Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

M. L. Spitler is reported as somewhat better for the past few days. First quality winter wheat flour, one-fourth barrel 90 and 96 cents, at the Chicago Bargain Store. The wife of Cephas Atkinson, a well known Benton county farmer and stockman, died a few days ago. ______ Sixteen competent salesmen cannot wait on near all of their trade at the Chicago Bargain Store on Saturdays. Hon. I. S. Wade of Lafayette, will deliver a temperance lecture at Slaughter school house, southeast of town, Sunday afternoon, Oct. 29, at 3 p. m. As we go to press (Friday afternoon) Rensselaer ana the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, are engaged in a game of foot ball at Riverside Athletic park. Duluth Imperial, the best all hard spring wheat patent milled flour, that makes more bread and whiter breadjhan any other. At the Chicago Bargain Store. A quantity of revenue stamps were picked up on the street Thursday. The owner may have same by calling at this office, proving property and paying for advertising. The Reynolds party arrested on suspicion of knowing something of the bank robbery at that place last week has been discharged. There is no clew to the robbery. Five hundred dollars reward has been offered. The big damage case of Bro wn vs. the I\ onon railroad was still on the boards at the court house at the time of going to press. The evidence was all in, we understand, and the attorneys Were making the closing argument before the j«ryRev. F. L. Austin has resigned the pastorate of the Church of God and .will enter the evangelistic fields Indiana and Illinois being the territory assigned him. The congregation of the church here are trying to secure Rev. A. H. Zilmer of Plymouth, to succeed Rev. Austin.

The long expected death of Fred Bowman occurred at his home in this city last Thursday morning. The cause of his death was consumption. His age was about 21 years. Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church yesterday forenoon, by Rev. A. L. Ward. Interment in Weston cemetery. Owing to changes in their affairs our old correspondents at Wheatfield and Dunnville are no longer able to act as such. Both have done excellent work,, both in their writing for The Democrat and in extending its circulation in their respective localities, and we wish to thank them heartily for what they have done and hope their future may be full of good things of this life. The case of ther state vs. Dr. A. E. Kirk of Parr, for practising medicine under a fraudulent certificate and charging that he erased the name from an old certificate and substituted his own, came up in the Clay circuit court Wednesday. After hearing the evidence the court decided that the state had not made out a ease, and instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, and Mr. Kirk was discharged. Mr. Kirk’s friends will be pleased to learn that there was nothing in the case. George E. Marshall, editor of the Rensselaer Republican, ha'd another street fight Saturday night. Homer Babcock, a son of Township Trustee James D. Babcock, of this place, was the other party to the fracas. Marshall claims to have won out. He has caused young Babcoek’s arrest on two charges, one 'for assault and battery, and the other for assault with intent to kill. Defendant gave bond for his appearance next Monday, in the sum of one hundred dollars, having taken a change of venue from Esq. Burnham's court. Chilcote & Parkison will defend the accused.