Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

READ The Democrat. Everybody reads The Democrat. Read every page of The Democrat all the home news. Advertisers, if you wish to reach the people, place your advertisement in The Democrat, A new lot of mounting board, all the popular shades, just received at The Democrat office. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Parkison celefftnted their golden wedding at their home near Pleasant Ridge, Wednesday. y. The city council held a special session on Oct. 18, and accepted the street improvement about the public square. There are 66,974 pensioners on the rolls in Indiana, ans the amount paid them last year was $10,291,893.75. Mrs. Mattie Sharp and Mrs. M. B. Alter left Thursday evening fora month’s visit with relatives in Kenton, Ohio. <J. F. Osborne has sold his residence property on North Division street to W. H. Eger, whose property it joins. Fire did ?600,000 damage to the G. H Hammond packing plant at Hammond Wednesday night. Covered by insurance. Mrs. Cynthia Weathers of Howard. Kan , and Mrs. Frank Yeoman of Chickasha, Okla., are \isiting relatives here. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Wheatfield. 2; Rensselaer, 2: McCoysburg, 1; Brook, 1.

Harry Kessenger’s household goods were moved out of town Thursday about 6 p. m., but we have not learned where he has moved to. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 54; oats 35; rye 45. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn 37; oats 20£; rye 45. Six new members were taken into the I. O. O. F. Lodge Thursday evening. Some 25 members of the Monticello Lodge came over and assisted in the work. Woodin & Agate, the Foresman real estate dealers, sold the Andrew Arnold farm of 160 acres in Barkley tp.. Wednesday, Carpenter of Morocco, at S6O per acre. Finney, the popular head clerk in Laßue Bros, grocery department, will move to Elwood, where he has secured a like position in a big department store. The ditch commissioners in the Powers ditch in Kankakee tp., have reported against the public utility of the proposed ditch, on account of the cost of construction exceeding the benefits. 4 \Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. Albert Baer Cowgill, the undertaker, of this city, and Miss Clara Elizabeth Wilcox, to take place at the home of the bride at Rosemoud, 11l , Nov. 7. The father of Mrs. Stella Shields is lying at the point of deatli at Monon, and no school has been held in her room in the city schools this week until Thursday, when a temporary teacher was secured to take her place. New pensions: John Brown, M orocco, increase, $10; Lois K. Wilcox, Remington, original widow, *8; James Dickey, Monticello, increase, sl6; Hugh Treanor, Remington, increaso $6; Caroline V. Shutz, Medaryville, original widow, $8; Israel B. Washburn, Rensselaer, increase, sl7. T'Tho marriage of Miss Blanche Alter and Mr. Frnest Fritts took place as previously announced at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter, on South Weston street, Tuesday at 9 a. m. Rev. C. D. Royse and the groom’s father , Rev. \ . O. Fritts, performing the ceremony. The newly wedded pair took their departure on the 11 a m. train for Dunkirk, where they will reside. .