Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Lem Huston has resigned his position as engineer at the city light plant. Some of the township assessors started out yesterday, but most of them will not begin until Monday. Turfler, F. B. Ham and C. TrS Spitler each have purchased new automobiles, it is said, which will arrive shortly. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows left yesterday to visit their daughter, Mrs. Charles Murphy, in Chicago for a couple of weeks. W. J. Reed, prosecuting attorney of the Pulaski-Starke circuit court, was in the city on unofficiar business Wednesday and Thursday. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Seafield, 1; Fair Oaks, 1; Patton, Ind., 1; Van Zandt, Wash., 1; Chicago, 1. ><While attempting to board a street car in Chicago last week, Mrs. A. Leopold of this city received a fall that is causing her considerable trouble. Assessor Hordeman has appointed James Donnelly to assess the repd estate of Marion tp. The appointment will give general satisfaction to everybody. Mrs. Rebecca Porter and Mrs. Elizabeth Alter left Wednesday night for an extended southern and eastern trip, in which they will visit severalprominent southern cities and Washington, D. C. Y The bridge across the ditch near the Crockett cemetery, southeast of town, is now temporarily fixed so that it can be crossed. The new iron bridge is in but has not been filled in by the abutments so that it can be used as yet. The cars of goods of T. A. Besse and P. C. Pursley left this week for their new home near Britton, So. Dak. The families also left Thursday afternoon. Their many friends here wish them happiness and prosperity in their new home. AA. J. Brenner, the popular landlord of the Makeever House for the past four years, will retire March 14, and will be succeeded by J. F. Bruner, a former landlord of the same hostelry. Mr. Brenner’s plans for the future are not completed at this writing. Our former townsman, A. D. Washburn, with C. C. Kent, has bought the Rider grain elevator at Kentland. He also bought a half interest in 800 acres of the Speck land near Kentland. This land is without either tile or buildings, yet $135 per acre was paid for it. Under the new postoffice appropriation bill the salary of rural mail carriers is increased from 1720 to S9OO a year. This is quite a substantial increase, and with the high price of horses and feed and the increased cost of living expenses of carriers it is still little enough salary for them. John P. Murphy, a young man attending St. Joseph’s college, who was taken to his home in 1