Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

G. M. Wilcox of Surrey, was in the city Thursday. Miss Bessie Foster visited friends in Monticello this week. Regular meeting of the city council next Monday night. Advertising in The Democrat brings good results. Try it. C; P. Wright is looking after his mining interests in Alabama. M. M. Tyler of DeMotte, was in Rensselaer On business Saturday. Watch and wait for the lowest prices ever offered on .holiday Chicago Bargain Store. The Democrat and Indianapolis Sentinel one year, $1.35. Democrat and Cincinnati Enquirer, $1.50. • A great reduction in prices of Clothing, Jackets, Capes and Collarettes. Chic Ugo Bargain Store. Thursday was a cold but pleasant winters day. The mercury stood at zero or a little below in the morning. Renew your subscription to newspapers and magazines through The Democrat and save from 10 to 25 per cent, thereby.

|Holiday*"****"*"| | Presents... | Y The largest assortment of Watches and J X Rings in this section of the state, also a fine ▲ ♦ selection of Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver- ▼ Y ware, Novelties, Gold Pens, Bracelets, J Chains and fine Decorated China Plates, ▲ ♦ Etc. Everything neat and clean. You ▼ Y should see goods and get prices before J 2 buying. All goods sold engraved free + ♦ of charge when requested. Fine repair- ▼ ing a specialty. X ■ JEWELER. H. J. WELCH, ♦ Y So. Ohio St., Remington, Ind. J

LOCAL MATTERS. Mani! Spitler of Thayer, was in the city Thursday. W. B. Austin was in New York on business this week. Subscribe for the taxpayer’s friend, The Democrat. Alexander Lardner of Goodland, was in the city Saturday. Andrew Hicks of Remington, was in the city Thursday. A big arc light has been placed in B. F. Fendig’s drug store. The Valparaiso Vidette and Star have been consolidated. Elder N. H. Shepherd is holding a series of meetings at Fair Oaks. Sam Fournier is buying a little farm near Kniman.—Fowler Leader. Over one car load of Holiday Goods bought for the Chicago Bargain Store. Every farmer should make it a point to attend the forthcoming Farmers’ Institute. John Jordan, one of Carpenter township’s solid farmers, was in the city Wednesday. Mrs. W. B. Austin and daughter Virgie, were visiting in Chicago a few days this week. Ira Washbum, who has been quite sick for a few T weeks at Chicago, is now recovering. Dedereck Decker, the king bee Hollander of Keener tp., was in the city on business Saturday. Peter Hinds expects to move to his Jennings county farm some time early in the coming month. Capt. Guthrie of Co. I, 161st Indiana, has reduced Sergeant Wilbur Tharp, of his company, to the ranks. The largest and most complete line of Holiday Goods ever seen in Rensselaer. Chicago Bargain Store. E. T. Bond has taken the acetyline gas plant out of his store room. It did not prove satisfactory. —Oxford Tribune. W. W. Wishard drove over to Mt. Ayr Sunday and brought home Mrs. Wishard, who had been visiting friends there a few days. James Lefler returned Wednesday morning to Lincoln, Neb., where he has an interest with his brother-in-law in a grocery store. W. W. Reynolds will this week move from his farm, southwest of town, to Rensselaer, where he has purchased property.—Chalmers Ledger.

For Sale:—Lots 5 and 6, block 13, Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office. Fletcher Durbin, a son of Col. Durbin of the 161st Indiana, has been appointed second lieutenant of Co. A., of Hammond, by Gov. Mount. Advertisers should bear in mind that The Democrat has a larger circulation among the farmers than any paper published in Jasper county. Private Reed of Co. M., 161st Indiana, while drunk, murdered musician Bromley of the same company, by cutting his throat from ear to ear, Wednesday afternoon. A few of the purchases for the holidays: About 20 bbls, of fancy candies; fancy neckties; men’s and boy’s caps; dress goods; shoes; slippers; jewelry: toys; etc. Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs. H. T. Bott and children left on Wednesday for Riverside, Cal., where they will spend the winter with Mrs. Bott’s father and sister. It is hoped that her health will be improved by the change. Harry accompanied them as far as Chicago.

W. B. Austin has sold to Henry Hochbaum, the Virgie merchant and postmaster, the 80 acres of land surrounding Virgie and including the lots of the original plat of the town. Mr. Austin platted the town a few years ago and named it in honor of his daughter, Miss Virgie Austin. A young girl, adopted some years ago by Geo. Calvert and wife of this place, is said to have been sent to the orphan’s home at Cincinnati, from which place she was adopted, while there was also some talk about sending another young girl to the reform school. Both were and liked the company of bad boys at unseemly hours. They are about 16 years of age.

Mr. Isaiah Brooks and family of Marshal county, are visiting his cousins, Harry and Eunice Adamson and Mrs. Ruth Chipman. D. M. Yeoman has disposed of his interest in the dry goods firm of Porter & Yeoman to F. E. Randle, and is thinking of engaging in the lumber business. Come in and subscribe for The Democrat for a year and send it to your friends living at a distance. It will be better than a letter to them and a weekly reminder of the donor. The-increased demand for good telegraph operators, stenographers, and book-keepers is causing young people to think about the terms offered by the Union Business College, of Lafayette, Ind. For Rubber Stamps, Daters, Printing Wheels, White Enamel Sign Letters, Stencils, ; Steel Stamps roftfetc., call at The Democrat office. We can save you money on anything in this line.

