Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Remember that Murray’s store wants to buy your eggs. Attorney Ira W. Yeoman of Remington, was looking after matters in court here yesterhay. Billy Fry has secured a position in a grocery store in Chicago and is preparing to move to that city. -V-Ed Phegley, who has been spending the winter with relatives here, went to Minot, No. Dak., Tuesday. Advertised letters: Miss Edna Abbott, Miss Ella Callahan, Rev. J. F. Wilson, Edd Hornickle, E. R. Morritt. VMre. Lucy Malone and little □Slighter, of Monticello, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. E. H. Shields. Quite a number of crack shooters from a distance were here Wednesday and Thursday to the Rensselaer Gun Club shoot. Julius Taylor, the colored carpenter, got the tip of his right thumb cut off in the Donnely Bros, planing mill Monday. The editor’s son George has been quite sick for the past two weeks with a sort of rheumatic fever, but is now slowly convalescing. Lizzie Herald of Peoria, HI., is here for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Anna Tuteur. The latter is expecting to move to Peoria about June 1.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gray and Miss Powell of Remington, and Miss Lizzie Montgomery of Illinois, drove over from Remington Thursday on business and pleasure combined. We understand that H. O. Harris will decline to serve as councilman from the First ward, and a successor to Dr. Brown will have to be chosen at the next meeting of the council. Mrs. George G. Thompson, whose serious illness was mentioned .in our Remington items last week, died at her home in that place Tuesday night. The funeral was held yesterday. Mrs. Dollie Randle who has been sick with sciatic rheumatism for some time, has been much worse this week, and it was reported that fears of her death were felt a part of the time. George Grenier, assistant cashier of the commercial bank at Hammond, went out hunting one day last week, accidently shot himself in the groin and from the effects thereof died Tuesday last.

Julia Healy has returned from Chicago and will again take up her residence in her own property on College avenue. Bert Goff, who has been occupying same, will move into I. N. Hemphill’s house in the east part of town. B. Kenton, who graduated from an Indianapolis medical college last week, expects to put in the summer in Dr. English’s office and in the fall enter a Chicago college for a year’s post-gradu-ate course. Merle Gwin, who al&> graduated from the Indianapolis school last week, expects to hang out his shingle in Rensselaer. W. P. Baker has let the contract for rebuilding the house and barn on his farm north of town, that was destroyed by fire last week, to J. G. Andrus, who will commence work at once. The new buildings will be substantially the same dimensions of those burned, and of a good substantial character. Rev. Father Andrew Geitl, for many years connected with the Indian School and the religious publications at St. Joseph’s college, is in a hospital at Ft. Wayne suffering from a stroke of paralysis, with which he was stricken Monday. His entire left side is is said to be paralyzed and he is in a serious condition. Ralph Fendig has also concluded to join issues with the others who propose building across from the postoffice, on West Washington street, and will tear out the old building occupied by E. M. Parcels. and put in a one-story brick 20x50 in size. This will be divided into two rooms, each about 9| feet wide, and Mr. Porcels will occupy one with his barber shop and Ernest Fritts the other with his fruit stand.