Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1903 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Read Murray’s half-page ad. Dance, Armory Hall, next Friday night. Neen Littlefield is visiting in Pontiac, 111., this week. The Chioago Bargain Store if the only house that received a car of this year’s potatoes. Mrs. Chupp, aged 78 years, who lived with her son near Surrey, died Thursday morning. 24 and 3 yd. table linen patterns, napkins to match, for Xmas presents at Rowles & Parker’s. Mrs. N. S. Bates and daughters, Miss Alice and Mrs. Jennings Wright, were Chioago visitors this week. E. P. Honan goes to Star City, Pulaski county, Monday to try a case for the International Harvester Co. The new dynamo for the electric light plant is now here and it is hoped that when in position better lights will be had. The Judy case at Lafayette has been grinding again all week. The argument is practically closed at this writing and it was expected the case would go to the jury yesterday. ■ Miss Laßue of Kansas City, who has been visiting her uncles, the Laßue brothers, for the past two months, was called home Thursday by a dispatch announcing the death of her father.

Alf Donnelly returned yesterday from a trip to Lafayette, Crawfordsville, Frankfort and other points, on onion business. He reports little success. It looks as if “Old Alf” was going to get left again this year. Owing to an unexpected amount of advertising this week we are obliged to curtail our local news columns somewhat, and among other things leave out some lines written on the deaths of Dr. Washburn and L. S. Gant. S. M. Laßue has traded the stock of goods in the Bedford building for a farm in White county, owned by James Tatman. Mr. Tatman is now in charge of lhe store and opened up for business yesterday. See bis ad in another part of this paper.

Coleman Merritt of Remington, who has been clerking in a store here for some time and boarding with his brother John, will move his household goods here next week*, into the Robt. Michals property on South Vanßeusselaer street. Rev. Elam will oocupy the Parker property, vacated by Rev. Hall, instead of the Michals property, as previously stated in these columns. The Anglo-American Association of medical men and Btudents, recently formed in Berlin, Germany, has elected Dr, James H. Honan, a brother of our townsman, Attorney E. P. Honan, president of the association. The object of the association is to assist American and English students and for interchange of though ts and ideas. The honor of being elected to the presidency of this association is a great one and shows that Dr. Honan is very popular in Berlin.

The 3-year-old child of Arch Elijah of near Mt. Ayr, died Thursday from the result of a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted bv an older child Monday. One of the boys who had been out hunting left his gun standing in the corner, and a younger child picked it up and, playfully pointed it at a still younger 6hild with the remark, “I will shoot you.” The gun was discharged and the child fell to the. floor with a bullet hole in it’s head just below the ear. The funeral was held yesterday.

Jasper Kenton received a letter Wednesday from his brother, W. W. Kenton, of near Mitchell, So. Dak., in which the writer stated that he had never enjoyed a fall and winter so well as the present. Snow gently fell there last Friday to the depth of about one foot, since which it has turned clear and cold and the mercury stands at about 16 below zero, and people are going about their work as usual. Mr. Kenton said they had just finished husking and have a full 5,000 bushels. A large shipment framed pictures just received a little late but prioes will make them disappear like snow in the hot sunshine. Chicago Bakgain Stoke.