Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

White, assistant cashier of the defunct McCoy bank, has made preparation to open a meat market at Lowell,and has moved his family to that place. Btate Representative Jesse E. Wilson and wife went to Indianapolis Tuesday and Mrs. Wilson will remain there with her husband during the session of the legislature. the Clark boys north of town, Charley and Wilson, are prospecting in Kansas at present writing. The deal for the big farm in South Dakota which they bargained for some time ago, has fallen through with. Both Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Ritchey nave been sick for some time at their home south of town, but are up and about the house again at this writing. O. K, has been laid up for five weeks, which is a long time for him to temain away from town. We are glad to note their improvement.

“The Girl Erom Kansas” is the title of a bright up-to-date comedy drama which comes to the opera house on Saturday, Jan. 7. “The Girl From Kansas” has an interesting story running through the entire play, is filled with bright comedy situations and is interspersed with several high class vaudeville specialties, which are sure to please. The Company is an exceptionally olever one having been especially selected for their fitness to the characters they represent.

The teachers of Hanging Grove township “surprised” the out-go-ing trustee, Mr. Joseph Stewart, Monday evening, and with oysters and other things spent an enjoyable evening. As a token of their appreciation of Mr. Stewart they presented him with a handsome gold watch chain and charm, the latter bearing the inscription, “Teachers, 1904-5.” Mr. Stewart, like the great majority of the old trustees, retires from office with the good will of all his constituents, and has made a most excellent trustee.

The Democrat man acknowledges receipt of a handsomely engraved invitatation to attend the inauguration of Governor Hanly next Monday. Thanks, Frank, for the recognition, but we have accepted an invitation to attend the Jackson Day banquet at Lafayette Tuesday, and too much dissipation of this sort we fear would not agree with us, besides we infer the latter will be more in line with our political preferences. Hope you will have a nice time and that the piehunters will not bore you too much.

C. G. Hammond of Newton tp., crime near having a bad fire at his home on Tuesday night of last week, the night the wind was so hard. The stovepipe passed up through h tube in the ceiling, thence into a drum and then into chimney. A hole for a pipe in the chimney was not used, but was covered with a flue-stopper, and a picture was hung over the fluestopper. The soot in the chimney caught fire, heat the tin fluestopper and it set fire to the picture, and the fire from it fell down on some clothes underneath and did a few dollars damage. Fortunately the smoke awakened the family and the fire was extinguished, but it was a close call. The loss was adjusted promptly by the Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., in which the property was insured.