Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Newton circuit court will convene Monday. "jAHiram Day has sold his lumber yard and will quit the busines. Mrs. Sarah Cowgill left Thiirsday to visit her sister in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mrs. Babb and Mrs. Betsinger, of Monticello, visifed their brother, Peter Giver, Sunday. 75 feet of 10-inch sewer pipe at the price of drain tile. Must be taken at once. J. H. Jessen. “''-Joseph Osborne of Remington was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Parks, Wednesday. The Democrat and the Twice-a week St. Louis Republic for a short time to paid-in-advance subscribers for only $1.50. )CMr. and Mrs. W. M. Hoover went to Franklin Tuesday to attend the wedding of their niece, Miss Marcia J. Adams to Mr. Emmett M. Pritchard. The democrats of Newton township will hold their convention today to nominate a township ticket and select delegates to the county convention of Slay 28. The fine weather of the past week has brought the fruit trees in bloom and shade trees are nearly full leafed. Spring seems to have arrived in earnest. '/Judge Thompson will be sixtysix years old to-morrow. Fortytwo years of this time he has lived in Jasper county. He will be “at home” to-morrow afternoon to friends who desire to pay their respects. Judge Thompson has let the contract for the erection of a twostory double business room opposite the Makeever House, where White & Marion’s shop now stands. The building will be built of hollow cement blocks, something new for Rensselaer.

“Sidetracked” will be the subject of the evening sermon at the Christian church to-morrow evening. This is one of a series for young men, following the sermon of last Sunday evening on “The Ideal Young Man.” New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 3; Claypool, Ind., 1; Medaryville, R-R-l, 1; McCoysburg, 1; New Carlisle, 0., R-R-l, 1; Remington, 1; Lee, 1; Rensselaer, R-R-3, 1; Mt. Ayr, 1; Parr, 1. \D. M. Worland left Tuesday on a prospecting trip to Ft. Scott, lola and Leavenworth, Kan. He has some propositions for trading his town property here for a farm in Kansas, and if suited with the prospects will make the deal and move out there next year and go to farming. The bond of Thos. J. McCoy as treasurer of the Rensselaer school board, is signed by T. J. McCoy, Alfred McCoy and Albert R. Hopkins, and is in the sum of $20,000. No statement of the amount of funds in McCoy’s hands at the time of the bank failure has been made as yet.

W. F. Reynolds of near Surrey, who recently gave up his milk route in Rensselaer, has disposed of his dairy and returned to Chicago to take up his old position with his former employers in the milk business there. The purchaser of his dairy will ship the milk to Chicago. Chicago & Northern Indiana Railroad Company is a new organization incorporated a few days ago whose avowed institution is to construct an electric line from Indianapolis to Chicago, passing through White and Jasper counties. The incorporators are all Indianapolis men. It is asserted that work on the line will begin soon, and that the road will probably be completed to Logansport, which is to be the division point, this season. William B. Searcy died at his home in the northwest part of town at 2 a. m. last Sunday, aged about 78 years. The cause of his death was Bright’s disease and heart trouble. Mr. Searcy had., been living with his son-in-law, John L. Smith, northeast of town, until recently, when he moved to Rensselaer. The funeral was held Tuesday from the M. E. church conducted by Rev. J. B. Bair, of Brookston, and interment made in Weston cemetery. He leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters.