Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. One week from Monday is labor day. f The Benton circuit vened Monday. Will Schanlaub was in Morocco on busines Tuesday. »J. J. Hunt returned from his vacation trip Thursday. Chas. Holly, Jr., of Beaver City, was in the city Saturday. Sam Fisher and Ernest Kennedy of Morocco, spent Saturday in our city, - v ■ , ... —. . ' - Laßue Bros, of this place, have garchased a general Btore at Earl ark. Commissioners court will convene in regular session Monday, Sept. 5. It is said that a new Baptist church will be built in Milroy tp., this fall. Geo. Moorehead of near Remington, was in the city on business last Friday. Mrs. J. E. Hopkins and sister, Miss Jesse Lang, are visiting in Indianapolis. T. W. Mauck and daughter Kate left Monday morning for a week's visit with a son in Kokomo. A son of John Borem of Union township aged about nine years, died on Wednesday of last week. Miss Laura Warr, who had been visiting friends in this city, returned Saturday to her home at Brook. David and F. W. Mauck, with their families, are visiting friends atFranklin. Indianapolis and other points. Frank Sears, a former resident of Rensselaer, died last week at Danville, 111., from cancer of the stomach. MisS Emma Eger who has been visiting in Lafayette for the past two or three weeks, returned home W. J. Imes returned Sunday from his New York visit. He thinks some of going there to engage in business. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin visited friends in Lafayette and took in the K. of P. encampment at Indianapolis this week. Mayor McCoy and Delos Thompson returned from their hunting trip to South Dakota last Sunday. They report very good sport. The Delphi Times says that the apple crop of Carroll county is almost a total failure this year,* a very unusual thing for that county. The Monon will run an excursion to Cedar Lake to-morrow. Train passes Rensselaer at 9:45. Fare for the round trip only fifty cents. Misses Bernice and Eva Brown, who have been visiting the family of their uncle, G. W\ Goff, for a few weeks have returned to their home in Crown Point. Mr. James T. Randle and Miss Blanche Thomas, both of this city, were married at the home of the bride’s mother last Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. L. Brady officiating.

The Rensselaer schools will open one week.from Monday. Wm. Donnelly is in Chicago on business, for a few days. White county old settlers hold their annufll meeting to-day. W. A. Huff is taking a vacation and is visiting with relatives in Indianapolis. Mrs. James Yeoman and "two sons of Topeka, Kan., are visiting friends here. Andrew and Charlie Newell of Amboy, this state, are visiting their* uncle S. Newell of near Valma. < Rev. Weston will preach at Barkley M. E. church to-night at 7:30 and Sunday morning at 10:30. Mr. and Mrs. August Rosen* baum attended the Bouer-Walters wedding near Remington on Wednesday. Homer Babcock, of the Commercial State Bank, returned Saturday from a two weeks visit in different parts of Kansas, The annual conference of the Church of God of the Arahamic faith will convene at Rensselaer, Sept. 1, continuing four days. The “Chicago Unions,a team of colored ball players of Chicago, are billed to play the Rensselaer club at Riverside Park next Tuesday. D, W. Shields and Ira Gay returned Wednesday from their i Tennessee visit. They report the I Jasper county contingent as do- | ing well. * 1 ■' ■— —■■■ ■ '■■■■» ■■ . A file of The Democrat will ; henceforth be found at Kelley's News Depot, north side of public square, where copies of same are also kept on sale. Ike Stacker and daughter, Mr. and iSlrs. Nay, of Mt. Ayr, and Mrs. Simon Kenton and Mrs. J. L. Foster of this city are in attendance at the F. W. Baptist Association at Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Harold of Coal City, Ind., were here to attend the funocaiof their ae ice, lit tie Mary Hammond. Mr. Harold was at one time editor of the now defunct People’s Pilot of this place. The Sunday school at Belle Center school house will hold its session Sunday afternoon. Mr. Chas. Grow will be present to superintend. His absence last Sunday was owing to a misunderstanding. A slight blaze at the Henderson residence in Austin & Paxton's addition, Saturday afternoon, but which was soon extinquished by neighbors, resulted in slight damage to house and the consuming of a sofa and dresser. The wife of Wm. Hinchman, merchant of Brook, died last Monday evening, the cause of her death being typhoid fever. Mr. Hinchman at one time conducted a store at Pleasant Ridge, and is familiarly known to many of our citizens, who join with him in mourning the loss of his most estimable young wife. Charles W. Gray, who was so badly injured several weeks ago by falling from a ladder upon which he was at work painting, died Sunday morning as a result of said injuries, aged about 28 years. He leaves a wife but no children. The fdneral was held Monday morning at the residence in the east part of the city, Rev. Middleton conducting the services, after which interment was made in W eston cemetery.

