Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Golda Harmon of Brazil, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harmon, this week.

Goodland Herald: It is said that a small dividend in the Gilman bankruptcy case will be divided amung creditors in a few days.

The subject of Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church is, “Marching Orders;” in the evening, “Christian Evidence by Experience.” All are invited. G. H. Clarke, Pastor.

Real estate and chattel mortgage blanks, mortgage notes, mortgage releases, warranty and quit claim deeds, grain and cash rent farm leases, etc., etc., for sale at usual prices at The Democrat office.

The firm of McColly & Coen, near the depot, will be dissolved April Ist and John C. McColly will enter into partnership with his father J. F. McColly and they will continue the business under the firm name of McColly & Son.

Frank Robinson, a relative of the Robinson’s here, who was so badly burned recently from starting a fire in a blacksmith shop at Hammond,where he was employed died Monday night from his injures. He was aged 28 years and was unmarried.

Our eleventh hour correspondents must get their items mailed earlier in the week. Two batches of correspondence reached us last Friday noon, and of course had to be omitted, and several more arrived too late again this week.

The sale of the McCoy Jordan tp., land has not been approved by the referee as yet, in fact would-be purchasers are still bidding on the land and the bid of Hill & Son has been raised several thousand dollars, and it is likely that much more than sll2000 will finally be realized out of it.

J. O. Cline moved to town last week from near Pleasant Ridge and occupies the Wm. Warren property on South Weston street. Mr. Cline has leased the old poultry house on North Cullen street, opposite the Kresler hitch barn, and will buy poultry and produce for Moses Atlass’ Sons of Lafayette.

-VMason Kenton and Chas. Zard left Monday for their new home near Mitchell, S. D. Charley Robinson, Reed Banta and Michael Cover accompanied them and expect to secure employment there. John H. Brown and son Harry also left the same day for their new home near Lisbon, N D. The families of each will leave next week.

New subscribers to The Democrat last month by postoffices: Remington, 4; Goodland, I;Goodland, R-F-D, 4; Wheatfield, 1; Foresman, 1; Parr, 2; Rensselaer, 3; Rensselaer, R-R-l, 1; Aix, 1; Gifford, 1; McCoysburg, 2; Interwald, Wis., 1; Armstrong, lowa, 1; Redondo, Cali., 1; Valparaiso, 1; Del Rey, 111., 1. Total new subscribers for month, 26.

\George Grant, who moved from ■Mbnticello to Spokane, Wash., a year ago, has purchased in partnership with Dee Ferguson, of Rensselaer, 480 acres of land in the celebrated Big Bend region in that state. They will open a store and postoffice and start a town Miss Olive Grant and Dee Ferguson were married on the 12th inst at Spokane.—Carroll County Citizen.

“Erophobia” is a word just coined in London to describe “that tired feeling” that afflicts the work-shy. Its inventor is Dr. Spanton, consulting surgeon to the North Staffordshire Infirmary, who avers that the disease is increasing among the so-called working classes to an alarming extent. It is quite evident that there are a number of chronic cases of this disease in Rensselaer bnt they are confined principally to those who don’t work, and not to the working classes.

MISSIONARY TEA.

The ladies of the Home Mis* sionary Society of the M. E. church will give a <&>“Pink Tea” at the home of Mrs. John Duvall on North Van Bensselaer street, on Thursday afternoon, March 9, from 2:30 p. m., to 5 p. m. The public is cordially invited. A silver offering will be taken.