Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Buy your parchment butter wrapper* at Tbe Democrat offioe. New enbeoribers to The Democrat this week by poatoffioea. Madiaon, Wia., 1; Norma, Tenn., 1; MeCoysburg, 1. Owing to tbe big anow Ed Oliver's big sale near Newland, which was to take plaoe yesterday, war postponed to Thnreday, Maroh 5. .V Dr. Rose M. Remmek, licensed optioian, will be in her office at Clarke’s jewelry store all next week, nntil Saturday, Feb. 29. Thorough examination of the eyes. Glasses prescribed when necessary.

Owing to illness of Opie Read, tbe leoture to have been given by him here Monday night had to be called off, and he will either be secured for some future date or another lecturer of like reputation will be scoured in his stead. HvMrs. Joseph Ellis died at her Home in the east part of town Wednesday night. The funeral was held yesterday forenoon and interment made in Weston oemetery. Deceased had been an invalid for several several years. She died of paralysis. t

A snow blockade north of Lowell held.up all trains on the Monon Wednesday. The milk train and 9:55 went north in the morning but were stopped by the drifts near there, and the first train south was the milk train which got to Rensselaer at 2 a. m., Thursday. Ropp, wife and two quildren of Urbana, Ohio, are visiting his brothers Henry, Andrew and Horatio, and other relatives here for a week or ten days. Mr. Ropp farms a large farm—for Ohio—near Urbana, there being 517 aores in the farm. He says there is very little snow in his section. 'xFrancesvilleTribune: The firm qr Leopold & Poster, conducting a clothing and furnishing business in the State Ban* block, have dissolved partnership, Mr. Porter continuing as proprietor. The change was made necessary to give Mr. Leopold more time to manage the affairs of quite an estate that recently came into their possession at Bay City, Mich.

Two babies were buried in Weston cemetery Thursday, one in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. The first was that of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lewis of near Mt. Ayr, and was aged about one year. It died of measles, we understand. The other was that ot Mr. and Mrs. Grover Norris, who reside on the Bedford farm, east of town- Its age was four months. There is a possibility that Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, may be a candidate for Congress from this district. If he is he will have Edgar Dean doing the hula hula dance in the political timber and if the nomination wese to be settled at a primary there is no doubt as to what'the outcome would be. But the aforesaid Edgar Dean has beon peddling postoffices so long that his machine is in good working order.—Fowler Republican. a Uuder the direction of the Farmers Loan & Abstract Company, the Great Northern Railway Company will give a free Stereoption Lecture show on Wednesday eve, Feb. 26, at Belle Center sohool house, north of town, and again Thursday eve, February 27, at Pleasant Ridge -school house. Renters, laborers and homeseekers should all be sure and attend this lecture and learn where you can seoure a home for yourself and family and become independent. Montioello Herald: Hon. Ele Stansbury of Williamsport was here Monday as counsel for John F. Judy in the oase of Franks M. Covert, treasurer of Newton oounty, vs. Jesse J. Fry, and others, proprietors of the defunot bank at Rose Lawn. Covert is seeking to recover a deposit of $2,300 of oounty funds which he had on deposit in the bank. The defense makes the point that as he had a contract with the bank by wbiob he was to receive interest on the funds, in violation of law, the loan was illegal and cannot be recovered. J\The bans of marriage of Mr. Peter Hordeman and Miss Emma Hydenblut were published for the first time at St. Augustine’s Catholic oburch last Sunday. The marriage will take place probably Maroh 2or 3. The groom is a prominent young farmer of Marion tp., and is the present popular township assessor. The bride’s folks live at Wheatfield but for some time she has been employed in the family of John Eger. They will reside on the groom’s farm in Union tp., probably moving there some time during April.