Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1901 — For Sale. [ARTICLE]

For Sale.

A few high-grade buck lambs, ready for service this fall, at $6 per head; also a few’ good ewes. Inquire of Henry J. Gowland, on the L. L. Ponsler farm, north of town.

Mrs. Daniel Waymire of Jordan tp., died Saturday morning after a few hours illness from puerperal convulsions, aged about 30 years. Deceased was a daughter of S. C. Hammond of this city, and was married in 1892. She leaves one child, a boy aged about five years. The funeral was held from her late residence Sunday afternoon and interment made in Welsh cemetery.

The Democrat has been favored with a copy of th? annual catalogue of the Indianapolis College of Law, which, due to the able faculty and high standard of the course of study, has forged to the front ranks of the high grade law colleges of America. The patronage comes from many states. Its course of study has this year been increased 50 per cent, and the tuition fee reduced to SSO a year. The officers are the Hon. John W. Kern, President; Judge Ulric Z. Wiley, Dean; F. M. Ingler, VicePres.; E. J. Heeb, Sec’y.

The Wallace shows here Tuesday had the biggest crowd they have had in the state this season, not excepting cities like Ft. Wayne and South Bend. They gave a very creditable show of general satisfaction. There were about the usual number of “grafts” connected with the show. It is likely that altogether $5,000 was taken in by them here. At the afternoon performance every seat in the big tent was taken and several hundred people were compelled to sit on the ground. The day was an ideal one and people came for miles to see the big show.

jSlt is often remarked that “lightning never strikes twice in the same place,” but this saying was disproved near Goodland on Thursday of last week, when young Otto Floreich was struck and killed on the “Wickwire section’’ north of that town. On June 25th his brother was killed by lightning upon the same farm and in almost precisely the same manner. )Jn the latter case Otto and two brothers were in a wagon going to the house to get out of the storm whefi he was singled out by the deadly bolt and killed. One of the other boys was badly shocked. The brother who was killed earlier in the season had unhitched from his corn plow and was also driving to the house to escape the storm when the lightning struck and killed both he and the team.

The Democrat editor and his eldest son attended the Farmers’ Picnic at Wheatfield last Saturday, and were the only hub visitors present. There was a nice attendance and a good day’s enjoyment was had. Editor Moorman of the Starke County Republican. delivered the address, and did well. Medaryville and Wheatfield baseball clubs played an interesting game of ball, but the Wheatfielders laid the Pulaski county people out by a score of 8 to 4. There was free lunch, a merry-go-around, platform dance, and the usual number of fakirs. Samples of corn grown in that vicinity were on the grounds, the stalks of which were about 14 to 16 feet tall and having two mammoth ears to each stalk. We were told that the corn prospects in that region were the best they had ever had.

Frank Phillips, who had been in Texas and New Mexico for the benefit of his health, died at a hospital inrfCarlsbad, N. M., August 20, or consumption. His mother and brother J. R. Phillips, were appiised of his probable fatal sickness and started to see him the day he died. After new’s of his death was received here, telegrams were sent to try and intercept the mother and brother who were speeding to his bedside, but without avail, ami they traveled the entire distance only ‘to learn the sad news and that the remains had been sent here for burial. They came back at once, the remains, which arrived here Saturday, being kept until their arrival Tuesday afternoon, when they were interred in Weston cemetery with only services at the grave by Rev. Brady. Deceased was about 30 years of age, and had been in the west about two years.