Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Loy has moved into his recently purchased property on College Road near the creamery bridge. Glen Wlshard is down from the Northwestern University for a few r days vacation and a visit with his many relatives here. The Wednesday issue of the Twice-A-Week Democrat is Issued again this week as an eight-page paper to make room for advertising. Edward Reames, a farm hand aged 21 years employed by D. P. Teeter of near Monticello, was drowned Sufiday morning while in swimming with some companions in. the Tippecanoe river. The strawberries now coming to market are of excellent quality and seem to be abundant, those of N. S. Bates especially are as fine as one could wish. The price is a little stiff yet, 12% and 15 cents a box. Crown Point Star: An attorney from Gary w'as here on Monday and claimed that saloons there with licenses that would not run out f° r several months were going out of business at once on account of ’Blow times, lack of money, etc. They all agree that there are too many venders of drinks already for the patronage.

C. B. Steward is building a commodious two-story house on one of his lots oi\ Forest street, north of the Coen & Brady elevator. It is being built out of the old Parker school house in northeast Marion for which he paid some $45, and he will have a good and substantial house out of it when completed and at comparatively small expense. The Democrats of Pulaski county at their convention Saturday nominated W. B. Henry for Recorder, William Sanders for Sheriff, John Needham for Coroner, Joe Cox for Surveyor, John Barker for Treasurer, A. J. Baughman and J. W. Nice for Commissioners. Delegates to the Judicial convention were instructed to vote for Frank J. Vurpillat for. judge. Bue Parcels came home from the west Sas«frday, being the last of the trio ttfat have been sojourning tok gether most of the time in different parts of the west for the last twen-ty-one months, L. A. Jessen and Gaylord McFarland having arrived earlier in the week. Rue went to Chicago on the early train Monday morning where he had secured a job aB he came through on his way home. He is now working as cashier in a case in that city. A three room cottage, property of Ernest Stibbe and occupied by Mell Wood, was totally destroyed by Are at Parr last Friday about 5 o’clock. Mrs. Wood had gone across the street to get a pail of water when she noticed the entire top of the house on fire. When she got inside fire Was falling down the stairway and nothing was saved from upstairs. Presumably it caught from a defective flue. The loss to Mr. Stibbe is estimated at S4OO and that of Mr. Wood at $l5O. Neither were Insured.