Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN '- -—— ' : —■— Official Paper of Jasper County. O*M fe Republican building on the corner of Waablngton and Weston streets, ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BY GEORGE E MARSHALL ■DITOR ANO PUBLISHER. Terms of Subscription. One Year. .... $1.50 Six Months. 75 Three Months..... T ... 7' 50 Friday, January 10, 1902.

Notice of Republican Meetings. Rensselaer, Indiana, h Dec. 26th, 1901. To the Republicans of Jasper County: The Republicans of Jasper County' will meet in their respective Townships and on Saturday, the 11th day of January, 1902, at two’o’clock p. m. for the purpose of selecting one township precinct committeeman for each township or precinct in the county. The township or precinct committeemen so selected shall constitute the members of The Republican County Committee and as such Republican County. Committee will meet in the east court room in the court house in Rensselaer, at two o’clock p. m. on Monday January 13th, 1902, for. the purpose of electing a County* Chairman, Vice tary and a Treasurer, thq_yfficers so elected together with three or more persons to be appointed by “file Chairman shall constitute the Executive Committee of the County Committee, so organized. At the same time and place the Township and Precinct Committee will elect ten delegates to the Tenth Congressional District Convention to be held at Hammond, Indiana, on the 15th day of JlJhuary 1902, for the purpose of selecting a member of the State Committee. It is urgently requested that all Republicans attend these meetings and assist in the organization thereof. Charles W. Hanley, Jesse C Gwin, Chairman. Vice Chairman. A. R Hopkinsv Treasurer. To the Republicans of the Tenth District: Pursuant to the call of the Republican State Committee the Republicans of the several counties composing the Tenth Congressional District will meet in their respective townships, precincts and wards on Friday or Saturday the 10th or 11th days of January 1902, at snch times and places as the County Committee may agree upon, for the purpose of electing Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the District Convention to be held at Hammond, Indiana, on the 15th day of January 1902 atl p.m. for the selection of a District Chairman, who shall be a member of the State Committee for the Tenth District. The representative shall be one Delegate and one Alternate Dele gate for each 200 votes and for each additional fraction of more than 100 votes cast for Hon. Hugh • Hanna for Presidential Elector at Abe election held in November 1900,

The following is the apportionment by counties: Benton County 10. Jasper “ 10 Lake 27. Laporte “ 24. Newton “ 9. Porter “ 14. . Tippecanoe “ "32. Warren “ 11. White “ 13. T. J. McCoy, Chairman, O. E. Mills, Secretary. First Precinct Meeting. The meeting place for the Ist precinct, Marion Tp., next Saturday afternoon, will be the Ladies’ waiting room, at the coart house Elmbrald Aldrich. Precinct Chairman. Jordan Township Republicans. The Republicans of Jordan tp. will hold their organizing conven-tion-next Saturday, Jan. lltb, at 2p. m. in the sheriff's office, at the court house. Dan Watmibe. Chairman. Newton Township Republicans. •* The Republicans of New *.n Tp., will meet in the office of Hanley & Hunt on Saturday Jan 11 th, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose >»f electing one township precinct Committeeman and other p’eninot officer e. All Republicans of New ton township should be present. Erhard Wubrthbb Jh , CbafrmHU. ,

City News.

THURSDAY. Wm Johns, of Hillsboro, came here yesterday to see about renting a Gifford farm. J, F. Warren Will talk to the farmers’ institute, Saturday, on the subject of Oklahoma. Gus Bernhardt, of McCoysburg, went to Chicago this morning for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. Levi Renicker went to Moline, 111., today, to purchase implements for the firm of Renicker Bros. . Mrs. John Pullins, from north of town, left today for a visit of about two weeks with relatives in Urbana, Ohio. Ten pin bowling Bill N. Jones’ team, the I. X. L’s. defeated the North Siders last night, by 80 pins in the three games. Bill N. made highest score and highest average. Mrs. Susie Homerding, of Orland, 111., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Bernard Stein, southeast of town, returned home today. '" . ■ a(i ' ' ' . a'.-. Mrs. John H. Hagins, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Powers and daughter, Mrs. Ed Irwin, left this morning for her home in Minneapolis Minn. The Knights of Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters will hold a joint installation at the K. of P. hall Friday evening of this week, to which all Knights and their fami'ies are all invited. The various township trustees met with their township advisory boards, last Saturday, and must now make their annual report to the county auditor within 10 days of that day. Several have already been in and made their reports. Mrs. G. W. Goff, now spending the winter at Crown Point, with her sister, writes that her health is again impioving quite satisfactorily, and much confidence is felt in her ultimate restoration, to a fair degree of health. Temperature at 2 p. m. today 51 degrees, which is the highest since Dec. 13th the day before the bottom fell. The same thing may happen again now. So far however the weather bureau is not making any predictions of another cold wave. - Next Sunday, at Trinity M. E. church, will be regular quarterly meeting day. The subject at the morning service will be, “The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.” Which will be followed by the administration of the Sacrament. In the evening Rev. Dr. Beck, the presiding elder, will preach. Rural mail carriers earn more than SSOO a year. They furnish a horse and vehicle, board themselves and devote their whole time to the work. Congress would be justified in increasing the salaries to S6OO a year. The wear and tear on a hdtse. harness and buggy amounts to SIOO or more when they are used every day in all sorts of weather.

