Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Conkling Family at Ellis opera house to-night. Prices 10, 20 and 30cent8. p ' Remember the foot ball game at Riverside Park next Thursday afternoon. Conkling Family at opera house Saturday night. Contortionists and acrobats—Continuous vaudeville. Prices, 10, 20 and 30. Sample line of Ladies’ Plush Capes, Elegant quality at one third off the regular price. Ellis & Murray. BP. Thompson will sell his lands in Union township, in tracts, and on terms to suit those desiring to farm or raise stock. See or write to S. P. Thompson, Rensselaer, Ind. Hunt Bros, guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and will refund the money to anyone who is not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world for lagrippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to re-, suit in pneumonia. The petition presented to the county commissioners at their regular meeting this month, asking for an investigation of the county reeords, was not acted upon, it is said, for the reason that same was not regularly “filed” some days before the meeting of the csinmissioners, although it was presented to the commissioners in person and they agreed to give it proper consideration. The petition has now been “filed” and no excuse of this kind for inaction can be made at the next meeting.

Jacob McDonald, the South Front street poultry dealer has been doing a big business for the past ten days at his place of business, sonth of the brick livery barn. Wagon load after wagon load of turkeys, ducks, geese and chickens have been brought to him by the farmers for the Thanksgiving trade, and he has no doubt paid out more money for poultry I during this time than has keen j paid by the elevators for graiu, during the same period. Mr. Me-' Donald does not make very much noise, but by fair and liberal treat- • tnent in ‘dealings with his patrons j and always paying the highest; market price, he has built up a large business. The poultry industry has grown to immense proportions in this country and few people realize how great an amount is annually shipped from Rensselaer, or the amount of money 1 paid to growers for this product. A few moments spent at McDonald’s poultry establishment during the “busy season” will give one | some idea of the enormity of this business. O. C. Minor, a young man who for several years had held the trusted position of Big-4 railroad -i and express agent at Fowler, was given an indeterminate sentence i of from 2 to 21 years at the Jeffer- j sonville prison last week by Judge Rabb. Minor had gambled on the Chicago board of trade aud, of course, lost money. He used money belonging to the railroad j and express companies, but before he was found out his friends came to his rescue and the shortage was made good. He promised to doi better, but soon got to “bucking the tiger” again and forged some ! express orders, and was over S3,(XX) short in his accounts when found out, about bne year ago. Extra efforts were made to raise the amount of his shortage, and only a few days before his trial the amount w€s raised and it 'was thought that he would go free. Judge Rabb would not hear to it, however, and the young man entered a plea of guilty, with the above result. Minor’s fall should be an object lesson to every young man who is tempted to gamble, j and especially so, if the money he would stakdon the fickle board belongs to others.