Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1902 — Page 3

VOL. X.

DR. MOORE, The Careful Specialist of 45 Years Constant Practice, Treats with remarkable success the following specialties: Lungs, Heart, Stomach, Hemorrhoids, Epilepsy, Nose and Throat, Nerves, Cancer, Old Sores and tJIKidneys and Bladder, Pricers, Ear and all diseases of vate Diseases, Women. It gives great satisfaction to know that Consumption, Bright’s Disease of the Kidneys and many of the Heart troubles, all of which were formerly considered incurable, with new methods, can now be cured. A large per cent, of Epilepsy and Cancer can be permanently relieved. The best of references given. Office and Residence over Fendig’s City Drug Store. Office Hours— 9 to 12 a. m. 2tosp. m. 7toßp. m. SUNDAYS—2 to 3P» 7toßp. m. All calls promptly answered. Phone 261. RENSSELAER. INDIANA.

Farmers’ Supply Establishment. J W. L. WOOD, MGR. € Largest Retail Dealers in Farm Supplies in Northern Indiana. —The Farmers’ Supply Establishment can fit you out with any article you may need at a price that will satisfy the customer. They carry a large stock of Groceries and Dry Goods, and Farm Implements, which supply the farmers for miles around. In addition they have a neat, well equipped Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, Blacksmith and Repair Shop. —The most interesting lines operated by the Farmers’ Supply Establishment is the Buggy, Carriage and Harness department. They can fit you out with a cheap Buggy or Harness or a high grade. They would rather sell you a first class high grade Buggy than any other kind, but will sell you just what you want. Remember you get whatyou buy. Their guarantee is as good as gold, and they will gladly fulfill any promise they make. You can see Buggies, Harness and Wagons sold by Judy, & WOOD in any part of the state, also in Illinois and other adjoining states. They sell the O’Brien farm wagon with a two years’ guarantee. Their horse business is immense. They can fit you out with a gooc| farm team and will give you the privilege of trying the horse until you are satisfied, if he don’t suit, don’t buy him. You will make no mistake if you go to the Farmers’ Supply Establishment to buy anything you need. Judy & Wood.

NEW LUMBER YARD IN RENSSELAER. ' Where you can g-et all kinds of Lumber, Lime, Hair, Cement and Plaster; also the celebrated Alabaster Cement Wall Plaster. I solicit a share of your trade at my old stand. ■/ HIRAM DAY. BLACKSMITHING! 4 For Blacksmithing and Repair Work go to FRED HEMPHILL and ABE WARTENA, successors to Danforth Bros., opposite the Hemphill Livery Barn and the King Hitch Barn. The best of work in our line. Guaranteed. A . ' ■ - : HORSE SHOEING AND PLOW WORK A SPECIALTY.

The JOURNAL and CHICAGO WEEKLY INTER OCEAN for $1.40 per year. JOURNAL and TOLEDO BLADE, $1.25. ®he ftcnssdacr 3 aunt a L - 1 x> ■

RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1902.

The City Council.

