Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1904 — Page 1

VOL. XXXVI

Not In Our Class.

The Hammond High Sohoo’ Sobool basket ball team came down Friday evening and played the return game for the championship of Northwest Indiana, with the Renstelaer High School team The Hammond girls fared even worse this time than they did in the previous game at Hanmnond. Th« result at this game being a soore of 25 to 5 in Rensselaer’s favor. It was a tin*, spirited game and well played on ’"boffin sides, but the 'Hammond damsels were clearly out-classed by their considerably smaller but very much brisker Rensselaer opponents The game took place at the armory and had a very Urge audience. The Hammond girls and their companying teachers were so pleasantly entertained that they J remained until this afternoon’s train before returning home. The following was the line-up of : the contending teams: Rensselaer Hammond;; CENTERS. Frances Eiglesbaeh Edna Turner! loma Hues Marjory Jackson j FORWAKDS Josie Porter Mary I bach j Madge Beam Eugenia Knotts ( Lizzie Rddle SUBSTITUTES, Myra Watson Sue Turner ■Jessie Norris

Says McClintock Has Gone For Good.

Brook Reporter;—They do say that there ia war ou the moon over at Rensselaer, which ia likely to extend ag far as thia place, Win. MoClintook formerly of thia p ! ace but now a resident of Rensselaer, skipped oat and left his better half the first of the week, claim ; ng that he could not live with her. He took the train -from here for distant parts on Monday evening, and about 3 o’clock next morning his wife drbvg into town- hot on his trail bat the scent-had grown cold and the bird had flown. Those that are on the inside s«y that tilings will bo popping with interesting developments in the near future. Misses Bill si a, so it is reported, that she will coup on some relatives feet down this v ay.

Rally Round the Band, Boys

Do you want _ Band Concerts next summer? They, may be had if the Military Band of this city, is aided by every bo ly. As has been stated beforo in this paper, it takes money to run a baud It is not the purpose of the organization to bleed the people and get their money for nothing, They have arranged to have a first-class entainment Tuesday, March Bth, ns advertised, to bo given by the Jansen Carnival Company, a Company that comes with the highest recommendations of the Slayton Lyceum Bureau of Chicago. You all know what such a recommendation means. Yen’ll got your moneys worth, and the tickets costs you but 50- cents. It is tho welfare and interest of every citizen to heartily co-operate with the Band in the effort to succeed and to benefit tho oity.

Marriage Licei^s. Mo, •> S John P Swisher, M ;•* 1 Pearl Woolever. ,r Thirty new full rolls of carpet just reoeived at the Ohioago Bargain Store. We still have 300 bbls of XXXX Minnesota Lord Wheat flour for this week at sl.lO a saok, per bbl. one dollar less than others sell the same grade for. At John Eger’s. = ==s t 9,000 rolls of wall paper in stock at less thkn fifty cents on the dollar at the Ohioago Bargain Store. Do yon want a band?

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

NO. 57.

Spire Bussell Again Busy.

Two Wild Geese and One Fierce Wolf Were His Record Thursday. The last time Squire Charley Bussell, of Hanging Grove, had what he considered a reap busy day, was along the line of his magisterial duties. That day he opened court at five o’clock in the morning, and before dark had half the people of his own and several neighboring townships either clears 1 or c mvicted. or sued ,0* <q*oted. Now he b>s had another busy day, but this time he used his trusty gun, rather than his rusty law book. Thursday the first fl ick of wild geese to cross the Ouio river this spring wandere 1 into his township, and as two, of them appeared to have his ear marks on, he bagged them both before breakfast.

A little later in the day he started across the fields to McCoysburg, to get his mail, and took his gun, of oourse. As he was : parsing through some old dry ;grass in a swamp he saw a a fresh 'spoor of a wolf iu the light snow, and had followed them only a short distance before he saw the wolf lying on a bunch of old hay, fast asleep aud dreaming of the green turkey season that was coming on apace. But alas! it was not the merry spriug time that was approaching with such a stealthy

step, but Squire Charley Bussell, avenger of the slaughtered turks, armed with a double barrel shot gun, loaded with No. 8 bflek-shot. He got within o dozen yard?, and that wo|r passed from the sleep of dreannr to the sleep of death, without a second's waking. The wolf having had his ears pouched by the couuly auditor for the $lO bounty, was then present ed to J.mitor Spriggs, of the Rensselaer school, to be mounted as part .of the school must urn, and where, in about the words of “Marco Bczzarie," he will have this epitaph. At noon-time in his dried grass tent, The Wolf lay dreaming of the hour, When Turks, their backs with fatness bent , Should tremble at his power. An hour passed on, that wolf woke not, That bright dream went no furder,' For Bussell pumped him full of shot, And Turks no more he'll murder.

