Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Joseph Francis, three miles w'est of town, is confined to her bed with stomach trouble.

Wm. Bowers, the dredge man, has a good job at Rockville, Mo., on a steam shovel and will commence work about July Ist.

Misses Mary and Florence Moore, hello jgirls in the telephone office, are taking a three weeks vacation during which they are visithig relatives in Hammond and Chicago.

A new druggist arrived on the Sc£ne of action at B. F. Fendig’s Sunday morning, and Ben is as happy as a 21-year-old dad would be.

J. H. Conway, formerly in the saloon business at Parr, has moved here and occupies the former Horton property on Division street, now owned by A. Leopold.

Geo. A. Williams went to Chicago lesday to attend the national con-

vention of his party, to which he is one of the alternate delegates from this district. He expected to return home last night, however, and go back again later in the week.

The rock men are now engaged in fishing out the location of the holes made last year in the river channel, pumping them out and getting them ready for the dynamite, but this is not so difficult now, on account of the low water.

A. K. Sills of Monticello has been appointed a Fairbanks scout at the Chicago convention, and is one of six members of a central committee to direct their movements. Kitt’s experience in the scout business will come in real handy in this instance.

' i Louis Wildberg, who has been in a Chicago hospital for several weekß recovering from an operation, is expected to leave the hospital the last of the week, when he will probably go to Peoria, 111., to visit with relatives for awhile before returning to Renseslaer. A copious rain fell over a large territory in this vicinity Saturday night, commencing about 11:30 o'clock. It was accompanied by neither wind or lighting, and being followed" with cool, cloudy weather will be of immense benefit to the growing crops. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Davisson and iiiece, Miss Frances Davisson, returned Friday from a week’s visit with their son Clyde’ Davisson and family at Pekin, 111. George says it has been very wet there and crops here are looking much better than the sections of Illinois he passed through. Prof. R. C. Yeoman returned to Lafayette Monday after a few days visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman, southeast of town. He will go to Indianapolis in a few days to take a position in the draughting department of the National Bridge Co., of that city for. the summer. ( Vern ySchock, who removed Urts family to South Cali., last spring, writes his sister, Miss Dollie Schock, that all is well with thmn, and they are more than pleased with tehir new location. This may be accounted for owing to the fact that Vern had his pay check made larger last week. - ■r , " M ■- Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Timmons of Jqymouth are here for a couple of weeks visit with their son-in-law, Conrad Shaffer, south of town, and other relatives and - friends. Mr. Timmons is still engaged in tke hitch barn business at' Plymouth. He says, crops there look about the same aB here. It has been a very wet spring there.