Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1902 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Briggs Bros., the tailors, have quit business here and talk of locating in Mexico. rfOrpha Bisher has been appointed postmaster at Gillam, vice Mrs. Logan, resigned. The annual “Rummage Sale’’ of the D. A. R„ will take place about the second week in November. Mesdames R. B. Porter, W. V. Porter and Mrs. Alfred Collins are visiting friends at Bucklen, Kan. H. Rice, an old and well known resident of northern Newton county, died Tuesday morning. Keep your wife in a good humor and yourself from being hungry by buying “Pride of the Pantry” flour of B. Forsythe. Nicholas Krull’s bake-oven at Monon was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The loss was about $250 with no insurance. New Subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, R-R-l, 1; Pleasant Ridge, 1; Indianapolis, 1; Vernon, 1; Minott, N. Dak., 1; Wheatfield, 1. Charles Smith, the Brook thief confined in jail here for some time, was given an indeterminate sentence to the state reformatory in-the Newton circuit court this week. Judge Thompson will adjourn court Friday night and leave the following morning for Washington, D. C. His daughter, who is attending school there, is reported sick.—Kentland Enterprise. The Monon will run another excursion to Indianapolis to-mor-row, $1 for the round trip. Train will pass Rensselaer at 7:19 a. m., arriving at Indianapolis at 11:00 a. m. Returning train will leave Indianapolis at 7 KX) p. m. Philip Seibel, aged about |BO years, died at his home, a few miles west of town, Thursday. The funeral will be held to-day, at 1 p. m., from the residence, Rev. Work condccting the services, and interment made in Weston cemetery.

Arthur K. Whitelaw, democratic candidate for joint representative- of Jasper and Lake counties, was in ‘the city Wednesday. Mr. Whitelaw made a very favorable impression here and will receive a good vote in Jasper county. He was accompanied byMr. Lawrence Becker, ex-city attorney of Ham- « The River Queen Mill is now better than ever equipped for grinding all kinds of grain, does general custom work for farmers and pays the highest market price for all kinds of grain. Choice dry wheat, buckwheat and rye especially wanted. Ground feed for hogs, cows and horses always on hand at the right price. George Hanna of near Kniman* was in the city Monday delivering a wagon load of winter apples, which he had previously sold to Rensselaer people. Mr. Hanna’s orchard is well protected from the elements and yields well every year. This season he had upwards of 150 bushels of fine, large winter apples, and he found a ready market for them at 75 cents per bushel. E. F. Emery of Jennings county, who has been visiting at Remington a few days, was in the city a few hours Tuesday on business matters. He informs us he now owns about 800 acres of Jennings county land and is well pleased with the county thereabouts. The Jasper country contingent are all well satisfied with the change they made and could, if they desired, sell out at a good advance. Considering the fact that most everyone was taking advantage of the tine weather, and were busy, a goodly number of people turned out Wednesday afternoon to hear Hon. B. F. Shively discuss the issues of the campaign from a democratic standpoint, there being several hundred^ in attendance. The speaker handled the issues in hisHsual able and convincing manner and the speech was pronounced one of the best ever heard here. The fire is still burning in tne ruins of the Hartley elevator. A oontinual stream has been turned on the smouldering heap ever sjpee the night of tho hre and still it’burus underneath. During the hard winds the first of the week much precaution had to be taken to prevent the coals from springing into a blaze. The grain that was least damnged had beeu handed away but there still remains thousands of bushels of oats that are very much charred and smoked.—Goodland Star.