Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Wm. L. Hill of Madison came up Tuesday to see how things were moving on the farm south-west of town. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kiplinger were called to Sullivan, 111., Wednesday by the sudden death of the latter’s mother. N Kprs. H. L. Brown and W. L. attended the -meeting of the Indiana Dental association at Indianapolis this week. H-JElmer Gwin, who went to OklaljoVna to look for a position two months ago, has not found business very good in that state, the floods having done much damage. He went to Redrock Tuesday and if he does not find conditions any better he will probably return to Rensselaer. T. H. Robertson, who has been in Bancroft, lowa, for several months, will return to Wolcott about the middle of June with a car load of horses consisting of young drivers and drafters which he will sell at public auction at the Wolcott Sale and Exchange Stable about June 20. F. Osborne, who has pharge of the building force at work on the W. M. Hoover barn, had everything ready to raise the building yesterday morning, but he will not raise it until to-day. Many years ago his father met his death by Frank’s side at a barn raising on a Friday, and from that time Frank has never raised a building on that day of the week. | Rue Parcels, . who accompanied iLfbyd Jessen . and Gaylord McFarland west about a year and a half ago, is still at Lemay, Utah, and is at present foreman at the coal chute where the huge locomotives that haul through trains are supplied with coal. He did not indicate when he is coming back to civilization, and as he. is getting S9O per month he will no doubt remain for some time. Brook item in Kentland Enterprise: Mrs. Frank Corbin returned from Chicago Friday night where she had gone to consult a specialist, with the hope of having a growth on her breast removed. Physicians pronounced it a cancer and gave her no hopes of recovery. This is sad news to the community as it had been hoped that the good lady might yet find treatment that would help to some degree. Starke County Democrat: Prosecutor Reed received word by telephone this forenoon that the jury in the trial of Frank W T ebb at Logansport for complicity in the murder of Sheriff Oglesby at Winamac had just returned a verdict finding Webb guilty of murder in the second degree and fixing his punishment at imprisonment for life. The trial of John Smith, his partner, has been postponed. The friends of The Democrat will confer a favor that will be highly appreciated by calling the attention of those within their reach, who are not subscribers, to the many excellent features of the Twice-A-Week Democrat at the exceptional low price of SI.OO a year If .paid on or before June 13, and solicit them to send in their subscriptions. Keep in mind that after June 13th the subscription will be $1.50. Rensselaer will not 4th of July this year. It would have been easy enough to have gotten up a celebration but no one seemed to want to take the lead. As a result, instead of bringing in a few thousands of outside money, a few thousands will be taken out of circulation in this community and left in towns that celebrate. People Will go somewhere the Fourth and they will spend money. If their home town doesn’t celebrate they will go to some place that does. Jeremiah Beaty of Marysville, Missouri, stopped off in Rensselaer Tuesday evening to visit his old acquaintances whom he had not seen for 3 2 years. At that time he lived near neighbor to Henry and Frank Watson in the Wasson neighborhood. His family are all grown and doing for themselves and Mr. Beaty being a widower, was batching when they prevailed on him to spend the summer in traveL So far he has visited St. Louis and various points in the Ohio oil region. At this writing he is visiting T. A. Crockett and wife.

-X John L. Nichols, father of Dallas Klcholß, deceased, after receiving the telegram announcing the death of his son, started on the 9:55 a. m. train Saturday to Chamberlain, So. Dak., to bring the body back to his son’s birthplace for burial. When he arrived at Chamberlain he found that the body had been sent back, starting probably about the same time he had started from here, and he no doubt passed-it on the road out. It being impossible to get back In time for the funeral he did not return to Rensselaer. x