The city council m regular session Monday evening. Beyond the allowance of olaims little business was transacted. The report of the auditing committee of Are department shows the amount on hand in the disability fund to be $266.12; in the general fund $5.50. The following claims were allowed: ROAD FUND. Tom Parker, hauling dirt '... 90 Charles Bowers, hauling dirt 90 Frank Swartzell “ “ 90 C. L. McGee, work on street 75 Roy Thomas “ “ ditch 45 E. G. Warren, Clark street sewer and _ Pipe 18 25 Rush & Warren, sidewalks. 59 47 Rush & Warren, street crossings 59 40 CORPORATION FUND. Fire Department, dues to disability fund... 3 75 Vem Robinson, hauling hose cart 75 Isaac Tutuer “ “ I 50 Jud Adams, hauling hose cart 1 50 Chas. Morlan, tees and salary 61 25 Leslie Clark, printing 1 95 Mrs. A. M. Harrison, rent hose cart house 24 00 Warner Bros., sundries 69 23 Wilson Humphrey & Co., city docket 14 00 Sylvester Gray, hauling cinders 2 40 Frank Swartzell, hauling cinders 1 20 Joe Ellis, work on alley 60 Ed Randle, work on alley 60 A 1 Fletcher, cleaning sidewalk 1 80 J. H. S. Ellis, salary as mayor 12 00 B. F. Ferguson, councilman *7 5° P. C. Wasson “ 12 00 Henry Wood “ 12 00 Fred Phillips, councilman 12 00 John F. McColly, councilman 12 00 W. S. Parks “ 10 00 W. H. Mackey, fireman e ye C. W, Platt » 575 True Woodworth “ 5 25 Fred Parcels, fireman , t 2? C. H. Vick “ 575 R. W. Sprigg “ 5 75 C. S. Chamberlain, fireman 5 75 John Rush, fireman 7 7c J. W. Mann “ 625 J. H. Hoover “ 6 25 E. R. Hopkins, fireman 6 25 A. D. Burns “ 6 25 J. E. Hopkins “ ........., 575 E. L. Gay “ 6 25 E. G. Warren “ 725 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. Warner Bros., supplies 9 47 Illinois Electric Co., supplies 48 47 General Electric Co., supplies 39 25 Chas. A Schieren & Co., repairing belt 15 91 Freeman Seney, repairing boiler 2 00 Coal Bluff Mining Co., coal 89 30 Central Electric Co., supplies........ 20 55 C. S. Chamberlain, salary 1... 37 50 Peter Giver, salary 25 00 C. L. Thornton, salary 25 00 A. L. Branch, hauling coal 46 80 Ira Smith, work on line 10 50 J. H. Chapman, freight 132 50 WATER FUND. J. H. Chapman, interest water works bonds 288 72 Conrad Hilderbrand, work on main. . 100 SINKING FUND. J. H. Chapman, school bond 5006 25 SPECIAL ADD. FUND. J. H. Chapman, semi annual interest school bonds 330 82

Delayed By Wreck.

The 9:56 north bound train was eight hours late Monday, the delay being caused by a wreck on the 0. H. &D. between Liberty and Connersville. A helper engine on that road got beyond control and made two wild runs between Connersville and Liberty, wrecked two freight trains, demolished four engines and killed two men and injured five others. Engineer Callahan of the helper ran to Cottage Grove helping the freight. He was to take the switch east of Liberty. When he got to the switch and attempted to reverse, part of the machinery would not respond and the engine got beyond his control. The engine dashed toward Liberty, where it met a freight. In some way the helper was reversed and started back, running through Liberty at a rate of 70 miles an hour. It dashsd into another freight which was being hauled by two engines. Mike Foley, of Indianapolis, breakman, and Bonnton Osborne, of Connersville, fireman on helper engine, were killed.

Binder Prices Equalized.

Farmers will be interested in the report of a new sohedule of binder prioes, under the new management of the International Harvester 00. It is said the price of McCormick binders will be reduced five per cent, while that of Pianos and Deerings will be advanced to meet the MoOormick. The change Will have the effect of laying off a number of traveling men. The force of salesman in the bnsy season much less, as there will not be the old competition in making sales. >’f .

Money to Loan.

Private funds to loan on forms, also city property for 6 years or longer at a low rate of interest with privilege of making partial payments. Also .money to loan oh personal, second mortgage and chattel security.. No delay. Call or write. A complete set of abstract books.

JAMES H. CHAPMAN.

A SWINDLING GAME.

A New York Firm Attempts to Swindle Children in Rensselaer. The attention of the postal department should be oalled to a swindle that is being worked right here in Rensselaer and probably in every county in the United States. About two years ago a large number of the ohildren of the town reoeived from a New York oompany packages of “beauty pins,” containing one dozen each of the pins, which were worth probably ten cents per dozen. With the pins came a request that the recipient sell the pins at ten cents each and for their work they would receive either sixty oents per dozen or a prize, whichever they preferred. Some of the children attempted to sell the pins around town with indifferent success. Others, however, did not oare to make peddlers out of themselves, and made no effort to dispose of the worthless stuff. As the pins were not ordered in the first place and as no postage was sent for return of the pins they were not sent back. This week the recipients of the pins were surprised to get duns from a collection agency threatening to bring suit if the pins were not settled for at the rate of $1.20 per dozen, when the original price to the victims if they had disposed of the goods would have been only 60 cents per dozen. The children were considerably frightened at the threat of proseoution and in one case at least the father seemed to be as frightened as the child and sent $3 to square accounts. This is the biggest kind of a swindle and the ones receiving the threatening duns should pay no attention to them farther than to report the matter to the postal department, where steps would probably be taken to indict the swindlers for using the mails to defraud. Since writing the above we see by dispatches from other points that the same game is being worked all over the country. Post office inspectors are instructing the postmasters where the complaints are made to notify the recipients of the letters to ignore the threat, as the scheme was inaugurated by blackmailers.

