Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Remington will celebrate the 4th of July. Next Friday is the last day of the city school. T, J. McCoy sports a fine new bicycle-tired buggy. C. R. Yoeman of Dana, Ind., was here over Sunday. E. L. Bruce and family have moved to near Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Linn of Attica, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Will Parkison. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. James Yoeman of Ambia, a few days ago. T. P. Gray and daughter of Benton county, were pleasant callers at The Democrat office Monday. James Riley of Thorntown, Ind., well known throughout Indiana as a farmers’ institute lecturer, died last Saturday. Mrs. John Burger returned to her home in Remington last Sunday after a few days visit with Mrs. J. F. Major. We understand that the republican Lowell Record has succumbed to too much prosperity. It deserved a better fate. Misses Florence Wood and Bertha Hammond attended the district E. L. convention at East Chicago this week as delegates. The Ropp boys returned from Ohio the first of the week, where they were called by the illness and subsequent death of their mother. John T. Sayler and James Cowden went to Monticello Tuesday to look at real estate in that locality with a view of purchasing farms. Mrs. T. J. McCoy, who has been at a Chicago hospital for the past two months, returned home last Friday much benefited by her sojourn there. Mrs. Sanders and children of Lebanon, is visiting her sisters, MesdatntS John Jessen and" A. Hoover and Misses Mildred and Cordia Jackson.

Rev. H. M. Midleton will preach at the Harvey Wood school house, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o’clock. All the people of that community are cordially invited. Not more than half a dozen old soldiers from this place attended the encampment at Indianapolis this week. Next year’s encampment will be held at Logansport. Last week The Democrat added twelve new subscribers to its list, as follows: Remington, 3; Gillam, 4; Wheatfield, 1; Goodland, 1; Pleasant Grove, 1; Rensselaer, 2. Capt. Sink, an old resident of Newton county and the father of John D. Sink, republican candidate for prosecuting attorney, died recently at his liome in Lake Village. Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Williams, Mrs. W. W. Wishard of this place and Rev. and Mrs. Keister of Barkley township, attended the M. E. general conference at Chicago this week. Simon Kenton of Surrey, received a telegram Wednesday his nephew, Edmond Kenton of Globe, Arizona, a former resident of this county, was dangerously ill. About the next demand we mav expect from B. J. Gifford is twentyfive years exemption from taxation and a one per cent, annual tax to pay the operating expenses of his proposed railroad. The G. A. R. State encampment elected Capt. D. E. Beam of Spencer, for department commander. Mrs. Jennie Irwin of New Albany was elected department commander of the Ladies Relief Corps. The Democrat’s county correspondence page cannot be excelled by any paper in the state.. All the way from ten to seventeen towns and neighborhoods are represented in this department each week.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATEJMSBAMBS.' * WOMEN. Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND. i ' ■ '' ' •■ ' ■ ' . ' ' • < .