Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1901 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

The ice man is still at the bat. Barkley and Union tp., schools will begin Mondny. Editor Clark and wife spent Sunday and Monday in Chicago. Born, Sept. 29, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Thornton, a son. Monticello is talking of installing a hot water heating system, Joseph Grieser was at Francesville a few days last week on business. Harvey Robinson,wife and baby of Medora, N. D., are visiting relatives here. Mr. Joe Luers and Miss Laura Gangloff attended the Francesville street fair last week. YMrs. A. E. Alter and baby of Elizabethtown, N. C., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. NowSls, and Mrs. John O'Connor of of Kniman, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Tuesday. One car load Gold Medal flour and a car load of potatoes received this week at the Chicago Bargain Store. 'SMrs. Joseph Tyler, wife of the DeMotte postmaster, died Thursday morning after an illness of about two weeks. Nicholas Krull has rented the room formerly occupied by Haus’ restaurant and will start a bakery on his own account. _2 You will find the Prettiest, New- j est. Cheapest and Most Stylish Millinery at Miss Mary Meyer s.

New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Kenton. Ohio, 1; Rensselaer, R-D-fl. 2; Rensselaer, 2. Capt. Andrew J. Cochran, an old and prominent resident of Brookston, was found dead in his bed Monday morning. old Win. Reed farm of 163 acres, 2| miles south of town, has been sold to Geo. C. Gray of Paxton, 111., at $45 per acre. S. Fendig will leave tomorrow for New Orleans. His marriage to Miss Oppenheimer will take place on the 16th. If you want good potatoes, try some of the Wisconsin car just received at 85 cents a bushel at the Chicago Bargain Store. G. W. Wright of Fresno, Cali , who had been visiting his daughter, Mrs W. H. Beam, for several weeks, left for home Saturday.

Rev. W. E. Meads and Marion ' I. Adams returned Monday from attending the F. W. Baptist as- ' sociation meeting at Brookston. Frank Slavik, the insurance, man who received injuries in the blowing up of the Sheldon electric light plant, died a few days later. Edward Babb, aged 29 years, was killed while working on a railroad at Lumberg, 111., last Monday. He was related to the Babb's here. The weather for the past several weeks has been very fine for ripening corn, and husking will probably be begun to some extent next week. New pensions: Hettie E. Reynolds. Rensselaer, original widow, >8; Ralph W. Marshall, Rensselaer, original, >8; Samuel Lamoine Fair Oaks, increase, sl6. "Al. E. Cleary, who bought the Geo. W. Burk farm of 237 acecs north of town two years ago at $59 per acre, has sold the same to Noah Zeigler of Benton county, for $75 per acre. SMChe marriage of Mr. C. E. Duvall and Miss Leona Biggs is announced to take place Wednesday evening, Oct. 16, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mr?, A. J. Biggs, southwest of town. The blank book and stationery printing plant of Wilson, Humphreys & Co., of Logansport, was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon, entailing a loss of over $40,000 with insurance for about one-half that amount, big lumber yard at Lamar, COJO, owned by John Paxton, Wallace Parkinson and Geo. W. Burk, formerly of this county, was | burned last week. The loss is said to have been SIO,OOO, with only $2,000 insurance. McClellan tp., Newton county, will hold an election, Get. 12, to vote on the proposition of building 8 miles of new stone roads. The ! viewers’ estimate of the total coat 1 of the roads is $13.881.0a, or a little more than $1,500 per mile.