Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

\Wm. Kenton, a brother of Mrs. George Morgan of this city, died Tuesday in the soldiers’ home at Marion of paralysis. child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Casey of near Fair Oaks last week, but it only lived a short time. Interment was made in the Catholio cemetery south of Rensselaer, The annual anniversary sermon of the K. of P. order was preached by Rev.. J. C. Parrett at the Presbyterian cLurch Sunday. There was a goodly turnout of Knights to hear the able discourse. Do not forget to go to Horton & Moseley’s big public sale, on Feb. 26, 1908, one mile northeast of Lee, 10 miles southeast of Rensselaer; 22 horses and mules, bogs and farm implements. See bills. Prof. J. W. Dunn of Starke county, former superintendent of schools in that county, is being urged to make the race for the democratic nomination for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

H Round Grove tp., White oounty, tprned down the proposition of voting a subsidy for the proposed Lafayette-Chicago electric railway at its special election last week, the vote being 42 for to 128 against the proposition. N sM* BB6B Martha Parkison and A valine Kindig returned to Northwestern University of Chicago Sunday after a few days visit vyith their parents. The latter’s sister, who was very sick with pneumonia, is now slowly improving. Charles Harrington of DeMoite was down Saturday to attend the meeting of the democratic precinct committee. Charley came via rail or else eveh his loyal democracy might have rebeled against getting out such a day as Saturday was, tJ. P. Hammond, who has been charge of the Wheatfield bank for some years, is to go to Remington and assist in the management of the First National bank at that plaoe. Henry W. Marble will take his place in the Wheatfield bank. Eaper MoCieary writes us from Arcadia, Neb., in renewing his subscription for another year and among other things says: “I would not think of being without The Demoorat, as I get all the news from home every week, I enjoy reading it very much,” \The Demoorat expects, in addition to printing even a better paper, to be able to handle considerable outside composition when it gets its new Linotype installed. The machine will be in charge of a competent operator from the start, and all work will be handled in a prompt and satisfactory- manner. Woloott Enterprise: The Fox, Dobbins and Burks dredge went out of commission last Friday and will lie idle until about the middle of March when operations will be resumed. During the seven months the dredge has been in operation nine and a half miles of ditch have been cut, an average of more than a mile a month. A mile ttndji half of ditoh remains to be completed.