Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. and Mrs. Addison Farkison returned home Wednesday from spending the winter in California. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church is “The Right of Petition;” In the evening, “The Freedom of The Will." All are welcome. Bowles & Parker will probably lease the room in the 1. O. F., building, now occupied by Haus’ restaurant, and add a clothing stock to their dry goods business. The Democrat is steadily crawling up toward the 2,000 mark in subscribers. Eleven new subscribers were added to our list this week, six of which oame in Wednesday. D.A. Stoner has recently traded his farm near Wichita Kan., for a store and a nine thousand dollar stock of goods at Altamont, Mo., and has uioved there and taken charge of same. At the county meeting of the M. W. A., held here Wednesday, F. S. Willard, of the Remington Camp was elected delegate to the meeting of the State Camp to be held at South Bend, and F. E. Babcock, of Rensselaer Camp, alternate delegate.

Prof. Schanlaub of the Morocco schools, come over Thursday to spend a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub. Will says the Morooo people feel sure of getting that new north and south railroad, which will lighten the blow of losing out on the county seat. Mrs. E. H. Morlan left Tuesday for Rugby, No. Dak., for an extended visit with her son Frank and daughter. She was accompanied by her son Charlie, the court house janitor, who will take a couple of weeks well earned vacation and view the wonders of the great state of North Dakota. She was the cheerful wife; he the pessimistic husband. . She thought she could sing; he, it seems, had doubts. “Well,’’ said she, “if the worst comes to the worst I could keep the wolf from the door by singing.” “I don’t doubt it,” replied he, “but suppose the wolf should be deaf?” Louis Keefer, a telephone lineman who fell from a pole at Kentland a couple of years ago and received injuries that made it necessary to amputate one of his legs, was awarded a verdict of $2,550 by a jury in the Newton circuit court this week against Will K. McCray, the owner of the telephone lines.

W. H. Blodgett, the Indianapolis News’ special correspondent, was here Wednesday, getting material for another article on the McCoy bank failure matter. Blodgett thinks it an outrage that the McCoys have not been brought to trial ere this, and a large part of tbia community agrees with him. * We must insist on our correspondents mailing their items earlier in the week. evening we received eight batches of correspondence, and as The Democrat goes to press as soon after noon Friday as possible, it does not give sufficient time to pnt these items in type when received so close to press time. The Crescent Oil, Asphalt and Gas Co., has recently given a mortgage on 290 acres of land in 29-31-5, Walker tp., Jasper county, for SIOO,OOO, to the People’s Trust Co., also a chattel mortgage for the same amount to the same trust company on their machinery, etc. This is the largest transaction in “oil lands” in this county for some time.

One of the beet ehow companies that has visited Rensselaer this season held forth at Ellis’ opera house last Friday night in “The “Holy City.” The Bcenery and oostumee were much above the average seen here, and the toting was well nigh perfect. Gordon & Bennett's “The Holy City” is deserving of a crowded house at every stand. Jasper N. Sample, who had been in poor health for several months, died at his home north of town last Monday, aged 67 years. He had residea in this oounty about twenty years. He leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters- The funeral was held Wednesday at 2p. m., from the M. E. ohurch and burial made in Weston cemetery. Kentland Enterprise: The suit of the town of Goodland against F. M. Coovert, ex-treasurer of Newton oounty, wherein the town seeks to reoover $3,000 which Fred D. Gilman as town treasurer drew in advanoe—before his departure henoe—Vras tried in the cirouit court Saturday, and Judge Hanley took the oase nnder advisement until the May term.