Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Louie Wilcox of Surrey, was in the city Wednesday night. J. G. Perry of Goodlahd, is boring for oil on his Walker tp., farm. The spring vacation of one week in the Rensselaer public schools begins Monday. A fine Minnesota table potato 55 cento’ bushel, at the Chicago Department StSe. 1 W. C. Babcock and family sojourning at West Baden for the benefit of the former’s health. Our republican friends are still “chewing the rag” over their representative convention muddle. Earl Reynolds of New York, is visiting here with his mother, Mrs. Hettie Reynolds, this week. Harry Alter has sold his tile mill interests to a Clinton county man, and will return to .Clinton county. Henry Hildebrand, J. W. Childers, Burgess Dillon, Arthur Catt and Peter Giver are on the sick list. Special March sale ladies’ muslin underwear, man-tailored suits, jackets, capes and skirts, at the Chicago Department store. Dr. M. L. Humston of Goodland, has traded his drug store at Brook for a tract of land in northern Jasper owned by J. D. Rich. The republicans of Newton tp., held their convention last Saturday and nominated G. M. Wilcox for trustee and John Nowels for assessor. To-day’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 33; oats 23; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were: wheat 60; corn 27|; oats 25; rye 40.

The name of C. D. Nowels has been mentioned frequenly for the office of city mayor. Mr. Nowels authorizes the statement that he will under no circumstances allow his name used for that office. — It is said that Nelson Morris and Horace Marble have leased 8,000 acres of their land in northern Jasper to a party of Chicago sportsmen, headed by Mayor Harrison, to be used for a hunting and fishing preserve.

The Benton, Fountain, Warren judicial convention re-nominated Judge Rabb last week for judge of that circuit Charles Milford of Fountain county, was a contestant for the nomination but received only 16 of the 64 votes. Hon. Ezra C. Nowels returned to his home at Lamar, Colo., yesterday. He gave a lecture at the opera house Saturday evening on the advantages of his section of Colorado to investors which was well attended. He has interested several more people hereabouts who will soon go out to look over the country.

The Prey family, which moved here a few’ months ago from Remington, have been taken to the< poor farm. There are the mother j and eight' children, which swells the poor asylum inmates to twenty. The father, John Prey, seems to have deserted his family, noth- j ihg having been heard from him for some time. Benjamin B. Smith of Boswell, andTMdss Rosetta L. Marion of this city,’ were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s mother on South Division street last Sunday afternoon, Elder A. L. Ward of the Christain church, officiating. The courtship is said to have been carried on by correspondence, the couple not having met until the groom came on to close up the business by marriage. Lafayette seems to be an unfortunate city for fine About a year ago the handsome and costly new Presbyterian churcji was destroyed by fire, and last Sunday St. Paul's M. E. church was burned. The latter edifice had been built but a few years and was one 'of the finest houses . of q "omMp Jq northern 000, with $16,000 insurance. The church had an indebtedness of $22,000. • *■' - -