Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Gress House, at Brookston, was destroyed by fire last week. For Sale or Rent: My place just west of town. Thomas Parker. “Brown From Boston” will be at pllis opera house, Thursday, Jan. 31. Rev. Royce began a series of revival meetings at church Wednesday evening./ Montreal, Canada, suffered a $2,500,000 fire in the central portion of the city Wednesday night. Richard H. Schrader died at his home in Walker tp., Jan. 16, of heart disease, aged about 27 years. Senator Wolcott has introduced a bill requiring cities or towns annexing a school township to assume school debts. Mrs. Andrew King died at her home in .Hanging Grove tp., Wednesday afternoon, after an extended illness. We have placed our accounts in the hands of E. P. Honan for collection. Please call and settle. Kelley Bros. Sales cried in all sections of the country and satisfaction guaranteed. Address me at Kniman, Ind. Nelson DuCharme. James Murray of Wheatfield tp., was in the city on business Thursday and dropped in and subscribed for the “taxpayers’ friend.” John Schanjaub reports but one burial in Mfeston cemetery this month, which breaks the record during his nearly seven years service as sexton. New pensions: Abraham M. Campbell, Blackford, increase,sl7; Uriah S. Hussey, Monon, renewal, $6; Margaret Clouse, Rensselaer, Mexican war widow, SB. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morris of Chicago Heights, was brought here Monday fcr burial. The interment was made in Egypt cemetery, Jordan tp.

When you come in to pay your taxes, take one of the dollars saved this year and drop in and subscribe for The Democrat, the paper that was the means of saving it for you. Miss Eunice Fritts, daughter of Rev. V. O. Fritts, formerly of this place, was married at the home of her parents in Dunkirk, Ind., Thursday, the groom being Mr. Benson Lewllyn, a son of the M. E. presiding elder of the Ft Wayne district. J. M. Troxell, Justice of the Peace, is located opposite the court house, first door east of Com merical Bank. Deeds, mortgages and other legal papers drawn and acknowledged as well as all other business applying to this office, including collections. V. R. Keeller hoisted the flag staff on the tower of the new school building last Saturday morning. The staff is twenty feet in length and the bronze ball at its apex pierces the air at a distance of eighty-five feet from the ground.—Monon News. Charlie Porter has bought the Sines grocery at Delphi, and will locate in that city. Charlie is a fine young manVstrnight and honorable in evety' way, and The Democrat can heartily recommend him to the people of Delphi as worthy of their support and esteem. Arthur Tuttle, of Remington, who for a short time run a blacksmith shop near the depot, in this city, had his left leg shattered so badly by a gunshot wound last Saturday that it had to be amputated. A report of the accident is given in our Remington correspondence. Regarding the removal of Mrs. Gant to the asylum at Lougcliff, Frank J. Gant, one of her sons, wishes u« to state that he knew nothing about the contemplated removal until it was done. Had he been cognizant with what was going on he would have attempted to prevent it, as he insists the old lady is as sane as the average person of her age.