Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — LOCAL AND PERSONAL. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers.

Today’s markets: Wheat, 95c; Rye, 65c; Corn, 61c; Oats, 46c. G. J. Jessen was a business goer to Chicago yesterday. An elegant stock of rings, either signet, set or plain bands at Clarke's. Wobn Finn of Kankakee tp., was ar business visitor in the city yesterday. Joseph Willets and John Phillips were in from Hanging GroVe on business Monday. * Monday was the shortest day of the year, and now the days begin to lengthen a little. William Graves, for more than 60 years a citizen of Morocco, died there last week, aged ’92 years. You can save 10 per cent and 20 per cent by letting the G. E. Murray Co. supply your Christmaß: wants. N. S. Bates goes to Indianapolis today -to spend Christmas and attend a. reunion of the Bates family at Dr. Batds’. For anything in the Jewelry line, cut glass, silver, or hand-painted china, don’t fall to see Clarke’s line—the largest in the city. The receipts frotn the recent bazaar of the Presbyterian church ladies reached the healtfiy sum of 1253, and it is practically all net, too. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows went to Chicago yesterday to spend a week or ten days with, the family of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Murphy. The Ladies of the Relief Corps have sent 35 quarts of fruit and 10 glasses of jelly to the soliders home at Lafayette, to give a little Christmas cheer to the inmates there. 1* . ■ Harvey Davisson of Union tp., jfetil farm on a smaller scale next year, and will have a sale to dispose of his surplus stock and implements, of which he has enough to make a good big sale. vla. m. Brlngle came down from Fair Oaks Sunday and went out to Bis brother’s, W. D. Bringle’s, in Jordan township, to see his father, who is quite poorly. He returned home Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Washburn have gone to Mishawaka to spend Christmas with relatives of Mr. Washburn. They also expect to visit relatives in Berrian county, Mich., before returning. Albert Helsel was down from Fair Oaks on business Monday. Mr. Helsel has been appointed administrator of the estate of his siSter-in-law, the late Mrs. Rose Kessick of Fair Oaks.. “May Joys that dwell in merry hearts, And the mirth of Christmas cheer— Be yours for many a Christmas day And many a bright New Year.’* Miss Flo Funk returned from North Dakota, Saturday where she had been teaching school for nine months. Owing to the severe winter in the north-wyst public schools close in the late fall. —Starke County Republican. X,W. B. Walter moved Monday onto [the W. E. Moore farm in Hanging Grove township, vacated by James Letter, who will move to Wisconsin soon. Harvey Messman of near Earl Park will move onto the Joe Nagel farm, vacated by Mr. Walter. “Squire” Thornton, formerly of Rensselaer but for the past several months at St- James, Mo., came Friday for a brief'visit with his sister, Mrs. Wm. Dixey. He has bought property in St. James and is engaged in the resturant business there* A whiskey agent called at this office awhile ago, says an exchange, and insisted on showing his sam*' pies. On being Informed that we were church members and didn't * bfelieve in excessive indulgence a| ; the flowing bowl, he made thlh audacious reply: “Well, I know it; yeu’re Just the kind of people we sell to most.” «m Harry Brown arrived in the city Monday afternoon from Lisbon, No. Dak., for a few weeks visit with relatives and friends. He is looking well and evidently North Dakota climate agrees with him. He •ays he likes it there first-rate, and that he left his folks all well. They have had r littfc winter there this year but the snow has not covered the tops of the barns yqt.

Call at A. F. Long’s drug store for Christmas trees, any size wanted. Keep in mind the Rensselaer poultry show to be held Jan. 18 to 23 ’ _ i .. Largest stock of watches in the county, and at, reasonable prices, at Clarke’s. ' The Twiee-a-Week Democrat and the Twice-a-Week St. Louis Republic, both a full year for only 92.00. Come to see Santa and a museum of curiosties and the great clearing sale of everything at the Chicago Bargain Store. The Democrat wants correspondents in every town and neighborhood in Jasper county not already represented. None but those writing a good hand and having a fair education need apply. Mathew Ferk of Pulaski died last Wednesday from JBright’s disease, aged 54 years. He was a cousin of Father Geftl of the Indian school and of Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach, southwest of town, who attended the funeral Friday, Father Geltl conducting the services. He leaves a wife and five children. Nappanee is said to be the banner onion port in this state. There are now 115,000 bushels of the strong vegetable in her »cold storages and this is after 2,330 cars estimated at 165,000 bushels have been shipped from there this season. That’s going some, but we venture to say that it won’t be many years before Starke county will also be a tbp notcher in this profitable ■ business. Starke County Democrat. jLEverett Halstead received a letter Fp-fday from his brother, O. C. Hal«ead. who is at Wprland, Wyo., stating that he was crossing a bridge a few days ago with a load of hay when through some mishap the load fell off—whether by the bridge going down or not he did not state — and he was thrown off and hurt his ankle. Not very serious, but enough to lay him up for a few days. When he gets straightened up, he says he is coming back home. His family, who went west with him, have been here since September.

Bro. Roby of the Benton Review “knocked the persimmon” in the amount of holiday advertising carried by any one newspaper in this section of tbe state, he having something like 95 columns of display advertising in his 24-page edition. However, Fowler, Oxford, Earl Park, Remington and Lafayette merchants were the advertisers, and it took some soliciting and a great deal of extra labor to get out such an edition. Perhaps The Democrat carried more strictly home advertising than any other county seat paper in northwestern Indiana, and every line of it came to us unsolicited, too, for which we are duly thankful. The Democrat’s two issues of last week were twenty pages, only four pages less than the the Review.

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