaryville. A slightly intoxicated Brook citizen went out to the bam a few nights ago to milk the cow. In the darkness he stumbled into the stall of a vicious mule, placed his hand on the animal’s hip and said: “Stand over, Lil, (hie) good old Lil. Remembersh the Maine, old (hie) Li —” The sentence was never finished. The next instant there was a roaring, rumbling noise, followed by flying timbers and a frenzied, heart-rending yell. As the man was being carefully removed from the top of a wire fence a few minutes later, he feebly remarked: “Them (hie) Spanish torpedo boats awfulish destructive, mow a swash right through (hie) evershing.”—Morocco Courier. —I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land,' no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for you money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand'
Pasture. I will furnish pasture for your cows. Pasture inside corporation. 7-3 t. Andrew Bopp.
W. B. AUSTIN.
Washington Letter.
From our regular eorrespondent. Washington, D. C., May 30,1898. The administration several days ago announced jts belief that the Spanish fleet was cooped up in the harbor at Santiago de Cuba, and that Commodore Schley with his strong fleet was at the mouth o£ that harbor, and both have been daily reiterated. But the administration has thrown doubts upon its own confidence in its announced I belief by failing to order the inva- ' sion of Cuba. Steamers enough to carry 30,000 men to Cuba are at Key West, Tampa and near by points, under government charter, at an expense something like 830(XX) a day, and the .troops are also ready to embark at an hours notice. But no order has been given although it had been officially stated that the invasion of Cuba wouVl be ordered the hour that it became absolutely certain that the Spanish fleet was where it could not,, interfere. If it is on the inside of Santiago harbor and Schley is on the outside, it could not interfere. But is it there? The man who can answer that question knows more than the whole administration outfit. Everylxxly hopes, but nobody seems to know. Schley spent two days watching the mouth of another Cuban harbor, lask week, under the impression that the Spanish fleet was inside. His mistake has made him cautious about making positive statements. That is why he has not gone further up to this time than to say that he believes, from information that he had received from insurgents and others that the fleet is inside of the harbor at Santiago, before the mouth of which he is now watching. He has been instructed to find out to a certainty. Two more prominent ex-confed-erates have been given generals commission by Mr. McKinley—exSenator Butler, of S. C. major general, and ex-Congressman and ex-governor Oates, of Alabama, Brigadier General—and it is stated at the war Department that several more will be similiarly honored this week.
Senator Cockrell, in a strong speech in favor of coining the seigniorage of the silver bullion owned by the government and of ■ issuing greenbacks instead of I bonds, said: “Sacrifices must be i made .in this war. 200,(XX) men have been taken from the industrial j pursuits of the country, and are ■ engaged in waste and destruction. * War is waste. War creates loss i and destruction. All the people J should bear the burdens alike, i Sacrifices must be made, but we 1 cannot lighten the burdens or pre- ’ vent the losses of the war by an issue of bonds.” After ridiculing | the calling of the proposed issue | of bonds “a popular loan,” andl : characterizing it as a "fraud and ■ a fake on the very face of it," Sen-; ator Cockrell said: “The golden opportunity of the bankers and I the bond holders has come, and I now they rush in for more bonds i in order that they more securely ; fasten the single gold standard on ■ the country. We want the war, carried on, for we believe it to be ■ a humane and just war. We feel' some responsibility for having forced the war upon the country. But we are patriotic. We are not ■ j demanding the substitution of the ’ ■ bimetallic system, but we are ask- i ing that instead of bonds. I shall vote against any bill that contains a provision for interest bearing bonds.” Senator Gorman said in his speech on the proposition to coin the silver seigniorage: “In my judgment it would be unwise—it would be fruitless, to attempt to push that question to the front while the country »has the Spanish army and navy to confront. That is a question we ought to fight out in a time of peace. I have always been a partisan. I have voted for iny party even when some of its candidates did not, quite meet my approval. But in a crisis like this 1 do not know my party. I know only the highest interests of my country. Knowing how sharp is the political division upon this proposition, I cannot vote for it at this time, no matter how just it may be in the abstract, or as a proposition standing alone.” Senator Gorman supported the proposition to issue bonds, because he said no* war had ever been conducted without an issue of bonds, and because he believed that if the bill failed to provide for an issue of bonds, Mr. Me Kinley wouid is4uS Jthem under the law of 1875. just as Mr. Cleveland did. i It begins to look as though Hob. Thomas Brackett Reed, otherwise known as the Czar of the House, had a big dose of humble pie to swallow. He played the autocrat just once too often, when he undertook to go against Mr. McKinley and nine-tenths or more, of his party on the annexation question.
