Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. Election next Tuesday. November 24 is Thanksgiving. Another bank has been established at Wolcott. • Read carefully the instructions to voters in another Column. Denjfis Hilton, an old resident of Gillam tp., died Monday. Mose Leopold is recovering from his attack of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Holland of Remington, were in the city Thursday. Monday is the last day for paying taxes without penalty being attached. - • . Editor Knotts of the Francesville Tribune, was in the city on business Monday. A number of Remington’s business houses are to be illuminated with acetyline gas. Mrs. Fred Donnelly of Remington, was the guest of Mrs.. F. E. Babcock on Thursday. ■' * '■"■■■— ■ ■ Mrs. Lizzie Peck and daughter, Mary, of Remington, were guests of Rensselaer friends Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beck of Fairfield, lowa, are visiting this week, with Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe. , Miss Maggie Kenton will preach at the Free Will Baptist church to-morrow at the regular hour, 10:45 a. m. The ring “Ways and Means committee’’ have been holding special sessions nightly. Watch out for rooibacks!

The Rensselaer high school football team defeated Goodland at the latter place last Saturday. Score 22 to 0. D. B. Nowels and J. F. Warren have been appointed jury commissioners by Judge Thompeon for the ensuing year. S. H. Norman, who recently moved to Pike’s Peak, Brown county,, has returned to Jasper county and located at Parr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hixson of Kniman, visited their daughters, Mesdames Guy Barnard and Frank Coover, at Fowler last week. A change in the management of the Nowels House went into effect a few days ago, E. N. Hyland is the new landlord. Mrs. Elizabeth Shields and daughter, Mrs. Lucy Malchow, start today for a month’s visit with Indianapolis and Franklin rela - tives. Byon Zimmerman won his wager with Geo. Strickfadden, to walk to Monon in five hours last Saturday. He made the 16 miles in 4$ hours. A very pleasant danoing party was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin at their palatial home on South River street on Thursday evening of last week. Dr. Chas. Vick returned Sunday, from a two months’ * absence in Pennsylvania and New York. While away he took a special course in an eastern optical college. ■ y Perry E. Carson of Remington, the aspirant for auditor on the republican county ticket, but who was turned down by the Rensselaer ringsters, has moved to Peoria, 111. „ Considerable devility was done by the hoodlum element on hallowe’en night. In other towns special police are put on duty hallo we’en and the citizens are not pestered by these in many cases malicious jokers. Why is this not done in Rensselaer? home in m>rthwest part oFthc were Thursday aftgmc*m Middleton conducting the service, Many of the better class of Renselaer’s young people enjoyed themselves on hallowe’en in innocent sports, such as masquerading, parties, etc. etc., while the hoodlums put in their time in marking Up the windows of business houses, daubing up signs and doing other■ maliscious mischief.