Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

10 Per Cent Discount <On my Regular Prices I 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; W. A. Gridley of Brook was in the city Wednesday on business. pA boy was born to Albert Hurley and wife, at Alx, Thursday nlbrning. Mrs. H. O. Harris and daughter. Miss Jennie, are sojourning in Michigan. The stone road makers are working on Matheson Road, south of the Monon railway tracks. Mrs. George Grummett and Mrs. L. A. Gorlett of Chicago are visiting Mrs. P. W. Clarke for a few days. The circuit court will start to grinding again Monday on the Hodge ditch matter. ’'LCharles Mann of Cincinnati, Ohio, ik home for a visit with his parents, John and Mrs. Mann. The democratic national convention is proving a bitter disappointment to the republican politicians. yMaster Stephen Sherman of Minneapolis, Minn., is down for the summer, this being his second visit. He is staying with S. C. Irwin and wife. Bert Miller and Mrs. Miller, living west of Brook, were in town Wednesday. Mr. Miller owns a farm in the southwest corner of Marion township. The city school board met Tuesday night, but no arrangements were completed in the matter of employing teachers for the coming school year. - ... X—■■■— Mrs. T. A. Crockett, who has been suffering with rheumatism for some time, is reported feeling somewhat worse the past few days, which is probably due to the cooler weather. * - ... ■- -- H. W. Wood., Sr., is suffering from a lame back. While this condition is chronic, he is suffering much more than usual, and is confined to the house most of the time. iMatt Moosmiller, grocery delivery y at the Chicago Bargain Store, has been ' taking a vacation this week, fishing and trying to take it easy. He goes back to work again to-day. E. *R. Osborne has movecK his family here from Goodland and is living in the Kessinger property in the east part of town. He is the able assistant of E. H. Stahl in his well boring business. On account of the repairs being made on the building of the Presbyterian church, next Sunday the Sabbath school and morning preaching service will be held in the building of the Free Will Baptist church. Christian church people are butting tn city water to use in connection with their new pipe organ. A water motor is to be used for power. The work of putting In the pipe organ will not be completed probably for two weeks more. Uncle John Makeever has completed a new cement block building east of the Makeever House, which is large enough for a carriage house and a laundry, that will be used for hotel purposes. Thus one more convenience has been added to this noted hostelry. Fred Longwell of Brook, republi/ah candidate for prosecuting/attorney was overcome by heat while making a Fourth of July speech at Morocco, and fell unconscious to the platform. He recovered consciousness after a timp but was unable to 'resume his address. ’ <’ W. H. Snedeker of Barkley tp., now sports a fine new Maxwell auto. It is a two seated, leather top, glass front, etc., and a mighty fine looking machine indeed. It's cost was about $1,450. Mt z Snedeker can afford this luxury all right and The Deniocrat hopes he and his good wife may get lots of enjoyment out of it.