Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1911 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Nice, black walnuts 25c a peck at John Eger's. tipsters for your Christmas dinner at the Home Grocery. C. L Parks and wife left last evening for Burns, Dixon county, Tenn., where they ‘will remain for the winter. In Christmas candles, nuts and fruits the Home Grocery leads the van. We will have all kinds of green fruits and vegetables for your Christmas dinner. JOHN EGER. John C. Cmlcote was over from Mt. Ayr over ifight to attend the Masonic lodge and take part In. the election of officers. ? We have cut the price on all of our pure, fancy candies for Christinas to 8-10-12 and 15 cents for fancy chocolates. JOHN EGER. Miss Edna King returned today from a visit of two weeks with her sister, Mrs. E. 8. Tillman, In Lebanoh, relatives in Indianapolis and with her . brother, Fred King, at Winona Lake. We have, as usual, the largest line of candieß and mixed nuts for Christmas to be found in the city. JOHN EGER. Mrs. Green, maker of “The Best Ever” home made bread and Cinnamon loaves would like to make your Christmas Fruit cake. Order soon, it will keep. Phone 477.

S. L. Wells, who has been in Minot, N. Dak., for two or three years, arrived here last night and will visit his parents in Barkley township for some time. S. A. Dutcher, of DeMbtte, who had been withont The Republican for the past year, was in Rensselaer today and re-entered his name upon our subscription list ' John E. Alter was down from Union township Monday evening to hear Dr. Cook’s lecture. John has his winter crop of whiskers well started and is devoting some ,time .to literary pursuits. Marion Gant was down from Parr today. Justice Fay is hiding court again. South Union townshin comes in for quite a little court now by virture of having an active and able jurist. Earl Bruner returned yesterday from Hunter Springs nt Attica, where he hod been taking treatment for rheumatism. He is considerably improved and is now able to wear both shoes and to get about quite a little. W. H. Myers and son Lee Myers 1 , of Parr, were down last night to hear Dr. Cook lecture. Lee and family recently returned from South Dakota, where they have lived for the past three years, and have taken up their residence in Parr. Capt. J. M. Wasson is feeling, very poorly and last night had rather a restless night. He has a bad heart and also is having a little bronchial trouble at this time. It is not thought that serious consequences will follow his present sickness.

William Mlddlekamp ’ was down I from Knlman last night and heard !> [Cook’s recital of his polar expedition. Will thinks Taft in gaining constantly with the people over the country and says that in his part of the county Taft has many warm admirers. H. F. King, the blacksmith, has decided to quit farming and has rented his farm west of town to Charles Reed, who will move there in the spring. Frank will hold a public sale on Jan. 3rd, and has a big list of horses. cattle, hogs, farming implements, etc. Frank P. Robinson, administrator ol tbe estate of his father, the late C. O. Robinson, of Lafayette, is here to remain over tomorrow, when the farm of 340 acres southeast of Rensselaer will be sold at public auction. Tbe auctioneers are A. C. Wright A Son, of Lafayette. A freight train that arrived in Rensselaer at about II o'clock Saturday night carried a buggy top on the fender of the engine. The back and sides of the buggy seat were attached to the top. The engineer remembered having felt a slight shock at Fair Oaks and an investigation proved that a boggy attached to a runaway horse had been struck there. No further information could be secured. C. El Prior has been taking some interest in getting a crowd to go to Chicago on tbe evening of Jan. 3rd, to hear the sacred oratoric, “The Messiah,” which will be rendefed by the Opollo Club, at the Auditorium. Enough have been secured to go to hare the night train returning stop here. Others who wish to Fitness this splendid production can arrange for seats by calling on Mr. Prior. • Nice sw«pt potatoes, celery, lettuce, turnips and really good cooking potatoes at the Home Grocery.