Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

-\The Gangloff bridge over the Iroquois river was got back in position for traffic over it Wedneseay afternoon. Rufus Fulk of McCoysburg, who has been sick for some time, is reported in a hopelesi condition and bis death is liable to occur at any moment. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Osborne of Newcastle are visiting here for an indefinite time, having sold their property in Newcastle. The tetter is in poor health. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Miller of Barkley tp., died Sunday of pneumonia and brain fever, after a few days sickness. Its agte was about five months. Osborne was in from Gillam Mobday paying taxes. No one in his locality has been compelled to re-sow their oats and they are coming out in good shape, much better than anticipated. Uncle John Grbom has sold his residence property on the corner of Weston and Rutsen streets to Geo. F. Meyers, and will move back on his farm. Mr. Meyers will improve the property somewhat. ' We are sorry to sfie that Harry Strohm of the Kentland Enterprise is having such hard work to make the Republican editors of the Tenth district “stick” to the Fairbanks resolutions that they “unanimously” adopted at Lafayette recently. s barn on H. M. Baughman’s Tarubwest of Monon was struck by lightning on Monday!) night of last week and burned. Loss SBOO with $250 insurance. The tenant, Alva Thomas, lost two good horses, implements, etc., valued at S6OO, with about S3OO insurance. Mr. Baughman is the father of U. M. Baughman of this city. Charles Frauenknecht died at the brothers’, house at the Indian school at St. Joseph’s college on Thursday night of last week and was buried Saturday. He had been sick but a few days from throat trouble. Deceased was 49 years of age and had been at the Indian school some eleven years. He was a native of Switzerland. Sheriff Oglesby of Pulaski county, accompanied by Mrs. John Ran of Winamac, was here last week looking for the tetter’s 16-jear-old son, Ora Mitchell, who had gone to Francesville with some other boys to a field meet the Saturday previous and failed to return. The boy seems to have left for parts unknown, as their search was fruitless. George Stembel, president of the Wheatfield school board, was down Monday attending the county board of education meeting. George used to tip the beam at something over 225 pounds, but is now down to about 170, having fallen off a great deal id the past year or two. For awhile after he begun losing flesh he felt no ill affects, but he tells us now that he does not feel right. We hope his trouble may be nothing serious, and he has a host of friends in Jasper county who hope the same.