Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Fob Rent:—-Two suites of rooms over Ferguson & Ferguson's -office, suitable for office or residence purposes. Apply at First Nationidßank. Remember that The Democrat handles the genuine '‘Quaker Brand” parohment butter wrappers, the best paper for this purpose manufactured, and that we charge no more for this than others charge for inferior paper. _ An elegant motor passenger c the president of 1 ellowstone National Park and the general manager of the Monon, and others, passed through here yesterday morning going north over the Monon railroad. It was the first oar of its kind ever run over this road, and it is said to have been a dandy by thoee who saw it. vMtes Maude Spitler will have one of the swellest homes in Rensselaer when she completes the work of beautifying the grounds. Her new home, while a frame structure, is a model of elegance convenience, and the porch, the largest in the city, with the large cement steps leading thereto, evokes the admiration of everyone who sees it. The location, just across from the public library and on a corner lot, is also an idealone. President Infield of the proposed Lafayette-Chicago electrio line, was in the city a few days this week. He states that it is the intention of a Chicago syndicate that is financing the road to go over the proposed route to-day in an automobile to see for themselves the feasibility of the line. It was the intention to make the trip last Saturday but the bad weather interfered with their plans. They will start at the north end of the line to-day if the weather is favorable and go thence to Lafayette.' ’

A newly elected squire in Wis» cousin was much elated by his honors, but was not sure that he could carry them gracefully, says a writer in the New York Sun. So he haunted the court house to gather stray crumbs of wisdom from higher courts which sat there. One day he sat in judgment on bis first case, and when the testimony was all in and the argument made, he said: "The court takes this case under advisement until next Thursday morning, when it will render a verdict in favor of the defendant.” The Monon News, which has had a strenuous time to exist for a number of years is again in the hands of its owner. Geo. T. Weeks. Editor E. T. Jones, who had leased the plant for a year, having left it in the midst of a piano contest which he was running, and accepted a position on a Momence, Hl., paper. Jones is the man that recently sued his fellow Sublisher, F. E. Babcock of the asper County Democrat, for alleged criminal libel, and the suits are now pending on a change of venue in the Newton county circuit court.—Francesville Tribune. James H. Eckels, controller of currency under the second administration of Cleveland, was found dead in bed at his home in Chicago Sunday. Heart disease was the cause of death. He was 49 years of age. His wife and daughter were traveling in Europe and Mr. Eckels had intended to sail from New York May 15 to join them. He wal very prominent in financial circles and was connected with a great number of manufacturing and financial concerns in Chicago. His death at so early an age was no doubt due to the great strain that be must have been under at all times, and demonstrates that the "simple life” has attractions after all that more than compensate for the few years of strenuous business life that many of our millionaire joyThe trial of the Baltimore & Ohio trainmen indicted for criminal negligence causing the horrible wreck at Woodville last winter in which sixty-one lives 'were lost, was heard at Valparaiso last week. Engineer Galnauer of the first section of the passenger train was the first to be tried. It was charged that no signal lights were burning on the front of his engine and that he did not sound the proper whistle signals when he passed the freight train which pulled out on the main track and ran into the second section of the passenger train. The case went to the jury Friday and after being out only a short time it returned a verdict of acquittal. Galnauer is said to be a physical wreck as a result of brooding over the wreck and his pending trial. He having been acquitted there is no probability that the other, trainmen will ever be tried. , • Read The Democrat for news.