Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Nora Kimberlgn returned to her home in Roseville, 111., Thursday after a two weeks visit at the home a? her father, John N. Baker of Barkley tp. Earl Leach, who has been in Chandler, Okla./ for the past five years, came Thursday for a few weeks visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Leach, and other relatives and friends. jrMiss Katherine Marlatt went to I|oß Vegas, New Mexico, yesterday for the benefit of her health. Mrs. Joe Jackson is already there and Mrs, Jennie Marlatt Swift of Evanston will Join them in a few days. Miss Emma Bollman returned to her home -in Milwaukee Thursday after a week’s visit with Miss Nora Keeney of west of town. Misses Bollman and Keeney were classmates in the Nurses’ School of the £olumbus hospital in Great Falls, Mont. Next week the pupils of the city schools will enjoy their annual Bpring vacation, and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Indianapolis occurs the joint meeting of the Northern and Southern Indiana Teachers’ Association. Several of the teachers from here will atend. « - C. I. Mcßeynolds of Howard county has been a visitor in the city for the past few days, closing a $30,000 deal with C. P. Wright ft Son, for a 620 acre finely Improved farm in Huron county, Mich., the latter taking an improved 160 acre farm near Medaryvllle as part pay. Marion A. Robinson and Miss Ella Crowder were married Wednesday afternon at the home of th© groom’s sister, Mrs. L. H. Hamilton, Rev. H. L. Kindig of the M. E. church officiating. They will move at once to Hanging Grove tp., where the groom has rented a farm.

Another Jasper young man who has evidently made good in the west, is D. E. McCurtain, formerly of near Parr. In remitting for his subscription to The Democrat this week from Rock Springs, Wyo., his name appears as assistant postmaster at that place, an important and responsible position. Ira and Ray Osborne came Tuesday to visit their father, Frank Osborne, who has been sick for some time. Ira is in the barber business at Newcastle, Ind., and Ray is engaged in the undertaking business at Elmhurst, 111., a suburb of Chicago. He is also a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Mr. and Mrs. John Jamison and daughter of Lafayette, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Crumbo, Samuel Harding, George Catlin, Dr. G. R. Clayton, Stanley Tull, Mesdames J. 'W. Brown and August Middlestadt of Monon, Lou Johnson of Morris, 111., and Marion Catlin of Two Harbors, Minn., came Thursday to attend the funeral of Noble York. For the first time in 62 years, Valparaiso is now without a single saloon, the last two having gone out of business recently. Only five saloons remain In Porter county, and these are generally expected to go in the near future, as the result of a county option election which, it is said, will take place sometime next month.—Starke County Democrat.

A spirited contest is going on among the members of the Grand Army, of Indiana for Grand Commander to succeed Captain John D. Alexander, of Bedford. The candidates are M. M. ‘ Lacey, of Fountain City; Colonel C. G. Thompson, of Lafayette, and O. A. Somers, of Kokomo. The election will take place at the annual encampment at Crawfordsville, May 19. J. T. Wagner writes The Democrat from Lariitiore, No. Dak., *to which place he recently moved from Carpenter tp., under date of March 17, and says: "We are having fine weather, although It is colder than in Indiana. It is a steady cold and I do not mind it as the sun shines the greater part of the time. We had a light snow here last Saturday. The country looks fine.” An exchange observes that a boy can sit on a bled six inches square tied to a sled moving nine miles an hour, but can’t sit oh a sofa five minutes for a dollar. A man can sit on an inch board and talk politics fok three hours, but put him into a churoh pew for 40 minutes and ..he gets nervous, twists and goes to sleep. A man can pouch his cheeks with tobacco and the juice running down his chin feels good; but a hair in the butter knocks him out completely. Carey Huston of Wolcott was in the city on buslpess. Wednesday. He tells us that he sold out his business at Deedsville, Miami county, last November and has . cince been prospecting in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, and has lately traded some Arkansas land for a residence property and buggy and harness business of Morrow Bros., of Wolcott, where he is now located and doing a nice business. ' His family is still in Miami county , and will likely remain there until fall. ,