Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Read Laßue Bros, page ad. The street sprinkler was started Monday. A good cow for sale. Enquire at this office. Marshall is quite sick wuh the quinsy. New pensions: Leander Burnam, Monon, Additional, SB. /..Seventy-five cent excursion to Chicago, Sunday, May 5. Dr. Ira Washburn is driving a right smart rig nowadays. Y«T. J. Hunt returned Monday from a trip to St, Joe, Michigan. HMiss Clara Goetz is visiting her sister, Mrs. Rose Graf, at Chicago. Miss Tillie Fendig is clerking in Loeb & Foust’s dry goods store at Delphi. J. J. Hunt has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late E. W. Morris. New subscribers to the Democrat this week by postoffices: Gifford, 1; Goodland, 1; A. Leopold is building another tenant house on Front street, opposite his own residence. Mrs. Seelman of Fairbury, 111., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Win. Augspurger, north of town. Miss Bessie Foster of Elwood, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Foster, of south of town. 'VGeo. Spitler went to Cineinnatti Saturday, where he has a position with the bill-posters of Robinson’s circus. /An effort is being made to re-or-ganize the Citizens Band. It is hoped that the efforts may meet with success. Miss Mable Wood left for the northern part of Missouri Thursday, where she will sojourn for an indefinite time. new kiln is being built at the Irwin tile works, west of town, this week, thereby doubling the capacity of the plant. Leopold is fitting up the room over Ellis A Murray’s clothing department and will hang out his shingle as attorney-at-law.

The first installment of taxes must be paid on or before the first Monday in May (May 6) to avoid going delinquent aud having the penalty added. > ■ - Win. M. Morris has moved back from Chicago Heights, and moved in with his father-in-law. Win. Nowels of Jordan tp., for whom he will work this season. While repairing the windmill upon his farm in Jordan tp., last Monday, Robt. Michael got caught between the rudder and the wheel aud had one rib fractured. Miss Freda Kohler who has been teaching school in Milroy tp., closed her school last Friday and went to Chicago Heights W ednesday where her parents now reside. The Halleck Telephone Co. expect soon to extend their line from Kouts to LaCrosse. Agent Ripley says there will be a reduction in rates over this system next month. —Hebron News. And Jasper County is still furnishing storage room for that $375 lot of “vault furniture for the recorder’s office,” which has lain in lioxes in the court house basement for over two years past. * Sim Fendig is the proud possessor of one of the “Hustler” M. W. A., buttons. These are only awarded to members who secure five new applicants during one month.—Wheatfield Telephone. YThe viewers’ estimate of the cost of the proposed new stone roads in Grant tp., Newton county, is $58,539.90. There are about 30 miles of highway in the proposed improvement. The election will be held Saturday, May 11. J. McCoy has been appointed by Governor Durbin as a member or his staff. There is lots of honor in the position but not. much salary, as the members must serve without pay and furnish their own uniforms, which cost about $l5O.