Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Elmer Gwin of Matthews, was visiting here this week. Attorney Wm. Cummings of Kentland, was over Tuesday on court business. E. J. Wilcox of Dayton, Ky., was in the city on business Thursday and yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Halligan returned Thursday from their extended wedding trip to Florida. The Democrat calls attention to the fence advertisement of John O’Connor in another part of this paper. V'Miss Stella Shields, teacher in ine city schools, got her left arm broken near the wrist the other evening while playing basket ball.

Trustee John Bill of Jordan lost a fine three-year-old colt a few days ago. It had its leg broken and had to be killed. It was worth $l5O. _____ M, Norman has bought 10 acres of land on the north of the corporation line, formerly belonging to the Owens farm; consideration SIOO per acre. Charlie Morlan will go up to Chicago to-morrow to see his little son who is in the hospital. The boy is getting along nicely and will probably be brought home in a week or ten days. W. C. Milliron has closed his short order and lunch room in the Moorhous block and next week will move his stock and fixtures to Rensselaer where he will continue the business.—Monticello Journal. ■ > L James Matheson has bought the remaining 35 acres of the former Owen lands lying at the north corporation line and which adjoins Mr. Matheson’s farm. The consideration named in the deed is SIOO per acre. Lost: Shephred dog, color yelTow, with white around neck, last Wednesday, Feb. 25, at gravel pit 4 miles north of Rensselaer. Reward offered for information. Phone John Halligan, 2 miles east and £ mile north of town.

4 Fowler Leader: A colored lady Borrowed $3,500 worth of Tom McCoy’s jewels Tuesday night and was getting on the Monon train bound for Chicago when the loan was recalled. If Tom does not go on the stage I will quit speaking of the theft of those diamonds more than twice a year.

“Honest Abe” is now a fullfledged city chap, having moved into the Mrs. Henry L. Thornton property, in the north part of town, last week. Abe recently sold his remaining interest in the Halleck telephone lines, and now has nothing to intefere with his managing the fiuancers of Jasper county. The proposed new national bank, to be organized by J. C. Paxton and others, has not been given up as reported, but is only waiting for suitable quarters. Authority to organizo under the name of “The American National Bank of Rensselaer” has been granted by the comptroller of the currency. “Rummage sales” seem to be very popular in Rensselaer. During the past few months there have been several of these sales, conducted by the different church and society ladies, and all have made good money. The Methodist ladies made about 1 1 105 from their “rummage sale” last Friday and Saturday. > Alfred Donnelly was in Lafayette, Terre Haute, Logansport, and other points last week, looking after the sale of onions and parsnips. This week he sold a carload of onions to be shipped to Terre Haute and 50 sacks of parsnips to go to Lafayette. Mr. Donnelly still lias some 4,000 to 5.000 bushels of onions in his storehouse.

» Judge Saunderson and Benjamin Martin of Fowler, were over Wednesday, closing up a deal whereby the latter became the owner of a halt i- otion of land in sections 9 and 4 in Newton tp., owned by Jones A Shaffer of N wton county. The consideration was s4l per acre, cash. Mr. Martin bought the laud for an investment, and has leased it for the coming year, we understand. * About 100 acres of onions will be put out in the vicinity of Wheatfleld this season. This is only about one-half the acerage of last year, but the extreme wet weather last senson caused a failure of the croil, and the largest growers of last year will not put out any this season. Probably 150 to 250 acres oft cucumbers will be planted in that locality, 1 also.