Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Dr. M. B v Alter is seriously sick. Subscribe for the taxpayer’s friend, The Democrat. Nora Morgan is spending the week with Maude Hoyes at Dunnville. W. S. Parks and family visited Remington friends the latter part of last week. The band concert last Friday night was a success both financially and otherwise. Frank Osborne has secured a position as manager of a lumber yard at Kirklin. Vermont Hawkins has secured a position as fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad system. Wm. R. Cotton, an old resident of this city died Thursday night at midnight after a long illness. His age was 80 years. An Epworth League social will be held at the handsome and commodious home of W. P. Baker, on the north side to-night. William. Taylor of Lafayette, father of Mrs. T. J. McCoy of this city, died Wednesday night. Funeral was held Thursday. “Doc” Nichols, the Goodland hotel man, was in the city Thursday. Mr. Nichols is figuring on trading his hotel property for a body of land in this county. Mrs. H. C. Harris and daughter Jennie, left Saturday last for Los Ajigeles, Cal., where they will remain until spring. They were accompanied as far as Chicago by J. C. Harris. Horses and Cattle taken in exchange for farming implements, wagons, buggies, binders, mowers, hardware, etc. J. W. Phelps, Remington, Ind

A press dispatch Monday stated that Horace Kent, a son of Bela C. Kent, late of Goodland, attempted suicide at Indianapolis last Saturday as a result of a quarrel he had with his sweetheart at Kentland, where he had been on a furlough. Young Kent is but 18 years of age, and is a member of Battery L, First U. S. Artillery. 1 * O. C. Minor, agent of the Big Four railroad at Fowler, has been arrested charged with taking the company’s funds and forgery. It is alleged that he took $2,800 and forged an Americian Express order for SSOO. With another Fowler gentleman Minor had been trying to break the board of trade at Chicago, it is said. As usual, “Minor was a highly respected citizen,” and was a deacon in one of the churches at Fowler. When certain parties over at Rensselaer get through with Brother Babcock, of the Democrat, they will find themselves in about the same condition as the man who monkeyed with the buzz saw. We could mention certain Newton county parties, who. once upon a time, attempted to pick a “furse” out of Bab, and they are still wondering in a dazed sort of away if the cyclone was ‘purty’ general over the state. —Morocco Courier. “What is your politics?” asked the political agent who was compiling a poll of a country precinct. “Well,” said the Democratic farmer, who attends all the Republican meetings, “before the war I was a democrat; after I got back frum a follerin’ Grant I was-a rebel; in 18841 was a British hireling; 2 years ago I was an Anarchist, and now, by gosh, the latest news that I get from myself is that I’m a Spaniard!” Wheatfield has organized an improvement association with F. H. Robertson president and M. M. Ouker, secretary. “The object of the organization,” says the Telephone, “is to get in touch with those who are looking for a location to remove to through the industrial board of the Three-I Ry. Already that corporation has promised to vouch for the establishment of a canning factory at this place in the spring, if we guarantee the raising of 500 acres of tomatoes. This firm will also can com, peas, beans and pumpkins.”