Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1900 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS -Mon. Dr. A. L. Berkley has gone to Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, and a notice on his door states lie will return about Nov. 18th. Oct. 18th, is the date intended, however. The three year old daughter of A. N. Bailey was poisoned last Saturday afternoon, by eating night shade it was thought. D 8. C. Johnson was quickly summoned and an emetic given, and the child is probably how out of danger. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parks and sons left this morning on the 9:55 train for Leland 111., called by the death of his uncle John W. Parks. Thomas Parks and son Burley of Remington went on the 7:31 train. The funeral will be on Tuesday.

The marriage of Miss Grace Thompson, daughter of Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson, and Mr. Harris B. Kurrie will take place Wednesday Oct. 10th at 2 o’clock p. in. Owing to the recent death of the groom’s mother the wedding will be private, only immediate relatives of the parties being present

There was*a rousing good meeting at Remington, Saturday, evenJudge Thompson made a fine speech an hour And a half loDg. Remington Republicans are about the widest awake of any in the county, Among ether features they have a First Voters’ Club, of 43 members.

Monticello Republican.—Jacob Dluzak, who was convicted of stealing corn and fined SI.OO and 10 days in jail, having been refused a new trial, is serving his sentence. If he was guilty, the sentence given by the jury is a worse miscarriage of justice than the theft of the corn if innocent he should have his fine and sentence remitted.

Francesville has another bad scandal. Mrs. Almeuda Miller of near Lakeside left her husband and three children, on Aug. 9th, ostensibly to visit a sister in Ohio. About Sept. Ist, R. C. McCoy, a Francesville druggist, also disappeared, leaving a wife and four grown children, and a good business. It has now been learned that the two met by appointment, at Cleveland, end later, for fear of arrest, went to Canada. _ _

The temperature reached 90 degrees in the shade last Saturday, for the fourth successive day, and one day, Thursday, it was 92. The Chicago papers stated that 85 degrees was the highest previous recorded October temperature, in that city. The change to colder Saturday flight was sudden ana decisive, and Sunday the highest temperature was 70 degrees. Uncle Bill Castor and wife, of Sheldon 111., are visiting their son Gr. W. Castor, in Milroy tp., and were in town today, doing some shopping. Uncle Bill though no longer a resident of Jasper county, was fitted out with a Fre-mont-McKinley button, this morning, he having voted for Fremont in 1850 and intending to vote for McKinley in 1900. Sheldon was visited with a $30,000 fire on last Thursday night. The fire was discovered in the basement of J. L. Peacock’s drug store 1 and owing to the paints and oils I the fire company were unable to

stop it and the brick block occupied by Peacock, Butler Bros., Oris Hard, Western Uniop Telegraph Go., and Sheldon Band and Republican Club burned. As usual the pump wds out of repair and standpipe only lmlf full of water.—Good land Herald.

Survey Notice* Notice U lierohygiveiLto Henry D. Weaver. 1! B. Wliiteinaii, (Jhas. (i. Spltlcr, Fred Ilolinev A. Miller Nelson Morris, Mary Mucliler .Jam- > I'. Line, Geo. lCetclnnark, Anna Ketchmark.Afunah Iliieon, Gertrude Allen, Chester E. Adams, k. W. Austin, H. V. Ualinke, Hack-haw, whoso given name Is unknown. Henry AnMer, I. 1). Dunn, and all otlieis interested, that I own 1409 acres of land hi sections hk 17,18, 19, 20 and 21. in township 32, north range, No. 5. west. And tint I will proceed with the surveyor of Jaep.ir County to make a legal survey of those sections or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish the line and corners of my land. Said survey to heglu on the 24th day or October, 1900. M. B. Price. F. W. Powers. Surveyor, Oct. 9 16-21 Wanted girl to wash dishes and scrub. Makeever House.