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The Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, at their meeting last night voted to attend the biennial meeting of the supreme lodge at San Franoistjo, next August, as a cpmpany. A meeting to elect officers will be held on Monday evening, Jan. 20th. W. C. Miliron, a restaurateur of Rensselaer, has rented the north room of the new Moorhous building and will open up a restaurant therein about February 1. The Moorhous & Alkire grocery expects to be in its new quarters in the south room in a short time<—Monticello Journal,’ Ex-Mkrehal Thouias McGowan will soon resume his pristine occupation ct a tiller of the soil. He has bought of Art Fisher the old Hoohbaum farm, 9 miles north in Union tp„ 80 acres in extent, for S4O per acre; giving in part payment his residence property on Walnut street, for $1,960, Possession of properties will be exchanged the Ist of February. Mr. McGowan will occupy and work his newly acquired farm, himself. The Nowels Hotel, now under the management of A. V. Eaton and E. B. Piper, and which has been conducted for many years as a $2 per day hotel, was today changed to a $1.50 house. The service accorded guests will, according to landlord Piper, not be__cheapaned, but the lower rate is made as a bid tor increased patronage. Vincent Shaw, the old gentleman who fractured his right thigh bone last Saturday evening, by slipping on thejce near the home of his sister, Mrs. J. L. Nichols, in Barkley tp., was sent to his home in Qhio, 111., today. He was expressed through on a cot, his physician accompanying him as far as Chicago, to assist in the railroad transfer. George B. Davidson, lately of Ancona, HI., is in town today. He has just traded off his general store at Ancona for the old Ketchmark farm, in Kankakee Tp., of 160 acres, and therefore lie is no longer a resident of Ancona. His wife is staying with a sister at Goodland, until a new residence is selected. Mr. Davidson also still owns several hundred acres in Union Tp. About fifteen friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nichols assembled at the home of Mrs. Nichols’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Flynn, last evening. It was the first opportunity the guests had been given to congratulate the bride and groom, who left here the day after Christmas day, immediately after their marriage. Light refreshments were served and the evening very enjoyably spent.

The debate on the Isthmian canal is now on in Congress. Heretofore the Nioaraugua route was the only one considered as practicable. But now that the partly constructed Panama canal has been offered for $40,000,000, which was heretofore held at $100,000,000, a new question is raised. Both routes have their advantages, and now that the Panama route is offered at a reasonable price it is proper to consider, it fully, before taking final action on either. The suggestion that the whole question of the choice of route be turned over to the president looks about as feasible as any yet made. Two dollars a month buys a Singer sewing machine. At the Singer office. dtf

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Misses Alice and Jennie Eib returned to Rensselaer high school Monday, Mias Mary I sei man was in Rensselaer Tuesday. Drakes gave a New Years dinner. Mr. Edd Peregrine and wife have returned home from Chicago. . Mrs. Annie Warner is quite sick. Mrs. Stalker met with a rather serious accident by scalding herself one day last week, •

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Fred Germaine is painting the store building this week. Callahan’s shooting match Saturday, January 4, was a success. Reece Roby was at Francesville Saturday on business. - Newell & Grube are shelling corn at Lewiston this week. Tom Dunfee will move to North Judson this week and go into the poultry business. Thurman Smith did business at the Hub Saturday. Will Collins purchased a driving horse of Art Akers Friday. A. C. Abersott of Fairburry, 111., has moved in with Joe Haddock until the first of February when he will take possession of the Rhinehart farm. T. M. Callahan made a flying trip to the Hub Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Demoss are visiting friends at Monticello this week. John Keith formerly of this place but now of Wheatfield was here on business Saturday and says he will move to Michigan in a few weeks, Ben Richards visited relatives at Wheatfield last week. Miss Ella Prectol of Winamac is visiting Mrs. JMatid Dunfee of Newland a. few days this week.

