Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Berl Richardson, principal of the Manitowoc, Wia., high sohool, is here spending his vacation at home. " Misses Ethel Sharp and Nellie G(ray, who have been attending sch&ol at Terre Haute, came home Tuesday. ' W. 8. Day is preparing to build a new residence in the northwest part of the city, to replace the old one which he is tearing down. \C. C. Kent. H. L. Sammons and Ryan of Kentland were over yesterday morning looking after some legal matters. They made the trip in Mr. Kent’s fine auto. Make your headquarters at Rowles & Parker’s dry goods and clothing store July 4th, and secure some of those bargains mentioned in their page ad in another part of this paper. C. H. Payson of Watseka, 111., one of U. B. Kellogg’s attorneys, was here Tuesday interviewing some of the latter’s Canadian land victims, with the view of ascertaining the feeling here against his client. Geo. K. Hollingsworth and family came down from Chicago last Friday in their Franklin auto, making the trip in 4£ hours actual running time. George returned to the city aftef a day or two, but the family will remain here for awhile.

Fred Miller, son of Mrs. Wesley Miller, is in a very serious condition from appendicitis. His condition is such at present writing that his physician thinks an operation is not advisable, but hopes it will be such in a day or two to admit of bis being operated on. Spitler has been elected president of the new banking agd trust company; J. N. Leatherman, vice president; J. J. Hunt, secretary and treasurer; Howard Mills, assistant secretary; C. G. Spitler, J. N. Leatherman, J. J. Hunt and' E. P. Honan, executive committee. Hiram Day has bought the little old house on the Judge Hammond lots on South Division street and is moving it to a lot of his on the corner of Scott street, opposite the Geo. Hopkins property, where he will fix it up into a tenant house. “Hi” is becoming a regular Abe Leopold for acquiring rental property. Wolcott Enterprise: The extensive advertising done by Rensselaer for her coming celebration will in all probability attract a large number of our people for next Wednesday. It may be a hot, 6ultry day or cold and rainy, we cannot tell even by referring to the almanac, but all who go are assured a good time.

The contractors on the Jordan stone road have made arrangements with Conrad Kellner to put in a crusher at his ice pond and take out etono for the completion of the north end of said road, they having exhausted the supply taken from the Garrison ditch, we understand. Rock will probably be shipped from the Kenneth quarries near Logansport for the south end.- It is expected to have the road completed early in August.

We understand that a blanket remonstrance against the liquor traffic is being circulated in Keener township this week with fair chances of success. Fred Granger has applied for a license up there and his application will come up for action Monday. The remonstrance, if a sufficient number of signers were secured, would have to be filed last night. If Keener goes into the knocking out of saloons the liquor seller in the other "wet” townships of the coanty may as well throw up their hands

George Hasoali, of Remington, met with a mishap while returning home from Rensselaer Saturday night. His team got off the embankment along the newly graded road in Jordan tp., and dumped him in the ditoh. “Sip” lives in a dry town, and whether tbe perpetual dampness of Rensselaer bad anything to do with the matter we are unable to state. In making inquiries at a nearby farm house as to where he was at, he asked them to “say nothing about it," and of course his wishes were respected. , Some Monticello soiled doves moved over here last week and rented quarters for a “restaurant" in the Nowels property on the north side of the railroad, near the depot. The oharaoter of the place was not long in making itself known to the authorities and they were invited to move' on, which they are doing, going to Chicago, it is reported, where people are not so blamed particular. Mr. Nowels knew nothing of the character of the parties when he rented them the property, and as soon as he learned what they were he gave them notioe to skidoo.