Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1889 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL, XXII.

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

W. W. Watson’s house, on River street, has been rented to John Paxton. ' B. F. Fendig & Co., are now ready at their st&wd to tSsfc. pvtoUft. Everybody invited to call. Greenfield, of Marion tp., is building a new school house in district No. 6, known as the Hoover school house. Good land people spent S3OO in trying to find gas in the Pan Handle R. R. artesian well, at that place, but they did not find any. Come everybody and give us a call whether you desire to purchase or not. C<j>me and see us anyhow. B, F. Fendig & Co. A goodly delegation came over from Monon. on the FT; 10 train, last Friday morning, to attend the big races. At the head marched Noble J. York. The end of the Turpie-Lowe case is now in sight, as the closing arguments are being made this week. The total time consumed in the trial has been about seven weeks. Clayton Mann desires work in painting or varnishing. Orders may be left with Uncle Isaac Barkley, on Main street, where specimens of his work may also be seen, The temperance meeting, at the court house, last Sunday afternoon, was largely attended. It was addressed by Revs. Drake, Dwiggins apd other local speakers. The meet - ing was not “run into politics.” A horse was sold for taxes in the court house yard, last Saturday afternoon. He was sold as the property of Alfred Lowman, and brought $34 and was cheap at the money. Nathan Reed was the lucky purchaser. The new time card on the Monon is expected to go into effect, next Sunday. Extensive changes will be made, including the taking Off of the Chicago and Indianapolis accomodation, which now passes Rensselaer going north, at 11:10, a. m. Perry Gillum,, the Carroll county rapist, plead guilty to attempt of rape upon the persons of two women and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. He was acquitted last year of raping Miss Cora Starkey, but there is little doubt but that he was the guilty party. * Ex-Treasurer Kruger, of Pulaski county, has proven to be a defaulter ;-to the extent of ;7tfioav t L.lftOr His ' bondsmen will have to make the amount good. One of them is E. I’. Washburn, brother of Dr. Washburn, of Rensselaer. Kruger is a democrat in polities, like all Pulaski county officials.

Mr. .Joseph C. Paxton, of the firm of Coen it Paxton, and Miss Mattie A. Moore,daughter of Win. E. Moore, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents at I) o’clock a. m. Wednesday, Oct., IG, in the presence of a few friends. The Rev. T. F. Drake informed the ceremony. The bridal couple took the 11:10 train for Chicago, where they will remain for a short time. Marriage licenses since last reported: j Edward S. Adams, j Winifred Booth, j Robert Swaim, | Maria Near. | Thomas L. Babb, ] Alberta M. Green. j Andrew J. Potts, I Olive F. Poffenbarger. j Joseph C. Paxton, j Mattie A. Moore, j George N. Pollock, ( Rettie Steel. The second trial before Squire Hurley, of the Golf vs. Galbreath case, i described last week, resulted, as did the previous trial, in favor of Galbreath. Goff sued for To cents and Is saddled with something like SIOO in costs. Of course he won’t have tc pay it, but then just the wear and tear of owing so much money for so many years, is a good deal of a burden, sometimes. M. F. Chilcote was attorney for Galbreath and J. W. Douthit for Goff. Ladies watches, $4 at Kannal’s.

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1889.

Mr. George N. Pollock, the painter, and Mrs. Rettie Steel were married last evening. The October term of the circuit court begins next week. The term docket is unusually light for an , October toraw The window and door frames for Judge Hammond’s new house were made by the Delphi Lumber Company, and are very fine. From this date we will do business on a cash basis and the goods are marked way down. Ellis & Murray. The Hogan Stars and the DeMotte Red Stockings played tlieir third game of ball, last Sunday afternoon, at Ilogan, the Stars winning by a score of 26 to 6. Wile Duvall, the drayman, lost a good horse, worth about SIOO, Mon - day, with the distemper. J. F. Randle lost a valuable horse with the same disease, a few days previous. The death of Treat Durand, one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of Remington, occured last Monday, and the particulars are given in our Remington correspondence. Ladies, come early if you want to select from a choice, new stock of faccinators, wool capes, childrens’ fancy head-wear, gloves, mittens, cashmere hose, <fcc. It. Chicago Bargain Store. Michael Mann, a very venerable man from Henry county, is now making his home with his son-in-law-, Uncle Isaac Barkley. He is in his 95th year but still able to walk about quite actively, with the aid of a couple of canes. Marshal Simpson, Tuesday, tore up the side-walk on Rutson street, alongside the Wright property, in accordance with the orders of the Town Board, declaring the walk unsafe. It is not likely that a new walk will be Ordered there until th e property owners move their fences in, to comply with the last survey. The company that will furnish Francesvilie with natural gas has been Incorporated under the name of the Francesvilie Natural Gas and Fuel Company, and the following is the list of the directors—J. H. Mallon, W. R. Jones, O. W. Calvert, Joseph Ives, W. A. Rinehart; J. H. Mallon ;is president; O. W. Calvert, secretary ;W. A. Rinehart, treasurer, and W. It. Jones, superintendent.—Francesvilie New Era.

OTB. Melnfire, or Remington, is conducting an excursion party down into Alabama and other southern states, this-rvoek. The prime object of the excursion is to inspect the new town of Manchester, in Alabama, the town in which |Mr. Mein tire, and several other Jasper county citizens are so heavily interested. The excursion started from Remington Tuesday. Alfred Thompson and W. 11. H. Graham, of this place ace with the excursion. The Chicago Drovers Journal of October Dili says: “Granville Moody, of Rensselaer, Ind., had 18 cattle on to-day’s market, sold to Swartzchild & S\, good enough to bring $4.80, weighing 1615, being the best price for any cattle from his county this year.” By this same token we may add that it is evident that the “Young man Moody,” is still on top, as the price above mentioned is 40 cents per hundred better than even Uncle Ad. Parkison’s brag price, mentioned in Thk Republican a week or two ago. Michael O. Halloran came in for his share of affliction, too, d aring the race days. On Friday some fellow helped himself to the contents of his money drawer and abstracted thirteen dollars. Clias. Braden burgh, the fellow now in jail for tljeiving, was in the saloon and was suspected of the robbery, and taken into a back room and searched, but only a few dollars were found on his person. There was a new dollar bill among the money taken from the drawer, and this was afterwards found on the floor of the room where Bradenburgh was searched, and this circumstance goes far to establish the fact that he was the man who stole the money. Johnny smoke the Mascot

The new boring for oil, at Fair Oaks, is making good progress. For Sale or Rent. —-The Cotton House, on Cullen street. Enquire of W. R. Cotton. . 2t. t The F. W. Baptist quarterly meeting was held at the Thornton school house, last Sunday. All the-services were well attended. A. McCoy bought 500 more sheep, in Chicago, Tuesday. He now has about 3,600 and has lately sold about 800 to residents of the county. The electric light plant is now running 600 incandescents, or just about all the present dynamo can handle. Those few stores not yet provided with the,lights must speak for them quick or get left. At their monthly meeting, Monday night, the Town Board passed the ordinance raising peddlers’ licenses to $lO per day and SSO a year. Also ordered the clerk to draw up a contract with the Electric Light Company providing for the burning of | all the street lights until morning, ! for the next seven months, at an ad- j ditional compensation of at the rate | of $212 per year. The side-walk; in front of the Wright property, on Rutson street, was declared unsafe and the marshal directed to remove j the same without delay. A petition for an additional arc light near the Presbyterian church was indefinitely tabled. An exciting incident occured during the $350 trot, Friday afternoon. During the second heat the sulkies of the two leading horses, Dot L. and Clara Wilkes, collided and the driver of the latter was thrown out and the mare then ran away, and in spite of every effort made to stop her, she ran seven times around the track on a dead run. Her colored groom finally grabbed a line and ran her into the fence and brought her to a standstill, with no further injuria than a few scratches, and generally tired out, from her long run. Her driver was not hurt by being thrown out. The mare was one of Jthe best in the race and previous to the accident was backed by the pool-men. Sheriff Blue ran in three young fellows, Saturday night, on suspicion ! that they were concerned in the ! Hardman jewelry store robbery. One of them had been helping care for ! the race horse, Lilly Lochiel, and the others had-no visible means, of support. They went to Jit. Ayr, SatiHThtruvvithwirvery team and iert a : big trunk to' be shipped to Oxford. Then went to Fair Oaks, where they tried to sell some watches, one gold j one oreidc and a Waterbary. People at Fair Oaks suspected them and telegraphed to the sheriff. He went to the depot to go to Fair Oaks on the freight, hut before he got away the young fellows came down on the 11 p. m. passenger train, and the sher- ' iff took them in charge. Nothing criminating was found upon their : persons, and the big trunk at Ml. Ayr having been searched and found to be all straight, the young men were released Sunday afternoon.

Fell out of the Wagon.

j On Friday'afternoon Walter Daywitt, of Nubbin Ridge, was going i out to the races, riding with others !in a lumber wagon. He was standing up in the wagon,and just beyond the river bridge, in front of J. M. Hopkins’ place, Alfred McCoy came j tearing past, at his usual speed, and the team behind which Daywitt was riding suddenly' jumped to one side and the sudden jerk threw Daywitt out backwards, upon his head and shoulders. The force of the fall rendered him unconscious for some time and greatly braised his back and shoulders, and cut his head, somewhat. lie was taken into Dr. Alter’s office where the proper treatment finally got him into a condition to j walk about arid inabißeTus accustomed stimulant. The fellow is usually J drunk when he has anything to- buy ■ liquor with, but Dr. Alter says that the general opinion that he was drunk at the time of the accident is a mistake. -— | 1 School Books at the Post-office. •

PERSONALS.

Elmerald Aldrich is beginning to get about, after his late severe illness. W. W. Watson departed for his post of duty, at Washington, last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tutuer returned Tuesday from several weeks visit in Peoria, 111. Mrs, Sarah Weil opened an art school in Peoria, 111,, this week, wi th a class of five pupils. The condition of the venerable Mrs. Cliileote, sick with bowel trouble, has become very serious. Mrs. John Florence is sick with rheumatism, at the home of her son, Leßoy Florence, in Barkley tp Chet Cunningham has moved back from Francesvilie and taken up his abode in his house in Leopold’s Ad* dition. Bayard Clark took in the St. Louis exposition, last week. The “Veiled Prophets” parade, he says, was magnificent. J. C. Williams got Lome Sunday from a five weeks photographing tour among the fairs in the northern part of the state —— M E. Baylor will go to Hammond to-day to take charge of the electric light station there. His place here will be taken by J. W. King. C. K. Bitters and wife, of Rochester, Ind., visited his brother, the doctor, from Friday until Monday, He is an attorney and stenographer. Dr. Moss and wife, of Winamac, took in the races, Thursday and Friday and visited their brother-in-law, J, M. Holmes of the Rensselaer Stock Farm. Sam Nichols, our old time night operator, drove over from Medaryville, with a party of friends, Friday to see the races, and shake with the boys.

Judge Gideon S. Moody is one of the new United- States Senators from South Dakota. He lived in Carpenter tp.,~this county, about the time of the begin niiig of the war. Miss Yina Caster has moved her dress-making establishment from the rooms on Liberal corner to the rooms in the Nowels’ block lately vacated by Miss Mollie Babcock. E. P. Washburn, trustee of Indian Creek tp., Pulaski county, visited his • brother, the Countv Treasurer. 7 . " ““ ■ 7 “ Thursday and Friday and attended .' tin) races-. •— — J. W. Roberts, of San Bernardino, California, was visiting old acquaintances in Rensselaer for a few days last week, going away on' Saturday. j He will return to California in a few i weeks. 4 : • ' • : - - j Grandfather Babb has come back |well pleased wiih the appearance of j his Missouri farm, but lias nearly giv'en up the idea of moving there, on account of fear of the effects of the move upon his wife’s health. Dr. Washburn went over to Logansport, yesterday, to attend the reunion of his regiment, the 40th Indiana. Besides the doctor the following residents of Jasper county were members of the 4Gth regiment i J. C. Passons, Rensselaer; J. 11. Tilton, Wheatfieid; Eph. Fleming. Jordan; Chas. Fisher, Remington, and Mr. Lalow, of Walker. Uncle Sammy Sparling is rather poorly this fall, but was able to call upon The Republican yesterday, and renew his subscription. Uncle Sammy was 80 years old the 13th of last month, and has lived in this county continuously since the fall of ’3O, or a period of 53 years. In point of continuous residence, Unclp Sammy is now the oldest settler in the £county - ~, A complete and fresh stock of latent medicines at B. F. FendigA Co’s. The best canton flannels ever shown in Rensselaer (fe 5,7, cents a yard, at Ellis «fe Murrays. Subscriptions for all kinds of per- , iodicais and weekly papers, token by J. E. Kpitler, at the post-offlce. Bi’OflV Top Wanted. —I want to buy a good second-hand buggy top and *pair slmfte. • 24. Asa Bakkh.

THE BIG RACES.

The Greatest Racing Event in the History of Northwest Indiana. The race meetings of last Thursday and Friday, under the auspices of the Rensselaer Trotting Association were a complete success and the best races ever seen in this portion of the state, without doubt. The large sum offered in purses; together with the fact that there happened to be no com pet- i ing race events any where in the j vicinity, caused the assemblage of j forty or more excellent horses, some { of them from great distances. The weather was simply perfect, the track j in good shape and the whole affair j well managed. The attendance was much less than might naturally have 1 been expected, considering the very ; mHwdtenfrichKraeter of the raees. The total number of tickets sold, for both 1 days, was only about 1,600. SUMMARIES OF THE RACES. The starters in the 2:30 race, of Thursday, purse s2po, were Col umbus, owned by Carl Nelson, of Paxton, Ill.; Margie, owned by Nick Hand, Lafayette, Ind.; Leo, owned by Rensselaer Stock Farm ; Nap We, owned by Ed A. Mea, Valparaiso, Ind.; Dot L., owned by Jas. Lomer, LaPorte, Ind.; Lady Logan, owned by Thos. Hughes, Hebron, Ind.; Bob W., owned by Chas. Daft, Chicago; Pumpkin Seed, owned by J. M. Stafford, Terre Haute, Ind. Dot L. took Ist money, $125; Bob W. 2d, $62.50; Columbus 3d, $33,56, and Pumpkin Seed 4th, $25. Time 2:36—2:33f—--2:35—2:34}. FREE-FOR-ALL FACE, PURSE $250. Starters: Ira C., Ira Cadwalladcr, j West Lebanon; Billy-¥3 W. A. Rinehart, Rensselaer; Lon G., Lon Gar--1 dener, Lafayette; Girlie, W. R. Woodard, Clear Creek, Ind., Rocky Ford, Chas. Daft, Chicago; Tony H., A. j Kimble, Chicago. Rocky Ford first money, Tony H. second, Girlie third, Ira C. fourth. Time 2:32f —2:26— 2:25f. HALF MILF. RUNNING. SIOO. Oregon Sug, S. D. Kountz, New Castle, Ind., Lilly Lochiel, D. R. Newman, Bloomington, Wis., Annie I Verdia, James Maloy, Rensselaer. : Lilly L ochiel Ist, Annie Verdia 2nd, 1 Oregon Sug 3rd. Friday’s races. The'starters for the 2:35 trot, purse $350 were: Shiloh, E. E. Pren;tiee, Joliet, III.: Joe, Pudgitt Bros. j Rensselaer;- '/.crfchei. RenaT" Stock- . Farm,. Clara Wilkes, D. C. Taylor, : Kankakee, III.; and Dot L. The Ist money was taken by Dot L., second by Shilo, third Zerlene, fourth Joe. Time 2:2!)}—2:31— 2:33. 2:45 TROT OR PACE, PURSE S2OO. Starters: Girlie, Pumpkin Seed, See Saw, Joseph Ilannura, owner, LaPorte, Ind,, Tony IL, General, John Atchison, owner, Chicago, H. T. 8., Ben Hirsh, owner, Lafayette. Tony 11. Ist, Pumpkin Seed 2nd, Girlie 3d, ! See Saw 4th. Time 2:34} —2:34} — ; 2:32}. MILK RUNNING RACE, $l5O, Starters: Annie Verdia. Lilly Lochiel, Comet, Fred Morong, owner, Chesterton, Ind.; Pilfer, E. Shanlaub, owner, Mt. Ayr, Ind. Lilly Lochiel Ist; Annie Verdia 2nd, Comet 3d. Time 1:49—1:49}.

