Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1883 — Page 4

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Our Snow up ’nobly this week, bitt sUll there is room for more. . Our thinks are d'Ao ’to the Hun. M. L. DeMoWe foV volume one, of Ilio Tenth Versus. This volume is ‘devoted to statistics of popAiation* It is a vahiable volume. ~ Iciiabod! The Warsaw Wasp has changed hands and the exuberance of wit winch has nil Its distingaislung cnatacteristic heretofore 'has probably departed. The Rochester Sentinel which we quoted a few weeks age', as “speaking discouragingly of the of the Rochester, Ronsseiaer'itSk Louis Rail way,.bow I?rofe£sbs to be in possessich of '•'evidences and assurances that work on.the road will begin with ' .i. ° she opening of the new year.” We hope fh'dt it may be so.

~r~: : ■ - - • __ • ' ‘ I 1 */ » Wednesday, of last week, was We. biggest day. in tfte history of Sorter county', being made memorable by the laying, at Valparaiso, of she corner-stone of the magnificent new coart house with which the beople of that cotmty are about to prokfo The ceremonies elaborate and most extensive, and ape done full justice to by the enterprising newspapers of Valparaiso. Large engravings of the building appear, in all of them, and the proceedings and ceremonies are detailed at great ■ - Ouy.sister town of .Remington, according to the News, is assured of a-cOmse of lectures, during the coming wjnter. Dr. James Hedley, Vol-A. I). Sanford, Prof. A., B. French and Hon. Geo. R. Wendling, are announced as the lecturers. It will be noticed that all are possessed of the indispensible title, and Wendling, the News tells us, is acknowledged by all—not even accepting rival lecturers, and wayback Hoosiers like ourselves, who hever heard his name before, —to be thq “King or the Lyceum Platform.” _

The. Rev. D. B. Ross, of Indianapolis, general secretary of the State Christian Temperance Union, lectured on the subject of Constitutional Prohibition, at the Presbyterian church, Tuesday evening, ; to an audience about as large as the building would comfortably . p< speak at the court house, but the room was needed for court business. Mr. Ross, in our bpinion, is neither very eloquent nor very logical, although he makes out a strong, and, we might almost say, impregnable in favor of the right of the people to prohibit the liquor traffic. Mr. Boss is a man of one idea—prohibition— and with the unreasonableness characteristic of such men, lie ban see no good whatever in the restrictive laws which have already done so much towards mitigating the evil results of the liquor tariffic, in this country, and winch promise dp so much more, in the neai ■future. A moveplent is on foot to provide a «jf first class lectures for the of RgMMelaer this winter. an “enterprise which ought not to be allowed to fail, by any means, course of lectures, .of the right kiiid, will do a great •leal towards Rising illj d sustaining the moral intellectual tone ofany coinuyinjty, which will patronize them Ih nsseW already and enjoys a lugh reputation as tjA intellectual center, which is all the ttiiqe reason why no opportunity to 4<ud t strengtlip,u that testation should be neglected.

CIRCUIT COURT.

the WKsTfeftx Union. Vat Seib vs. Westbrn Union Tele--graph Company. C&se tried before the court Tuesday aftcrndoli of last week. R. S. Dwigglns atl’y for plaintiff, Me Donald; Butler'<&, Mason, of Indianapolis, by W. L. Mason’, ?dr defendant. The suit was brought Vo recover damages ant; penalty, for neglect in trans-c mining a message. It seems thaV arrangements had tj'een made betweeh the “Comets’' base ball club of this Jtown and a couple of good players of Momence 111., whereby the latter were to come to Rensselaer on the Fourth of July, and [help the Comets to clean out the Monon club, with t the understanding, on the part of £he Momence boys, that if the game fell through They were to be noticed by telegraph, in time to prevent them making a useless journey to this place. The message telling them not to come was sent in ample time, but through neglect of the employes of the telegraph company, was not delivered, and the Momence boys made a trip to Rensselaer, at Seib’s expense. The statutes of this state provide that in cases of gross negligence in the delivery of messages, or of unjust discimination, the injured party may recover a verdict for all damages sustained, and also a penalty verdict of one hundred dollars against the telegraph company. Judgement was given fpr the plaintiff in the sum of $112,50, which includes dam ages and the penalty.

