Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Doctor and Corbin Sworts, of Geneva, Ind., are here to attend the funeral of their father, John Sworts of Union tp. Bro. Kirkpatrick of the Francesville Tribune, was in the city on business Tuesday and made The Democrat a pleasant fraternal call. Fred Parcels, who has been in St. Louis for the past year or more, is here for a visit with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcels. Thomas Home, the fellow who did the shooting at Brook recently, was brought over from Newton county Wednesday and placed in jail here until he has his trial, his bondsmen having asked to be released from his bond. J. W. Smith, of near Newland, has moved to Kentland where he will work at teaming. He has had enough of the Gifford district, his crops again having been ruined by high water. And still Gifford is fighting the Iroquois ditch. The five year-old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Edward Baech, of Delphi, formerly of Rensselaer, died suddenly at Winona last Sunday, the result of a cherry seed lodging in her windpipe. _ The remains were brought here for interment in Weston cemetery Wednesday. and John W. Harris, ofrtemington, were Rensselaer visitors Thursday. The latter has recently returned from a prospecting trip through Oklahoma and Kansas and reports crop prospects there the finest he ever saw, wheat especially being extra good. John expects to move out there this fail. Lowell Tribune: Mr and Mrs. John Eger, Mrs. Heyden and daughter Edith and Miss Mary Eger, of Rensselaer, visited their sister, Mrs. Frank Maloy and family here Sunday James Hill went to Rensselaer yesterday to visit his aunt Mrs. Pancoast and to attend the Alumni reception of the Rensselaer high school. Newton county is to have complete rural mail delivery August 1, from Kentland, Brook, Morocco and Roselawn. This is due to the efforts of Postmaster Harry Strohm, of Kentland, who has worked unceasingly for complete rural mail service for his county and been turned down once or twice in the matter. There was a good ball game at Riverside Park Wednesday afternoon between St. Vincent’s college of Chicago, and St. Joseph’s college teams. The ecore was 3to 2 in favor of the Chicagoans, and they made all their tallies on the last inning. Next Tuesday St. Joseph’s boys will play a return game with Lowell, atthe latter place. The Rensselaer Republican notes with a tinge of sadness that Hon. Thomas J. McCoy has been left off Governor Hanly’s official staff. When Governor Durbin made up his staff Tom was one of the leading members with rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Tom is no longer considered the proper caper in Republican dress parades.—White County Democrat. John Bwortz, an old and respected resident of Union tp., residing near Virgie, died Thursday morning at 3:40 of cancer of the stomach, after a sickness of four months. He was aged 68 years, 1 month and 19 days. He leaves a widow and nine children. The funeral will be held today at 10 a. m., from the residence, interment in the Welsh cemetery in Jordan township. C. P. Wright has traded his big automobile for a 40 acre improved farm near North Yernon, Jennings county, Ind., and an 80 acre farm in Texas county, Mo., with W. W. Olcott, a North Vernon real estate dealer. Mr. Oloott came up last Thursday and with Elmer Gwin of this city as chauffer, drove the machine home. They got through in very good shape, meeting with only one serious accident in running into a small culvert that had been recently filled with soft gravel between Lafayette and Frankfort, which bent the front axle quite badly and necessitated repairs on reaching Franfort. They were running along at a pretty fast clip at the time. The entire distance to North Vernon is about 175 miles.