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

To-day’s markets: Wheat, 93c; Oats, 45c; Corp, 65c; Rye, 65c. Zachariah Spitler of Mofoo/o, mention of whose critical Illness was made In Saturday’s Democrat, died at her home in Morocco Sunday and was burled at Mt. Zion, southwest of Brook, yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler of this city attended the funeral. E. G. Warren, who has been at Oklahoma City, Okla., for the past few months with his J. F. Warren, assisting the latter in his loan business as inspector, returned home a few days ago and will put his affairs in shape to return to Oklahoma to locate permanently in a few weeks. He will continue his work as loan inspector and will move his family there about March 1. Three head of steers belonging to Joseph Schurlch of northeast of town, were struck by one of the early trains last Thursday morning and killed. They had broken out of the pasture and wandered out by the grove east of the stockyards. They were badly cut to pieces, but the trainmen did not report having run into any cattle so it is not known what train killed them. pMrs. Theressa McCurtain the widow of Soloman McCurtain, died at her home in Parr at 9:30 yesterday morning, aged about 70 years. She had been complaining for a few weeks and for the past few days bad been quite low. No arrangements had been made for the funeral at the hour of going to press. John Hopkins, wife and two children of Surrey, No. Dak., came last week and expect to make Jasper county their home again, for a year at least. John has prospered greatly since going to North Dakota a few years ago, and now owns a half section of land a mile from Surrey. He went there some eight years ago and bought a 160 acre homestead right for $350, and has since bought another 160 for He has rented his farm out for next year and will remain here. John sold $6,993 worth of grain alone this year. Scrown Point Star: B. J. Gifford, ptothotor and builder of the "one-man-railroad” was recently here and seemed optomistic with his railroad building. He has lately bought another 80-acre farm in order to get the right-of-way through, and has also moved his line to run a half mile further west, which is now laid out to go on the line between the Mason and Hack farmsi a mile east of this place. It is also on the dividing line between the Newton and Wheeler farms. He anticipates building to the Panhandle railroad before the work stops this time, and will then let it rest for a time after getting the outlet, but will eventually go to Gary.