Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Mary Meyer and Mrs. Will Donnelly returned Sunday from their visit to Texas. The latter went there with the intention of staying there, but owing to the condition of her baby’s health its doctor advised her to return.

Charles Hopkins is preparing to join the Jasper county colony who will leave here about March Ist for North Dakota. Charley will locate near Minot. His brother John has been out there for two or three years, and is doing well.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vannata and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Barnes, of Fowler, visited Simon Phillips and other relatives here over Sunday, the men returning home Monday but their wives remaining for a few days longer visit with their father, Uncle Simon Phillips.

K. Ritchey won first premium at the Chicago poultry show last week on the largest Bronze turkey, the tom exhibited here re, cently which weighs 49 pounds? He also had a young tom that scored 97 points. He expects to have some birds in the Indianapolis show next week. Morocco Cor. Kentland Enterprise: The funeral of Mrs. Chupp Clifton was held in the M. E. church Sunday morning. She was a young woman, only 19 years old. She came with her parents anjl busband from Parr a few months before, and has been a sufferer ffom consumption for some time. It is rumored that there is a good prospect that the monopoly in the buss business in Rensselaer will soon be a thing of the past, and that a new buss line will be in operation with brand-new rub-ber-tired buss in a few weeks. If the rumor proves a fact, the people will no doubt give the new enterprise a liberal patronage.

The Henry Snow deal for a farm near Lisbon, No, Dak., has fallen through with, the parties with whom he was trading not coming up with their part of the contract. Mr. Snow went on with his sale, however, and expects to move out there anyway, two of his sons who are there having rented a big farm for next year.

Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Warner celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary Saturday evening with a card party to which a large number of their friends were present. The out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Frank-Vannata and Mr. and Mrs Steve Barnes of Fowler, and Mrs. Trough of Chicago. Elegant refreshments were served and a number of presents were received.

George Liston, of the Chicago Bargain Store grocery department, was called to Brook this week by the death of his sister, Mrs. John A. Williams, a bride of but six weeks. She died after only about a week’s sickness from dropsy and heart disease. She was married on December 15tb last, and had resided in this vicinity for a number of years, for the past year or more in Rensselaer. She was about 20 years of age.

We guess the Hammond Tribune man “didn’t know it was loaded,’’ when he lit into the Goodland Plaindealer. Bro. Burgess’ second paper presents a much better appearance, and even the first would give the Tribune cards and spades and then beat it to the quarter post. It was simply a case of the pot calling the kettle black, and the black spots are wearing off the latter in a way that makes the pot look still worse.

Expenses greatly reduced in the grocery department and the benefit given to our customers by a general mark down. Chicago Bargain Store.

THE NEW GROCERY OPEN. Our Groceries are now arriving. Everything is clean and fresh. Our new well-lighted rooms make our facilities for serving you the best. We deeply appreciate the favors you have shown the house in its other departments in the past years, and now earnestly solicit a trial from you in this our new department. s Truly, The Geo. E. Murray Co.