Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. Remington fair, Aug. 22 to 25. Farmers’ Picnic, at Wheatfield, Aug. 26. The Delphi Street Fair will be held Sept. 18-22. Fowler will hold a street fair the last week in Sept. Newton county soldiers’ reunion at Brook, Aug. 24-25. Mrs. J. H. Jessen and daughter are visiting friends at Lebanon. James Wiseman of Union tp. celebrated his 73d birthday Monday. Rooms to rent, or board, 5 doors north of water works. Nanoy W. Rees. The two best wagons on wheels, Studebaker and Weber, for sale by O. A, Roberts. Walter Davis of Laurens, lowa, is visiting with Mrs. A. M. Harrison and family. Mr. B. Cawley and daughter of Remington, were in town a few hours Wednesday. Congressman Crumpacker will speak at the Farmers’ picnic at Wheatfield, Aug. 26. Will Schanlaub is attending the Newton county teachers’ institute at Goodland this week. Thomas Jacks and wife of Lee, spent the day Tuesday with their son A. A. Jacks, of this city. Morocco will hold no fair this year, but contemplates having a fall race meeting, says the Courier. The annual reunion of the Yeoman family was held yesterday at the home of James Yeoman, west of town. Miss Flora Harrison who has been visiting in Newton county for the last two weeks, has returned home. M. A. Thomas went to Shoshone, Ohio, Wednesday to attend a reunion of the Thomas family, to be held there yesterday. Miss Linnie Worland, who has been visiting her brother D. M. Worland, of this city, returned to her home in Kansas last week. Elza Grow and Omar Kenton departed Monday evening for Niagara Falls, and New York City. They expect to be gone about two weeks. Mrs. Wm. Washburn and daughter Iva, left Thursday for Bay View, Mich., to spend the balance of the summer for the benefit of the former’s health. W. W. Cannada, U. 8. consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico, is visiting his cousin, W. Parkison, and numerous relatives and friends hereabouts for a few days.

John H. Jessen may not be leaving his “foot-prints on the sands of time,” bat he is leaving some excellent cement walks in various parts of the town.—Morocco Courier. The advertisement for bids for constructing the basement for the fine new church which the Catholic people are about to build at Remington, will be found in another column of The Democrat. Farmers should bear in mind that there is a law which gives them a rebate on their taxes for cutting down weeds and brush along the roads near their farms. It gives your place a nicer appearance and pays you for your trouble. By the terms of the telephone franchise recently granted the Jasper County Telephone Co., by the town of Wheatfield, the latter, in its official capacity, is to have free use of toll lines to Rensselaer for town business during the ten years the franchise is to run. The Goodland Herald plant has been purchased by A. J. Kitt of the Journal and the two offices will be consolidated Oct. 15. It is rumored that H. J. Bartoo, the present leessee of the Herald, has announced his intention of starting a new paper there. This is hardly probable, however.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND. i ■ ’•nA •* M ~