Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

There are 1,600 automobiles owned in Lake county. Bom, April 29th, W Mr. and Mrs. Julius Schultz, of Union township, a 12-pound son. H. C. Dewees, of Barkley township, is confined to his bed with a severe case of mumps. Mrs. Mary Phillips, who has been spending the winter in LaPorte, has returned to Rensselaer. E. E. Shafer and son, N. C., were at Sheldon yesterday attending an auction sale of automobile supplies. A. E. Shafer and G. F. Deschand were in Chicago Monday. The latter purchased a motorcycle while there. The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic will take their dinners and spend Friday with Mrs. Henry Wood. See us for seed potatoes; both early and late. We have Early Chios, Rose, Six Weeks, Triumphs, Bugless, Rurals and Burbanks. ■ JOHN EGER. The civil service examination for the new rural mail carrier out of Fair Oaks will be held in Fair Oaks May 23, 1914. Although a little late, wheat, rye and oats look fine in the south end of the county. The prospect for fruit is excellent. Simon Fendig came from Wheatfield this morning to be with his aged mother, who still lies very near death at her home on Front street. Herman Rogers, a Morocco attorney, is in Rensselaer today. He is mentioned as the probable candidate of the progressives for judge of the Newton-Jasper circuit court. Dr. F. H. Hemphill has-moved his office from the Williams block over Burchard’s 5 and 10 cents store to the front room over Fendig’s drugstore.

Mrs. Willis Lutz, accompanied by her husband and W. R. Lee, went to Chicago this morning, where she will enter a hospital and undergo a quite serious surgical operation. J. A. Robinson and daughter, Miss Marion, of Idalia, Mo., arrived this morning for a visit of several weeks with his brother, Warren Robinson and family. Today is an unusually damp cold day. There has been no frost or freeze but it is cold enough in all probability to ruin most of the blossoming fruit if it clears up. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hunter, of Morocco, where he is engaged in the implement business, were Riensselaer visitors this morning and went from here to Monon to spend the {lay. Mrs. Frank Horsewood and two children left this morning for Frankfort, S. Dak., to visit for some time with her father, Ephraim Hughes, a former resident of this county. Mr. Horsewood accompanied them as far as Chicago. Lewis S. Alter, of Carpenter township, has been down with rheumatism for two and a half months, but has recovered sufficiently to go to Forest, Ind., to see his brother, B. F. Alter, who is very low with brights disease. B. F. Alter is the father of B. F. Alter, Jr, of this city.

A. burglar at Michigan City was discovered by the lady of the house Tuesday evening and as he rushed out of the pantry he threw a handful of flour in her face, temporarily blinding her and preventing her from seeing him at all. Other houses were entered the same night, presumably by the same burglar. (Mrs. Harvey Pierson, who lives across the Newton county line, recently ruptured a blood vessel or artery in or near the brain and for some time it occasioned a complete loss of memory. She is reported to be somewhat improved at this time. The trouble followed a birth of a baby, which is now about a month old. Mrs. Will Rishling returned to Crawfordsville today, after being here for a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Wood, Sr. Mr. Wood was taken to the Passavant hospital in Chicago Tuesday, where he is under the care of an ear specialist, and it is .believed the treatment he will receive there will restore him to health again. •

Low ell has started the ball season off with a fine victory, having defeated'East Chicago by the score of 1 to 0. Shurte held the visiting team to 3 hits, striking out 11. Lowell would be a fine team to bring here to open the season. Shurte and Clark had several pitchers' battles last year, dark demonstrating his superiority each thn>, but Rensselaer recognized Shurte as one. of the best of the young pitchers the Athletics went against. Flower vandals are reported to be doing a great deal toward destroying the work and pains of those who try to keep their premises attractive At the home of D. G. Warner some one pulled the flowers up by the roots, among other things pulling up and taking away a peony plant Vigorous prosecution will follow the discovery of the flower thieves, no matter whether they are adults or children.