Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1902 — Page 5

199 Mttl Slid i Having just returned from the City of Chi- ' * cago, after buying one of the largest and most > £ complete lines of goods known to mankind we * £ feel justified in saying that when it comes t.o bar- J * gains for HOLIDAY GOODS there is not, nor < ever will be, such a vast assortment of goods f £ under one roof of every description, not only in ! > quanity but quality and prices, as you will find at < * the 99 CENT RACKET STORE. Goods you J * pay one, two and as high as five dollars for else- * * where, you get here for 99 cents and less. That J ? is a positive proof of the many bargains you will > * find here. We have some great bargains instore for you I $ when you call if it is to-day, to-morrow or next * ' week. The people that come often get the plums, ; * as they watch for the great big juicy ones, and do I i not hesitate to pick them out. And only think j t how easy it is, for the small sum of 99 cents £ * and less you get such values, besides, save your J » bills and get one of the fine premiums in China J J and other articles on exhibition at our store. Ask 5 i for your bills and be sure you get them—they are f r valuable. t Goods exchanged or money refunded if not 5 | satisfied, within a reasonable time. Thanking you 5 » all for many favors, we are, very respectfully, 5 : 99 Cent Racket Store. 2**!*.% l » Commercial State Bank North Side of Public Square, RENSSELAER, - INDIANA. siaieroem 01 conmiion 01 Close oils Business, on me mm doy 01 sepienmer, 1902. RESOURCES. ■ LIABILITIES. Loan, and Discounts 3195,407.57 ’ Capital Stock Paid in 3 25.000.00 Overdraft! 1,008 82 i| Surplus Fund 5,000.00 Banking House 6.000.00 I Undivided Profit! U.S. Bondi 11,900.00 Net Earning, 3,502.08 Due from Banki and Banker. 29,193.00 Deposits 215.560.38 Cash 5,853.07 , 3349,382 46 C 49.382.46 We respectfully call the attention of the public to the foregoing statement of our condition, as reported to the Auditor of State. We have money to loan on firm and city property and on personal security at reasonable rates and without delay. We pay interest on Savings, sell drafts on Foreign Countries, make investments on First Mortgage Security for our customers, and tansact a general banking business. We respectfully solicit a share of the public patronage, promising fair and courteous treatment to all. Addibom Pskxuon, JsMiwT.RjLsrDLa, ) John M. Waseos, Gao. E. Muhbat, > Directors. E. L. Hollingsworth, ) 4% Per Cent Farm Loans a Specialty. NEW HARNESS SHOP! I Having opened a new Harness Shop on the X west side of the public square and carrying £ a nice line of Harness, Whips, Robes, Blankets and everything usually kept in a first- „ $ class harness store, I respectfully ask those £ in need of anything in my line to call and examine stock and prices. All work 2 guaranteed. : : : : ; ? Light Double Harness (cash price) S2O 00 and up. Single Harness (cash price) - SB.OO 3 MATT WORDEN, PROPRIETOR. \ West Side Court House Square. £ kXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Marion I. Adams is agent for the Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Co., of Jasper, Benton and White counties. Insurance now in force over 11,000,000. Farmers desiring policies in this company should call upon or address him at Rensselaer, Ind. ts. We pay the highest market price for produce. Laßue Bros. Morris’ BagiUh StaMe Powder SoHbs

A GOOD THING. German Syrup is the special prescription of Dr. A. Boachee. a celebrated German PbysL clan, and is acknowledged so be one of the most fortunate discoveries In Medicine. It quickly cures Coughs, Colds and all Lung troubles of the severest nature, removing, as It does, the cause of the affection and leaving the parts In a strong and healthy condition. It is not an experimental medicine, but has stood the teet of years, giving satisfaction In every case, which ita rapidly Increasing tale every season confirms. Two million bottles sold annually, Boscbee's German Byrup was Introduced In the United States In IMB, and Is now sold in every town and village in the civilised world. Three doses will relieve any ordinary cough. Price 7S cts. Get Green's SpeclalAlmanac. A. F. Long.

