Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1899 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XX.

"IM.l'l.llil.lliit cucaio, Iniianagolis & LoMe Sir RENSSELAER TIME-TABLE Corrected to May 16,1888. SOUTH BOUND. No. 81—Fast Mail (don't stop) 4:48 A. M. No. s—Louisville Mail. Da11y™.....10:66 A. M. No. 38—Indianapolis Mall (dally)... 1:48 P. M. No. 80—Milk accomtn,, Dally. 6:15 P. M. No. B—Louisville Express, Dally ..11:12 P. M. •No. 45- Local Freiftbt 8:40 P. M. NORTH BOUND. Ne. 4-Mall (daily) N 0.40 MUk accrnnm., Dally 7:81 A. M. No. B*—Fast Mall (dally) . .. »*■ M. •wo. 80—Oin. to Chicago Ves. mall.. 6:88 P. M. *No. 88—Cin. to Chicago. ... . ..... *-WP.M. No, 6 Mall and Express, Dally. ... 8:27 P. M. •Ro. 48—Local Freight.. 8 -80 A. M. No. 74—Freight (dally) 7:81 P.M. •Dally except Sunday. • * t Sunday only. W. B.BEAM, Agent

PISBOTOB'Z' COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk W*. H. Cootkb Sheriff....» Nat b J. Bbbd Auditor HB*rRY ». Murray Treasurer.... J*BB* C. Gwin Recorder Robbbt B. Pobtbk Surveyor Mybtß. Pbicb Coroner Tbottt P. Wright supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor Joan B. I'mLLira ( Ist DlSt. ABRAHAM HAIABCK Coram’rs < 2nd Dlst. SimbokDowbu. 1 8rd Dlst. Fbbdrbic Waymibb Commissioners' Court —First Mondays In March, June. September and December. R- > ' t ' - ; ' ' CITY OFFICERS. Mayor t.. Thomas 0. MoOot Marshal Thomas McGowan Clerk Sohutlbr C. Irwih Treasurer ... .C.O. Starr Attorney 0. E. Mills Civil Engineer.. »...H. A. Gamble. Fire Chief ..Luthbr Hbmphill ristWard..J Mmxrm t onncllmen < 2nd Ward. “".c.'g^fw'Lßß WH ;;:;. .w.h.bmam i, Brd Warrt • • ,J. R. Right JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge............ Simon P. Thompson ’rosecntlng Attorney......ALßßßT E. Chizum Terms of Ceurt—First Monday In January; Third Monday In Mareh: First Monday In mno; Third Monday In October. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. . TRUSTERS. TOWNSHIPS. Roberts Drake Hanging Grove A. W. Prevo -Gills™ John F. Tettit -Walker Samuel R. Nichols Barkley James 1). Babcock Marlon Marcus W. Reed Jordan jackson Freeland Newton J. 0. Blerma. ....Keener J.O. Kaupke ...Kankakee Albert 8. Keene Wheatlleld John A. Lamborn ........Carpenter George W. Castor iSllroy j. D. Comer. Union town oh city.. A. Beasley Remington Jelos Thompson Rensselaer Edward T. Biggs Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Sunt Rensselaer CHURCHES. FIRST BAPTlST—Preaching every two weeks at 10:45 a. m. find 7p. m.; Sunday school at 9:80r B. Y. P. U, 6p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7 p..m. Rev. V. O. Frlits. pastor. FREE BAPTIST—One service every Sunday morning and evening, alternately. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. A. C. F. meets - Sunday, 6:80 P. M. 3HBISTIAN —Corne?Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching, 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school 9:80; J. Y. P. 8.0. E„2:80; 8. Y.P.S.O. E., 6:88; Prayer meeting Thursday 7:80. H. N. Shepherd, pastor. -Indies’ Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. PRESBYTERIAN—Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching, 10:45 and 7:80; Sunday school 9:80; Y. P. C. (7. E., 6:80; Prayer meeting. * Thursday 7:80; Ladles’ Industrial Society meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary gioctety, monthly. Rev. O. D. Jeffries, Pastor. *** METHODIST E.—Preaching at 10:45 and 7; Sunday school 9:80; Epworth League Sunday 6; Tuesday 7; Junior League 2:30 alternate Sunday; Prayer meeting Thursday at 7. Rev. H. M, Middleton, Pastor. Ladies’Aid Society every Wednesday afternoon by appointment *** IHLTRCH OF GOD—Corner Harrison and Elza. j Preaching 10:45 and 7:80; Sunday school 9:80; Prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:80; Ladies’Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. lATBOLIU CHURCH—St. Augustine’s. Cor ner Division and Susan Services 7:80 and 10:80 a. m. Sunday school U:80 p. ro. Rev. Edward Jacobs, pastor.

