Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1904 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Read The Democrat for news. Girls’ sweaters, just tbe garment for school wear, one half price at Murray’s. Dr. A. E. Sobmadel of Lafayette, was visiting friends here yesterday. V Misses Lillie and Grace Nowels of Flora, are visiting relatives and friends here. G. H. Hargreaves of Remington, was a visitor at The Democrat office Monday. Don’t forget the annual Invoice Sale at Murray’s. Special sale on all winter goods. The Chicago Bargain Store received another carload of the famous “Sleepy Eye” flour this week. Isaac Sayler fell from a load of fodder near the old fair ground Monday and received a bad scalp wound and a broken rib. Dan Hopkins, who has been working in Wabash for several months, has returned and will remain with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Hopkins, in Barkley. Mrs. J. H. Stendler of Lowell, and Jack Pottlizer of Lafayette, were among the Iroquois theatre victims. It is thought that about a dozen Indianians lost their lives there. The republicans of Jasper county will hold their precinct primaries next Friday, Jan. 8, to elect precinct committeemen, and their county central committee meeting to elect new county central committee officers on the day following. While out hunting rabbits with an old friend and neighbor last Friday, Henry. G. Hage of near Monticello, was shot and killed by the accidental discharge of the friend’s, Jacob C. Darfler’s gun. Hage was 28 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. With Darfler he came from Illinois last March. The shrill notes of the fire whistle broke the rest of our citizens near midnight, Tuesday night. The fire was in Strickfaden’s cold storage house, near the depot, and is supposed to have started from a defective flue. A fire is kept burning there, it seems, during severe cold weather to prevent the beer from freezing. ,But little damage was done. The Cincinnati section of the south-bound night train had a narrow escape from a serious accident Monday night near Monon. caused from one of the axles of the mail car trucks breaking and falling down. The mail clerk felt the thumping and signaled the engineer to stop. The train was running at a speed of about forty miles an hour and in a few moments more might have been all dumped in a heap with great loss of life.

A young man in Remington weht to see his best girl one Sunday afternoon recently, and after he had exhausted everything in the conversational line declared bis intention of kissing her. The yoaDg lady said she would tell her father if he did, but the young man didn’t soare and he np and kissed her. True to her promise she stepped hastily into the next room and said to her father, “Mr. G. wants to see yonr new gnn.” The father was particularly proud of the gnn and was always glad to show it. Taking it quiekly from the rack he stepped into the parlor. The young man took window sash and all in getting ont, and when last seen was still running down the pike.