Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1902 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

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All Hanley Opposition Vanishes.

What little was left of the Republican opposition to C. W. Hanley in Newton county, whiou had already diminished to a pretty small quantity, baa vanished this Week like mist before the noonday sun. The scandalous and outrageous attempt to keep Mr. Hanley’s name off the ballot in Newton county by appointing Wm, Cummings election commissioner, was pretty nearly the death blow of the opposition; and what little life was then left in it was ended by the action of the Newton county central committee in officially endorsing Mr. Hanley as the party candidate. As a result of this action of the committee the Kentland Enterprise will this week place the' names of Hanley and Sink in its columns as the Republican candidates for their respective offices. Heretofore The Enterprise has declined to do so, claiming that it was following the lead of the committee in refusing to recognize their nominations.

The Coming Foot Ball Game.

Next Saturday’s foot ball game here, between Monticello and Rensselaer high school teams, will, without doubt, be one of the fastest, nearest, most scientific, but withal most fair and gentlemanly, and sportsmanlike games ever played in our city. Our boys will try hard, awful bard, to even up for the recent defeat at Monticello, while the Montidelk) lads will be equally as anxious to keep up the pace they have started in with. Therefore all’hand will strive hard and long to win an honorable victory, and in so doing if the miss an honorable victory, they will suffer a not less honorable defeat.

The Burning of Leaves.

Persons afflicted with lung trouble and sore throats raise a big howl about the bnrning of leaves on the streets in the evening when the smoke refuses to ascend but bangs near the ground and penetrates every part of the residences. People say that those who are well and strong should give a thought to the oomfort of the afflicted and burn the leaves at noon time when the atmosphere is fresh and the smoke will soon blow away.

A Pointer on the Game Law.

Beginning with October 1, and continuing until November 10, it is unlawful to hunt any and all kinds of game in Indiana with the exception of squirrel and water fowl, and those only with a permit from the game commissioner. Under the statutes road supervisors are made constables, who are instructed to see that every man who carries a gun during this period has a license upon his person from the game commissioner. The supervisors are liable to a fine unless they comply with the law. A license may be bad by a resident of the state on application to the game commissioner, without cost; by a non-resident of the state upon application to the county clerk upon payment of $25.50.

Beet first-class ebine in town at Rhoades’ barber ebop John Elliot. Annual Rummage Sale of the D. A R. will be held the second week in November. Wait for it Don’t forget that Joe Jackson e still in the bus business. Phone 210. ■ My 80 acre farm in Barkley tp. is for sale, trade or rent. Nelson DuCbarmk, Rensselaer, Ind. witp M. R. No. 2.

Hooked a Mighty Bass

According to the Delphi Herald, Lewis Gnstavel hooked a black bass in the Tippecanoe river below Monticello Monday which measured 22| inches “from tip to tip” whatever that is in fish physiology, find weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces. It is thought to be the biggest black bass ever landed in these ’ere parts. It is stated further that some years ago tha Cincinnati Rod and Gun Club offered a reward of 1100 for such a fish weighing over 6 pounds oanght by hook and line in Ohio or Indiana; but was , in too big a hurry to get his teeth into the big fish to waste any time on such a trifling matter as SIOO, and had the fish cleaned and cook- . ed at once. He and the big bass ‘ had been having it back and forth in that spot in the river for two , years, and Gustavel had lots of old scores to settle. But perhaps the whole thing is a fish story. We shall be convinced that it is unless we hear in a day or two that E. B. Sellers is sick-a-bed with disappointment because it wasn’t him instead of Gustavel that hooked the monster bass.

Fooling With the Machine.

In an Indiana printing office says the Delphi Journal; stands one of the old-fashioned “cutter” an affair operated with the foot. Upon it appears on faded yellow paper, the following inscription, pasted there many years ago by a foreman who knew how to write a warning: ' "Persona having too many fingers are respectfully invited to fool with this machine.” That sign would be a good one, if modified a bit, to hang upon Democratic leadership: “Merchants having too business; wage earners receiving too much pay; farmers receiving prices too high for what they bave to selh are respectfully invited to fool with this machine.” It will take no argument to convince the merchant, the wageearner, the farmer, that this sign tells the truth. They fooled with the machine in 1892, and they chopped the end off of business, prices and wages. If any of them want that to happen again, there is a way to bring it about. Fool with the machine again —it will do the rest.

