Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The “t r nnyi HI T” Clothing ' ' ll] I' House L UlllLUll Has been built especially for the Clothing trade and the proprietor has spared neither trouble or expense to make this establishment a permanent resort for the public, and I guarantee that all goods must be as represented and prices shall be UNDER all. A cordial invitation is extended to one and all. Thanking you for past favors and • ” hoping to see you soon, I remain, A. LEOPOLD.

LOCAL MATTERS. Sunday was the hottest day of the season. Battle Ground Campmeeting began Thursday. Fred Tyler returned from the State University at Bloomington, Friday. Mr. L. Gray and family of near Morocco, spent Sunday with Rensselaer friends. Mrs. J. A. Lamborn and mother, Mrs. Brown, of Remington, were in the city Monday. 'Miss Lida Schanlaub, of Mt. Ayr., is spending a Vteek with her brother John, at this place. A Messrs. Ed Culp and D. V. Garrison of Remington, were in Rensselaer on business Monday. W. H. Townsend and daughter Ida, of Goodland, spent Sunday with Chas. Rhoades and ilyThe Democrat editor and family attended the funeral of Miss Stella Griffin at Remington last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Moorehead of Remington, visited the family of Robert Michaels, west of town, Tuesday. Miss Mary Johnson of Ladoga, who has been visiting Mr. W. H, Coover and other friends here, returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Gi*ant Culp of Carpenter township, are rejoicing over the advent of their first-born. It’s a girl, and arrived last Saturday. Advertisers are at liberty to examine our subscription list at any and all times. We now claim to have a larger country circulation than any other paper in the county. We are informed that Mr. Powell, living on the Gaff ranch, threshed out a forty-acre crop of wheat the other day that yielded twenty-nine bushels per acre. — Morocco Courier. ° It would seem that. in so expensive a build ing as our new court house a large court room, suitable for holdingpublic gatherings, conventions, eh*., should have been provided. As it is the court room only seats 120 people, which makes it out of the question to hold anything of the kind there. The army worm seems to have done considerable damage to oats in southern Jasper and Benton county. Scott Russell, of west of Remington has a 40-acre field that was completely stripped by ’the worms. It was not worth cutting, and still stands as a silent testimonial of the destructiveness of these pests.

' = S & . DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs Wert of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND.