Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1914 — Who Picked Shot Gut Of Chicken Thief’s Rack? [ARTICLE]

Who Picked Shot Gut Of Chicken Thief’s Rack?

A rumor comes from Remington that & thicken thief visited the hen Toost of Henry Beeks, a farmer living a a half south of that town last Thursday night and that Mr. Beeks took a shot at him with his shotgun. The man is said to have been known to Mr, Beeks. Rumor had it that the man w.a brought to Rensselaer to have the shot picked out of his anatomy The Republican was unable to find any doctor who acknowledged tha he did the picking. George A. Chappell came over from Remington this afternoon to meet his sister, Mrs. David Shearer and niece, Miss Gretchen Chappell, of Chicago, who came tp visit him. Andrew Hall, a fanner living in the northeast part of Carpenter township, was operated on Monday in a Chicago hospital for the removal of a large tumor. Hi is about 55 years old. James H. Chapman has been busy yesterday and today moving his office from his old location in the Makeever building to the new office he will share with P. R. Blue in the Hollingsworth building over Dr. Hansson’s office.

Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Hemphill left last Saturday for St. Joe, Mo., to spend two weeks with his uncle, Dr. C. 8. Grant. Dr. Hemphill had returned from the hospital only a few days before and was unable tc attend to his practice and thought the trip to Missouri might prove beneficial to him. \ Two young men who seem to understand their business are here doing some good work in tree surgery. Rotten parts of trees are dug out, the cavity filled with cement, exposed parts covered with zinc and the cement and zinc covered with pitch. They operated on several trees at the Coiner House this week and the work is as neat as ©an be. They .will probably remain here for some time, as they are having lots of calls. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dale have suffered a sad loss in the death of their little son, Lyle, 14 months old on the l|£li of this month. Mrs. Dale is tfler daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet. Cholera infantum was the cause of the death. The-funeral will be held at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Torbet home %i Barkley township being'conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett. Burial will be made In Weston egmetery.

A little band of the genuine 'brown-skinned, greasy gypsies went through town Monday afternoon, Marshal Shesler properly saw to it that they did not stop long, although two of the women passed through the streets and offered to tell the fortunes of a few. The law provides that these people can not even camp along the roadside and these nomads are apt to and should receive a cold.reception,'for they are filthy, immoral • arid often are thieves.