Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Four car loads of flour bought before the late advance. One car Gold Medal received this week at the Chicago Bargain Store. "/Preparations are being made a new brick building on the site of the Murray plumbing shop, recently burned. The new structure will be 24x40, one story. The walls will be twelve inches thick, so that another story can be added at any future time or connection be made on the sides for other buildings. It will also have cement floor. Lee Jessup has the contract.

A. R. Poyer has traded his store near the depot for an improved 80 acre- farm near Corothersville, Jackson county, and will move thereon in a few days. The new owner of the store, Mr. J. F. ZariDg, will take charge pf the business here and open the store March 15. moving here with his family. The deal was negotiated by Real Estate Agent, Geo. F. Meyers. Ajßigh water again flooded that section of the city along the upper end of the Makemself sewer Monday, the sewer being inadequate to carry the water. The few inches of snow covering the ground went off gradually and with but little rain, and no doubt the residents along this new improvement (?) will have reason to cuss quite often each year for a long time to come, or until a iarger sewer is constructed.

*KMrs. Anna Casey, aged 91 years, 11 months and 2 days, died at the home of Charles Platt on Van Rensselaer street, Tuesday afternoon. Deceased had been living with her daughter, Mrs. G. R, Dickinson of Carpenter tp., but owing to Mr. Dickinson’s sickness was stopping tempcrarilly with Mr. and Mrs. Platt. The funeral took place Wednesday and interment was made in Mt. Taber cemetery. John Casey of Fair Oaks, is a son of deceased.

The barn on the Thayer farm, several miles north of town’ occupied by Anton Truley, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night of last week, together with five head of horses, 16 head of cattle and considerable other property. The barn was a new one and was not insured, bat Mr. Traley’a loss was partly covered by insurance. Mr. Truley was preparing to move on the Halligan and Pumphrey farms, just northeast of town. The fire started from the explosion of a lantern, it is said.

Alvin Fisher returned Saturday from a week’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fisher, at Shelbyville. He reports all the folks well and prosperous there, but his grand-father, Henry Fisher, who is now iiving with his daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Nichols, in Decatur county, is quite feeble and was not expected to live a couple of weeks ago, but was some better when he left Shelbyville. The elder Mr. Fisher is quite aged but has had very good health indeed since leaving Rensselaer.

■si Ice in the river gorged at the creamery bridge again last Monday and it was feared the bridge would be swept away. It finally passed off without any damage to speak of but the flooding of yards and out-houses along river street. Arrangements should be made this season to raise the abutments of this bridge four or five feet and have done with this trouble. Unless this is done a new bridge will have to be put in there some of these days, as the old one will go floating Mississippiward in some of the spring thaws.

■Mir. Allen G. Wortley and Miss Emma P. Myers, were united in marriage at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. Fisher of the M. P. church, at 1:30 p. m., Wednesday. The groom is a carpenter and resides in Jordan tp., while the bride is a prominent young lady of Carpenter tp., and a music teacher>l Her father, Wm. Myers, was Recently killed by falling from a load of hay, and this accident delayed the marriage, which was to have taken place earlier. The newly married couple will reside on a farm near Mt. Hope, Jordan tp. Gold Medal Flour, best in the world. It is advertised in all the leading magazines of the U. S. We sell it at $5.40 bbL, but if we bought it now we would pay $5.70. Chicago Bargain Store.