Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. W. B. Austin was in Remington on business Wednesday. C. B. Holley of Beaver City, was in the city on business Monday. Editor Walker of the Wolcott Enterprise, was in the city Sunday. Jay Hosier and Mac Camblin of Morocco, spent Sunday in Rensselaer. The Logansport Journal is to be sold at public auction next Wednesday. Morocco has a new bank, operated by Pierce Archibald and Ira Biencker. E. G. Haff of Goodland, was in the city Saturday, enroute to visit his farm near San Pierre. Mrs. Gertrude Robinson, went to Chicago Sunday, to take a course in ladies’ hair dressing. The Goodland Herald says the gamblers with the Wallace shows took from SSOO to S6OO out of that town. John H. Thornton of this place has been granted an increase of pension from $6 per month to $8 per month. Crown Point was defeated in the ball game at Riverside Park lafet Friday. Score 7t05 in favor of Rensselaer. Mesdames A. B. Clark and W. H. Wells, of Monticello, were guests of Mr. and Mrs, H. T. Bott last Friday. Editor Schanlaub of the Morocco Courier, together with his family, visited his brother John, of this city, last Sunday.

James Gardner has moved from the Sears property on South River street, into one of John Makeover’s houses, on Division street. James Archibald, an old resident of Newton county, died at his home in Washington township, on the 7th inst. aged 80 years. Miss Meda Busey, who has been the guest of Miss Delma Nowels. for the past two weeks, returned to her home at Bunker Hill, Wednesday. D. W. Shields and Ira Gay left Tuesday for Coffee county, Tenn., where they will spend a week or ten days. Mr. Shields owns a farm there. The Kentland Democrat states that arrangements are being made for a game of ball between the Sheldon and Rensselaer teams for Friday, Sept. 2, of the fair at that place. The Lowell Tribune came out last week in an enlarged form and otherwise improved. The Tribune is a rattling good local paper, and Bros. Ragon have our best wishes for continued prosperity. Mrs. J. M. Ott of Remington, has asked the town council of that place for SI,OOO damages for injuries sustained from falling through a defective sidewalk last April. Circuit court will convene in a few weeks, and it is to be seen whether business will be transacted according to the gospel of Simon or the apocrypha of the Benton county bar.—Oxford Tribune. Twenty-three cases have been filed against the Big Four railroad by Prosecutor Chizum charging the company with failure to give the correct time on their blackboard of the departure of trains.—Fowler Leader. When Mr. A. Leopold was returning from Cincinnati last Friday afternoon, the train on which he was riding ran over a Mrs. John Barton and two children, aged five and three, at Frankfort, killing them instantly. - * . It is stated that the average Monticello girl has a way of tying sand paper about their ankles and producing the same effect as by buying an expensive ekirt. The pieces of sand pqper rub together and sound just liie a sl2 skirt.