Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Copies of the Remington fair premium lists may be had at this office. Prosecutor Mills was up in “Honest Abe’s” town Tuesday looking after the State’s interest in some assault and battery cases. An appeal has been filed in the Swisher road case, in Wheatfield tp., and the case will come up for a hearing at the next term of the circuit court Miss Jessie Bartoo, who has been engaged in the photograph business here for several years, will leave next week we understand, and will locate somewhere in the West Misses Lizzie French, Florence Wood and Blanch Alter, and Ernest Lamson, are attending the Epworth League convention at Indianapolis, after which they will visit friends at Greenfield. Read our correspondents’ page. The Democbat has the largest and best corps of correspondents of any county paper in the state, covering almost the entire county, and its readers will. find much to interest them in these items. D. W. Michaels is running a grocery and farmers’ supply wagon for J. A. McFarland and makes regular trips south and southwest the first three days of each week, and north and north west on Thursdays and Fridays. He buys eggs, chickens and other produce, and reports a rapidly increasing trade. ..... • The 420 acres of land upon which the Indian school is located south of town, has been sold to the St. Joseph College people, known as the Catholic Order of the Precious Blood. It is understood that a $30,000 home for aged and indigent priests will be erect ed on this grouniin the near future. The Jaunita Club, a merry band of female singers, of Englewood, stopped off at Rensselaer, for % few hours Thursday afternoon and treated our people to some very choice songs. They were enroute to Indianapolis, to fill an appointment to sing at the International Epworth Lqpgue convention now being held in that city. There was a bad freight wreck near Parr last Friday night, blocking the tracks for several house, and the regular passenger and express trains were run around by Wilders. One or two of the wrecked cars was loaded with watermelons, and to say that all the young and old lads of Parr enjoyed a feast is putting it but lightly. ■■ ■ • The following Remington people have agreed to be present and address the Jasper County Old Settlers’ meeting, to be held here Sept. 8 and 9: Hon. Robt. Parker, “The Rush County Settlement in Hanging Grove tp.;” George G. Thompson, “Settlement on Carpenter’s Creek;” J. A. Lamborn, “Development of the Prairie;” E. B. Vondersmith, “The Flag.” Wm. Townsend will bring a quartette, and Frank W. Hardy will sing a solo. A. F. Knotts of Hammond, has asked the attorney-general to bring suit on behalf of the state to oust the five railroads from the* neck of land separating Wolf lake from Lake Michigan, which it is claimed, the railroad filled in thus shutting a navigable stream. The attorney general has asked him to prepare maps and assemble his authorities. Mr. Knotts says if the railroads are ousted an appropriation for the harbor can be secured by congress. No plan of business depending upon general patronage can be successful without extensive advertising. The local stores must advertise or they will not take business away from the department stores, which occupy pages and pages of the great daily newspapers with announcements of the styles of goods and prices which they offer to the public. The way to the pockets of the people which all successful dealers must travel is through the advertising columns