Fendig's Fat Poultry Prices. B. F. Fendig will pay the following prices for fat poultryrwith the rise of the market, up to and including Jan- 18th. For young roosters and old hens 6 cents per pound. Ducks 7 cents. Geese 6 cents. Hen Turkeys, 8 cents. ... -- Young Gobblers 15 lbs and under, 7 cents. Old Gobs 5 cents. Heavy young Gobs 6|. B. S. Fendig w2t

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Mesih Notice., The State of Indiana, j I Jasper County. ( Before Jacob M. Troxell, a Justice of the • - Peace in and for Marion Township. John L. Osborne,l vs. > No. • A. B.' Cooper. ) Now comes the plaintiff, by Hanley & Hunt, his attorneys, and files his complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendant, A. B. Cooper, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defend- ; ant, that unless he be and appear on the twentyi second day of February, 1902, at my office in the City of Rensselaer, in said County and State and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determinedin his absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set i (SHALl 10 ? hand and affix the seal of said V JConrt, at Rensselaer, Indiana, this v —■ z o'-^/90th0 '-^ / 90th day of December. A. D. 1901. JACOB M. TROXELL, Justice of the Peace. Hanley & Hunt, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Jan. 3-10-17. ____

Commissioners’Allowances Wm Schneider 1 old wolf, scalp.. .... $ 10 00 (,'anton Bridge Co, bridge Gil tp.... ... 769 00 E c Asher allotting ditches 75 Florence Wood, office work ditches... 3 00 A G Hardy exp highways G 15 G E Murray exp poor farm ... 21 01 M II Hemphill teain for com 3 00 Leslie Clark ptg not ditch sale 5 25 i reas Sch City Kens, co poor 10 8o R A I’arkison ch coupons 90 00 do postage 4 00 do Gallagher dileh coupons ... 138 35 do *■ " bonds 801 00 J W McEwen pub ptg.,...’....... ...... 160 1. do same 2 75 Frank Morlan rep c h 4 00 Abe Meyers Keener tp gr rd rep 6 25 R A Parklson “ •• coupans 100 00 J F Major postage 5 00 do making reports 8 go Robt Parser range line gr rd rep 53 24 Warner Bros ex p jai 1 4 22 do “ court house 1 52 do “ poor farm 18 27 A F Long " courthouse I 4 86 do •• poor farm 645 J A 1-arsh ’• •• •• 4 95 do chand jail 28 63 do *• court house 1 50 Treas Rens Sell Bd, county poor 8 61 Leslie Clark ptg ditches . 400 Wm H Eger, exp court house ..... .... 7 75 do exp jail 6 38 E O English postg Sec Bd Health 2 00 do salary “ •* •• .... 52 09 Chas Ramp exp boiler house 4 20 B S Fendig 1 old wolf 5ca1p...... 10 00 S B Jenkins tiring at boiler house 30 00 H L Gamble surveying for co 1 00 John Kger exp poor farm 99 50 M L Hemphill •* " 33 98 J K Vanatla “ “ 12 40 I G E Marshall pub ptg . 11 45 ! Warner Bros exp gr rds .. 1 Oo I J W Wliltanis exp court house 40 I I Tuteur ——F66i R B Porter postage.... 1 75 . Chas M. rlan j .nltor c h ... 45 00 1 do laundry ch 70 I A G Hardy boarding pri.one s 37 85 ' do washing for prisoners 22 30 E M Thomas allotting d tabes 3 75 I M B Price postage 1 00 I do work on ditches . G 9 0) | LH Hamilton postage 1120 L H Hamilton per diein co sunt 72 00 C m Blue burial ex-union soldier 49 50 Clara Shultz labor at poor farm 12 00 i ( lias Oai i *• “ •• .... 10 00 Calvin i ain “ " 20 00 J C Gwin lumber for •• “ 81 72 E D'Rhoads exp •’ “ 9 06 do exp jail i 53 do exp grv rd 2 90 AG Hardy exp prison rs 11 25 , do highways -. 3 05 i do telephone „tolls 7 20 I do attendance com ct 78 00 : C E Mills Co atty 15 oo 'J tt Phillips postage ■ 300 do services co assessor off 126 00 I White & Marion rep co jail 1 00 jasper co tel co tel rent for jail, 1991... 12 oo I do “ poor farm 12 00 1 True Wood worth work grara 5 25 ' do same 5 CO | Ancii Woodworth same ........ 13 75 I do same . 5 00 Joe Borntrager hauling gravel 20 70 JosGieser gravel 7 70 Marion Adams gravel 1 20 W. O. BABCOCK, Auditor.

