Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Latest reports from Mrs. J. B? Bislosky are that she is some 4 what better. v The loads of eggs brought to the Chicago Bargain Store is evident the public appreciates the highest market price. Mrs. C, A. Balcom of Remington was operated upon at Mercy hospital, Chicago, Wednesday for cancer of the breast. Geo. W. Andrus returned Monday from a visit with his daughter, Mrs. Parker Overton, in Hammond, and Dr. Johnson, of Chicago. Roy Smith, railroad agent and operator at La Crosse, is visiting his parents Mr- and Mrs. John L. Smith, north of town for a few days.

sj. H. Jessen, who is now traveling for the Bradley Manufacturing Co., with territory in southern Illinois, spent Sunday with his family here.

George E. Hershman and G. H. Clarke attended the district convention of the Christian church $t Winamac. on Wednesday and Thursday.

Cyrus Haas has been in a critical condition for several days and it is thought can live but a short time. He has been sick for several months.

Advertised Letters:—Mrs. Della Barker, Mrs. E. H. Camp, Mr. Jason Roose (2), Benjamin Biggs, Geo. Fredline, G. B. Laren (3), Jason C. Roose, A. L. Wilson & Co.

Jay W. Williams, A. L. Branch, James N,-Leatherman, Geo. E. Murray, Jesse Nichols and John O’Connor were among those from here who attended the republican state convention at Indianapolis this week.

Hammond Tribune, April 5: Mrs. George Sweigard of 49 Ogden avenue, passed away this morning at her home at an early hour. The deceased was only 19 years old. The body will be sent to her former home at Parr Ind., for interment and will be in charge of Undertaker Emmerl.

John Schultz of Union township, has contracted to work for Charles Schatzley of Wbeatfield township, on the latter’s farm. Mr. Schatzley is the gentleman who recently advertised for a,farm hand in The Democrat, and a score or more replies were received to the ad., two of which were from Illinois.

The 10:55 a. ra., train on the Monon was delayed a half hour at Hammond Thursday morning by having struck and probably fatally injured Morris A. Dobson, a prominent merchant of Hammond, who attempted to cross the street in front of the train while the gates were down. His skull was fractured and he is expected to die.

The old Cleveland farm in Milroy tp., recently traded by the owner, T. M. Hi bier, of 'Joliet, 111, to some Chicago parties for’ a flat building in that city, has been sold by the latter to Dr. M. T. Smith, of LaPorte, who, it is reported, will make extensive improvements on same. There are 400 acres in the farm, and the price is said to have been SSO per acre.

Mrs. J. C. Bi a iosky who returned from Chicago last week, where she had been taking treatment for a cancer on her arm with apparently very satisfactory results, was 60 unfortunate as to take cold in the arm and it was necessary for Mr. Bislosky to take her back to the hospital Monday for further treatment. Blood poisoning had developed, and at this writing she is in a serious condition.

Charles S. Plasket, of Boswell, bfs brought 6uit against the Benton-Warren Agricultural Society for SIO,OOO damages, growing qut of the death of his son, twelve years old, who was killed by a glancing bullett from a target rifle while attending the'exbibit in September, 1905. The shot was fired during practice at a shooting galley, and the complaint alleges that the gallery was not sufficiently safe guarded.

North bound through freight No. 70 was wrecked at Lowell Tuesday at 4 p. m., and the eufine an’d thirteen cars ditched. he fireman and one brakeman who were in the cab at the time, jumped and escaped with slight bruises. The engineer stuck to bis post and was uninjured. Three hoboes were in one of the ditched cars, but they also escaped injury. The wreck was caused by a broken switch bar. The wreck was not .a very expensive one for the railroad company, but it blocked the track so that the milk train and the north bound evening train had to go around by Wilders.