■ LODGES. ■tASONIC—Frame Lodge. No. 12H. a. F. and ■ A. M. .meets first and third Mondays of each a month. H. L. Brown, W. M.; W. J. lines. ■Evening Star Chapter, No- Ml, O. K. 8 . meets ■ meets first and third Wednesday- of each ■ month. Mrs. C. W Hanley, W. M.; Hattie ■ Dowler, Seo’v.' BIATHOLIO ORDER FORESTERS-Willard ■ Court, No. 418, meets every first and third ■ Sunday of the month at 2p. in. J. M. Healy ■ Sec’y; E. P. Honan, Chief Ranger. ftoD FELLOWS—lroquois Lodge. No. 144,1. mo. O. F., meets every Thursday. Bruce ■White, N. O.; S. O. Irwin. Sec’v. ■ensselaer Encampment, No. *>ir I- O. O. F., ■ meets second and fourth Fridays of each ■ month. 8. O. Irwin, 0. P., John Vannatta, ■tafisselaer Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 346, m£ieets first and third Fridays of each month. Kmlss Maude Hemphill, N. 6.; Miss Laura Shields, Sec’y. ■ iMOK I. O. OF FORESTERS-Court Jasper, No. 1703, ■ Independent Order of Foresters, meets sec- ■ ond and fourth Mondays. Geo. Goff, C. D. H ■ C R.; R. P. Johnson, R.; *** Tent, no. 184, K. ■O.T. M. Meets Wednesday evening, c. E. ■ Tyner, Commander; F. W. Olssel, Record ■ yTHIAN— lodge No. 812. |m BaS[ey? 8 aS[ey?C th ftN m r^K Tn offl: ■ENSSELAER TEMPLE, Rathhone Sisters,- ■ No. 47, meets and and 4th Wednesdayy. every ■ month. Mrs. G. E. Murray, a. E. o.: Mrs. O. ■ a. Yeoman, M.ofE.C. *** PATRIOTIC ORDERS, ■■AND ARMY—Rensselaer Post No. 84 G. A P H Yyoman ■ Jrost uomxnanaer. j. jt. wasson, Adjutant. |S?SS SSf SH IB Counsellor i imsg saamm. |B . ■*»*«*« MB AY A T» n _

NO. 4 7 .

Policeman Childers “Trows Down” De Hull Posh. -■ r* 1 " "■ ll Tbe great wrestling tournament came off at the opera house, Saturday night. There was a considerable crowd out, and all the oldtime broken-down, r6d-nosed old sports had dug out from their ground hog seclusion and were there in fall force. Oigar and cigarette smoke mingled their fra* grant odors and the stage oonld hardly be seen through the thiok vapor. . 'f' t ' J ji At 9:30 the sport commenced, with the first round between Farmer Burns Kane and Billy the Strangler Frey. Farmer won the fall in two minutes. The next bout was between Chase Adali Ritchey and Rooney de gripman Robinson. Rooney came out in tights and Ritchey with his common handmedowns, whereat the old sports on the stage jangled awhile, but finally let the bout go oD. Each wrestler took hold of .a belt around the other’s waist, with one hand, and with the other hand hold of a small ring held between them. If either party broke the other’s hold it counted as a fall In about a minute Gripman lost his grip, and the fall was given to Ritchey. The second bout between Kane and Frey then took plaoe. Kane broke Frey’s grip and was declared the winner by two falls in three. Robinson and Ritchey then had their second round. Both fell full length on the stage, bat Ritchey let go the strap, and Robinson won the fall,. Ritchey and Robinson then tried another fall, and Robinson lost his grip, and Ritohey was given the fall and the matoh. Wid Ritohey who was also to have wrestled with Robinson was sick and unable to be present. About this time trouble broke out in the balcony. .Narin, of Monon, a former base ball player here, had bet all his stuff, namely 55 cents, on Robinson, and Landy McGee held the stakes. Landy wanted to hand the stakes to the winner, but Narin told Landy he wouldn’t do a thing to him later, if he did—and Landy didn’t. A “little Irishman” over in tbe oorner, had been very much in evidence all along. Among other suggestions had offered to box or fight to a finish any man in the house who didn’t weigh more than 25 lbs more than himself. Seeing the row over the 55 cents, he went over the backs of the seats to the plaoe and mixed in to the extent of handing Narin one on the oheek, Polioeman Childers, who had been watching the progress of the row in the gallery now took a hand, and began to throw the participants down stairs. “Dedead game” sports on tbe stage now implored de gents in de gallery to be quiet as they were about to arrange a boxing bout. “Nary a bout, this bout is “bout out” quoth Childers, and having turned out the gallery lights he got his big olub in motion and drove out “de hull push,” and the show was over, with all the honors on Uncle Bill’s shoulders. And tbe saloons reclaimed their own.

