Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

f M iss Lest a Tedford of St. Louis, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hopkins.

The city schools closed yesterday for the holidays aud will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 2.

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Coen of Mecca, Ind., are visiting relatives here during holidays.

Nicholas Krull of KentTffhd, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs... Charles Ramp, here this week. There will be a good attendance of Jasper county democrats at the Jackson day banquet at Lafayette, Jan. 8. H. Myers and daughter, Miss Jennie are spending the holidays with relatives and friends at Washington, 111.

fThe prospects are that this will be a “bare Christmas,” the weather bureau promising nothing in the way of snow.

R. A. Minks of Dewey, 111., the uew owner of the Nowels block, was in the city a few days this week looking after his property.

By a unanimous vote of the congregation of the Christian church Sunday, Rev. Clarke will be retained as pastor for another year.

Sylvester Gray and James Hascall went to Bluffton last night to look at the former’s farm which Mr. Hascall is thinking some of purchasing.

The many friends of Lee E. Glazebrook will be pleased to learn that he is improving from his severe sickness of kidney and bladder trouble, and will probably be able to get out again iu a few days.

Mat Wentland of near Surrey, was thrown from a tank wagon which he was driving Monday evening, by the wagon wheel dropping into a hole in the road, and his right leg was broken jnst above the ankle.

Mrs. J. O. Cline and daughter, Miss Mae Cline, were called to Logansport Tuesday by the sickness and subsequent death of the former’s sister, Mrs. G. A. Dryer. Mr. Cline also went yesterday to attend the funeral.

Henry A. Taylor, a brother of Mrs. T. J. McCoy, formerly of this place, died at Lafayette Sunday after a short illness. He was president of the American National Bank of Lafayette and quite a prominent citizen. At its meeting Monday night Prairie Lodge No. 125 F, &. A. M., elected the following officers for the ensuing year: C. G. Spitler, W. M.; Mose Leopold, S. W.; R. D. Thompson, J. W.; W. J. Imes, Sec.; Ralph Fendig, Treas.

\JThe Middlecamp residence just south of Kniman, was destroyed by fire about 7 o’clock last Friday night, together with most of the contents, which were quite valuable. The loss was in the neighborhood of $3,000, with only SSOO insurance.

W. E. Hodges, the new law partner of Geo. E. Hershman’s, with his wife, arrived here from Hiseville, Ky., Thursday. They will board for the present. The new firm will occupy rooms over Murray’s new store as soon as same are completed.

A. Leopold has fitted up an office room for himself in the quarters lately occupied by C. J. Dean and A. J. Harmon, first door south as The Democrat office, and will look after his rental business therein and probably do a little money loaning also.

Pierre Thompson, aged 19 years, was arrested and lodged in jail Saturday night for being drunk and disorderly. He was arraigned before Squire Irwin Sunday and given a fine of $1 and costs, $9.10 in all, which was stayed by Geo. Keister. An effort was made to have him disclose where he got his liquor, but he refused to tell.

It is reported that a good safe majority of the voters of the First ward have already signed the liquor license remonstrance which will be filed next week, but that the desire is to make the majority as large as possible, and many are now climbing into the band wagon who have hereto fore held aloof from signing a remonstrance it is reported.

Mrs. Edward Cain, an old and highly respected lady residing south of town a few miles on the Range Line road, broke her right hip Sunday afternoon by a fall on the ice in her yard. Mrs. Cain is 78 years of age, which makes the injury all the more serious, as such fractures do not heal so readily on an old person as they do on younger people.