Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — Page 8

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Dally Happenings Around the Prairie City. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Run and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes For fine job work call at the JOURNAL office. Mrs. Willard Shields is visiting her brother at Cullom. The pension of Bargess Dillon has been increased to sl2 per month. Mrs. Arthur Catt has ioined her husband at Chenoa, 111. Mrs. W. H. Eger and son Harry have been visiting in Valparaiso. For Rent: Good five room house. Inquire at the Journal office. Henry Randle is building himself a fine new residence north of the railroad. This paper and The Chicago Weeklj’ Inter Ocean $1.40 for one year. “Special deal.” Henry Fisher, now of Jennings county, visited relatives here the Fourth. Trees that will grow are the kind that S. E. Yeoman sells. Give him your order.

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Mrs. A. Leopold has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leo Wolfe, in Hammond. A second Republican paper is being talked of at Goodland, with Mark Foresman as editor. *- Revs. Aloysius Santozzi and Joseph Schaeper, of Rome, Italy, are guests at St. Joseph’s college. Mrs. James Randle, of Chicago Heights, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hemphill. J. M. McClellan and daughter Laura, of Crawfordsville, are the guests of W. A. Huff and family.

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The Monon will run another popular cheap excursion to Chicago Sunday. See the announcement elsewhere. The Monon will sell tickets to the Lafayette carnival July 14 to 19 at one fare for the round trip. Tickets good returning to July 20. Something special? Sure thing' Tbe Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and this paper $1.40 for one year. Ask us what it means. Harley Vanardßell, a young man whose parents live near Lee, was drowned in the river at Monon last Friday while in swimming. Advertised Letters: Maggie Kneadler, Mr. C. Homer, Mr. F. B. Jansfen, Mrs. B. Pinner, Mr. Joseph Penrod, Miss Mabel Wilbur, W. C. Watson. Swimming parties are becoming quite fashionable since the river got so high. There have been a number of narrow escapes, but no fatalities.

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Burk’s bridge is passable again after the high waters. Monday the bridge was clear of water but the grades leading to it were still covered with water. The architect’s plans for the new court house ; t Goodland were received last Saturday. They call for a S4O 000 building, and the architect is to give bond that the cost will not exceed that amount. Star route mail carrier Overton, who has been carrying the mail to Pleasant Grove, has thrown up his job. Charlie Fox, the contractor, will see to the carrying of it until lie can find a substitute. Tlte job pajssl7 per month, the carrier beiDg required to make daily trips.

A Generation Ago Coffee could only be bought Bin bulk. The 20th Century Lion Coffee / ,i|j way—sealed packages, al- / | ' /. ways correct in weight, J/ clean, fresh, uniform and retaining its rich flavor.

Dragged* Down Feeling In the loins. Nervousness, unrefreshing sleep, despondency. It is time you were doing something. The kidneys were anciently called the reins —in your case they are holding the reins and driving you into serious trouble. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Acts with the most direct, beneficial effect on the kidneys. It contains the best and safest substances for correcting and toning these organs.

Theodore and True George are visiting in Chicago. Miss Blanche Hoyes is spending the week in Chicago. Mrs. Lyman Zea and children spent the Fourth at Lafayette. Mrs. S. M. Laßue and children returned from Elwood Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Chantal, of Hammond, spent the Fourth in Rensselaer. Mrs. M. E. Lowe, of Monon, is the guest of her mother, Mrs, Wm. Bussell. Miss Gertrude Demmer, of Rushville, is the guest of Miss Carrie Randle. Miss Blanche Lyon, of Lafayette, was the guest of Miss Maude Healey Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Price, of Aix, are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter Sunday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tanner, of Barkley township, Sunday. E. Kirkpatrick, of South Dakota, was the guest of his cousin, J. F. Major, Monday. Roy Peacock, of Dyer, is acting as night agent here, while Frank Maloy takes a vacation. Miss Mary Beck has returnecLto her home at Sedalia, Mo., after a visit with her mother here. Billy Briggs, who was fined last week for fast driving, is advertising his mare for sale. He says it is altogether too fast for the streets of Rensselaer. Don’t be persuaded into taking something said to be “just as good” as Madison Medicine Co’s. Rocky Mountain Tea. There is nothing like it. 35 cts., no more, no less. B. F. Fendig. Jim Parker is home from Notre Dame, where he has been taking a commercial course. The first of the month he will begin working in the general offices of the Duluth & Iron Mountain railroad at Two Harbors, Minn.

Joseph Broadhead, Blue Mound, 111. after having given Bailey’s Laxative Tablets a good thorough trial says they are the best thing for constipation and liver troubles. They clean out the sewers of the body, purifying the blood and invigorating the system. Pleasant and effective. Price 10 and 25 cents at A. F. Long’s.

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Land was purchased at Goodland the latter part of last week for the new court house building. The plot of ground purchased is 300x315 feet, containing a little over two acres, and embraces the piece of land used for many years as a park. It is located in the business part of town and is well adapted for the purpose for which it was bought. Uncle Tom McGowan, ex-city marshal, but now a resident of the wilds of Union township, was in the city Monday. He reports that the wet weather has thrown him back some in his farm work, but the prospects for a crop with him is still good. He says he will not be in town again for some time, but expects to arrange his farm work so as to spend the whole of the carnival week in Rensselaer. That’s right, Tom, bring your neighbors also. Joe Stump, the fourteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Stump, of Wheatfield, lost a leg and received other injuries that may result in his death, last Saturday, by being run over by a Three I. train. The lad had spent the Fourth at Tefft and was on Ms way home when the accident occurred. The first that the train men knew that an accident had happened was when they felt the wheels of the Caboose strike some object. The left leg was ground to a phlp below the knee and he received severe wounds on the back of the head, with perhaps internal injuries.

Mrs. John Kohler has been visiting in Chicago Heights. Miss Nellie Smith, of Chicago, is visiting friends here. Mrs. George Sharp visited her parents at Peru, the past week. Miss Belle Fendig has been the guest of her sister Tillie at Delphi. Isaac Morgan departed for his home at Kingman, Kans., Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Maloney, of Chicago, are the guests of Mrs. Mary Drake.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Castor, of Barkley township, Sunday, a girl. You may tell folks there is no use worrying, but how will you tell them to avoid it ?

Earl Houseman and Miss Mary Hyland, of Chicago, are visiting friends here. It is conceded that the poorer the workman the more likely he is to talk about bis competitors. Owing to the death of the father of Rev. Royse there was no preaching at the M. E. church last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hemphill have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. James Randle, at Chicago Heights.

Mrs. S. M. Laßue, with sons Emmett and Ray, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Orla Finney at Elwood. Mrs. J. A. Beck, of Fairfield, lowa, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe, left for her home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Walker, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harris, of Chicago, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Robinson.

Rev. Joseph Cockran, of Johnsonville, 111., is the new pastor of the Free Baptist church here. He held services last Sunday. Mrs. Robert Johnson and son Robert, of Bloomington, are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark. The Old Settlers’ Meeting committeee is requested to meet in the east court room at 4 p. m. on Saturday, July 12. B. Forsythe has let the contract for a fine new barn to be built on his lots at the corner of Washington and Division streets. Thomas Wickens, of Illinois, has purchased of Ed Randle the Isley farm of eighty acres in Hanging Grove township, for $3600. Jhonny Harmon was a Fourth of July celebration victim. By the explosion of a toy cannon his face was badly burned, the worst burns being to an eye and ear.

Lost. Pocketbook containing Mo* non annual railroad pass, Odd Fellows’ lodge receipts, etc. Finder will be rewarded by returning to W. H. Parbison, Rensselaer, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hyatt left Satur day for Winona Lake, for a six weeks’ stay. Mr. Hyatt will take a course in nature study under Prof. Coulter, of Purdue Uuiversity, while away. W. D. Owen, former congressman from this district, and secretary of state, was married to Dr. Anna Haskinson, of the City of Mexico, on July 4th. The marriage took place at Boliver, Pa. The people around Parr are circulating a petition and request those in the upper Iroquois valley to meet at the east court room on Saturday, July 12, for the purpone of discussing the drainage of the Iroquois marsh.

S. E. Yeoman, the fruit tree agent, can be found at Worland’s buggy store in Rensselaer every evening and on Saturdays, where he will take pleasure in showing samples and taking your order for the best nursery stock in the country. We have 200 quarter sections of fine agricultural land snaps in Hughes, Hyde, Hand and Sully counties, South Dakota, which we will sell on terms to suit purchaser. Come or write. The Gas Belt Land & Abstract Co., Pierre, South Dakota. Abraham DeKoker and Miss Lulu M. Clifton were married by Squire S M. Lemoine at his residence near Fair Oaks on Wednesday of last week. The groom is a resident of DeMotte and engaged in teaching. The bride is a daughter of James Clifton, of Fair Oaks.

W. T. Royse, father of Rev. C. D. Royse, of Rensselaer, died at his home in Indianapolis July 4th, after a lingering illness of four years. He was a resident of Indianapolis thirty-four years. Six years ago he suffered a stroke of apoplexy and was forced to retire from his active business inter ests. Previous to that time he hao been prominent in insurance circles. He was the founder of the tribe of Ben Hur, and until his illness the president of the council, its controlling body. At one time he was an active A. O. U. W. He leaves six sons, four of whom are residents of Indianapolis. Rev. C. D. Royse, of Rensselaer; A. O. Royse, of Milwaukee; W. A., Harry E., Benjamin F., and Dr. James D. Royse of Indianapolis. The funeral was held last Monday.

