Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

John Ramp is still off duty, suffering from a felon on his hand. Mrs. Catharine Parcels of near I aged 61 years, died Sunday from pneumonia. The funeral was held yesterday. The river was the highest here yesterday it has been any time this winter, and the water covered the Washburn pasture nearly over. T * ■■■ Billie Merlca and Richard Beck spent Sunday with relatives here. Billie is now the proprietor of a big bake shop at Lebanon, Indiana. J George E. Hershman came over /rbm Crown Point Saturday to visit over Sunday with his wife’s folks in Barkley tp. Mrs. Hershman and the baby had been here about a week, and returned with George. Monday. George is still employed in a law and abstract office at Crown Point and likes his work very much. The Indianapolis Manual Training High School pu't the soft pedal on St. Joseph's championship asperations Monday afternoon to the tune of 27 to 36. The Manual gained a comfortable lead in the first half and were never headed. This is the prst game this season that St. Joseph's basket ball team has lost. George Wood returned last week from Texas. He failed to locate any of the advertised $4 and $5 land. He says that good land is scarce at S4O an acre and he gives as the reason for this the Immense number of people that are flocking into that country. Every train is crowded with them and it seems but a very short time until land there will be as high as it is in Indiana. I The board of Managers of the Christian church shown their appreciation of the work of their most estimable and popular pastor, Rev. George H. Clarke by a substantial increase in salary, SIOO per year. Rev. Clarke by faithful and diligent work has almost doubled the membership of and his excellent sermons as w r ell as purity in private life has won for him a host of friends, and the church took this means of appraising him of the fact. A meeting of telephone managers w.as hem at Monticello last Friday t° „ discuss the damage done to lines by the recent sleet storm and the advisability of raising the rates. Nothing definite was arrived at in the latter. The franchise of the Jasper County Telephone Co., prohibits their charging more than $1 and $2 per monU for phones in Rensselaer, but tney are talking of raising the rates to country patrons. A decision in me matter, however, has not been reached at this writing, we are informed.

OBITUARY. Mrs. Alda Perkins, wife of Judson H. Perkins, was born near Marseilles, LaSalle Co., 111., Oct. 1, 1845, died at her home in Rensselaer, Ind., Feb. 19, 1909, aged 63 years, 4 months and 18 days. The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brumbach, who preceded her in death some years ago. Sne was united in marriage to Mr. Perkins, March 31, 1875. Besides him she leaves to mourn their loss an adopted son, Samuel of Rensselaer, two daughters, Mrs. Stella Stockton, of Rensselaer, Ethel C„ a teacher in the Indianapolis public schools; three grandchildren, seven brothers and four sisters; relatives and a multitude of friends. She became a Christian at the age of eighteen years, while attending school at Granville, Ohio, now Denison University. She was baptized and united with the Baptist church of Morris. 111., in the year 18 68. Her faith in the saving power of Jesus Christ became firmer and broader as she advanced in years. In the last sickness which took her home, her mind was very clear on spiritural things, forgetting the annoying things of life, ever suffering, as she viewed Eternity with a hope that feareth not. Mrs. Perkins united with the Baptist church of this city in the year 1891, coming from the Goodland, Ind., Baptist church. Outside the family perhaps she will be missed no where else more than in the church of which site was a loyal member and faithful worker. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor wnom she loved, February 2i, from the church and interment made in Weston cemetery. xx

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