Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Charlie Mann, the mail clerk, is reported sick with fever. Miss Hazel MoOolly is visiting Miss Nora Leavel near Lagro, Ind. Miss Pearl Comer is visiting friends, in Indianapolis for a few days. ; ■ ___ Mrs. C. W. Rhoades is visiting her sister. Mrs. Mary Speice, at Ft: Wayne. 1 Greater reduction than ever to August 11th at the Chioago Bargain Store. Mrs. Harry Wemple. of Chicago, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery. ’ Mrs. Eli Gerber was called to Berwyn, Neb., a few days ago by the sickness of her father. Greater reduction tnan ever on everything to August 11th to make room for new fall stock at .the Chicago Bargain Store. Company M will go to Indianapolis on the early train Monday, August 13, to attend the annual encampment of the I. N. G. C. H. Price returned to wme in Middlesboro, Ky , Wednesday, after visiting relatives in this county for a few weeks. and Mrs. A. E. Deleoust of Fla., are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Halligan, northeast of town. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Boicourt, of Wolcott, are visiting tbe latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Baker, here a few days this week. W. H. H. Graham, a former resident of Rensselaer, died at his home in Indianapolis last SaturSrom cancer of the stomach. v. J. N. Davisson of OklqCity, Okla., returned home Wednesday after a brief visit with his sister, Mrs. Geo. A. Williams, of this city. \*fcshu and James Coovert of Ore’£on; are visiting relatives at Mt. Ayr. They formerly resided in this vicinity and this is their first visit back here for 35 years. s v s li is reported that Eli Arnold’s Barkley tp., yielded 63 binhels to the acre. This is a pretty big one for this season, and will no doubt require an affidavit to be swallowed entirely. Mrs. Roumany Caul, aged 84 years, died at the poor farm Sunday evening. She had been an inmate at the farm for abont two years. Tbe burial took place at Weston cemetery Monday. J. E. Spitler who has been in a hospital at Lafayette for some time, has been removed to the home of his sister in Tipton. He is in a critical condition and can probably live but a short time. Wesley Draper, a young man from Kokomo, employed on the Hanging Grove stone roads, was fined $3 and costs, $10.05 in all, by Squire Bussell, of Hanging Grove, last Saturday for assault and battery on a young man named Willetts. And now it is said-that tbe proposed Chicago. Indianapolis & Evansville railroad, which was to strike the northeast corner of Jasper county, is apparently dead, the company having forfeited some $20,000 in hard cash that it paid for options for its Indianapolis yards and depot.

One of our young high school misses was visiting in the country one day last week. She was standing on the porch in the dusk of the evening when she heard the low, mournful note of a cow. “Just listen to that poor cow,” said she, "mewing for her colt.” At a meeting of the library board Wednesday night Miss Bessie King was reappointed librarian for another year at a salary of S4O per month, an increase of $7 per month over last year. Out of this she is to provide an assistant to keep the library open while she is away to her meals. Mrs. C. A. Roberts was raising money Monday to assist Mrs. John Potts, who now has seven small children to care for, the youngest born last Friday night. Mrs. Potts declined aid ae long as Bhe was able to work Her husband died a few months ago from consumption, leaving her in destitute circumstances. Mrs. Roberts met with good success in her efforts to assist the family. _W. E. Boren and Miss Hattie Eiglesbach have lately resigned as teaohere in the Rensselaer schools, the former to take a position in the schools at Escanaba, Mich., and the latter to —well rnmor says she will soon be married. Miss Tillie Maichow will take Mise Eiglesbaob’s place, bat tbe other position has not been filled at this writing.