Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

There was a very large attendance at the dance at the Armory Thursday night given under the management of Shindler, Bowers and Shumacker. The next dance under their management will be Thursday eve., Feb. 11. >sTh e freeze-up emptied the cellars and yards in the flooded district. It is now claimed that a pair of “storm doors” were put in at the Make-Em-Self’s outlet, and the ice and water backed up against them so strong that it completely shut the sewer opening. This, the sewer’s friends say, was the cause of all the trouble with the high water last week, and the “storm doors” will now be uied only in dry weather. Monticello Herald: A shocking fatality occurred at Brookston, Tuesday. D. O. Goodman, a fireman on a Monon freight was instantly killed by being struck by the southbound passenger train due there at 11:32 a. m., for which the freight was waiting on the side track. Goodman stepped off fyis engine just as the other train passed, either miscalculating the distance between the tracks or not realizing that the passenger train was so close at hand. He was hurled to the ground by the passing engine and breathed his last in a few moments. John T. Murray, who sold his 196 acre farm southeast of town recently to Charles Schlemann, has bought property of Wm. McConnehay, just at the north side of town and will move into same in a short time. Mr. Murray purchased the farm he recently sold from County Clerk Major about two years ago, at S4O per acre, and sold it for $47.50 per acre. ‘Mr. Schlemann has since sold the farm to Ed. Bruce, but we are not advised as to the price he received for same. Mr. Murray will have a sale Feb. 17th, notice of which appears elsewhere in this pajper.

We begin this week the publication of a charming' serial story entitled, “The Blazed Trail," by Stewart Edward White. This is a story that will please old and young alike, and we will venture the assertion that you will say, after reading it, that it is among the very best stories you have ever read. We shall keep a few extra copies on hand for a few weeks so that new subscribers may get back numbers and thus get the beginning of the story. The story will appear in installments each week, as our space will allow, and we want our readers to be sure and read the opening chapters.

marriage of Mr. Frank Borntrager and Miss Nettie Reed took place at St. Augustine’s Catholic church Wednesday morning, Rev. Father Meyer officiating. Miss Anna Lane acted as bridesmaid and Mr. George Borntrager, a brother of the groom, as groomsman. The bride is a daughter of Mark Reed of Jordan tp., while the groom is a son of the late Chas. Borntrager of Marion tp/ The young couple left on the 10:5o train for a visit in Louisville, Ky., after which they will return and take up their residence on the Borntrager farm, south of town. The Democrat joins their many friends in extending congratulations. ___ Thd Democrat wants to call the attention of farmers to the advantage of advertising what they have to sell or desire to buy, in its columns. Suppose you have some good stock, extra quality of seed oorn, wheat, oats, etc., for sale, some other farmers are wanting those very articles but do not know who has them to sell. A five line advertisement in The Democrat will cost you but 25 cents for one insertion and will be seen by more than seven thousand people, many of whom are farmers. The newspaper is a go-between that should be used by farmers more than it is. Farmers should use good business judgment as well as merchants and manufacturers. It is more than half the battle to be a good seller. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Jan. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Walker of Barkley tp., a girl. Jan. 23, to Joseph Nelson and wife of Milroy tp., a son. Jan. 26, to George Putts and wife, a son. FOR SALE. A two-seated sleigh, cheap. sllO sleigh for sls. See G. W. Michael.