Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

John Eger was in Chicago on business Tuesday. Subscriptions taken for newspapers and magazines at Cox’s news-stand. Mr. Kious of Brookston spent Saturday and Sunday with his daughter Mrs. Charles Slaughter and family of Sharon. A. Leopold has passed the allotted three score and ten, and will celebrate his seventy-second birthday anniversary to-day. Remember The Democrat’s piano contest will close promptly at 6p. m., Thursday, Dec. 21. No votes will be received after that hour. Isaac Lemna, whose public sale is advertised elsewhere, will move back to Piper City, 111,, and take charge of a livery barn which he owns there. -4-Workmen are now busy in finishing up the interior of the new Murray Long block. T. W. Haus moved into his room last week, it being the first completed. Jjßev. J. B. Bair drove over in Milroy tp., Thursday and united in marriage at high noon, Mr. Charles W. Latta of White county, and Miss Cora M. Galhaher of Milroy. iGeo. Ott of Barkley tp, has nought the Firman Rutherford property in the northwest part of town, and will move to Rensselaer, we understand. Consideration $1,250. T. F. Clark, former superintendent of the Jasper county poor farm, has sold his farm near Kingman, Ind., and bought near Battle Ground, where he will move Monday. W. H. Barlow and A. K. Moore left this week for their new home in Orange county, Ind. A part of the family drove through with team, leaving Wednesday morning.<: The Democrat wishes them success in their new home.

It is stated that the new Indiana Harbor line, which is the Big Four’s extention from Danville, 111., to Chicago, will be opened for business Dec. 15th. This is the new road which passes through Kentland and Morocco and crosses the Monon at St. John, north of Cedar Lake. —j-Miss Jessie McCarthy gave up her school atKniman recently and has joined her husband, Roy M. Chizum, secretary to the superintendent of the Monon road, at Lafayette. The marriage is said to have taken place last June, at Lafayette, but was kept a secret from all but the groom’s mother until now. The Cleveland Ladies’ Orchestra, the first number of the Public Library lecture course, was given at the M. E. church Wednesday evening, and was an excellent entertainment. The entertaiment was given at the church because of the Cecil Comedy Co., a medicine show, having the opera house engaged for the entire week. A. J.. Bellows of Carpenter township was here Monday and Tuesday looking for a suitable bouse to rent, with the intention of moving here. He found none that just suited but may be able to later on. He wants to rent for awhile but will probably buy or build after he has been here for a time and looked about a bit. The Hebron News is authority for the statement that a Wheatfield grain dealer took in 9,000 bushels of buckwheat one day recently, paying 50 cents per bushel therefor. Buckwheat has proven a good crop here this season and many farmers who lost out on corn and oats by reason of wet weather, made good by sowing buckwheat. White County Democrat: After Dec. sth Brookston will be a dry town. Two saloons have already been closed and the license of the third will expire on the above date. Chalmers is now dry,, both saloon licenses have expired. Burnettsville and Idaville having long been without saloons. Some think it is only a question of time when the other towns of the county will join in the water wagon procession. Brook Reporter: Joe Warner of Fowler, was talking about one phase of the saloon question when he was up here the other day.. He was asked alxiut the difference in trade in a “wet” and “dry” town, Fowler having had the experience of both. Saia Mr. Warner: “A good thing to go by is the receipts at the local freight office. Never in the history of Fowler has the freight receipts been as heavy as this year. Mr. Warner is right. This tells the story in itself.