Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Do you read The Democrat? Frank Corbin of Brook, was in in the city yesterday. Bill N. Jones returned Wednesday from his sojourn in tho south. Mrs. Charles Ramp is visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. Cruli at Monon. Miss Katie Chupp of Surrey, was tho guest of Miss Mary Hoshaw over Sunday. The old talk about tho Monon building a new passenger depot in Rensselaer is being wafted on the spring breezes. Good blue grass pasture; good water; good care taken of cattle; miles north of Rensselaer, on gravel road. Anton Trulley. Charles Roth, an old and well known resident of Monticello, died at his homo in that city last Friday night of cancer of the stomach. Mr. John Sively, who been spending the winter with his daughters, the mesdatnes Joseph Sharp, returned to his home in Ohio, Saturday. Mrs. Frank Randle of Clark’s Hill, Ind., left here Monday for Myrtle Creek, Oregon, after a sow days visit with friends. She will spend the summer there for the benefit of her health. M. C. Burke, one of the dry goods clerks in the Chicago Bargain Store, has moved from the Adams property on North Van Rensselaer street into Philip Blue’s property on South Scott street. i —— ~J J. V. Bringle of Lohrville, lowa, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bringle, west of town for a couple of weeks. Mr. Bringle has been teaching at Lohrville for the past two or three terms. Delegates from the various Camps of Modern Woodmen of this county will meet here next V ednesday to select a county delegate to the state meeting, which convenes at Marion in the near future.

C. E. moved this week to near Goodland, where he will his father-in-law’s, Hopkins Keene’s farm, just north of the corporation of Goodland, the old Houk farm. Mr. Keene will make his home with Mr. Patrick. M. J. Ahlgrim of Thayer was fined one dollar and trimmings in the Newton circuit court this week for his recent assault on Editor Bowie of the Rose Lawn and Thayer News Review. Ahlgrim stood trial, and it is said that the costs run over SIOO. The Steele disk harrow stealing case, mention of which as I being on trial as we went to press last week, resulted in Mr. Steele being discharged. It developed that the hartow had been borrowed, and Steel had held it on a debt he claimed Burroughs owed him. Mrs. Gertie Robinson returned Sunday from an extended visit with Mrs. J. F. Warren at Oklahoma City, Okla. She left Mrs. Warren considerably better, and it is thought she will continue to improve in health. She expects to come here in May for surgical treatment, we are informed. John Wilkins, the well known blank book and stationery traveling man, who for several years has been in the employ of the Burt-Terry Stationery Co., of Lafayette, dropped dead of paralysis in the office of the Lafayette Journal last Monday. Mr. Wilkinß was in Rensselaer only last week. TCards are out announcing the approaching nuptials of Mr. L. M. Wilcox, the well known and popular junior member of the general merchandise firm of G. M. Wilcox & Son of Surrey and Parr, and Miss Edyth Kelley of Springfield, Ohio, which event will take place at the home of the bride next Tuesday. D. H. Yeoman seems well pleased over his investments in Miama, Fla., and thinks that city has a great future before it. The govermont is spending a wholo lot of money in deepening the harbor there, and it is expected that Miama will become a great soa-port and the most important city south of Jacksonville. ’The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo McEwon died March 23, at the homo of the latter’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. 11. M. Middleton, at Remington. Tho little one had been sick a greater part of its short life, not being quite six months old, and had had the chickon-pox, moaslek and whooping remains wore brought liere for burial in Weston cemetery Thursday.