Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Boone, the hipnotist, next Monday night. Miss Maggie Kenton is assisting Rev. Tucker in revival meetings at Ridgeville. J Geo. Fisher, of Lake City, lowa, is visiting friends at Remington this week. The 159th Indiana was mustered out of service at Indianapolis Wednesday. , Miss Amanda Hoyes, who is teaching near Tefft, spent Thanksgiving at home. Repairs are to be made on the new court house where the frescoing Las peeled off, Chjarles Roberts, who has been in thf west for several months, returned home last Saturday. Albert Overton and Charles Grow wheeled to Lafayette, to enjoy Thanksgiving festivities. No foot ball game was played here on Thanksgiving, the Valparaiso team failing to show up.

Don’t miss seeing Boone, the hipnotist. The White circuit court convenes Monday. Harry Noland was taken to the asylum yesterday. J. N. Timmons of near Valma, has moved to Monticello.* The mercury lias been down to within 5 to 15 degrees of zero this week. Mayor McCoy and family spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. McCoy’s parents at Lafayette. A new serial story begins in this issue of The Democrat. It is a good one, be sure and read it. The Monticello Herald is authority for the statement that Robert Parker of Remington, is contemplating starting a bank at Idaville. The east end of the Washington street sewer, which has been laid some several years, is being taken up and cleaned out. It refused to work. Benton Review: Mrs. Frank Comer and Mrs. Guy Barnard are spending Thanksgiving with their parents, Jos. Hixson ©nd wife, at Kniman.

lALL S BUSINESS COLLEGE Established 1867, Incorporated 1894. C. F. MOORE, F. STOSSfIEISTER, Pkisisiht. Buiiniu Manama. Oldest and Besi Business coil® m Northern lod.

The college building is one of the best in the city, rooms elegant, equipment unsurpassed, teachers of experience are employed, methods are modem, systematic, practical, in commercial department actual business from the start, in the shorthand department the student has the free use of the typewriter on entering. As a large attendance is expected during the coming year it will be to your advantage to arrange with us at once. If you do not mtendto enter before Sept. Ist, or even Nov. Ist. write us at once and we will look after your interest. Hundreds of our graduates are holding good positions.

E. G. Haff made a business trip to Goodland last Monday. David Jakes has joined the 161st regiment regimental band. “Honest Abe” was in Monticello on business last Friday. Chas. W. Hanley was up at Crown Point on court business this week The roller skating craze has again broken out in many of the cities. ’ Jasper Guy and C. T. Dye of Remington, were in the city on business last Friday. We sell envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cole of Englewood', 111., are visiting relatives and friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stoudt of Remington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor of Lafayette, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy a few days this week. Haff & Masker are preparing to ! enlarge their hitch and feed bam i by building a 42 foot extension on ' the east end. (L ■ Ex-county Treasurer J. W. Paul, ! of Monticello, died quite suddenly last Sunday. He had been ill but a very few days, f Mr. and Mrs. Delos Thompson attended the golden wedding of the latter’s parents at Battle Creek, Mich., last week. ! The Rensselae'r High School. football team defeated a team, from j St. Joseph’s college last Friday as- j ternoon. Score 26 to 0. Myron Dumond, a former resi- j dent of Walker tp. was killed a j few days ago at Atwood, Kan., by : falling from a windmill tower. Rev. W. H. Sayler has moved to Wixom, Mich., where he has accepted the pastorate of the F. W. Baptist church at that place, j The W. R. C. sent a box of Thanksgiving dainties to the Ren&J selaer members of Co. 1., 161st Indiana, now stationed at Savannah, Ga. J. W. Russell, one of White county’s county commissioners, died suddenly at his home iu Brookston last Saturday from heart disease.

Address, HALL’S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Cor. Broadway and Sixth St. LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

DR. JACQUES DESSLER, OPTICAL SPECIALIST. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. I take great pleasure in announcing to the people of Rensselaer and the surrounding country*that I have located here in the Arcade building, above the Day light Clothing House, as an Optical Specialist. My thorough experience in the profession, with the help of the latest improved instruments, leads me to hope that I shall be able to give my patients full satisfaction, and can promise with responsibility that every case will be treated with special care. Hoping that the people of Rensselaer and surrounding country will give me a trial, I am, very respectfully yours, DR. JACQUES DESSLER. Optical Specialist. NOTICE—I desire to call your attention to the fact that eyes can be examined with the same accuracy at night as at day time. Examination' fkee.

Dr. A. -E. Sehmadel is still in Evansville, where he was called by the serious illness of his father.

Try The Democrat for latest style calling cards, either plain or printed in handsome plate script.

Miss Iva Alter, in company with her aunt, Mrs. Nancy Davisson, of Fair Oaks, is visiting friends in Arkansas. They will spend the winter there.

When in Rensselaer put your team up at Half A Masker’s feed and hitch barn, one block north of Makeever hotel. ts

Miss Dora Gleason of Fair Oaks, and Miss Jessie White of Dunnvilie, are in attendance at the Teachers’ Association.

The proposed street improvements at Morion have been abandoned for the present, owing to the cost proving more than expected. The bids filed run from $21,664.58 to $23,250.

Binder twine agents are now placing contracts for next season’s twine. The retail price will be about 14 cents per pound.

Mrs. Zoreglar. and daughter, Mrs. Sargent. Miss Nora Gardner and friend, Miss Graham, all of Attica, are spending a few days with the family of James Gardner, of this city.

