Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1911 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Special Session of Commissioners Decides for Jordan Stone Road. The county commissioners at their adjourned meeting held Saturday decided in favor of the construction of the stone road petitioned for by a number of farmers. Louis 8. Alter was made the engineer and A. J. Bellows and George May viewers. It is possible that the decision of the board will not be final as there is some talk of an appeal being taken. John C. Vanatta and Fred Rose, of Brookßton, were Rensselaer visitors today. Mrs. Chris. Morganegg. Jr., and children left for their home in Bristol, 111., this morning, after a visit of three weeks with relatives here. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Chris. Morganegg, of Barkley township, accompanied her home. Alpha Cbristley, residing in west Jordan township, was quite seriously and painfully injured Friday afternoon. A hay fork fell and one of the long prongs struck him in the calf of the right leg and buried itself full length. A Brook surgeon was called and had difficulty in pulling the fork out of the leg. He will be laid np for some time, but will probably get along all right unless infection develops. Marie, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Moore, of Barkley township, biles mention of whose operation was made in the Saturday Evening Republican, is getting along very nicely, but will have to undergo a still further operation before her health can be restored. Marie was operated on about a year ago, when it was expected to remove the appendix, but the formation waa so great that the appendix could not be removed and nothing was done but to drain away the pus. This time the same condition was found and drainage was provided by means of a tube A trained nurse accompanied the surgeon, Dr. Richter, here, and the little patient is getting along very nicely. It Is {he intention of her parents to have the appendix removed as soon as she le able to undergo the operation.