Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. Old Settlers’ meeting to-day. The State fair begins Monday. No damaging frost yet so far as learned. Monon will have a street fair Oct. 4 to 7 inclusive. Mortimer Dyer of Monticello, is visiting with the family of A. J. Jacks. Mr. Geo. Miller of Stoutsburg, was in the city Tuesday and Wednesday". The NewtSn county soldiers’ reunion will be held at Goodland, Sept. 14 and 15. Judge Thompson adjourned court at Fowler Wednesday noon until next Monday. During the storm Monday night, Thos. Randle of Barkley tp., lost ten head of cattle by lightning. Mrs. Ella B. Howe and children of Los Angeles, Cal., came last week to visit Mrs. E. P. Honan.

Mr. anil Mrs. Jacob French, of Earl Park, spent Sunday with the latter’s mother. Mrs. Hester Hoyes. The Teter farm of 160 acres, in Carpenter tp., was traded this week for resilience property in Goodland. Geo. Gowlaijd sold his farm of 207 acres this week to Joseph Faggot, of Illinois, consideration §58.00 per acre.—Goodlaud Herald. Miss Mary Meyer left for Chicago Sunday where she will stay two weeks studying latest styles in millinery, also purchasing an entire fall stock. A fountain pen. found upon the street here one day last week, can be had by owner calling at this office, proving property and paying for this notice. Joseph G. Willey, a former Rensselaer merchant, now traveling for a mercantile house, was shaking hands with old friends here last Tuesday.

Geo. W. Goff. High Chief Ranger of Indiana, returned Monday from attending the Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters, at Toronto, Canada. The vice-presidents of the Kankakee Valley sugar beet association and others interested in the development of this industry will meet at North Judson on Sept. 20. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan entertained about twenty young married couple last evening at progressive euchre, in honor of their guest, Mrs. Ella B. Howe, of Los Angeles, Cal. The Democracy of Newton and Benton counties met at Goodland last Friday and nominated Cha s H. West, ex-county superintend-, ent of Benton county and at present editor of the Ambia-News, for joint representative. Cattle ‘‘rustlers” are getting in their work in southern Lake county. Two or three bunches of fat cattle have been stolen within the past two weeks. One bunch was sold to the G. H. Hammond Packing Co., at Hammond. James Bilile, Remington, Reason M. Dunn, DeMotte, and Harmon Clark and Michael Bemicken, Wheatfield, were each given liquor licenses by the commissioners Tuesday. No remonstrances were filed against any of the applicants.