Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. Mrs. W. H. Parkison is reported quite sick. Geo. R. Wendling next Wednesday evening. George Borntrager returned Wednesday from a stay in Chicago. J. F. Irwin is taking the mud bath treatment at Indiana Mineral Springs. Miss Maggie Kenton will speak in Free Baptist church next Sunday evening. Wm. Norris, who has been sick fora long time, is reported as failing gradually. Mrs. S. M. Freelove of Goodland, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. E. Babcock. The plant of the Lafayette Bridge Co., was totally destroyed by fire last Friday night. H. E. Remley and Harvey Davisson were among the Wheatfield visitors in town Saturday. Come in and subscribe for The Democrat and get the Indianapolis Sentinel one year free. E- M. Parcels was in Monticello on business and visiting his mother a few days this week. A large number of Rensselaer people attended the Chicago and Lafayette festivities this week. Editor Schanlaub, Sam Bartholomew and Joseph Wright, all of Morocco, were in the the city Sunday. The Dluzak damage cost against the Mays, in the White circuit court, has been continued to next term. James H. Chapman has moved his law and real estate office into rooms upstairs in the Makeever block.

Porter J. White carries a comjpany of 20 people, and guarantees I the finest performance of that play ; ever in this play. J. Summers of DeMotte, Ind., is moving his family to Hammond. Mr. Summers is a nephew of H. C. Summers.—Hammond News. Go to St. Augustine’s church, Sunday night, Oct. 22, aud see the Passion Play, produced by moving pictures. Doors will be open at 7 p. m. The Goodland Herald and Journal will be consolidated after this week under the name of HeraldJournal, with A. J. Kitt as pubblisher. James Letter’s son Robert who accompanied his father to Nebraska last winter, has enlisted in the regular army and will go to the Phillipines. The Imperial Stock Co., are holding forth at the opera house this week. The company is much above the average and is drawing very good houses.

Warren & Irwin are making loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest ana commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County. M. L. Spi tier, who has been lying at the point of death for the last several days, was reported slightly better yesterday afternoon, but it is hardly thought that he can recover. The Aetna powder works near Miller’s, Porter county, blew up again Tuesday evening about 7:30 o’clock with a shock that was felt for many miles. Four men were blown to atoms. j • New pensions: Daniel S. Johnson, Foresman, increase, $8 to sl2; James W. Mason, Brookston, original, $8; John Burgh, Brookston, supplemental, $2; Joseph J. Bums, Fair Oaks, increase, $8 to sl2. The foot ball game last Friday between Rensselaer and Sheldon resulted in a score of 35 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer. The high school team, which went to Goodland to play the team at that place, also won put by a score of 11 to 6.