Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Grace Norris has entered Deßauw University. -« 1 1 The Sternberg dredge started up throwing out rock again Wednesday, • i —— 1 . . N. Osborne of near Francesville was a business visitor in town Thursday. Morocco is to be carnivalized next week. The good people of that burg have our sympathy. D. M. Nafus of Oswego, Kan. an old friend of P. W. Clarke, visited the latter here last Saturday. Mrs. M. B. Leslie of Connersville, will preach at the First Baptist church tomorrow, both morning and evening. ■ r- 11 ■ "■■■ ■ - ■ ■- Mrs. Lucy Clark and son William left this week to visit the former’s sons, Charles and Wilson, at Ofedar Point,"Kan., for a month. Hon. Jesse E. Wilson is here from Washington, D. C., for a ten days visit. His wife and children will return to Washington with him. Dr. Crisler, formerly of Brook, died in the,southern part of the state last week of paralysis. The remains were brought to Brook for burial. Excursion to Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 22. Special train train schedule same as heretofore, Only $1.25 for the round trip from Rensselaer. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Mabin, who have been visiting the family of W. L. Wood of 1-farr, left Tuesday for a visit with relatives at Milo, lowa. The little four-year-old daughter otMr. and Mrs. James Snedecker of Rensselaer, who has been suffering with tuberculosis, died Tuesday evening and was buried Thursday afternoon, \ Several flays the first of the Week the mercury was up to about 85 and the effect of the hot weather was very perceptible in ripening the corn. Warm showers prevailed must of the day Wednesday; W. D. Parks of Bourbon was called here Monday to see Charles Parks of near Surrey, who was taken suddenly sick with a fever. Fred Powell of Monon was also at his bedside for a couple of days. The doctor’ says he has typhoid fever.

Monticello has been electric lightless for the past week or ten days. A«new arc dynamo at the light plant failed to work even in the hands of an expert from the city, and other breaks and troubles has caused no end of trouble. , —. y - Among others whb left here Tuesday on prospecting trips west were: Alfred Collins and R. A.Parkison for Bucklin and Lakin, Kan.; C. F. Tillett oTGillam tp., for Winatchee, Wash.; W. L. Porter for Redfield, So. Dak.; Samuel Parker for Mitchell, So. Dak.; Jefferson Smith for Burke, So. Dak. J. C. Porter resigned bis position as superintendent of the Marion tp. stone roads, in order to look after his building and insurance business. Sylvester Gray, the as-, sistant superintendent, has been advanced to Mr. Porter’s place and W. S. Day has been appointed as assistant. About 18 miles of the 34 miles of road is naw completed, we understand. 4 Wm. Hoover was in Chicago Wednesday with stock. He said it commenced' raining in Chicago Tuesday noon and continued almost without ceasing until Wednesday noon. Everything was a flood of water down this way until Roselawn was reached. In about Hammond and other parts of Lake county considerable damage by wind and lightening was done Wednesday. Daniel Tressler of Choteau county, Mont., visited a few days ths first of the week with the family of his brother-in-law, Joseph Stewart of Hanging Grove tp. He had been back to Ohio to attend a reunion of his old regiment and stopSd offjhere while on his Way home, e has been in Idaho .and Montana for 43 years and is now located in the mining region 50 miles from a railroad. According to the Goodland Herald, Fred Donnelly, who was recently arrested in Monticello for the theft of a diamond ring from the home of his unde, T. E. Donnelly of near Monticello, was arrested in Goodland last week for stealing a camera in Rensselaer, and taken to Monticello and lodged in jail. Nothing is known here of any camera being stden, and it is likely the offense was committed in White county, aS he would have been brought to Rensselaer instead of Monticello had the offence been committed here.