Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

10 Per Cent Discount On my Regular Prices Until July 20th ONLY C. A. Peters Optician

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets: Corn, 55c; oats, 45c. Miss Iva Irwin of Chicago is the guest of Mrs. Van Grant. Mannon of Wheatfield was in n Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood of Lafayette spent the 4th here with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson. A girl was born to D. J. Harris and wife, at the tile mill residence west of town, last Thursday about noon. pSJick Schmitter and wife visited With the former’s parents, east of Delphi, on the 4th, returning home Sunday morning. Mrs. Allie Porter returned Thursday afternoon from a three weeks visit at Plymouth, Valparaiso, Wheeler and Chicago. Rue Parcels has returned from Chicago and is now working in his father’s barber shop. He will remain here some two months. Benton Review: Miss Ethel Huff came from Indianapolis Tuesday to spend the summer vacation with her parents, W. A. Huff and wife. Hon. Jesse E. Wilson and family spent the 4th at Danville, Ind., accompaning his brother Hershel there Friday. They returned Monday. **4 Robert Fendig was down from Michigan City to spend the 4th with his parents Nathan and Mrs. Fendig. He returned Monday morning. Miss loma Imes of Chicago visited her uncle W. J. Imes and wife over Sunday, returning to Chicago on the early train Monday morning. Misses Myrtle Richmond and Callie Baker of Barkley tp., left Thursday for Rossville, 111., the spent the Fourth with the latter’s sister Mrs. George Kimberlln. • Leland R. Jessen went to Elgin, 111., Friday to spend the 4th with his brother Lloyd, who is now manager of the Western Union Telegraph office in that city. H,Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Murray are Here to spend the summer with their daughter, Mrs. Frank Donnelly. They spent the winter with their son Charlie in Stokes, Oklahoma. O. K. Ritchey, Sr., spent the 4th in Chicago. When interviewed Monday he intimated that he did not possess a great fund of knowledge, but he is still a candidate for that substance. 4 C. W. Littlefield and Mrs. Littlefield, brother and mother of N. Littlefield „of this city, came over from Remington Sunday morning to visit over Sunday, returning Monday forenoon. Misses Blanche and Vey Jackson returned to their home at Lebanon Monday after a week’s visit with relatlvips, they ooming as the guests of Miss Clare Jessen on her return from Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. W. McClure of Union City, Ind., spent the fourth here with his uncle, J. M. Wasson and wife, returning home Monday. Mr. McClure is engaged in the grain business at Union City. XMr. and Mrs. Frank Haskell and baby went to Chicago Sunday to spend the week visiting relatives there and at Chicago Heights. Mrs. H. also expects to visit in Valparaiso before returning. In testing the deep well at the new White county poor farm last week, gas was found in such quantity that it is thought it will be sufficient to run the engine used in running machinery there. O. Parks of Patton, Carroll bounty, brought his mother up to C. L. Parks’ oJt Surrey last week where she will make her home hereafter. She met with the misfortune to get her hip dislocated last fall and is unable to walk any as yet. I