Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The County Board of Review will probably finish their labors next week.

John Jordan of Carpenter tp., is building a fine new house at Remington.

Leroy Templeton of Fowler, has been granted an original pension of sl2 per month.

Katie Shields is visiting her sister Lucy, and other relatives in Monticello this week.

County Supt. Hamilton is attending the National Educational Association meeting at Washington this week.

The Benton county democratic convention has been postponed to Oct. 2. The convention was to have been held to-day.

Misses Anna Beasley and June Bowman of Remington, are visiting in Rensselaer this week They return home to-morrow.

Mrs. Mattie Henkle and family left for Kansas on Thursday. They will probably make their home there in the future.

Get your job printing dohe at The Democrat office. Satisfaction guaranteed both in stock, prices and workmanship.

Miss Lottie Francis after a three weeks visit with Misses Kate and Carrie Marshall, returned to her home in LaPorte Thursday.

When others fail to suit you in price, style and durability of buggies, wagons, harness, etc., then see Judy and The Lief Buggy Company.

Business men will find The Democrat an excellent advertising medium. It reaches a large number of the very people whose trade they wish to seeure—the farmers.

The Democrat will publish free of charge all notices of church, literary and other entertainments to which no admittance fee is asked; cards of thanks, resolution’s of condolence, etc., will be charged for at usual rates for such notices.

The finance committee bn the 4th of July publish an itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of the celebration, and' according to said statement the receipts were $lB4 and expenditures $178.75 leaving a balance in hands of committee of $5.25. "

A little tot of the male gender attracted a great deal of attention in the city this week in riding a mite of a bicycle the wheels of which are but twelve inches in diameter. The boy is a son of Mrs. Nina Ader of Danville, 111., and is now five years old He began riding when but three.

White county democrats met in convention at Monon last week and nominated the following county ticket: clerk, S. M. Calloway; sheriff, John Warner; treasurer, Carry Stockton; recorder, Barney Vogel; surveyor, Frank Briddle; coroner, Geo. H. Morren; commissioner (Ist district) O. K. Bonier. ,

While Chas. Gray was at work upon a ladder Wednesday forenoon, painting, a rung of the ladder broke and precipitated him to the ground, a distance of about fifteen feet, seriously injuring him. Dr. Alter was called and examined Gray’s injuries. He has concussion of the spine and is paralyzed from the hips down.

The Monticello Company went into camp at Camp Mouut Tuesday evening. Jasper county is quite well represented in this company, Frank Hawkins, Perry Sorel, Wallace Stivers and Roy Jakes of Rensselaer, and several from Remington and Wheatfield having joined. There are 115 men in the company. V

We have our new job press in position and have received a nice .stock of str Jonery, cards and everything belonging to the printing line, and will be pleased to quote prices on anything in the job printing business. By-laws, catalogue work, etc., done in good style and at reasonable prices. Call and see samples of pur work.