Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1900 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL XXII NO. 4

Three Jasper Boys’ Strange Meeting.

The relatives here of J. H. Marshall of the Ist U. S. Cavalry, have just received a letter from him, under dates of August 29 and 30, written partly from a board steamer, near Nagasaki, Japan and partly from that place. Nagasaki, Japan. 8,. 29-00 We are at present on the trasport Garonne threading our way through the inland sea and thousand islands of Japan. It is a won. derful ride through the narrow channels and among islands that seems like the tops of mountains rising above the flood? We are fating a mountain trip in a steam boat. Some of the slopes are cultivated in terraces rising one above another like steps. The weather is uncomfortably hot, especially so for the blue clothes we are still wearing. The first part of our voyage is not worthy of mention, being very remarkable only for its monotony. For nearly three weeks we saw neither sail nor land, only water wihout end. We sighted Japan on the 26 inst. We pulled into Kobe yesterday nr rning and were joined there by our horse boat, the Pack Ling. She was delayed 4 four days at Seattle, but being a faster boat, caught up wjth us. She brought our mail. Last night I heard two fellows speak of the Kankakee swamps, so I asked them who they were and where from. One turned out to be Earle Baylor formerly of Rensselaer. and the other, young Reed from the Thompson faun at Parr. We had quite a reunion, talking of old places and friends till far into the night. The funniest part of it all was that Baylor and 1 had formed a" speaking acquaintance at. an impromtu clam-bake on the beach at Camp-Kirkpatrick and i never found out we .were old neighbors till after we had crossedj the Pacific together. The China war is over a’d we arc going to the Philippines. Something of a dissapointment. but we may see some warm times with the Philippines. I had 4 hours pass on shore this p. m*. W«* arrived about 7a. m. Also the battle ship. Oregon. Hot as h of. Yours, Joe.

The Old Man Withdrew His Objections.

A courtship which has been beset with home difficulties ended by the marriage, at 11 a m., last Friday of Mr. Edward Hall and Miss Lucretia Warren. The young couple will each be 19 years old. at their next birthday. He lives mar Medaryville, and is the son of John L. Hall. The bride is the daughter of Geo, W. Warren, of near Parr. The young man's ■‘old man" objected greatly to the proposed wedding, and a few days ago filed notice with our clerk not to issue them a license. Friday the young couple appeared with the giri’s father, and presented a written statement from the young man’s father that he withdrew his opposition. The license was therefore issued, and they were forthwith married, by Squire Burnham, in his office. The bride’s father was the only witness of the ceremony.

Orators at Indianapolis.

Beside the two candidates, Bryan and” Stevenson, the Democratic Campaign Committee announces the following speakers at the Indianapolis meetings, Oct. 3rd and 4th: Ex. Governors Black of Pennsylvania and Altgeld of Illinois; Senators Wellington of Maryland, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Faulkner of West Virginia and Murphy of New York; Hon. Bourke Cockran of New York, Hon. Jas. L. Slayden of Texas, Capt. Patrick Farrell of Washington, Elvin P. Howell of Georgia, J. C. Dahlmf.ii of Nebraska, Augustus Thomas, P. E. Dow, and others. The Monon Route offers a one fare rate, going Oct 1 and 2.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY OCTOBER 2 1900,

Sixty-Five Per Cent. For Relocation.

The Kentland Enterprise breaks out into a great string of double column headlines over Kentland’s alleged great victory at the recent county seat election. We can not see, however where the great victory comes in. Tn point of fact, if the two county seat elections in Newton county this year have demonstrated anything, they have demonstrated that the voters of the county, by an overwhelming majority, wish to have county seat more'centrally located And that if they could vote on the question, under a fair law, and first on the abstract question of whether or not they wanted a relocation, without choice of town being specified, that qyer 65 per cent, would vote for re-location. In point of fact, over 65 per cent, of the voters of the county did vote for re-location, at one or the other of the two elections. At the June election, five townshps gave larger votes for Morocco than they did in September for Brook, They were: Beaver 439 Jackson 217 McClellan 80 Lincoln 196 . Lake 122 Total 1108. At the September election the other five townships gave larger votes for Brook than they did for Morocco, in June. They were: Iroquois 426 \ Jefferson 17 Washington 148 Grant 197 Colfax 53 Total 841 The sum of all the ten townships’ votes for re-location is 1.919. and shows that that many voters in Newton county favor re-location. This is over 65 per cent, of the largest total vote ever cast in the county, namely 2,967, cast at the election for re-location in June. With such a majority favoring re-location, we can not see wherein Kentland can base any reasonable hope for a new court house and a permanent grasp on the county seat.

