Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Dr. John D. Ellis; of Chicago, and Miss Gilberta Lutz, also of that city, were married last Thursday evening at 10 o’clock at Orchard bungalow, near Chicago. The groom’s father, James H. S. Ellis, of this city, attended the wedding. Mrs. Herman Churchill did hot arrive from Bethany, Mo., lagt week, as had been expected, her delay having been occasioned by ß the sickness of her little daughter. They arrived today, however, and will visit for about three weeks with her grandmother, Mrs. Frances Ham. Mrs. Geo. E. (Murray is in Madison, Wis., to attend the commencement of Wisconsin University, from which Miss Helen Murray will graduate. Miss Murray took the home economics course and has already secured a position for next year as instructor in the public schools of Centralia, 111. Merl Raid, formerly of this place, while working in a restaurant in Mitchell, S. Dak., got into an altercation with C. W. Adams, a patron, of the place over the price of a meal. He struck Adams with, a catsup bottle and Judge Herbert gave him option of paying $75 or going to jail for 37 days. He paid,—Francesville Tribune. Mra. E, L. Hammerton went to Franklin last week, accompanying her brother,- Leonard Elder, who had just returned from his school work in Fargo, N. Dak., and Leon-, aid’s marriage to Miss Lillian Cover is to take place Thursday morning at 8 o’clock and they will come at once to Rensselaer to remain during the summer. • in (Dr. I. M. Washburn and Lloyd Parks won three sets of tennis from Schmidt and Deery and Schmidt' and Shellinger at the college grounds. The score was 8-6, 64 and 6-1. The college teams in town one day -• week ago defeated Rensselaer team* three out of five sets. The rivalry btween the teams is very sportsmanlike and it is probable’ a tournament may be arranged some day this week., Claud C. Hill, general traveling agent; and C. H. Topping and Harry E. Madison, traveling inspectors for the Canadian Pacific railroad, are visiting Theodore- George, the local agent for Canadian Pacific lands for this and several adjoining counties, and Mr. Topping will talk to all who care to learn about that country at the armory 'this evening. Steoreoptyeon views of Canada will be shown and all questions answered that any person cares ,to ask. Deering Standard twine sold by Hainilto'fi & Kellner. Ralph Sprague was somewhat delayed in receiving the new machinery for the extensive improvements in the Iroquois Roller Mills, but the last came Saturday and is being installed. The last shipment consisted of the dust collector, plan sifter and shafting and pulleys. All will be installed in time to handle the home grown wheat, for which Mr. Sprague expects to make a special bid. The mill will be as modern as any in the country and Mr. Sprague’s long experience as a flour maker will enable him to turn out as good flour as can be bought any place in the world. Mrs. Charlgs Gundy came down from Fair Oaks tpday,'bringing her little son, Charles, with her, to have him examined by the family physician. Last October, while Mrs. Gundy and family were living here, Charles, who was just 4 years old, tried to climb on the running board of a tourist automobile and suffered a badly crushed leg. Now he seems threatened with infantile paralysis of the other leg. He is able to walk, but the li«nb seems unsteady and not of normal strength. Aire. Austin Hopkins, who had th® misfortune to fracture one lower limb almost four weeks ago, is recovering so well that it is now planned to permit her to leave the bed and sit up some in a chair Wednesday. Her daughter, Mrs. Will A. Thompson, of Sullivan, accompanied by her little daughter, Mary, went to Chicago this afternoon and will visit relatives in Hlinois before returning to Sullivan. Ralph and Gertrude, the Thompson twins, left for their home this morning, Col. W. A. McCurtain, the auctioneer, was in from southern Walker township Saturday and reports that he had killed eight rattlesnakes this year. He then qualified himself by saying that he had killed seven and an old turkey hen had killed the eighth one; He went out one day to see how Mrs. Turkey was coming along with her. prospective brood. He saw something wriggling in the grass in front of her and as he drew close saw that it was a large rattier. It was not entirely dead but almost so. The faithful old hen had liter 8 ally picked its head off. Co 1 ! McCurtain feared that she -had been bitten but this proved not to be the case. As any rate she went right ahead and batched out her brood and is alive and well today. Mr. McCurtain favors the suggestion made by John Bowie, of the Wheatfield Review, that a bounty be offered by the county commissioners for the killing of rattlesnakes. /