Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Only one week from next Thursday until the Fourth of July, Miss Gladys Grant ie visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mary JVarren, at ParK this week. The G. E. Murray Co., have put in a small water motor for running their coffee grinder. Messrs. Frank McCarthy of Rensselaer and M. V. Sands of Tefft graduated from the State University this week. A. F. Long is erecting a cement block building in the rear of his new store room to be used as a storehouse for gasoline, paint and oil.

Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Baughman of Monon were guests of their son U. M. Baughman and daughter, Mye. Jesse Snyder, here Thursday and yesterday. \Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lefler of Wabash have been visiting relative* at and near Rensselaer this week. They are preparing to move to Joliet, 111. Joseph V. Kenton, a former resident of White county and a relative of the Kentons of this county, died at his home in Skedee, Okla., last week. Advertised Letters: Flora Wilcox, Chas. Street, Chas. Withem, Antonos Simons, Mrs. Dora Osborn, Russel Prince, Fred Parcells, Jae. Lewis, P. Gillispie, B. F. Dill. ■ ■■■ ■ 1 < ; Uncle Simon Phillips was np town Monday for the first time in over seven weeks. Hie sickness has cat him down considerably in flesh bat aside from this he is looking qnite well again. Miss Faith E. Brown, who bad been re-engaged as teaoher of Latin and German in the city schools, has secured a similar position in her home town, Terre Haute, and tendered her resignation here. i Mrs. Allen and Miss Nellie of Kalamazoo, Mich., returned borne Tuesday accompanied by the former’s daughter, Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and ohildren who will remain there for several weeks. John B. Elder of Monticello, while visiting hie son D. A. Elder of Rensselaer, was stricken with paralysis last Friday and is in a precarious condition. He is over 80 years of age and the stroke rendered him totally blind. He cannot recover.

Medaryville Advertiser: Mr. Theodore Phillips, ex-trnstee of Gillam tp., returned on Wednesday evening last from New Mexico, whither' himself and family had gone on account of his wife’s health, but to no avail, as that lady died there last February. Miss Julia Malady, aged 57 years, an inmate of the Longcliff insane asylum from White county, was burned to death Tuesday at that institution. She was out walking with some other inmates and set fire to her clothing and then fought off would-be rescuers. The walls of the Odd Fellows’ new building at Brookston, which were up to nearly the top of the second story, collapsed last Tbursday and oarried down with them several workmen. Fortunately no one wasseriously injured,' but the building was a complete wreck. Heavy rains had caused the foundation to settle, is supposed to have been the cause. Starke County Democrat: B. F. Funk, the Toto onion and potato man, is in town to-day hunting seed potatoes. He expects to plant fifty acres, requiring 400 bushels of seed. Mr. Funk has fifteen acres in onions this year. They were damaged to some extent by frost but still promise a fair yield. He expects to begin weeding them by hand tomornow, having twenty boys.girls and women engaged for the work.