Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1899 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS. Fine winter weather. The days are growing longer. J. A. McFarland was in Chicago on business Wednesday. Start the new year right by subscribing for The Democrat. James Blake of Fair Oaks was a' Rensselaer visitor this week. Tell your neighbor to take The Democrat for all county news. Ira Gay returned to his. home in Manchester, Tenn., Wednesday. We are pleased to note that James F. Irwin is again able to be about J. W. Smith of Wheatfield, was in the city on business Monday and Tuesday. Jacob M. Troxell of DeMotte, has again become a resident of of Rensselaer. Next Monday is the regular monthly meeting day of the county commissioners. Bovel Makeever and Miss Lillie Stacker, both of near Mt Ayr, were married last week. 4 Attorney James W. Douthit was in Hammond on legal business a few days this week. Regular meeting of the city council was postponed from Monday evening to last evening. J. H. Beacham was pulled the other day and given a dog-tax fine with trimmings amounting to sls. The Fowler Leader of last week contained a handsome illustrated write-up of Benton’s capitol city. The county commissioners meet in special session to-day to close up the allowing of claims for the year. _______ George and Percy Dennis, of Joliet, 111, visited their uncle, W. R. Dennis, at Pleasant Ridge, this week. Fay Clayton and Myrtle York of Monon were the guests of Misses Mabie and Ethel Huff during the holidays. T. J. Manley of Chicago, and Miss Maud Kepner of Sheldon, Hl., were the guests of W. 0. Schanlaub during holidays. Bernard Maloy and wife came down from Chicago to spend the holidays with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Maloy. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nowels of Chicago Heights, spent Christmas with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nowels, of Jordan tp. The new M. E. church at Brook is to be dedicated to-morrow. Rev. Dr. Halstead of Frankfort, will conduct the dedicatory services. A census of Morocco, taken last week, shows the population of that lively burg to be 1,146. Three years ago the figures were about The mercury has been hovering about zero all this week, and a good quality of ice now about six inches in thickness has formed on the river.

DR- MOORE, Specialist, —Rm—RENSSELAER, IND.