Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Walter White, former assistant cashier in the defunct McCoy bank, will move to Covington, Ind., next week where he will open a butcher, shop >JThos. Redgate, who sold his 160 a!c?e farm in Marion township last week to Wm. E. Moore of this city for $7,200 has bought A. F. Long’s 160 acre farm in Newton township, at $52.50 per acre. Tuesday’s Indianapolis Sentinel: Mrs. Edward P. Honan of Rensselaer, Ind., who has been visiting Mrs. Theodore Cravens for a week, will return home tomorrow. Mrs. Cravens entertained a few friends informally at bounce this afternoon. Michael Stibbe of Union township, has traded his 80 acre farm in the north part of that township, for Sherman Renicker’s 80 acre farm in Taylor county, Wis. Stibbe gets $2,500 difference in in the trade. He will move to Wisconsin in the spring. George W. Kersey, aged 73 years, died at the home of his son-in-law M. H. Stanley, northeast of Parr, last Saturday, after a sickness of several months. The funeral was held Monday at Aix and interment made in the Prater cemetery in Barkley township. A-George K. Hollingsworth and fabaily leave this week for their new home in Chicago. Mr Hollingsworth has had several opportunities to dispose of his fine residence property here, but will retain the same, as the familly expect to spend the summers They will reside at 6263 Greenwood avenue. Mr. P. A. Rusk of South Weston street, this city, who with his family has been visiting for several months in Missouri and Illinois, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peter Miller, near Rantoul, 111., Nov. 8, aged 67 years, after an illness of about three weeks. The burial was at Rantoul, Mrs. Rusk and two unmarried daughters returned to Rensselaer Wednesday. game of football for blood and money was played here Monday between Morocco and old players here. The score was sto oin favor of Morocco. It is said that Rensselaer sports dropped a big wad of money on the game, for they were confident of winning. However, Morocco was loaded for them and carried away their money. One Moroccoite said it was like taking candy from children. V-The little Wm. I. Hoover child, south of town, that was so badly injured from being kicked by a horse a few weeks ago, died about 12 o’clock Thursday. The doctors had thought it would recover, but it grew worse Tuesday, after which its death was only a question of a few days at most. The a. funeral will be held at 10 m., at the bouse, to-day Revs. Elam and Kendig conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Sue Parr, a comely looking lady aged 38 years, with two boys aged about 10 and lj2 years, arrived in the city Wednesday morning from Virginia. She was met at the station by Otto Steel, a Parr widower, and they repaired to the clerk’s office, procured a marriage license and Squire Irwin did the rest. Steel is a German farmer, aged 39 years, whose wife died several months ago. The marriage is said to have been brought about through the agency of a matrimonial paper, and the meeting here Wednesday morning was their first. L. Wood and little daughter were quite badly injured in a runaway near Alf Donnelly’s farm', north of " town, Saturday afternoon. Mr. Wood and family were returning to Parr, and when near the Donnelly place encountered Delos Thompson’s auto. Mr. Wood got out to lead the horse past the machine, but the noise frightened it so badly that it plunged forward, throwing him to the ground and snatching the reins from his hands, and startibg at breakneck speed along the roadx/ Mrs,. Wood dropped the childfrom the buggy and jumped out herself. The little girl received several cuts about the face and was bruised, while Mrs. Wood received a broken ankle and was otherwise quite badly cut and bruited. She was unoonscioua when picked up and taken into Mr. Dpnnelly’s bouse.