Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

James Ramsey of Benton Co./ spent Saturday with family of W,l S. Parks. Miss Lillie Nowels is visiting at Lafayette. Miss Vera Banes is visiting at McCoySburg. The new war-tax stamp law goes into effect to-day. Wm. Tyler of DeMotte, was in the city Wednesday. R. W. Smith and wife of Arcadia is visiting with J. W. Paxton and wife for a few days. Messrs. Corbitt, Bonebreak and Meyera of Brook, were in the city Tuesda/? G. W. Payne came here to spend a few days injhis eounty. £ z George Ferguson and wife came down from Logansport last Tuesday for a "three days visit with relativesjn. How nice it would be to have a good crushed stone road from Brook to Rensselaer. —Brook Reporter.

Patronize home industries by smoking home made cigars. Rev. D. A. Tucker has resigned the pastorate of the F. W. Baptist church last week and preached his farewell sermon last Sunday. Joseph Osborne and wife of Remington spent Saturday and Sunday wtth their daughter, Mrs. W. S. Parks. Earnest Wishard returned Sunday from Geneva Lake, Wis., where he has been attending a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Judge Thompson and wife attended a meeting of the Western Writers association at Winona Park the first of the week. Walter Porter returned from Hunters Springs, last Saturday where he hss takiug treatment for rheumatism.

Cash buys more at Judy and The Lief Buggy Company than anywhere else. Samuel L. Sparling instructor in political economy in Wisconsin university returned home last Friday. He will spend his vacation with reiatives in this vicinity. Mrs. Levica Bender and mother went to join the former’s husband at Glenwood, Michigan last Monday. They expect to make that place |heir future home. The Donnelly Bros, have purchased a 12 horse power gasolene engine which they will put in the creamery building to run their wood working machinery.

B. S. Fendig, the poultry and egg dealer, will buy junk in connection with his other business. He pays 25 cents per hundred pounds for bones. Good prices paid for all other junk. W. B. Sinclair of Knox, the democratic candidate for State Superintendent attended the graduating exercises at Wheatfield last Saturday. Rev. V. 0. Fritts will preach at the Baptist church next Monday night on “Rehiboam the proud fool.” You are invited to attend this service.

Frank Henkle has sold out his interest in McFarland & Henkle’s grocery to his partner, J. A. McFarland. Mr. McFarland will continue the business by himself. The front of Squire Churchill’s office near the depot was blown down Saturday morning at 4 o’clock a. m. The Squire was sleeping in the building and thought that General Weyler had attacked the town and fired a monster shell in that vicinity. The damages were repaired Saturday forenoon.