The foot ball season came to an end last week, so far as the notable teams concerned. The season opened practically on the Ist of j October, and from that date to and including Nov. 24, there were one- ! hundred and thirty-eight accidents to players reported. Of these, five were killed: skulls fractured, six; limbs broken, thirteen; collar Ik>ucs broken, eleven. The balance consists of broken noses, strained ■ backs, broken ribs, dislocated knee , caps, etc. Before the season was fairly opened three players were killed and a number of serious accidents occurred.—Ex. State Lecturers, Riley of Thorntown. and McFarland of Plymouth, will be present at our Institute on the 13th and 14th of January, 1899. It is the wish of the Executive Committee to arrange the woik so as to make the same useful and entertaining to all who may wish to attend. We also request that school teachers and preachers assist us to advertise this free school for farmers. The next meeting of our committee will be at the office of Foltz, Spitler &Kurrie to-day (Saturday) at? p. m., at which time we would be glad to receive suggestions as to topics, queries and local help in arranging a programme. Executive Committee.

MOODY & ROTH, Deniers in Fresh, Salt and Cured MEATS —— I Poultry, Game, Etc. Highest Price Paid for Hides end 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. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Wil... ] j We wish to inform the public that we 1 [ i have got permanently located in our J 1 Mill at the old Creamery Buildins. and 1 have a full equipment of machinery ' i [ and are prepared to do all kinds of i J • Mill Work. Carpenter and Job Work J■ [ and all kinds of Wooden Work. WE Gill FOR MD DELIVER ! Articles to be repaired. When you ] > j have anything that no else can fix. ,; , give us atrial. I DONNELLY BROTHERS. C RtIIMNY >PWO«« ML MIU*PWOfI«a«K Try The Democrat for job printing.

Sarah C. Schenkenberger. who was indicted for poisoning her daughter-in-law, wife of a former editor of the Oxford Tribune, was found guilty of the crime by a jury at Frankfort and her punishment fixed at life imprisonment. John Sharp, James George and Ed Brinley, all boys in their teens, were a few days ago fined and costed to the tune of $4.05 each for poking fun at McCoy’s “sheep-skin band” one night recently, the former having sworn out warrants against them. From all reports the boys got only what they deserved.

Township Trustees J. C. Kaupke of Kankakee, and J. A. Lamborn of Carpenter, were in the city yesterday on business before the commissioners’ court. Box social, Friday, December 23, 1898, at Pleasant Grove, Barkley township. A short program will be presented. Mary Bell Moore, Teacher. The remonstrance against the S anting of a saloon license to eo. Strickfaden was not filed, owing to failure to secure a sufficient number of signers. The 4th Infantry U. S. regulars, of which Arthur Lakin is a member, will leave for the Philippines next Monday. The regiment is now stationed at Ft. Sheridan. The 161st Indiana has been ordered*to Cuba, and expectted to sail for Havana yesterday. There are fifteen or sixteen Jasper county boys in Co. I of this regiment, Judge Marvin of Lawrence circuit court created a sensation in Bedford by instructing the grand jury to closely investigate alleged corruption in county, township and city affairs. Messrs. A. B. Cowgill, Ernest Fritts and Chas. Grow, ami Misses Fannie and Florence Wood and Blanche Alter drove over to Mt, Ayr last Sunday evening and took in “Buck” Stanley’s temperance meeting.

Farmers who leave rotten corn in their fields, in which stock are allowed to run, are making a mistake. Several farmers have lost a number of head of cattle from eating this damaged stuff. It is even said to kill fowls when fed to them. The better plan is to take it to the home and use it as fuel. —Oxford Tribune. The Lowell Record published a fine half-tone cut last week of Lowell’s handsome school building erected a couple of years ago at a cost of $14,000. The building appears to be a very neat and commodious one and bears out the Record’s statement of being one of the finest in the state—in fact is almost as fine as Jasper county’s $165,000 court house. A six-year-old son of A. Anderson was run over by a bicycle rider on the sidewalk near the depot one night last week, injuring him quite badly. The bicyclist proved to be Charley Kelley, and he was later arraigned before Esq. Burnham where he plead guilty to the the charge of assault and battery and paid $1 fine and costs amounting to $3.35. Perhaps when h few fatalities occur a move will be made to put a stop to riding bicycles upon the sidewalks of the city.

The Democrat has secured a regular correspondent to send us the local happenings in the vicinity of Tefft, and our first batch of news from there appears this week. No department of a county paper is more interesting to the average reader than the correspondence column, and we desire to secure regular contributors to this department from every town and hamlet in Jasper county. If you are interested in the success of The Democrat and appreciate our efforts to make it an up-to-date county paper in all that term implies, help us to secure correspondence from every locality in the county pot already represented. In addition to furnishing stationery, copy of paper, etc., we shall make to even’ one of our correspondents who stays with us during the coming, year an appropriate Christmas present at the end of the year.

Notice Of Dissolution. Notice, is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between I. J. Porter and D. M, Yeoman, under the firm name of Porter & Yeoman, is this day disolved, Mr. Yeoman withdrawing from the firm and Frank Randle taking his place. All debts will be paid and all notes and accounts will be collected by the new firm. I. J. Porter. D. M. Yeoman F. E. Randle. ; Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 8,1898. We sell envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs West of l ost Office. RBNSSELAER, IND. ' ■ ■■ - ■'•‘3.'- - . ■ , • -■ > -A.. ...< ■ ... ■ 1 .