Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City end Country Readers. Corn, 520; oats 37c. Monday is Labor Day. Tbe city schools begin Monday. Miss Lizzie Reiddle is business oollege at Lafayette. John Yates is visiting relatives in Danville and Hoopeston, 111. S. B. Grant, wife and son, of Chestnut, 111., are visiting relatives here. ; Miss Bessie Brashear, of Newport, Ky., is the guest of Miss Con Adams.

Miss Alice Drake will teach school at Glencoe, 111., the coming school year. jjf Mort Murray is visiting his sister, Mrs. Robt. Lefler at Joliet, 111,, this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Comer visited the latter’s mother near Winchester this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter May were called to Pekin 111., Monday by tbe death of a nephew.

SMr. and Mrs. J. B. Walden of Fmgerald, Ga., are guests of Recorder Tilton and family.

V The 5 cent theatre closed Saturday after three weeks fruitless effort to make the show pay here.

Miss Mattie Heltzel of Monon is visiting Mrs. Mary E. Lowe and attending institute here this week.

The M. P. conference held at Swazee last week returned Rev. Bundy to the Rensselaer circuit. Jb Mrs. Erneet Graham and baby Lovedale, Tenn., is visiting her brother, Dr. I. M. Washburn, this week.

The circus people lost a big fine dark grey horse here, caused from eating too many new oats, it was stated. „ Mrs. Mary Wright, of Chicago Heights, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kohler, here this week. % Ray Yeoman has accepted a position as assistant instructor in the civil engineering department at Purdue. Another son was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. 8. N. Pullins of Sand Creek, No. Dak., formerly of Rensselaer. Miss Cora Everett who has been visiting in South Bend, Michigan City and Medaryville, returned home Monday.

New subscribers to The Democrat tbis week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 1; Fair Oaks 2; Foresman, 1; Chicago, 1. J. D. Allman and family of Remington have now got settled in their new home, recently purchased of U. M. Baoghman. Chalmers Ledger:—lt is reported that John P. Carr, editor of the Fowler Leader, will move to his farm aonth of town next spring. Corbin & Son of Brook have sold their general merchandise business there to a gentleman of the name of Reed, of Warsaw, who will take possession Sept. 1. George and Clint Colvert, Dr. Kanal, HarryParker,George Lundy and True Woodworth are among the Rensselaer fishermen patting in the week at the Kankakee.

Nelson Morris, the Chicago packer, who formerly owned a large tract of land in northern Jaiper, is dead. He was 68years old and leaves a fortune of $25,000,000.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardy and little daughter of Oklahoma, who have been visiting relatives here, have gone to Huntington to visit Frank’s brother, Homer Hardy. George Ade, the noted author and playwright, Will Kent and County Treasurer Charles Spinney drove over from Kentlandlast Friday in the former’s big auto to take in the circus.