MB! m. The State of Indiana, 1 aa Jasper County. j O3 -• In the Jasper Circuit Court February term 1902. Margaret Gleason et at, 1 vs. } Complaint N 0.6256. Elijah Culp et al. ) Now come the plaintiffs, by Foltz, Spitler & Knrrie, their attorneys, and file their com- ■ plaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants, Elijah Culp and Sarah Culp, his wife, and. Sarah Culp, widow of said Elijah Culp; William Moreland and Lydia Moreland, his wife and Mrs. Moreland, widow of said. William Moreland; John W. Phillips and Mrs. Phillips, his wife and Mrs. Phillips, widow of said John W. Phillips; Theodore Webb and Mrs. Webb, his wife and Mrs. Webb, widow of the said Theodore Webb; Daniel D. Pratt and Mrs. Pratt, his wife and Mrs. Pratt, widow of the said Daniel D. Pratt; David Culp and Mrs. Culp, his wife, George Culp and Mrs. Culp, his wife; Mrs. Wesley Noland and Mr. Noland, her husband; Hannah Culp and Mr. Culp, her husband: Liddie Meadows and Mr. Meadows, her husband; Mrs. Culp, widow of said Elijah Culp; Mrs. Moreland, widow of said William Moreland; J. fl. Mallon and William A. Hennegan, Egbert W. Gillett and J. Foster Rhodes; Lydia Moreland and William Moreland, her husband and William Moreland, widower of said Lydia Moreland; Jacob H. Culp and Mrs. Culp, his wife and Mrs. Culp, widow of said Jacob fi. Culp; And all of the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of each of the foregoing named defendants: And all of the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs, devisees and. legatees of each of the foregoing named defendants ; And all of the unkown executors, administrators and trustees and assigns of each of the foregoing named defendants, except the defendants David Culp and wife, George Culp and wife: Mrs. Wesley Noland and husband; Hannah Culp and perhaps Mrs. Liddie Meadows and husband and J. H. Mallon and William A. Hennegan, and that all of the other named defendants, their residence is unknown, but that each of said defendants is believed to be without the State of Indiana and are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice it therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on Tuesday, February 25th, 1902, the same being the fourteenth Judicial day. of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the Second Monday of February, A. D., 1902, at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in your absence. In witness whereof. I hereunto set few 1 ■ my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Rensselaer, Indiana, this first day of January, A. D., 1902. JOHN F. MAJOR, Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, Clerk. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Jan 3-10-17 ra-BB mtTce. .THE STATE OF INDIANA, j „ Jasper County, | as In the Jasper Circuit Court, to February Term A. D. 1902. Jacob M. Troxell,) vs > Complaint No. 6252. John Ton. ) Now conies the plaintiff, by Ferguson & Wilson, his attorneys, and files his complaint heroin, together with an affidavit that the defendant, John Ton, is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said Defendant, that unless he be and appear on the 25th day of February, 1902, same being the 12th judicial day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the 2nd Monday of“ February, A. D. 1902 at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined in his absence. -r—v. In witness whereof, I hereunto < SE ALI Bet m y hand and affix the seal of, said court, at Rensselaer, Indiana . o '- iZ this 24th day of December, 1901. JOHN F. MAJOR, Clerk. Ferguson & Wilson, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Dec 27-Jan 3-10. Township Trustee. BARKLKY TOWNSHIP. Notccb: I will be at my residence Friday of each week, and at the office of the County Superintend mt of schools in Rensselaer the see rod Saturday of each month for the pn pne of transacting township business. Elias Arnold, Trustee Barkley Towsulph See Dr. Merrill, over Moody & Roth’s meat market. How Are Tear Kldaeya V ' Dr. Hobbs' Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills. Sato* pin free. Add. Sterane Remedy Co., Chicago or M.Y-