Hoss TURNED LOOSE..

Sheriff Ulrey, of Newton county, brought one Adolphus Hoss before the court Friday. E oss, some five or six years ago, got into . a racket with the trainmen, on the cars between Reining and Goodland. Hoss Was shot in the hand during the row, and later Was brought before the court and Hned in a sum which, with costs, amounted,to about sixty dollars. He was without money to pay the same, but being: incapacitated from labor, by his wounded hand, was quite willing, and perhaps a little anxious to “board out” the penalty in j ail; but as the county had then no such place M - sentence was suspended and he w«.s released. He wAs brought up this time on the original sentence. Judge looked into the case, and very properly decided, inasmuch as it was not the ( prisoher’s fault that the penalty was sot inflicted at the time the sentence was passed, that it would not be just or proper to inflict it now. The prisoner wks accordingly discharge --- " Thk KfEn’ek Arson Case.

State vs Lyman Brooks. t Arson. This was one of the most, interesting cases which has come before this t bqurt for several years, being made So by tjhh gravity of the oft'ence cbarg'ed, and the fact that the accused is closely connected, by marriagh, with the most nent family of Keener townsaip. Tlip case has been frequently mentioned In the colunius of The Republican: blit, at the risk of some repetition, w<» will again make a brief statement of its history:

William Abrams was supervisor of roads in Keener. Brooks, who was working for the “Three 1.” railroad, at the time, was. notified to work out his road )( tax, but refused, bldimiog exemption on the grounds that beihg a railroad map, he was not liable to a tax. Abrams sued before a justice, for pf his road taxYand, Brooks neglecting td appear at the trial, judgement was givan against him by default. When the pay-car came to on July 16th, last, Brooks learned that the pay master had been borbidden, by writ of garnishment from paying what was due him from the company., He was very angry at the circumstance and is said to have -declared that h 6 would yet be even with the , “Little Dutchman.” That night barn was burned, evidently by e.p, incendiary, and great damage thereby inflicted upon him. Besides the illfeeling existing between the two men, there was another circumstance which tended 10 throw suspicions upon Brooks: After the episode at the pay car he had proceeded to till himself with whisky. In the afternoon he had made a friendly ca|l at the house of one Thomas Antrim, (no relation to the recorder elect) and the old man and his interesting daughter joined freely with Brooks in Bumplqjg the contents of a loaded botlfe, fcfcfeh the latter had with him at the time. ( It was noticed that the cork of the pottle was a Lad fit and Antrim kindly,, found another, which, being too lafge, Jie whittled with his pocket knife, until it would go into the neck of the bottle. A day or two after the fire old man Koski, a respectable old Hollander, and a brother-in-law of Abi&ms, picked up, on. near Abrams’ house, an .pottle, which taunted his senses ~ with ,Jhe odor of departed whisjey, »bd sl wa.s stoppc'l by a whittled cork. Brosk®

was arrested shortly after, and at a preliminary examination, held before Squire Shbrtridge, of Keener township, the whisky bottle was put in evidence- Brooks, when confronted by the same, stated that his bottle tVas at home, either peacefully reposing under the bed, or occupying a pocket in an over-coat, which hung against the Wall. By direction of his counsel, a constable, accompanied by it reliable witttess was sent to Brooks’ house and found a bottle which also contained a whittled cork. Several witnesses also tcstzGed that they had heard Brooks make threats to the effect that Keener tp. could not whip liim, he would be even with them yet, he would not light em fair, lie would show the little dutchman, otc. It wasalflb in evidence that he went halt a mile oiit of his direct road home, on Mie night of the fire, to borrow a gun’, to nhoot a dog that had been fooling aiodnd his House. The prelimihary examination was quite ah event lor keener, nearly three days were occupied. R rooks was held to bail, which vHs promptly furnished by his friends. Here the matter rested Until the grand jury met. Brooks was indicted, and on Tuesday afternoon of last week the trial commenced. It took until noon Wednesday to select a jury. The prosecuting attorney, Walker assisted by his deputy W; W. Watson pressed the case for the state with energy and ability and made out as strong a case as the evidence in their hands would admit of. Tire defense was managed in a masterly manner by S. F. Thompson, of Rensselaer and R. W. Marshall, of Keener.

