Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mra. Orlan Grant is visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles Kasson, in Hammond this week. Mrs. E. M. Parcels has returned from Indianapolis where she has been undergoing treatment in a hospital for the past two months. XjDavid Yeoman, Jr. of Union tp., is preparing to move to Elkhart, where he will engage in the furniture business with his father-in-law. Nfeunday was a good day for the groundhog—that ia, a good for him to see his shadow if he ventured out, as the sun shone brightly all day. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian obnroh is, “The Church at Jerusalem a Model.” In the evening, “The Promises of the Gospel ” All ate welcome. NlJohn Barton, an old resident of fit. Ayr, died at his home in that plaoe Sunday night, aged 81 years. Mrs. Simon Hochstettler, Sr., also of near Mt. Ayr, died Saturday evening, aged about 64 years, “Auk” White, the Roselawn man arrested for hog stealing recently, was brought back to jail here to serve out a tine of 85 and a 30 day sentence, having been found gnilty and given the above fine and sentence in the Newton circuit court last Friday. T. F. Clark of Battleground was visiting friends here the first of the week. His son-in-law Char* ley Robinson, has lately movedfrom near Oxford onto Mr. Clark’s farm near Battleground, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark have taken up their residence in Battleground.

The Earnival-Eirmess, a home talent entertainment given under the direction of F. 8. Fluke for the benefit of the Ladies Society of the M. E. ohurch, played- to packed houses both Monday and Tuesday nights and a handsome sum was added to their exchequer. XJohn Porter, a well known citissn of Union tp., died at his home at Parr Saturday night from the grip followed by pneumonia. A wife and three children are left. The funeral was held Monday at the Rose Bnd ohuroh and interment made in the cemetery near the ohuroh, A Michigan City paper says: The board of parole of the prison granted 20 paroles Saturday out of 68 applications. Thomas J. MoCoy, the Rensselaer bank wrecker, whom some of the papers have been paroling at every recent session of the board, is still wearing the prison garb. Some twenty members of the Rensselaer lodge went over to Remington Wednesday to the district E. of P. meeting. Considering the weather there was a very good attendance and the district was well represented. They report that the Remington Knights showed them a delightful time. fine barn of Chas. Bourknnd of Brook was destroyed by ire Tuesday morning, having caught from a fire need in smoking meat. In attempting to save hia driving horse Mr. Bourklund was kicked twice in the chest very seriously and barely escaped from the burning building with hia life after leaving the horse to its fate.