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

Monday, May 7, is the last day for paying taxes to avoid penalty. W. B. Austin and Jesse E. Wilson took in the state convention this week. J. T. Sayler has been proebecting tor lands in White ana Carroll counties this week. A 75 cent excursion to Chicago, Sunday, May 6. Train leaves Rensselaer at 8:48 a. m.; returning leaves Chicago at 11:30 p. m. Union tp., republicans nominated Barney Comer, the pretent incumbent by appointment, for trustee last Saturday, and Dick Mallatt for assessor. r 1 To-day’s Rensselaer markets fall top prices): Wheat 65; corn 35; oats 23; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were: wheat 60; corn 30; oats 265; rye 40. Mrs. S. R. Nichols of Barkley tp., died Thursday morning after an extended illness from cancer. The funeral wes held yesterday at 9a. m., from the residence and interment made in Weston cemetery. Judge Thompson, Prosecutor Mills, Sheriff Reed, Postmaster Meyer, County Commissioner Halleck, County Recorder R. B. Porter, Township Assessor John O’Connor, and perhaps a few other officials took in the state convention Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Culp of Remington were in the city a short time Wednesday morning. They were on their way to Lee to see Mr. Culp’s father, Uncle James Cnlp, who is quite poorly this spring. The old gentleman is almost 90 years of age. White county democrats have placed the following county ticket in the field: Auditor, S. A. Carson; sheriff, John W. Warner; surveyor, G. M. Bridge; coroner, W. H. Sampson; assessor, Eli Cullen; commissioner. Ist diet. O. K. Rainier; 3d diet. Henry Duncan.— ~ The 3d quarterly meeting of the Rensselaer charge of Methodist Protestant church, will be held at Egypt school house, May 5 and 6. Rev. M. F. Iliff of Jonesboro, will conduct the services. Everybody cordially invited to attend these services. G. W. Carnes, Pastor. The home of Bro. J. P. Simons of the White county Democrat, was burglarized Monday night and his pantaloons relieved of sl4 in free silver and greenbacks. Rensselaer editors who possess any such wealth as that have their residences fitted out with electric burglar alarms and keep firearms handy. Billy Postal, the boy hypnotist from Rensselaer, met his Waterloo at the opera house last Friday night. Quite a number of the Morocco boys tried to be bound by Billv’s invisible charm,, but it would not work. Only two claim jto have been in anyway affected | by the subtle force, and we are rejliably informed that those two I were hypnotized on a salary.—Mo- ! rocco Courier. Geo. Ade, who for years has i written “Stories of Streets and Town” in the Chicago Record, is j reported to have recently told his father, John Ade, of Kentland, j that McKinley is the weakest pres- ; ident that has ever occupied the ! presidential chair, even not exceptI ing Mrs. Hayes. While Mr. Ade, j Jr., is in a position to see clearly lon this subject, his assertion, only j too true, will be entirely lost upon his worthy sire. It ought not to be necessary to J preach to people the value of tradi ing with the home merchant. In j a town like Rensselaer all are j more or less dependent upon each other, and it certainly uoes not J lielp to build up the town or surI rounding country to trade at Chijcago or other out-of-town places, | whose merchants never spend a cent here,,, who never help the church, the schools, or other public institutions of the place. The out-of-town denier generally has no monopoly upon merchandise not enjoyed by the home merchant. Our motto ought to be Rensselaer first and the rest of the world afterwards. »