THE STATE PRISON.

Interesting Facts About the Penal Institution at Michigan City. The Indiana State Prison at Michigan City had its beginning in a veritable “pen” built of heavy timbers near the foot of Hoosier Slide nearly forty years ago. There is a great difference between that primitive prison and the substantial group of buildings In which 800 Indiana convicts are now paying the penalty of crime. The difference in buildings, however, is no greater than that in the spirit ..and methods characterizing the control of such institutions during the past third of a century, in states in touch with the times prisons are conducted on the theory that the problem of the convict is not solved when the gates of a prison close behind him—rather has the process of solution ju3t begun. In the matter of prison reform Indiana stands with the most progressive states of the Union. Her two penal institutions that at Jeffersonville, the reformatory for men of younger years, and that at Michigan City, the state prison, for offenders of maturer years and for life convicts, are conducted in accordance with the modern conception of the state’s duty to the criminal unfortunate, and upon a system of strict accountability in business matters to the state. It may safely be said, however, that during the present era of control, dating back to 1895, far more progress has been made than during any similar period in the history of the state’s institutions at Jeffersonville and Michigan City. Not only have marked improvements of a material character been effected, but a much nearer approach has been made to a realization of the doctrine set forth in the constitution of Indiana: “The penal institutions of the state shall rest upon the principle of reformation and not of punishment.” During this period the state prison has practically been rebuilt, and change after change, resulting in the betterment of conditions, has been effected. There is every reason to believe that in Warden Reed the board of control of the state prison has found an official entirely competent to not only continue but advance the program of improvement entered upon in recent years. He has entered upon his work not only with a disposition to make a record for efficiency in the management of the business affairs of the institution and the maintenance of discipline, but with a determination to realize from the parole law all its possibilities in the direction of reformation of the individual, and to show the unfortunates confided to his care his intention to make prison life endurable in proportion to the willingness of the prisoner to conform to the rules and make the best of the situation. The result of such a policy is a feeling among the men that the management of the institution is not hostile, but friendly, so long as it is met half way.

One of the features of the administrations of Governor Mount and Governor Durbin is the system of strict accountability which has been insisted upon in every state institution. At Michigan City, under this method of administration, the humblest taxpayer finds the books open for his inspection, and that inspection will reveal a system of bookkeeping and of double responsibility which makes it absolutely impossible for dishonest practices to be introduced without the connivance of an entire group of officials, and without, in addition, the knowledge of the warden and the board of control of the prison. Every bill for goods sold to the institution is filed in duplicate, and at the end of any month the aggregate amount of these bills, plus the pay-roll of the institution, equals the schedule of disbursements as shown by the books of the prison and of the auditor of state. Every dollar’s worth of supplies, except to bridge over occasional temporary shortages, is purchased from the lowest and best bidder after public advertisement and notices sent to every responsible firm desiring to have consideration. The bids are opened and the contracts awarded by the board of control, composed of three reputable business men, and notice of the result of the bidding is sent to each bidder. The board of control audits every bill presented, and funds are paid out only on checks or warrants approved by the whole board and signed by the president of the board and the warden. The system of accounting is carrien out with the greatest particularity. Supplies are disbursed only on requisitions which reach the warden every

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morning from tne nead ot eacn department These requisitions must be approved by the warden. The cost of each item Is figured for each day on every requisition. It is thus possible to knoyr at the close of any day whai the per capita cost of maintenance h«« been, and indeed that information few the preceding twenty-four hours reaches the warden’s desk every morning. Twenty-five years hence the person desiring to know Just what the prisoners in the state prison had yesterday for breakfast, dinner or supper, Just what amount they ate, and what each article cost the state, will be able to satisfy his curiosity by referring to the records being placed on file daily at this institution. The average cost of food per day per prisoner, it may be said in passing, varies from 7 to 11 cents. The quality and quantity furnished is all that could be desired. The meat used at the prison, for instance, comes from Chicago once a week in refrigerator cars, and is at once transferred to a large cold-stor-age room within the walls of the prison. Every shipment received is carefully Inspected before its acceptance, and promptly returned if found to be below standard or not in accordance with the specifications of the contract.

The storeroom at the state prison is an object of interest to visitors. It is a large, light room where supplies are stored in such quantity that the appearance of a wholesale house is presented. It takes supplies in quantity to provide for the dally wants of more than eight hundred men. The storekeeper is held responsible for every article received by him, as shown by the invoices on file in the office of the chief clerk. At the end of each month the steward is required to come before the board of control with a detailed account of shrinkage and gain in supplies on hand, and at the end of the year an invoice is made by the chief clerk which must show the presence of all supplies received, after deducting those issued, as shown by the requisition on file.