The Lez Ricardo vaudeville company, which gave their opening entertainment here a few weeks ago, stranded at Delphi. Frank Bulger, the raised money shover, plead guilty at Indianapolis last Tuesday. He has not resentence at this writing. “Buck’' Stanley's meetings closed Thursday night. About 850 l>eople, including children, signed the pledge and donned the blue ribbon. Mr. Stanley is now holding meetings at Mt. Ayr. Bv the freezing ami bursting of a water pipe in the closet of the Judge’s private office of the new court house last Tuesday night, the floor was flooded and the ceiling of the clerk’s vault damaged to some extent. James Blake, the 14-vear old son of A 1 Blake, who runs the pool room over Rosenbaum’s saloon, was sent to the reform school a few’ days ago, at the request of the boy’s father, who said he could do nothing with him. The boy was caught stealing candy from a freight car, and was arrested and bound over to court previous to his committal to the reform school by Judge Thompson.

The world-famed Baldwin hotel at San Francisco was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. At least three lives were lost. The financial loss will reach from $1,500,000 to 82.000,000.

MOODY & ROTH, Dealers in Fresh. Salt and Cured Ml; ats Poultry. Game, Etc. Highest Price Paid for Hides and Tallow. OPPOSITE PUB. SQ., RENSSELAER, IND. PHONE 102. Fisher & Norris Near the Depot, Pay Cash For Hides, Veal, Eggs and Poultry, and Game in season. ■ 'jg '" RENSSELAER, INDIANA. pii:| '! We wish to inform the public that we ]' have got permanently located in our | ' | Mill at the old Creamery Building, and i | 1 1 have a full equipment of tnaciiiuery ]> 1 1 and are prepared to do all kinds of ij 1 1 Mill Work. Carpenter and Job Work j 1 1 1 and all kinds of Wooden Work. 1 j i; WE GALL FOR AND DELIVER | ji Articles ho be repaired. When you 'i i[ have anything that no els- ran fix, 11 give us a trial. ' | DONNELLY BROTHERS, |j 1 , RESIDENT 'PHONE SOI. MILL 'PHONE EOS. < \ Try The Democrat for job printing.

Niekum, the Lognnsport “perpetual light” fraud, was indicted by the l\ S. grand jury at Indianapolis last week for fraudulent use of the mails hi furthering the sale of territory for his alleged invention.

Among those who were home for Thanksgiving were: Misses Gail Wasson and Grace Thompson, of Evanston; Miss Flora Harris of The Art Institute, Chicago; Miss Bertha Nowels of Lafayette; Joe Reynolds of Hammond, Ira Washburn of Chicago.

Rev. Middleton united in marriage Henry Warrick and Ella M. Mercia of Delphi, at his residence last Sunday evening. The bride has a brother, a baker, working for Geo. W. Goff.

Ben Hart of Carpenter tp., has begun divorce proceedings against his wife, Mary C. Hart, to whom he was married in March of last year, alleging incompatibility of temper, etc. Both have children by former marriage which is no doubt the seat of the trouble.

Another big invoice of stationery and printers’ stock received by The Democrat a few days ago. We respectfully solicit a share of your job patronage, and can please you both as to price and workmanship.

City Marshal McGowan is in receipt of a letter from Frank A. Turner, an attorney of Salem, Oregon, asking for information concerning the whereabouts of May Nancy Herbert and Antoine Noma Herbert, brother and sister born near New Orleans, La., and who some years ago located in Northern Indiana. An estate is left to these parties, and any information concerning them should be addressed as above, providing this should meet the eye of any one who knows anything about the people.

H. V. Rees, who has been here for a few weeks working up the Modern Woodmen lodge, has succeeded in getting twenty-seven new members who will be initiated next Tuesday night at the old G. A. R. hall in Odd Fellows’ temple. The initiatory work will be done by the Wadena, Benton county, team of Foresters, fifteen in number. All medibers of the local lodge are requested to be in attendance, and a cordial irritation is also extended to neighboring lodges to be present. A grand good time will be had.

lam nowmble to offer you my goods at reduced prices. Sailors, walking hats and tarns at cost, and trimmed hats at big reductions, as I wish to close out my entire stock of millinery. Mrs. C. E. Hershman.

Cholera is playing sad havoc among the hogs on the Gaff ranch. Something over 500 have already died from the disease, and it will not be at all surprising if the entire drove of nearly 1,200 goes in the same way.—Morrocco Courier.

An opinion has lately been rendered that a depositor in a bank withdrawing his money personally, can give a receipt in lieu of a check, thus saving the two cents war tax on each withdrawal. The Rensselaer Bank, evor mindful of the interests of its depositors, has followed thet example set by son, of the large national banks and has got out a form of receipt for counter use in conformity therewith, and they are now in regular use at the counters of that institution. These receipts are not negotiable, and are payable only to the maker in person.

On Wednesday evening last, at the bride’s home in Remington, Mr. John W. Reed, of Medaryville, was married to Miss Phebe Pearl The bridegroom is the well-known son of Mr. Frank M. Reed, merchant of this place, and the bride is the accomplished daughter of Mr. Jasper Guy, a well known attorney of Remington. The young people enter the matrimonial sea under most favorcircumstances and we unite with their friends in wishing them a happy and prosperous journey through iifo.—Medar ville Advertiser. #

Laura Belle Randle and Albert E. Josserand were married at 9:30 A. M. Wednesday morning, at the home of the bride’B mother near Pleasant Ridge. Rev. Shepipard officiating. The happy couple will move on the groom’s farm near Wolcott.

The widow of Peter Brooknian, a Remington man who was killed by a Chicago & Northwestern (rain at Chicago a few weeks ago, has been given SSOO by the railroad company, who also paid the funneral expenses of the deceased and the attorney fees of the widow.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office Flr»t Stairs We,t of Port Office. J RENSSELAER, IND.