Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Funer/d cards at The Democrat office. One of the strong numbers of the lecture course will be Col. Ham, Friday, Dec. 7. Mrs. Gassoway and Grandson of Carroll county, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nowels this week. " Ben Hart of Milroy tp., has begun suit in the circuit court for divorce from his wife Mary C. Hart, charging abandonment. Quite a number from town attended the play at St. Joseph’s college Wednesday night, and speak in high praise of the 6ame. You can get The Democrat, State Sentinel and Cincinnati Enquirer each a full year for only $1.50, cash in advance, if taken soon. Mr.'and Mrs. D. B. Nowels and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Burk spent Thanksgiving with the former’s son Auburn Nowels, at Culver Military Academy, Lake Maxinkuckee. At the city council meeting Monday night the only business of importance transacted was that of resolving to purchase a new electric light dynamo of 2,000 incandescent capacity, the cost of which will be about SI,OOO. Mrs. Shelby Grant died at her home west of town last Tuesday night, aged about 56 years. She had been sick for some time. She leaves a husband and seven children, 3 boys and 4 girls. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the residence, Rev. C. D. Royse of the M. E. church conducting the services. Insist on having your sale bills printed at The Democrat office. We get up n good bill at a reasonable price and give a free notice in the paper with each set of bills. Everybody, especially^the farmer, reads The Democrat, and a notice in its columns reaches the very people you want to reach. Remember this and govern yourself accordingly.

Regarding the statement of republicans that the Walker tp., trustee resigned because his aged mother desired him to do so, we wish to say that he advanced no 6uch reason at all to the democrats. This excuse was evidently invented by those republicans who are now patting him on the back for betraying the trust reposed in him by the democrats of his township. The town of Winamac has let the contract for street paving (brick) four blocks, at 87 cents per square yard. By the way, something of this kind ought to be done with Van Rensselaer street in our city, one block north and one block south of Washington street. It needs improving badly and for a street truveled so much nothing will stand the wear except pavement. F. H. Robertson, late editor of the Wheatfield Telephone, was in the city Monday and Tuesday and shipped the household goods of his son, W. H. Robertson, which have been stored here since his connection with the Republican, to Wheatfield. The squelching of the Telephone has been reconsidered, for the present at least, and W. H. Robertson will try his skill in conducting it. The old editor will go on the road ns manager of n medicine show. He will have eight people with his show, so he says. Winfred, the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kays, died Sunday evening at 5:45 o’clock, after a brief illness from membraneous croup. The little fellow was taken sick Friday, his birthday, gradually grew worse until death relieved his suffering. The funeral was held Tuesday morning from the residence, Rev. A. L. Ward conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery. What makes the Borrow of his parents especially great is the fact that only last June, the 26tb, they lost another boy, aged three years, and this was their only remaining son. Thev have the sympathy of the whole community in their great affliction.