Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

/Mrs. H. L. Brown visited in vhicago this week. —" T’— Miss Pearl Tanner visited in Lafaytte this week. Hammond Times: Ord Moore of Rensselaer, Ind., has taken a job at the Erie yards. Jacob A. Hurley of Jasper Icounty and Emma Legg of White county were married at Monticello Dec. 26, For Sale: Five room house; 75 by 300 foot lot, bearing fruit, situated on River street. Enquire at this office. I Wm. R. Shesler, east of town, qa ß rented his farm to Mr. Hurd, now living north of town, and will move to Rensselaer. Tony Stickfadden, formerly of Rensselaer, has sold his saloon at Monon to a former Monticello saloonist named Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen of Danville, 111., visited the family of Geo. Bell Sunday. Mrs. Allen is a sister of Mrs. Bell’s. Mrs. S. O. Lang of Indianapolis -returned home Wednesday after a visit with her daughters, Mesdames Lem Huston and Ed Hopkins.

James K, Garriott and M. H. Garriott of Union tp., left Tuesday for a visit with relatives at Fayette, Ala., and other points. Squire Irwin tied the nuptial knot New Year’s night which united Fred Hartman, and Mrs. Ida McClintick, both of Rensselaer. Mrs. John Ade of Kentland, known to many Rensselaer people, is reported very low with sickness and little hopes are entertained for her recovery. The Ladies’ Literary Society kept open house New Year’s at the home of Mrs. J. L. Brady. An interesting musical and literary program was given in the afternoon. Scott Bros, moved their harness snbp Tuesday to their new quarters on the west side of the court house square, in the room formerly occupied by Strickfaden’s saloon. James W. Swisher, a well known resident of Wheatfield, was found dead, sitting in a chair by his bed, Tuesday morning. Par-, ticulars will be found in our Four Corners correspondence. Mrs. Paris Daugherty and daughter, Mrs. T. S. Catherwood, who have been visiting relatives here for a few weeks, left Saturday for their respective homes in Wyoming and Oregon. Mrs. G. S. Lesh of Barkley tp. accompanied home her brothers, Charles and Harry Sullenberger, to Greenville, Ohio, Saturday for a few weeks visit. The latter had been visiting here awhile. Auctioneer Fred Phillips reports a good sale at Howard Burr’s in Jordan tp. Wednesday, aggregating about 11,800. Mr. Burr has rented his farm to his son-in-law, Mr. Johnson, and will move to Goodland, where he has bought residence property.

D. M. Worland has bought the Mrs. Eleanor Adams residence property on North Van Rensselaer street and will occupy the same when he moves to town. The consideration was $1,500. Mrs. Adams is talking some of moving to Chicago. Dr. J. W. Younge, the well known Fort Wayne specialist who used to visit Rensselaer and neighboring towns, died last Monday of Bright’s disease, aged 66 years. It is noteworthy that the disease from which he died was one of the many that he advertised to treat “sccessfully,” S. B. Snedeker, whose sale is advertised elsewhere in this paper, will move from the Mrs. Pierce farm south of town, to bis own 80-acre farm in Hanging Grove tp. Clarence Maxwell has rented the Pierce farm for the coming year and will move on same as soon as vacated by Mr. Snedeker. George H. Hammerton and wife and Mrs. Nellie Manahan of East Lynn, 111., returned home Tuesday after a visit with relatives here. They are teaching at East Lynn at present. George while here purchased the widow McCurtain farm of 60 acres in Union tp., npw occupied by Wesley Hammerton. Lewis Davisson has sold to his daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Galbraith, the property south of his own residence, now occupied by Mrs. Peter Rusk and daughters. Mrs. Galbraith bought the property as an investment, and Mrs. Rusk will continue to reside therein. The considerarion was 91,000 cash. The property is lot 10 and north half of lot 11, block 23, and fronts on South Weston street.