Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Myrtle Oram is visiting her parents in Logansport this week. •AHEfncle Henry Welsh and Levi Hawkins of Remington, were in the city yesterday. E. M. Parcels and Ernest Fritts have moved into their new quarters in the Btarr building. -VtjFoerny Jessen put in a handsome new jeweler’s safe Monday. It Veigbs two tons and is strictly op to date. The Monon will run its first Sunday excursion to Chicago, Sunday, May 28. The round trip fare will be SI.OO. Walter Forbes, late clerk in the Chicago Bargain Store, has secured a position as clerk in a store at East Chicago. Company M., I. N. G., has been reorganized, with C. C. Warner, captain; True Woodworth and Zern Wright, lieutenants. Mrs. Charles Bonner, an aged lady residing two miles west of Remington, died Thursday. The funeral will be held to-morrow.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bird and Miss Belle-. Ramey of Chicago Heights were here to attend the, funeral of their brother. Will Ramey, Sunday. *NFred Phillips has leased the | Mrs. Loughridge building on North Van Rensselaer street and will move his second hand store into same the first of the month. An old folks meeting will be held at the Christian church on Sunday morning. The subject of the morning sermon is, “Wearing the Crown.” The subject of the evening sermon is, “What Shall I do with Christ?” All are invited. W. Williams attended meetof the State Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association at Indianapolis this week. Omar Ritchey, of Anderson, a former Jasper county man and a hustler, was elected seoretary and treasurer of the association.

Someone broke into Conrad Kellner’s liquor room in the rear of his saloon Sunday night by smashing the padlock, and made : away with a box of plug tobacco and no doubt helped themselves liberally to the wet goods, but, as the latter was in barrels and kegs with faucets attached, Cooney is unable to tell how much they got away with. KN. Littlefield was in Pontiac, 111., a couple of days this week and traded the flat building in Souyj Chicago which he owned for a stock of groceries and then sold the grocery stock and got the cash for it before leaving, in fact sold it inside of three hours after making the trade He cleaned np S9OO in the transaction. Neen is entitled to the appellation of “the lightning real estate agent.” jVCfee position of Superintendent oflhe Rensselaer schools is not going begging. The position pays $1,300 per year, and school board have been getting about a bushel of letters per day from applicants for the plaoe, besides quite a number have hurried here in person to clinch the job. At this writing no contract has been closed op, although one probably will be in a very few days.

Some animal or animals killed over 80 young ohickens for O. K. Ritchey lately, and they were valuable chicks, too, some of the hatching he having Bent away for the eggs, and the birds were valuable. Two cats that were seen looking covetously at the young chicks were killed, and on dissecting one of them parts of chiokens were found in its stomach, therefore O. K. feels sure that he has got one of the varmints at least that made way with his blooded stock,

Mr. Bert Vanderoar of Tefft and Miss Eva Bush of Baum’s Bridge, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Cline Monday and Monday night. Bert came down ostensibly to file his report as assessor of Kankakee township, and intimated that he intended to return on the afternoon train. He managed to kill enough time, however, so that the train had gone when they reached the station, and of course there was nothing to do but wait until the next morning under the hospitable roof of Mr. Cline, and he didn’t appear to be out up a little bit over '‘missing” the train.