Ditch Contract Let.

The contract for deepening and enlarging the Scott-Cooper and Union Lakin ditches was let by the county auditor Monday. John Hack & Son, of Lowell, were awarded the contract for the dredge work at $9,600 or about 9 cents per yard. Thomas Florence got the contract for the Deering extension above the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Ry. at 7j cents per yard. This extention is team work. There were no bids for cleaning the upper 100 stations of the Lakin lateral.

Charles F. Gritfin Dead.

Former Secretary of State, Charles F. Griffin, died soon after 12 o’clock Sunday morning at Hammond. He had not been in good health for several months, and ten days ago was stricken with cerebral meningitis. He was unconscious much of the time and was in a state of coma when he died. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at the First Presbyterian ehnrch, of which Mr. Griffin was an officer for many years. The Masons had charge of the funeral and the body was buried at Grown Point.

Offers to Settle for One Half.

The insurance company which carried the fI,OOO policy on the Rensselaer Steam Laundry has offered to settle for S6OO, or one-half the amount of the policy. The company takes the grounds that the policy did not permit the use of gasoline in the building. Mr. Lagen has refused to settle on this basis and the matter will probably be carried to the courts.

What’Bln a Name f

Everything is in a name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. 0. DeWitt &, Co., of Chicago, discovered some years ago how to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a specific for piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, eczema, cnts, burns, braises and all skin diseases. DeWitt’s Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt’s—the genuine. A. F. Long.

Candies to 40c per pound at the Chicago Bargain Store.

GET YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

Money at the Court House for Many of Our Citizens. At the county auditor’s office are a largo number of county orders for various amounts due different persons, who have never called for same. The oldest was drawn in 1894. Those drawn this year must be cashed by the end of the year, or the appropriation for their payment will lapse and they cannot be paid without a new appropriation from the county council. Look over the list carefully. There may be a cash Christmas present waiting for you if you call for it before January Ist. If you find your neighbor’s name—we mean the one who doesn’t take the paper—you might tell him about it this time, and advise him to invest part of the proceeds in his county paper. It may save him money in the future. Here is the list: 1894. Peter Wills $ 75 i»9S. Joseph P. Graves 25 Jacob J. Smith 25 »897. John Hellberg ge George Humphrey 85 Luther Tillitson 2 00 Earl Tillitson ■, qq P. G. Ibach, M. D 700 Frank Frame I 1898.. Charles Mansfield I to 1901. S. A. Richards ; 7 qq Wm. Drummond 16 25 Harvey W. Wood ’,' 18 00 Anna Irwin ... * 85 Wm. Barker 2 00 Charles W. Barker. 1 50 1902. Dr. I. M. Washburn 7 00 James Callaghan * 7Frank Parker ’’' j-o James A. Burnham | 2? M. F. Schwanke "[ \ j r 0 Benjamin Harris , 3 00 George Wood 85 Minerva A. Wood 85 Elmer Johnson * * 85 C V. Jones, M. D. 3 00 W. C. Schwier, M. D -i 00 J. B. and Ella Reed 4 00 J. W. Stephenson 75 Thomas Johnson ’ ’ 7 c Charles Mellender 7e John W. Keene I rb F. M. Parker..., 16 00 James Burns , c 0 F. M. Parker j” ’ ] 500 Peter Hordeman > (0 F. M. Hays 1 e 0 Hays i eo Francis M. Hayes 1 to Peter Wasson .) Bqq Warner Bros !!!!!! I 15 Benjamin Harris !.! ! 200 John M. Wasson 2 00 D. W. Waymire 2 00 W. V Porter 10 00 I. B. Washburn, M. D, 3 qq I. M. Washburn, M. D 2 00 M. M. Tyler . qq John Greve..: !.!...!.'!!!!! 3 ? John N. Baker 75 00 Samuel F. Smith '. 3qq •George W. Swisher, J. P 2 e N. S. Bates , J. JohnW. Sage , so W. G. Slagel t So Chas. E. liershman a 00 A. L. Padgett '/// 400 George Hopkins a 00 Wm. Washburn 400 Chas. Simpson 4 00 G. W. Tanner . on w.j.Reed ;;;;;; Chas. Gorman ’ ,qq Charles Borntrager " j e 0 James L Smith 7c Robert Randle , Chas. A. Neier - e W. L. Lewis ; 150 City of Rensselaer ’ 87 « 0 E. D. Rhoades 2 7t w. t. smith D. L. Halstead , T{ Will Halstead Chu. Borntrager \ 4 e 0 Chester Halstead ] 4-0 Augusta Zigler . ’ 4 c 0 Philip Durand .. £ - Stoner & Day 1 85 Nehemiah Hopkins 37E. D. Rhoades ' , John R. Wi150n....; i”" S a 00 Jasper Co. Democrat 80 00 Chas. Robinson a 00 Warren Poole a 00 Ed J. Randle 4 00 Guy Parker 3 qq Harry Rishling 2 oo John P. Ryan .*. , 5 so F. M. Waggoner 4 qq J. Turner ....I] Oris McCullough 4 oo Fred Hermansen 4 oo F. M. Welsh ” 7 « A. J. Freeland i ” ; \ g Marion Freeland..., . qq W. F. Granger ’’' 4qq Chas. Gilmore 2 00 Richard Evers :.. . . 300 Wiseman 200 L. P. Shirer ’ 7 Chas. Smith i Ova Wiles 2 00 W. Woorley 2 00 Elias Arnold., 17 jLewis Tanner ’ ’ 4 qX T. F. Maloney „ 00 Christopher C. Jones 4 00 Henry Pfiel a qq Wm. S. DeArmond 4 00 Robert A. Mannon 4 qq Guy Ackerman \ -oo George Frasier ’ £OO Lou Hees. ’ » S. D. Clark [tola Wm. A. Brown

