Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1901 — Page 1

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VOL. XI.

DOCTOR MQORE great satlsfactlon to know niw nC. that Consumption, Bright’s Disease The caretui Specialist of over ° f the Kidneys and many of the 40 Tean Constant Practice Heart troubles, all of which were -, . i.u •*«»» Practice, formerly considered Incurable, with Treats with remarkable success the new methods, can now be cured. following specialties: large percent of Epilepsy and Oaffß Langs, (Heart, Stomach, Nose Jf%e^ren & ce e gi% relleve<i and Throat, Nerves, Kidneys and Bladder, Private Diseases, Hemorrhoids, Epilepsy, Cancer, 6®’ Office over Fendig's City Old Sores and Ulcers, Ear and Drug Store. First Stairs all diseases of women. ’ West of P. O. B toi 2 A.M.Tto E SP°M K 7 to B P. M HOME AT~ELS HOUSE. SUNDAYS. ALL CALLS 2to 3 P.M. 7to 8 P.M. Promptly Answered RENSSELAER. INDIANA. ; ’Phone 251.

A STRANGE STORY.

Mourned as Dead for Forty Years E. B. Appleton is Discovered to be Alive. Forty years ago Edmond B. Appleton enlisted in the civil war. leaving his wife and children at home. One ;of the children, at that time four < years of age, is now Mrs. Aaron Hickman, of this, city. After two years’ service in the war, news came of the death of Mr. Appleton. Mrs. Appleton, being left in destitute circumstances, placed her children in an orphants’ home, from which institution they found homes in various fapilies, becoming separated and losing track of one another. A few years after receiving the news of her husband’s death, Mrs. Appleton died. Mrs. Hickman was adopted into the family of John W. Ogden, of Urbana, 0., where she remained until her marriage. After being parted from her brother for 30 years she discovered him in the person of Rev. L. B. Appleton, of Pennsylvania. Some months ago she applied for an orphan’s pension, for the time she was entitled to draw a pension. Later she was notified that a party bearing* the name of her father was drawing a pension at Locksburg, Ark. Writing to the person under her married ‘ name and not disclosing her identity, she was convinced beyond a doubt that she had found her long lost father, whom she had mourned as dead for forty years. Mrs. Hickman has received two [letters from her father, from the Esecond of which we make the followfcng extracts: , B Locksburg, Ark., Aug. 2, 1901. Daughter Lizzie—Your letter came to ■and yesterday»and you can’t tell what pleas■re it gave me to hear from you and to know Rha't some of my family are still living, as I | fried immediately after the war to find you, I but failed, and supposed you were all dead I and I married another woman by the name Jof Lucinda Covley. She died last winter, I and lam now living with her children and sc am being treated as well as I could wish. >Her children and grandchildren think as i much of me as though I was their own father. I must give you an account of my war rec--1 ord. I enlisted in the Mexican war, first in > Company B, first regiment of volunteers from . Ohio in *46 and ’47, and I drew a pension of eight dollars per month until 1892 from 1887, and from 1892 to the [Present time I have .been drawing sl2 per month from the war of ‘ the rebellion. I belonged to Co. M, 14th Illinois Cavalry. In January, 1863, was taken prisoner, and remained a prisoner until ; the close of the war, pr one year and 16 days. I have not been able to do any work at my trade since 1887, and I enlisted as blacksmith in the late war. I would like very much to come and see you, but it is impossible at .present. I will send you my picture in a rt Short time. I was eighty-four years old on the first day of last April and I am enjoying good health now. **•#•** Your affectionate father,

Resolutions.

| The committee of the W. R. C. No. 39, apI pointed to draft resolutions of respect to the ■-memory of Mrs. Lizzie W. Hitchcock, whe I departed this life July 15, 1901, do hereby I submit the following: I Whereas, it has pleased an all wise God to ■ take from our number by death our honored II sfad respected sister, Lizzie W. Hitchcock, || we bow qur heads in humble submission to U the will of Him who controls our lives and ■ destinies, and while we mourn the loss of our ■ sister we can only say, “Tis well Thy will be ■ done.” | Whereas, there comes to each member of II our order a sense of personal bereavement || when we remember the warm attachment she H seemed to have for each member of our order, ■ /therefore bp.it | Resolved, that in the death of our sister, || we recognize the hand of a Father who knows || the best way and time to call his children |] home. II Resolved, that in the death of Lizzie I Hitchcock our order sustains the loss of a I worthy member. I Resolved, that we extend our heartfelt I sympathy to the bereaved ones in this, their ■ time of sorrow, I Resolved, that our charter be draped in I mourning for thirty days; that these resolu- ■ tions be placed on the records of our order, ■|and a copy be sent to the Rensselaer ■Journal for publication. I Myrtie Z. Clark, ■ Luella Childers, Ella Hopkins, . Com.