Los! Their Only Baby

Mr. and Mrs, John Borntrager, a young couple living oa the former Cockerill farm, about five miles northwest of town, had the sad misfortune to lose their only child, Thursday afternoon, a fine boy baby born on February Bth It was net noticed to be sick,until about 10 o’clock in the' forenoon, and by the titpe a doctor could be 'called, which was ns soon as possible, tin child was already in a dying condition, and riolhing could lie dono for it. Its death occured about two o'clock in the afternoon. The funeral was hold Saturday at nine a. m , at St. Augustine’s Catholic church

We are showing five large books of samples new 1901 wall paper at the Chioago Bargain Store. I will run a Bazaar in R, P. Benjamin’s music fetoro in Knights bqjlding, will bo pleased to have the ladies call and see me. Mbs. R. P. Benjamin. .I t -i. Try a oa'u of our 15 ot table If mon cling peaohes and aprioots. At John Eger’s. Speoial March Wale— New goods bought long before the reoent advance, at the Ohioago Bargain StoreYou are not paying one dollar a barrel for Magazine advertising when you buy XXXX Minnesota Lord Wheat flour for sl.lO a saok as good as others aell for $5.40 a barrel, at. John Eger’s.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1904.

Rensselaer Republiccans Are Organized.

City Tickets to Be Nominated April Bth and 11th. ■ j The Republicans of Rensselaer held their ward organizing mass conventions Friday night, as per oall. The following committees for the oarup ogn were elected, First Word, Cnarles M. Blue, chairman, Charles Robinson and • H. J. Kannal. jpgs Second Ward, Arthur H Hop- ! kins, chairman, J. H. S. Ellis, Abraham Halleok. Third Ward, S C. Irwin, chairman, J. E Hopkins,7K7W. Sprigg. These ward m unmitteemen immediately met and completed the city organization by electing the following CITY COMMITTEE Chairman. H. J, Kannal. Secretary, Charles 81. B ua. Treasurer, Chaa. G Spitier For nominating the city ticket to be voted for a the .May election the committee decided to call a city mass convention on the evening of April Bfh, The ward tickets will be nominated at ward mass' conventions, on April llth-

Still one other Rural Free Delivery Route out of Rensselaer, is now practically a sura thing. F. M. Dice, the old time rural route inspector was heie Thursday, and went ever proposed Route No. 4, and pronounced it good. The route is the one south and south east of town, and has heretofore been mentioned. It -leavfs toWn on the road past Joseph Sparlings and ihe W. M. Hoover farms, and also passes the Marion and -Joe Adams places, and thence over in the neighborhood formerly snppli ed by the defuanut Sharon postoffice. It also passes the Slaughter school house. It is mainly in Marion township, but also takes in part of Milroy, and possibly grazes the uortboast edge of Jordan. The furthest point reached is Qleen City school house, in Milroy. -On the return trip it comes in past the O’Meara school house, and the Jim Welsh place, re entering t iwn for the present over the road past Mrs. Drakes, but will, when the bridge approaches are made, come in over the new road, north from the old fair grounds, -and by the Alt Padgett and Jud Perkins ooruers. The route ia 25 miles long, passes 109 houses Hud will probably be established and in eolation by July Ist.

German measles, a disease heretofore seldom heard of in this region, now prevails in the Valina school region, in Barkley township. Miss Alice McLaughlin has it and the school is closed, Iu all there are five cases. The eruption looks almost exactly like common measles, but tho disease itself is not so severe ns oonynou measles Having had the last named disease is no protection against the German article, and every one "of the five now Bick have previously had common measles.

For one week only, 2 cans for 150. 'Solid packed 3 lb tomatoes, 3 lb Cupid Lye Hominy, 3 lb baked ,beans plain or tomato sauoe or 2 lb early June peas, at John Eger’s. Bee the new wool and wash dress goods just received at the Ohioago bargain Store. Be sure and get your tickets for band entertainment Tuesday evening. Headquarters for your rubber hip boots, sporting boots, rubber overshoes in snag proof and Bali Band, all sizes, at the Chicago Bargain Store.

Route Number Four Inspected,

Epidemic of German Measles.

YE DEESTREECT SKEWL.

