Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Fresh oysters direct from Baltimore at Nowels’. Mrs. C. C. Starr was operated on at the Rensselaer hospital this morning, having a tumor removed. She successfully underwent the operation and Ls doing very nicely. Andrew Carnegie is 77 years of age today, Nov. 26th. He says that “the world is well,” Andy has a good many things to be thankful for. The most important is a clear mind and a well spent life. * ■ Mrs. William Meyer returned yesterday from her visit with her son, Frank, anti-wife at Danville, 111. She expects to go to Pittsburg, Pa., in about two weeks to spend the winter with her son, Joseph. Mrs. William Traub and little daughter arrived yesterday evening from New York City, having been met in Chicago by Mr. Traub. They have taken up their residence for the time being at the Makeever house. > William Clift left this morning for Straw Plains, Tenn., where he 'has relatives and where he expects to remain during the winter. He has been suffering some from rheumatism and believes that a warmer climate may be benficial. Among the relatives who were here Sunday to attend the funeral of J. C. Thrawls were Rodney J. Crain and wife and son, Donald, and J. E. Crain, of Logansport; Mir. and Mrs. Ira Gray, of Monon; Mr. and Mrs. Rasher, of Ixigansport, and Mr. and Mrs. Lennon, of Yeung America. Attorney E. P. Honan went to DeMotte today, where he had some legal business. Jim McColly filed a mechanic’s lien on some buildings belonging to John Griffith, of Illinois. Mr. Honan expected 'to bring the parties together today and effect a settlement. r . C. A. Roberts returned this morning from Decatur county, where he had been to place a monument at the grave of his mother, who is buried at the little town of Union. Charley spent part of a day at tihe town of Newberg, where he learned the blacksmith trade some forty years ago. He .had a pleasant visit at his old boyhood home. The O’Meara school opened again Monday. The three children in the family of J. F. Nelson, who had the scarlet fever, are getting along all right. Two are practically well and a 5-year-old boy, whose fever was up to 103, is getting along nicely. There is no indication of a spread of the disease and no danger in reopening the school. The Indiana railroad commission is probing the C. H. & D. wreck. Carl Gross, the head brakeman, who left the switch open, is atillin. the hospital with a broken leg. Other members of the freight cr|w were examined. Officials of the road were denied admission to the hearing, as also were reporters. Three members of the interstate commerce commission are sitting with the board. Passenger train No. 3, southbound through Rensselaer at 11:05 at night, had a wreck at Ellettsville, Ind., Monday morning at abhut 4 o’clock. No one was seriously hurt but all the passengers were shaken up more or less. All four sleepers and two coaches left the track. The train was traveling 35 miles an hour when it split the switch. Not a car fell to its side and not a window was broken. The engine and tender passed over the switch safely but the balance of the train was derailed. A relief train was made up at Bloomington and sent to the scene of the wreck. Many of the passengers were Chicago men on their way to French lick and West Baden Springs.

Newspaper correspondents are busy picking Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet and finding available men for all the fat offices. Locally, it is said that there will be some lively contests for the postoffice. N. Littlefield, the democratic county chairman, seems like the most available man. Ho has given much of his time to political matters and has never been rewarded in any way and under his management his party has accomplished a good deal in Jasper county. But others are said <to be after the fat Job of postmaster. Among names connected with the place are those of N. 8. Bates, W. R. Nowels, J. A. McFarland. Bid Lane, Frank Hoover, F. E. Babcock, Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, W. A Davenport, the present deputy, and others, including Eli Gerber, who is one of the most devoted party men in Rensselaer. There will be a lively contest if it is ever placed to a primary vote. v , a.- '