Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Read the ad of “The Racket” store at Remington, in this issue. J. H. S. Ellis and J. W. Wih liams took in the state convention. Joseph Fisher has gone to Dennison, lowa, where he has secured a position. ' ~ Mrs. Clara Phelps of Remington, is visiting Mrs. J. W. Paxton at this writing. A full-blood Jersey cow and calf for sale—not Barnacle stock. Enquire at this office. I have some money to loan on real estate or good personal security. J. W. Williams. Come out to the polls next Tuesday and cast a vote for the entire democratic ticket, The circuit court adjourned last Monday until May 2, after granting a divorce to Martha E. Hickman. Union tp., democrats will hold their township convention May 5. See official call elsewhere in this P»perIt seems that the affidavit business is not confined to one side of the senatorial convention story.— Goodland Herald. The Oxford electric light plant was destroyed by fire Monday night Loss about $6,000. The plant was owned by the town. J. P. Hammond has moved his household goods to Wheatfield. His late wife’s aunt, Mrs. Williams, will keep house for him. Louie Fendig has been elected manager of the Citizens Band. It is probable that the regular ‘ summer night concerts” will begin in about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo D. Marion, the aged couple who were divorced here at the November term of court, were re-married at Delphi last Monday. They will reside at Delphi we understand. A South Bend special is authority for the statement that South Bend and Geneva parties who held oil teases on 40,000 acres of land in Jasper county, have sold the same to the Bird syndicate of England, for $157,000. A meeting of Rensselaer and Remington railroad committees was held here Tuesday afternoon and it was decided to present petitions to the commissioners at their next meeting for an election to vote aid for Gifford’s proposed railroad.

Excursion to Chicago and return, one fare. Tickets will be sold to Chicago and return, via Monon Route, account of reception to Admiral Dewey, April 80 and May 1, good to return to May 3rd, at one hare for the round trip. W. H. Beam, Agent. Wallace Robinson returned from Lamar, Colo., last Sunday and is now preparing to move his family to that place. He will probably leave some time next w’eek. He recently sold his residence property here to R. A. Parkinson, who will occupy the same. J. P. Sherman has traded his stable horse, other stock and all hjs personal property and household goods, with A. B. Fisher of near Aix, for a three or four hundred acre tract of Kentucky land. He expects to take his family to Kentucky this fall and make that state his future home. Out of about thirty-five people, who partook in the last teachers’ examination held at Morocco, but nine were successful. The examination was a difficult one, and eight of the nine who passed were experienced teachers. The next teacher’s examination will be held at Brook, Saturday, 28th inst.— Kentland Democrat. Judge Thompson bauds us a copy of a proposed '‘fair, just and uniform local improvement law,” vthich he wishes the people to take up and urge the passage of at the next session of the legislature. We have not had time to thoroughly study the proposed bill but will probably do so later on and make such comment aa we feel the same deserves.