Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

John W. King is again confined to the house with sickness. Mrs, Imes’ millinery opening, Friday and Saturday, and 8. is visiting J. C. Norman’s, north of town. __________ i ")kM rs. L. H. Ponsler and daughters of lola, Kan., are visiting relatives here. * q Fritz Zard has purchased the Lucy Clark farm of 120 acres two miles north of town, and will take possession of same March 1. The price was S9O per acre. Lefler, who is now working for the Barcus Horse-Stocks Co, at Wabash, got one foot quite badly mashed last Friday while helping to load an engine. About a baker’s dozen Rathbone Sisters drove out to John L. Smith’s, northeast of town, Thursday and spent the afternoon with Sister Smith. They report having had a fine time. Jessen and Benhart Fendig will jointly occupy the room recently vacated by W. A. Huff, the former with his watchmaking business and the latter with his shoe store. 4 All those interested in having an exhibit of corn, or corn show, in Rensselaer, are requested to attend the meeting to be held in the east court room at 2:30 p. m., Saturday, Oct. 8, at which time date, etc., will be agreed upon. /VThe first frost of consequence fell last Sunday night. It is said to have formed iceln some parts of the county, yet did but little if any damage. Most of the corn that it could be hoped would escape frost is out of the way of the same. '/sJhe football game here Saturday between the Hammond and Rensselaer high school teams resulted in a score of 69 to 0 in favor of Rensselair. Yedder, of the Hammond team, it was discovered after his return home, had his collar bone broken in the game. Ellis Walton, who has been lying at the point of death for the past two weeks, died at his home on North A’an Rensselaer street Thursday at 8 p. m., aged about 85 years. The funeral will be held at 2 p. m., to-morrow, from the residence, Revs. Work and Kindig conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery. ' S )( s Mrs. Elizabeth Dutton, aged 77 years, 10 months and 10 days, died at the old Dutton homestead in Jordan township hist Sunday. She leaves seven daughters and one son, her husband having died about ten years ago. Deceased had resided in this county for the past forty years. The burial took place at Weston cemetery, Tuesday. XB McCune of Mitchell, Inch, visited the family of I. A. Glazebrook a few days this week, Mr. McCone was a former pupil of Lee E. Glazebrook, many years ago, when Mr. Glazebrook taught school in Kankakee township and the former resided in Starke county. He now holds a good position with a big-, cement company at Mitchell. Special train for another Chicago excursion, Sunday, Oct. 9, will stop at all stations between Carmel and Lowell, passing Rensselaer at 8:4& a. m. Returning train will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m. The round trip fare from all stations between Monon and Rensselaer is $1.00; Surrey and Parr, 90c; Fair Oaks, 85c; Roselawn, Thayer, Shelby and Lowell, 75c. J. V. Meyers, residing northwest of Wheatfield, was in the city Wednesday on business. Mr. Myers had out 20 acres of buckwheat this season and harvested 500 bushels of grain from same. As buckwheat is worth about 60 cent 3 per bushel it w r as a very good-paying crop. There is quite a good deal of buckwheat raised every year in his section of the county, Mr. Myers says. E. P. Honan received a telegram from Chicago Wednesday morning stating that the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil McKenna, an attorney there and a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Honan, had died the night before from poisoning, but gave no particulars. The little, girl visited Mr. and Mrs. Honan, with her parents, in Julv last. Mrs. Honan went up to the city on the afternoon £rain Thursday in response to the telegram.