Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Frank Haskell, the barber, has been laid up several days'this week from a lameness in one of his limbs which was injured several years ago by a fall from a horse, Peter May was called to Illinois Thursday attend the burial of his son-in-law, P. C. Pursley of Amhurst, So. Dak. Mr. Pursley moved to Dakota from near Rensselaer some two years t ago, and was well known to many of our readerp. No particulars of his death have been learned. The remains were brought back to his former home in *Hlinols for burial. lad a little fistic encounter in front of Ed Rhoads* grocery Thursday evening about 8 o’clock, with honors about, evenly divided. The trouble arose over a recent suit in foreclosure by the’ former. The peace officers were both up to hear the democratic speaking, we understand, and no one Interfered to stop the fracas.

J. H. Conway, who opened up a soft drink shop here, after his saloon license expired at Parr, in which he continued until the Circuit Court at Frankfort decided that “Tonica” could not be sold without a license, has moved to Monon, where he will engage in the drug business a little later. His entire stock and fixtures were loaded Thursday evening into four wagons and taken overland to Monon. Mrs. W. F. Michael and Mrs, J. F. Mitchell called at the Monnett Children’s Home Thursday morning and presented the matron with $3 to be used for the Home. This money is the proceeds of some collections made by the Ladies Home Club of Jordan tp., during the summer months. It certainly could not have been placed where it will do more good than at the Home where any gift is so gratefully received. xx Mrs. J. J. Hunt went to Chicago Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. A. E. toen, and Mr. Hunt went up Tuesday to attend the bankers’ association meeting and come home with her. He did not hear the speech of J. Lawrence Laughlin,, a college professor of Nebraska, on guaranteed deposits wherein he said that this scheme was fit only for lunatics, and it wouldn’t have changed his opinion that it is “the thing” if he had heard it. il. F. and Mrs. Stackhouse returnthe first of the week from a It w’ith old friends and neighbors at Mitchell, So. Dak. They visited Fritz Zard, Tim Nichols, Chas. Zard, Jasper Kenton and the other Kentons resident of that vicinity. Land is too high to invest in there and Mr. Stackhouse did not buy any, owing to the fact that one man who had told a friend that he would take $65 per acre asked SIOO when his bluff was called. ''i. Vfin. Kresel, southeast of town, cotnplains of dogs killing his turnkeys. The dog came right into his barn yard and killed them. The first time it came one was killed and three others were wounded, one of which later died. The second time two were killed outright One turkey was killed right before the family, and more would have met the same fate had they not driven the dog away, Mr. Kresel will be prepared for its next visit and if he catches sight of it the beast will be sent to the “happy hunting grounds” in double-quick time.

The Newton county grand jury has this week been investigating the old Baldwin & Dague bank failure at Goodland, which occurred last fall. It will be remembered that the bankers claimed their bank was perfectly solvent and that every depositor would soon be paid in full. Neirly one year has gone by since the failure and only a very small per cent has been paid in dividends thus far. It is now thought by many that these claims of solvency and the delay in making their promises good was for the purpose of staving off criminal prosecution until too late to do any thing, in other words until the statute of limitation had expired.

An Immense amount of stone lies piled up on the bank of the river where it was put by the dredge and there will be a large amount left after the roads are all completed that are now under contract. The county is working on the pile behind the River Queen Mill, C. S. Chamberlain’s and Delos Thompson’s; the stone road contractors are working from the Washington street bridge up and down the river, on the east side, and will no doubt clean up this part of the bank before they are through. On the west side they are working down the river and have a considerable strip cleared off toward the creamery bridge, but up the river the second deposit made by the dredge is all there yet except that under the Washington street bridge, that having removed several days ago. Some very fine specimens of fish are being caught out of the river channel above the dredge. These include bass, salmon and cats. T. W. Haus tried his luck Wednesday and secured some very fine ones, or, to be more exact, would have secured some fine ones if they had known he wanted them to bite. He Is a little out of practice in this line.