Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

. J. W. 8. Ulrey, who is still holding a, position in the census deKrtment at Washington, 'came onday for a six weeks’ visit with relatives and friends here and ia Newton oouhty. Mrs. Ulrey, who has been here since last spring, will return to Washington Vith him.

* A hearing of McCoy bank creditors, to act on the petition of the trustee to sell some of the political notes and political overdrafts of old Mack’s sheepskin bank, is oalled for Sept 3, at the office of Referee Bowers in Hammond. The sale of the paper will be held here at a later date.

Fowler Leader: A trade conveying to Peter Nomensen, of Livingston county, Illinois, the four,? hundred and eighty acre farm in Jasper county belonging to Mrs. J. F. McCormick and children was made in Fowler Wednesday. The purchase prioe was near forty thousand dollars.

Monday while Mr. and Mrs. John Gwin of north of town, were in Rensselaer, a young horse they were driving became frightened at a small boy with an express wagon on the sidewalk and turned about short and threw Mrs. Gwin out of the buggy. The buggy wheel passed over her but she was not seriously injured.

According to the Monticello Journal Abe Woosley, Mart Sommers, Everett Potts and Otto Herbert of near McCoysburg were fined and costed a total of $46 last Saturday for inbibing too much Monon firewater and then coming over to Monticello and blowing their breath on the rarified atmosphere of that dry town.

W. A. McPherson, a Monon baker, was given an order for a cake, “large enough for the whole family,” for a big family reunion at Battle Ground last week, and the mammoth that he turned out weighed 175 pounds, was oblong in shape and three stories high. He used the whites of 45 dozen eggs, 49 pounds of sugar, 21 pounds of butter, 9 quarts of milk, 49 pounds of flour and 21 ouncee of baking powder in mixing it and 50 pounds of sugar was used in the icing.

Oats threshing is well along in this township, with no material change in results from that previously announced. From the best information gathered the lowest jield in the township was 16 bushels to the acre and 28 the highest. Those operating threshing machines refuse to give our the yield of their runs furthethan giving an approximate average of from 20 to 25 bushels, and their unwillingness to talk would indicate that these figures arplenty high.—Kentland Enterprise.

Delos Dean, who has been stopping at Fountain Park with some Rensselaer relatives, was hurt considerably last Sunday while sliding down the “slide” at the Park. This is an arrangement made of ropes and pulleys, located near the merry-go-round, in the old fair ground part of the grounds. Delos was sliding with another boy when he lost his hold and fell a short distance to the ground, the other boy falling upon him. He was rendered unconscious but revived after a time and was not dangerously hurt, it was thought.

A. Leopold returned from Hammond the first of the week after a short visit with his daughter, Mrs. Raobael Wolf, who with her husband returned last week from a visit in Europe and at Mr. Leopold’s old home in Germany. His sister sent baok with her several family heirlooms and relics, among which was a band-made gold necklace, worn by Mr. Leopold’s mother, and which bad been in thtf family over a oentnry. Also a heavy solid silver gold-lined goblet to Simon Leopold; a pair of silver sugar tongs to Mrs. Smith; a silver salt cellar to Mrs. Mary Fendig and a pair of heavy gold earrings to Miso Rebecca Fendig, and several other ancient articles to different members of the family.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. e August 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Miohael Jungles of near Kniman, a son, The Democrat and the Chicago Daily Examiner, both a full year, for only $3 00. a-Many Behind Her. Qreenfleld, Ind., Aug. 2?. —Mrs. Ruth Clayton, the centenarian, who died In this connty, besides being 100 years old, was a remarkable woman in many ways, ghe leaves forty grandchildren, seventy-one great-grandchildren and eleven great-great-grandchildren. She never' rode on the steam or electric passenger trains. 1 Tbs Demoorat for Job work.