Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1913 — B. J. Gifford Again In Very Serious Condition. [ARTICLE]

B. J. Gifford Again In Very Serious Condition.

Benjamin J. Gifford is now in a very critical condition again and his death seems .certain to ensue at almost any tima He became' much worse Friday afternoon and has continued to fail since that time. He is at the Rensselaer 'hospital and a special nurse, assisted by the hospital nurses and his sister, Miss May Gifford, are earing for him. L. D. Lakin, who has been employed as a woodsman in the Barkley timber, suffered a severe injury this morning. A limb with a sharp edge fell, striking him on the right side of the head and cutting a big gash on the chjn. He came to town to have it dressed and the attending physician found it necessary to take several stitches to close up the gaping woftnd.

Henry Hildebrand continues a patient at St. Elizabeth's hospital in Chicago and Rensselaer relatives have*not heard from him since Tuesday, when two of the Kellner boys who had been visiting him since Sunday returned home. He is not getting along very well and If he recovers at all the process will be slow. Mrs. John Kohler left this morning for Chicago Heights, having received word that her father, Peter Minicus, 89 years of age, was very poorl/ and not expected to live. He makes his home there with George Minicus. Order your Calling Cards at The Republican office.