Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The people of Morocco and vicinity are apparently taking very little interest in the present term of Circuit Court. It is war straight just now; nothing else goes.—Courier. Blanco cables the Madrid government that the Spanish will be ultimately successful. Blancho is a bigger liar than any one of the Northern Indiana press correspondents. The members of the Bentoft county bar should arm themselves with machettes and vent their spleen on the hated Spaniard. Jedge Thompson would hold their positions for them until they returned.—Oxford Tribune. The editor of Western exchange announces the marriage of William Williams and Miss Willie Willis. The editor missed the Chance of his life by not adding to the announcement: “For further particulars, watch for small Bills.”

A train load of Illinois volunteers went south over the Monon last Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. A large part of our population turned out to see them but the train went through at the rate of 45 miles an hour much to the disappointment of the crowd. When getting your mail at the postoffice don’t forget to ask the postmaster when the 12:36 mail leaves - He may evade other questions, but according to a late law passed by the king of Siam, he is obliged to answer this one. Don’t let him bluff you.

This is the way a Kentucky! editor champions the Bible: “All the assaults of that blatant infidel who edits the atheistic sheet across the way cannot bring dis-! credit upon the Bible, or tarnish the fair name of its illustrious author, Thomas Jefferson.” Monticello will build an addition to their school building to be completed before the opening of the j .yeKt school year at an estimated cost of $5,875 which together with ; the extensive street improvements ■ already contracted for will place' that little city well up in the mat-i ter of public improvements. Our old friend W. J. Huff, for- ■ merly of the Monticello Press j (deceased) but later of the Green- : wood Era. last week assumed con- ■ trol of the Kirklin Journal. Mr. Huff is an old newspaper man and his ability will soon make itself felt in the community in which the Journal circulates. George Sapp, of Goodland, who formed a company and start ml for the Klondike last month, has had the misfortune to lose his boat. In a storin the boat struck on a reef and sank. Only a small quantity of provisions and clothing was saved. The company has broken up. Some of them have started for home and some have started on for the gold fields.

Indiana leads all the states of the Union in the rapidity, promptness and thoroughness with which she has proceeded with the business of preparing her volunteers for the war. She was the first state to have her troops in camp after the call, the first to have her soldiers mustered in, equipped and ready for the field, the first to have a full quota ordered to the field, and she will be the first to have her full quota actually in the field.

New Bns 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 11)7 or 11. John Remley.