Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS. John Eiglesbach is confined to the house, the result of a sprained back. The first “April showers” of the season fell Thursday afternoon, accompanied by some lightning. Dr. Oliver H. Irwin, a brother qf James F. Irwin of Rensselaer 'ktxd a former resident of Carpenter tp., died a few days ago at Elk City, Oklahoma from heart disease. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wilcox of Surrey left last Friday for their new home in Springfield, Ohio. They take with them the best wishes of many Jasper county friends. F. E. Roy, late of Jordan tp., writes us to change the address of his Democrat from Enid, Okla., to Yukon, Okla. He has moved onto the farm which he recently purchased near Yukon, and says that they are well pleased with the country thus far. Crown Point Star; Lake county can compete with any in the state for coroners’ inquests and destroying fish seines and nets. The game wardens have no trouble in capturing nets, and the bodies “sot on” in the north end of the county are numerous. Nelson J. Bozarth of Valparaiso has announced his candidacy for commander of the Indiana department of the G. A. R. at the annual encampment to be held in Madison, June 12-14. The Valparaiso post has adopted resolutions endorsing his candidacy. With one more issue The Democrat will be seven years old. Several hundred subscriptions expire with that issue and we hope all will call in and renew as promptly as possible. Examine the label on your piper and see what date you are paid to —perhaps you are delinquent for last year also. The high school basket ball team went to Kentland yesterday and were guests of the high school team at that place. Owing to the fact that there was no room in Kentland in which a return game could be played, the Kentland girls simply entertain our team. A reception was given at the home of Miss Nellie Ade in their honor.

Purdue University Experiment station is sending out a warning for farmers to test their seed corn before planting. This is something that all good farmers generally do, and it sometimes saves them lots of extra labor and incidently many dollars also, for the farmer who has to re-plant seldom raises the crop of the one who doesn’t. C. D. Nowels returned Saturday from a trip to Parsons, Kan., looking after his farm near that city. While gone he also visited the family of his sister, Mrs. Robt. Randle, at Mexico, Mo. While down there last summer “Bob” was telling Mr. Nowels how nice it was to live in a democratic state, and was very enthusiastic over the fact that old Missouri was always found in the democratic column. Since Missouri was struck with the tidal wave of last November Bob doesn’t have much to say, but Mr. Nowels thinks he has some yearning to move to Texas. A horse belonging to W. L. Wood of Parr got loose during Saturday night and wandered out on the railroad and was struck by one of the north bound trains Sunday morning, near the river east of town, and killed, it being literally ground to pieces The horse was one Mr. Wood had bought in town Saturday and he had tied it in the rear of one of livery stables, intending to take it home Sunday morning. The cattle-guard near the grove was defective it is said, which enabled the horse to get out on the railroad. The animal was appraised at S7O, which the railroad company will be asked to pay. Starke County Republican: The Kankakee river ditch is proving its efficiency this spring in a manner most gratifying to persons interested. The water on the marshes is practically gone, and at no time this spring has a high stage of water been seen. When the snow was melting off, the water in the ditch would fall from four to six inches during the night, rising again when the snow melted during the day ran into it. This clearly proves that the ditoh is of sufficient size and has ample fall to take care of all of the water of the upper valley. There will be hundreds of acres of land hitherto covered with marsh and bogs planted to corn this spring.