Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

If the government can run the postoffices and mail facilities of the country so well, why could it not run the railroads? Found:—On tile street last Monday, a Yale key with a blue ribbon attached. Owner can have same by calling at The Democrat office and paying 25 cents for this notice. Mrs. A. E. Coen of Chicago, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson, this week. Mr. Coen and son Albin also spent Sunday here, returning to the city Monday. Rufus Knox, who has been clerking in a drug store at Marion for the past two years, is spending this week at home, but expects to entra Purdue University the coming term. Mrs- Henry Green and two children of Gibson City, 111., returned home Saturday after a two weeks’ visit with the family of her brother U. M. Baughman, and sister Mrs. J. A. Snyder., Monticello Journal: The attorneys in the Wolctt election oases have agreed to let the decision in one case cover all, and the court will prepare a special finding to be, handed down on Sept. 20. B. Forsythe was called to Dixon. 111., yesterday by a telegram stating that his only sister whom be visited last week was lying at the point of death. She was not well when Mr. Forsythe left there last week. Those souvenir albums being sold by J. A. Sharp were turned out entire in The Democrat’s job department. Everyone says it is the finest and most artistic job of work ever turned out in a Rensselaer print shop. Mrs. George W. Lambert, of near Gifford, mention of whose serious condition from tuberculosis of - the lungs was made in last week’s Democrat, died last Friday. She was about 25 years of age and leaves a husband and three children. Mrs. T. J. Richardson, who has been in poor health for some time from a chronic kidney trouble, died at her home in Valma last Saturday, aged 51 years, 6 months and 10 days. The funeral was held from the Barkley M. E. church Siday afternoon. eorge Wood, aged 43, of Giltp., was struck by lightning Sunday evening and instantly killed. The team ne was driving at the time was uninjured. The shoes and stockings were torn from the unfortunate man’s feet, and his body was quite badly burned.

Mrs. Mary Gibbon, of Lewisville, Alberta, Canada, is visiting relatives here and looking after business matters connected with the settlement of the estate of, her father, Madison Makeever, deceased. She has been up in Alberta some 21 years, and this is her first visit since going there. Judge Thompson sent down a stalk of corn to this office the other day that grew in his garden. While it is not the tallest one entered in The Democrat’s tall com contest, yet it measured eleven feet and five inches and carried two fine large ears of corn, and was a mighty stocky and healthy looking stalk and measured 4 inches in circumference four feet above the ground. I. A. Leavel of Wabash county, returned Sunday from his trip to Minnesota and North Dakota on a land prospecting trip He remained here until Monday when he went on home. He was more favorably impressed with that section of Minnesota visited than with North Dakota, but is undecided as yet whether he will trade bis farm in Wabash county for a big farm in Minnesota or not. September has started out briskly with weddings, and still there’s more to follow, while one that we learn of is scheduled for next month, that of Mr. Trevor R. Wilcox, of Suivsy, son of Geo. M Wilcox, ex-trustee of Newton tp., and Miss Jennie Merle Beam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam, of this city. This wedding will take place on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 1:30 p. m. Crown Point Star: We learn from an official report that about thirty arrests have been made at Cedar Lake for operating slot machines, and that the cases have all been continued to September 6 and 11, some taking a change to Justice Nicholson’s court, while others will be tried by Justice Barton. Constable Kilborn and Marshal Young served the papers, and it is said that Hans Englert is prosecuting witness in more than 50 cases that will come up sooner or later.