Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. John Remley visited in Chicago this week. y Miss Madeline Ramp is visiting friends near Brook this week. White County Old Settlers’ meeting at Monticeilo to-day. * - '4-Miss Edna Donnelly has returned from a three weeks visit in Chicago. “—Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig returned Thursday from their wedding trip_

V- Estil Remley, and George and Delevan Babcock are spending the week with relatives in Goodland.

Rev. G. H. Clarke returned Monday evening from Winona Lake, where he had been attending bible school for a week.

J Miss Anna O’Conner will go to Chicago Monday to enter St. Mary’s Catholio sohool to take a three years’ course in nursing.

Ralph Sherman, who has been spending the summer with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Irwin, retnrned to his home in Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday. $3

t George Hemphill and Elbert □trim of Chicago, who have been away on a vacation trip east and to the Jamestown exposition, are visiting relatives here this week.

C. F. Overacker, many years ago connected with the publication of the Rensselaer Republican, died recently at his home in Rimesburg, Pa., where he was publishing a paper.

B. S. Fendig recently traded a forty acre tract of land that he owned near Roselawn to W. B. Austin for the old Spitler residence property on Cullen street, paying $1,500 to boot.

V C. P. Wright is making extensive improvements to his residence on Division streec, raising it up and putting a new foundation under it and building on an addition, including a bath room.

The thief who stole the W. J. Riley horse at Momence, 111., last week, was overhauled at Lafayette Monday with the rig in his possession. He gave his name as Leonard Darrow, and stated that be waß but 18 years of age. Yern Marshall leaves Monday for Rogue River, Oregon, to look after their fruit farm until, the rest of the family arrive. It is reported that Hurley Beam will succeed Vern as reporter and general utility man on the Republican.

s £- Charlie Murray, who holds a position with the International Harvester Co., at Milwaukee, Wis ,is Visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T, Murray, here for a couple of weeks. ' Charlie is looking well and his work evidently agrees with him.

Harvey Wood, Jr.* on the J. M. Wasson farm, southeast of town, report! the best wheat crop yet heard from in Jasper oounty. He had 21 acres that threshed out 606 bushels, or almost 29 bushels per aore. Nine acres of this, iu another field, yielded 32£ bushels to the acre. The usual Monday night big rain came this week on schedule time, and about three-fourths of an inch of water fell here. Considerable wind and lightning accompanied it and in some parts of the state there 'was qnite a little damage done and much more Water fell than here.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haskill, of Rensselaer, and the latter’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gowin of near Pleasant Ridge, went to Frankfort Sunday for a visit with relatives. Frank returned Thursday, but Mrs. Haskill and her mother will visit there and at Lebanon a few weeks before returning. Goodland Herald: Mrs. N, C. Wiokwire, after an .extended visit with relatives in Connecticut and other eastern points, returned home Wednesday evening. She accompanied from Chicago by her daughter, Mrs. F. D. Gilman of Michigan City, who will make an extended visit here/ |