Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Jessen, the Jeweler. Dr. Overton of Tuscola, 111., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Robinson, this week. 'rsMrs. Martha Dickinson of Carpenter township, has moved here and will live with Charlie Platt’s family. Nicholas Krull of Kentland visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramp, a few days the first of the week. E. C. English and Mrs. Orren Parker attended the state convention of the Womens Literary Club at Fort Wayne this week. D. M. Worland and John Hoffman, who have been traveling through the west with a merry-go-round, have returned home. They sold the “merry” in Missouri, after a prosperous season. Monday Oct. 31, is Grandma Wilkins’ 105th birthday anniversary. Mrs. C. A. Roberts will keep open house from 2 to 5 in her honor. The public is cordially invited to call and pay their respects to Jasper county’s only centenarian. Mrs Rae Krauss of Hartford City, arrested some months ago for the alleged poisoning of her Btep-daughter, Miss Crystal Krauss, of which the papers had much to say at the time, has plead guilty and been sentenced to life imprisonment. Y The Democrat does not, as a rule, publish poetry, and while it has the highest regard for its readers and would like to please them in this matter if possible, it is out of the question to publish everything that is sent in. As an example we may cite the fact that no less than four poetical effusions have been received at this office during the past week.

vThe two-year-old son of Wm. I. Hoover, four miles southwest of town, while playing about the barn Tuesday afternoon, was kicked on the side of the head by a horse and the side of the skull crushed in. Drs. Washburn and Herman were called and performed an operation, removing a portion of the skull and raising the depressed parts. At this writing the child is in a very precarious condition. No, the Rensselaer schools were not dismissed for the Bryan speaking. We have known of the schools being dismissed several times that the pupils might witness a brutal, degrading game of football where drinking, profanity and betting were rife, and, if we remember correctly, they have been dismissed for republican meetings, but not even the chance to see and hear so distinguished a citizen as William Jennings Bryan, a man who has twice been the candidate of a great political party for president of these United States* was sufficient excuse for dismissingthe schools for an hour. A. McCoy has taken up his residence in rooms over Warner’s hardware store, for fear, it is said, that someone would blow up his residence if he remained there/ We are told that one of his bondsmen has said that the elder McCoy would like to leave Rensselaer, but the bondsmen won’t allow him to depart. While a cash bond of $6,000 was put up for A. McCoy on the grand jury indictments, it is said that this money was not put up by McCoy himself, but by the same parties who, went on his bond previously, who for personal reasons, did not care to hkve their names again made public.

PRINTER WANTED. The Democrat wants at once, for its job and ad department, a good, all-round jointer; married man; must be steady, sober and industrous. A steady position for years to come at good salary to the right man. In writing state age, experience, wages wanted and enclose samples of work. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. pOct. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. James Walters, north of town, an 8J pound boy. I have just received an elegant line of samples, together with catalogues for the fall and winter styles, including Cloaks, Skirts, Saits, Furs, etc. Ladiee, please call and examine them. Mbs. R. P. Benjamin.