Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

10 Per Cent Discount Will be continued on all work and orders taken during the month of July. Call and get prices. C. A. PETERS Optician

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. X... Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. On top—Home Grocery. To-day’s markets: 55c; oats, 40c; wheat, 80c. Another nice shower of rain fell here Thursday night. Harley Parks was over from Mt. Ayr to see the ball game Wednesday. j\Carl Worden is reported as reLovering nicely from the recent operation for appendicitis. i Mr. and Mrs. Hartley Church and Miss Twonnette Parker were over from Remington yesterday. Mrs. Anna Healy entertained the sewing club Thursday afternoon in the Hordeman Grove, west of town. Miss Ethel Sharp, who has been in California for the past two months, returned home Wednesday evening. The ball game here Wednesday between the Wheatfield and Rensselaer teams was won by the former. Score 4to 1: James Dunlap of Mount Ayr Ivisited her brother Frank Haskell, and other relatives here a few days this week, returning home Thursday. Editor H. A. Barnhart of the Rochester Sentinel was nominated for congress by the democrats of the Thirteenth district Thursday at Plymouth. "Roastin’ ears” have been in the local market in rather limited supply for the past week, and at this writing are retailing at 15 cents per dozen. Bert Hopkins and Miss Theeyer were visiting the families a former’s, brothers, James and D. M. Yeoman, at Ambia for a few days this week. Clark of Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Krum of North Manchester, Came Wednesday evening for a few weeks visit with their sister, Mrs. D. E. Hollister. W. N. Jenkins of north of town was kicked by a cow Tuesday, inflicting a long wound on the right wrist which will keep him from work for a time. Mrs. J. Oppenheimer and son of New Orleans who have been visiting the family of B. S. Fendig, left Thursday for a visit with her parents in Toronto, Canada. Charley Liston and family have moved here from Mt. Ayr and occupy a part Of Mrs. E, H. Shields’ residence on the west side. He will work on the stone roads. Willows ruin ditches, roads and crops, and do no good to the farmer. If cut or peeled before September 1 they will die. Every landowner should at once proceed to destroy them. * Mrs. Zemri Dwigglns left Thursday for her home in Lincoln, Neb., after an extended visit with relatives here. > Her daughter, Miss Linda Dwigglns will remain here for a while longer. The big dredge will be hung up until the Washington street bridge is removed, and the contract for removal will not be let until August 3. It is now jam up against the bridge, reaching same yesterday. S NSimon Fendig came down from \yheatfleld Wednesday with the Wheatfield team, and in all probability Simon’s hollering contributed to the rout of the Rensselaer team, the score being 4 to 1 in favor of Wheatfield. "'KGeorge Mustard, whose return frohi Kansas was noted a couple of weks ago, has gone to Monon and Seafield to visit until the first of the month when hewill go to Wabash to take his old position with the Bantus Horse Stocks Co., which he left to go to Kansas some two years ago. Mrs. Mustard and son I accompanied him.