Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The 15-year-old eon of John Langhoff south of town is critically sick with an abcess on the lungs, following an attack of pneumonia. Found:— One day last week on the north gravel road, a ladies’ hand-bag. Owner can have same by describing property and contents and paying 25 cents for this notice. C. D. NORMAN.

The Rensselaer Garage Co. now have a? couple of autos for livery hire. One is the Mitchell recently traded for from Dr. Washburn and the other is a fine four passenger covered Buie. They charge $2.50 for the first hour and $2 for each additional hour, which includes the services of a chauffeur.

Blasting has begun again south of town on the part es the Iroquois ditch thrown out last fall, but which was not deep enough. Some difficulty is experienced because of the fact that the blasts last /all split the stone and the drills following these cracks become wedged and are taken out with some difficulty. jsfooney Kellner will ship in ice from Cedar Lake, having contracted with the Knickerbocker Ice Co. for enough to supply his customers the balance of the season. This ice is said to be of good thickness and nice and clear. He will commence getting the Cedar Lake ice next week, we understand.

Trains are now being run but three days in the week on the Gifford road, we are told, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. This road has never been much of a paying investment for Mr. Gifford, and if he has had the chaiice to unload that it is reported he has, he was very foolish for not having done so.

Mary Heldmann of Chicago, a cousin of Fr. George Heldmann of ther Indian School, died Wednesday in Chicago and the remains were brought here for burial yesterday, the funeral taking place at St. Augustine’s Catholic church at 11 a. m., and interment made in Mt. Calvary cemetery south of town. She was 4 2 years of age, and her death was caused from tuberculosis. She spent last summer in Rensselaer.

Hickman met with a painful accident while shearing sheep An the* William Daniels farm, northeast of town last Friday. Having finished shearing a sheep and turned it loose, he was in the act of catching another when he slipped on the wet platform, falling on his side with the sheep on top of him. One rib was broken and others fractured. While unable to work he is about most of the time and will be himself again in three of four weeks.

Notwithstanding the showers about every day or night this week the farmers have done a great deal of farm work in both plowing and planting. Thursday night there was another qujte a big rain in some sections of the county with a heavy wind and considerable hail. No hall fell at Rensselaer, but south of town, in the Al Peters neighborhood, the hail was of large size and the wind a perfect gale, although no particular damage was done so far as learned. A bg rain fell In Rensselaer yesterday at about 4 a. m.

An Indianapolis dispatch says: George Ade, the author, is about to get into the political game with Charles S. Hernly, of Newcastle, former republican state Chairman, as coach. Hernly is authority for tne announcement that the biggest rally of the coming campaign will be held on Ade’s farm near Brook, Newton County. Hernly says it was decided that “Jimmy” Watson, nominee for Governor, should be the principal "but that an effort wdulfl be made to have President Roosevelt attend the function.

Ex-Supreme Judge J. J. McCabe of Williamsport is mourning the loss of two fine horses, stolen 7 from his barn a few days ago. These horses were traced to within six miles "of Danville, 111., where all trace was lost of them. It would seem Impossible to get away with a horse in these days of the farmer telephone', but the fact remains that many are stolen and no trace of them appears afterward. Later: The horses and thief were overhauled in Indianapolis. The thief gave his name as Frank Ross, and his home as Chicago.

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