The State Board of Tax Commissioners has issued a call for a meeting of the county assessors of the state to be held at Indianapolis March 16 and 16. In View of the fact, that real estate is ip be reappraised this year, the meeting is regarded as an important one. i ' "T.” Two fresh cows for sale. A. a I Pancost, 8 miles west of town.

That Wrestling Match

Meeting of County Assessors.

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1899,

Telegraph Liar Breaks Loose Again.

The notorious telegraph liar at Wabash has just heard of B. J. Gifford’s big tract in this county, and has fixed up a column of slush and sent it to the city dailies. It appeared in the Indianapolis News several days ago, and today in the Chicago Times Herald. The fellow does not take enough trouble learning the real facts, to even get Mr. Gifford’s name right, giving it has B. F. Gifford, whioh however oomes much nearer being the truth than the great bulk of the statements in the article. For instance it states that Mr. Gifford bought his land here from the state, “for a song,” but as most of our readers know, b 6 did not buy an aore of it of the state, but all of private owners,. and quite a considerable part of it was already improved land and brought good prices. That Mr. Gifford, has disposed of 400,000 bushels of onions of last season’s crop, is another Sample statement. It is also represented that he is farming the land after the manner of the big wheat farms in the Dakotas, “every department of farm work being conducted ou the most gigantic soale.” All of whioh is as far as possible different from the farm - ing by tenant system, which Mr. Gifford actually practices. This Wabash fellow, if he ever hears of Noah’s ark and the deluge, will amplify the story and locate the soene somewhere iu Indiana, and at the present time, and fire it in to the city papers, and they will take it all in and think it is “good stuff.”

Dave Worland Still Has The Horses.

Dave Worland still retains possession of the team of alleged stolen horses, he bought the other day, the statement that they had been taken away being a mistake. He has investigated matters somewhat and finds that the young fellow who sold them to him has been working for his mother, the alleged owner of the horses, and using the horses. Also that he recently sold another of her horses, and no attempt was made to recover the horse, or so far as he can learn, to deny the young fellow’s right to sell it. This, Mr. Worland thinks, shows that the boy has been permitted to act as his mother’s agent and to sell her property as he thought fit, and would therefore estop her from denying the validity of this sale to Worland, and he proposes to hold the horses until the law decides his rights in the matter. Which looks to be a proper enough view of the case on his part.

Homes for Orphan Children.

Rev. I. A. Shanton, D. D., of Terre Hante, president of the Board of Children’s Guardians of Vigo County, arrived here last evening, as per his announcement, bringing the three children whom he has placed in good homes in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eessinger, of Rensselaer, have taken a gisl, aged about 11; A. G. W. Farmer, southeast of town a boy of 12 or 13 and Rev. Abraham Miller, of Wheatfield, another boy of about the same age. Mr. and Mrs. Lang, of Surrey have expressed a willingness to take a ohild and Mr. Shanton went np to see them today. t Any one willing to make a home for a good boy, or girl, from 10 to 16 years, will please address, Rev. I. A. Shanton, D. D., Terre Hante. Ind.

Request to Settle.

