Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1902 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Another Chicago excursion, Sunday July 13. Jack Montgomery returned Tuesday from a business trip to St. Louis. Cain went to the Indiana Mineral Springs for treatment for rheumatism Monday. Wm. Ervin, who has been working at Kentland for several months, returned home Wednesday. Mr. R. P. Johnston of Bloomington. came Wednesday for an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark. 'Y'Mrs. J. H. Loughridge and Mrs. J. H. Brown left Thursday for Lallogue, 111., for a few days visit with their sister, Mrs. Loretto Hemphill. The rain Wednesday afternoop was very heavy all over the county. Gus Larsh, over in Jordan says he took particular pains to measure the rain fall and it was precisely 2| inches. Will Briggs, of the firm of Briggs Bros., tailors, got on a drunk Tuesday and was arrested for fast driving. He plead guilty and was fined $2 and costs, ($13.10) by Squire Burnham. \ A Chicago grain commission firm sent out sac-similes of the royal invitations to the coronation of King Edward of England, as an advertising.novelty. Among the number receiving “invitations” here were W. H. Daugherty and Coen & Brady. Henry Coppess, aged 60 years, died at the poor farm Saturday night. He was idiotic, and had been cared for by Jasper county for over 30 years, but had only been confined at the poor asylum about two years. The remains were taken in charge by his relatives in Gillam tp., and buried there.

The Jasper County Democrat is publishing half tones of the prominent and pretty young ladies of Jasper county. If all the Jasper county girls are as bewitching as those whose portraits have already appeared the Democrat editor is to be felicitated. It must be pleasant to live in such a rose garden.— The Western Publisher (Chicago). A. Leopold has just closed up a three years lease with George Murray for the store rooms occupjyd by the latter on the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets, which precludes the probability of Mr. Murray’s building upon his lot occupied by Brenner's restaurant and Rhoades' grocery for awhile at least. Kentland Democrat: Leonard: Tellus, of near Rensselaer, was I the guest of Charles Heilman Wednesday. Mr. Tellus owns a quarter section of land adjoining that of Mr. Heilman’s, in the Big Horn Valley, Wyoming, and will go with him when he moves there with his family, on about the tenth of next month Frank Mclntyre will also accompany them. It is time calls were being issued by the democratic township chairmen for conventions for nominating full township tickets. There are justices of the peace, constables, advisory board members and road supervisors to be elected this fall. Calls may be sent to The Democrat by the various chairmen and they will be published free of charge. Give this matter your attention, gentlemen.

"HtJ. W. Iliff of Jordan tp., returned Monday from his trip to the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming. He has purchased IGO acres of land there and leased 213 acres of school land, and expects to move there sometime the coming fall or winter. yMr. Iliff says crops in that locality are looking fine, the ground being irrigated, but through lowa and Nebraska they have been having too much rain, and in Nebraska he saw thousands of acres of wheat fields that were too wet to get into. Some others the heads of the wheat were just peering above the water, while some fields had been harvested. The crop prospects generally along the. line of the road he traveled (the Burlington) were not flattering. Out in the Big Horn country he saw oats and potatoes in all stages—some oats headed out, others just being sown, while potatoes were still being planted and new ones being dug for market. A. R. Han. of Morgantown, Ind., had to getup tenor twelve times In the flight and had severe backache and pains in the kidneys. Was cured by Foley’s Kidney Cure. A. F. Long.

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