Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Absolute slaughter sale of shoes at Ellis & Murray’s. The new dytiamo for the electric light plant arrived a few days ago. y\Mrs. Flora Snoddy of Delphi is the guest of Mr- and Mrs. J. F. Majc r. }(The Catholic people are talking some of establishing a parochial school here. - • Miss Mary Rohrmau of Ham* mond, came Monday for a two weeks visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. William Maloney and baby, of Chicago, are the guests of Mrs. Mary Drake. A great opportunity for early buyers of fall supplies to save money at Ellis & Murray’s. Frank Hardy has moved to Goodland, where he will clerk in the grocery department of Z. F. Little & Co’s store. Eddie Haff of Valparaiso, staid over night here Wednesday, going on to Goodland via bicycle Thursday morning. Mrs. W. O. Rowles and Mrs. John Duvall entertained a number of lady friends at the home of the former Wednesday afternoon. 33. S. Dwiggins was here a few days the first of the week packing up his belongings and removing them from the Forsythe building. Misses Fay and Daisy Canine, and Margaret and Maude Merritt and brother Coleman Merritt, of Remington, were Rensselaer callers Thursday. Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 41; oats 26; rye 42. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 39; oats 24; rye 45. Ford, formerly of Remington, now of Elwood, and Miss Bessie Foster, daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. J. L. Foster, south of this city, were married at Elwood last Saturday.

The F. W. Baptists will hold quarterly meeting at Parr commencing last evening and continuing over to-day and to-morrow. A basket dinner in the grove will be a feature of to-morrow's meeting. John Gaffey of Barkley tp., has a colt 3 months old that weighs 636 pounds. Mr. Gaffey says he will give SIOO for any colt in Jasper county the same age that will equal it, or will take SIOO for his colt. ’ JmV. G. Slage, one of the proprietor of the Makeever house, and Miss Edna Pearl Jordan, daughter of his partner, were married at Hammond Sunday afternoon, aud are now at home at the Makeever House. Fountain Park Assembly at Remington, Ind., has a most excellent program of lectures, music entertainment this season, Aug. 17 to Sept. 1, inclusive. Get program at Larsh’s Drug Store after July 15. \The Rensselaer school board recently re-organized by electing Geo. K. Hollingsworth, president; Delos Thompson, treasurer, and T. J. McCoy, Secretary. A peculiar coincidence in connection with the board is that all three are cousins. The Merchants’ Cigar Company of Rensselaer, capital SI,BOO, was incorporated Thursday. Conrad Kellner, Warren Robinson, Zern Wright and Walter Porter have recently been taken in and the capital stock increased to the above amount. v James Wiseman of Aix, who was arrested on complaint of Samuel Potts for selling goods from his store on Sunday, had his trial before Esq. Burnham and a jury Saturday afternoon and was acqitted. It is claimed that the proaecution was for spite. A. Woodin, the Foresumn reabestate agent, reports the following land sales: The old Mustard farm in Jordan tp., of 160 acres to Jas. Shaffer of Foresumn. consideration $8,000; the Warren farm of 160 acres in Newton tp., to a Mr. Leo bold, of Brook, consideration, SB,OOO.