Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

W. S, Parker of Two Harbors, Minn., who has numerous relatives here, is reported near death from Bright’s disease. His mother, Mrs. Isabel Parker, and his brother James, both of Frankfort, are at his bedside. Uncle James Welsh of south of town, who has been suffering with cancer in the ear for a year or more and who has been confined to his bed for the past six weeks, was reported slightly improved apparently, yesterday morning, and had been eating better the past few days. The cancer continues to spread slowly, it is said, and will eventually cause bis death. Mr. and Mrs. John Francis of Ogden, 111., and Jesse Francis of Fithian, 111, were called here Tuesday evening by the death of the one-year-old child of their brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vest of ninb miles north of Rensselaer, which occurred at 10 p. m, Monday. The child had been ailing for some time. The funeral was held Wednesday at 10 a. m., from the house, and interment made in Weston cemetery. Bissenden Bros, and Geo. Green have just finished making 1,200 cement blocks for the new hospital which is to be erected at St. Joseph’s college. Lee Jessup has the contract of superintending the construction of the building, which will be 35x70 Let in size, two stories and basement. The foundation is now in and the basement being put up. The corner stone will probably be laid to-day withoutparticular ceremony except the depositing of documents therein. Miss Kate Rogers, the Monon notary public who was taken to a sanitarium in Cincinnati, 0., recently for treatment for mental trouble, writes a Monticello paper under date of July 30, as follows: “To my circle of genuine friends in Pulaski, Jasper and White counties, State of Indiana: I leave the sanitarium today in restoration t® better health than I have enjoyed in many years. Cordially yours.” Miss Rogers formerly resided in Rensselaer and taught in the city schools here.

Mr. John Francis of Ogden, 111., who was called here Tuesday by the death of the little child of his brother-in-law, stated to the writer that crops in his locality lodked about the same as here. The wet weather kept many of the farmers from plowing their corn but once; oats will not make more than half a crop, and altogether it has .been one of the worst seasons ever experienced there. Farm land there is selling at from $l5O to S2OO per acre, and Mr. Francis has refused $175 per acre for his farm, Mr. Ball, a retired merchant of Muncie,'was here Thursday looking for a house to rent. He owns 900 acres of land near Thayer in Newton county, and will move here and look after hie real estate. He has been engaged in the mere hantile business for about thirty years, entering it when quite young. He has a wife and three daughters and one son, we understand, two of the daughters being grown. At this writing he has not found any house that was large enough or modern enough, that he could rent, to suit him. But if he can not find what he wants he will a smaller house, for the present, as he intends to locate here and will be a most desirable citizen.

Only five more of those large mounted maps of Jasper county left. If you want one for 11.50, call quick. The Democrat.