Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

City Attorney Williams transacted business at Monticello Wednesday and Thursday. *4-James Thompson is opening a restaurant in the Maloy brick building, near the depot. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Surrey, 1; Stoutsburg, 1. <D. A. Stoner is now sole proprietoUof River Queen mills, having leased Mr. Day’s interest therein pF, W. Mauck of Newton tp., left Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends at Monticello and Buffalo. Orlando Finney came up from Elwood last Sunday for a few days visit with relatives and friends. J. F. Rank and wife of Englewood, 111., are visiting J. F. Irwin and other relatives in Jasper county. The Chicago Bargain Store has bought 3 car loads of sugar since Feb. 15th, over 300 bbls, or $5,500 worth of sugar. It looks like Laßue Bros, mean just what they say in regard to closing out, from the prices they are making on all their goods. Now is a good time to buy goods of all kinds. Price our goods and see how much lower than any places else in town. Laßue Bros. Mrs. H. V. Weaver has moved here from Lowell, and occupies the John Makeever property on South Division street, lately vacated by Earl Duvall. Found, last Friday evening on> the street, a ladies’ pocket-book. Owner may have same by proxing ownership and paying for advertising. Wm. Washburn, Ira L. Galbraith and Guy Daniels, who went West last week to work in the harvest fields, are uow in South Dakota, but expect to go to North Dakota in a few days. The “Old Settlers’ Meeting” will be held one day, Saturday, Sept. 20, in Vanßensselaer grove. The committe on arrangements will meet at 2 p m., to-day in the clerk’s office. Lewis Cramichael, a brother of J. C. Carmichael, of this city, and a former resident of Morocco, died at his home near Almon, Mo., last week. He was 38 years of ace and leaves a wife and four children.

Unclaimed letters: Mr. Charley Atwood, E. A. Brandon, Eugene Chuger. Mrs. Allie Case, Mrs. Lizzie Dennis, Miss Millie Lang. Mrs. Hannah E. Maxwell, Mr. Harry Stimson and Mr W. I. Sanders.

'"SLast Saturday was an eventful day with W. M. Hoover, Sr., south of town. It was the last day of the carnival, he finished threshing that day, it was his mother’s 82 birthday anniversary, and he was made grandpa again. Joseph Durant writes us from Elkton, Minn., that he and the three young men who went West with with him found good crops and plenty of work there, so did not go on to Bryant, So. Dakota, as intended when they left here.* James Gorrell, the aged father of the editors of the Starke County Democrat and the Pulaski County Democrat, died at his home in Knox last week. The old gentleman was 76 years of age, and served with distinction in the civil war. The new city officers elect will take their respective offices next Monday, and Rensselaer will once more pass under full republican control in all branches of governqnent. The officers are: mayor, clerk, marshal and treasurer, the councilmen having taken their offices last May. W. R. Lee, the McCoysburg lumber and hardware dealer, was in the city on business Tuesday. Mr. Lee’s trade has been exceptionably good all season, in fact much better than he had reason to hope, to which he attributes his libera 1 use of printer’s ink and fair dealing with his patrons.