Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Born, last Sunday, a daughter to Mrs. and Mr. Ed Price, east of town. Geo. Dunn of Wichita, Kan., iB visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody. Ex-Sheriff Reed and family have moved to Michigan City. We are not advised what Nate will do. •The box social at Union, Barkley tp., is changed to Thursday eve, Dec. 13. Come. Pearl Parker, Teacher. There was a dearth of Thanksgiving marriages in Jasper county this year. Only one license has been issued since Nov. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum of Chatsworth, 111., came Wednesday to keep house for their son George, who bought the John T. Sayler farm east of town. “A Woman in the Case” is ip this city to do business. Those who love genuine fun, coupled with pure entertainment, unadulterated, and with choice singing, will not miss it, Ellis opera house, Saturday, Dec, 8.

The small valise containing a baby’s cape, dresses, some ladies’ handkerchiefs, collar, etc., picked up on the streets here the next morning after the republican rally of several weeks ago, still awaits an owner at this office. If not claimed within the next ten days it will be turned over to the finder. Monday’s Indianapolis Sentinel contained quite an extensive article on the Jasper county oil fields. The article was sent in from Hartford City, and claimed that the various independent oil companies had formed an alliance nnd would build a big refinery in the Kankakee vnlley region. Insist on having your sale bills printed at The Democrat office. We get up a 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 n notice in its columns reaches the very people you want to reach. Remember this and govern yourself accordingly.

The Fowler Leader has a new libel suit on its hands. One of its correspondents mentioned a liquor case tried in justice’s court in one of the out townships and accused the court nnd about all the parties connected with tho case, and the spectators of being drunk. The dignity of the court was ruffled Co the extent of $5,000, which it wants tho Lender to pay.

Having opened a furniture repair shop in the old Milroy building, west of the river, I will do all kinds of furniture repairing, upholstering. re-varnishing, etc., and respectfully solicit n share of the patronage of the public. Residence, 319 South River street, at which place (or at shop) orders for work maybe left. All work called for and delivered promptly. George Sharp.

The Morocco Courier claims that the report that Frank Frogge, the alleged Newton county election fraud promoter, was lying at the point of death on account of typhoid fever, is false. The editor says he has met Frogge on the streets every day for the past month. It will be remembered that the criminal case against Frogge for importing voters in the Morocco county seat election, which was sent here on change of venue from Newton county, was contiued this terra of court on account of this alleged sickness.

White county has a newspaper (?) sotaething like the “Barnacle” of this county, which is issued semi-occasionally and circulates in the waste baskets of the postoflice and a few business houses. An applicant for a saloon license at Monon placed his application in the “White County National,” (the name of this alleged newspaper) and nobody saw it, hence no remonstrance was gotten up against granting of the same. For two years Monon has been a dry town, and would still be had not the present applicant practically stolen into a license.