All persons indebted to the undersigned on store accounts, are requested to call and make prompt

A F. Long, Druggist,

Lynchers Haver Caleb Their Own Game

The Terre Hante Express, in speakiug editorially of the antilynching law, says: “There are now pending in the legislature a revised bill to disoourage lynching. It does not seek to hold the county liable to the family of the mob’s victim for damages, bat to make the sheriff responsible for the protection of prisoners. The penalty for surrendering a prisoner to the organized party of lynchers is removal from office. The principal of this bill is defensible so far as its effects tbe sheriff after a prisoner has come into custody, bat that official cannot be held responsible for the life of a suspect who may be overtaken and hung by tbe mob before his arrest.” But if the Terre Haute papers can cite a single instance where lynchers in Indiana have done their own catching before hanging, it is more-than we think it can. In every case, from the heroic and wholesale, and also somewhat justifiable swinging off of the Reno gang, root, branch and collaterals, some 25 years ago; down to the disreputable and wholly unj ustifiable strangulation of the small caliber criminal Scott, a few weeks ago, the lynchers have taken their victims from the custody of officers or from jails. Cases of lynching where the lynohers take the trouble to do their own catching before hanging are too infrequent to worry about.

Scorched Ike’s Whiskers.

The incipient fire in Isaac Glazebrook’s place on Front street yesterday, while it did not destroy nor even injure any of the numerous buildings, parts of buildings, additions, extensions, alterations and incorporations of which his place of several businesses as well as his several places of business, is composed, it did have one lamentable result, not heretofore noted. It burned ont the entire north-north-east seotion of his luxuriant and wind-defying whiskers. And on much of the adjoining hirsute ornamentation it also gave a decidely dark seal brown color to what before was a rich auburn. There was no ibsurance on any of the burned or damaged whiskers, that brand being classed as extra hazardous. The wind still whistles cheerfully through what is left of Isaac’s beard, and Isaac whistles back again, still more cheerfully.

For Trade.

11 room frame house modem built, first class property. Value S2BOO encumberai for S6OO due 4 years. Want improved farm, will assume. 200 acres in Crawford county, Ind., good imporved land, for farm in Newton or Jasper county. 21 room hotel, in good county seat town, two barns, well, cistern, fruit on three lots. City water, electric lights &c. Prioe S4OOO. Mortgage SIOOO due 4 yrs. Want improved farm will assume. Blooded horses and cash for farm or pasture land. Stocks of goods ranging from S4OOO to S6OOO to trade for farms--160 acres fine land in eastern Kansas, 90 miles from Kansas City, clear to trade for clear town property or land. I have town properties to trade for farms in Kankakee, Harvey, Bradley, Bloomington, River View Deeplaines, 111., Rensselaer Wheatfield, Valparaiso, Hammond, Goodland and Remington, Ind. For particulars write or call on G. F- Meyers, Kniman, Ind.

Five Dollars Reward.

The undersigned lost a $6 and a $lO bill Feb. 10th, between Aix and Geo. Cover’s in Union Tp. $5 reward to finder. Michael Cover, , ' Aix, Ind. 1

Editing a Smooth-bore.

A traveling man at Hotel McCuaig was telling the other evening of an experience he had on the main street of Rensselaer last fall. He said he was picking his* way along the side of the street when he noticed, as he thought a good hat in the middle of the street. He went to pick it np and was snrpiised to find a man’s head under it. The man was into mad up to his ears, but the real surprise was to come, when be offered the man his assistance and he answered, “I’m all right: I’m on horseback.” — Monticello Journal. The above is a very old fake that has done service a thousand times in a thousand different places. It may be paralleled however by an actual occurence in Monticello a few months ago. A stranger was toiling his weary way across one of the main streets, and seeing a block of basswood sticking up above the muddy surface, he stepped on it a-moment to take a breath, when the block began to shake, and a voice from below croaked out: “Getoff from my head, up there” “Who are you and what are you doing down there,” said the astonished stranger? “I am the editor of the Monticello Journal,” came np the answer, “and I am getting ammunition for my next issue of the Smooth-bore.”

Dr. Alter is Dead.