Good Meet at Fair Oaks.

Jesse E. Wilson addressed a Republican meeting at Fair Oaks Tues, night. It was attended by as many as could find seats in the school house, and quite a good many who couldn’t. It was alao a very attentive and interested audience, aud the best of order prevailed. While the campaign this year is an unusually quiet one, the Republicans of Jasper county are sufficiently interested to turn out in good numbers for every meeting in their neighborhood. There will be a whole lot doing in that line from now to election day, as will be seen by tfre long list of meetings announced in this papyr.

Phonograph at Gifford.

There will be a phonograph entertainment at the ball in Gifford, Griday evening, Oct. 31, for the betefit of the Rebekahs lodge. Joe Bennett will be there with his new phonograph and over 200 select records. All kinds of music, 4 different bands, quartette, solos and Unde Josh. Everybody come and enjoy this unique entertainment. Admission only 15 cents. Children under 5 years, free. Joe Beknxtt. Manager.

New eorghum molasse* and new honey, at Eger’s.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER ai,

Rev. M. V. Brown, now pastor of the M. E. church at Miami, Florida, writes to his father-in-law D. H. Yeoman, as follows: ' You would perhaps like to know how we are getting along in this new land, as time goes on. We still like the “Sunny South.” And that phrase says more for this land 1 than the northern person suspects, j The air is so light and transparent here that the day is really brighter than in the north. And as for the night, the moonlight, you do not have moon light in the north. I saw it announced in a scientific paper some few months ago as a ! great mystery that a moon light rain-bow had been seen in a high : valley in the state of Washington. ' And the editor of the paper could 1 not find out of but one other instance of the kind. Well that is no rare thing here at all. The moon-light rain-bow and its reflection are often seen here almost as bright as in the day time. 80 this is the “Sunny South” if that phrase means cleat, light, transparent atmosphere. Well, I wish I could interest you in orange growing, and yet I do not mean exactly that. I mean the growing of all kinds of tropical fruits. We ate yesterday some persimmons, about 2 inches in 1 diameter,‘"seedless, that were sweetJ er than the honey and the honeycomb. lam sure if the opossum of the north knew how much he was defrauded by wasting his time on that little bunch of puckery seeds, the northern persimmon, he would migrate at once. And this is not all. There is an endless variety of fruit here. And best of all there is such a demand for it in the market that it can be sold for a big price. Ido not hesitate tp say. I believe there is a beautiful home and a fortune for as many as will buy at least 10 acres, here and put it out in fruits. This would be my advice: Do not come here,at once and expect 10 acres to pay for itself and bear all expenses the first year, but secure through some one here a lot and get them to have it cultiavted and set in fruits and have it tended for at least 3 years, better 5, for 5 year old trees will bear expenses yield a nice income besides. Count on 700 trees to 10 acres, and $5.00 per tree, which is very small, some go $35.00 at 5 years, and you will have an income of $3,500 at the expenditure of 7 or 8 hundred dollars in the five years. But the third year there will be a good deal of fruit, and the fourth year more than expenses will be paid. 80 my advise would i be go on with your present business and do all this through some , one here, unless of course, one has 1 plenty of money to carry them through these years of expense. But I am thinking mainly of the man with just a little money who wants to get a home that will after a while keep him; or the man who I wants to get a place where be can 1 flee from the long, cold winters of , the north without spending a for- 1 tune for rooms and board. Now I am anxious for you to j come and see this place. Miami■ itself is a eight to see the amount 1 of building going on. And we ex-, pect much more soon. The rail- ] road will soon be extended to the 1 big cypress swamps, then Miami■ will be the location for saw mills, j sash and door factories to use this i up. 80 the prospects are good. j There can be 20 per cent made on ■ money invested here in buying j lots and building houses to rent. 1 j I was told yesterday that we were 1100 bouses short right now to rent Bat 1 must close. We are expecting you.down th.a winter. Yours Truly, M. V. Bbown, i Miami, Florida.

Another Florida Letter.

A Distressing Mistake Make.

