Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Y Mrs. E. P. Honan visited friends in Delphi this week. W. A. Hoff, the jeweler, expects to locate in Indianapolis in a few months. y Miss Blanche Hoyes is spending ner vacation at Hot Springs, Ark., and other points. '"Mrs. Marion I. Adams spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. C. B. Harold, at Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. 8. N. Pnllins departed Wednesday for their new home near Sand Creek, No. Dak. The fifteenth annual convention of the Valparaiso Epworth League will be held in this city on June 22-23. Y Mr. McFarland, of Carroll county, was the guest of his uncle, Nelson Randle, a few days the first of the week. William Sigman of south of Wolcott and Samuel Sigman of near Remington, were in the city Saturday. "\Miss Anna Walter visited in Chicago Sunday with her sister, Sister Anacleta, of Providence Academy. Y Guerney Jessen has rented a window in the Starr store rooms next to the postoffice, and will open a watch and jewelry repairing shop. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Virgie, 1; Remington, 1; McCoysburg, 1; Dayton, Ohio, 1; Rensselaer, 1. We are simply headquarters for the largest up-to-date reliable shoes and oxfords at matchless bargains for the June sale at the Chicago Bargain Store. So . K. Ritchey came home from Chicago Sunday, bringing with him his daughter Elsie, whom it was decided by the doctors not to operate on at this time. < hafcpy this week. The first t was Charles E. Standish and Sarah L. Sullivan, and the second Henry Roorda and Winnie Deinema. •* By the way, what about that fine new stone depot that the Monon people were going to build in Rensselaer this season? Has the bank failure knocked that out also? 4Quite a number of disciples of Isa'ak Walton went to the Kankakee Sunday, but fishing was poor, they declining to “bite.’ Fishing has been very poor on the Kankakee this season.

The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago Sunday, June 26. One dollar for the round trip from Rensselaer. Train runs on same schedule as formerly, passing Rensselaer at 8:48 a. m. Wednesday was the 77th birthday anniversary of Mrs. Wm. Bussell, and all her children and grand-children and two great-grand-children came in and help ed her celebrated the occasion in a fitting manner. Attorney Jesse E. Wilson of this city has been appointed an assistant sergeant-at-arms at the republican ratification meeting in Chicago next week. Well, there will be few if any who Vill outshine Jesse in personal appearance or courtliness. xC. B. Stewart, John Sullivan, Geo. O. Pumphrey and Richard Grow, and Mesdames J. C. Porter, Ben Saylor, Jesse Nichols, John Kresler and Harvey Wood went to Winona Tuesday morning to attend the state G. A. R. and W. R. C. encampment. «ll Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Irwin of Thetile mill, gave a lawn party Saturday evening, at which the out of town guests were, Prof, and Mrs. I. N. Warren of Ft. Dodge, Iowa; Mrs. John L. Hagin of Kansas City, Mo., and Mr. T. C. Plummer of Minneopolis, Minn. Luncheon was served at seven. . Myrtle Swain, of Louisville, Ky., is visiting Mrs. H. W. Kiplinger. Miss Swain, who is only 13 years of age, lb an unusually gifted violinist. She plays regularly in one of the leading churches of her home city, and will play at the Methodist church in Rensselaer next Sabbath at the morning and evening services.