Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1911 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

adiswosal today's locals. 'J Mias Peart Letts returned to Battle Creek, Mich., this morntag after a short visit with Charles Burns and family in Barkley township. Sneak thieves broke into the fraternity house of Alpha Gamma Rho In West Lafayette Tuesday night and obtained watches, stick pins, fraternity pine, Jewelry, clothing and tableware. . X../ A man strolled into the lobby of the Palmer House in Chicago yesterday, calmly picked up a sample case belonging to W. C. Berry, Newark, N. J., and departed. The case contained SIO,OOO in jewelry. James F. Cox, a well known lawyer, former representative from Bartholomew county and twice a candidate for secretary of state, and Mias Mary Keller, a wealthy spinster, were quietly married Tuesday night at Columbus. A well is to be drilled at St. Joseph’s college to supply water, for the Institution and the drilling machinery has just been installed. The hole will be 10 inches in diameter and the well will probably be 600 feet deep. - r - William Daniels, of Chicago, is visiting his uncles, William and George Daniels, and his cousin, Jesse Nichol*, and other relatives. His parents live In Colorado, but he has been employed as a bookkeeper in Chicago for several months. / ■ Manager Taylor, of Uie Lowell opera house, looked about some while in Rensselaer yesterday to see if he could find a location for a skating rink. About the only rooms he found large enough were the ones in the Odd Fellows block vacated by E. V. Ransford. He has the matter of starting a rink here under consideration. Members of the Christian church held a surprise fruit shower for Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Winn Thursday evening. They were not residents of the city during a good portion of the canning season and the members prepared the surprise in order to give some of their abundant supply. The minister and family were taken completely by surprise when about sixtyfive members of the church, each with> one or two cans of fruit, invaded their home on Van Rensselaer street. The evening was enjoyably spent in conversation and games. ? Bert Hopkins was just cranking up the big Buick auto that belongs to the Babcock & Hopkins firm this morning and as a preparatory action had flooded the carburetor with gasoline. When he cranked the machine the gasoline at the carburetor became ignited and melted a connection above and let the gasoline run down from the tank. It looked for a moment as though the machine would be burned up but hasty action saVed it, with practically no damage. A bucket or two of water was applied and a stopcock turned to shut off the gasoline and the machine saved from destruction. Joe Gaines was in town today to arrange with Hiram Day to plaster a big addition he has just had built to his farmhouse northeast of ML Ayr. Joe now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Maggie Johnson, at Everett, Minn. She conducts the Everett hotel. Joe says, and has one hundred and ten. boarders at this time and is doing splendidly. Her husband is engaged in the saloon business, having his bar in the hotel and it keeps him busy handtag out schooners to the foreign laborers in that section. Ail of these things look good to “old” Joe, but nothing any better than the fact that his daughter has nine chambermaids and dining room girls at the hotel. Joe is still feeling like a two-year-old and is enjoying very good health. FARM AT PUBLIC AUCTION. The undersigned will sell at public sale at the farm below described, 2 miles north and IM miles west of Rensselaer, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1811, at 1 o’clock p. m., the following described farm: 104 acres of excellent farm land, thoroughly tiled, on stone road and in fine neighborhood. The land Is all under cultivation and is good black sandy loam with a clay subsoil. The Improvements consist of a good 5 room house, practically new; a fair barn with corn crib and granary inside; a good well of water and windmill, milk house, fine orchard with apples, pears cherries and peaches. Farm may be seen and inspected at any time by applying to either J. E. Maines, owner, or Fred Phillips, auctioneer. TERMS OF SALE— SI,OOO cash day of sale; one-half of purchase price by March 1, balance in 3 equal annual installments. There is at present an incumbrance of >4.500 against the farm, bearing 5 per cent interest and due Jan. 1, 1915. All other encumbrance, such ks ditch assessments, present owner will pay and taxes will be paid ‘** . 2 » JUDBON E. MAINES, OwMfe' •