Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1903 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. James Rush and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. jGnnyon visited in Monon Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Krull of Monon, were guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. afid Mrs. Charles Ramp, Sunday.

’/LAttorney E. P. Honan goes to Logansport to-day where he will to-morrow address a big initiation meeting of Knights of Columbus,

The Democrat was in error last week in stating that Grover Ritchey had gone to Wyoming. L. M. Ritchey, we should have said.

jJennings Wright has moved from the Lamson property on College avenue into the L. H. Myers property on South River street.

John Staber, the lad who got his foot shot off last fall while rabbit hunting, now has his new artificial foot and is learning to walk upon it.

The Democrat published no real estate transfers the last two issues, owing to lack of space, but this week’s issue contains qll transfersup to date. .

Hebron News: —Mrs. Anna Cover and her father, Robert McDaniel, of near Rensselaer, visited a few days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Aylsworth.

Mrs. W. E. Jacks, southeast of town, who had been in Chicago for surgical treatment for abont fifteen days, returned home Sunday. She is getting along nicely from tbe operation.

Roberts and family, who have been living at Carpentersville, 111., for the past few years, will return in a few weeks and will again occupy their property on South Division street.

Christie Vick, who assisted in the arrest of Charlie Thompson Saturday night, got a kick from Thompson on one of his hands, injuring it quite badly. He swore out a warrant for Thompson’s arrest on the charge of resisting an officer, but young Thompson had skipped, and up to date has staid skipped.

It is reported that the Sells Bros, show company has purchased 250 acres of land along the Panhandle road three miles east of North Judson, and that the farm will be converted into winter quarters for the animals of the show. In the summer the farm will be used as breeding quarters. If these reports are true it will mean a profitable addition to Starke county.

A very heavy rain fell last Friday night followed by a still heavier one Sunday afternoon, and Monday and Tuesday added some to the already large amount of water on the ground, consequently farmers have been unable to get upon their fields to do much this week, and on some of the oats fields on lower ground, where the water stood for some time, it is thought the oats will rot and require retsowing.

Miss Nancy Haley came last week from Victor, Colo., to look after her father Wm. Haley, who has been seriously sick with lung feveir. Mr. Haley is now on the road to recovery, and has been moved to rooms in Mrs. Meyers’ house on South Front street, where his daughter Miss Nancy, is caring .for him. His son Con, came from lowa, but returned home yesterday, the old gentleman’s condition having become so much better.

Lowell Tribune: John Hack & Son, the hustling contractors, have been given the contract for building a bridge across the Hart ditch north of Dyer for which they will receive S6OO. They have also secured the contract for dig?ing the Wheatfield ditch in asper county. The ditch is five miles in length, and they get 25 cents per yard for doing the work. Messrs. Hack & Son now have work enough to keep Jhem busy for the balance of the year, and next. ■

the spring the groaning husband eats his victuals in the barn, for his wife most clean the mansion, and she doesn’t care a darn; and the yard is full of carpets and the trees are full of sheets, and he has to live on saurekraut, cistern water and sliced beets. And at night the husband has to sleep upon the floor, and he feels so plum disgusted that he swears that life’s a bore. When tbe blamed old cleaning’s over then the wife is taken ill, and it keeps the husband busted baying dope and drags and pills; and the mansion is no cleaner than it was when she began, but she’d slay him if he said so—and he is a prudent man. - *