Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The rain Monday delayed oofn planting several days. Anna Walters visited in Buttle? this week. The Democratic State convention will be held at Indianapolis on June 22. Mae Calahan of Barkley tpJ went to Londen Ohio last week to attend the wedding of a relative. Billie Babcock is not handsome any more. He is nursing a eas# of good old-fashioned mnmps \ Mrs, Bernle Kohler is visiting with her parents Henry Watson and wife, south of Pleasant Ridge. C. W. Hanley reports that tbs business of the Circuit Court at Kentland is running along smoothly, and there is uo friction between ( the court and bar at that plaoe. Mrs. G. H. Landis returned to her home at Delphi Tuesday aftaO a weeks visit with relatives in Btbf city. She was a former resident of this county, living a few miles east of this city. -j Quite a number of our citiuma went to Indianapolis Sunday to visit thd camp of the U. 8. teers, stationed at that city* witnessed the departure of sev6f|li companies for the south. J. E. Alter the County surveyor has quite a collection of shells and curiosities in his office in the court house. One uoticable feAr ture of the collection is a lot of Indian relics. An old pipe found in the hill near McCoysburg is worth a days drive to see, The Catholic order of Foresters will give an entertainment at Roto ert’s Hall on the * evening of June 9th. The entertainment will consist of songs, recitations and etc. A prize of ja fifty dollar diamond will be givgn -to the ‘most popular man, E. P. JSouou arndj George Strict faden are the coma testants. Votes on the prize are ten cents apiece. A good time is anticipated. Wc have just received a oopy of The Irrigation Era, published at Denver Col. It contains a cut of the fine residence of our t|qrmer townsman E. C. Nowels, wtyo is located at Lamar Col. Of Mr. Nowels the Era says: “Mr. Ezra C. Nowels is another of the enterprising settlers in Powers county. He came here in 1888 from Jasper county, Indiana, and has ever since followed his chosen proffession, that of an attorney. He served ns receiver of the United States Laud office from 1894 to 1897, owns considerable property in the county, and erected a tine residence in 1895 costing S3,(XX).

New Bus Line.

Remley’s new bus line makes all trains day and night. Calls for or delivers passengers to any part of the city. Headquarters at the Makeever House. Telephone 107 or 11.

John RemleV.