Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Excavating for the new Odd Fellows’ building began Wednesday. A son was born April 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Russel Harmon, west of town. State Chief Ranger Honan and wife attended a Forester banquet at Earl Park Wednesday night. The littlp 9-year-old daughter of Je.mes Wiseman of Aix, was injured quite badly Wednesday from a fall. Ambia, Benton county, will get a rural mail delivery route July 1. Also Monticello, White county, two routes. Jesse E. Wilson will deliver the Decoration day address here. Mr. Wilson is the republican nominee for joint-representative. Bro. Weeks of the Monon News, is giving the people of his town by far the best paper ever published there, and he should have a liberal support. The marriage of Louie Leopold of Wolcott, and Miss Julia Bernhardt will take place at the home of the bride in Chicago next Tuesday. Kentland will let the contract May 8 for a new school building to take the place of the one recently burned. The new building wilt be erected on the old foundations and willcontain 17 rooms. Dr. Frank Wilson of Thayer, whose trial for bigamy will be heard at the next term of court, on Tuesday filed papers with Clerk Drake in divorce proceedings from Mrs. Wilson No. I.—Kentland Enterprise. Moyer, the young man arrested on suspicion of having killed Douglas Craft of near Lowell about two weeks ago, has confessed to the crime, and says he wounded himself to divert suspicion. He had no motive apparently for commiting the murder. Rev. W. E. Meads has tendered his resignatiou as pastor of the F. W T . Baptist church, to take effect June 1. Rev. Meads has been very popular here and has built up the church wonderfully. His manj’ friends are sorry to learn of his contemplated departure. He will probably locate in Pennsylvania Twenty members of Prairie Lodge No. 125, F. & A. M., went to Wheatfield Thursday to assist in confering the third degree on four members of the latter lodge, among whom was E W. Allen, the democratic candidate for commissioner from the Ist district. G. O. Stembel is Master of the Wheatfield lodge. Attorney A. D Babcock and Charles Stath of Goodland, were in the city yesterday on business connected with the Panhandle railroad company in the settlement of the killing of W. W. Watt in Carpenter tp., a year or two ago. The matter was compromised ly the railroad paying Mr. Stath, the administrator, SBSO. Mrs. Lizzie Barcus received a check last Friday for SI,OOO insurance carried by her late husband in the Knights of. the Maccabees. The check was for the full amount and was handed to her by John Hodshire who is a member of the Tent at Rensselaer of which Mr. Barcus was also a member.—Wolcott Enterprise. Joseph Hurst of Harvey, 111., wbo recently purchased Fred Fatka's 303 acre farm 3 miles southeast of Rensselaer, was here this week closing up the deal. The price paid was about SSO per acre or $15,000 all cash, and Mr. Fatka gets this year’s crop, giving possession March 1, 1903. The latter will probably buy again near Rensselaer. Pat O’Donnell, the young Chicago attorney who makes campaign speeches throughout this section of the state under direction of the republican spellbinders, with his brother John and another member of the firm has been indicted for jury bribery in Chicago, and it is said stands excellent chances of conviction. The O'Donnell’s were formerly of Carroll county, this state.