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

Miss Anna Jacob of Loda, 111., is the guest of Miss Mary Meyer. N. Simon Leopold’s store at Kentland was burned Saturday night. Theodore George is home from Delphi, where he has been clerking in a store for several months. 50 per cent, saved by buying blankets, cloaks, over-coats, suits and winter underwear this mouth at Ellis & Murray’s. Win a mac and Monroe tp., on Tuesday voted a subsidy of $22,000 in aid of the east and west road; 299 foi to 74 against. Mayor Eger’s fine residence has been further beautified by adding a new coat of paint. Mr. Eger has one of she handsomest homes in Rensselaer. J. W. Williams returned last week from his Ohio visit. He visited the Buffalo exposition a few hours while gone, making the trip via boat from Cleveland.

In our list of marriage licenses published last week the type made us say “Charles D. Yeoman to Elnora Israel,” when it should have read “Charles D. Norman to Elliora Israel.” Mrs. F. Gay and little son, of Griggsville, 111., Mrs. Carper and daughter, of Louisiana, and Miss Jessie Cowgill of Rosemond, 111., are guests of their mother, Mrs. Sarah Cowgill. j-Our Remington correspondent tells of the home-coming of Christopher Hardy, a brother of Sheriff A. G. Hardy, who left home 25 years ago and for 15 years had been mourned as dead by his friends. )(Henry Amsler of Pontiac, 111., has 1 added 155 acres more to his land purchases about Rensselaer, the latest purchase being the land known as the Dwiggins laud, just north of town. Price paid, $65.50 per acre. The only son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Speece of Ft, Wayne, met ‘death last Saturday by falling from a second story window to the pavement below. Mrs. Speece is a sister of Mrs. C. W. Rhoades of this city, and the latter was visiting her at the time the accident occurred. The boy was about three years of age. Albert J. Guthridge Post No. 484, were greatly surprised at their last meeting by the Woman’s Relief Corps presenting them with a framed copy of a Washington paper, dated April 15, 1865, which gave the account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The presentation was made by Mrs. Emma Hagin in behalf of a post at Minneapolis, Minn. > S U. M. Baughman of Monon. and George A. Williams of Marion. Ohio, both late graduates of .the Valparaiso law school, will locate here for the practice of law August 1. The former was postmaster at Monon under Cleveland. The latter is a republican in politics. They expect to secure temporary quarters and when the new Odd Fellows’ building is completed will have quarters therein. A. M. Bushong, whose wife recently begun action in the circuit court for divorce, was here a few days agoand will fight thecase, we understand. It is also rumored that certain parties wanted Bushong out of the way on account of property interests in which his wife is interested, and had something to do with the prosecution of the former and also influenced Mrs. B. to bring the divorce suit.