the case for the prosecution consisted, essentially, of the facts already given; the empty whisky bottle with whittled cork, being put forward as their especially strong point. The defense had their little bottle on hand too (also empty) and further showed the unreliable nature of whisky-bottle evidence by the testimony of the liquor dispenser of DeMotte, who swore that he sold a good many bottles of whisky in that place,—to this point, at least, his evidence was thought to be unimpeachable—and that he fitted a great many of these with corks of his own whittling, from larger bottles. Still more damaging to the bottle's character for truth apd veracity was the evidence! of the old dutcbnlan, Koski, the first map whose soul was grieved by the bottlb’j. odqr of liquor which some other man had drunk. He swore, positively, that a cqrk, w.fyich Mr. Marshall had just in ( one of the drug stores, in Reusselamj, and which Mr. Thompson whittled, in fqll view of the whole court, was the identical stopper of the bottle he found near the scene of the fire. Something very like a successful alibi, also, was established by the defense By the evidence of four reliable witnessed which if it was not erroneous, ju Statements which were asserted very positively, showed that if Brooks were the guilty party, he must have gdne, on foot, and pretty drunk at that, dVer three miles, and fired the barn, all in less than twenty minutes of time. The incident about the guH,' elsewhere ttlluded to, was thought by the state to be damaging to the accused; but his family testified thatjjje |jad balled, the very night before, .to drive a dog, or son e wild “varmint,” away from his poultry roost. ; The case was given to the jury Friday, just before nodn, and at 11 p. m. of that day, the ringing of the court house, bell called' court, counsel, and •which was “not guilty.”

Additional Observations. S. P. Thompson was not called \nto the case until the very day the trial commenced. The reSult is a big victory for him. Watson and Marshall both did well for young lawyers, and if they failed to quarrel with, and abuse each other' as much as the example of their seniors would seem to justify, it must be Remembered, in extenuation of then Shortcomings in this respect, that they both exhausted their vocabularies of invectives, upon each other, at the preliminary examination. Brook's friends have all along protested confidence that he would be acquitted. The jury is said to have been an even stand-off, at tM first ballot: sic for conviction and six for acquittal. Walker did not like the small child, in the ease; no more did the small child like Walker. / Who shall say that tea-’ son was not on the side of the small child? had better wring the neck of his offeq'ling whisky bottle, and henceforth jus j/y his name, by taking no Huid but water, OTHER CASES The case of Yeoman vs Yeoman, for | divorce, was tried before the Court, and that of the State vs Lamb, for larceny, by a jury; but at this writiri* (Wednesday evening.) neither case has been decided It seems likely tfcftVthe jury will disagree, in the fenmb casq.

