Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

R. H. Robinson, dentist. Subscribe for The Democrat. M. M. Tyler was in Goodland, Sunday. Frank King has bought the Masker feed barn. B. Forsythe leaves to-morrow for a ten days visit in Ohio. Newton county’s old settlers will reunion at Morocco, August 15. Miss Harriet Yeoman is visiting friends in Kokomo and other points. Mrs. Marion Freelfind of Newton tp., has been quite sick but is better now. Miss Roadruck of Morocco, is the guest of Miss Kate Mauck of Newton tp., this week. Mr. O. Z. Bridges of Indianapolis, visited a few days with his sister, Mrs. Isaac Glazebrook. The Kankakee district campmeeting and Chautauqua will be held at Watseka, August 15-26. The democrats of the Ninth district have nominated Capt. D. F. Allen of Frankfort, for Congress. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Saidlai of Montgomery county, are visiting their son Isaac Saidlai, north of town, The annual notice of the proposed tax levies of the various township trustees must be made next week. Another cheap excursion to Chicago, Sunday, August sth; 75 cents for the round trip from Rensselaer. E. T. Harris and family of Remington, were guests of the form er's parents, Mr. aad Mrs. Henry Harris, last Sunday.

We learn from unofficial sources that the late census gives Rensselaer a population of about 2,200. The ’9O figures were 1,455. Bro. Marshall should not get so excited during this hot weather. Medical authorities say that it is very bad for the nervous system. Mrs. W. Powley and children of Chicago, are visiting the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Zerdan, and other relatives of this vicinity. Mrs. M. L. Spitler, daughter Maude, and grand-daughter, Mildred, left Monday for an extended visiting and pleasure trip throughout the east. The Halleck Telephone Co., has asked to enter Goodland. The town board took the matter under consideration and will probably grant the franchise. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mauck, after a week’s visit with J. W. Mauck and other relatives in Jasper county, returned Saturday to their home in Anderson.

The enterprise of some of the Indianapolis daily papers is really astonishing. We saw copies of Monday’s Indianapolis Sun on the streets at Goodland last Sunday before 7 o’clock in the morning. The continued heavy rains of the past two weeks done a great deal of damage to crops, and especially to oats. The water penetrated through the shocks and the result will be badly discolored grain. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan and son Edward, visited in Remington Sunday. Mr. Honan as State Chief Ranger of the C. O. F., addressed the local lodge at Remington at a special meeting called for that day.

The whole trouble with Marshall about that Gifford letter was in the fact that The Democrat pinned him down so close on the matter, as we have on numerous others, that many republicans were giving him fits for his duplicity.

Newton county democrats on last Tuesday nominated the following county; treasurer, Charles Carter; sheriff, John Wildasin; recorder, Charles Buswell; surveyor, Ross Deardurff; assessor, Samuel Gilmore; commissioner, Ist diet., I. Sell: 2d diet., John Kennedy.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, PRIVATE DISEASES, HEMOR HORDS, • Office First Stairs West of Post Office. Phoney. RENSSELAER, IND.