Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1901 — PRESIDENT'S CONDITION. [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT'S CONDITION.

A change for the worse took place in the President’s condition Thursday night, and a dispatch received by C. H. Vick at 11:55 A. M., yesterday, from the Indianapolis Journal contained these depressing words: “President’s condition extremely critical and physicians have little hope.” Later: The bulletin issued at .2:30 p. m., by his physicians, justbefore we go to press, states that his condition is much improved, and better than it was Thursday at the same hour. J. L. Foster and son Lewis, of Elwood, were in town Thursday. Elmer Gwin spent a few days at Indianapolis, this week on business. Miss Candace Brown is learning to set type in The Democrat office. X.A full account of the attempted assassination of President McKinley will be found on an inside page of today’s Democrat. For Sale: One hundred and fifty yards of all wool carpet in good condition. Will sell at a great bargain. C. D. Nowels. The Democrat now has an excellent correspondent at Wheatfield, who will furnish our readers a bright, newsy grist of items from that thriving town each week. L. Parks and daughters, Pearl and Dollie, of Surrey, visited the former’s mbther, Mrs. C. A. Samson, at Delphi this week, and also took in the street fair there.

those from Rensselaer, who attended the national encampment held at Cleveland this week, were: D. H. Yeoman and daughter Harriet, Henry Grow, Mrs. J. C. Porter, Mrs. George Hoover and Miss Hattie Phegley.

<Mr. William Porter, Mrs. GerRobinson, Miss Ora Clark, Newton Pumphrey and Daisy Nauman are camping on the Tippecanoe near Monticello this week. Several others from this place expect to go over and spend Sunday with them.

Eugene Donnelly of this city, who was recently taken to Delphi for failing to settle an unpaid fine and costs of s2l, and upon whose person a revolver was found when arrested, was fined there last week for carrying concealed weapons, the fine and costs amounting to sl6 60, says the Carroll County Citizen.

*xfhe barn and cribs on Mrs. Harry Kunie’s farm, northwest of Parr, were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. The farm was occupied by the Shindler brothers, who lost a threshing machine, farming implements and other personal property. Total loss on building and contents, SI2OO to $1,400, with no insurance. Origin of fire unknown.

A. F. Long is fitting up a corn display window, and requests farmers to bring in not over four of their best ears of corn and place it on exhibition. Each exhibit will be labeled with grower’s name, and a committee will examine the samples and a prize will be given for the best exhibit. Samples of corn will be received all of next week, and the Saturday following the prize will be awarded. last Sunday was Mrs. Chas. Ramp’s 44th birthday, some 25 or 30 of her friends decided to’give her a surprise, and to say she was surprised would be expressing it mildly. All came with well-tilled baskets and the tables were loaded with all tne good things to eat the land affords. aSome very beautiful as well as useful presents were left as tokens of love and esteemAfter the day was well spent in a . social way the guests departed, ' feeling it was well to be there.

I The city schools opened Monday. The enrollment is 532. Tell your neighbor to subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, The Democrat.. It gives all the news The Starke County Democrat issued a very neat and creditable daily during the street fair at Knox this week. See S. E. Yeoman for fruit and ornamental trees, who represents Hooker & Wyman of Rochestor N. Y. All stock guaranteed. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 52; oats 33; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 36; oats 20; rye 42. J. F. Major was appointed commissioner to sell | of 40 acres of land occupied by Margaret A. Beaver, in Milroy tp., in the case of Plummer vs. Beaver, at private sale, at not less than the appraised value. William Collier, at the present moment the foremost comedian on the Americans stage, will play an engagement of two weeks, beginning Sunday, Sept. 15, at the Grand Opera House, Chicago, at which theater his play “On the Quiet” last season made a tremendous hit. Subsequent to that engagement Mr. Collier went into New York {where he appeared in this delightful comedy for six months. He has the strongest supporting company he has ever had and is this season under the management of Jacob Litt.

The Ladies Industrial Society, assisted by the Epworth League, gave Mrs. J. F. Warren a farewell reception at the home of Rev. C. D. Royse last Tuesday evening, some 75 or 100 guests being present. Light refresh monts were served and some vocal and instrumental music was rendered by some of the young ladies of the League. These, coupled with a good social time by all present, comprised the program of the evening. All departed, wishing Mrs. Warren a safe journey and a bright and prosperous future. /Robert Randle, who recently purchased of Ellis Jones of Remington. the old Renicker farm in Barkley tp , has sold the same to J. T. Bowden, of Pontiac, 111., consideration, $53 per acre, cash. Mr. Bowden has leased the farm to Horatio Ropp, and contemplates buying property and locating in Rensselaer. This farm was purchased about a year ago by Mr. Jones at S4O per acre. He got ♦6OO rent for it this year and three months ago sold it to Mr. Randle at $44 per acre. The latI ter makes a profit of $9 per acre, lor $1,450. Not bad for three 1 months ownership.

The Northwest Indiana M. E Annual Conference convened at Brazil Thursday morning. Bishop Fitzgerald of St. Louis, Mo., presiding. There are about 200 ministers in this conference district, and the probability is that there will be a large number of changes in pastors’ charges this year. One presiding elder retires, Rev. J. H. Cissel of the Crawfordsville district It is not likely that there will be many changes in pastors in Jasper county, but there will probably be changes at Goodland and Mt. Ayr. Rev. A. P. DeLong, pastor of the church at Goodland, enjoys the distinction of being one of the first three pastors to hold a charge six years, which is made possible under the new conference rules permitting appointments for an indefinite number of years. Up to last year it was only possible to appoint five years in succession to the same charge.