Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

J. L. Sullivan s at Cameron Springs. Constance Adams visited in Indianapolis the first of the week. The St Joseph College students picnicked at Cedar Lake WedneeMisses Mary Goetz and daxa Haste are attending school at Vftpaiaiso. A. Leopold attended commencement at Bloomington. Mose graduated. Joe Lakey went to Chicago Thursday, where he is to enter the employ of the Chicago Iron Co. N. S. Bates remembered The Democrat editor with a couple of baskets of fine strawberries yesterday. Supt. Thornburg of White county, was unanimously re-elected county superintendent last Monday, there being no opposing candidate. See the ‘'machine made” fruit jars at McFarland's before buying elsewhere. They are 200 per cent, better than those cheap things you bought last year. John Schanlaub has Ths Democrat’s thanks for a basket of the largest and most luscious strawberries that ever grew. John ; states that his field is yielding i well and the fruit is of exceptioni ally good quality this season. 1 ■ The Delphi Journal of last week contained a very nice mention of our popular townsman, E. PHonan, who with Mrs. Honan, was visiting old friends in that city. We regret that we are unable to re-publish the article, owing to lack of space. Rev. D. J. Huston, of Milroy township, was attending the Sunday school convention here Wednesday and made The Democrat a brief but pleasant call. Mr. Huston is climbing along well up towards eighty, but is as active and earnest in the Christian work as many a younger man. The 16-year-okl daughter of Rev. David Handley, a former pastor of the M. E. church st Remington, died on the 27th uh, at her home in Winamac. She had been ill for several months from an ailment which baffled the skill of physicians, although for want of a better name was called consumption. In Newton county, where the county officials evidently wish to obey the letter and spirit of the law, a lot of poor farm stock was recently sold after due notice had been given. The Goodland Journal says of the sale: “The recent | sale of fat stock at the poor farm I attracted buyers from all over the county, and the stock brought fairly good figures. Henry Butler, of this place, bought the twenty head of cattle, against a dozen or more bidders.” The Marion township and Rensselaer assessment for the year 1899 will show an increase of about SIOO,OOO over last year, the total increase in Rensselaer being about $17,000. The personal assessmentin Rensselaer is. $6,800 short of last year. Real estate in the city is also assessed lower, but the value of improvements are increased. The total assessed valuation of Rensselaer is given at $1,162285, which includes personal and realty. The total for Marion tp, is $795,030.00. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan returned home again a few days ago. They will leave about the 20th for Burlington, Vti, where Mr. Honan is a delegate to the international convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters, and will probebly be gone about a week or ten days. Mr. Honan has not fully decided yet whether to locate in Indianapolis or to hang out his shingle in Rensselaer, but his many friends throughout the county trust he will decide upon the latter. The Democrat believes Mr. Honan has a very bright future before him and thinks that Jasper county is the for him to let his — I II