Under the regime beginning with the administration of Governor Mount corporeal punishment has been done away with. The strap and the paddle are no longer disciplinary measures—it is doubtful if they ever accomplished more than the kindling of a spirit of resentment in the victim. Where prisoners formerly slept in the clothes worn through the day, they are now provided with nightshirts. Another innovation is the issuance of a special suit of clothes for Sunday wear. Where bathing was foremrly done in tubs and often man after man in the same water, shower baths are provided once a week or twloe if desired. The lock-step was done away with by Warden Harley. Stripes, the traditional badge of the "Jail-bird,” have been done away with, except as punishment for infractions of the rules. Three grades of uniforms have been substituted. Every man on entering is placed in the second grade and given a checked suit If his conduct warrants promotion he is given the blue suit worn by men of the first grade. If he proves incorrigible, he is reduced to the third grade and placed in stripes. In the first grade there are 734 men, in the second 84, in the third, 2. The men of the various grades are separated in the diningroom and made to feel the discredit that comes with failure to observe discipline. Under the new regime the whitewash has been scraped from the walls of the cells and paint substituted, with excellent effect. A system of ventilation has been installed which makes sleeping in the cells far more comfortable and sanitary than under the old conditions. Appliances for the removal of dust in the shops where convict labor is employed have been installed until they are to be classified with model factories from a sanitary standpoint. The library has been greatly improved, streets, cement floors, walks and sewers constructed, a modern steam plant installed, and the kitchen doubled in size. In fact, almost a complete transformation has been brought about in the past seven years in the state prison. In the hospital quarters are now being fitted up for the criminal insane, where they will be treated as patients by a surgeon who was formerly connected with the state insane hospital near Logansport. Warden Reid, by fitting up the basement of the hospital, is making the quarters for patients more commodious. He is also planning to construct a large porch where consumptive patients may have the benefit of abundant light and air.

Vacation Hays Vacation time is here and the children are fairly living out of doors. There could be no healthier place for them. You need only to guard against accidents incidental to most open air sports. No remedy equals DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping pain or removing danger of serious consequences. For cuts, scalds and wounds. “I used DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for sores, cuts and bruises,” says L. B. Johnson, Swift, Tex. ‘-It is the best remedy on the market.” Sure cure for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. A. F. Long. Notice. Notice is hereby given to those concerned that no more trash shall be dumped on the highways of Marion township. The law provides a penalty for disposing of trash in this manner and hereafter this law will be enforced. Chas. M. Blue, Township Trustee.

’WeahgrrtwWu*^"^ Correct Silverware Correct in character, design and workmanship—is as necessary as dainty china or fine linen if you would have everything in good taste and harmony. Knives, forks, spoons and fancy pieces for table use will be correct if selected from goods stamped :j847%£? Remember "1847.” as there «» Imitation “Rogers.’ f For Catalogue No. address the makers International Silver Co. Morldon, Conn.

Excursion toChicaga VIA cJ) Sunday, July 13 Time FareMonon 8:20 A. M. $1 00 I- ee 8:30 “ 100 McCoysburg 8:35 “ 100 Pleasant Ridge 8:40 “ 75 Rensselaer 8:48 “ 75 | urre y .8:57 “ 75 Parr 9:02 “ 75 Fair Oaks 9:09 “ 75 Rose Lawn 9:20 “ 7e Thayer g :2 c «< 7 e Shelby g :2 B “ 75 Returning special train will leave Chicago at 11 .-30 P. M.

Beal Transfers.

Edward J. Randle to Thomas Wickens, July 3. pt nw 34-29-5, Hanging Grove, $3,600. Ella Fisher to Annetti Wick ; zer. July 1, It 8, bl 2, Hogan. S7OO. Elbert G. Harrison to Lavir a Gray, July 1, sw 23-32-5. w* se 23-32-5, Kankakee, $lO,000. • William E. Price to David S. Alter, bl 8. Parr, SBOO. Charles E. Payne to Frank Keany, July 1, sw 19-28-5. 188 acres. Milrov, $8,900. Sylvester A. Austin et al to Frank W. Austin. May 24, pt rw 35-82-6. sw nw 86-32-6, se nw 86-32-6, Wbeatfield, $2 126.46. Frank W. Austin et al to Sylvester A. Austin, May 24. pt nw 35-32-6, sw nw 36-32-6, Wheatfield. $1,226.46. Abraham Halleck et al to David D. Gleason, Nov. 16, 1001, Its 1, 2. 13, 14, bl 4, D. E. Fair- 1 child’s add to DeAiotte, SSOO.

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