Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

E. L. Hollingsworth went to Thayer qa business Tuesday. Xfirman Thompson and wife are in Chicago for a short time. D. V. Garrison of Remington was a visitor in the city yesterday. Miss Ella O’Connor left Tuesday morning for her future home in Kniman. * William Gasper or Gillam town* ship is moving upon a farm near Vernon, Jennings county. 'AWade and Emmet Laßue went to Indianapolis before returning to their college work at Bloomington. Miss Iva Irvin returned to Chicago Monday. She has been the guest, for a few days of. Mrs. Van Grant. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Day returned Saturday afternon from a three weeks* visit with relatives at Kingman. Kan. Mrs. John Beams of Barkley township, has gone to Englewood, where she will spend some time with relatives. Thos. Wolfe, daughter and five children, of Frankfort, arrived here Saturday to malpe their future home on the Hancock farm, on the Gifford Marsh. Harvey Davisson and family, Frank Goff and wife, Amos Davisson, Mary Galbraith and daughter, Mrs. Ellis, took New Year’s dinner with Lewis Davisson. Orren Bell of Lafayette piloted a company of 19 people last week, down from about Francesville and vicinity, to Olustee, Okla., where they expect to invest in Oklahoma lands. „• Miss Edith Adams has returned to" Hillsdale, Mich., where she is attending college, after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Adams, south of town. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Comer of Union township, went to Lowell yesterday. having been engaged Jo score the butter at the Lowell Poultry and Farm Products - show there this week. f Uncle Jim Blake of Fair Oaks, whose critical condition has been mentioned In our .Fair Oaks correspondence, died" last Friday and was burled Sunday. His age was about 80 years. Uncle W. L. Bringle, who is staying at the home of his son Wm. D. Bringle in Jordan township, is reported in a very critical condition at present writing. He has been in poor health for several months. C. A. Brown, who recently moved from the Jay Stockton farm west of town, to Monticello, has shipped his household goods back to Rensselaer and will reside in the house on Eim street recently vacated by J. A. Gates. Sunday and Monday were spring-like days with the mercury several degrees above freezing point. Yesterday was somewhat cooler and a drop iQf 30 degrees in temperature was predicted. Some rain fell Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. , Evert Warne is “enjoying” an enforced layoff on account of a fall he received by falling down B. S. Fendig’s elevator shaft Friday morning. His side and right arm were considerably bruised and sprained, but fortunately no bones were broken. Chas. Chupp has returned to his work in Edinburg, Ind., after a holiday visit with his father, near Surrey. Charley is teaching school near Edinburg this winter and makes his home with his brothers Frank and Anson, who are proprietors of a thriving grocery store in that town. The High School basket ball team was victorious in a well played game with the Franklin College quintette Saturday evening, the score at the close standing 31 to 29. The locate compare very favorbly, thanks to the excellent coaching of Profs. Dean and Tillman, with topnotch teams in the state. Eph Hickman, "Rev. Hickman” as he is now fondly called by his friends, junior member of the firm of- White & Hickman, has at last listened to the dictates of an uneasy conscience that decries the “plumber prices” and now alternates with Capt. G. W. Payne in the pulpit of the North Side M. P. church. 'r Svhu H. Kolhoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry kolhoff of southwest of town, and Miss Cordelia ... Sigo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Sigo of near Remington, will be united in marriage next Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Remington, Rev. Father Horstman, pastor, officiating. Rev. J. C. Parrett of the First Presbyterian church, assisted by James Ellis as machine operator, gave an excellent illustrated lecture Sunday evening on the birth and early life of Christ. These meetings will continue alternately throughout the month of January, and it is well worth one’s while, on account of the beauty and instruction received, to attend these lectured.