Closed ik Yery Successful Session, at the Opera House, Friday Night. ; The entertainment of Ye Olde Time Deestreect Skewl was given in good shape, at the opera house, Friday night Miss Josephine Jayne was the organizer and lead ing performer, and was ably seconded by well drilled local talent. The performance is meant, to be funny and amusing and that it is, from st rt to finish. The audience which was decid dly large, considering other attractions the same evening, and all were abundantly we 1 pleased with the entertainment provided them The fob owing was the

Kast of Karacters . KOMITY Dr Perkins-..-.-. J N. Leat.herman Jacob Rillaker .... .... Chas Coen John Smith Clyde Coiner APLIKAXTS. Miss Dasha way. . .Mrs, H. K rosier Zelinda Sharp Mrs Brady Sally Simple Dessie Kendall Mehitable Pendergrass, Miss Jayne SKOLAR 3 —GiitLs, Matilda Billings. Mrs. Chas. Grow Faithful Snooks Lela Coen Samantha Piper.. .Mildred Harris Clorinda Guper Vessie Grow. Ruth Ketch tun Bell Maines Susan Crowfoot.... Essie Kendall Sally Brown Ellen Gwin Dorcas Doo'ittle Ruth Harris Jerusha Dickson ... . DoOy Shock Hopeful Snooks Mrs. Brady BOYS. z —s —-—~h>~— ——— —; “Lather Brown Chas Grow David Snobs W S Parks Bi ly Crows ot Geo, Maines Hezekiah Jones Herbert Z a Philander Green.. L. H Hamilton Sammy Snook I , . ..L Baltzs Eddy Snooks \ win .J. Maines Stephen Tucker Chas Coen Jeremiah Jenkins.-Vernon Shock Bobbv O’Lee Emerson Coen Sim Dipsey Will Timmons Saul Snooks Clyde Comer Music was furnished by the Band orchestra Miss Jayne gave several well tendered readings. The entertainment was also quite a financial success for the Chris tian Church.

A Thirty-fifth Wedding Anniversary

-A very pleasant affair was the ( celebration Friday evouing.. March j 4th, of the 35th wedding anniver j sary of our townspeople, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Wood, at the residence on Sou'll Division street j It was participated in by about j fifty guests, most of them members j of Rensselaer Post Cl, A. R a id. j Milroy Circle, Ladies of the G. A. j R. The original wedding, which! this event celebiuted took place| March 4th, 1809 at the'home of the j bride’s father, Caleb E, Pierson, 21 miles sou ill east of Rensselaer. It was a big wedding, but of all the gu< sts who attended, only two were at the anniversary, Friday night. They were Henry O. Pierson, Mis. Wood’s brother, and Harvey W. Wood, Mr. Wood’s cousin. Henry Pierson was just a 1 broth of a boy. when the* wedding took pluce and so fyll of mischief that it was necessary to stand him iin a corner with his back facing frontwadrs. when the wedding Monk plaoa,—.———-

Friday evening’s entertainm-mt was successful in all respects, and included a fine supper. . In behalf of the Milroy' Cirole. Mrs M. E. Spitler presented Mrs I Wood an elegant set of engraved silver teaspoons; and for the Women’s Foreign Missionary Booiety of the M. E. ohuroh, Mrs. S. A. Hemphill presented her a souvenir silver spoon with an engraving of the M. E. ohuroh.

BIG TELEPHONE MERGER.

jONE COUNTRY, ONE FUG AND ONE BUNCH OF “HELLO GIRLS” Will Be the Rule Hereafter in Rensselaer A very important transaction in telephone circles has just been CQn6ummafedHin!Pnß3elaer, and one which can not, it would seem, fail t > bo very"advantageous to the general public. It is in short, a general combining of the two here tofore warring telephone syet- ms, doing business in Rensselaer, Namely the Jasper County Telephone Company commonly called the Bell lines and the independent Bruner & Merry and Halle; k lines. Briefly stated, by the terms of the agreement between the different compauies-there will hereafter be but one telephone c ntral in Rensselaer and that of course will be the Bell Ail the Bruner <fe' Merry town telephones will be transferred to the Bell system, and merchants and others who have bothphones will now be saved the expense of the Bruner & Merry phone. The monthly rates of the Bell phones will not be increased. Thus the change gives To the renters of the Bell phones all the lines heretofore readied by the Bruner & Merry system, and Vice versa, at the cost of only one phone. The change will be still more advantageous, as regards the country lines. The Bruner & Merry and .the fiatleck companies will still retain all their country and small town systems, but will be exchanged over the Bell switchboard at Rensselaer. And this mesne that all Bell and all independent subscribers are now in one big system, and anyone on either companies’ lines oan reach anyone on either of the other lines, without additional cost.