SEEK health and avbid sickndss. Instead of feeling tired and worn out, instead of aches and pains, wouldn’t you rather feel fresh And strong? You can continue feeling miserable and good for hothing, and no on 6 but yourself can find fault, but if you are tited of that kind of life, you edn change it. if you choose. Hdw? By getting one bottle of Brown* Iron Bit? ters, and taking it regularly according to directions. Ohio, Nov. a 6, Mt. Gentlemenl hive suffered with pam lit pifiide and back, and treat soreness, on my bretet, with shootJ**" * 1 ! through my body; at* tendeGwttigreat weakness, depression dfi spirits, and loss of appt* titeU I havotaken several different medicines, and was treated by prom* inent physicians for my liver, kid* » ncys, and spleen, but I got no relief. I thought I irould try Brown’sdroa Bitters; I have now taken one bottle and a half and am about well—pain in side and back all gone—soreness all out of my breast, and I haite a . good appetite, and am gaining in strength and flesh. It can justly b« Called mtdicinti, JoMK K.AtXBNDWU Brown’s Iron Bitters is composed of Iron in soluble form; Cinchona the great tonic, together with other standard remedies, making a remarkable non-alcoholic tonic, which Will cure Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Malaria, Weakness, and relieve all LUng and Kidney diseases.

NOTICE OF APPOINMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. NOTICE i« hereby given thot the undersigned hits been appointed Ailministmtar of thu Estate of Patrick Murphy, deceased. Said cstate is supposed to be solnent. WILLIAM B. AUSTIN. Ad niini&tratbr. Nov. 1-8-15. 1 ... —■ ... ■ \ ' ot'.i 1/ - —T-r . v Noa-resitat Notice: p 1 • StAte of tnoiaAa,i e* • rV 'bounty of Jtetsper. iW ♦ —Cha , f , tertH.W < .lter.lFaun»hWalkcr, Sunuel Hiwnes, Homes, wife of said Samuel Huines; t and Morris Youmans, are ImiThy notified thats- Isaac Hoge has filed his cotifplaint, in the Jasper Circuit Court, to foreclose a mortgage upon certain Reul Estat?; in said county, And that said eMiee will lift heard at the ferin of said court, to be Will' in the. Court in Rensselaer' Indiana, comnienc- j ing January 7tli. 18S4. ~ r ‘ '' t <• i ’ Wit.nesH in*’ hand anUOUie. .<eal ofl ; gp; AL | sa *‘* Ooiirt, this 25th ilav of Octo'toer, j CHARLES 11. PRI . E. ('t'rk. ■ of the Jasper circuit Court Tliowpxontt-- Uro. Aftfor I‘lntf. , Nov. 1-s-l . EXECUTOR’S SALE O 1 LAND. ! NOT IciOsthereby given, that- tmv-orvrfter the sth day of November. 1883. the iliidcrsigned. exeefwors of the will of Ebenezer .Baldwin,' rtcccasdrfr. late of Johnson county, Indiana, the prilvisions of said will knd testament, will se’d, at private sale: the fidlowing described Real Estate, in Jasper cutinty, Indiana, to-wits > ne undihalf of the North East ipiarteft 8 (‘ji ot Seciir.n Twenty-two (22) itl township Thir.y-onc dill North, and Range Six (G) West. . on the following terms: e«sh. N in six and Sj in twelve months front day of sale. Pei-sons ilesiring to purehas. will rtddress ; Leland Payne./ Executors. A. B. Himter, ) branli+in, liitliana. Oct 11-18 25, Nov 1. . t f, '■ : NOTICE OF ADMIN ISTRA; rmN-xr, \ .' C NO''Tt'K is. hereby given, that tile nndersigtied has been appointed Administrator with the will annexed, of the estatb of Vetul teruiette. late of Jasper countv, Indiana, dece.wed. Sa.d Estate will be settled os sol v'-nt. AU parties knowing themselves indebted to said estate, arc requested; to make .Settlement without fnrther notice, and alt persons TiavThg claims •gainst said estate, are dirt‘.ted to tife the same, at oiq-e, with the Clerk ofthe Jasper Circuit Court. Wm. O. KOADIFEII, Albn’r. ; Oct. 11-18- 25 Nov. f COM At ISSION EK’S SA Liu OF HEAL ESTATE. 4, r fijTATKlh’ INDI ANA.) Cause c* (.’Jonty of Jasper, ) No. 31157. In the Jiupfcr Circuit Court, to die Ociobcr , Term, 188:;. Joseph Ktemper, ) <C I Helen Kirtnper. I James Kemper, I Decree Helen Kemper Thorp J in George P Thorp, | Partiti’dh. Mary Kemper, | Harriet Kenumr. | Isabella Kemper and I I'reslev Keni|>er. J tvl iqvTlCEis hereby given, that, by Virtue of 1a an order of the Jasper < ire.dP. Court made in the above ent>t)c<l cause, reccrtled in Order Book No. 12.0 n pages 110 and 111, of the records of said Court, lite under igue.V Commissioner in lhe stlwive entith-d cause, will l iter at public sale, for not less than twmJhirds bf the appraised value < f said Real Estate, on Saturday, December 1, 188?, at the door of tile Court House in Reusselrfc s . Indiana, the following described Real, Estate, to-wit: * I The North-west Quarter of Section Twentet ; one. the West Half <>( the North-east Quarter c*f ■ section T« eutp-one. the South-east Quarter tiie North-e.-ist'Quarter of Section Twentv -one all in Township Thirty-one (31) Xurth. Range Seven (7) We*t, in Jasper county. State of Indiana. T«rao.c Sale Q: e-tliird, cash in hand on day of Mile, the residue in two equal pavineiits of onte anil two vents, securrii by I notes bearing six ;>er cent, nterest. without relief from Valuiitioii or Appraisement laws, with approved jM-j-siinul security. If said Real Estati' fail to sell at public aalte said Uommissiou r w’HI tlmreafier _ufter said neat Estate, al private sale, at tne law otUrortit Thompson A Bro . in Reiisselncr. ludiaua. without further notice, for not less tlmii Its full appraisisl value. i tilMoN P. THOMPSON', < mioidssioimt . if. , in the almvc ent'tied cause, i -cL. 25, jiov. l'-8. 1

