Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

When you see it in The Democrat it’s so. “Heart’s of the Blue Ridge” is fine, don’t miss it. Dr. A. E. 8c h made 1 completed his term of school in Gillam tp., last Saturday. I have some money to loan on real estate or good personal security. J. W. Williams. Girls, don’t forget to call at Meyer Sisters’ and see the Miss Hobbs hat. It is the New York rage. John W. O’Connor of Kniman, has been drawn as a member of the next federal grand jury at Indianapolis. Union and Milroy townships will hold their republican township conventions next Saturday, April 21. The Methodist church of this city will have special and entertaining Easter services Sunday, both morning and evening. Come out. > A band of about 60 gypsy for-tune-tellers and beggars camped west of town a few days the first of the week and “done the town” Monday and Tuesday. Bro. Sid Schanlaub of the Morocco Courier, has been taking treatment at the Presbyterian hospital at Chicago for the removal of a cancerous growth from his throat.

Mr. Daniel Strange of Lansing, Mich., was in the city on business Thursday and called upon M. F. and J. C. Chilcote, old friends of his in Michigan many years ago. The former was a brother student in college. Burnettsville, a little place of about 75 population a few miles west of Logansport, is to have a newspaper. Sylvester Riser, a school teacher, is the name of the party who has the courage to undertake such a financial venture. Walker and Jordan townships held their republican conventions last Saturday, In the former Lewis P. Shirer was nominated for trustee and Oscar Eldred for assessor. In the latter Marcus M. Reed, the present incumbent, by appointment, was nominated for trustee and Chas. Hensler for assessor. Of course, that plan of the Marion County commissioners for a State association of county commissioners is just an innocent form of amusement. They want to prevent vicious legislator:. The organizations of county officers and their work thus far have not tended to inspire the public with much confidence in the patriotic purposes of such a movement—lndianapolis Press.

“Billy” Postil, who traveled for a few weeks with “Prof.” Blondin, the hypnotist, has developed into quite an amateur hypnotist, it is said, and can perform about all the tricks of the “Prof.” as easily as an old-stager. He gave an entertainment here one night last week, and was so successful with making his “subjects” obey him that he is now starting out on the road by himself. Last night he was billed for Morocco, the Mecca of all Rensselaer amateur show people. The Democrat does not now believe nor has it any time that Mr. Gifford has had any serious intentions of bringing his railroad to Rensselaer. The Wolcott route is the logical route for it if he intends going south, and he has used the people here as a cat’s paw to make the Wolcott folks go down in their pockets a little deeper, He has purchased the Blue Sea district, through which the Wolcott route would run, which ought to be suffioent evidence that he does intend going that way if at all. Besides this, he has been in correspondence with the people of that section all along while making believe that he was coming here, and has given our people no satisfactory answers to questions propounded to him. It looks very muoh as if he had simply been bluffing Wolcott at the expense of Rensselaer and Remington

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs Wot of Poat Office. RENSSELAER, IND.)