Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Tuesday and Wednesday nights were .almost cold enough for frost. We must have all of next month yet to mature much of the corn in thiß oounty, B. F. Ferguson reoeived notice of the arrival of a son at the home of bis son, D. M. Ferguson, at Ratbdrum, Wash,, last Thursday. Dee has been married three years but this is their first child.

John and Tom Bissenden returned Thursday from their trip down the Wabash. They sold their house boat at Vincennes, as far south as they went. They report having had an excellent time. They were gone about two months.

Word was received here Saturday of the death of Geo. W. Pullins at Spokane, Wash. He died of typhoid fever. A wife and small baby are left. He was a son of Joha Puilins of this county and had been in Spokane for about a year. r

Regular prhaohing service at the Barklpy M. E. church Sunday. This is the last service of this conference year. The pastor requests that the membership be present, and all others are invited to worship with us. Sunday school at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m.

L. Wildberg was in Chicago a few days this week consulting a specialist regarding a kidney and bladder trouble that has been bothering him. An operation was decided upon and he went from there to Peoria to have his brother-in-law, Dr. Weil, perform the operation.

A big dinner was given at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin near Pleasant Ridge Monday in honor of “Grandfather” Gwin, whose 89th birthday anniversary it was. About 40 were present, including children, grand-children and great-grand-children. They presented him with a suit of clothes as a remembrance of the ocoasion.

The remains of the 8-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lakin of Hegewisch, 111., was brought here for burial Sunday and interment made in the Catholic cemetery south of town. The babe died Saturday at Demotte, where it was taken the Thursday previous for treatment by Dr. A. N. Lakin, a brother of the babe’s father.

Theodore Hurley went to Marion Monday to enter the soldiers’ home. He is in poor health and will receive medical treatment in the hospital there. Three of his young children will be sent to the soldiers’ orphanage at Knightstown, while one, it is said, will be cared for by his last wife, to whom he was recently married.

Prof. W. O. Schanlaub of Morocco, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub of this city, a few days during the week. The matter of school superintendent in Newton county will come up for settlement in court at the October term, and in the meantime Will will resume his old place as head of the Morocco schools.

Joseph Durant of Grand Rapids, Minn., came Wednesday for a few weeks visit With relatives here. Joe has been away about three or four years, most of which time he has been working in the lumber regions of Minnesota. While it sometimes gets down about 58 degrees below zero there, he likes the work and will return after his visit here.

R. C. Woodworth, who had been hired as teacher of physics in the city eohools lias resigned to accept a similar position at Kewana, 111., at an advance of sls per month over, what he was to reoeive here. Rosa Dean has* been engaged to take Miea Marshall’s place,, we understand, bnt at this writing no one baa been secured for the other vacanoy.

Elljs Jones of Remington, drove <jver Monday in his new Holzman auto-buggy. The machine is shaped like a baggy and runs very smoothly, giving him no trouble whatever. "It being on regular sized baggy wheels with the box and seat mounted at about the regular height of buggy boxes, one escapes the dust that a lower machine gets the fall benefit of.

Bessie Mae, youngest child and only daughter of James and Emma Humnert of two miles north of Rensselaer, waa born in Clinton county, Indiana, April 19, 1906, and departed this life August 19, 1907, of oholera-infantum at the age of 1 year and 4 months. The funeral was held Tuesday at 4:30 p. m„ servsoes at the grave conducted hy Rev. B. F. Ferguson. Interment in*Weston oemetery. ,