Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. E. T. Harris has been under the doctor’s care for the past few weeks. Mr. Emil Pesohel will take your order for a suit or overcoat at Murray’s, Oct. 18, 19. 1 N. S. Bates attended the refimoQ of his old regiment at Hartford City this week. Xj. B. Williams of Bellfountaine, Ohio, is the gnest of his brother, J. W. Williams, this week. J Dr. and Mrs. Edward Corcoran ffChicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan a few days this week. Rev. and Mrs. V. O. Fritts of Dunkirk, are visiting their son and family, Ernest Fritts, here this week. A still born ohild was born last week to Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Berkley,of Portland, Oregon, formerly of this city. Reports from Mrs. W. H. Beam are that she is improving nicely from the operation performed on her last week at a Chicago hospital for strangulated hernia. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark expect to go to Oklahoma City, Okla., in a few weeks to spend the winter with the families of J. F. -Warren and Charlie Spriggs. A burning chimney at Oscar McClure’s, in the old Dexter property on McCoy avenue, called out the fire department Wednesday afternoon. No damage done. L. Thornton has sold bis 86 acre farm at Surrey to Wilbur Asper of Livingston county, 111., for $Bl per acre. The purchaser will move upon tbe farm the coming spring. A farewell reception was given at the M. E. parsonage Thursday evening to the families of H. C. Heffner, B. O. Gardner and A. B. Cowgill, who will soon leave Rensselaer. John Vinson of Brook ran up against the strong arm of the law here Thursday night and was fined and cost $10.90 by Squire Irwin for drank and disorderly conduct. He settled. Alva Smith, who was arrested here for larceny, carnival week, by officers from White county, entered a plea of guilty there last weekend was given an indeterminate sentence to the reformatory.

Squire Wm. E. Moore has purchased the H. C. Hefuer property that has been occupied by the latter, and deeded it to Miss Alma Steirs, who has lived with Mr. Moore’s family for many years. Levi Renicker returned Tuesday from a few days visit at Covert and South Haven, Mich. His mother and Mrs. Renicker and children, who had been visiting there ,for a few weeks, returned home With him. A. Gh W. Farmer of Sharon was showing about town Tuesday a few mammoth ears of corn grown on his farm there this season. Corn in that locality is good but the spring rains drowned out so much of it that only a small acreage was raised. Squire Thornton of this city and B. R. Faris of Gillam tp., attended the reunion of their old regiment, the Ninth Indiana, at Valparaiso last week. Rensselaer has been selected as the meeting plaoe next year, to be held the last Friday and Saturday in October. Roy Smith, now has a good position with the Panhandle road as operator and assistant agent at Lacrosse. Roy has been working at telegraphy but ten months, and his promotion to the position he now holds speaks well for \his ability and the trust the oompa’hy reposes in him. . Auctioneer Phillips tells us that the »oattle sale at Thomas Spencer’s near Lee, White county, Thursday was largely attended by cattle buyers and the stock sold well, no phnomenal prices, but all went at a fair market value, such as madk the seller a little money and left a good chance for profit for the purchasers. Mr. Spencer will hold another sale of a like number of desirable cattle on next Friday, Oot. 20. Wallace Robinson, formerly of this oity but for some years a resident of Lamar, Colo., died last Sunday at his home there after only about four days siokness with typhoid fever. He was about 47 years of age and had resided in Lamar about five years. The news of his sudden death came as a shook to his relatives here as they bad not even heard of his sioifcness until. news of his death oame. Warren Robinson, his twin brother, left for Lamar Monday to attend the funeral which was held there.