Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1904 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A Prof. W. O. Schanlanb was over from Mdrocco Saturday, shaking hands with friends here. Miss Clara Fendig will go to Brunswick, Ga., next week to spend the winter with relatives. Two farms for rent. Enquire of Dr. S. H Moore, over Fendig’s drug store, Rensselaer, Ind. Dr. Miller will move into W. H. Eger’s property on Franklin, street, formerly occupied by Prof. Hiatt. John Sharp, who has been working in a poultry house at Gilman, 111., for the past year, has returned home. The friends of the Iroquois ditch will meet to-day at 2 p. m , in the east court room to consider the state of the case. and Mesdames Jay W. Williams, A. F. Long and G. K. Hollingsworth are taking in the world’s fair this week. Prof. Michaels has sold his farm east of town, (the former Fred Fatka farm; to a Lafayette land company. The price is said to have been $75 per acre. Possession will be given March J, when Mr. Michaels will move to Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nowels were called to Flora, Carroll county, last Thursday by the serious illness and sequent death of the latter’s father. The funeral took place Sunday. Only a few weeks ago a half brother of Mrs. Nowels’ was buried.

}sDr. Meyer the dentist, was married Wednesday evening to Miss Myrtle Bell of Frankfort, at the bride’s home in that city. After a brief honeymoon and a visit to the world’s fair they will return and take up their residence in Rensselaer.

yWm. Daugherty, who has been living on A. O. Moore’s farm in Barkley townsihp, has moved to Rensselaer and occupies one of John Makeever’s tenant houses on South Division street. Mr. Moore has moved his family back on his farm, temporarily, but will continue his livery business here and will probably move back to town in the spring.

Xjohn Poole, wife and son, Frank Norman and sister, Miss Opal Sharp and The Democrat man and family visited the twin lake cities, St Joe and Benton Harbor, Mich., Sunday, going on the Three-Ps regular Sunday excursion. Thomas Walter, Henry Snow and sons, north of town, and several other Jasper county people also took in the excursion.

The Democrat man has been so busy of late that he neglected to acknowledge a number of contributions to the inner man made by subscribers. We want to thank Messrs. F. M. Hayes, John H. Brown, Lee £. Glazebrook, Chas. Ramp and Henry Ropp for lucious melons and grapes, and the latter for a tine basket of grapes and two boxes of the finest honey that ever melted on a warm biscuit.

G. M. Keister of Idaho, has purchased the Tanner restaurant of Wm. Donahue anti will open up to-day for business. Mr. Keister is an expert restaurant man and baker, and will conduct a 'firstclass place. He has contracted for a bake oven and will have same installed in a few weeks. He will make a specialty of shortorder lunch, full meals and coffee, and if you want something good, stop at his place on South Van Rensselaer street.

)(U. M. Baughman, John H. Jessen and J. J. Hunt attended the democratic joint-representa-tive convention at Hammond Tuesday. S. E. Swaim, editor of the Hammond News, was nominated for representative. Bro. Swaim is a well posted gentleman and will make an excellent representative. /(The Democrat hopes to see enouirh of the voters of the district lay aside partisanship to elect a true representative of the people, such as Mr. Swaim would be. v'

Over 3,000 copies of this edition of The Democrat were printed, to supply the wants of those who had left their order for extra copies. We still have a few extra copies on hand which can be had by applying at this office, at 5 cts per copy, wrapped ready for mailing. Come in and buy a dozen copies and send to your friends at a distance; they will enjoy reading it and will learn more about the town and county yon live in than yon could write them in a lifetime.