cja.SToxt.XA. " the Have Always Bought

George Heliengreen, the young half witted Swede at the poor farm, got violent one day recently and scratched Mrs. Clark’s face badly before being subdued. Hellengreen becomes violent quite often and takes delight in destroying anything he can lay his hands on. Superintendent Clark is the only person about the farm that can control him, and he seems to exert a sort of hypnotic influence over the boy. One time Hellengreen attacked Mr. Clark, but was knocked down, and since that time obeys his every command. During a recent visit to the farm we witnessed the power that the superintendent has over Hellengreen. The demented boy had been standing in one spot on the grounds for some time making curious grimances, when al) at once he began crying at the top of his voice and holding his hands to his jaw. Mr.' Clark went to him and asked him if his tooth ached. Hellengreen nodded yes. In a soothing tone of voice Mr. Clark told him he would get a glass of water and the aching would stop. Getting the water from the well, he gave it to the boy. “Now they don’t ache, do they?” said Mr. Clark. The boy nodded no, and instantly stopped crying. Hellengreen is dangerous and should be placed under restraint in some asylum.

E. B. APPELTON .

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A Vicious Swede.

The Great Annual Summer Clearance will Continue Through August, 1901, at the -CHICAGO -* BARGAIN ** STORE—EX”, s X

Clothing Sacrifice. Many at and % off marked price to make room for a complete new stock to arrive this month. A special great pantaloon sale. k __________ Shirt Waist Siacrifice. All 50c and*7sc ladies’ shirt waists, good style well made, all sizes, choice now 35c All 75c and SI.OO shirt waists, choice now only 5Qc We continue to throw in % the trimmings with wool dress goods. I Great Bargains in Queensware, Lamps, Glassware. Hardware. Granite waie, Tinware. _ Wire, Nails, Wire Fencing, Washing Machines, Churns, Clotnes Wringers, etc »

The Chicago Department Store, B. FORSYTHE. Prop-

DIED FROM HER INJURIES.

Death Took Place a Few Hours After , Being Injured. Mrs. Mary McDonald, wife of Wm. McDonald, of Pleasant, Ridge, died Monday night from injuries received in the morning. She was driving to McCoysburg, and the fly net on the horse becoming disarranged, she got out of the buggy to fix it. When she started to get in the buggy again the horse started and she was caught in the wheel. The horse only took a few steps, but her right leg was broken so badly that the bones protruded through the flesh, and she also received internal injuries. Owing to the advanced age of 75 years and her feeble condition, she was unable' to withstand the shock and died in a few hours. She leaves a huband and ten children, all but one of whom were present at the time of her death. The funeral was held at the Christian church in Rensselaer yesterday forenoon, Elder J. L. Braddy conducting the services. Interment took place at Weston cemetery.

Died at An Early Age.

Mrs. Sylvia Watts, who was married about three months ago to Ora Watts, of Indianapolis, died at the home of her father, Larkin Potts, in Rensselaer, last Saturday night, of consumption. She was married last May and made her home with her husband in Indianapolis until a few weeks ago, when, on account of her rapid declining health, she returned to Rensselaer. Her husband was with her at the time of her death and much of the time during her sickness. The funeral was held at the Christian church Monday forenoon. Rev. A. L. Ward conducted the services. The remains were buried in Weston cemetery. John O. Paxton, of Lamar, Col., is visiting his family here. - j

RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1901.

At the meeting of the city council Monday evening S. O. Hammond and Albert E. Brand appeared before the Board and registered a vigorous kick against the acceptance of Cullen street. They claim that the street does not come up to specif! nations by several inches of stone. The street has already been accepted by the council and Brand and Hammond Intimate that they will resist the payment of their assessments in court. J. H. S. Ellis and C. D. Nowels were appointed city commissioners to fill vacancies and the five commissioners were instructed to do the preliminary work towards the assessment of property owners for the improvement ofCullen street. Action on the proposed Makemseh" sewer was postponed until a future meeting. The specifications for the Improvement of River, Forrest and Merrit streets were approved. A motion to repair Washington street from Front to Cullen carried. Bids for the city printing from the three newspapers were received. They were referred to the committee on public printing. The water superintendent presented an estimate of the cost of extending water mains to Rabbit’s Reserve. The rfost of the improvement of Cullen street from Washington to Grace was reported to be $2,813.90 and the one block of Van Rensselaer at $1,467.61.

The following bills were allowed: General Electric Co., payment on dynamo 366 67 Standard Oil Co., oil <4 15 M. B. Austin & Co , electric supplies. 27 30 Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal 73 80 J 11. Chapman, freight and express.. 92 70 C. S. Chamberlain, salary to Aug. 1.. 30 do Peter Giver “ “ m 1., 22 - o C. L Thornton “ “ “ 1.. 22 50 Landy McGee, work on line 5 60 S. E. Bowers, work on dynamo 10 00 Emery Mills, work on line 23 80 D. E. Hollister, salary to Aug. 1.... 22 50 Wm. H. Stephenson, work on street.. 17 85 J. A. Ramey, «< - 0 Bruce Hardy, <« <• “.. n 25 Chas. Seelman, “ “ •« 16 20 J Lyman Zea, “ “ •< 600!

Wash Dress Goods Sacrifice Not many left and in a few more days we will not have a yard to carry over at thesd prices. All 28 cts, 35 cts and 45 cts yd your choice now per yard only All 18 cts to 25 cts yd choice now per yd JQc All 4 ct and set calico now per yd 3y 2 and 4|c Special Grocery Sale. Prices subject to market changes. Two car loads of Flour, 300 barrels received this week, 1 car load of Stoneware received last week and 1 car load of salt will be received next week. Town Talk Flour bb1........ ggb Old Gold flour, equal to any, % bbl . gQ c Washburn Crosby Gold Medal flour, % bb1.... ... SI.OO 18 lbs granulated sugar for 1.00 Crocks in all sizes and styles. 1 gal white crocks worth 10 c gal only 5 C g a | 1 gal white porcelain lined crocks worth i2scgal only 7c 8 to 12 gal white jars worth 10c gal only 6c ga Swifts fancy sugar cured Clover brand smoked'bacon 1 tic lb Swifts dry salt bacon ;, 9 c lb Swifts fancy pickled pork 9 c lb All 10 ct cuts tobacco, per cut.... 8 c

Council Proceedings.

Bert Campbell, “ “ •• 900 John Phebes, “ “ •« 300 Wm. Trolley “ “ *• ,3 75 Prior Rowen, “ “ “ 150 C. E. Hershman, road scraper ... 575 D. H. Yeoman, lumber and crushed r0ck......; 10 13 Willard Shields, work on catch basins 23 00 T. J. Sayler & Co. crushed rock 49 75 Rush & Warren, crossings 280 89 Abram Simpson, salary tor July 45 00 J. W, Childers, “ “ “ 21 00 H. L. Gamble, services engineer ... 42 90 Chase Shead, assistant engineer. 6 25 John Smith, “ •• 75 R. W. Sprigg, mowing park 4 20 Leslie Clark, printing blanks 2 00 {oshua Ross, hauling fire apparatus... Ico Juvall Bros, “ “ “ .. . Ico W. S. Parks, “ “ “ 1 c O C. W. Duvall, “ “ •• 150

New School Houses.

Jasper county will build three new school houses this year, which will give employment to three additional teachers, or a total of 141 in the county. ‘iThe new houses will be lo 1 cated in Barkley township, at Gifford; in Gillam township, and one in Walker township, at Zadoc. The contracts for the Walker and Gillam buildings were let to J. U. MoColly, of Wheatfield, at $592.40 each. Rush & Warren, of Rensselaer, secured the contract for the Barkley township building at $635.

Excursion to Michigan City.