Local and Personal. Corn (new) 35c; oats, 27c. Wheat 60 cents; rye, 40 cents. Read The Democrat for news. Smallpox is epidemic fit Hammond. O’Meara was over in Illinois on business this week. Miss Jean' McFarland visited friends in Goodland last Sunday. Ad Robinson of lola, Kansas, is visiting relatives here this week. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Snow of Barkley tp., Wednesday. 4-Alr. and Mrs. D. B. Nowels of Lamar, Colo., are visiting friends here for a few weeks. Swiss Grace Jacks will leave Monday for a month’s visit with relatives at Morris, 111. Mrs. C. E. Tyner and Mrs. Will VanArsdel of Monon, spent Sunday with Rensselaer relatives. 7 Harrison Warren has boughtan 80-acre.farm near Peru, and expects to move thereon in a few months. Tom Eiglesbach of Chicago, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach, southeast of town. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Goodland, 1; Linton, Ind., 1; Rensselaer, 1. Mr. and Mrs. O. Z. Bridges of Indianapolis, are visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. I. A. Glazebrook, this week. '■{-Frank Bricker of Walker tp., lost his right hand in a corn shredder at the Warren Springer ranch one day last week. and Mrs. Albert Farmer of Yukon, Okla., are visiting relatives hereabouts. f- They think there is no place like Oklahoma. John Burger and daughter, Miss Blanche, of Huntington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Major Monday and Tuesday. Fred Chilcote’s family has moved to South Bend, where they will reside in the future. Fred’s route as railway mail clerk starts out of that city. W. H. Ade of Kentland, has bought 485 acres of the old Colonel Straight farm, five or six miles northwest of Goodland, pays4o,ooo therefor. The second quarterly meeting of Parr mission will be held st Parr, Dec. 6 and 7, by Rev. 0. P. Cooper, P. E. L. Byrd, Pastor. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Nelson of Demotte, formerly of Rensselaer, Monday night. The child died the following day. Mrs. Chapman and son Fred, and daughter Grace, of Bridgeman, Mich., are Thanksgiving guests of the former’s son, J. H. Chapman, and wife. Miss Elizabeth Spaulding is again at her old place as W. U. T. operatot. Her sister did not like the work here and has returned to railroad office work. Wright, notice of wnosc public sale appears in another column, expects to move to Colorado about the first of the year, and will locate at or near Pueblo. Miss Ethel Perkins, who has been at home for several weeks, sick with malarial fever, returned to Goodland Saturday to resume her duties as tencher in the town I schools. Read the ad of the big stock sale, 7 miles north of Brook, Dec. I 12, in another part of this paper; I-100 head of cattle. 120 head of hogs, 13 bead of work horses, also ! farm implements, etc. Bro. Tucker has been succeeded as editor of the Brookston Gazette Taylor. Bro. Taylqr promises improvement in the general make-up of the paper, which were certainly to be desired. The general crusade of the State Anti-Saloon League has struck Benton county and a temperance sentiments has been worked up at the county capital that promises to wipe out every saloon in Fowler, it is said. Lewis Sayler has traded his residence property on the corner of South Division and Rutsen streets to Geo. F. Meyers of Kniman, for the latter’s residence property and eleven acres of ground at Kniman. The exchange will be made March 1.

Harry Reed got a leg fractured in a football game at Remington the other day. Eger came home from Wisconsin University to eat turkey with the old folks. Wanted:—Choice Buckwheat for which we will pay the highest market price, at the River Queen Mill. The County Teachers Association is being held here as we go to press and the city is full of handsome schoolmaams. 4 Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson Mrs. J. A. Larsh visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Catt at Chenoa, 111., over Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving football game here, Battle Ground vs. Rensselaer, resulted In a score of 35 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer No casuahties. A letter from James W. Douthit of Weatherford, Okla., states that he was elected J. P., at the recent election there. The office is quite an important and lucreative one there. The winter meeting of the Kankakee Valley District Medical Society will be held at North Judson, Tuesday, Dec. 9. Dr. I. B. Washburn of this city is on the program for a paper on ‘‘Puerperal Eclampsia.” Mr. Arthur Rockhold and Miss Mary Scheurick were married at Chicago, Wednesday evening. The groom resides at Chicago where the bride has been employed for several months. The bride’s parents reside south of Rensselaer. White County Democrat: At Rensselaer the people are holding I nion Anti-Saloon League meetings and are preparing to go after all the saloons in Rensselaer with a “blanket” remonstrance. The Anti-Saloon movement in Indiana seems to be spreading lySaturday’s football game, Highland Park, (Ill.,) Military team vs. Rensselaer High School, resulted in a score of 6 to 0 in favor of Rensselaer. Bob McGreagor of the home team, got an I arm fractured and a few others ’ were temporarilly laid out, but no fatalities occurred. The Jasper County Farmers’ Institute will be held in Rensselaer, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 26 and 27th. The executive committee will meet Dec." 6 to arrange a program. Subjects for discussion will be in order. L. Strong, Chm. Com. A. C. Farmer of Yukon, Okla., formerly of Rensselaer, is in the neighborhood at present. He will be here until about Dec. 16. Parties antie piting a trip to Oklahoma would do well to see Mr. Farmer and have a talk witji him. He will be in Rensselaer each