Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — VIRGIE. [ARTICLE]

VIRGIE.

—Virgie went democratic. —Asa Leech is expected home from Illinois. ** —Mr. Wiess has returned home from Remington. —Leo Hamacker is abont well with his lame arm. —We had quite a snow here Thursday morning. —Miss Eva Creviston is visiting at Mjr. Truss’ this week. —Miss Iva Grimm spent Tuesday with Miss Jennie McCoy. —Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Plummer, a girl, last Saturday morning. —Miss Emma Baumann of Goodland, is staying with her sister. —Mr. Henry Hochbaum is building a new addition to his house. —Mr. and Mrs. Leech visited with Mrs. Charles Harrington’s Sunday. —Miss Jennie McCoy and Mae Leeck visited Miss Iva Grimm last Sunday. —Owen W. Grimm and William H. Petty are working for William Cooper. —Charles McCoy and Thomas Florence brought some cattle home from Rensselaer yesterday. —Mrs. Henry Hochbaum, Miss Emma Baumann and Iva Grimm •peat Monday with Miss Sophia Weiss. --Quite a number of the young folks of this place attended the box social last Saturday night at Fair Oaks. The home townships of the democratic county candidates stood nobly by them last Tuesday/ Of to. 4 vote i s in the ig’j -•epuL n ownship of Ca Major received a majori'. <>f 111), while Pothuisje received 21U vot>-s out of a total of 416. Ira Yeoman parried the township by 35; Stembel took almost everything in Wheatfield, received 142 votes out of a total vote of 176. D. H. Yeoman only lost Marion tp. by 32 votes, while Adamsonly lost itby 76; Huston got 52out of a to tai vote of 80 in Milroy; Garriot run 20 ahead of his ticket in Barkley; Hershman ran 16 ahead of his ticket in. Walker, and Strong ran 9 ahead in Newton.