Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat. Abe Schwartz of Fowler, was in town Wednesday. Frank Minicus has moved his family to Chicago Heights. Bring your job printing and legal notices to The Democrat. Miss Grace Wellington of Goodland, visited Miss Sadie Haff, thia week. For Sale.-—Lots 5 & 6, Newton’s addition, 134 feet front, good location. Easy terms. Enquire at this office. John Schanlaub is making quite extensive improvements on his residence property in the northwest part of the city. Don’t waste your fruit by putting it in poor cans. You can get the heavy “machine made” cans at McFarland’s at the same price. Zimri Paris, sou of Berry Paris of this city, was injured in a street car wreck at Brooklyn, N. Y., Sunday evening, from which he died. A couple of our grocers waged a war on fruit jar prices for awhile Thursday, and | gallon Mason’s were sold as low as 22 cents per dozen. 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. Quite a number from this place attended the old soldiers' reunion at Fountain Park yesterday. A big crowd is expected to go to-day to the Sunday school meeting. The Moses Fowler heirs still own 20,000 acres of land in Benton county, while the heirs of the Hawkins estate and Edward Sumner also own several thousand acres. t Nellie Berger, the girl abducted from near Rochester, was found near Columbus, Wednesday, and the man who abducted her is now confined at Michigan City until the excitement dies down for fear of lynching. Mr. Clyde W. Reeve of this city, and Miss Ella B. Leavel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Leavel, were united in marriage at the home of the bride northeast of town, on Wednesday evening. The Democrat extends hearty congratulations. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you ufait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand' W. B. Austin. Captain William Astor Chandler, Congresman from New York, is the president of The New York Star, which is giving away a forty dollar bicycle daily as offered by their advertisement in another column. Hon. Amos J. Cummings, M. C.; Col. Asa Bird Gardner, District Attorney of New York, ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, and Col. Fred Feigl, of New York, are among the well known names in the Board of Directors. The Old Settlers’ reunion at Rensselaer, Ind., Sept. Bth and 9th, will be the attraction of the year. The finance committee find all our enterprising business men willing to contribute liberally. There will be an attractive program of music, speech and song on both days from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. One feature will be an exhibition of relics in a tent, under the special care of Lewis S. Alter and Shelby Grant Come everybody and contribute curiosities.