Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Local and Personal.

Corn 36c; oats, 28c. Wheat 60 cents; rye, 40 cents. If you want a nice cutter, go to Worland’s. Green Thornton went to Mexico, Mo., last week, prospecting for land. Mr. and Mrs. F. E Babcock and two sons were in Chicago .Hun day. Charles Garling is dangerously sick with erysipelas at his home on Rtver street. “O’Hooligan’s Wedding” is booked to appear at Ellis’s opera house tonight. J Stacy English, aged 81 years, (Reel at his home in Hanging Grove tp. last Friday. Prof. W. 0. Schanlanb came over from Morocco to taste mother’s Christmas dinner. Mr. and Mr. J. O. Cline and E. W. Allen were down from the north end Wednesday. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Sarcoxie, Mo., 1; Foresman, 1. If you want to buy a good home in Oklahoma, cheap, call on or address C. L. Holly, Brook. Ind. Editor Clark went to Indianapolis Wednesday and brought home his little son Harold, to spend the holidays here. Richardson came home from Plymouth, Wis., to spend the holidays with his parents in Barkley tp.

/(Misses Ada and Grace Nowels wfcut to Flora to spend the holidays with their parents* Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels. Floy Nowels came home from Indianapolis Saturday evening to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nowels. W. S. Parks returned Monday from his California trip. He was much pleased with the country, bat thinks it is no place for a poor man. and Mrs. U. M. Baughman went to Valparaiso Monday to attend the wedding of a young lady friend of the latter and to spend the holidays. C. F. Griffin, a prominent republican politician and ex-secre-tary of state, died at his home in Hammond early Sunday morning of spinal meningitis. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wilcox left for their new home in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday evening. They take with them the be3t wishes of a host of friends here. Goodland Herald: Frank Babcock of Jasper county, sold a bronze turkey to Patton Wednesday that brought $5.22. That beats raising Poland China hogs.

The bans of marriage of a prominent young farmer of this county and a popular young lady of Rensselaer will be published at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church tomorrow, we understand. B. Forsythe was called to New Philadelphia, Ohio, Monday by the sudden death of her mother. Within about a year Mrs. Forsythe has lost both her parents and one sister by death. Bro, Scbanlaub of the Morocco Courier is preparing for the annual swearing-off time, and is celebratig all this week—at least we suppose he is, ns he announced that no Courier would be issued Christmas week. D. Knotts has sold the Francisville Tribune to Judson Fitzpatrick, a former employee of the Democrat wishes the new proprietor the same degree of success that has attended Bro. Knotts. \PMrs. J. A. McFarland was called to Qreencastle last Friday by the serious illness of her father. The old gentleman is past 70 years of age, and is suffering from r kidney trouble from wbion it is thought he cannot recover.

DR. MOORE, Specialist,

Office First Stairs West of Fendig’s Drug Store. Phone 251.