Saturday until after above date. John H. Jessen was called to Chicago Monday by the Smith Manure Spreader Co., and offered a position as traveling representative of that company. He will go to Chicago next Monday and work for a while on trial, and if matters are mutually satisfactory he will probably engage with the firm permanently, beginning with a salary of SSO per month and exexpenses. Wolcott Enterprise: Will Stroup disposed of his blacksmith supplies this week, Enz & Busier purchasing the entire outfit. He will move to Jasper county in a week or two and will live near Wheatfield where he has rented a large farm owned by J. G. Perry. Willis a first-rate fellow, an industrious citizen and his Wolcott friends wish him abundant prosperity in his new home. So far a-the corn crop is con-, ceroed in Jasper county, it is not likely that the yield the county over will be more than one-half that of last year. This is also very likely true of our neighboring counties on the north, but in the central and southern part of Indiana the crop is said to be the best in years, and the government report that the state will raise the largest crop of corn in its history is probably not far wrong. When you have a legal notice to be published, such as notice of appointment, nptice of survey, notice of administrator’s or guardian’s sale, non-resident notice, or any other notice not controlled by county or township officers, bring it to The Democrat office, Our prices for this work are lower than others by reason of our setting the notice without any padding whatever, and we will appreciate the favor of your bringing notice of this character to us.

For farm loans see Baughman & Williams. Low rate of interest. the numerous Thanksgiving weddings, was that of Mr. Estel Pierson of Union tp., and Miss Rosa Lane of Newton tp. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Meyer, in the sacriity at St. Augustine’s Catholic church, Thursday morning. Both are school teachers and most estimable young people. Squire Troxell united Geo. T. Ulrey and Mrs. Rebecca Stivers in marriage, at his residence, Monday evening. The groom is a brother of J. W. S. Ulrey’ of Newton county and formerly resided in Newton county. The bride has had matrimonial experience twice previously, and has resided here for several They will reside at St. Louis. The prearranged fight which “flashed in the pan” at Shelby a couple of weeks ago, between “Kid” Hennessy of Frankfort, and “Kid” Landis (Wright) the blacksmith, of Rensselaer, was pulled off at Wolcott, Monday evening and a lot of Rensselaer sports attended. Hennessy is alleged to have put the blacksmith “to sleep” in half a round. William Pass died at his home in the north part of the city Saturday afternoon, from a complication of diseases, aged 38 years. He leaves a wife but no children. A post-mortum was held Sunday and it was found that the heart was enlarged to an abnormal degree. >The funeral was held Monday forenoon and interment made in the Independence cemetery in Gillam tp. Winamac Republican: Yesterday a paper was circulated about Winamac which stipulated that those who signed it would hereafter not sell any cigarettes or cigarette wrappers nor handle any substitute of any description. The paper was readily signed by the drug stores and all tobacco dealers including the saloon keepers who handle tobacco, and herafter the fellow who would smoke cigarettes must hunt outside of Winamac for them. three or four inches of snow fell Wednesday afternoon and night, and Thanksgiving morning dawned with the earth covered with a mantle of white. The sun soon melted most of the snow and made it excellent for football playing, in fact it would have been too bad for the devoters of the game if the snow had not come and rendered the the “gridirons” a regular hog wallow. Yesterday morning the mercury stood at 20 above zero. The entertainment at the Presbyterian church Tuesday eve for benefit of the poor of the city was well attended, and besides $17.50 in cash donated at the door, several bushels of potatoes, apples and many other provisions were contributed. A good program was rendered at the entertainment. Chickens and flour were bought with the cash, and about 30 families had a brighter Thanksgiving as a result of the liberality of our citizens and the good work of the Christian young people. As an instance demostrating the world-wide interest in the international Live Stock Exposition, which is to be held at Chicago, November 29-December 6, and the great educational influence it represents, a number of foreign countries will send delegations of students and faculty from their colleges, in addition to special government representatives. The famous German institution, Bonn a Rhein Agricultural College, has selected a large class, and other European countries are evincing the most active interest in the coming event. "Hstfiertnan Renicker came back from Wisconsin last Friday on business and to visit his parents in Carroll county for a few days. Sherman has 2 S O acres of land near Interwald, \\ is., and is well pleased with the country thereabouts and its prospects. land is all timber, bO acres of which is fine large timber and will be allowed to stand forawhije; the balance has been burned ovo.’ an 1 is not very g>od. This he will clear, No corit to speak of is raised in that lootflity, but oats, potatoes and all kinds of vegetable products yield large crops. Dairying is carried on quite extensively. It is now 13 miles to his nearest railroad, but a new line has been surveyed near him and he expects it to be built soon. There is a good market for wood and timber at shipping points. Land prices range from $7 per acre up, as high as a man wants to go. A great deal of land is changing hands and landbuyers are coming in every day.

