Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1911 — News Nates of Interest From The Franceesville Tribune. [ARTICLE]

News Nates of Interest From The Franceesville Tribune.

John G. Culp, ttfb Rensselaer auctioneer, was in town on business yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Merica, of Rensselaer, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Merica last Sunday. ' s There has been n decided falling off in the number of drunks that travel out of Lafayette on the Monon. The officials have instructed the train crews not to allow any drunks to enter their trains and the new order is being strictly enforced. Orlando Prewett is the guest of friends here this week. He has just returned from a tour of old Mexico, where he spent most of the winter. From here he Intends tq go back to Longmont, Colo., where he has been living for the past four years. Mrs. Matilda Smith, who lives at the home of George Bond, west of town, where she has been ill for a long time, was operated upon one day last week to remove an accumulation of pus from her lungs which was the after effects of pneumonia. Dr. F. L. Sharrer, of this place, and Dr. English', of Rensselaer, performed the operation. The body of Mrs. E. J. Hazen was - A brought here from Forward, Canada, Tuesday night, for burial, which was made in the cemetery\east of town, beside that of her husband, N. S. Hazen. Her death was caused from a tumor from which she had been ill for almost a year. Mrs. Hazen was born in Savannah 77 years ago. The living children are Mrs. Q. W. Dowell, of Kokomo, and David Hazen, of Yellow Grass, Canada. John Hickman, who has been in charge of the local poultry house for Beyer Brothers for several years, left fpr parts unknown, Saturday, leaving his family here. According to reports John is short with the company about SSOO, which probably accounts for his sudden disappearance. He also owes several local merchants small accounts. Frank Snyder, the company’s manager at Monticello, was here Tuesday investigating Hickman’s shortage.—Francesville Tribune. F. L. Kleckner, representing the Aurora Electrical company, of Aurora, 111., met with the town trustees last Thursday night and secured a twentyyear franchise granting the company the privilege of erecting and maintaining an electric light plant in Francesville and contracting for twenty-five Tungsten incandescent street lights of 100 K. W. capacity each. The company agreed to furnish the twenty-five or more lights at $2.00 each per month. The company purposed to furnish light and power for Monon and Medaryville from a central plant located here. They will put in a gas generating plant and operate their dynamos with a large gas engine. Monon and Medaryville have already contracted with the company and granted franchises.