Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Eva Clark of Hammond spent Sunday with relatives here. E. F. Mills of Chicago spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Anna Mills of Rensselaer. (W. C. Baker of Chicago spent Saturday night and Sunday with his father John N. Baker and family in Barkley vtp. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quinn, a newly married couple of Strawn, 111., visited the latter’s sister, Mrs. L. A. Harmon and family last week. fXMrs. James Randle returned to per home in Chicago Monday after a few days visit with the family of her father-in-law, Nelson Randle. Mrs. Oppenheimer, who has been spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. B. S. Fendig, left Sunday for her home in New Orleans, La. 1 Anson Cox, was hurt a few weeks ago from being thrown off a horse near Parr has not been able to do a day’s work since, although up and about all the time now. Bruce E. Baker of Barkley tp., left Monday for Pontiac, 111., where he will spend a few days with his brother James R. Baker, going from there to Chicago to take in the fat stock show. D. A. Bickel and son of Remington were Rensselaer visitors Saturday. Mr. Bickel is quite a noted fancy stock and poultry breeder and will likely have some birds on exhibition at the forthcoming poultry show here. Lake County News: Miss Ellen Sayler, who has been the guest of her sister,' Mrs. L. L. Dougherty and family at their home, 267 Logan street, for the past three weeks, returned this noon to her home in Rensselaer, Ind. Jesse Eldridge of near Parr, who has been down at the mineral springs near Attica for the past two weeks, is reported to not be getting along very well, and it is not known how much longer he will have to stay there. y\Julius Taylor, the colored carpenter, was married at Indianapolis Sunday to Miss Jeanette Price of that city, a young colored woman who visited Julius here last summer. They will reside in his property in the east part of town. "T- 1 1 1 Bud Hammond and family of Lisbon, No. Dak., arrived here Saturday for a month’s visit with relatives. Bud is one of the big farmers of Ransom county and has prospered exceedingly well since going to Dakota a few years ago.

j\John H. Jessen went to Chicago Monday to take, a position with the Chicago Journal in the circulation department. His duties will likely be to travel in the interests of country circulation, appoint agencies, etc. Mr. Jessen is well qualified for this work and will very likely prove a valuable man for the position. W. J. Huff & Son of New Ross, Ind., have purchased the Monon News, which for the past two years has been conducted by Mrs. J. L. Peetz. The paper will be in charge of the junior member of theo firm, Edgar Huff, who has been employed in -the mechanical department for some time, the elder Huff having a paper at New Ross. , The season of the year for changes in postofflce address of several of The Democrat’s subscribers fs near at hand, and we again want to call attention to the. fact that it is necessary in notifying us of changes in address to give the old as well as the new address, that we may readily find the name on our list. Please do not neglect this. Miss Bertha Newton, instructor in Latin and German in the city schools, resigned last week to take a like position in the Frankfort schools. Miss Margaret Stockbridge of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been secured to take her place and the school board seems to have been very fortunate in finding so well qualified a teacher. Miss Stockbridge is a graduate of ’OS and spent the summer traveling in Germany. Yesterday, the first day of December,' dawned bright and clear, With the mercury at 16 above zero —3 degrees higher than December 1. of last year. The last day of November last year the mercury stood at 31 in the morning, about the same as this year, and the day was much similar except that a little snow fsll.. During the night it grew colder and the morning of December 1 dawned bright and clean; with 3 degrees colder than it was yesterday morning.