Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1905 — LOCAL AND PERSONAL. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. The International Live Stock Exposition will be held at the Union Stock Yards Chicago, Dec. 16 to 23. Parties wishing sand or gravel for plastering ofcement purposes can procure same of Marion I. Adams, delivered. ’Phone 528-A. The Chicago postoffice was moved Saturday into the new federal building which has been so many years in building and which cost some $6,000,000. tickets were sold here for the Rensselaer-Delphi football game at the latter place Saturday. The game resulted in a score of 11 to oin favor of Rensselaer. There were no serious casualties. B. D. Richardson writes us from Manitowoc, Wis., renewing his subscription to The Democrat for another year and enclosing ten votes on our piano contest for the Rensselaer Christian church. When you have a sale get your bills printed at The Democrat office where you get the most attractive and neatest bill in the county. Our prices are reasonable and we guarantee satisfaction. Brook Reporter: John Bicknell has traded off his livery barn stock and will move on the MaKeever farm in Jasper Co. He has rented 920 acres of land, and he is in a good position to make both himself and employer a nice bit of money. How does your subscription stand with The Democrat? If in arrears you are invited to call in and renew and help out with the votes you are entitled to the church or lodge organization of your choice. Also, bring along a new subscriber or two with you. The sale of the household effects of Prof. Nelson, former principal of our high school, did not go off Monday, as advertised. The money was raised by Mr. Nelson to satisfy all judgments and costs and he took the goods. With costs added the amounts aggregated about $129.

Now is the time to plant advertisements for the fall trade, and the best place to plant them is in The Democrat. It is unequalled as an advertiseing medium by any paper published in Jasper county. No trace has been found of John Manley, the Brook carpenter, who mysteriously disappeared from that place some three weeks ago. He left Brook ostensibly to go to Morocco and Momence in search of help to work on some contracts he had at Brook, since which time nothing has been heard from him. Newton Circuit court item in Kentland Enterprise: A change of venue was prayed in the case wherein the Board of Commissioners of Newton county is seeking to recover SI,BOO from C. L. Brandt and Frank W. Templeton for money over, paid said defendants as contractors for the McClellan township stone road system. The case was sent to Jasper. In order that The Democrat may announce in its issue of Dec. 22, 1905, the name of the fortunate Church, Sunday School or Lodge receiving the highest number of votes and therefore being awarded the handsome S3OO Chase piano that it is giving away, all votes must be in not later than Dec. 20, 1905. Any votes received after that date will not be counted or considered. Don’t forget that The Democrat carries at all times the largest and best line of calling cards, wedding and invitation stock, etc., etc., of any print shop in northwestern Indiana, and our line of types for printing this class of goods arc all new and up-to-date We also carry a fine line of samples of engraved work of all kinds, ball programs, cords, pencils, emblem cards and invitations, etc., etc. The philosopher of the Oxford Tribune says that the man who has never lived in the country when a boy, milked the cows, kissed the girls at the huskingbees, stacked hay in a high wind, swallowed quinine in a scraped apple and castor oil in cold coffee, ate molasses and sulphur, wore a sack of assafetida around his neck and drank sassafras tea in the spring to purify the blood, has lived in vain.

Yes, The Democrat’s piano contest is perfectly legal and all right in every way. Votes are coming in faster than ever, and if you want the Church, Sunday school or lodge of your choice to win, it behooves you to come in and renew your subscription and get as many new subscribers as possible who favor the organization of your choice. The appointment of a street commissioner for Rensselaer by the present mayor and city council was not mandatory by any means, and there was no necessity whatever for it. The statute says they may appoint, but does not say must appoint. The action in making the appointment created another city employe at a salary of $45 per month. The Democrat owes an apology to several of its new subscribers: In correcting our mailing list two weeks ago, one page in our day book containing the names of eight new subscribers, was missed entirely and these names were not placed on the list to be printed. As a consequence the paper was not sent to such subscribers week before last, but the error was discovered last Saturday and corrected as far as possible. These subscribers will receive The Democrat regularly hereafter. "Ingomar,” or “The Power of Love,” which will be the attraction at the Ellis Opera House, Saturday, Nov. 4, is an unusually high-class drama, depicting the beautiful story of barbaric love, pure and beautiful in its intensity, and shows how little respect the god, Cupid, has foreven the hearts of the great barbarian chiefs. By the intensely dramatic situation of the play, the audience is held spellbound from the very fisrt. John A. Preston, in the title role, gives a splendid exhibition of polished acting and dramatic talent rarely seen on the local stage, being excellent in his emotion, and delightful in his rough humor. His commanding presence in the portayal of the great chief in the many thrilling scenes of the play, show a thorough understanding of the character. The play is superbly staged, all the scenery being carried by the company. Remember The Democrat office for job printing.