1 He was given more than a week in ' which to escape this dose of humble pie, but he had succeeded s<> I often in having his own way regardless of what others thought, that he neglected to take advantage of it by signifying his willingless. to vote for a special rule from the Committee on Rules setting a time for the House to vote on the annexation resolution. Then Mr. McKinley got mad. and under lijs direction Gen. Grosvenor scented , the signatures of more than threeI fourths of the republican members of the House to a request for a caucus to demand the desired rule. ! Then the ultimatum was served on I the Czar. He was notified that he could eat his humble pie by vot1 ing for that rule at once, or he . could wait to have it crammed down his throat by a party caucus: but eat it he must.
List of Patents.
Granted to Indiana inventors this week. Reported by C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys. Washington, D. C. W. H. ( lawson, Rob Roy, Device for contracting and expanding vehicle rims. F. Donner, Anderson, Doubling hearse. R. L. Dorsey, Indianapolis. Caster. T. Duncan, Forte Wayne, Electric meter. W. R. Goodwin, Indianapolis, oil-can. W. O. Gunckel, Terre Haute, airbrake valve. N. Jessup, Indianapolis, metallic packing. I. D. Je- ! wett, Greensburg, compound for ; healing punctures in pneumatic tires. L?R. Oakes, Bloomington, lamp-burner. H. Weir. LaPorte. I mitersaw guide. T. E. Wilson. Farmland. handle-fastener or shank-lock.
New Bus Line.
Remley’s new bus line makes all trains day and night. Calls for or delivers passengers to any part of the city. Headquarter? at the Makeever House. Telephone 107 or 11.
New for 1898
I Sell the celebrated McCormack Binder and Mower, the world's best. Come and examine our machines. A large, line of extras always on hand. I sell the. Studebaker wagon. They have shoulder slope spokes, while all other makes have square shoulders. I sell the Anchor. Bimel. Kalamazoo, and Studebaker buggies. None better. I sell the Huber threshing machines and Birdsell clover hullers. Call and purchase a Monarch bicycle. Come and eeo me one and all. Yours Truly, C. A. Roberts Opposite Makeever House.
GRANT CONCRETE FENCE POST.
I desire to call the attention of the farmer to our new Concrete Fence Post. It is stronger than either wood or metal, and can not rot or burn. The material used in the manufacture is cheap and it, can be manufactured in the locali - ty or on the farm... Can be used for either wire or boards. Farm or township right to manufacture is sold on reasonable terms. Call on me at Rensselaer.
JULIUS ROSENHEINER.
UNION BUSINESS COLLEGE, 93 COLUMBIA ST. LAFAYETTE, INO. Actual Business. Book-keeping, English. Telegraphy, Shorthand and Typewriting. Penmanship. The best in every way. Send for Catalogue. Apr. 29, 1 yr. S. A. DRAKE, Pres. BANK STATEMENT. REPORT of the condition of the Commercial State Bank. (North Side of Public Square.) RENBSKLAKR. IND.. at the close of its business, on the 12th day of April. IS*. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts . $ 86,879.95 Overdrafts 883.t»< Current Expenses 157.1®* Banking House 5,585.1t> Due from Bunks and Bankers . 38i254.t>2 Cash on hand . 4,787.74 '■ /. y /■ .> ' \ $136,518.89 ' LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in Surplus Fund .. 1,000.00 Discount. Exchange and interest 387.1® Individual deposits ou demand . 92,938.73 Individual deposits on time 17,212.47 $136,!>38.8!» STATE OF INDIANA. Jasper County. 1 • I, Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Cashier of Commercial State Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the i.bove statement is true. Emhxt L. HoLUNGnwrH. ( .-—s— , Subscribed and sworn to before ■; Seal :■ me, thia 18th day of April, 1898. ■’ —r- ’ Chablbm G. Spitush. Notary Public. This Bank is prepared to receive new counts, and pays Interest on deposits. A share of the public patronage isardicited. Addison P.i..KisoM, * Janhm T. Randlv, JSrMSS!- ' B. L. HoLtlsosWOsMt. - v Director.
JOHN REMLEY.