Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Stoner & Day mill is now in running order again. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hill of Union tp., Thursday. Y'-The brick work on the new parochial school building is nearly completed. The Democrat* printed a 29 page brief this week in the HartKeller Jordan tp., ditch case. 'kXhe business streets have been given a thorough clearing up this week by Marshal Simpson and his helpers. Miss Ocia Jackson, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. John H. Jessen, returned to her home at Lebanon, Thursday. Bring your job printing and advertising to The Democrat. We can please you in the former and give you results in the latter. Prices always reasonable. kyman Zea found a coat on the road south of town Thursday, supposed to belong to Mala Garrison of near Sharon. If Mala will call on Lyman he will be given the property. The farmers are very busy now threshing their oats crop. The rains have retarded this work considerably and the fair weather, when we have it, is being taken full advantage of. Nhe O. E. S., gave a surprise on Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Eger Monday evening, the occasion being their 20th wedding anniversay. Quite a number of presents in Chinaware were left with Mr. and Mrs Eger as mementoes of the occasion. W. O. Shanlaub returned last Friday evening from Terre Haute, where he has been attending normal for the past six weeks. Next week he will go to Goodland, to attend the county teachers’ institute. The Morocco schools, in which Will has a position as principal, will open Sept. 8. A young girl, probably about 18 years of age, who had been hangiug around town for a few days, was taken in custody by the marshal last Friday evening. She gave Monticello as her home, and a ticket was bought for her and 6he was put aboard the early south-bound train Saturday morniug and sent to Monticello. The reunion and celebration of the 40th anniversary of Co. A, 87th Indiana Vol. Inst., last Monday, was a complete success. About 22 surviving members of the company were present and a general good time was had. Addresses were made by Col. E. P. Hammond, E. P. Honan, Geo. A. Williams, C. W. Hanley, Capt. J. A. Burnham and others:

M. Burns of South Bend, George W. Williams of Kingstown and Anthony Anheir of Shelbyville, recently appointed by Gov. Durbin to appraise the the county building at Kentland, made an examination of the same Tuesday and fixed the value of the whole lot at SI,O(XW Under the law, Goodland must reimburse Kentland for these buildings. The Halleck telephone lines at Rensselaer and all the lines of that company leading out of Rensselaer except the single line north, to Demotte and Wheatfield, have been taken in by J, F. Bruner of this city, and Dr. Merry of Mt. Ayr, who also get the Mt. Ayr exchange. Mr. Bruner was one of the incorporators of the Halleck Telephone Co., last fall, and this move probably means a reorganization of Halleck Co. The Rensselaer schools will open Sept. 8. The following corps of teachers have been engaged: W. H. Sanders, Supt.; W. 0. Hiatt, Principal; Geneieve Potter, Music and Drawing; B. F. Coen, History and Mathematics; Helen Harris, English; Mildred Keith, Latin and German; T. J. Headley, Science.- Grades: O. E. Frazee. Ester Ralston, Leathe Wright, Elsie Watson, Lessie Bates, Stella Shields, Jeannette Needham, Lizzie Kaub.