Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1903 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

44c; oats, 30c. Miss Mary Rhodes of Kokomo; is visiting Mrs, C. B. Stewart. Special reduction sale on all kinds of clothing at Murray’s during July and August. Wm. Lewellen was locked up in jail over Monday night to recover from an attack of “snakes.” Mrs. Henry Wood goes to Brook to-morrow for a few weekly visit with her son, Dr. Aaron Wood and wife. The Barkley C. E., will entertain you at the church on Saturdah evening, Aug., Ist, with Bennett’s graphophone, beginning at 8 o’clock. Admission 10 and 15c. All invited. Reduced prices and extra values in shirt waists, silk skirts, dress goods, hosiery, walking shoes, linen crushes, table' linen and muslin underwear at Murray’s Cash Store. Christie Vick was up town Thursday after his six weeks sickness from malarial and typhoid fever. He is thinking of striking Wallace to-day for a place with his circus as the lean man. 'ylTbere is not one redeeming feature in the street carnival, either morally or financially, and The Democrat believes that four-fifths of the people of Rensselaer and surrounding country are opposed to having one held here again.

LjC. R. Yeoman, who has been living in Hammond for the past year or two, is prospecting in the Big Horn Basin country, in Wyoming, where his brother Roe has been for the past eighteen months, and is thinking of locating there. Y John A. Lamborn, a well known citizen of Remington and extownship trustee of Carpenter tp., died Thursday morning of lockjaw after a few days sickness from blood poisoning, caused from running a nail in bis foot one day last week. John Hemphill, editor of the Valparaiso, (Neb.) Visitor, joined* his wife and son here last week for a brief visit with relatives. He will go to Danville to-day with his wife, and visit his brother a few days, then return to his Nebraska home. James Doan has sold his 40 acre farm in Hanging Grove tp., to Mrs. Parcels, also of Hanging Grove, and gives possession at once. Consideration $1,600, including this year’s crop. Mr. Doan will remain in the county until fall at least. The St. Augustine Literary Society gave a strong temperance play, “Saved By a Dream,” declamations, dialogue by seven girls and little ,boy and a fine musical program at the Parochial school hall last Sunday night. The entertainment was highly spoken of. Lewis Newcomb, aged about 35 years, a resident of this county, who was working on the Brown ranoh near Shelby, committed suicide on the depot platform at Shelby Monday evening via the corbolic acid route. He was addicted to liquor and had been drinking heavily, it is said, for sometime.

\fHon. E. P. Honan of this city, has been appointed a member of the committee on oaustitution and by-laws of the international convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters, which meets in Dubuque, lowa, next month. As there are but seven members of this committee for the U. 8., and Canada, the honor of the appointment on the same is considerable. This committee will meet in Chicago one week previous to the regular meeting at Dubuqtfe. In response to invitation by the local order of Rathbone sisters, to the order at Chalmers, 22 members of the latter were present and witnessed the initiation of two lady candidates here Thursday night. After the initiation the company was usherd to the spacious banquet hall and light refreshments served. After whioh toasts were in order and several of the Chalmers members responded readly and their remarks were very complimentry to the Rensselaer order. The visiting members returned home on the 11:20 pleased*!! via' t tbemsel * e 8