Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Local and Personal. Corn 37c; oats, 30c. Wheat 60 cents; rye, 40 cents. Hiram Jacks is seriously sick. Next Monday is Ground Hog day. J. W. Childers is very sick with pn&umonia. A car load of horses for sale at Duvall’s livery barn. Frank O’Meara goes to Mattoon, 111., to-day on business. Miss Nellie lines spent Sunday with friends at Monticello. Jesse Bringle of Newton county, was a Rensselaer visitor Saturday. and Mrs. Arthur Catt of Chenoa, 111., visited relatives here this week. V For Sale.- Good span of work Horses, cheap for cash. Enquire at this office. Every thing in the house at reduced prices except thread, at the Chicago Bargain Store. D. A. Stoner is attending a poultry show at Chicago Heights this week, as expert judge, John H. Jessen came down from Chicago Saturday night to spend Sunday with his family. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert has The Democrat’s thanks for a pass to the Senate Chamber of the legislature. It was erroneously reported that Felix French received $5,250 for his residence property and lots. The price was $3,250. John Foster of near Battle Ground, and Will Foster of Delphi, were in Rensselaer and vicinity a few days this week. --Joseph Hixson, late of Kniman, this county, has been appointed postmaster at Lochiel, Benton county, where he recently moved. ■Trank Yeager, who has been working in the steel works at Chicago, is here for a few weeks visit and to recuperate from a recent illness. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 1; Pleasant Grove, 1; Brook, 1; Wheatfield, 1; Caldwell, Idaho, 1. Shide of Jordan tp., and Miss Katharine Fletcher of Rensselaer, were joined in the bonds of wedlock by Judge Hanley Saturday afternoon. Zea has moved into the old Judge Hammond property on the corner of Washington and Division streets, recently vacated by Joe Schofield. New pensions: Mrs. Sarah Mackey, Rensselaer, original widow, $8; Frances A. Hough. Monon, increase, $8; Truman Slater, Monticello, increase, 18. Advertised letters: Mr. Calvin C. Magee, Mr. Howe D. D., Mr. Thomas J. Irelan, David Bosch, Thomas Berr, Miss Annie Bell, G. M. Athinson, Miss Maym Cull and Mr. Dave Mahan. Harley W. Iliff of Jordan tp., whose sale notice appears in another column, is preparing to move to the Big Horn Basin country in Wyoming. He expects to leave about the middle of February. Edward Jenkins has moved from near Newland to a place south of town, where he is residing temporarily until he can get gissession of the former Charles aker farm, in Jordan tp., which he has rented for the coming year. The meetings at the F. W. Baptist church will probably close to-morrow night. Rev. Droz of Brookston is leading in the singing and also sings several solos. Up to this writing there have been nine conversions and eight additions to the church. Xjohn 0. Frazee, who lives six miles north of town has sold his farm of 140 acres to Nelson DuCharme of near Virgie, who takes possession March 1. Consideration SBO per acre. Mr. Frazee has purchased a fine farm four miles southwest of Peru, this state, whore he will shortly move.* Mr. Frazee formely lived at Wabash. Frank Welsh of Jordan tp., accompanied J. R. Hazen to Jennings county, when the latter moved there, and spent a few days looking the country o’er, returning homo last week. Mr. Welsh thinks there is some very good land there and some that is not so good. Hazen, Harry Jacobs ftnd one or two other former Jasperites whom he visited, Mr. Welsh says have good farms.