Death of Preston Q. Comer.

News has been received of the death, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, of Preston Q. Comer, near Kewan nee, in Pulaski county. He was about 37 years old and leaves a widow and several young children. The cause of his death was typhoid fever. He was a son of John E. Comer, and always lived in Gillam Tp,, until about a year ago, when the diffeient members of the family sold their farms in Gillam and moved into Pulaski county.

The High School Foot Ball Team.

The Rensselaer High School foot ball team is now in good shape for the season of 1900. They have the chip on their shoulders, and are ready for a challenge from any neighboring teams. Frank Maloy is the coach and Jay Sayler the captain. Other members are, Blaine Gwin. Emery Mills, Frank McCarthy, Roe Yeoman, Lawson Meyers, Bruce Hardy, Chase Ritchey, Mort Murray, John Drake, Glen Wishard. John Sample, Ray Collins.

Advertised Letters. J. C. Timmons, M. Vanderwalt, Albert Burns, A. F. Apples. Mrs. J. H. Buckhert, James'Bailey Dan Ditscteter, Evertt Finney, Mies Bessie Kight, Miss Bessie Smith. Grand Millinery Opening, Oct. 4, 5 and 6 at the Meyer Sisters.

The Circuit Court.

The suit of Mrs. Anna Mocsmiller, Mrs. Lena Riddle and others to break or modify the will of their father, the late Joseph Putts Sr. was one of the hardest contested trials of the term. Mr. Putts lived on a farm 24 miles south of Rensselaer, his son, Joseph Putts Jr. and wife working the farm and taking cqre of him. On Sept, 21st 1898, he had a paralytic stroke. Nine days later he made a will. To his son George he gave SBOO to his daughter Mrs. Riddle S3OO aud to his other daughter Mrs. Moosmiller SSO and to each of her 6 children SIOO, making $650 in all to the Moosmiilers. To St Augustine’s Catholic church SIOO. and to Joseph Putts Jr. he willed his farm, worth $4,000 to $4,500 less a mortgage of SBOO, and charged him with the payment of all the above legacies, he to have 12 years in which to pay them off, and they to draw 6 per cent, interest until paid. This will, if it had been left to stand, would probably have been fairly satisfactory to the heirs. But on Dec. 13th, 1898, a codicil was made, reducing Geo. Putts’ legacy to SSOO, Mrs. Riddle’s to S2OO and the Moosmiller’s to S4OO and giving Joseph Jr. $650 besides the farm, On June sth 1900, 5 days before his death, another codicil was made. George was reduced to $350, Mrs. Riddle to SSO and the Mossmillers’ to SIOO. The additional bequest to Joe was changed to S6OO to his wife Anna Putts. The SIOO to the church was not changed. The plaintiffs at the trial sought to sho v that after having been stricken with paralysis the old man was incapable of making a valid will. The jury took the view however, that the original will was all right, and they sustained, that in ail particulars, but abrogated all the codicils. The two cases of Severe vs Burgess and Comstock A Son vs; N.J, Reed, sheriff, involved the' question of the right to poss-ss a certain well drilling outfit. The sheriff levied on it, up about Wheatfield, in the s'uit of Severe vs Burgess, to collect a judgement and Comstock A .Son replevined it from him. The two cases were tried together The jury found for the defendant in the first, case, and for the plaintiff in the second, giving Comstock & Son possession of the drilling outfit.

Another Wedding in Keener Township.

Sunday evening, Sept. 30th, 1900, at the home of the bride’s parents, in Keener, was solemized the marriage of Mr. Daniel J. Fairchild, and Miss Julip Sparling. Rev. James. O'May, pastor of DeMotte M. E. church, performed the ceremony. The groom is the son of Daniel E. Fairchild, of DeMotte and the bride is the daughter of Henry r Sparling, a former resident of south of Rensselaer. Both are quite well known in Rensselaer, and highly esteemed by all who know them. Only the immediate relatives of the parties were present at the wedding, but they received a large number of desirable presents.