A mistake made in transmitting a message, bytelejphone occured here Wednesday, and caused great distress to several persons until the matter was straightened out. It occured in connection with the news of the death of Jasper Ravenscroft, in South Dakota. The news was sent first to the relatives in Remington, and they left word for it to be transmitted to Mrs. Irwin his sister here, by telephone. By some misunderstanding she was informed that it was her mother, Mrs. Sarah Ravenscroft, of Carpenter tp.who was dead. The family immediately made preparation to drive to Carpenter tp, and also telephoned the facts, as they understood them, to Mrs. Parks, another daughter in Milroy tp. and by telegraph to Mrs. Rank still another daughter in Chicago. This sudden and all unexpected word of the death of their aged but beloved mother, was a sad blow to each of the ladies mentioned; but especially to Mrs. Rank in Chicago as she had also just received the correct intelligence of her brother’s death in Dakota, but had no suspicion but that the news of her mother’s death was true also. She had intended to come hereon a visit today, but was so prostrated by this supposed double affliction that she is seriously sick. It happened that very soon after Mrs. Parks, in Milroy, had received the telephone news of her mother’s death that the latter and her son arrived at her home with the true news, and of course, very soon after that the other relatives were informed of the mistake that had been made.

County Ticket Made Up.

Messrs. Kannal, Baughman and Clerk Major, composing the county board of election commissioners, met this forenoon and made up the county, district and township tickets, for the ensuing election. Everything was found to be all right and regular, and no difficulties nor points for controversy developed, No nomination for clerk was "made by the Democrats and therefore Mr. Warner, the Republican nominee, will be the only candidate for thpt office on any ticket. Quite a number of township tickets are not full, and in Keener the Democrats and in Jordan the Republicans have nominated no township candidates at all.

Judge Wiley Was Here.

Judge U. Z. Wiley, of the appellate court was ip town a few hours today, the guest of bis old friend, C. W. Hanley. The J udge is one of the hardest working, and most conscientious aud pains-taking judges on the Appellate bench and one whose decisions command universal respect. Here in this part of the state, where he is best known, be stands especially high, and as a candidate for re-election of tbeßepublican ticket will carry bis full party strength and probably more.

Now is the time to clean chim neys, and Harry Wiltshire is the man to clean them. Wait for the annual D A. R. rummage sale, the second week in i November. Wanted man willing to make himself useful about premises. Steady job and good wages to the right man. Send address aud re ferenoes to Box D., Rensselaer Ind. dwtf To those wanting lessons in pyrograpby Mrs. Goff wishes to say that she will order outfits and give half hour instructions if they can come three or more at a ! time. Mr*. G. W. Goff dwlwk

Items Here and There.

In his address at South Bend, Friday night, Secretary™—of-t heNavy Moody said the republican party had been deceived in letting a tax on anthracite coal get into the Dingley bill, and that it would make haste to remove this tariff as soon as congress convened. As to trusts, he said his sole hope of salvation lay in the Roosevelt idea of publicity for regulating them Our correspondent at Fair Oaks reports four births since his previous letter, and Rev. T. A. Hall of Rensselaer has made ten conversions since he began his meetings at Fair Oaks. There is no connection between the two circumstances, but they are mentioned together merely to illustrate that things are moving along lively in Fair Oaks, for a town of its size.

