Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — PARR. [ARTICLE]

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John McCurtain is on the sick list. Dr. Kirk Is making preparations to build a new drug store J. P. Garrlott made a business trip to Hammond this week. Simon MeCurtaln was a busiaese visitor at Surrey Wednesday. D. E. Hudson and family visited at I. I. Gerriott's Sunday, > Geo. Casey aad wife returned from Chisago Tuesday evening. J. E. Alter aad little Neva Pierson are reported better this week. Chu. Warren of the Gifford district, spent • few days among us thU Uriah Hardesty and daughter. Miso Mabel, visitad at Robt. Stephenson's a few days this week.

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wood made their usual business trip to Morocco Monday. Chas, Martin's little daughter Ora, who has been on the sick list, is improving. Dr. Silvermoon willgiveanother entertainment at the schoolhouse Saturday night. ‘ Wm. Myers and wife were the guests of John Porter and wife Saturday night and Sunday. B. D. Comer and Wm. Nelson, prospective republican nominees for trustee were in our town Thursday. Mrs. Belle Price returned from James Longstreth’s Thursday and reports him dangerously sick. Garden-making was the order of the day for a few sunshiny days, but the snow storm Wednesday stopped all that. Bert Stephenson has returned from Gifford, where he has been assisting other carpenters in building barns for.B. J. Gifford. Jesse and Miss Bessie Warne of Chicago Heights, visited relatives and friends in Parr and vicinity a tew days the last of last week. Howard Hamacher of Indianapolis, is visiting bls aged grandmother Mrs. Nancy Hamacher, and other relatives in this vicinity. I School closed Thursday with appropriate exercises and a good dinner, which all enjoyed. Quite a number of visitors were present. ——■ \ John Hardesty has money to burn. One day last week, while burning brush on his land east of the schoolhouse, his pocketbook containing SIBO dropped into the flames in some way and was consumed. The clasp of the purse was afterward found In the ashes.