Fifty Years the Standard Awarded Highlit Honors World’s Fair. Highsst toils U.S. Gov’t Chsmiits

Philip Stuffy 4 00 Louis Paulsen 4 00 David Heil '.’ 400 Newton Byers " ” 200 Wm. Davis ' . 200 S. D. Clark 5 25 Andrew J. Smith ',' 4qq Richard Foulks 4 Q 0 Wm. Casto 200 S. T. Comer 4 OQ Emery Garriott 4 QO Victor Yeoman 400 Marion Gant 3 0 o Chas. A. Gundy 1 j 0o N. Littlefield 4 QO Sylvester Gray 8 QO Hugh L. Gamble 1 5 00 J. C. Thrawls 70 GO H. L. Gamble.... 87 00 Jesse Fox 2 i 00 Adam Davis 27 30

SCHOOL NOTES

Items ol Interest Retarding the Reneeelaer Public School*

During the last week there has been a great amount of sickness among pupils and teachers. In faot the person who has not had a cold is the exception. Miss Needham was out of school one day and Miss Roberts another. Mr. Henry Howe, of Chicago, manager of the western loan department of the Massachusetts Mutnal Life Insurance Company, spoke to the high school. Miss Mildred Spitler, of Goshen; Merle Gwin, of the Indianapolis Medioal College; Miss Fanny Porter, who has been attending a girls’ school in Virginia, were among the visitors at the high school this week. Mr. W. O. Hiatt was not quite eo well at last report. Mr. Thomas Large, who has been Instructor In the University of Illinois for two or three years, has been visiting the high school this week. The first of January he will begin work as laboratory assistant in the University of Chicago. Berl Richardson, science teacher in the high school of Plymouth, Wis., was with us Tuesday and Wednesday. He says that their school has 170 pupils and that the school board has just ordered a new $26,000 high school building. Plymouth is about the size of Rensselaer.

Additional Rural Routes.

With $600,000 additional for rnral routes, made available between now and the first of next July, the general superintendent of the rural free delivery system expects to put in at least 2,600 new routes before May 1. Indiana will probably get about 126 of these new routes, possibly 160. This will bring the total number of routes In Indiana up to more than 1,000, and the total number in the whole country up to 16,000. By the time this $600,000 is expended the regular appropriation lor the next fiscal year will be available. If Oongress does as much us is expected of it, the service will be universal in Indiana by two years from next July. The department wants $13,000,000 for the fiscal yeafr, beginning with next July.

Marriage Licenses.

Charles Hoffman and Abbie Gray. William J. Eeinhertz and Annie D. Salrin. Victor D. Truitt and Jessie Ingram.

Winter Millinery.

Having reoeived our winter styles we are now prepared to show a beautiful line of winter millinery, also a good grade of medium priced bats to suit all purchasers.

MRS. H. PURCUPILE.

NUMBER 29.