Girl wanted for general housework. For name of party enquire at this office. Girls wanted to learn to work in the Cigar Factory. Wages paid from start. dwlwp We have the most complete line of millinery ever shown in this town. Call and see us before buying. Meyer Sister. Low Kates to Indianapolis'. Via Monon Route. Good going October 3rd and 4th, returning Oct. sth. W. H. Beam, Agent.

Goodland Thinks of Trying For Newton's County Seat.

And now'Goodland is contracting the county seat fever and is likely to be the next happy town to take a fall out of that beautiful little anti-removal law that Kentland has fixed up for ambitious towns to tumble over and break their backs. Goodland is even more in a corner of the county I than Keiitlend. It is a tritie uear- , er the southern border than Kentland is, and two miles nearer to the eastern border than Kentland is to the western. Still it has ! sernq marked advantages, too. It is quite a railroad center, being the only • town in the county that has two railroads: and it really has three, as one of its two divides into two only a mile or two away. In! fact, in point of railroad facilities it is. far the most accessible town in the county; and that is what counts in these days. The ; matter of making a trial for the county seat is being seriously considered and a meeting has been held and committees have been sent to all of the other townships, to ascertain the feeling towards Goodland. On the reports of these committees will depend the question of moving further in the matter or letting it drop. Mutual animosities between Brook-Mo-rocco and Kentland will also help Goodland greatly, and if the town strikes while the iron is hot and the tempers still hotter, it might come mighty near the 65 per cent, mark, possibly finite to it.

Peters Has a Great Scheme

Charles H. Peters, of Starke county. is .at work on memorials which wi’l be presented to thb legislatures in several states asking for appropriations for a ship canal to connect the Illinois river and Lake Erie. Congressmen' Brick and Crumpacker have pro-1 raised to give such aid as will be I within their power. A memorial; was presented to the last session of congress asking an appropriation for the enlargement of the Illinois river from the Mississippi to Joliet, so as to make it navigable. Peters' idea is to secure the aid of Illinois senators and congressmen m attaching an amendment to that memorial or bill providing for continuing the work uo the Kankakee and St. Joseph rivers and a canal on to some point on Lake Erie, possibly at Toledo to connect with tne Erie canal. I The general government is to be I asked to do the work.

Too Much and Too Hard Arithmetic.

We believe that the present educational system in Indiana crowds the children too hard Especially does it require too much, and altogether too much, arithmetic. That study, instead of being, as it is popularly supposed to be, the most valuable in practical life of all the common branches, is really the least valuable; and yet so much cf it is required and so difficult is it now made, that it is harder than all the rest of the other studies together, to most pupils. It discourages more children from continuing their school course, and breaks down more of them physically, than all other of the common branches, combined. Half of the examples or “problems” as they must be called now, should be cut out, under every division of the study, and those the hardest half. - * '' .

Marriage License.

, , Daniel J. Fairchild,' bep*. 2b, j j uliaE Sp ar li n g.

Rural Delivery Oct. 15th.

The free rural delivery mail route, heretofore fully described in this paper, will not get started quite as early in the month as was expected, but Postmaster Meyer has now received official notice that it will bpgin operations on Monday, October 15th. As before stated, every family living on or conveniently near the route, can receive and send their mail, by putting up a box, to conform with the requirements of the postoffice department. ■ - - - -..■ The three collection boxes, heretofore mentioned, will be located as follows: One at the Wallace Nichols (Cosey Palace) school house: one at Pullins' mile east of the Pullins or Stackhouse bridge and one at Bowling Green school house. Anyone, whether a regular patron or not, can deposit their letters in these boxes. The length of the route is 24 miles, area covered 33 square miles houses on route 125, population 553. The carrier is prov ided with cancelling stampsand cancels the postage on letters he collects. In case he collects letters for persons on the route, he will deliver them as soon as he comes to their box. Drop letter postage on the route is 2 cents. The carriers are to >carry with them, for sale to the patrons, postal cards, stamped envelopes and also money order blanks. In this connection The Republican would suggest to its many subscribers who lives along the route, that if they, desire their i papers sent by the R? D to send i us early notification of the fact, so ■ that we can begin.when, the route begins.

