Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

8-Room House For Rent:—-En-quire of Mrs. J. H. Lough ridge. 4-J. C. Porter is visiting in wreensburg and other points in Kansas. Read “The Yellow Holly,” the opening chapters of which appear in this issue of The Democrat. Parties wishing sand or gravel for plastering or cement purposes can procure same of Marion I. Adams, delivered. ’Phone 528-A. We can furnish The Commoner (Bryan’s paper) to subscribers to The Democrat, in connection with this paper for 60 cents per year. That is, $1.60 for both papers. Corbin Swarts of Union tp., a former well known teacher of this county, died at the home of his brother, Garfield Swarts, at Del Rey, 111., where he was taken for treatment recently. He died of consumption. rs. H. M. Shipman, of Newton tp., died Monday morning quite suddenly from a complication of diseases from which she had suffered some time. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon and interment made in the Powell cemetery.

Sternberg & Son expect to get to work on the big Iroquois ditch contract just as soon as they can get the necessary machinery on the ground. Several steam drills will be used on the rock contract It is likely that this contract will provide labor for a large number of men and teams. 'kS. H. Hopkina of Barkley townsnip), returned Tuesday from a visit with his son John at Surrey, No, Dak. “Farmer” thinks it a great country out there and they grow immense crops. John’s farm comes right up to the town of Surrey and he is doing nicely, growing in both wealth and prominence.

Mrs. Robert Eads and two-year-old baby girl of Hammond were fatally burned last Friday night by the explosion of stove polish containing benzine, with which she was blackening a stove in which there was fire. The family had moved to Hammond only one week before from Reynolds, White county.

Leo Hamacher, formerly of near Virgie, was married at Kentland last Saturday to Miss Lillie Martin, of Brook. With hie bride h« visited Alexander and Asa Leech here Sunday and from here went to C. S. Hamacher’s, near Virgie, for a brief visit and thence to Valparaiso to visit the groom’s father, S. T, Hamacher.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Driver of Barkley tp., received word a few days ago from their daughter, Mrs. Gondeck of Chicago, who is well known to many of our readers, that twin boys were born to her last Friday morning, one an 8 pounder and the other weighing 6| pounds. Mother and babes are both getting along nicely.

The Democrat has nothing to do with the subscription books of other newspapers of Jasper county and at this time does not care to discuss the circulation of any other papers. But, when any one else tells you that they have a greater circulation in the north, south or central portions of the county than The Democrat, just tell them that you are “a Missourian.” The Democrat’s subscription books are open to advertisers for their inspection at any and all times, and bluster and blow doesn’t count when cold facts are considered.

Squire Irwin beard a case to try titles to property, Saturday morning. Prof. C, O. Nelson, principal of the city schools last year, got behind financially and owed several bills here, including one to Coen & Brady, also some S6O to Dr. Myer that the latter loaned him, The household goods were attached and the claim was set up that they belonged to Mrs. Nelson. The court decided in favor of the creditors except for a few keepsakes, and the goods will be sold. They were appraised for slls and the debts amount to about SIOO. Cooney Kellner is one Rensselaer saloon keeper who thinks he is operating under his last license —that the anti-saloon people will wipe all saloons from the city soon —and with this in view he is preparing to get into other business. He is going into the retail ice business, and has thoroughly cleaned out with teams and scrapers his “pond” in the river near the old Starr ice house and is building an addition to bis present ice house. Next year Cooney will be prepared to furnish the cleanest and purest ice ever sold in Rensselaer, providing, of course, Jack Frost does his part.