Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Joseph Sharp visited relatives in Burnettsville this week. A. L. Willis has been -confined to his home this week with sickness. . James Yeoman is having a new kitchen built to his residence on Front street . Miss Clifford Modtly returned Tuesday from a several mouths visit in San Antonio, Texas. \ -AThe entire force of teachers in the city schools have been reengaged to teach next school year. John Eger has figured out why it is that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw usually wears black. It you don’t know, ask John. The 5 months old babe ' of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Walker of ten miles northeast of Rensselaer, died Monday night at 9 o’clock. Simon Leopold has moved into the former Ernest Cockerell property on Division street, now owned by his father, A. Leopold. The Uniform Rank K. of P., elected the following officers last Friday night: Clyde Comer, Capt.; True Woodworth, Ist Lieut.; Chas. Dean, 2nd Lieut.; J. J. Hunt, Trea*.; Walter Porter, AwyCe MThe weather man certainly trahied the wrong semaphore last month and gave us April weather instead of March. Asa result of this error we have had to put up with last month’s weather in April. The three-months old child of Mr. and Mrs. John Hordeman died at 1:30 yesterday morning and will be buried this forenoon. It had never been well sinca/lts birth, and its death was nor unexpected. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, who have been spending the winter with relatives in Oklahoma City, Okla., returned home Monday. They came via Lafayette and stopped off for a short visit with their daughter there, reaching Rensselaer Monday night. Mrs. Mary E. Wilson of Monon, whose husband, James K. Wilson, was killed Feb. 18 by being run over by a switch engine at Monon, has commenced suit against the railroad company for 110,000 damages, alleging that defendant company was to blame for bis being killed. Medaryville Advertiser: Mr. F. B. Meyer, ex-postmaster of Rensselser, spent several days of this week in our midst, combiiiing business with pleasure. He was verv favorably impressed with the looks of our town and with the civic and social conditions as he found them. Summing up the net result or recent elections extending the operation of the local option law in Kentucky, it is computed that there are now only nine counties in the state where liquor may be legally sold over the bar, and that in mo.l of thew nioeoouatiea every town is for prohibition excepting the county seat.