Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — Page 1

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A Genuine, True, Real, Combination of Two distinct Tented Shows, now constituting A NEW TRIPLE CIRCUS, A COLOSSAL DOUBLE MENAGERIE and ROMAN HIPPODROME. TWO BIG SHOWS exhibiting together, joining their arenic displays in a new triple circus,combining their menageries into one BIG ZOO, showing under mammoth joined tents for ONE PRICE OF ADMISSION ! NO W TRULY THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! This year four times larger than ever and exhibiting more new, big features than all other shows. The most wonderful animal feature ever seen, a genuine African Vlack Vark, the only one ever seen in Europe or America. Duchess, the larghest brute that breathes. Gollmar Bros. & Sehumans Ponderous Performing Elephants. The Wertz and Adair troupe of acrobats. E. V. Hocum, John Willis, Senor Sorento, Miss Maud Hocum and Elbridge j Sisters, champion male and female riders. 7 funny clowns 7. 3 brass and reed bands 3. Troupes of athletes, ' jugglers, contortionists, aeriaifsts, tumblers, leapers and gymnasts. The Simp-

BANK STATEMENT REPORT of the condition of the Commercial State Bank (North side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, INDIANA, at the close of its business, on the Bth day of July, 190!. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $140,299.40 Overdrafts 650.02 U. S. Bonds 1,900.00 Due from Banks and Bankers.... 40,186.12 Banking House 5,585.00 Current Expenses 689.33 ( Currency 5,213.00 Cash on Hand -J 6,847.17 (Specie 1,634.17 Cash I'ems 1,967.19 $ 98,124.13 LIABILITIES. x Capital Stock Paid in 25,000.00 Surplus Fund . 3,000.00 Undivided Promts 522.65 Discount, Exchange and Interest 2,115.15 Individual Deposits on Demand 107,631.41 Individual Deposits on Time 59,854.92 $198,124.13 STATE OF INDIANA, 1 Jasper County, / SSI, Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. EMMET L. HOLLINGSWORTH. , , Subscribed and sworn to be- < seal. > fore me, this fifteenth day of *• ' ’ July, 1901. CHARLES G. SPITLER, Notary Public. We respectfully call the attention of the PUBLIC to the foregoing statement of our condition, as reported, according to law to the AUDITOR of STATE. We have money to loan on Farm and CITY PROPERTY and on Personal Security on fair terms, reasonable rates and without delay. We pay interest on SAVINGS, sell drafts on FOREIGN COUNTRIES, make investments on FIRST MORTGAGE SECURITY for our customers, and transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. We respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage, promising fair and courteous treatment to all. Addison Parkinson, John M. Wasson, James T. Randle, Geo. E. Murray, E. L. Hollingsworth, Directors. 5 per cent Farm Loans a specialty. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Sftlve should be promptly applied to cuts, burns and scalds. It soothes and quickly heals the injured part. There are worthless counterfeits, be sure to get DeWitt’s. A. F. Long.

Our Man About Town,

A Rensselaer woman whose chief assets are a husband and a number of dirty children has a mania for stealing house plants. Starting this spring without a single plant she now has quite a collection, some of them of the rarest kind. Many a neighbor has awakened in the morning to find one or two of her choicest plants missing. What the woman intends to do with her stolen property when cold weather sets in, the Lord only knows, as it is a bard job to keep herself, husband and children from freezing when the temperature gets low. «> * * Every poor farm should be located near town, so the people may see what they are coming to if they continue to waste their money away. * * * ' ! A Rensselaer mother has found the only successful way in which to control her son. She found that whipping, threats and punishments of the usual kinds had no effect on her 6-year boy, so she made a Mother Hubbard for him and when he is bad compels him to wear it. All that is now necessary is to show him the dress and he becomes the best boy in town. * * * Every few days some apology for manhood with more or less brass than brains jumps up with an essay on girls. This abominable class of literature always begins with a sneer and ends with a kick. A distinct flavor of sourness permeaes it. The genuine girl is absolutely unessay. able. Nobody understands her; she doesn’t understand herself. She is a delightful bundle of contradictions. Wise as a serpent, she is as innocent as a sucking dove. She is as modest as a violet and sweet as a barrel of molasses. She is as rosy as a winter apple and as plump as an Indian summer partridge. She knows something about the piano and lots about making biscuit. She is tender with her sweetheart, and sets the dog on the other fellow. She is an armful of delights, and blessed iB the youth she takes into partnership in wearing out the sofa. She is a daisy and a dumpling and in all God's great creation there is nothing worthy to be named in the same breath with her. * *

