Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Additional locals.

Good woolen Pants at the Ideal from 11.00 to $2.00. They are easily worth double the money. The Kentland Horse Show will be held on September 13, 14 and 15, and a combination sale on the 16. Big reduction on - lace curtains, wash goods, and ready made waists at Rowles & Parker’s clearance sale. The social band of Kniman will give an ice-cream social at the M. E. church in that place Saturday evening, July 29. Come out and assist in a good cause. . A couple of plain drunks were bought over from Newton county Saturday and lodged in jail to keep Sheriff O’Connor from getting lonesome for a few days. Governor Hanly has commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of Edward Donahue who was to be hanged yesterday for the murder of Aminter Northrop, near Hobart, in 1904. A move is being made in Monon to remonstrate the saloons out of that town once more, with assured success. There is also a move being made to make Monticello “dry” under the two year law.

Do not forget to attend the Wildberg Clothing Sale. Remember that wool goods of all kinds will be higher than for years the coming season and it is money in your pocket to bay all you can at once. FA horse belonging to Anson Hilton of near Laura, died a few days ago from what is supposed to have been the bite of a rattlesnake. The bite is supposed to have been inflicted on the nose while the horse was grazing. Its head swelled to double its natural size before death ensued. Young Overton, who was injured at Fair Oaks Saturday while trying to board a moving train, an account of which is given in The Democrat’s Fair Oaks correspondence, is getting along nicely and will soon be as good as new, notwithstanding bis hair-breadth escape from 8 terrible death.

W. A. Rinehart, A. McCoy’s son-in-law, with a Mr. Bowen of New York, was here Sunday, apparently looking around to see if there was anything else the McCoys had not laid claim to in their bankruptcy matters. He drove out to McCoysburg and looked over the heavily mortgaged land of his wife’s. • L. H. Hamilton bad a small dog that acted curiously Tuesday and the family thought it was going “mad.” It ran about from place to place, attempting to climb the wall and finally took refuge behind a cupboard, where it was shot. It was thought the dog bit Mr, Hamilton’s horse a short time before it was killed. The Morocco of Auditor Purkey of Newton county withdrew their names a few days ago and he was compelled to file a new bond. The action was Srompted by dissatisfaction with lr. Porkey’s course in the court house contest now waging, which they allege was unfair to Morocco, says the Goodland Herald. The widow of Wm. E. Hawkins is suing the American Tinplate Co., for 110,000 for damages by reason of her husband’s tragic death recently from being scalded in a boiler which be was cleaning. Young Hawkins formerly resided in Rensselaer, but was living in Anderson and had been married less than a week at the time of his death.

An x-ray examination of the injured hip of Mrs. Lilian Nowels McGimsey at the Chicago hospital, where she was taken after her injury near San Pierre last week, which was mentioned in these columns in our last issue, showed there was no fracture, as supposed; that the bip was severely bruised only. This being the case she will soon recover.

Ed Debo of near Remington, has bought R. B. Porter's 80 acre farm on the gravel road, three miles north of town, paying therefor 1110 per acre, also the Mrs Martha Donnelly farm of 176 acies lying along side, for 1100 per acre. He expects to move here and occupy the Porter farm, but will rent the other farm, we understand. Mr. Porter paid 984 per acre for bis farm four years ago. It lays well and is considered a very desirable place. The Donnelly farm is also good land and has been in the family for many years. The sales were made through Charles Dean’s agency.