Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Funeral cards at The Democrat office. - ' Mrs. Jacob Lesh, northeast of town, is very sick with lung fever. The doctors report a great deal of sickness about the town and country. Mrs. Wm. Rowles has been quite sick for the past two weeks, but is now improving. The infant son of Watt Hopkins, north of town, is dangerously sick with pneumonia. Mrs.. Dutton, an aged lady living ten miles southeast of town, is very sick st this writing. D. B. Nowels has re-purchased an interest in the Sayler lumber yards, Mr. Bales retiring. Thomas, the little eon of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth, is recovering from pneumonia. Born, Jan. 13, to Mrs. and Mr. Lawdie Martin of Cincinnati, formerly of this place, a daughter. Mrs. D. H. Yeoman wascalled to Kokomo last Saturday by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Brown. Subscribe for The Democrat before Feb. 1 and get it, the State Sentinel and Sentinel Almanac, all for 31.15. Solomon Norman of Chicago Heights, was shaking hands with Jasper county friends here a few days this week. John O’Connor of Kniman Was in the city Wednesday. We understand John is also a candidate for the republican nomination for sheriff. Reed McCoy was appointed postmaster at McCoysburg, Wednesday. Also, at San Pierre, Starke county, F. J. Winekauf was appointee postmaster. Elmer Wilcox has purchased the C. R. Yeoman residence property in the northwest part of tpwn, and rumor has it that he will soon occupy the property himself. There are two cases of genuine smallpox in the country, 2 miles west of Monon. The disease is in a mild form and active measures are being taken to preveqt its spread.

The infant daughter of Chester Zea and wife died last Friday after a few hours’ illness. Funeral was held from the house Sunday afternoon, Elder A. L. Ward conducting the services. Mr. and Mrs. J. F Major were over from Remington yesterday. Mr. Major will move over in a few days, as soon as the roads will premit, although he does not take his office of county clerk until May 1. The Watson Sisters’ entertainment at the opera house Tuesday night is said to have been a “warm number” in all this slang phrase implies. The audience is said to have been made up principally of bald heads. Frank Lewis, son of Esq. James Lewis of Barkley tp., died at the home of his father last Sunday after a brief illness Deceased was about 26 years of age and unmarried. The funeral was held from the Barkley Christain church, dayA large number of the friends of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates “surprised” this most worthy couple Tuesday evening and reminded them that it was was their 32d wedding anniversary. A very pleasant time was had. A copy of Monticello’s new paE er, the White County Republican, as reached our table. It is a neatly gotten up 7-column folio and is issued semi-weekly. We welcome the Republican to our exchange list, and wish it a good lot of the prosperity it tells its readers is abroad in the land. J. Frank Hanly and George P. Hay wood, opposing attorneys, came to blows in the Tippecanoe circuit court last Friday. They were separated before doing much damage to one another. After making due apology to the court they were each fined S2O for contempt. Both are prominent republican highbinders.