Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

t'The city schools opened Monday with an enrollment of 520 pupils. Mrs. Rebecca Porter has returned home from an extended visit in California. Charley Kelley, is now located at Chicago Heights, where he is employed in a laundry. Tickets on sale -at Huff’s for Madame de Tourney in Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. f. Attorney U. M. Baughman was at Montieello yesterday and at Lafayette to-day on business. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Wbeatfield, 1; Rensselaer, R-R-l, re. L. A. Moss has sold her residence ‘property on North Cullen street to Milt Roth, consideration §1,950. Mr. and Mrs. F. D Baugman of Medaryville, spent Sunday with the former’s brother, U. M. Buaughman, of this city. "kjesse Snyder, a carpenter from moved here this week and occupies E. L. Clark’s property on South Weston st. one hundred Rensselaer pfebple spent Sunday at the Kankakee, fishing. Most of them returned with good strings of pike. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Warren did not remain but a few days in Michigan, and are now visiting friends here. They will return to Oklahoma City next week. Joe Meehau of The Democrat force, was called home to Remington early Tuesday morning by the sudden and fatal illness of his sister Mrs. Frank dowry. She died about noon Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Deluoest, who have been spending the summer with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mtb. Patt Halligan, northeast of town, returned to their home in Ocalla, Fla., Tuesday. Owing to a misunderstanding in dates, the Barkley tp., democratic convention was not held last Saturday, but has been postponed to Saturday, Sept. 27. The official call appears elsewhere in this paper. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moorhead of near Wolcott, passed through here Saturday on their way to spend Sunday with the former’s cousin, Henry Nevill, of Wbeatfield tp. Mr. Moorehead expects to move to Jennings county about March Ist. ~Kv. E. Moore has bought of Harrisou Warren the former C. F. Stackhouse 80-acre farm north of town, paying $77 50 per acre therefor , the same price Mr. Warren paid last winter."/vTlie latter will prospect in the eastern part of the state "Mjncle Abe Pruitt has bought the Sherman Renicker property, on Vine street, consideration sl,400. Mr. Pruitt will move into the property at once, and Mel Abbott, the city Marshal, will move into the Adams property, vacated by him. Mr. Alfred Randle and Miss Mary Belle Moore were married at the home of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Moore in Barkley tp., Wednesday evening, Rev. O. L. Chivington of Barkley M. E.church, performing the ceremony. Mrs. C. P. Hopkins of McEwan, Tenn., who has been visiting Mrs. Marie Hopkinß for the past three weeks, expects to leave to-day. to visit her brother in Illinois before returning home. She has been sick quite a good deal since coming here and has been unable to get out much until this week. "MVe learn that our former townsman, James Douthit, is now a justice of the peace at Weatherford, Oklahoma. At the last city election he was a candidate on the democratic ticket for police judge, but, while the democrats are in the majority there, a citizens ticket was nut out and Jim’s cake was dough. He is serving ns J. P. by appointment.