Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 44c; oats, 35c. Roastin’ ears appeared in the Rensselaer markets Tuesday. V*The stone work on the Thompson block is nearly completed. sLMrs. John H. Jessen is visiting relatives in Lebanon this week. ''LE. L. Hollingsworth and family are sojourning at Charlevoix, Mich. A. Williams of Ft. Wayne, is the guest of his brother, George A. Williams. Henry Hunsicker of Kankakee township, was a business visitor iu the city Tuesday. and Mrs. H. E. Kurrie are visiting the former’s parents in Paoli, Orange county.

New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Newland, 1; Hammond, 1.

The annual encampment of the Indiana National Guard will be held in Indianapolis next week.

The Racket Store, G. M. Wilcox & Son and Fountain Park have new ads in The Democrat this week.

Ljrank Donnelly is building himself a handsome pew residence on the corner of Front and Susan streets.

If you have troubles, just see Hooligan’s Troubles” and you will forget yours. At opera house Monday, Aug. Ist.

sjLF. E. Babcock and son George, and E. T. Jones, The Democrat’s office foreman, spent Sunday andMonday in Chicago.

Eldon Hopkins has been employed by the city school board to succeed R. W. Sprigg as janitor of the school buildings.

The Monon will run another excursion to Indianapolis, Sunday, July 81, $1.26 for the round trip. Speoial train will pass Rensselaer about 7:00 a. m.

Donnelly, the onion grower, Iras out 16 acres of onions this year, and they are looking fine. He says he never had better prospects for a big crop.

Grace Nowels has been engaged to take Miss Howarth’s place in the city schools, and Morgan Sterrett of Rockfield, Ind., to take the place of Mr. Sofcds.

The Goodland Herald says that the schedules filed in bankruptcy by J. A. Patton, the Goodland poultry dealer, shows his liabilities to be $102,000 and assets only $37,000.

Miss Edith Marshall, who taught in Elkhart the past two years, has resigned her position in the Elkhart schools to take a position in the schools in Billings, Montana.

Rev. Gilbert Small, a well known Presbyterian minister, died at his home in Idaville Wednesday afternoon, aged almost 77 years. He was at one time stationed at Rensselaer.

Britt Marion returned Tuesday from his trip to Bucklin and other parts of Kansas. He announces that he was well pleased with the country and expects to move there in a few weeks.

+ A son was born to Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Robihson of Williamsport, Pa., Saturday. Both the parents were farmer residents of Rensselaer, the mother being formerly Miss Iva Washburn.

Mies Barbara Schmitter of Delphi, returned home Sunday after a month’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Billy Merica. Barbara made a host of friends while here, who hope she will visit again in the near future.

Proceedings in the Gilman bank failure at Goodland seem to be moving along with great precision, as the first meeting of creditors will be held at Goodland, next Saturday, July 30, before Referee Bowers.

Mrs. John Nordyke, of Monticello, attempted suicide Tuesday at her home in that city by taking morphine and chloroform. She was discovered in time to save her life. Family troubles are said to have been die cause of the rash act.