The sad but inevitable ending of Dr. Moses B. Alter’s long sickness came Monday, morning, Feb. 13, 1899, at 2:40 o’clock. He died qnietly and peacefully, and evidently without suffering. He was conscious, at intervals, np to almost the last moment. The cause of his death was hypertrophy, or enlargement, and cirrhosis of the liver. He has been in poor health since last August, and made his last professional trip the 14th of December His age was about 01 years. A more adequate account of this popular physician and good citizen’s life will be given in a later issue. On account of the severe cold weather the funeral will be held at the Methodist churoh instead of the house to accommodate the friends, 10 a. m. Wednesday.

Sid Shanlaub’s Electric Railroad.

Morocco Courier. The question of an electric railway between St. Mary and Rensselaer, via Morocco and Mt. Ayr, has been qnite freely discussed by our people in the past few days. All are agreed as to the benefits to be derived from the road, and the leading business men have even reached that stage where they have expressed a willingness to pqt up their good money as a token of their sincerity in the matter. The Courier has frequently called attention to the importance of an electric railway over the above mentioned route —in fact it claims to be the originator of the scheme and believes that the road will some day be bnilt.

Notice. Gent’s garments dyed, cleaned and repaired made to look like new. . Ladies’ work a specialty. Gent’s ties cleaned. Central Steam Dye Works, of Lafayette. Work called for and delivered by C. ;H. Vick, agent. Office over Commercial State Bank. Uannel CoalJust rec’d by the Nowels-Sayler Lumber Co. a car of the celebrated Cannel Coal for stoves and open grates. Send in your orders. Phone No. 4. I have a fall line oi millinery that Iwill sell cheap as the cheapMbs. Puboupilb.

To Protect Admiral Dewey.

A club of old bachelors in Joplin, Mo., in a recent meeting discussed pro and con the matter of taking Admiral Dewey in personal charge when he comes to tbe states to visit, and unanimously adopted the following set of resolutions after dne deliberation: “Whereas, The custom of indiscriminate kissing is deemed by medical anthorities to be dangerous to health; “Whereas, The gallantry of the American saiior is susceptible to woman’s charms, and the tendency of woman is toward hero worehqp; “Whereas, As we realize that late manifestations of this tendency, as exemplified by the wholesale kissing of Lieut. Hobson, at Chicago, Kansas City, and elsewhere, while enronte to Manila, may become chronic and may endanger the lives of oar naval heroes; “Whereas, Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila, is soon to visit America, where he will incur the danger of being “Hobsonized, by women of ull ages, temperaments and nationalities; “Whereas, if osculation of Admiral Dewey is inflicted in proportion to that accorded to the young hero of the ’Merry Smack,’ the greatest naval offioer of the age will run the danger of being kissed to death; therefore be it “Be it resolved that the Bachelor’s elnb of Joplin, Mo., sends to Admiral Dewey a baseball catcher’s mask, to be worn by him when he returns to the United States, as a protection against a kissing onslaught of the fair sex.”

The Jasper Library.

At a conference of the Executive and Advisory Committees, on last Saturday evening, it was suggested that at the meeting of the stock subscribers and those who wish to snbsoribe for Library stook, on the evening of February 25tb, 1899, as follows: First: —That the stock certificates be then ready for issue. Second:—That the articles of Association be then amended at the instance of the stock subscribers. Third:—That each patron of the library recommend in writing six current library books, two periodicals, one dictionary and one encyclopedia for purchase. Another conference will be held next Saturday evening at seven P. M.

Grandfather Callow’s Bad Accident.

The venerable John Callow met with a bad accident, late Saturday afternoon. He bad just risen from his chair, and in some manner be fell to the floor, and his bones being brittle as is often the case with aged people, he broke the right hip bone, near the joint. Drs. Washburn and English were called and reduced the fracture, and the old gentleman is now” doing as well as could be expected. A broken hip however is a very serious matter with very old people, and the final result cannot be predicted.

« ■ 'Yi # .1. , , i. After Holiday Bargains. Everything exquisite in the Millinery line. New and Fresh, Mbs. L. M. T»n» Dr. I. B. Washburn tests eyes for glasses by the latest methods. The best lenses put in any desired frame. It does not pay to ruin your eyes with improper and cheap lenses. Satisfaction guaranteed when possible. a TD a • t_ A, KAcannm hits RAAitfiaii tliii m . r * A * ■