Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. The man who advertises draws the trade. Next Wednesday is St. Valentine’s day. Mrs. J. A. McFarland is on. the sick list this week. Judge Thompson spent Sunday and Monday at Indianapolis. The city council will meet in regular session next Monday night. A new M. E. church is being talked of for Brook the coming season. J. J. Porter and Sylvester Gray of Remington, were in the city Saturday. A new grain elevator is to be erected at Wheatfield, says the Telephone. Landy Magee moved to Monon last week. He will have charge of the telephone exchange there. A. D. Washburn of Fair Qiks, foreman of the C. C. Kent ranch, was in the city on business Wednesday. The Democrat publishes the news and its editorials are on subjects which interest the people. This is why the people like it. The Brbok Reporter came out last week in a new dress of body type, which adds greatly to the good appearance of that paper. Miss Josie H allhake, formerly of Remington, now of Fowler, is soon to be married to Thomas Holmes of Lebanon. The Democrat extends congratulations. Wednesday was a pretty cold daw, bat one new name was added to The Democrat’s list of readers, nevertheless. Seven is our record of new subscribers thus far this week, and nine was the number for last week. | The town council of Monticellp ‘has changed the name of Julia | Ann street of that city, to Dewey street, Now let Rensselaer get a move on herself and substitute Hobson or Eagan for the name of her Susan street. The Democrat wants a good, I reliable correspondent at Parr, Fair Oaks, Wheatfield, and other settlements and neighborhoods in the county not already represented, to send in the local happenings of their respective localities each week.

Emile Ponton gives notice through the Barnacle that he will make application for a saloon and lunch counter license at the March | term of commissioners’ court The J place where .Emile wishes to dispense grub and intoxicants is at “Hogan,” Barkley tp. Hon. S. EL Nicholson, of “Nichlobonlaw” fame, will spend next | Sunday in our city. He is now Field Secretary of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League. He will [speak at the Presbyterian church in the morning, and address a I union mass meeting at the Methodist church at night. W. H. Kenoyer, ex-county clerk of Newton county, has been employed by the county commissioners to examine the books of County Clerk Sleeper. He is to be begin at the dose of this term of court and receive 30 cents per hour for the time noceaosnly engaged. —Benton Review. A number of farmers from various parts of the county inform us that the growing wheat has been pretty badly damaged for want of snow to protect it Some of them think that while the top is brown and dead the roots are not hurt and that moat of it will come oat *ll right—Starke County Democrat Mrs. Elizabeth A. Chilcote, mother of JohnC. and M. F. Chilcote, arrived at her eighty-sixth milestone last Wednesday. The natal day was celebrated at John C. Chilcote ? residence by a dinner at which a goodly number of her friends were present Mrs. Chilcote is in feeble health, yet reasonably strong for one of her great age.