Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat. Good correspondence stationery cheap at The Democrat office. We sell envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. For Sale: —Lots 5 and 6, block 13, Newton’s addition to Rensselaer. Enquire at Democrat office. 100 envelopes with your name and address neatly printed thereon for only 50 cents, at The Democrat office. If you have for sale a farm, house and lot, or any other property of a salable nature, try advertising it in The Democrat. Get your job printing done at The Democrat office. Satisfaction guaranteed both in stock, prices and workmanship. Bring your job printing to The Democrat office. We appreciate your favors, do nothing but the best work and ch arg moderate prices. Advertisers should bear in mind that The Democrat has a larger circulation among the farmers than any paper published in Jasper county. Mrs. Miranda Barkley, widow of Isaac D. Barkley, an old resident of this county, died at the home of a relative with whom she resided at Anderson, on Wednesday of last week, aged almost 80 years. While we unnderstand that the case against John E. Alter, excounty surveyor, was reinstated by affidavit and information, no arrest has been made, and the matter will go over to the next term of court. The prosecuting attorney it is understood, is at Indianapolis this week lobbying for the Newton county seat bill. The case of Brown vs the C. I. &L. Ry., on change of venue from Lake county, .is on trial here this week. Hon. R. S. Dw’iggins is occupying the bench. A long array of counsel and witnesses are in attendance and the case is being stubbornly contested. A struck jury selected from a venire of forty occupy the jury box. The many friends of Mr. and Mis. G. B. Fox, of Southern Jasper celebrated their tin wedding on Tuesday of last week, at their comfortable home in southwest Carpenter tp., by appearing on the scene with numerous presentsand baskets of good things to eat. Among the presents was a handsome onyx table, a rocking chair and a silver tea pot. A very pleasant time was had. The old county seat fight in Newton county is at its height again in the legislature. The bill for re-location now presented applies only to Newton county, and 55 per cent, of the legal voters of said county voting for resolution is sufficient to remove same. Both Kentland and Morocco have large delegations of lobbyists down at the capitol fighting for and against the passage of the bill.