THE NEW STORE! - - . • - i Before buying, call and see the beautiful lines of cioaks i m Cloth Dress Goods, Flannels, Jeans and Yarns, Blankets, A.JNT3D Bed-ComfortS; Ladies’ and Gents’ Knit Underwear, Hosiery of all kinds, . NO 0® 80®$ hl WMSIHIM Nlfc —AT - ELLIS & MURRAY’S, Bensselaer Indiana. Prices for Good Is the motto of this honeet ■ 7'" ■" .... u» ... "__=i T. | FML - - - zrzr— - . - —■ = —- ■" OF THEMT SHOE HOUSE IS M Mfr, iioim m «, V . '• - *

Farmers & Builder s s Having taken the old stand bf Lamsotl, in the Nowels block Rensselaer, Indiana, and put in large stock of Consisting of Hard and Coal burners, Wood heaters and Cooking stoves; Carpenter's supplies', Nails of all kinds always in stock, in small,or large quantities; Edge tools, Butts’, Screws, Bolts, Strap Hand and wcod saws, Files, Pocket and Table cdtleryL Silver Plated Ware, Shot, Powder, Shells, Gun caps ad'll tie vol vers, Hay and Corn knives, Spades’, Shovels, Hoes, JPorks^jL’otato—diggers, Puilips and pump supplies, Tinware in evkiy style and shape. Especial attention given to , . , , Tin ROQT'IKG, SPOUTING &c By the old reliable Tinner, Peter Rhbudes. W e are selling The Best Farm Wagon on wheels, in the State, for the money: The Buchanan Wagon for $55.00. We are the agents for the Glidden Barb Wire, the best barbed wire made. Being the original ( patent. all other manufacturers of barbed wird pay royalty tq the above, and have to make it back some way. Farmers cun tell how after testing the two wires together. - Call and see us, as we will guarantee ■ , v PRICES AS LOW AS ANY IN NORTHERN INDIANA, It is no trouble to show our goods, but is a real pleasure to dbpjo, whether you buy or not. We hope by strict attention to. business, and honest dealing, to merit a share ot public patronage. Respectfully, N.V. CLEAVER.