Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City sad Country Renders. Corn 38c; oats, 350. Jasper County Farmers’ Institute—Jan. 20-2 J. Tom Huston was down from Hose Lawn on business Saturday. Charlie Mann is preparing himself to enter the railway mail service. , ' ■ And please remember The Democrat office is especially “it" when it comes to sale bills. yMiss Rose Scheurioh has gone Chicago to take a position in a dressmaking establishment. Mias Orrie Clark of Lafayette, spent Sunday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark. Foltz, Williams and Wilson were attending oourt at Ken Hand the first of the week. E. L. Cox of Oklahoma City, Okla., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs* J. H. Cox, at this writing. N &B.-G. Parks of Remington, was the guest of his brother, W. 8. Parks, a few days the first of the week. XMrs. A, Leopold broke her wrist Tuesday, the result of a fall on the ice at her home on Front *t*eet. A. G reiser and Gertrude E/Roth, both well known here, were married in N[ontioello Wednesday. Thomas Ward of Ogden, 111., former assessor of Jordan tp., this county, was here on business / Wednesday. Remember the Farmers Institute at the court house next Wednesday and Thursday, and make it a point to attend. Mrs. Peter Rusk of South Weston street, fell on an ioy walk in her yard last Saturday morning and broke her hip.~ W. T. Walters suffered a fracture of her left arm, near the wrist, last Thursday, the result of a fall down stairs.

H-Mre. James Maloy was called to Steeger, 111., Mbnday by the serious illness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Bernard Maloy. Alex Jensen has been appointed carrier on the new rural route that rims out of Wbeatfield. with Thomas Jensen as substitute. Elvin Overton went to Aurora, 111., Sunday to resume work for the Champion division of the International Harvester Co. The only car loads of apples and potatoes shipped to Bensselaer this winter was received by the Chicago Bargain Store. Small-pox in a mild form is reS>rted in the families of Michael anoock in Barkley tp., and Cornelius Williamson in GiUam. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postofficee: Chicago, 1; Goodland, R-R-l, 1; Fair Oaks, R-R-I, 1; Asphaltum, R-R-l, 1. AJtfrs. I. A. Leavel was called to Lancaster, Ky., Wednesday by the serious illness of her mother, who is 92 years of age, and it is thought can live but a short time. • bans of marriage of Mr. Frank Borntrager and Miss Nettie Reed were published last Sunday for the first time at St. Augustine’s Catholic ohurch. Geo. W. Gauthier of Eentland, district deputy, and J. D. Vols of Indianapolis, state deputy head oonsul for the Modern Woodmen, were in Rensselaer a few hours Thursday. ''/Attorney W. / J. Reed of Knox, came down Tuesday to see his niece, Miss Nora Casey, who is seriously sick with pneumonia at John Duvall’s, where she has been staying for some time. J Win. E. Goff, and Miss Viola E. Cam be, both of Kniman, were united in marriage by Rev. J. A. Cochran, at his residence, Wednesday at 11 a. m. The groom is aged 21 and the bride 16 years. The Democrat is requested to state that there will be a talk on scoring oom at the Farmers Institute next week, and farmers are requested te bring four ears of their select seed corn and have it tested.