Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Ex-Clerk W. H. Coover has been admitted to the Jasper county bar. «- Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moorhead of Carpenter tp., made us a pleasant call yesterday. Both our Aix and Virgie correspondence arrived too late for insertion last week. 1 Misses Lena Minicus and Doris Goodwin of Chicago Heights, are visiting Rensselaer friends. There was quite a frost Wednesday, but no damage is thought to have resulted in this immediate locayty. J. W. Burgett of Francesville, was in the city Monday looking after real estate interests in this county. J. W. Paxton returned from Lamar, Colo., last Saturday and is settling up his business in this county. New pensions: John W. Walters, Hebron, increase, $8: J. A. McKnight, Fowler, $10; Thomas J. Haggard, Oxford, sl2. Brook item in Kentland Enterprise: Mrs. Grace Pumphrey has stored her household goods and left last week to spend the summer at Rensselaer. Thfe old folks’ entertainment to be given at the court house last evening gave promise of beyig a huge success, and an evening of rare enjoyment was looked forward to. D. V. Yeoman returned Tuesday from his trip west. He visited Lamar, Trinidad, Pike’s Peak, Colorado Springs, Lincoln Neb., and other points, and is now satisfied to remain in Jasper for awhile. Owing to the general failure of the wheat crop in Indiana a very large acreage of oats and corn is being put out, and with a favorable season Indiana will this year produce the largest corn and oats crop in her history.

Mrs. Ella Adams Lilly, of Walker tp., was adjudged insane by Esquires Spriggs and Van Doozeron Thursday of last week. Her age is about 24 years. She was confined at Longcliff asylum for several months in 1896-97. At the town election in Ambia last Monday, our former townsman D M. Yeoman, was elected on the democratic ticket for councilman by 21 majori y, notwithstanding the republicans have quite a majority in the town. It is claimed that in boring an oil well for the Byrd syndicate in Gillam tp., a substance closely resemblng asphalt has been struck, and it is believed that there are large beds of this valuable substance underlying the oil territory. M. A. Ryan of Delphi was in the city Monday in consultation with Attorney E. P. Honan in the Sheffer vs C. I. & L. railway company. The case has been venued to Newton county, as has also the Blotsky damage case against the same company. M. M. Tyler has disposed of his grocery business at Star City, Pulaski county, and has moved to Rensselaer, where he will devote his attention to the real estate business He occupies one of Stewart Hammond’s properties on South Cullen street. Saturday was the 47th birthday of Frank Welsh of Jordan tp.,and friends and neighbors to the number of about 60 gathered at his home in the evening and reminded him of the fact. Dancing and other amusements were indulged in until the roosters crowed in the morning. Supper was served at midnight and all had a pleasant time. The appealed state case from Wheatfield was tried by jury last Friday and Arches was acquitted. This is the case where Wm. Archer, the school house janitor at Kniman, dumped a Medicine showman’s outfit out of the school building, and was arrested and fined heavily in the lower courts, mention of which was previously made in these columns.