Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Fletcher Monnett of Evanston. 111., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Brown. The new M. E. church at Chalmers was damaged SI,OOO by fire last Sunday. Loss covered by insurance. Lee Glazebrook is reported getting along nicely from his injuries from falling from a load of hay last week. Preble has sold his barber business to Leonard Tullis of Jordan ip., and expects to go to North Dakota. New subscribers to the Democrat this week by postoffioes: Rensselaer, 2; Lewiston, Idaho, 1; St. Henry, Ohio, 1. Mrs. Clarence Clemens of near Surrey, is suffering from a broken limb, the result of a fall on the ice at her home last Sunday. Have your stationery printed with our new Mercantile Gothic type, the handsomest series ever gotten out for fine commercial printing. Mrs. Michael Schneider of Cleveland, Ohio, is at the bedside of her aged mother, Mrs. John Bislosky, Sr., west of town, who is not expected to live at this writing. ___ H. Randle was taken quite sick with stomach trouble last Friday at the home of his son John Randle, in Hanging Grove tp., and is still there at this writ* ing.

Don’t forget that The Democrat job department is equipped with the handsomest plate script to be found in the connty, for printing wedding, invitation and calling cards.

Cyrus L. Posey, a former resident of Gillam tp., this county, died at his home in Medaryville, Thursday morning, aged about 53 years. He leaves a widow and three married daughters. Funeral today at Medaryville at 2 p. m.

New advertisements this week: The Racket Store, Geo. E. Murray, G. F. Meyers, Rensselaer; G. M. Wilcox & Son, Surrey and Parr; W. E. Wood, Parr; Sol Mier Company, Ligonier, Ind.; J. A. Schreiber, Jefft, Ind.; and eight public sales. VThe effects of the flood may bd all vanished, but it is not so in some places. In the basement of the First National Bank water has backed up from some unknown place, and the janitor is compelled to use a row boat to get to the furnace.

\The grocery clerks in the Chicago Bargain Store are all trying to raise mustaches. John Merritt thmks be has the whole bunch faded, but if Charlie Simpson would change the color of his by applying a little whisker dye he would give John a close call. < yC s Jhe bans of marriage of George Borntrager of southeast of Rensselaer, and Miss Maggie Jarbis of near Wolcott,, were published at St. Augustine’s Catholic church last Sunday for the first time. The marriage will take place Tuesday, Feb. 16, we understand, at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Remington.

Y Mrs. Margaret Hoover, the aged mother of Wm. M. Hoover and Mrs. O. K. Ritchey, south of town, who suffered a stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago, suffered another stroke Wednesday morning and is lying in a precarious condition at this writing. She is 85 years of age and no hopes are entertained of her recovery.

Baughman & Williams have just received the first ten volumes of Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, one of the most complete works of its kind ever issued and strictly up-to-date. The work is sent out as fast as published, by volumes, and the entire set will contain upwards of thirty volumes and cost about $250.

FOR SALE. A two-seated sleigh; cheap. sllO sleigh for fls. See G. W. Michael.