Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Newton county elected a democratic sheriff, John A. Wildasin, and commissioner, John Kennedy. Mrs. N. York and children and Mrs. Minnie Catlin of Mopon, spent Sunday with friends in Rensselaer. Will Foster of Hanging Grove tp., left Thursday evening for lowa, where he expects to secure a position. Miss Myrtle Bringle of Newton township, who has been attending school at Valparaiso, returned home yesterday. Lee E. Glazebrook has leased the Freeman farm of 290 acres, 4 miles northwest of town, and will move onto same about March first. You can get The Democrat, State Sentinel and Cincinnati Enquirer each a full year for only $1.85, cash in advance, if taken soon. Get your sale bills printed at the The Democrat office. A free notice in the paper with each set of bills, and everybody reads The Democrat. The aged father of Joseph and Jerry Schofield of this place, died at his home southaest of Monticello last Monday at the ripe old age of 85 years. Wanted—We want 100 men with approved personal or real estate security to borrow the special fund we have to put out. Ferguson & Wilson. Miss Kate Mauck of Newton tp , left yesterday for week’s visit with friends and relatives in Monon, Monticello and other parts of White county. Wanted, Reliable men and women to introduce popular goods. Steady employment, S 3 to S 3 per day easy made. Call on or address Robert Randle, Rensselaer, Ind. Mrs. Persis Morris died Sunday evening at the home of her son, Charles Morris, north of town. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Royce at the M. E. church, Tuesday afternoon.

With a majority of the town-1 ship trustees and a majority of the ’ assessors, the democrats of Jasper ! didn’t do so bad after all, and democracy is in a better shape today in Jasper county than ever before. In Jennings county, where several of our readers are now located, the republicans carried the county by a small plurality on the national ticket, but the entire local democratic ticket was elected by good safe majorities. Miss Theresa Wigforss, Opb. D., graduate optician from Chicago, will be in the city Saturday, Nov. 10, for a few days. -Miss Wigforss comes here highly recommended as a competent, conscientious optician. Eyes examined free. It is rumored that Tom McCoy objected to some remarks made by the Lake County News, regarding Tom’s stating that he could buy all the democratic s— of b—on election day, and that he intends instituting a libel suit against him. Mrs. Morgan Shields died at her home three miles southeast of Rensselaer, last Friday night of consumption. She was about 40 years of age and leaves a husband and two sons. Deceased was the daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. William McDonald,of Pleasant Ridge. It is somewhat surprising to learn that Ohio and Indiana relatively lag far behind the rest of the country in increase in population as shown by the new census, and almost equally so to find that Louisiana and Mississippi and North Carolina make such decided gains. Relative gains were expected in certain states and relative losses in others, but many have fallen out altogether differently from the way that was expected.