Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1898 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Gertrude Small is visiting her parents at Amboy, Ind. Robert Wartena is visiting with his grandmother at Hammond. Thomas Thompson has just added water works to his premises. Mrs. M. Abbott left Sunday for a couple of weeks’ visit with her parent, near Delphi. Allan May of Carpenter township, was in the city on business Tuesday. Miss Lulu Whiting of Morocco, is visiting her brother, Harry, and Katie Shields in this city. The W. R. C. will hold regular meetings at 2:30 p. in. on the last Saturday of each month. Miss Irma Kannal who has been going to school at Evanston, Ills., has returned home for the summer vacation. Chalmers will hold an election June 25th to determine whether or not the town shall be incorporated. Wm. J. Reed of Jordan township, started Wednesday for a trip to Pueblo. Colorado. He will be gone several months. Battleships are named after the states and cruisers after the cities. By remembering this you can tell to which class any of the U. S. boats belong. . .. The price of wheat fell Monday at Chicago to 85 cents. Leiter, the wheat king, has transferred his holdings to other parties to dispose of and apply the proceeds to the liquidation of his losses. W. B. Sinclair, candidate so the nomination lor State {Superintendent, writes that he will attend the Congressional convention at Rensselaer next Saturday. The Populists of the 10th congressional district will hold a conference in this city next Saturday to decide upon the future policy of the party in the district and to decide whether to put up a a congressional candidate or leave their portion of the ticket blank. Every American soldier who goes to Cuba will wear an aluminum tag for identification, bearing his name, command and home address. This precaution is taken against the possibility of unmarked graves dowm there. The aluminun tag will also serve as a valuable memento of the war in Cuba. John Roudabush. an inmate of the farm, died Tuesday morning of lung trouble. His sickness was of about a month’s duration. He leaves two grown sons and a daughter of about 12 years to mourn their loss. He was about 55 years of age. Interment in Prater cemetery, in Barkley. It is now stated that the Rensselaer and Lowell base ball teams will play at Monon Park. Cedar Lake, next Sunday, and it is likely the boys from here will be accompanied by the Citizens Cornet band. The excursion rate is 50 cents for the round trip. Going, a special train will pass Rensselaer at 9:80 a. fm. and returning, will leave the park at 7:00 p. m. The attractions for the day are Base Ball, Bicycle Racing, Dancing. Boating, Fishing, etc, John Remley met with a serious financial loss one day last week. He went to Chicago on the evening train Intending to remain until the next day and then purchase a new buss. He took $lB5 with him, with which to make the purchase. While he and Isaac Giazebrook who was with him was Walking on Madison street, going to their hotel, Mr. Remley put his hand to the pocket where he had placed the money and found it gone. The money had been placed in an envelope, pinned to the lining on the inside of his vest pocket. The envelope was still there but the money was missing. Mr. Remley thinks it was lost near Ctedar Lake while leaning out of the car winnow watching the water as it splashed out from uuim the train went aver