Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1906 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ketchum and Mrs. E. C. Furling returned to their home in Chicago Saturday after a week’s visit with the family of their cousin, George Ketchum, east of town. It is said that the 27th Infantry on its return trip from Indianapolis to Chicago will follow the same route as they did in going. They were expected io camp at Montioello last night, near Wolcott tonight, and at Rensselaer to-morrow night. O. E. Bolser of near Indianapolis has rented the Bedford restaurant room on South Van Rensselaer street and has moved here with his family. He will occupy quarters in the K. of P. building for living rooms. A new bake oven is being pot in for his use. Brook Reporter: The school enrollment of the different towns of this county show that Brook is a close second in the number of her pupils. Goodland comes firet with 268; Brook next with 262, Morocco gets third place with 245, and Kentland bite fourth spot with 235. There has been some delay in spreading rock on the Marion road system because of the non-arrival of the stone crusher. The machine arrived this week and the work of hauling rock will soon begin. It is the intention to employ 40 or 50 teams in hauling, 4t is said. The official calls for the democratic representative convention and for the Carpenter and Marion township conventions will be found on the second page of today’s Democrat. The names of the delegates and alternates to the representative convention will also be found on second page. The largest mortgage recorded in this county for some time was filed with the recorder Saturday. It is by the Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad to the Guarantee Trust Co., of New York and William A. Wildhack of Indianapolis, trustees, and is for $20,000000. The recording fee is $19. The man who is unintentionally violating the law will thank the one who is the means of setting him right in the matter. On the other hand if a man is willfully and intentionally doing an unlawful act, he will, of course, cuss the man who is the means rs his being compelled to desist. Isn’t it so? Carney, the man stabbed at the Monon street carnival last week, is said to be recovering from his injuries. The Monon News says too much booze was the cause of the trouble, and that it is understood that a Medaryville man did the stabbing. No arrests have been made, and those who saw the affray are very reticent over the matter. As the C. I. & S. local was rounding a curve one-half mile of Shelby yesterday morning, an axle under a sand car broke square in the middle, makipg a bad wreck. Two cars were thrown over against the right of way fence. Ten cars in all were wrecked, and 300 feet of track will have to be rebuilt. No one was hurt. Horatio Ropp, who has been working at the Babcock & Hopkins elevator on night work for the past eight months, missing but one night during that time, has started a plumbing shop with Eph Hickman, on Front street, and will resign his job at the elevator after this week. He will be janitor of the I. O. O. F. building during the winter. Winamac Journal: A gambling den over a saloon at Rensselaer was raided last Saturday night, when the officers captured several of the inmates, besides a lot of poker chips and about forty decks of cards. One of the gamblers “pulled” was a oounty officer, but the Rensselaer Republican politely withholds his identity, although it mimes the others. Dr. A. H. Littlefield of Claridon, Iowa, was the guest of his brother, N. Littlefield, here a few days last week. He was on his way to the national meeting of dentists at Atlanta, Ga., as one of the four delegates from his state. Albert has been in the dental business there only about seven years and to be selected as one of the delegates to this convention speaks volumes for him. A. G. W. Farmer, of south of town, did not have the tallest stalk of corn entered in The Democrat’s tall corn oontest, lacking about a foot, but he brought in at the same time a sunflower that the “Sunflower State” would not beat every day. The stalk one foot above ground measured 9 inches in circumference and the flower itself 15 inohes in diameter and weighed (after being cut off) Jan even 10 pounds.