Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Bring in your saleable horses next Saturday. Horse buyers ■ will be here. X Mrs Roy Cbisom of Chicago is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McCarthy. Mrs. 0. P. Wright spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Vondersmitb, in Kentland. The cold wave did not last long and at noon yesterday the mere iry was 35 degrees above zero. A. 8. Parcels, the Lee lutr ber and hardware merchant, wan a business visitor in the city Thursday. “Sant” Adams, who has been in San Francisco for the past two years, is home for an extended visit with his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Adams. Ora Duvall and Cecil Morgan were called to Marion [this week by the serious sickness of William Kenton, a brother of Mrs. George Morgan, who is an inmate of the soldiers home. Several members of the local I. O. 0. F. lodge went to Ms <Ayr Tuesday night to assist in folding the I. O. O. F. goat at that place while seven candidates rode it around the ring. iMiss Lola Worden, daughter of r. and Mrs. John Worden formerly of Rensselaer, was married recently at the home of her parents in Wabash to Mr. Guy Chaffee of Peru. They will reside in Deadwood, So. Dak. vThe Monon has just reduced the working hours of its section men to eight hours per day, and the pay will be 51.16 for the eight hours. They will not be allowed for bad weather, as formerly, it is said also. The men will have a bard time to keep their baskets full under these conditions. Margaret Callahan, aged 26 years, died last Friday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Callahan of near Newland, of consumption. The funeral was held Monday forenoon from the St. Augustine’s Catholic church in Rensselrer and interment made in the Mt. Calvary cemetery south of town. .Bert Blew of Darlow, Kan., in writing about his subscription, says: “the weather here is fine, have had one snow of about three inches, roads are as smooth as they can be. We are having the mumps at present. Uncle Felix French is sick with the grip. We like it out here and find more democrats every day,” JSFire in the roof caused from a defective flue, called the fire company to A. L. Willis’ residence near the creamery bridge Wednesday morning. It did not take long to put out the blaze after the water was turned on, but probably 1200 to |3OO damage was done to building and contents, and unfortunately there was no insurance. For the past several weeks The Democrat’s job printing department has been practically swamped with work and in order to get out the most urgent jobs we have been compelled to neglect the paper to some extent We are beginning to “get from under” somewhat and will be able to devote more attention hereafter to news matters.