While in a public hall the other evening wo noticed the following sign on the wall. “For heaven’s sake don’t spit on the floor.” This reminds us of a tramp who came to a farm house and said to the woman: “For God’s sake give me something to eac.” The woman gave him a piece of dry bread, remarking; “I give you this for God’s sake.’’ Then the tramp remarked: “Then for Christ’s sake put a little butter on it.” If these hall managers won’t let us spit on the floor will the holy angles please stand aside while we spit on the clouds? * » * This is Josh Billing’s definition of a square man; The square man measures the same each way and hasn’t got any crookeu edges or cheap lumber in him. He is free from knots and sap and won’t warp. He is clear stuff, and I don’t care what you work him into, he won’t shrink. He is amongst men what good, kiindried boards are among carpenters; he won’t season-crack. It doeent make any difference which side of him you come up to, he is the same bigness each way, and the only way to get at him any how is to face him. He knows he is square, and he never spends any time trying to prove it. The square man is one of the best shaped men the world has ever produced. He is one of them kind of chunks you can’t alter to fit the spot, but must alter the spot to flt him.” V A young man, 27 years old, in this city, has advertised in a matrimonial paper for a wife. He gives as his address, X. Y. Z., Box 1101, Rensselaer. On the face of facts it doeen’t seem that X. Y. Z. has good sense, for surely he must be difficult to please if he can’t find in Rensselaer a suitable wife. There are scores of lovely girls in this city and any number of them are old enough to get married. It may be that the man whose object is matrimony is testing the value of advertising, and is anxions to And out just how many women would accept him without seeing him. If it is really necessary for the young men of Rensselaer to advertise for wives, the city’s bachelor list is not to be wondered at.

RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1901.

Discusses Sundry and Other Matters.

Two New Streets and Make-em-self Sewer Ordered Monday Night. The city council met In regular session Monday evening with all members present. On petition of Mattie J. Phillips a cement walk was ordered along the west side of the Thompson pro petty on Milroy street and on the north side of Washington street to the river. A petition was filed for the improvement of Rivhr street from Washington to a'potjnt 125 feet south of Kannal Avenue. A resolution was adopted declaring the necessity of the improvement. The street will be 30 feet wide, with curbing. The improve* ment of Forest street was ordered from Oak to Merritt and Merritt from Forest to Main. The street will be 12 feet wide, with no curbing. Sidewalks were ordered on the west side of Weston street from Washington to a point 150 feet north of Angelica street. The petition asking that Make-em-self ditch be converted into a covered sewer was acted upon favorably and further steps will be taken to make the improvement. The resignations of John W. H. Burns and O. L. Thornton as members of the fire department were accepted. The following bills were allowed: J. A. Ramey, work on street 16 50 W. H. Stephenson work on street. . . 10 50 Fred Stocksick “ “ “ .. . 60 Chas. Seelman “ “ “ ... 900 Bruce Hardy “ “ “ ... 300 Joseph P Rowen “ “ “ .. . 120 Willard Shields “ “ “ ... 930 Bales Lumber Co , sewer pipe 27 76' H. L. Gamble, City engineer 39 00 Chase Shead, assistant 7 50 Leslie Clark, printing 2 25 D. E. Hollister, salary 22 50 J. H. Chapman, principal and int. water works bonds 1371 42 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 30 00 Peter Giver, salary 22 50 C. L. Thornton 22 50 Landy McGee, work on line 11 10 Ira Smith “ “ “ 960 Bales Lumber Co., coal 22 69 Rensselaer Fuel & Feed Co. delivering coal 24 00 Mary C. Hopkins, rebate lights.... 2 70 J. H. Chapman, freight and express. 150 83 General Electric Co., dynamo 366 66 Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal 59 04 Central Electric Co., porcelain tubes. 500

Crown Point Star. 1 O. Dinwiddie and Mr. Gifford, the promoter of the new railroad, were here on Wednesday negotiating for some right-of way on the marsh, and informed us that grading had been commenced on the Dinwiddie land, south of Plum Grove and that a larger force would soon be put on. The road is now headed to cross the Monon 1 j miles south of Lowell, and thence into West Creek, the objective, but if Lowell succeeds in getting some right-of-way allotted to them they will get the road, after which it will take a northwesterly course in range of Brunswick, and thence on to Chicago Heights and everything now looks favorable for the enterprise to go through, and also for Lowell to All her part of the contract. Mr. Dinwiddie seems to have no doubt of its early completion.

