Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Indianapolis Sentinel Free To Every Paid-in-Advance Subscriber To “The Democrat.” Hear Rev. Faulk’s lecture at the First Baptist church, Monday night, Sept. 18. Admission, 15c. All the state news and all the county news for only $1. See The Democrat’s great subscription offer elsewhere. You should see C. A. Roberts for Buggies and Road Wagons before buying. It Mill cost you nothing to see them. At the rear of Glazebrook’s blacksmith shop. Dr. Walter Shafer of Rush Medical College, was here yesterday assisting Drs. Washburn and English'in a surgical operation performed on the daughter of Andy Minicus, whereby one of her limbs was amputated. Dr. Shafer is a classmate of Ira Washburn at the Medical college.

The Rathbone Sisters will give an ice cream social on the lawn surrounding Mr. Amzie Laßue’s residence across the river, next Wednesday evening. A splendid program consisting of songs, instrumental music, recitations, cake walks by the little girls, etc., will be rendered. If the weather does not permit giving the social on the lawn, the same will be given at the home of Mrs. Matie Hopkins. Come, everybody.

A system of electric signal bells for the high school program has just been completed. The batteries, bells and wire were supplied by the city light plant. The current is regulated by a special attachment to the school clock. This attachment was constructed by Vernice Crisler, Jeweler Huff’s assistant, to whom much credit is due for the ingenious device by which the circuit is opened and closed as this is the most essential feature of the system. Only a few of the higher institutions of the state have electric bell systems and most of these are governed by push buttons.

Harve Haskell, son of Gardner Haskell of Mt. Ayr, while working in a car shop at Chicago, was caught between the bumpers on two cars and his hips crushed, last Monday forenoon, only living about four hours. He was conscious within a few minutes of his death. Three brothers of the unfortunate young man were working in the same shop at the time of the accident. The remains were brought back Wednesday and services conducted at Mt. Ayr by a young minister from Chicago, a friend of the deceased. The young man would haue 29 years old the day of the funeral. Interment was made in North Star cemetery.

The Jasper County Telephone Co. has recently erected new T poles on the Remington line and strung copper wire over same. Bell phones are being put in at Remington and will be put in here as soon as they can get around to it. The new lines running north are supplied with the best of poles and insulation and the service when completed will be of the very best. The state board of tax commissioners greatly increased the assessments of telephone conpanies over last year, and the Central Union or Bell company is now assessed at S4OO per mile against $250 last year; the Western Indiana Co., (Goodland) at $l4O per mile, and the Jasper County Co., at $l6O per mile, against $25 in 1898.

The big steam merry-go-round located on East Washington street belongs to George Miller, a well known young man late of Stoutsburg, this county. George bought the outfit new last spring and has since been traveling about with it. It cost $2,400 at the factory in Tonawanada, N. Y., and is one of the largest and handsomest machines of its kind that ever struck our city. George has three men with him all the time to assist in running the machine. He was rennessee for some time, later going to Fulton, Mich., and from here will go to Kentucky and take in the big fairs, after which he will go to Missouri for the winter. Jacob Haenri, the DeMotte blacksmith, will accompany George when he leaves here.