Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Spend your Christmas night at the dance in Warner’s Hall. We have been having fine weather now for the past two weeks, the ground remain frozen and roads are excellent. The weather department makes no promises of snow for Christmas. •On Friday evening of last week Fred Fatka found a new sack of flour at the side of the road near his farm, southeast of town. Owner can have Bame by proving ownership and paying for this notice. The Duvall boys, who have resided near Sharon for several years past, have moved back to their old home near Washington, 111. The boys have made many friends in their few years stay among us and all wish them success. On Christmas day, at 4 o’clock p. m., Mr. Jasse E. Francis, east of town, and Miss Gertrude Robinson will be united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson, of the northwest part of town. Estray Taken Up: Dec. 18, came to my place, 3 miles south and 1| miles east of Rensselaer, 5 young hogs weighing about 150 pounds each. Owner can have same by proving ownership and paying for keeping and advertising. A. Peters.

The 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Phebus in the east part of town, died last Sunday after a brief illness. The family recently moved here from Monon. Funeral was held from the house Tuesday morning. Interment in Palestine cemetery, White county. The secretaries of the various lodges are requested to hand in the names of their new officers for publication. No charge is made for this, and if we donate the space the officers should take enough interest in informing their brother members to write up the list and baud it to the printer. James Grant, aged 80 years, died at the home of his son Thomas W. Grant, at Rose Lawn, last Tuesday. The old gentleman had only gone there a few weeks ago to make his home with Tom. The remains were brought here for interment Thursday and the funeral was held from the Church of God. Richard Putt, one of the pioneer settlers of Grant tp., Newton county, who sold his fine farm and went to Tennesse some eight or ten years ago, has returned to Indiana and is now living with his son Henry, southeast of town. Mr. Putt’s Tennesseee venture was not a success, and he has no very good opinion of that country. A calf with two well developed heads and three eyes was born on the Walter Porter farm, southwest of Rensselaer, Thursday. The animal is said to be well developed otherwise and is healthy and active. If he succeeds in raising this calf Mr. Tellis, the owner, will be one farmer who will make a little money out of the cattle business in Jasper county this year.

Morocco Courier: One of our exchanges suggests that the editors of Newton, Benton and Jasper counties meet occasionally for mutual benefit and improvoment. A very good suggestion, brother, very good, indeed. We don’t care so much about the other editors, but we do want to meet old George Marshall, of the foot ball bulletin, and ask him if he is not the same good little Georgie that we used to read about in our Sunday school books. Somehow, we suspicion he’s the same fellow. Many handsome window displays are tcTbe seen in our Washington street business houses, notably among which are those of Rhoades & Overton, Coover’s grocery and the Chicago Bargain Store, who have fine large windows for display purposes. Many other stores nave nice displays, so far as their facilities admit. Our business houses are all supplied with large and attractive stocks for the holiday trade and there is no excuse for anyone going out of town to purchase anything this year.