Fifty Years the Standard Awarded Highest Honors World’s Fair. Highest tests U.S. Gov’t Chemists Read The Democrat for news. We grind buckwheat any day except Monday and Saturday, at the River Queen Mill. For tasty and reliable job printing, call at The Democrat office. Prices always reasonable. A complete new stock of Ladies’ Dress Skirts, just received. Aro made in the very latest styles. Chicago Bargain Store. We can furnish The Democrat and Indianapolis Daily Sentinel each a full year for only $3.20. If you want a good democratic daily, call in and subscribe. The Democrat is prepared to turn out job printing of any character in up-to-date style and on short notice. Remember we carry the largest stock of paper, ruled and unruled goods in the county. John Carpenetr, clerk of the town of Goodland during the memory of the present generation, was over yesterday as a witness in the case of the town of Goodland vs. Perry. John is about 6 foot 8 inches in height when he straightens up. and is probably the tallest man in Newton county. Some 15 years ago the writer was the nominee for town clerk on a citizens ticket against John, and then as for several years, previous and in later years, the principal effort was made to defeat him. We were “shy” 18 votes, and came the nearest to defeating him of anyone that had mn against him to that time. After that he was elected regularly by from 50 to 75 majority for several years, "but finally the opposition caught him napping one time and defeated him by a few votes. The next election, however. John came up smiling and was again elected and has since held the office continuously with his old-time majorities. Physicians Prescribe It. Many broad minded physicians prescribe Foley’s Honey and Tar. as they have never found so safe and reliable a remedy for throat and lung troubles as this great medicine. Sold by A. F. Long. A large line of fall and winter caps at half price at Laßue Bros. The Best Remedy for Croup. From the Atchison. Kan . Daily Globe. This is the season when the woman who knows the best remdeies for croup is in demand in every neighborhood. One of the most terrible things in the world is to be awakened in the middle of the night by a whoop from one of the children. The croup remedies are almost sure to be lost in case of croup, as a revolver is sure to be lust, in case of burglars. There used to be an old-fashioned remedy for croup, known as hive syrup and tolu. but some modern mothers say that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is better, and does not cost so much. It causes the patient to "throw up the phlegm" quicker and gives relief in a shorter time. Give this remedy as soon as the croup}- cough appears and it will prevent the attack. It never fails and Is pleasant and safe to take. For sale byA.F. Long HAVE YOU n. S’! SORE | THROAT? i Don't let It run on—lt msv prove H dangerous. Go to vour drug- H gist ask for *5 TONSILINE.I TOMHII.INF is the greatest throat H remedy on earth. Tonsillne not only ■ eures Here Throats of all kinds, very ■ quickly,but is a j>oa>ti»e. never-fall- ■ ing and speedy cure for Sors Mouth, ■ Hoaraansss and Quinsy. ■ It's ths stitch in Ums. ■ Don’t nsglsct to use ft. ■ « and 50 cents at all druggist a. ■ T»a Toaaiumi 00. cairrow, o. | Morris* Eagitoli Stable Ltataaeat Sold by A. F. Long.