Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1902 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A son was. born to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hildebrand Wednesday. Hayfield supplies—forks, ropes, pulleys, etc. Lee’s hardware. McCoysburg. Misses Bessie Grant and Belle Yeoman are visiting their uncle M. N. Yeoman, at Kingman. Kan. J Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hopkins relumed Tuesday from their wedding trip and will take up their reticence here. Three grades of machine oiltwo of cylinder oil, one of of caster oil, and one of threshers’ hard oil, at Lee’s, at McCoysburg. 4jThe price of new potatoes has dropped to 85 cents per bushel in the Rensselaer market, and the price of eggs has advanced to 15 cents per dozen. '■fwhile at Lafayette Tuesday night, Delos Thompson’s room was entered at the Lahr House and a S4OO diamond pin extracted from his shirt front. At a meeting of the executive officers of the Old Settlers’ Association last Saturday it was decided to hold the meeting this year on Saturday. Sept. 20. Mesdames Henry Wood, Clias. Spriggs and Miss Viola Glazebrook went to Zion City, 111.. Saturday to attend the annual meeting of the Christian Catholic church. Mrs. Lizzie Barcus, relict of Luke Barcns who died- recently at \\ oleott, died at her home there last Monday after an extended illness The family formerly resided in Rensselaer. Squire Chuchill officaited at a Sunday wedding last Sunday, the contracting parties being Mr. Walter Brown, a blacksmith of this city, and Mias Pearl Lister, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Lister of the Cleaver Hotel, near the depot. There will be special services at the Christian church to-morrow morning for laboring men. Sermon by the pastor, Rev. T. A. Hall. Subject, “Dignity and, Destiny of Labor.” Everybody invited, especially laboring men and their families. Two or three head of drowned horses, some cattle and a number of hogs and sheep floated down the river during the high water. We have been unable to learn who lost the stock, but they evidently cWtfie from quite a distauce up the river.—Brook Reporter. The Dye & Colborn Lumber company of Michigan City, Capital stock, SIO,OOO. was incorporated Monday. Directors—Charles T. Dye, Remington; Isaac Colborn, Goodland; Abram R. Colborn, Michigan City. The object is to carry on a lutnl>er business at Silver Springs, Fla. V Mr. Welsh had no photograph of himself of late date and, as he is somewhat jealous of his good looks, we were unable to induce him to sit for a photo. For this reason no half-tone of him is published in our write-up of the democratic candidates for county office which appears on another page. W e are sending out a few extra copies of The Democrat this week to persons not regular subscribers. This copy comes to them free gratis. We invite you to peruse it carefully and, if pleased with it, to call or send in your name and become a regular render. The subsexiption price is but SI.OO per year, in advance. *>W e’ve an idea that the special ordinance passed by the city council in favor of the K. of P. street carnival would last about as long as the proverbial snowball in sliaol, if any one pleased to violate its provision. In our opinion the council has gone several steps too far in this matter, and established a very bad precedent.