Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Chicago excursion June 30th. . Wayne Parker, who has been attending school at Indianapolis, is home. Miss Susie Monaghan is visiting her neice, Mrs. John Keiper, at Plymouth. Moses Sigo and daughter of Carpenter tp., were Rensselaer visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Hamer and son of Franklin, are visiting the families of Amzi and Mel Laßue. Mr. and Mrs. John Tete»of Carpenter tp., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Gray Thursday. New subscribers to the Democrat this week by postoffices: Pleasant Ridge, 1; Whapeton, N. D. 1. -4-Miss Grace Jacks returned to Danville, 111., yesterday, after a two months visit here with her parents. Floy Nowels is home from Indianapolis, where she has been attending music school for the past year. X/Miss Daisy Nauman of Sale Lake City, Utah, came last Satu* day to spend the summer at the home of her uncle, C. A. Roberts. Mrs. Warren Robinson has returned from her visit to Lagro, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Caughlin, who will visit here for awhile. The tenth annual convention of the Christian Endeavor of the Rensselaer district will be held at Kentland Wednesday and Thursday next. Mrs. M. A. Ryan of Delphi, is the guest of Mrs. E. P. Honan. Mr. Ryan and son Russell, will join her this evening to remain over Sunday. - At the meeting of the county superintendents at Indianapolis last week, L. H. Hamilton of this county, was elected president of the association. The newly organized G. A. R., poet and the W. R. C., “surprised” George O. Pumphrey Tuesday evening, the occasion being in honor of his 58th birthday. Grandma Huff and Ethel and Emmuel are visiting relatives at Crawfordsville. Mrs. W. A. Huff and daughters, Mabel and Ya - tha, expect to join them next week. Mrs. S. A. Hemphill and Mrs. E. P. Honan were “at home" to their friends on North Front street, from 2 till 5 Wednesday afternoon. Refreshments were served. Bids for the improvement of Van Rensselaer street from Washington to Cornelia with crushed rock and ceitient curb, will be opened at the regular meeting of the common council, July 8. The men working on the Monon stone crushing plant went on a strike last week on account of Iteing compelled to work 10| hours per day. A car load of 28 negroes were shipped in at once from Louisville to take the place of the | strikers. Mrs. Jones of Pontiac, 111., daughter of Henry Amsler, who has recently purchased about 1000 acres of land about Rensselaer, has bought George Andrus’ 100-acre farm near Surrey, the same being the old David Nowels homestead. Consideration $65 per acre. The Democrat acknowledges receipt of the tenth annual catalogue of St. Joseph’s College. During the year just closed St. Joseph’s had students from Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Vermont, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Michigan and New York. The eleventh scholastic year opens September 5. The Universalists of Jordan tp., are talking some of building a church near the Welsh cemetery. It is rumored that Henry Welsn of Remington, has offered to donate ground just across the road from the cemetery, and would give SIOO aid toward building the church. Wm. Prewitt has also offered to donate land for the church on the same side of the road that the cemetery is on.