Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Rensselaer Will Celebrate!!! Atspecial meeting of the Commercial Club held Thursday evening it was definitely decided to celebrate the 4th of July in a style and manner befitting the occasion. Several hundred dollars has been raised for the purpose of securing attractions, the Remington Band has been hired and one or two others will be secured to furnish music in connection with our own band. An elaborate fireworks display in the evening will also be one of the features. The program has not as yet been fully agreed upon, but from the character of the men having the celebration in charge the public may look for a rousing celebration here this year.

Bruce Hardy started for ColoDr. Washburn is now aide to attend to office practice. Joe Sharp is building an addition to his photograph gallery. A daughter was born to Mrs. and Mr. Peter Giver, Monday. Simon and Mrs. Fendig came down from Wheatfield Wednesday. Mrs. N. J. Reed and babv are visiting her parents at Michigan City. Miss Lucy Nowels of Lamar, Colo., is visiting Rensselaer relatives. The republican national convention will be pulled off at Philadelphia next week. 2-year-old White Face bull so sale, at O. K. Ritchey’s, 4 miles south of Rensselaer. Anything you want will be sold at 30 per cent, off at the Daylight from now until the Fourth.

W. O. Hiatt of Anderson, has been hired by the school board as high school principal for the ensuing year. New pensions: Jacob Akerman, Remington, increase, $10; Sarah E. Archer, Reynolds, original widow, SB. Next Tuesday the people of Newton county will vote on the proposition of removing the county seat to Morocco. Our entire line of Clothing, Gent’s furnishings, boots and shoes will be marked 30 per cent, off from now until the Fourth. Sheiff Reed, C E. Mills and J. H. 8. Ellis attended the funeral of Sheriff Wick wire at Goodland last Friday. They report a very large turnout. The heavy rains recently drowned out a great deal of corn in the south part of this township, and much of the acreage had to be replanted. The Citizens Band has been engaged to furnish music one day at Fountain Park during the Assembly. There few better bauds in the state. The Indiana Oil and Asphaltum Co., has secured a number of oil leases in section 6 and vicinity, Hanging Grove tp., and section 7 and vicinity, Milroy tp. Dr. Dessler, the optician, is now nicely located in the rooms recently occupied by Horton’s dental parlors. He has the rooms nicely; furnished, and*all looks as neat as a pin. D. B. Nowels tendered his resignation hs vice-president of the Jasper Public Library last Saturday evening and the directors selected C. D. Nowels as his successor. • Fourteen new subscribers were added to The Democrat’s list this week, as follows: Francisville, 1; Foresman, 1; Valina, 1; Sharon, 1; Lee, 1; Rensselaer, 3; Tefft, 1; Englew’ood, (III.) I; Chicago, 1; Manchester, (Tenn.,) 1; Gifford, 1; Bryant, 1.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DISEASES, \ M ' HEMORHORDS, . \ - ■ Office First Stairs West of Post Office. - , RENSSELAER, IND.