Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1903 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Local and Personal. Corn 38c; oats, 31c. Wheat 60 cents; rye, 40 cents. Remnant sale this week at Murray’s store. The Donnelly Lumber Co., has lots of hard coal now. 4A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Abbott, Feb. 26. Gilbert A. Eldredge, at the opera house next Monday night. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Jones, near Surrey, Monday. Rex and Guy Clifton of Chicago Heights, were in the city Tuesday. Squire Spriggs and two sons of Walker tp., were in the city Tuesday. Dr. Pothuisje of Remington, was in the city Thursday on professional business. The February thaw is here and as natural consequence the roads are becoming quite bad. Misses Mattie and Katie Chupp of Surrey, were guests of Miss Mary Hoshaw over Sunday. f*<Dad” Gleason, the horse buyer, shipped 19 horses and mules from this station Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Finney of Elwood, are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Morgan. __ Don't forget Gilbert A. Eldredge, the famous impersonator, at Ellis opera house, next Monday night. James Rush of near Mouon, who purchased John Jones’ buss business, moved his family here Thursday. There are a few cases of smallpox in White county—two or three near Idaville, and one at Monticello and one at Monon. D. L. McCashin has given up farming for the coming season and will work for D. S. Clark, southeast of Lee. SI.OO will buy nearly double at the great Mill End Sale that will last to February 29th, at the Chicago Bargain Store.

T. M. Hibler was in from his Milroy township stock farm Thursday and took out with him a big new steam feed cooker. Peter Giver was down from Hammond Monday. He likes his job very much and will probably move there ere long. “/At the state meeting of the I. O. r\, last week, W. H. Parkison of this city was elected high couuselar of the order for Indiana. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by pustoffices: Colorado Springs, Colo., 1; Covert, Mich., 1; Rensselaer, 1; Virgin, L Owing to the almost total failure of crops in the Gifford district last season, we understand many of the farms will be without tenants this year. Farm for rent:—l2o acres, all under cultivation; well tiled, good improvements; 7 mileß southeast of Rensselaer. Mala Garrison, Remington Ind. Deputy Game Warden Hamilton of Marion, will put in the next few weeks along the Kankakee, watching up the duck hunters and seeing that the game laws are enforced, according to the Indianapolis papers. The basket ball last Friday night resulted in a victory for the Rensselaer high school girls; score 16 to 13. There were no very serions injuries. One player, MiBB Knotts of the Hammond team, got her ankle sprained. The residence of Cecil Culp on tho J. H. Marriott farm southeast of this place was completely destroyed by tire Buuday afternoon while they were visiting at the home of neighbors near by. The houso was insured but the household effects were not and not an article was saved.—Francesville Tribune.