There will be no change in toll rates into and out of Rensselaer, inside of Jasper county. Thus the r ite to and from Remington or to and from Wheatfield, will still be 10 cents. But the rate through Rensselaer to some other toll station as from Wht atfi-dd to Remington, will probably be increased u liitie. As will probably also the I rates to sumo places outside of Jasper county. No monthly rate j will hereafter be given to toll stations. When this change is effected subaorib rs in Rensselaer and sur- ■ rounding oountry will have the use I of a system of over 700 telephones | for the, month ly rental now paid i to the Bell alone. The work of making the change will begin at once and is expected 1 to go into i ffeot on March 15th.

The Barkley Convention.

The first nominating convention in Jasper county for the campaign i of 19U4, was held Saturday after- : noon at Center school flouse, Bar- ; kley township, to nominate a town-! ship ticket. There had been a very j spirited preliminary canvass by two excellent men for the nomination for township trustee, and the result was a very large turnout ot j the Republican voters to the con-• vention. The rival contestants! ■were John RJtficker and Harry ‘ Gifford, both well knonn oitizens.! and both excellent men for the place, and both developed nearly equal strength at the convention. ThA result however favored Mr Gifford, who w»s nominated by-a vote of 115 for him to 90 for Mr. Renioker. .- For township assessor Charley Walker whs nominated by 133 votes for him to 68 for Charley Reed.

Many Big Land Deals.

The Past Week's Transactions Break All Records in Money Value of Sales. The sales of land put on Record during the past week, probably break all previous week’s records in the county, in magnitude of money value of the sales made. Certainly one sale is the greatest single sale in value anyone remembers, and one day’s deeds filed, beat in vi.lm-, all previous single days. The one biggest trans-mtien is the sale by the heirs of the late Alfred Thompson, t > the Lawler Brothers a two-thirds undivided interest, in their big farm mainly in the east part of Marion towneb+p.- There are 2,574 acres in the farm, and the money consideration of the two thirds interest is $85,702, or about SSO per aore. Otlu-r property and interest go with the deal, making the total price of the land about 165 per acre, or $111540 paid by the Lawlers for the two thirds interest.

In addition to this Delos Thompson individually sells to the Lawlers a two thirds interest in 280 acres, for $9133, cash, besides other considerations. .The biggest single day’s value of deeds filed was oa Thursday, March 3rd. when the consideration of farms sold amounted to a tota of $124,000. Some of this days deeds are here mentioned: Wm. Birkett to Henry Beokley IGO acres in Carpenter, for $1^,320. Juba W. Shook to Dennis L. Hogan, 269 acres in Marion, the old Bergman farm, for $lB 825, Curtis D. Carpenter to Andrew Gangloff. 178 acres Tir Barkley fer tor $11,250. Geo. W. Smith 160 acres in Gillim to Joseph J. Molitor for $13,250; and 160 in Hanging Grove to A. H, Brubaker for f 10,750, R. B. Harris, of Rensselaer to Jubu Bond, of Fowler. 285 acres in Barkley/or $19,908. John Bond to John Wuthrioh 320 acres in Hanging Grove for $21,010. Geo, W Seeley to Philip Knochel, 320 acres in Carpenter $34 55which is probably the biggest price any single half .section ever sold for, in Jasper county.

Death of Mrs. General Milroy

Mrs. Mary J. Milroy, widow of Major Gen. Robert H. Milroy, died at her home in Olympia, Wash., on February 23rd. She was nearly 80 years old and had resided in that place for thirty years. She was a resident of Rensselaer for quite a number of years previous to the oivit war, and the family was living here when her husband organized the first company from Indiana to offer itself for the war. Gen. Milroy went to Washington Territory iu 1872 as superinj temleni. of Indian affairs and the j following year Mrs. Milroy and | tho ohildren joined him. His death I occurred four years ago. Of seven 1 children three survi.ve-Val A. Mili roy, oity clerk of Olympia; W • J. i and R. B. Milroy, who aro now in the Inmachuok oodntry, north of I Rotzabue Sound, Alaska.

Housesand Household Goods For sale a (rood t room house with pantrj- nnd cl.mot; hard wood finish. almost new, house ori two big lots, 104 by ISO-feet, good well, wood house, barn, chicken park and house, hog pen w ith floor, fruit tree*, grape arbor and cement walk, also household effects. 1 sofa. t rocking chair*. * healing stoves. 1 COOU OtoVO. 1 kitchen cubboard. • 5 kitchen chair*. 1 cook table. 1 bed and mattrees, 1 lounge, 1 No. 1 Bom washing machine, r top bnggtes, 1 cultivator, 1 wooden harrow, 1 plow- , 1 set damp boards, 1 set house mot tng tools. Enquire of Earl Sayler. A fresh supply of home-made sauikraut at John Eger’s.