Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Subscribe for The Democrat Parkison is prospecting for land near Ashland, Kqn. Mrs. A. B. Fisher visited relatives in Remington over Sunday. C. W. Morris of Jordan tp., has moved to Appanoose county, lowa. Mis. George Healy has been quite sick this week with tonsolitis. Ed Catt was prospecting for a farm over near Foresman last Sunday. C. Milliron will locate at Monticello in the restaurant business. The farmers institute is in session at the court house as we go to presss Mrs. M. E. Jordan of Carpenter tp., was a Rensselaer visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe were in Chicago, buying new goods several days this week. ’ ■+sJohn Kohler is again a resident df Rensselaer, having moved back from Chicago Heights. jkFrank Hunt has bought the Handley drug store at Lowell and will soon move to that city. T. M. Hibler of Joliet, 111., has been looking after his big farm in Milroy tp , for the past two weeks. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Remington, 1; Wheatfield, 1; Rensselaer, 1. Krte Medaryville Advertiser says that Warren Robinson has bought the James Rayburn farm in Gillam tp. New pensions: Timothy Berran, Medaryville, original, sl2; Jacob Martin, Monticello, increase, sl2; Margaret F. Odle, Brook, original widow, SB. McGowan has traded bis residence property on Clark street to A. B. Fisher for the latter’s farm near Aix and will move onto same about March Ist. An estray pig came to my place, miles northwest of Rensselaer. Jan. 1. Owner may have same by proving property and paying charges. John Lane. ’T'Peter McDaniel of Jordan tp., has bought C. C. Sigler’s farm near Kersey, consideration $6,000. The latter expects to locate in Oklahoma and engage in stock raisiug.

''/-Rensselaer has been having an egg famine for the past two weeks, and the price has soared up to 25 cents per dozen, with about ten customers for every egg that has been brought to town. little son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Worlaud was quite badly scalded on the hip and leg last Friday from knocking the plug out of a washing machine, when the scalding water poured out upon him. A. S. Nowels has sold out his lumber yard at Geneva, and after settling up his business there will seek another location, with a probability that he may return and re-engage in the lumber business here. D. A. Stoner is at Frankfort this week acting as expert judge in the Clinton County Poultry and Pet Stock show. Next week he goes to Tipton and the following week he goes to Chicago to act in a like capacity. Another report regarding the recent affluence of the Halleck Telephone Co., is that the unspent balance of that thousand dollars which a Mt. Ayr citizen is alleged to have put into the concern, will be used in putting in an exchange at Mt. Ayr. Judge Thompson, wife and daughter Edna, returned Tuesday from their trip to Mexico. The Jndge has been in consultation with his architect and will go ahead and build the proposed business block on the corner south from the Makoever house, we understand.