Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat. Sheriff Reed was in Monticello Thursday. ' -- I I I Subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, The Democrat. There are many cases of smallpox in Washington and surrounding counties. a Simon Leopold of Kentland, spent Sunday and Monday with his parents here. Mrs. Ray Mossier is in Chicago this week purchasing a complete new stock of dry goods. Rev. Homer Kessler, a Methodist divine of Logansport, has become a convert to the Dowie faith. After a squabble, the Newton county republicans agreed on J. B. Lyons of Brook for county chairman. J. C. Norman has sold his 80acre farm in Barkley tp., to L. M. Worland, who will move onto same March Ist. John Temple Graves at the opera house, Thursday evening, Jan. 25, under the auspices of the. Fiction Club. John Francis, west of town, will return to Illinois in February and his father will come here from Illinois and occupy the farm. The Bloundins’ put a young woman “to sleep” in the. window of the Model Thursday afternoon, and she was to be awakened on the stage last night. The Thomas vs Laßue land commission case, taken from this county to Newton, was tried by jury this week and resulted in a ; judgement of SSO for jjlaintiff. Owing to a few cases of “scarlet ! rash” which it was feared might develop into scarlet fever, Morocco's long delayed school did not begin Monday, but was postponed for another week.

It’s to bad that the principals in Kentucky’s latest shooting-match were both republicans. One, who succeeded in killing three men, was an ex-congressman. The republican press can’t moralize on the affair very much. A dunce named Burkhalter has sued the Lafayette Journal for libel and demands SIO,OOO. A serial story in the Journal mentioned as one of the characters a woman whose name was the same as a deeeased relative of fool Burkhalter. The republican township and Erecinct committeemen met here londay and reorganized their county central committee by reelecting C. W. Hanley chairman and J. F. Warren secretary. It was decided to hold the county convention on March 19. Henry Bruce, the aged father of Mrs.v George Barcus, died at the latter’s home Monday afternoon, aged 78 years. The funeral was held Thursday morning from the First Baptist church, Rev. D. J. Huston, of Milroy township, conducting the funeral services.

The 11-y ear-old son of Dick Stone was monkeying with a 38caliber revolver Tuesday. The gun went off and the bullet pierced his left breast, lodging near the spine. The wound was not dangerous, but the lad will no doubt handle firearms with a litile more care in the future. The Indianapolis Sentinel Almanac for 1899 is larger and better than ever before. It contains a fund of information, both local, state and national that you can secure from no other source. It should be in the hands of every family in the state. Copies may be secured direct from the Sentinel or at this office on receipt of 5 cents. Homer Rogers of near Wolcott, and Miss Clara Jacks, daughter of Wm. Jacks of near Sharon, were united in marriage at home of the bride, Wednesday afternoon, Elder J. L. Brady of Rensselaer, tving the nuptial knot About thirty or forty invited guests were present and partook of the sumptuous wedding feast. The young couple will reside at Wolcott.