Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1903 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

POUNTAIN PARK ASSEMBLY, Remington, Indiana, August Ist to 16th inclusive. Superior program of lectures and entertainments this season. PRIVATE SALE. 1 organ, 1 book-case, 2 bedroom sets, tables, chairs, mirrors, pictures, 1 steele range, 1 gasoline stove, one top buggy, nearly new. Property can be seen by calling at my residence, corner of Busan and Weston streets, opposite Catholic school building. W. H. Gardner THE LIBRARY SITE On lots 11 and 12, block 7, is suitable to those who help buy, satisfactory to all three libraries, to the school trustees, the city council and Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Moss says, July 3d: “I shall get the deed to you as soon as possible.” If the board had $1,200 the plans could be adopted and a SIO,OOO building let at once. A gift of from one to one hundred dollars from you may gain the gift of SIO,OOO for the use of all. Will the chance be thrown away? a OWN TOO MUCH LAND. Oxford Tribune: The people around Fowler are hoping that Mrs. Duhme will have to sell some of her Benton county land. It would be a blessing to the county. The best thing that could happen to Benton, Newton and Jasper counties would be the cutting up of the large tracts of land now owned by a few men and having a single owner and settler on each quarter or half section. In this county a half dozen men own about 150,000 acres of land, and, while we have the second largest county in the state, we also have the smallest population per square mile of any of the ninetytwo counties. With the cutting up of these large tracts into farms of a reasonable size, with an actual settler on each, Jasper county will blossom as a rose, while Rensselaer, her county seat, would have a population of from 25,000 to 50,000 people.

SNAKE STORY FROfl JORDAN. L. H. Myers of Jordan tp., comes forward with the first snake story of the season. In going into his barn the other day he saw a large ball of something come falling down from the top of the barn to the floor, striking on or near a big rooster. The rooster made a great noise aud Mr. Myers ran to see what the trouble was all about. He found a large snake was the object which bad fallen from the top of the barn, and that it had brought down with it a pigeon. The rooster either went to the rescue of the pigeon or had been struck by the snake, for the latter had released the pigeon and caught hold of the rooster. Mr. M., dispatched his snakeship with a pitchfork and it measured 4 feet and 9 inches in length and 4£ inches in circumference, and was of the bull snake species. It had climed up the inside posts of the barn to the top, 20 feet, and caught the pigeon, which would weigh 1£ pounds, and started down again, it is presumed, when losing its hold it dropped to the floor. The pigeon was bitten on the side of its neck or head, and soon died.

CHICAGO EXCURSION, SUNDAY, JULY 12. Train schedule, Fare. Monticello 8:03 a. m (1.15 Medaryville 7:40 *' 1.95 Francesville 7:55 “ 1.25 Monon 8:90 “ 1.00 Lee...*, 8:30 - 1.00 McCoysburg., .T 8:38 “ 1.00 Pleasant Ridge 8:40 “ 1.00 Rensselaer 8:48 “ 1.00 Surrey 8:57 “ .90 Parr 0:02 “ .90 Fair Oaks 9:09 u ,85 Rose Lawn 9:30 “ ,75 Thayer 9:95 “ .75 Shelby 9:98 “ .75 Lowell 9:42 “ .75 Ar. Chicago 11:80 *• Returning, train will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m. Arriving at Monon, speoial train will leave at once for Francesville and Medaryville. Dw’t Ftrgtt tbi New L»l«r Yard Where yon can get all kinds of Lnmber, Lime, Hair, Brick, Cement and Plaster; also the celebrated alabastscent Wall Plaster. I solicit a share of your trade at my old stand. Respectfully;— _ 'Hiram Day. Come'l9 The Democrat office for all kinds of job printing.