Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

John Jordan of Remington, was a hub visitor Thursday. A son was born to Mrs. and Mr. E. G. Warren Saturday. New pensions: John C. Cfiilcote, Rensselaer, increase, SB. KMiss Zora Adams is clerking at Laßue Bros, department store. John Finn of Kankakee tp., was a business visitor here Monday. Wm. Beck Remington, spent Sunday with Rensselaer friends. j<There were 135 tickets sold here last Sunday for the Chicago excursion.’ will be broken Monday for the new Babcock & Hopkins elevator. The Wolcott Enterprise states that A. Leopold & Sons will build a fine brick block at Wolcott. There will be M. E. quarterly meeting at Union school house,; Jordan tp., on June 15 and 16. "/“About SBOO has been subscribed to build a new M. E. church in Jordan tp., near Trustee Bill’s. Dr. Besser a graduate in Osteopathy will be at the Nowels house Tuesday and Friday of each week. The public library has recently been enriched by another valuable gift of books from the Van Rensselaer Chapter of D. A. R. >Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Snodgrass of El Paso, Texas, returned to Rensselaer Saturday. The latter is very low with consumption.

Ernest Clark went to Bloomington Monday, where he takes a position with Robt. Johnston, who is now located there in the West-' ern Union employ. The meetings at the F. W. Baptist church closed Sunday evening. The meetings were very successful, resulting in thirty-five accessions to the church. Nlfhe special election last Saturday -in Jefferson tp., Newton ■county, which includes ’Kentland? on the proposition of building 30 miles of stone roads at an expense of about $60,000, was carried by a vote of 353 to 85. Union tp., Commencement exercises will take place at Fair Oaks, to-night (Saturday) at Bp. m., at the M. E church. The graduates are: Frank Brusnahan, Paul Zea, Ethel Arnold, Clint Gundy and James White. K. Ritchey is authority for the statement that Mike O’Haloran, our former townsman, will umpire a ball game at Englewood Sunday, May 19, and that Marshal Simpson of Rensselaer, has agreed to go up and assist him in dodging rocks and baseball bats.

• County Clerk J. F. Major was called to Mulberry, Ind., Tuesday by the serious illness of his father. Hon. George Major, returning Wednesday evening. The old gentleman is pretty bad off, and owing to his advanced age—almost 82 years—his recovery is extremely doubtful. E. L. Smith, son of Mr. T. L. Smith, of Gillam, who a few months ago left for Fort Presido, Cal., has surprised his parents with a letter from Hong Kong, in which he states that he has enlisted in the U. 8. cavalry and that his troop was then on its way to the Philippine Islands.—Medaryville Advertiser. * Judge Thompson has appointed EMis Jones of Remington, for democrat member of the board of review, and Geo. F. Myers of Kniinan, for the republican member. The board meets the 3d Monday in June. Geo. Stembel of Wheatfield and Mrs. L. M. lines of Rensselaer, were appointed members of the county board of charities.

On Monday the supreme court affirmed the verdict of the Jasper circuit court in the Brown vs. C. I. & L. Ry. Co., the damage case brought here from Lake county, and the Martindale-Makeever ditch case from this county. The McColly-Hollingsworth case taken from this county to Newton county and appealed from there, was also affirmed.