Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

■' » ■'■< - —— - Miss Estella Huffman is visiting at Indianapolis this week. Joe Hardman is visiting his aged parents at Warsaw this week. and Mrs Perry of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Orren Parker here this week. A. F. Long and Mrs. C. C. Warner returned Monday from a few days visit in Watseka, 111., William Stively, who has been visiting in Ohio for several months, returned home Wednesday. Miss Jennie Harris entertained last Friday afternoon in honor of Miss Jeannette Needham of Dublin. Ind. , , Miss Madge Beam returned Tuesday from a several weeks visit with Miss Mabel Kenton at Artesian, So. Dak. Miss Jeannette Scharle returned to her home in Chicago Wednesday after several days with the Misses Peters south of town. Mrs. James Grider and daughter Mrs. Sherman Stickroe of Paxton, 111., are visiting Mrs. Alex Leech and other relatives in Jasper county. and W. H. Eger have rawed Judge Thompson’s bid on the McCoy & Porter land in Union tp., to $16.50 per acre. The Judge is now to bear from again. Shook and family, who weht to Washington state last winter, have returned and at present are at Chicago Heights, 111. We are not informed as towhether they will settle in Chicago Heights or not ./Mrs. Joseph Swain and daughter Myrtle of Louisville, Ky., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kiplinger. Mrs. Swain is a cornetist of considerable ability while her daughter is quite an aoomplished violinist.

Read the page ad of catalogue goods of the Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. Forsythe is building up a large business in this line also, and will soon issue a 200 or 300 page catalogue which will be sent out through Jasper and surrounding counties. Mrs. C. C. Sigler, formerly of Rensselaer, died at her home in Tulsa, I. T., Tuesday, aged 52 years, and was buried there the following day. She had been in poor health for some time. She leaves a husband, who is a brother of Mrs. Geo. W. Goff of this city, and four children, all grown. The fourth quarterly meeting will occur next Sabbath. Dr. D. M. Wood, the presiding elder, will hold quarterly conference on Saturday eveiiing at 7:30 and preach Sabbath morning at 10:45, followed by the holy communion. In the evening the pastor will preach on the subject “The Sin of Indifference and The Liquor Traffic ” The public cordially invited.

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hodges of Hiseville, Ky., were here last week a few days, the guests of attorney Geo. E. Hersh man. Mr. Hodges is a law classmate of the latter and it is probable that he will locate here and form a partnership with Mr. .Hersh man in the practice ,of law. B. F. Ferguson, Mr. Hersh man’s present partner, will probably move to Washington ere long. Geo. A. Williams was called to Carthage, Hi., again thia week by reason of the serious illness of his affianced’s mother, and as Mrs. Davidson wished her daughter and Mr. Williams to marry before she dies it is likely they will be married this week. Mr. Williams has rented the Mrs. Monneghan prop*, erty on North Weston street and will begin house-keeping there, Mr. Vanatta desiring to remain in the property owned by Mr. Williams for awhile yet.

Miss Alice Bates has resigned as librarian of the Jasper Public Library, to take effect August 81, and, it is understood, will continue as assistant in the county auditor’s office where she has put in her extra time for several months. Miss Bessie King has been engaged in Miss Bates’ place at an annuul salary of 1400 per year, the same as that offered Miss Bates; and she is now at Winona taking instruction in library work- Miss Bates has made a very efficient and popular librarian but she thought she could not afford to continue to do the work with its greatly added duties at the salary offered.