Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

•v Farm leases, cash or grain rent, for sale at The Democrat office, -4 V A. H. Dickinson and son Earl of (Chrpenter tp., left Wednesday for Lisbon, No. Dak., on a prospecting trip. They may be gone two months or more, but Mr. Dickinson said he would be back in time to put in a vote for Bryan. Lightning struck a tall oak tree in the door-yard at Walter Harrington’s in Union tp., Wednesday afternoon and splintered it up somewhat. The tree stood only some twenty feet from the house, and the flash came into the house enough to startle the inmates considerably. Mr. Splelberger has .jjust arrived in town in the interest of a new survey which is believed will be of great benefit to the community at large. He has been in consultation with a number of the prominent business men and will call on all the voters of Marion, Newton and Barkley townships. ____________________ M '■' Miss Leathe Wright, who has been teaching in Raton, New Mexico, is being treated in the Mary Thompson hospital in Chicago. She was to have been operated on next Tuesday, but yesterday we were informed by a relative here that it was now thought an operation would not have to be resorted to. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Shesler expect to leave Tuesday for Randall, Minn., where they will remairp indefinitely. They go for the benefit of Mr. Shesler’s health, he being troubled greatly with asthma, and if the climate there proves beneficial to him it is likely they will locate there permanently.

pGeorge Michaels, son of Mrs. liaura Michaels, will start for Pasadenia, Cali., Monday morning. He is goidg there with the intention of making that his future home, already having a brother, W. P. Michaels, there. Mrs. Michaels will go in about a month to spend the winter there, and possibly reside there in the future. ’ Marion I. Adams has purchased the residence and 11% acres of land of Mrs. Laura Michaels just east of the old fair ground, now occupied by William Murray as tenant. The consideration is reported to be $2,7005 Mr. Adams will move on to the place and his son Ray will occupy the* home place another year, is Mir. and Mrs. J. H. Chapman and Miss Marjorie Loughridge left Wednesday morning for an extended western trip, during which they will visit the family of John H. Brown at Lisbon, No. Dak., Harve Robinson at Sentinel Butte, No. Dak., John Paxton at Longmont, Colo.; Livingstone, Mont.; Salt Lake City; Yellowstone Park and other points. They expect to be gone three or four weeks. Jake Hensler of Remington was in town on business connected with the Carpenter township gravel road now building, of which he has charge. Mr. Hensler says he has a piece of corn that was planted on the 15th of June and Is now shooting. The rain will make a fine crop of corn of this late planting, is the opinion of Mr. Hensler, and he comes about as near knowing what he is talking about as the next one. “E. W. F.” of Indianapolis, in the "People’s Column” of the Indianapolis News puts the matter about right. He says: In order to avert the attention of the people from the real Issues, graft and extravagance, the Republicans have Injected the temperance question as the last resort, as a'Tfrowning man grabs at a straw. With a candidate for Governor nominated by the saloon elemept, and a candidate for President who openly opposes prohibition they expect to win.

iThe slx-year-old son of Joseph Uson near Egypt school house in rdan tp., died Tuesday at about 9 p. m., after a few days sickness from quinsy. The boy was first taken sick Sunday and later two doctors were in attendance in an endeavor to save his' life', but without avail. The funeral was held Thursday at 10 a. m., from Egypt school house. Rev. Speck of Jordan conducting the services, and interment made in the Welsh cemetery near by. The Indianapolis Star, the Muncie Star and the, Terre Haute Star, three of the leading republican papers erf . Indiana, ■ and- all in the hands of receivers, continue to preach *the glories of republican prosperity. ' According to the receiver’s report these papers lost more money last year than ever before in their history. Commenting on these reverses and the course they are pursuing, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette appropriately remarks: "Preaching prosperity from the bankruptcy courts is like preaching honesty and uprightness from behind the prison bars/’—Albion Democrat.