Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Republican’s piano contest [ended Saturday, and Miss Grace Peyton of Rensselaer who had led tpe contest practically from the start, won opt by a large plurality. Miss Lelia Grant stood second. O. M. Garriott and family of Union tp., left yesterday for their new home near Mt. Vernon, So. ■Dak'; W. W. Harrod and family of near Laura also left for Mitchell, So. Dak. The best wishes of their many friends in Jasper county go with them to their new home. d Mr. Charles Grant and Miss Milpged Shipman, a popular young couple of Newton tp., x were united in marriage at 3 p. m., Wednesday at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. D. T. Halstead in Rensselaer. They will reside on a farm in Newton tp. The Democrat Joins in congratulations. S. P. Thompson writes us from San Diego, Cali./ where with Mrs. Thompson he has been spending the winter, that they expect to arrive home some time before April 20. They will come by short journeys and long stops, going to Santa Barbara by boat where they will make their first stop. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bridgman and family returned Monday from Medford, Oregon, where they hate resided the past nix or eight months. When they left here they went to Quincy, Wash., but afterward moved to Medford. They have concluded that Morocco is good enough for them.—Morocco Courier. The putter problem is becoming a serious one to the consumer in Rensselaer. Most of the farmers are shipping their cream to the city, claiming that they get more out of it—whether true or not we cannot say—than they can realize in making it into butter. This we do know, that it is next to. impossible to get butter of any kind or quality at the stores, and something "'must be done to insure enough being made hereabouts to supply the, local demand. If the grocers must advance the price let be so, for butter must be had at soipe price. The McCoy bank failure in the end will close its insolvency by paying a dividend of about 46’ cents on the dollar. A Rensselaer citizen remarked the otheF flay that had the McCoys turned over*every available asset at the time of the failure the creditors would have realized about 85 cents on the dollar not including the additional assistance of Addison Parkison, brother of Mrs. Alfred McCoy, who offered to liquidate the claims if honorable rneafas were taken to settle and keep the matter out of the courts. A couple of designing lawyers turned their judgment astray and after all Tom McCoy was compelled to don the prison stripes.—Francesville Tribune.

yJohn Schanlaub has rented his home place in the west part of town to Len Hammerton and has moved to the Ralph Marshall ten acre farm just across the road and a little west, which he has leased. John Blslosky, who occupied the Marshall property last year, has moved to the former Frank Morton farm near Pleasant Ridge, now owqed by Geo. B. Davidson. G. E JonaT of Roselawn was in the city on business Saturday. He has been living in Roselawn for the past few months, but will move to a farm near there this week. Amos McCoy, formerly of Jordan tp., but now of near Lowell, was in the city on business Saturday. The Marion tp. republican convention will be held next Saturday, March 28. A tenant nouse on W. S. Makeever’s farm in Newton tp. was destroyed by firq Saturday at about the noon.hour. The house was occupied by L. Watson, who. is employed as a farm hand by Mr. Makeever, and he lost about half of his household goods. A rather distressing feature of the fire was the fact that Mrs. Watson had given birth to a babe only about twelve hours before, and had to*be carried out of the burning building on a cot and taken to the barn while the work of saving some of the household effects was going on. She was later taken to the residence of Chas. Hammond, the nearest neighbor, where she now is. The house was worth perhaps S7OO or SBOO and was insured for about half its value. The fire caught in the roof in some unexplained manner and was beyond control when discovered.

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