Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat. Tell them you saw it in The Democrat. Rooms For Rent, enquire of Mrs. E. H. Shields on McCoy Ave. The two best wagons on wheels, Studebaker and Weber, for sale by C. A, Roberts. , The Indianapolis Sentinel Free To Every Paid-In-Advance scriber To “The Democrat.” Green Thornton has sold his farm 3 miles southeast of town, to a White county man for S6O per acre. Miss Katie Shields is visiting friends in Monticello and attending the Delphi street fair this week. - Mrs. Wm. Washburn and daughter Miss Iva, have returned from a several weeks sojourn in Michigan. The Duvall’s, west of town, have sold their 180-acre farm to a man from Fairbury, 111. Consideration SSO per acre. Elder N. H. Sheppard of Indianapolis, was shaking hands with old friends here this week. He was attending the ministerial convention. The ministerial convention of the 2d missionary district of the Christian church was held here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. The balmy autumn breezes while exhilarating to individual, seem to have a depressing effect on the court house clock, and it had a poor spell again Thursday.

You should see C. A. Roberts for Buggies and Road Wagons before buying. It sill cost you nothing to see them. At the rear of Glazebrook’s blacksmith shop. A rally day and township Sunday school convention will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. A good program will be rendered. Everybody invited. John Mellender has traded his Rensselaer residence property for a 40-acre farm near Black Oak, White County, owned by a man by the name of Gray. The exchange has already been made, Gray moving to town and Mellender moving upon the farm. Two of the indictments against Geo. Meyer of Remington, were knocked out, we understand, and on the third he was found guilty and fined $lO and costs. The indictment against John Johntson should have been against Tom Johnston, and that also was no good, we are told.

Esq. Carmy Hays of Fair Oaks, was in town Monday his Justices’ docket. Esq. Hays had been summoned on behalf of the defense in the State vs Babcock, criminal libel case, but the part of the defense in which his testimony and docket was necessary was held unadmissible by the court, hence he did not testify. Uncle William Gieenfield and Miss Flora Hodshire, both well and favorably known to our people, were united in marriage at the home of Rev. J. D. Carson, near Remington, Tuesday. They will make their future home on Mr. Greenfield’s farm, a few miles from town. The bride is the daughter of the late James Hodshire, and is about thirty years of age, while the groom is past seventy years. Most of the party of pleasure seekers from this place who left for the East sometime ago, returned home yesterday morning. Herman Hordeman, t>ne of the party, reported to us that a most enjoyable time was had by all, with no accidents or sickness to mar the occasion. They were delayed for some hours this side of Cumberland, going, and passed by a bad passenger train wreck, somewhere between Cumberland and the Ohio river, on their return trip. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hordeman did not return with the party, as they wished to visit a few days longer with friends in New York.