Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Town Talk flour, 86 cents for one-fourth barrel, Saturday, June Ist, Rt the Chicago Department Store. Township Assessor Bert Vandercarr of Kankakee tp., was in the city Thursday making his report to the auditor. Miss Mary Meyer has just returned from the city, where she has been studying the latest styles in Millinery. Just received, one lot of fresh sound potatoes, 10 cents a peck or 40 cents a bushel, at the Chicago Department Store. The troqble over the expulsion of the junior pupils of the Monticello high school has been adjusted by both pupils and faculty making concessions, and the white-winged .dove of peace again hovers over Monticello. S. C. Spoor came up from North Vernon Wednesday and while here sold his 150-acre farm northeast .of town, in Jasper county, to John Stack. The price was $62.50 per acre. Although Spoor has recently sold a good deal of his real estate here, he still owns the old home farm of 240 acres just east of town.—Goodland Herald. The necessity for a larger opera house or some place of greater seating capacity for holding public entertainments and gatherings, was manifested Wednesday morning when tickets for the High School commencement were placed on sale. It was but a short time until every available seat in the house was taken, and 500 to 800 more could have been disposed of.

Jack Montgomery returned from Chicago Tuesday night, accompanied by C. P. Wright, who had gotten into trouble in the Windy City over issuing some checks on a Rensselaer bank after his account had been exhausted, and was detained by the Chicago officers. Mr. Montgomery was sent up with money to fix the matter up, which he did, and Mr. Wright was released. 'C. M. Reynolds bought the interest of his partner, Guy C. Hanna, in the Monticello Daily Journal and the White County Independent, and then sold said interest to F. A. Clarke, who has been working here in The Democrat office for the past few weeks, and the firm will hereafter be Reynolds & Clarke, Both are excellent young men, and The Democrat wishes them success. F. D. Knotts, of Medaryville, was arrested last Friday on the charge of violating the Inter State Commerce law. He is charged with shipping forty-five quails from Hammond to Chicago. The arrest was made by the United States Marshall and the accused was released on bond furnished by his son. Mr. Knotts is the father of ex-Representative A. F. Knotts, of Hammond. The members of the junior class of the high school were suspended yesterday for remaining out of school on Friday to decorate the Presbyterian church for baccalaureate services. They took this action in disobedience to the wishes of the school authorities. This morning eight of the members of the class were re-instated on signing an agreement promising good behavior in the future. Ten members of the class refuse to sign and until they do will not be admitted to the classes.—White County Independent. ' Ex-Township Trustee Kaupke, of Kankakee, tp., informs us that he expects to go to Oklahoma next Tuesday on a prospecting trip and will probably move to that territory this fall to remain a couple of years at least, leasing his farm in Kankakee tp., during his absence. Mrs. Kaupke’s health is not of the best and the doctors have advised a change of climate for her>(She has a sister in Cleveland county, Oklahoma, whose health has been much improved during her residence there, and Mr. Kaupke expects to locate near them, not far from Norman, the county Beat.