Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Type-writer paper, either blank or printed, at The Democrat office. Mr. J. W. ParksofLeland, 111., •was here this week, the guest of W. S. Parks. J. P. Hammond has been re-ap-pointed county truant officer for another year. A new flag floats from the four-hundred-and-eight-dollar-flag-pole of the new court house. A wolf scalp was brought in from Union Ip., last Tuesday, by Jas. Sherman, for bounty. H. J. Bartoo and wife have adopted a 7-months-old girl from the Chicago childrens’ home. George M. Cooper and Thos. Florence of near Blackford and Virgif, respectively, were in the city oh business Tuesday. Rev. J. L. Matthews, for seven years pastor of the Baptist church at Goodlaud, has accepted a pastorate St Salem, Ind. We are prepared to suit all ladies*Jarge or small with bonnet, hat ottoque, made in the newest designs. M. and A. Meyer. The Jasper circuit court convenes one week from next Monday. Ij is not anticipated now that any grand jury will be called.

Miss Luella Boyd of Mt. Vernon, la., who lias been visiting the family of Granville Moody for a few weeks, returned home Monday. County Superintendent Hamilton attended the Northern Indiana County Superintendents’ Association at Valparaiso the first of the week.

A gent s new brown kid glove, found on the street Monday morning, can be had by owner calling at The Democrat office and paying for this notice. The Remington Press states that ex-County Commissioner Jones has just returned from a three months tour through Massachusetts, Connecticut and the east. •Wt a-good correspondent from every hamlet and neighborhood in Jasper county to send us the local happenings of their locality. Send in the items every week, even if you have but a few. Rev. Peter Hinds and Mr. G. E. Hosrner went to Tennessee the first of the week to look after their real estate there and get tenants to work same. They expect to be gone ten days or two weeks. Hon. John Ross, democratic candidate for congressman from this district, spent a few days in Jasper county the first of the week. Mr. Ross is making voters and friends every day in his gentlemanly canvas of the district and will defeat Mr. Crumpacker by a neat majority. Bro. Fred L. Griffin of the Remington Press, accompanied by his wife and family, was in the city Tuesday and made The Democrat a pleasant fraternal call. His father and rnothei, Mr. nnd Mrs. George Griffin came over with him and took the train here for Council Bluffs, lowa, where they will visit friends for a couple of weeks. Arthur Lakin of Co. A, 4th Infantry, Ft. Sheridan, accompanied by his regimental bugler, will arrive in our city today on the 1:45 p. m. train. He will be met at the train by Halstead’s Rough Riders, Sam Yeoman’s martial band and the G. A. R. Post who will escort him to the public square, where short speeches will be made by Capt. Jas. Burnham, B. F. Fergerson and others. An exchange sensibly remarks that all the discussion one way or the other, all the telling of prosperity or non-prosperity, will not change the facts one particle. The people know and realize their own condition. Each man for himself can tell if he is properous. There is no use harping it to him day in and day out. When it rains there is no need of printing the fact in the papers or proclaiming it from the house tops. Everybody knows it. 1 "