Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Local and Personal, rr Having is in full blaat. Corn 46c; oats, Mfto. Wheat 60 oents; rye, 40 eents. Farmers say oats ars rusting badly. __ Remember the excursion to Chioago to-morrow, $1 for the round trip. Fob Rent: After July 15, six rooms in my house on McCoy avenue. Mrs. E. H. Shields. The contractors are at work putting in the cement ourbing tor the Cedar street improvement. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Milford, 111., 1; * Chicago, 111., 1; Lakin, Ran., 1. The circus bill posters were here Tuesday and covered the town* and surrounding country with flaming posters. In the McCoysburg-Franoes-ville ball game at latter place the 4th, the score was 19 19 0 in favor of Francesville. ; <n(While oats have improved considerably in the past two weeks, yet farmers are a unit in saying that the crop will be a light-one.

The large, handsome Stockton and Williams residences on North Division street have been brightened up with a new coat of paint. Two saloons at Brook and one at Foresman were defeated by the blanket remonstrance this week. This leaves Foresman dry and Brook but one saloon. It is said Cooney Kellner’s deal for a saloon at Hegewisch, 111., failed to go through, and he has bought a saloon at Grand Crossing and is now in possession of same. Street fairs have been tabooed in more towns this year than ever before, because of the immoral influences that have been permitted to follow with them.—Wolcott Enterprise. A number of the Rensselaer sports are said to have got into a free-for-all flight up at Water Valley Sunday, with the denizens of that burg. To much booze is said to have been the cause.

Up at Lowell they use strenuous methods in colleciing bills. John I'releaße, a merchant of that city, went after Edwin Moore, a delinquent debtor, with a gun, and in the discussion that arose Moore was shot at five times and dangerously wounded. Trelease was arrested. Marion I. Adams is agent for the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Co., of Jasper, Benton and White counties. Insurance now in force over $1,000,000. Farmers desiring policies in this company should call upon or address him at Rensselaer, Ind. if. 4siohn Poole has sold a 140 acre farm in Hanging Grove tp., to G. W. Michael of Logaasport, consideration $75 per sera and purchaser getting this year's crop, of the landlord’s rather. Mr. Poole took as part payment a hotel property at Goshem The sale was negotiated by B. O. Gardner.

.} “Jad” Hant won oat eb two cases last Monday. As attorney for Fred Granger, applicant for saloon license at Demotte, license was granted, while as attorney for the ‘‘anti” people of Kankakee tp., the remonstrance was sufficient to scare the applicant oat entirely, and be never put in an appearance with his application. say that they "never saw corn grow like it baa in the past two weeks. In spite of this, however, corn is very uneven all oyer thur section of the state, the earlier planting being breast high while that planted after the extreme wet spell ranges from six inches to a foot in height, and will require a late season to mature.

Charles Clift and WiU Woodworth got into an altaroaflfe over some trifling matter at Hi depot Sunday evening, and cla*ai and battered each other up eansiderably. They had been «p to Water Valley during the day, returning on the milk train, and too much “river water” is said to have been the principal- cause of the fracas. Over at Monticello there-elected county clerk’s old term has ended and his second term does not begin until Jan., 1,1904. The commissioners have appointed A. K. Sills, an attorney of that city, to fill the office during the interim. They also appointed Fred Obenchain, a young telegraph operator, recorder for a like period, when Charles Kleist, recorder-elect, will take the office.