The great strike is at last ended. The miners have accepted the arbitration proposed, and will resume work at once, and not wait for the decision of the arbitrators. Mining operations will be pushed with great vigor, but at the best, it will be some time probably 2 months or more before hard coal is at all abundant on the markets. Goodland Herald:-Our people have tested the legal ability of Lawyer Sellers, of Monticello, and they knots hie judgement as to the judicial fitness of a candidate is equal to that of any lawyer in the tenth district. Mr. Sellers says Chas W. Hanley is as thoroughly competent to occupy the bench as any attorney in this circuit, and Mr. Sellers is a democrat, too. The Valparaiso Messenger re calls the spell of weather in October 33 years ago. There was a big storm, ending in snow and then in bitter cold, which froze all the apples on the trees and most of the potatoes in the ground. The Messenger says it occurred at this time of the month, but if our recollection be not at fault, it was about the Bth of the month. Anyhow it was a record breaker for an early cold spell. James Rice, a well known resident of Newton county, died at his home near Morocco, Monday, of lung fever, at a rather advanced age. He was well known from an unusual peculiarity of his personal appearance, his skin being of a dark blue color. An affliction which resulted 'from mercurial poisoning, many years ago. He was an old friend of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark, who went to Morocco Wednesday to attend the funeral. He was buried at Momence, 111, The walls of the K. of P, building are now up to the second story, And bricklaying is suspended while the steel beams are being put in place. The work will alt- > baxe ’,o wait pending the arrival . i a shipment of heavy lumber from Mississippi for floor joists. The lumber was shipped 30 days ago, but for some reason han not yet arrived. In the mean time the brick-laying force is at work on Warner’s building, alongside, the wails of which will aU<> soo 1 ie raised to the second floor. State Game Commi-S’ouer ZIT. Sweeney, of Co'umb.iß, says be has outlined a bill that he will take before the next legislature which, if ptest-d, will assist materially in carrying ou» the Jhuntiug and fishing laws. The bill provides for one mao in each count v to patrol the streams and fields all the year, and the measure carries with it sufficient appropriation for this purpose. For s'reem patroller in Jasper county we want in on the ground floor with a loinination for Col. F B. Meyer, P. M. He has followed the streams so much that be would not have to blaze a single trail.

Finest new booey only 12j eta per pound. At Eger’s.

Regular Weekly Edition.

A Former Resident Dead.

News has been received by Mrs, J. F. Irwin of the death at Wessington, S. Dak., of her brother Jasper B. Ravenscorft, which occurred at 5 o’clock Wednesday morning. He has been a resident of Dakota for 10 or 12 years, but lived most of his life in Carpenter township, this county. The particulars of his death have not been received, but it was entirely unexpected by the relatives here, as they had had no knowledge that he was even sick, and instead, were expecting him back here on a visit in about a month. He was still a - young man, being only about 43 years old, but he leaves a wife ana* eight children; and his death is? all the greater affliction to them because they are very inadequately provided for financially. His. mother, the venerable Mrs. SarahRavenscroft, of Carpenter Tp.,, survives him, and also a brother and several sisters.

“You Know Mackey & Fendig.”

“You know Mackey & Fendig” is the striking sign on a new huckster wagon frequently seen on our streets right recently. The sign causes a good mahy people to wonder if they really do known the individual Mackey and Fendig referred to in the sign, as there are several Mackeys and more than several Fendigs in the community. A little information as to which particular Mackey a fid Fendig figure in this new huckster business' may therefore not be amiss The members of the firm are Grover Mackey, youngest son of the late Henry Mackey, and the Fendig is Nathan Fendig’s son. Sol. They are both enterprising young fellows, of about 18 or that neighborhood. —-■■ - - - 1

Church Services Announcements.

TRINITY M. E. CHURCH. Next Sunday morning there Will be an old people's service and the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be administered. Sunday evening subject: “Doesßensselaer need Saloons?” Monday evening the new presiding elder Dr. D. M. Wood wijl preach, F. W. BAPTIST CHURCH. The services at the Free Baptist church for Sunday Oct. 26, will be as follows: Sermon at 10:45 a. m. Subject “The Living God and Man’s Need.” 7 p. m. a tempexance address subject, ‘‘Does Rensselaer need Saloons.” J. A. Cochran, Pastor.

Christian Church. There will be the usual services at the Christian church Sunday. The sermon snhj.ct for evening H-rvice; "Do We Need Saloons in Rensselaer?’’ Everybody cordially invited to attend all our services. T. A. Ball Presbyterian Church. Subject for Sunday morning: •‘The Christian Sabbath: Will We lose it.” Subject in the evening: "Do We Need Saloons in Rensselaer? FACTSThat Enables Me to Sell Millinery Cheap. I have no rent to pay. Anegam at little expense. I buy cluse and tell cloae. 1 get my patterns made by expert trimmers, who are atriotly up to date and give good satisfaction. I always try to please my cue. turners. So I now have a full line ot millinery on display. Street, trimmed, and pattern hate and selling on very sma>l profit. Give me a call. I will save yon money. Mrs. Hbrshman. (Near Depot.)