Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Charlie and Wilson Clark returned a few days ago from another prospecting trip to Kansas. They made no investment but expect to rent lands this year and move there, we understand.

Moses Lambert of Union township came in and renewed his subscription to The Democrat Thursday, and ordered bis address changed to Onarga, .Til, near which place he is moving on a farm.

The Cass county grand jury is investigating the shortage of E. F. Obenchain, the fugitive county treasurer, and an early return of indictment is anticipated. The whereabouts of Obenchain is still a mystery.

snow has been gradually disappearing this week, under the influence of a “February thaw,” and it is well that it has been going gradually, otherwise much damage from high water would no doubt have resulted.

Miss Maggie Lowther, aged 28, daughter of James Lowther of near Guernsey, White county, committed suicide Monday by cutting her throat with a razor. Poor health and despondency is given as the reason for the rash act.

Charles B. Jackson of Chicago has sold his 160 acre farm near Virgie to a man from Frankfort, who will move on the farm at once. Asa Leech, who now occupies the farm, will move to town and probably engage in business here.

Advertised Letters: Miss Bess Johnson, Miss Rilla Gaines, Mrs. Amelia JDurott, Mr. Charles Vick, A. F. Pence, Gilbert Martin, Fritz Dorfer, Henry Doan, James Bicknell, Mr. T. Gaffney, Thomas M. Burns, Jack Crowl, George Coleman.

James Leobold of near Brook was in the city on business Tuesday, He has purchased a hundred acre farm at Goebels, VanBuren county, Mich., and expects to move there in a few days. One half the farm lies within the corporate limits of the town of Goebels.

The sale at John F. Kelly’s in Jordan tp.. last Monday was well attended and property sold well. One Duroc Jersoy sow brought $92. Frank C. Eck was the auctioneer, and Mr. Kelly was well pleased with his work and says that he can recommend him to all in want of the services of a good auctioneer.

August Vos of Jordan tp., whose sudden disappearance a few weeks ago created considerable talk and started several lawsuits, lias returned and all business matters have been fixed up satisfactorily we understand. Mr. Vos will move soon to*Lisbon, North Dakota, where he has purchased a large farm.

The referee in the Gilman bankruptcy case decided that the proposition for the allowance of preferencial claims, amounting to several thousand dollars, is not good and that those depositors will have to take their per cent with the other depositors. There is a chance for an appeal but it is not likely that the matter will be pursued any further. This will swell the dividend to depositors— Goodland Herald.

Indianapolis had a million dollar fire Sunday night, in the wholesale district on Meridian and McCrea streets, destroying the A. Keifer & Co., wholesale house, Griffith Bros, and Fahnly & McCrea wholesale millinerv houses, the Sherman hotel and several other smaller business places. The Savoy and St. Charles hotels were also bnrned, and slight damage done to the Grand hotel. The fire was the most destructive in the city’s history. For a time the union station was threatened, but the snow on the roof saved it as well as many other buildings. iTbe farmers who for a week had en housed up and snowed in, were in town Saturday in large numbers and trade was brisk at the grocery and dry goods stores, especially the former. But it was amusing to look at the make-shift sleighs that were in evidence. There were all kinds, styles and make-np, from the sy metrical factory made cutter and bobs to the home-made have to be chained np at night to keep them from extracting milk from the cow’s adder, and the latter olaßß waa most in evidence. However, everyone seemed to be happy to get to town and the town people was glad to see them, and the atyle of the conveyance didn’t seem to make any difference with the spirits of the occupants.