Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Nothing better than a few games of Box Ball after working In office or store all day. I ' The Democrat in prepared at nil times, remember, to turn out up-to-date Job printing promptly and at reasonable prices.

VJohn Duvall and Charlie Hemphill had a little fistic encounter at the Hemphill barn Tuesday afternoon, but no very serious harm was done to either.

Smith, aged about 80 years, and an old resident of Walker tp., died at* his home in that township Monday and was buried In the Catholic cemetery at Wheatfield, Wednesday.

Rev. T. F. Drake of Lowell, Mr. and Mrs. John Macey of Indianapolis, were among the out of town people who attended the funeral of Jay W. Williams here Thursday.

Hrank Antrim, the 20-year-old of Mr. and Mrs. Frasier An1, well known to many of our readers, died last Friday and was buried at Medaryville Tuesday. He died of consumption.

The Democrat is prepared again this season to print the best looking sale bills turned out in Jasper county. A free notice of sale, in full, embellished with stock- cuts, printed in The Democrat without extra charge.

.George Thompson, a former well known resident of near Remington, but for the past few years a resident of Goodland, has traded his residence property at the latter place for a farm near Ft. Wayne, and will move upon same in a few weeks.

C. H. Porter, son-in-law of the late Jay W. Williams, who has been in business in Chicago for the past two or three years, returned to Chicago Thursday and will arrange his affairs there so that they can return to Rensselaer and make their home here.

Bill N. Jones had made all arrangements to leave Monday to spend the winter with his children at Bellewood, Neb., when a lot of rush orders for roof painting chine in and he had to delay the trip. He says now he will remain here all winter if the orders come in thick enough.

Fire, started from a locomotive on the C. & E. Ry., has beeen doing considerable damage in the timber and fields on the Lawler ranch eaßt of the said railroad this week, and Tuesday night a' large force of men worked until two o’clock in the morning to get the fire under control.

s >»Samuel H. Porter, aged' 83 years, qied at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. 8. Shedd, east of town Tuesday shortly after noon. The funeral was held from the house at 12 o’clock Thursday, Rev. Parrett conducting the services, and interment made in Weston cemetery.

Bertha Grant and her brother, Frank Alter, came Sunday from Jamestown, So. Dakota, to virfit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Alter. Mrs. Gaylord Nowels and children of Delphi are also here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alter, her parents. After a few weeks visit here Mrs. Nowels will go to Longmont, Colo., where Mr. Nowels is now employed in a planing mill.

D. H. Yeoman returned Tuesday from a trip down on the Ohio river looking after a dredge contract, While down in that part of the state he visited the park at Lincoln City, Spencer county, where Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln, in buried, and where the state has acquired title to the tract of land surrounding her grave and a fine monument has been erected.

The laughing comedy, “The Trust Busters,” can be truthfully termed the very qulntesence of fun." Unlike most comedies it has a plot and this plot is in the main responsible for the many ludicrous mishaps and complications that round out a solid two hours and a half of genuine merriment. “The Trust Busters” that present this excellent comedy is a merry, madcap crazy concoction of hilarity and as such leads the world in laughter. The advance sale of tickets will be large. It is coming to Ellis opera house, Saturday, Nov. 21.

Lake County Star: A report came to us with the*first frost that the big corn fields on the Kankakee were ruined, and a later story said that most of the corn would be good, but the last one from John Brown says it is as near a failure as it could well be, as hardly a sound ear can be found. .. . . .The Chicago authorities are making it warm for Lake county’s milk shippers. They ask the Indiana state authorities now to examine every dairy cow in this county for tuberculosis, which will have to be done to satisfy them, or the dairy Interests here will go to smash, and that is the greatest income a large per cent of the farmers have. Wanted To Rent:-—Up-to-date cottage of four to six rooms, convene lent to school preferred. Enquire at Democrat office. „\ S’? ——“ ■ ; .- For Sale:—An unmounted horsepower, complete with tumbling rods, at a bargain if taken at once, at C. A. Roberts’. vi v ;•• • oy" •,