Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1915 — DEMOTTE. [ARTICLE]

DEMOTTE.

Attorney John 11. Greve went to Rensselaer Monday on business. Otto DeYoung had another carload of cement come it last week, Ranson Halleck is having a new stone foundation put under his house. ■ Andrew Wilson was seen on our streets again last week. Hogs must have gone up. ‘ . The election in Keener township Saturday went in favor of the wets by 125 majority. We had a good rain Sunday, just what we needed. A few farmers are ready to plant corn. D. B. Gleason fs having a new building put up on his property in the west part of town. , Ransom Halleck went back to South’Carolina to take charge of a large dredge last week. Frank Robertson cam'e home to vote Saturday. He looks just like he did thirty or more years ago. C. 0? Spencer is starting a new building for Mr, Russell, north of the railroad, in north Demotte. William Sheever is preparing to put up a new blacksmith shop on the lot where his old one burned down. Henry C. Dekok has begun his large brick building south of his

store, which will be a credit to our town. .1 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jessup, father and mother of Mrs. Watson, at Lacross last week. The new restaurant building is also about completed and will soon be in position to feed all comers in first class style. John W. Tilton's youngest daughter, Nancy, of Rensselaer, came last week to visit with, her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Greve. John Fairchild was home from Monon, where he and his sister are running a restaurant. John still claims this as his home, or, at least, his voting place. Albert Kpnovsky is filling his lumber shed with the very best class of building material of all kinds, so you need not send away for lumber if you want to put up a building; It don’t look right to petition for an election and then not vote for it, as such must have been the case here when 42 nameA, where on the petition”'and only 22 voted “dry.” F. M. Hart is ready to put on his ft It- roofing as soon as it arrives. He is putting up a good substantial building, which will be a good improvement to Demotte. . 0 Albert J. Knip, constable of K'-ner tn., and barber of Demotte, was a Chicago goer last Wednesday and came home Thursday morning. Albert did not show any signs of being rawly dealt with this trip. The election board informed your correspondent that if you want a good meal to call on Mrs', Ran Hal-’ leek. Evidence to that effect can be obtained from the members of the election board for the two meals she put up for them on election day could not have been any better. George C'oberly lost his house north of the railroad by fire Sunday about 5:30 p. m. The family were away from home, and the fire is thought to have started from a chicken brooder. The household goods, were mostly saved; Mr. Coberly had his loss partly covered by insurance, but not nearly enough to cover all.