Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. Subscribe for The Democrat Prof. Baughman has moved to Mt. Ayr. Hammond had another bad fife last week. There are several cases of smallpox at'lndianapolis. a Advertising in The Democrat brings good results. Try it. A new Woodmen lodge was instituted at Chalmers Monday night. Mr. J. Vandecar of Kankakee tp., was in the city on business Monday. Joe Reynolds came down from Hammond Sunday and visited the home folks. Will Schanlaub came over from Morocco Saturday and spent Sunday with—his parents. W. R. Sutton, notice of whose sale appears in another column, expects to move to Missouri. The Blackford mails now leave the Rensselaer office at 12:35 p. m., instead of 1.00 as previously. Max, son of Hon. Chas. H. Price, of Middlesboro, Ky., is visiting relatives and friends in Carpenter tPStanley S. Tull has been recommended by Congressman Crumpacker for the Monon postmastership. Dr. E. A. Kirk will locate at Parr, where he expects to practice medicine and conduct a drug store. The hotel property at Mt. Ayr has been sold to Dr. Martin of that place, who will convert same into a dwelling house. Will Warner has bought a 420acre farm in the flat lands northeast of Rensselaer and will move soon. —Fowler Leader. We are informed that three of the children of Thos. Callahan, who resides near Wheatfield, are sick with scarlet fever. A young Frenchman by the name of Reneau was murdered by a couple of Kenneth “dagoes” at Logansport Monday evening. W. B. Austin has traded a halfsection of land near Stoutsbnrg for the Nichols hotel property at Goodland. He will lease the hotel. Valparaiso Messenger: Rev. R. D. Utter of the Crown Point M. E. church, has been granted a pension of $8 per month, with some back pay. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brusnahan of Washington, who have been visiting friends here for some time, left the first of the week for their western home. The young people of the Milroy Baptist church will give an entertainment for the benefit of the church, Feb. 3, at Lone Starr school house, Milroy tp. J. C. Harris, having just received a letter from his mother and sister, find sthey reached Los Angeles. Cal., all right and are now stopping at the Bellevue Terrace Hotel. Mrs. Harris was quite fatigued on arriving, but otherwise stood the trip well. Several Illinois men have been here in the past week looking over Starke county land with the object of buying. The agitation of the beet culture question and the belief that sugar refineries will soon be built in thisvieinity are attracting considerable attention to Starke county land. —StarkeCounty Democrat. All the members of Trinity M. E. church are requested to make a special self-denial this week for a thank offering next Sunday to pay off a small debt which has accrued for sidewalks, insurance, and other incidentalls. * The pastor will present a Special Twentieth Century Appeal by Bishop Fowler on Sunday morning, and preach on “There is Life for a Look,” at night. Everybody Invited. . 1