Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Geo. Strickfaden is again able to be about. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nowles are here from Lamar, Colo., for a short visit. Mrs. Chas. Yeoman and children of Dana, Ind., are visiting relatives here. Kersey, one of the new stations on the Gifford road, has been platted as a town. M. J. Costello of Remington, was a pleasant caller at The Democrat office Thursday. T. J. Gray, one of Goodland’s pioneer merchants, was in the city a few hours on business Thursday. Fair Oaks is the only town in Jasper county thus far heard from that will let the eagle scream July 4th.

Knox is to have a heating and waterworks plant, franchises having been granted Kankakee parties for the same. Jackson tp., Newton county, will hold an election July 27 to vote aid of $7,200 to the proposed east and west railroad. Monroe tp., in which Winamac is situated, will vote July 9 on the proposition of giving subsidy of 2 per cent for the proposed east and west railroad. It is reported here that H. C. Goldsberry, who recently moved his family to Augusta, Okla., has since moved them to lowa. —Wolcott Enterprise. Maggie Lohman, a German dom estic in the Halleck home at Pembroke, was badly burned Monday morning from her clothing catching fire from the stove. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 38; oats 25; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn oats 21£; rye 45.

In our obituary of Truitt P. Wright last week we stated that he was named after his father. It should have read that he was named after his grandfather. "The county commissioners, J. F. Major, John Eger, M. F. Chilcote and Editor Clark were the guests of Superintendent T. F. Clark, at the poor farm for dinner Tuesday. Harrold, the little son of Editor Clark, who has been attending the deaf and dumb institue at Indianapolis, returns home to-day for the summer vacation. W. B. Austin has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late R. B. Good rick. Deceased left about SI,OOO in cash, and a one-third interest in 90 acres of land in Warren county. A special meeting of the common council was held Monday afternoon at which the only business transacted was the granting liquor licenses to August Rosenbaum and Conrad Kellner. J. F. Warren did not return to Oklahoma last Tuesday as expected, but was called to Hartford, Conn., by bis firm, and left Monday night for that city, instead. He will leave for Oklahoma next week.

SL A fine 10-pound girl arrived at Jtme home of Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Maloy, at Englewood, 111., Wednesday last. Grandpa and Grandma Maloy are quite proud over their new titles but the latter is somewhat disappointed that it wasn’t a boy. Vjft’he State Court of Catholic Order of Foresters will hold its biennial convention at Elwood next week. State Chief Ranger Honan and several others from Rensselaer will attend. Jas. E. Walters, is delegate from Willard Court; Joseph Nagel, Alternate. By the way, what has become of that ordinance to let legal printing to the lowest bidder, introduced some months ago in the city council and passed to second reading? Better call it up, gentlemen, and show your constituents how you stand on economical matters.