The Journal has information from what it considers a reliable source that B. J. Gifford has sold his railroad to an eastern syndicate. A condition of the purchase is that he completes the road to Chicago Heights. As he is pushing the work on that end of the line now, it would appear that was some grounds for the reported sale of the road. As to whether the purchasers will build the southern extension on the Rensselaer line or some other is a question.

Agent Beam, of the Monon, has received word that Wallace’s big show will exhibit here August 27th. This is one of the largest railroad shows on the road and has exhibited here a number of times. It takes twenty five cars to transport it from place to place. Oollmar Bros, circus now united with Schumans bi continent menagerie arrived from Onaro early Sunday morning and quietly put up its cloth houses during the day. The parade took place at 10:30 a. m. today and all about the parade and show indicates that a year has made good improvements in the Oollmar show. They had a full house this afternoon and tonight it will undoubtedly be fall again. Go and see the animals and incidentally take in the circns. —Evening Journal, Berlin, Wls. At Rensselaer, Monday, July £O.

THE CITY COUNCIL.

Working on North End.

Gifford Road Sold.

Wallace’s Circus Coming.

JAMES BENNETT DROWNED.

While Fishing In the Kankakee River at the “Devil’s Race Track.” * James Bennett, son of George Bennett, of Rose Lawn, was drowned in the Kankakee river last Thursday. Bennett, witli two companions, went to a point on the river called the “devils” race traok to fish. After fishing awhile at this point they concluded to wade across what at this season of the year is a bayou. They found the water only about four feet deep but muddy bottom, and while Bennett’s companions got safely across, he was either taken with oramps or became fast in tiie mud. He could not get out and went down under the water and perished. He could not have made muoh outcry, for Ralph Goddard, who had been fishing all day within twenty rods of there was not alarmed, although he said he heard somebody hollowing; yet suoh sounds being common along the river he paid no attention to it. Filled with alarm his comrades rushed to Lake Village, procured help nnd recovered the body. After the inquest it was taken to Rose Lawn. The young man was about twenty three yearKofage. He had been employed on the Brady ranch, and was about to go to work in the beet fields on the Brown land. The young men had takeu a day off to fish, little anticipating the fate in store for one of them.

A Voting Contest.

A voting contest for the benefit of the new Catholic church was held at Kniman Saturday evening. The vote was to decide as to who was the most popular man. There were three candidates, namely, Michael Jungles, John E. Meyers and Wm, Orube, Sr. One cent a vote was charged, which netted the church 9125.75, there being 12,675 votes oast. Jungles received 7,660 votes, Meyers 836 and Grube 738. Jungles, as the winner, received a prize of a fine cane and the privilege of naming the church. It wi'l probably be named Bt. Michaels, in honor of his first name. The church will be dedicated in about three weeks. Grant Antrim, a country lad, will be tried today by Squire Burnham on the change oftrespass. He is charged with unlawfully cutting hay on the farm of Henry Dittman. James Osborne at one time owned the land and in consideration of being given a home by a family by the name of Hill deeded them the land but rescinded the deed and sold the farm to Dittman. The Hills insisted on cutting the hay, and as Antrim, who is their step-son, did the work, he was arrested.

John Jones’ Bus Line.

Answers calls, day or night, any part of the city. Telephone 278, at residence, or 186 at Schofield’s barn.

short time ajfo a MAN came to inspect the New Hardware; | * ■ * as fine a line of tinware and I— | I |\| |j graniteware as city stores carry. ■ He also found no P" A shelf goods; but everything new, neat L J CL r\ D and clean, and /VTTsuch low prices that he decided to trade at from that on whenever in need of anyLCL EL. O thing in the HARDWARE new Hardware yourself. McCoysburg, Ind.

DR. GRAHAM ARRESTED.

Charged With Practicing Medicine Without a License. Dr. W. D. Graham, the traveling optician, was arrested Tuesday on the charge of praoMoing medicine without a license. The basis for the proseoution Is an advertisement in which Graham claims to have relieved and cured several oases of Bick and nervous headache, female troubles, asthma, oonstipatlon and stomach trouble. An act passed by the last legislature prohibits others than licensed physioians from advertising to cure diseases and It is under this law that the arrest was made. The case was set for trial yesterday afternoon and Graham was allowed to go on his own reoognlzanoe, but yesterday he took the 9:66 train and disappeared. Should he make his reappearance here at any time he will be arrested as an esoaped prisoner.