About County Councilmen.

Attorney-General Taylor, in response to numerous requests as to the election of con nt y councilmen, has given the following official opinion: “The act of 1899 provides for the election of three councilmen-: at-large from each county and four councilmen to be elected, each I from his respective district. It ; provides for the division of the county into fourcouncilrnanic districts. The three councihnen-at-large will be voted for by all the voters in the count}’, but the councilmen presenting each of the four districtswill be elected by the four districts will be elected by the voters in their respective districts. All these seven councilmen are • county officers, and the vote there- ■ fore must be canvassed by the ■ county canvassing beard. That ■ being the case, the names of three j councilmen-at-large w .! be upon ; all the county ballots, and, in addi- ■ tion thereto, the councilmen from i the districts will be placed only upon the ballots voted in their districts, respectively, so that there will haveto be four forms of county ballots in each county. These four forms of county ballots will be exactly alike except as to the names of the district councilmen.”

Tax Duplicates at Wheatfield Bank. Monday, Nov. sth, is the last day for paying the current installment of taxes without the penalty for delinquency. The tax payers of Keener Wheatfield, Kankakee and Walker townships, and of Wheatfield town, are notified that the tax duplicates for the same, are now in the hands of the cashier of the Bank o Wheatfield, who is authorized* to receive the taxes, and give receipts for the same, until the date above mentioned. w, -*t For sale cheap, for cash or will trade for wdou a good second hand sewing mauhirie. Also a lot of good chicken wire fencing. Mrs. J. E. Alter.

Republican Meetings. Hon, E. D. CRUMPACKER, —at—- ~~ FAIR OAKS, SATURDAY, OCT., 13, 1900 , , at 7:30 p. m. —at— RzENSSELAER,, SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1900 7:30 p. m. Hon. Henry ----- • ■ - POWERS, of Boston, Mass., at RENSSELAER, FRIDAY, OCT, 5, 1900, 7:30 p. m.

Temperance Meeting. The regular meeting of the AntiSaloon League will be held at the court house this evening. Topic for discussion: —“The best means of organizing temperance forces, that intemperance and the sale of intoxicating liquors, in this city may ba successfully overcome.” Everybody interested, invited and urged to be present. " Program Com. Another Chicago Excursion. Hui;day (,'cf. 7. The following are the times’ of passing stations and the round trip rates for the special excursion train of Oct. 7th for Jasper county and neighboring points. Monon8:20 a. m. SI.OO Lee...... 8:30 “ “ 1.00 McCoysburg ....8:35 “ “ 1.00 Pleasant Ridge.. 8:40 “ “ .75 Rensselaer 8:48 •“ “ .75 Surrey. ..8:57 “ “ .75 Parr9:o2 “ “ .75 Fair Oaks9:o9“ “ .75 Rose Lawn9:2o “ ’ .75 Thayer9:2s “ “ .74 Shelby ..9:28 “ “ .75 Arrive at Chicago 11:30 a. m. Returning leave Chicago 11:30 p. in.

Insures a salaried position; a course in business, shorthand, telegraphy at the Indianapolis Business University (Heeb When Bldg.)Full particulars will be sent free. w4t Get Chimneys Gleaned *ow. Now is the time to get your chimneys cleaned, before your winter fires are started. I —: —1 Barry Wiltshire. City Property At A Bargain, For sale, my large residence in Rensselaer, very cheap. Call on or address W. T. Perkins, Rensselaer, Ind 5 per cent Money. Takes 36 hours at the longest to make the most difficult loans. Abstracts always on hand. No red tape ts Chilcote & Parkison. Farms, and Personal ’Property. For Sale: I will sell, on liberal terms, a 93 acre farm adjoining Rensselaer, fine improvements; two fine 80 acre farms in Jordan also 40 head 2 year old cattle 1 driving mare, harness and buggy Call at my residence 303 South Van Rensselaer st. or address me at Rensselaer. P. O. Box 73, 3wp Rensselaer Bus lane. Phone 210 or 107 when want ing the Makeever House Bus and leave your call and it will receive prompt attention. Job Jackson, w