Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Harry Wemple and Ross Grant returned to Chicago Tuesday. Quite a frost last Tuesday morning. The potatoes on the swamp lands were badly injured. Patronize home industries by smoking home made cigars. M. L. Spitler delivered the Memorial day address at Brook, last Monday. Robert A. Hopkins is back from the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business college at Valparaiso. For spring hats in latest Styles call on Mrs. Imes. Everything in her line first class and up to date. Martin White of Koiman is •visiting friends in Rensselaer for a few days, and at the same time taking a course of medical treatment of Dr. A. L. Berkley. •Call on the Meyer Sisters’ for your summer hats. The very latest styles. George Listen, Mary Bell, Chas. Owen, Thad Pence, John Fiauey, and Maggie Marshall of Brook attended Decoration here Monday. Don't Trade nn Old Friend for A Now but Trade Your Old Buggy for A New at Judy & The Leif Buggy Co.. Goodlard Indiana. June 7, 1898. Union Memorial services were held at the M. E. chureli Sunday forenoon. Rev. D. A. Tucker of the Free Baptist preached the sermon to a large audience. The W. R. C. and G. A. R attended in a bialy. Take your mother, wife or sweet heart to the Foresters' entertainment ami you will have a good time. Prof. I. N. Warren went toLaPorte Monday to visit the high school at that place and become •frutfßinr -<ph the work of the teachers. He has been offered and accepted the principalship of the LaPorte city schools at a salary of 81,(.XX). He has been connected with our city schools during the last year and given universal satisfaction and we are sorry to lose him. Ths school officials of that city could not have made a better choice. There is a rumor afloat to the effect that the contractor’s bond in the DeMotte and Otis gravel road in Keener township has disappeared. An examination of the original papers fail to disclose any trace of the bond, and as the bond has never been made a matter of record it would be well for the tax-payers of Keener township to keep a close watch on the matter. With no bond from the contractor no one will be responsible to the tax-payer for any crooked work that may be done. John Ramp the 12 year old son of Charles Ramp was seriously hurt last Thursday at 9 o’clock p. m. by falling from the top of the river bridge to the floor. He with several of his boy friends were climbing on the top of the bridge when he caught hold of one of the electric wires and received a severe shock, aud losing his balance fell to the floor below', The force of the fall fractured the skull at the forehead. He was carried to the office of Dr. Berkley who dressed his wounds, aud takenjto the home of his uncle, John Macklenbnrg on McCoy Avenue. The next day Drs. Berkley and English removed several pieces of skull from his forehead. He is doing as well as could be expected at present writing aud will no doubt recover.