Postmasters Organize,

A prellmiary meeting for the organization of the postmasters of the 10th congressional district was held in Rensselaer Tuesday. The postmasters present were J. L. Caldwell, of Lafayette; J. P. Farley, of Crown Point; Mort Kilgore, of Goodland; L. E. Cowgill, of Battle Ground; W. E. Peck, of Remington; Harry Strohrn, of Kentland, and F. 3. Meyer, of Rensselaer. The main purpose of the organization is the bettering of the mall Bervioe, as applied to post offloes. An executive committee was appointed consisting of J. L. Caldwell, of Tippecanoe county; Jesse Biroh, of Benton; Mort Kilgore, of Newton; J. P. Farley, of Lake; John Ohamoers, of Warren; Wm. A. Banks, of Laporte; J. Lytle, of Porter; F. B. Meyer, of Jasper; D. D. Phillips, of White, and Harry Strohrn at large. They will meet August 20th at a point to be agreed upon. The next district convention will be held at Lafayett# Ootober 22. Qollmar Bros. & Schumans arrived here Saturday. There wah one thing about the company that was commented upon everywhere and that was the absence of profanity and roughness on the part of employes. Neither was there the übusl misrepresentation. Everyone from manager down was gentlemanly and oourteous. Gollmar Bros. & Schumans have nothing connected with their entertainment or company that tne most particular can take offense at.—Fayette Co. Union, West Union, lowa. At Rensselaer, Monday, July 29.

FIVE PER CENT FARM LOANS.

Ons Per Cent Commission. W. B. Austin, Rensselaer, has a special fund to loan at 6 per cent interest and one per oent commission. No delay. Gall at Haus’ restaurant in Odd Fellows’ building for a square meal or lunch.

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About the Shelby Sugar Factory.

Wheatfield Telephone. In talking with one of the parties interested in the Shelby sugar beet factory the other day, the Journnl was informed that the factory would be built yet this year, but probably not in time to handle the beet crop, which will have to be shipped to some other factory this year. He says the whole trouble lies with the parties who had the contract for erecting the buildings.—Rensselaer Journal. When a man h&B a good thing he works it alone, but when he is in doubt he organizes a stock company and gets himself eleoted to a salaried offioe. This is about the case of the sugar factory. In the beginning it was announced that plenty of oapltal was forthcoming for the enterprise. Now it has readied a point where it may be built if the bonds can be sold. I’ll hazard a guess that it wont be bujlt at all. If the promoters possessed the courage and the currenoy the fact that the contractors threw up the job to take a better one at South Bend, would not have prevented the erection of the

sugar factory. There are others, and jobs like the projected faotory at Shelby would not go begging. Last year the beet industry received a black eye; this year it has had the wind taken out of it in a manner that will require a remarkable ellxier to restore. Those who have tried the beets in this vicinity and endeavored to raise corn on that land since will be very chary about taking hold of it again. The assertion that the beets do not sap the ground to an unusual degree has proved to be a mistake. You don’t have to go far from town to find oorn on ground which has grown beetß one season and the contrast is remarkable. Oorn planted at the same time, in the same field and receiving the same oare shows a variation in size equal to a difference of four weeks time in planting. What the difference in the yield will be remains to be seen. The profit In a sugar beet orop appears to be considerable of a pipe dream.

Killed by the Care.

W. W. Watt, a farmer living between Remington and Goodland, while driving over the Pan Handle traoks two miles east of Goodland, was killed by the east bound passenger train, yesterday about noon. Hie horse was also killed. The remains were taken to Remington. The Bell telephone oompany hae orowded out the Home company at Logansport and raised the rates from 76 oente and tLOO to (1.60, $2.00, 98.00 and 94.00. This was done a month ago. When the collectors went out this week they found 300 subaoribers who paid the high rates, 179 refused to pay the rates, 66 ordered their ’phones taken out, and 200 subscribers are yet to be seen. An oil well on section 17, in Walker township, Jasper county, says the Wheatfield Telephone, is prodnoing 200 barrels of oil per day. Another one on section 32, at Gifford, has been completed and promises even better than the one above mentioned. For a first class Job of horseshoeing call on O. Hansen, the blaoksmlth.

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