Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Read Leopold’s closing out sale ad. ' Mt. Ayr is going to let the eagle scream on the 4th. —1 Simon Leopold will open a new store at Kentland, July 1. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Kohler, south of town, Wednesday. Miss Bertha Sager of Moroooo. visited Mrs. S. A. Royster over Saturday and Sunday. J. Blankenship, one of the solid young democrats of Gill an, was m Rensselaer on business Thursday. Miss Edith Marshall, who has been teaching in the Laporte schools for the past ton months, is home again. Postmaster Meyer is preparing to re-arrange the interior of the post office and will add several more lock boxes. If you don’t care to pay your good 'money out uselessly for’“preiaing,” insist on your attorneys having legal notices which you control published in The Democrat. 100 bolts fancy all-silk ribbon, 5 to 7 inches wide, value 50 cents to 75 cents per yard, choice now 25 cents per yard, at the Chicago Bargain StoreThe poor farm stock cattle have been sold, we understand, at private sale. We are not reliably informed at this writing as to the amount received from the sale. The contract for macadamising the various streets proposed to be improved in Renssel ter, is advertised to be let July 10, and bUs bids will be received up to 8 o’clock p. m., of that day.

A Camp of L0.0.F, was installed at Remington Thursday night with over forty charter’ members. The wort of instituting the new camp was performed by the Rensselaer camp, afcret twenty-five members of which were in attendance.

Mrs. Kessler, the aged mother of Mri. Joseph Henkle, died at the home of the latter near Vales, Tuesday last, after quite « laatg illness, aged 83 years. The funeral was held from the resadenoe Wednesday afternoon, aad interment made in Prater cemetery. Our Sharon package of Democrat's became lost somewhere last Saturday and have not turned mp yet at this writing. Fortunately we had enough “half-sheets," containing all the home prist, to send to our subscribers out there, and they were sent in the next mail. The salaries of several of the postoffices in this vicinity have recently been increased. Homing ton is raised from $1,200 to $1,390; Goodland from $1,300 to $1,400; Monticello, $1,600 to $1,700; Lafayette, $3,000 to $3400; Hammond, $2,300 to $2,600. No change is-made in the Rensselaer office.