Jurors for the October Term.

<;uaki> j cooks. John W. Nowels, Marion tp. Calvin Coppcss, Gillam. Robt. Y. Yeoman, Rensselaer, i John M. Shields, Marion. William S. Coover, Remington. Samuel R. Nichols, Barkley. PETTIT JL'KOBS. John Q. Lam born, Carpenter. Elias Marion, Barkley, j John T. Farris, Gillam. John Goetz, Newton, i John Kosky, Keener. John Heil, Wheatfield. Andrew Arnold, Barkley. Jotnrß. Wilson. Remington. Aired Collins, Marion. John M. Ott, Carpenter. Flemming Phillips, Hanging Grove, Benjamin Welsh, Jordan. The grand jury is called for the first day of the term and the pettit jury for the 7th day. There are School Books at the P. O.

A BOLD BOBBERY.

Hardman’s Jewelry Store Gutted In Broad Daylight. On Friday afternoon, while many :of the business houses were closed and nearly everybody out to the races, some wyAydeoto Wm-5 or thieves, broke into Hardman’s jewelry store and carried off about all- of the most valuable goods in the store. Among the property taken were half a dozen gold watch cases, the works of five Elgin and eight Rockford watches, five Waterbary watches, 45 or 50 valuable set gold rings, a dozen chased band rings, and a number of plain gold rings. Several customers’ watches, in the store to be repaired, were also taken, including a gold son, a fine silver watch belonging to C. W. Coen and the ease of a gold watch belonging to John Kegg. Entrance to the room was effected through the rear door. The thief breaking a pane of glass in the door and then reaching in’and turning the key, which had been left in the lock. To prevent the noise of falling glass when the window was broken, the thief stuck a large quantity of butter to the glass before breaking, and the weight of the butter naturally carried the broken glass to the floor “butter side down” and without noise. The butter was bought of Charley Simpson, clerk in Tuteur’s grocery store, who thinks he would recognize the man who bought it, if he should Sfe " bun again. The goods stolen were nearly all in the counter show case. The thief is supposed to have left? |on the 4 o’clock train, immediately ;after the robbery, carrying his plun!der with him, in a grip-sack. Mr. J Hardman went to Chicago Saturday ! and, through the agency of the police J f urnished the numbers of all the ■ watches stolen to the pawn-brokers ! and jewelers of that city, so that if any attempt is made to dispose of the watches there, there is a likelihood that the thief will be caught and the watches recovered. Printed cards with the numbers have also been sent to many points. The total value of the goods stolen. i • iis estimated at SSOO and the loss is ; one that Mr. Hardman if illy able to sustain. A Sneak Thief Jailed. Chas'. A. Bradenburgh is the name under which a young fellow lias for the last three weeks. He professes to be a book agent, but made no effort to sell books, and had no other visible means of support. He has ! been under suspicion for some time iof being the perpetrator of several •j thefts about the hotel and other places J and on Tuesday night he was arrestjed and his room searched. He was : found to have in his possession a fine silk hat, stolen from Emmet Mulholland, cashier of the Rensselaer ! Bank, on the night of the base ball boys’ dance, and a fine fountain lien, the property of Landlord Hyland. He had also got into Frank Douglas’ trunk, at the hotel, and abstracted an eight dollar revolver, which he had pawned to Ambrose Yorkey, T. P. Haas’ baker, for $1.50. Mr. Douglas identified and recovered the revolver. Bradenbugh has often claimed during his brief but brilliant career in these parts, that his father was very wealthy, and the proprietor of two of the largest museums in the country, located at Boston and Philadelphia. The young fellow looks like, a “.Sheeny/ but says he is not, is about 21 years old and is, doubtless, a confirmed crook. lie was taken before Squire Morgan, yesterday morning, for examination, but it was postponed until next Wednesday, to enable the state to secure the attendance of an important witness, a drummer. Matters look wery mueh as though the young chap was in for a term at Michigan City. Another new and complete stock of goods of all kinds bought this ’week at the Fountain bead, at our own price. It. Chicago Bargain Stork. ■ - * -• :-.*-**?*

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