Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

“Faust” at the opera house next Thursday night. The Monon will ran another excursion to Chioago, Sunday, October 15. One dqliar for the round trip. New advertisements this week: J. C. Gleason, Remington; Rowles & Parker, B. N. Fendig, B. O Gardner, A. J. Harmon, Rensselaer. ' ;■■■■, ' .. Mr George Ketcham, sr., passed his Both mile-post Thursday. Next Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Retch urn will have been married sixty-one years. A fine new merry-go-ronnd has been set up ou the Thompson lot, south of the Makeever house, and is drawing crowds of little folks nightly. vjdrs. Millard Roeener and daughter, Miss Elnora Gross, who have been visiting friends here for a few days, left Monday for tbeir borne in Colorado Springs, Colo. Sample copies of tbe Chicago Paily Review, the paper we are offering for a short time in connection with The Democrat for only 50c per year, may be seen at this office. The Rankakee Valley Oil and Gas Company of Roselawn, Newton county, has been incorporated. The capital stock is SIO,OOO. Directors, James A. O’Connell, Patrick J. Miniter and Lavert Armison. Tbe first quarterly meeting of Rensselaer circuit, M. P. church, will be held at Mt. Hope church in Jordan tp. to-day and to-mor-row. Thus there will be no services at tbe church here in town Sunday night. Mrs. Nancy Swarts, notice of whose public sale appears in another part of this paper, expects to go to Illinois after her sale and make her home with her son, Garfield Swarts, at Del Rey. Charlie will remain here for the present.

W. Murphy of Morocco has sued that town for $1,500 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained from driving into an open and unprotected ditch, wherein he suffered several broken bones from being thrown out of his buggy. ,H. C. Hefner is preparing to, move to El Campo, Texas, where he has property interests. He goes there principally for Mrs. Hefner’s health and because the winters here are very severe on him, but may not remain there permanently. S. Hamacher and Asa Leach returned Sunday from a few weeks’ stay in North Dakota. They visited considerable territory while away, but think, taking the advantages into consideration, that they still prefer Jasper county as a place to live. Mrs.' Zeptha Staton, aged 30 years, residing near Kentland, fell from a hammock, caused by one of the ropes breaking, on the evening of September 18, and received injuries to her spinal column that developed into lock-jaw and caused her death Saturday afternoon.

Curtis Brower, aged 56 years, an old soklier and a prominent citizen of ournettsville, committed suicide Saturday by shooting himself in the mouth with a target rifle. - He was afflicted with a cancer on the side of the face, which had given him much trouble of late and be decided to put an end to his sufferings. Jud Adams has traded bis dray business and residence property for Everett Warne’s 120-acre farm near Parr. Mr. Warne took possession of the dray business Monday, but the possession of the real estate does not pass nntil December 15. Mr. Adams does not expect to move on the farm himself, and is undecided at this writing as to what he will engage in. 4 • George J. Nichols of Walker tp., whose public sale was held Wednesday, will move at once to near Minot, North Dakoto, where he has purchased a half section of land. His 360 acres in Walker he has disposed of for part cash and part trade, getting a business room and livery stable at Gaß City and three residence properties at Atlanta, Ind. George is a good citizen and we are sorry to see him leave Jasper county. Conover & Taber have finished their contract ou the White Post gravel road system and are already engaged upon the thirteen miles of Jefferson tp. roads. In a conversation with Mr. Taber be expressed the hope of being able to finish the Jefferson roads this year yet, and as they oan do all of the gravel hauling by train and but very little will have to be transported by team, they may be able to verify this assertion.—Medaryville Advertiser.