Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Best Cattle 5a1t...... 73c Leader Tobacco 21c Fancy Cakes 9c Hammer Handles 05C Scythe Snaths 69c Best 5cythe5......... 69c Fancy Screen Doors.. 87c Heavy Tin Buckets... 17c Heavy Galv. Buckets.. 15c

Local and Personal. Cora 45c; oats, 35c. * Wheat 60 cents; rye, 40 cents. This is “the day we celebrate.” ■J . - Some excellent corn weather this week. Excursion to Chicago, Sunday, July 12. , The early potato crop is yielding abundantly in this vicinity. Last week completed the fifth yeas of the present ownership and management of The Demo* crat. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postofhces: Goodland, 1; Rensselaer, R-D-2, 1; Aix, 1. The Monon’s excursion advertised for Sunday, July sth, has been called off, and no excursion will be run to-morrow. The gravel road election in White Post tp., Pulaski county, last Monday resulted in a defeat for the proposition by a majority of 5. Tom McCoy announces that he is a candidate for re-election for republican district chairman, and, as Tom usually gets what he wants, it’s as good as settled. A good heavy rain accompained by severe lightning, fell Wednesday night. The rain did a great deal of good to growing crops. 'i. Yes, Wallace’s circus will be here Saturday, the 25tb. It will show at the same old location, the Leopold pasture, in the southeast part of town. J. E. Maines & Co., is the title of a new firm in town, that having purchased the Huvlap bankrapt stock of furniture aid will continue the business at ft# same old stand. N Lawler Bros., and Deles Thompson, of Rensselaer, were Is town Saturday making a deal fin 9,339 acres of Newton land. Mr. Barnes entertained them at dinner at’ The Fowler.—Fowler Leadar. V (j£verett Halstead has swopped off his short order restaerent on South Van Rensselaer street to Geo. W. Tanner of Jovian tp. Tanner will not run the place himself, but will probabfy trade it off in a short time. “Comrade” Fox is now carrying the mail between Rensselaer and Aix, making daily trips. George Gorham is sub-carrier for * ‘Comrade” to the mail trains here, carrying for all the afternoon mails. Comrade gets three hundred per year out of each oontract. Trustee Smith let the oontract for a new school house in Milroy tp., Monday, to Perry Spencer of Wolcott, at $735, which includes everything complete exoept furniture. Two other bids were filed —T. H. Barber of Wolcott, $977; and F. M. Snyder, of Rensselaer, $925. Under the new star roste mail contracts people residing along the route may have free delivery by placing up a box at the point where they dvsire to have same left Application for free delivery along st.'.f rentes should be made to the postmaster where the patrons have been recieving mail heretofore. ' The city corporation fund has gone glimmering again. It was exhausted about May 1, and from that time until the diraw was made, from the county treasurer last month, no orders on that fund were paid. The June draw was exhausted in about two weeks, and no more funds will come in until December. The present city council is making a record for business ability seldom equal?,, »»d in