Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Wia fuehlen Sie heute Morgen, Herr Roosevelt? Glauben Sie immer noch dass Sie die elnsige Trlebfeder sind? The dance at Warner’s hall Thursday night was a pronounced success, thirty couples being present. Music was furnished bv Healy’s orchestra. Owing to the fact that many of the Catholic Foresters desire to go to Lafayette Sunday, the regular meeting will be held at 9 a. m. Members please take notice. v kjohn Ramp went to Kentland ’Tuesday to visit his sister, Mrs. N. Krull, and accompany home his nephew, “Little Nick” Krull, who has been visiting here for several weeks. Miss Kennedy, the trained nurse who accompanied Jesse Wilson’s family here from Washington, returned home Wednesday. The sick baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson is improving day by day. % vMrs. Ray D. Thompson, who had an operation performed at the Hahnamann Hospital, Chicago, Monday morning, is recovering nicely from the effects of it, and no/adverse symptoms have developed at this Writing.

“Henry IV,” presented by the literary society of St. Joseph’s College, was played to a crowded house Tuesday night, and all expressed themselves well pleased with the very creditable manner in which the students handled the play.

A meeting of the Tenth district bankers is called to be held at Lafayette June 25, to discuss matters of interest to the banking business. The Lafayette bankers will see to it that time does not hang heavily on the visitors’ hands during their stay in the Star city.

■X Lewis Davisson and daughter left Thursday for a few days visit with his sons Amos in Union tp., and Josiah in Kankakee tp. Mr. Davisson expected to fish a little in the Kankakee while at the latter place and was talking about the big fish he was going to haul out when he left town.

The big dredge on the Hoagland ditch cut through the main line of the Monon railroad to-day, and now

has two miles of heavy digging before it reaches the branch of the road that runs through this town to Monon. Mr. Sternberg says they will easily complete the ditch down to the river yet this season.—Tuesday's Monticello Journal.

The holes made last year in the river channel are all pumped out and a little willow tree set in each one of them so that they can be easily found again. These trees present a very picturesque appearance, conforming as they do to the curve that will be described by the channel of the river when completed. Blasting will commence in earnest next week.

The prohibition meeting advertised for Wednesday evening at the corner of the court house yard, by Prof. Eldridge of Minnesota, has been deferred until Monday evening, June 22, on account of the speaker having been billed for Logansport the. same evening. Prof. Eldridge will be here Monday evening and all are Invited to be present and hear him.

A. L. Willis is now confined to his bed. His hip, which was broken several years ago, has become so weak that he cannot bear his weight on that limb. - He is in gfeat pain almost all of the time, and fainted twice when attempting to stand <*n his feet, so great was the torture. The shop which he has occupied so long has been turned over to his son Jam’es and will be conducted by him hereafter.

Mrs. E. W. Irwin came over from Wolcott Wednesday morning for a few days visit with relatives and friends. The business outlook there is excellent and ready sale is found for all the product of their tile factory. By stripping off three or four feet, shale is found to the depth of 100 feet, assuring an inexhaustible supply of raw material, something they could not get near their factory site here. Mrs. Irwin says that they are more than pleased with their new location.

The property recently purchased by C. C. Warner from E. D. Rhoades on Front street, just south of A. H. Hopkins’ residence, has had an addition built on the rear, bath and city water put in and the necessary repairs made to both Interior and exterior. Painters and paper hangers are now at work in brightening it up and when they have finished it will have become a neat little cottage. It will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hopkins, and it is rumored that it was bought for him in the first place by Mr. Warner. Rugs from $1.25 to *3O at Williams'.