Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Morocco is going to institute a K. of P. Lodge. Ernest Lamson is in Logansport this week. Mother’s meeting to-day, 2:30 p. m., at court house. C. Paxton of Lamar, Colo., was here a few days this week. Henry Parish of near Morocco, was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday. grown watermelons made their first appearance in town this week. George Moorhead and family of Carpenter tp., were Rensselaer visitors Tuesday. |Miss Laura McClellan of Crawfordsville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Huff. Ellis Jones of Remington, was looking after real estate in this vicinity Tuesday. Miss Nellie Gardner of. Monticello, was the guest of Miss Helen Tuteur this week. White county old settlers’ meeting will be held at Monticello, Saturday, August 31. Grandfather Babb returned home Saturday from an extended visit in Wisconsin. Mrs. M. E. Henkle of Barkley tp., has been granted a widow’s pension of sl2 per month. . YJPerry Marlatt, north of town, was relieved of his watch and chain at Chicago last Sunday. J. C. Passons has bought the small tenant house across the street from Jasper Kenton’s, of S. C. Irwin. Miss Dena Gangloff of Indianapolis, came Sunday to spend two weeks with her parents, a mile east of town. T. M. Hibler of Joliet, 11l , who owns the old Cleveland farm in Milroy tp., was here on business Tuesday and Wednesday. The Monon will run another 75 cent excursion to Michigan City, Sunday, Aug. 24. Special train will leave Rensselaer at 8:30 a. m. X 216 tickets were sold to the Chicago excursion Sunday. This was the largest number sold for any Chicago excursion this season. Henry Farmer, formerly of near Rensselaer, now of Yukon, Oklahoma, drew No. 3624 in the recent land drawing in the Lawton district. Miss Josie Mitchell of Ridgeville.came last week for an extended visit with her brother, George Mitchell, of South Division street. Ex-Sheriff Joseph Sego of Porter county, was arrested this week for forgery. Three notes have already come to light which are said to be forgeries. street improvement on Washington street costs about 70 cents per lineal foot, we understand, and is being paid for out of the general road fund A good rain fell in central and southeastern Indiana Wednesday night and Thursday morning, being heaviest in Jennings and Bartholomew counties. I. A. Glazebrook returned home Inst Friday night from Buffalo. He knew nothing of his mother’s death until he reached Hammond. Mrs. Glazebrook will return next IRantoul, 111., suffered a bad fire last Friday night, and among the dwellings burned was that of Wesley Reed, a brother of exSheriff Reed, and formerly of Jordan tp. The woll known law firm of Sellers & Uhl of Monticello, which has had charge of many Jasper county cases, has been dissolved and each will maintain separate offices hereafter.

TThjo. Gorham’s barn, north of tho depot, was destroyed by fire Monday. Bcfys smoking is supposed to have caused the blaze. Two pigs were badly burned in the fire, one dying.