Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The democrat for Job Printing Prof. J. H. Gray is here for a few days visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Coen are visiting in Michigan. John Hudson of Jordan tp., has bought a farm in Westpoint tp., White county, paying 16,000 therefor. Mr. John Wright of Lafayette, who is connected with the editorial staff of the Tippecanoe County Democrat, was the guest of Miss Helen Hopkins Sunday. r Milo Miller of Mount Ayr was in town Monday on business. He has not determined just when he will go to the Dakotas to thresh, but may go in a few days. A ball game at the college grounds Sunday between the Knights of Columbus team of Lafayette and the Rensselaer team, resulted in a score of 10 to 1 in favor of the latter. Frank Haskell’s barber pole has been going bareheaded all summer but it suffered so much from the heat that it began wearing a hat Tuesday morning. The hat was donated by Geo. Lundy. X.

Henry Schafer of Deer Creek, 111., came over Friday for a week’s visit with his brothers, Leonard, Valentine, William and Conrad Shafer of Jasper county. He reports crop conditions there about the same as here.

The plaster cast was removed from John Andrus’ leg yesterday. It has been on about two months, since he broke the leg by falling fregn the rbof of a building on which he was removing the scaffoldin Union tp. c Joe Reynolds came up from Frankfort Sunday, and Monday accompanied his mother, Mrs. Hettle Nichols, to Detroit, Mich., for a few days visit. Earl Reynolds, a son and brother, with his wife are there playing in vaudeville, William Kenton had his carpetsack all ready home on the 9:55 a. m. train Tuesday morning, but deferred his home-going when he heard of the coming of hte brother Jap. His head is set on going in two or three days anyway. It is reported that Firman Thompson, eldest eon of Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson, will be married this week to Miss Faye Clayton, a popular young lady of Monon. They will reside in Chicago where Firman will be employed in the Union Stock Yards.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nagle and four ■of the children went to Lafayette .Sunday to visit Mrs. Clara Eberle, Mrs. Nagle’s mother. Joe came back Monday morning thinking, that he might be needed to look after bis threshing. Mrs. Nagle and children will be back in a day or two. ><.

Carl lyonien w&8 reported much worse yesterday morning, and some of his friends fear the worst may .come in a few days.* He has.wasted away until there is just a frame left, and the hot weather is very severe on him, tpo. Should conditions become more favorable he may pull through, but they must ■change for the better soon. X About a hundred neighbors and friends gathered at the Amos Davisson hpme In Union township Saturday tn honor of Mrs. Morris Wat*ers, an aunt of Mrs. Davisson’s. Refreshments were served and music by phonograph was one of the diversions enjoyed. A “splendid time” is the report of those present. x Wm. F. Enslen, who has been foreman of the composing department of the Marion Leader for 18 years, was in* the city to visit his mother Mrs. James T. Randle over Sunday., Mr. Enslen was born and raised at Morocco and learned his trade on the Morocco Courier, which paper was first started about 1876 by Worley B. Sluts, now a Methodist preacher, but at that time a school teacher. Mr. Enslen also prints The Hoosier from the Leader press. After visiting his old home he returned to Maridn yesterday afternoon. He paid this office hi fraternal call Monday moraing.