Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Remember The Democrat office Cor job printing. J Now is the time to save money on boots, shoes and robbers at the Chicago Bargain Store. E. E. Gunyon has moved back to Jasper county from near Cyclone, and will occupy a farm near Parr. D. S. Makeever of Newton tp., went to Lexington, Ky., Wednesday to look after some horses for breeding purposes. Last call sacrifice clearance sale to begin Feb. 11th and last until stock is reduced to make room for goods, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Miss Con Adams went to Cincinnati last Friday to visit Mrs. Fred Chapman, and may remain there if she can find a suitable position in a mihnery store/ Just received, new line of tine zephyr ginghams; not seconds or short lengths, but full pieces. No limit to the number of yards a customer can buy, 10c yard at Rowles & Parker’s big double store. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bell have moved to Danville, 111., where he has purchased a three-chair barber shop. Their Rensselaer friends wish them success in their new location. Levi Renicker will occupy the old Spitler property, vacated by Mr. Bell. •Frank Steel, the young man arrested here last week on complaintof a young woman of Thorntown, settled the difficulty the next day after being taken there by marrying the girl. He is still at Thorntown and will probably take up his residence there. Two more cases of scarlet fever have appeared, this time in the family of Carry Reed, the paperhanger. His little three-year-old child was taken down first and the case is a very severe one and has all the complications.. It was reported quite low as we go to press. Harry has also taken down with the disease and has a well developed case of it. Another dividend of 5 per cent, in the McCoy bankrupt cases will be declared next Wednesday, it is understood. There will be 5 per cent, declared in the bank estate, making 35 per cent, in all; 10 per cent, in the A. McCoy estate, making 62| per cent.; and 3| in T. J. Mc’Coy’s estate, no previous dividends having ever been declared in Tom’s estate. * The SI,OOO liquor license bill which has passed the state Senate and is now pending in the House, will, if it becomes a law, wipe out all the cross-roads saloons in sparcely settled districts, and no doubt put out of business the saloon at Kniman, one at Dunnville and one at Kersey, and reduce the two at Demotte and three at Wheatfield to one each, in this county.

Haines Hackett, a Monon brakeman, got both bis legs cut off in the yards at Monon Monday morning while switching cars. He fell from a stone car and the wheels cut one leg off above the kneefend the other above the ankle. He has a wife and three small children. Both legs were amputated above the knee and at last reports he seemed to be getting along as well as could be expected. Fowler Republican: The corn which is being brought to market is the worst that has ever been sold in Benton county. The elevators are nearly filled with it and cars cannot be secured at all, so that shelling will be stopped in a day or two. If the weather should happen to moderate a big part of the corn now in elevators will spoil. The grain men say it is the werst proposition they were ever up against. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Goble and little daughter of Indianapolis visited Mrs. Goble’s mother, Mrs. John Sullivan, here this week,leaving Wednesday for Sheldon, HL, to visit her brother there for a few days, after which they will return to Rensselaer to remain until about March 1. when they will go to Los Angeles, Cal., where Mr. Goble has secured a position as head clerk in the dress goods department of a big department store. The service pension bill, mention of which was made in The Democrat a few weeks ago, has passed both branches of congress and will become a law. . Under its provisions every soldier serving three months in the civil war and receiving an honorable discharge will receive sl2 per month on reaching the age of 62; sls per month at the age of 70, and S2O per month at the age of 75 or over. In other words, those at the age of 62, now receiving $8 or sloper month, will hereafter receive sl2, etc.