The Monon will run another excursion to Michigan City on Sunday, August 24th. A special train will start from Rensselaer in the morning at 8:30. Fare for the round trip, 75 cents.

Marriage Licenses.

George A. Kessinger and Christiana May Reed. James Wildrick and Pearl May David.

The Best Mineral Water on Earth.

Pluto Spring, at French Lick, is beyond a doubt the best natural medicinal water In the world, excelling the famous springs of France and Germany in ft’s health giving properties. New management, moderate rates. Call on the Monon agent for particulars.

A ROSE LAWN FIGHT.

Peter Hancock Badly Used Up in a Drunken Row. A young man giving the name of John Boheik, of Rose Lawn, was lodged in Jail here Sunday as one of the participants in a drunken row at Rose Lawn Friday night. The others taking part in the fight were able to give bond and were not locked up. Boheik is said to have only taken a minor part in the row. The fight took place early Friday evening in from of Pete Hancock’s place of business. It seems that John Mellinger, proprietor of the “Old Soldiers’ Saloon’’, was feeling pretty well and went down to Kight’s place and set them up to the boys two or three times, and saying, “boys the befit of friends must part,” started for home minus about four-fifths of his shirt which he lost in trying to part from the boys. Going to his saloon he armed himself with a shot gun and revolver and went into the street, where a general mix-up took place. Those participating were John Mellinger, Morris Lane, Reuben Gundy, Pete Hancock and John Boheik, and perhaps others.

Hancock is suffering from wounds received about the bead and at this writing is not in his right mind. The trial is set for Friday, at which time it is hoped Hancock will be able to testify. e

Money to Loan.

Private funds to loan on farms, also city property for 5 years or longer at a low rate of interest with privilege of making partial payments. Also money to loan on personal, second mortgage and chattel security. No delay. Call or write. A complete set of abstract books. Jambs H. Chapman. Robert M. Vanatta Is here attending his father, J. R. Vanatta, who is very sick with inflammatory rheumatism.

. Shoe Sacrifice Sale. . Shoes at 50 cents on the sto close out. Hundreds of cases of new goods are beginning to come in now. We are marking and storeing them on the 3rd floor to await the room of clearing out our shelves for the new goods. Great Bargains in Underwear. Hats. Cans. Hosiery. Ribbons, Men’s Shirts, Neckwear, Carpets. Trunks, Valices, Umby Ila. Lace Curtains, Rugs, Portiers, etc. etc Ladies’ Suits, Jackets, Capes, Wrappers, Skirts, etc, at prices that will • Pay you to investigate for fall wear.

When you have read this copy of the JOURNAL, mall it to a friend. As good as a letter.

A dispatch from Kankakee says: Eastern capitalists have secured property rights along the Kankakee river between this city and Wilmington, and will construct seven dams for the , purpose of developing powerifor electric roads and manufacturing concerns in eastern Illinois. The corporation will be capitalized at <1,000.000, and will use the Beardsley patent data. It is estimated that over 15,000 horsepower can be developed, or more than enough to operate all constructed and proposed electric roads in eastern and central Illinois. It is possible that locks will be constructed and the long cherished hope of slag water navigation of the Kankakee river between this city and the Illinois river will be realized.

Albert Wilson, giving his home as Boone county, a man about 38 years of age, was arrested Monday and bound over to the circuit court in the sum of <3OO by Squire Burnham, charged with assault and tattery. Wilson entered a plea .of guilty, but the Squire preferred to let the circuit court deal with the case. Wilson failed to give bond and Is now In Jail. His offense consisted In making suspicious advances to little girls and it was thought the best plan would be to lock him up and let the circuit court investigate the matter.

Albert Farmer, son of A. G. W. Farmer, of south of town, who went to Yukon, Oklahoma, last spring, was one of the lucky ones in Uncle Sam’s Oklahoma lottery. His draw was No 3,624 in the Lawton district.

Don’t be satisfied with temporary relief from indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure permanently and completely removes this complaint. It relieves permanently because it allows the tired stomach perfect rest. Dieting won’t rest the stomach. Nature receives supplies from the food we eat. The sensible way to help the stomach is to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which digests what you eat and can’t help but do you good. A. F. Long.

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