% Try The Democrat for job printing. f Quite a number of our citizens Jttend the fair and ball game at Remington Friday. < W. R. Newels returned home Monday, after quite an extended irip throughout the state. i A number of our people are figuring on taking in the farmers’ ■lonic and barbecuejat Wheatfield day. _ JBjjf y " JjjiGet your job printing done at futE Democrat office. Satisfacwb guaranteed both in stock, Vices and workmanship. «The “kids” under the captain#ip of Taylor McCoy, defeated p Monon boys at ball Thursday. flpore 15 to 16. J|An infant son of Mr. and Xn. Geo. Hiss, of Jordan townAip, died Thursday morning of wOlera infantum. Democrat and Indianapo!§*.Sentinel one year, $1.35. DemJjpUT and Cincinnati Enquirer, -Jptisses Maud Healey and Julia wopold entertained a number of wHting friends at the latter’s home Jpmday evening. j|Tt is now thought that about Wenty from this place and imme4fete vicinity .will take in the G. J&. R. encampment at Cincinnati. ilßernice Warren went to Chicago Wednesday, where she will rapt for a time and will thence go 4B|and Rapids, Mich., to spend £sl winter. JpJrs. Fannie Teagarden, who bps been visiting her father, Mr. Ipiis Walton, for the past month, returned to her home in Houston, Tjfxas, Monday. $4.45 for the round trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 3-4-S-6, on account of G. A. R. National Encampment. W. H. Beam, Agent. . See C. A. Roberts for a Studebjker Farm Wagon—it hasSlopesholdir Spokes, others square ones —and for a Dewey Buggy, and Hobson Carriages. All warranted. Geo. O. Stembel of Wheatfield, democratic candidate for auditor, was in the city Thursday night. George is a genial fellow and very popular wherever known. He will make a number one good auditor.

Fisher & Norris Near the Depot, Pay Cash For Hides, Veal, Eggs ; and Poultry, and Game in season. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

Mr. John Bill and family of Foresman, accompanied by Mr, Bill’s sister, Mrs. Jesse Bringle. of near Julian, left yesterday for a few weeks visit with friends at New Salisbury, Ind. They will also spend a few days in Kentucky ere their return. At the meeting of the city council Monday night one of the republican members stated that they (the council) must not reduce expenditures, for if they did so, the democratic members would get all the credit. While said member and another of his colleagues were quarreling over certain proposed legislation, John Eger succeeded in carrying a motion to place an $8 bridge across Makemself at a place where certain members who are against reducing expenditures had determined on a costly iron structure.

Mrs. Jennie Cox, nee Miller, a neice of M. F. Chilcote and a former teacher in our city schools, died at her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last Saturday, of consumption. James Bilile and Geo. Eck of Remington, Michael Bernicken and Harmon Clark of Wheatfield and Reason M. Dunn of DeMotte, will apply to the commissioners at their forthcoming session for licenses to retail liquors in their respective towns. It is said that B. J. Gifford, the Jasper County Land King, will another year, try growing onions and potatoes on a large scale upon his lands, in northern Jasper. He has some 120 acres in onions this year, and they give promise of yielding from 300 to 400 bushels per acre. *

The people of Rensselaer should use their influence toward having the Rensselaer-Remington Range Line road improved through Jordan ,tp. This is no doubt the most beastly piece of road in Jasper county and one that is traveled most. There are but few months in the year that it is hardly passable at all, and that at a time when little used by the farmers. Through the hauling season and when tne farmer has least to do upon his farm it is practically impassable, and not safe for any one tp attempt to get over. Its improvement would be worth thousands of dollars to Rensselaer in the way of trade each year, and wo believe our people should_take the matter in hand and try and bring influence to bear which would result in its betterment and also the betterment of our country trade. >

A great many ’ farmers seem to have forgotten the fact that there is a law on the statute books of Indiana ordering them to cut all weeds, briers, etc,, growing on the roadside so far as their farm extends. The law was passed by the kst legislature and allows $1.25 per day for such work and if. the land owner does not perform this work between the Ist of July and the 20th of August, the road supervisor may employ any other person to perform the work and pay him at the rate of $1.25 for each day’s work. * 1

DR. MOORE, Specialist, ''ttEL* Office First Stair* Wat of Po,t Office. RENSSELAER, IND.