Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

least, Even winter urfderclothes were uncomfortable, so warm was It- . Oxford Tribune: Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark of Battle Ground, and Miss Cora Duffield, of Anderson, visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heath. Mrs. D. G. Osborne of Drexel, Mo., and Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Scott of Chatanooga, Tenn., returned to their homes Saturday after a visit with Whitsell Lewis and family of Demotte. ,• « I ' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hitchings were called to Brookston Friday on account of the death of Joseph Garrott, Mrs. Hitchings* father, who died Thursday night at the age of 79 years. Misses Lena Jackson and Nina Martindale, Messrs. Wade and Emmet Laßue, Ivan Brenner and Delos Dean went to Bloomington Monday to resume their studies at Indiana University. Judging from /the number of Democrat subscribers who have ordered their paper changed from Alx to the new Parr rural route, the Aix postoffice will soon be a thing of the past. John Mann was called to Sheridan Monday on account of the death of his aunt, Mrs. Margaret Whitman, who died Sunday night at the age of 79 years. Mrs. Mann has been there since Friday. Abe Martin, the Indianapolis News philosopher, says: “Mr. Lemmie Craw an’ wife visited th’ Pash’s ylsterday. She wants a new spring hat an’ Lemmie wants t’ take th’ money an’ build a barn.” C. D. Norman entertained the Andrew and Philip class of the Christian Sunday School, of which he, is the teacher, at his home north of town Saturday evening. Light refreshments were served and all report a fine time. Mrs. William Timmons returned to her home in Plymouth Monday, after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Nowels. Her sister, Mrs. Wm. Morris and daughter Helen accompanied her home for a short visit. J. F. Osborne went to Chicago Sunday to take treatment from a cancer specialist for the pipe cancer on his lip. The glands of the throat have swollen until they have reached the size of a hen’s egg, and there is danger of their developing into a running abcess.

W. J. Wright is remodeling his recently purchased store room on Washington street and expects to get moved into same next week. The Simpson barber shop has moved into one of A. Leopold’s rooms on South Van Rensselaer street. Augustus J. Francis Gates of Cincinnati, Ohio, came Sunday for a visit with Rex Warner. Mr. Gates is a graduate of the electrical engineering school at Purdue, and has been in charge of work of furnishing power for the U. coaling station at Hospital Island, Cuba. Hartley Church, formerly of Remington, writes us to change the address of his Democrat from Topeka, Kan., to Berkley, Cali., and adds: “The roses are in bloom here. Better come out and we will have a bicycle ride.” Sorry, Hartley, but we’re too busy making garden at present. The hot weather of Monday was followed by a light thunder shower Monday night, the rain continuing yesterday. Grass and vegetation of all kinds has started up and the lawns are covered with a nice green sward and the buds are beginning to open on some of the maple, shade trees, the result of only one day’s warmth and a warm, growing rain. A CORRECTION. Editor Jasper County Democrat: Please correct an error in my military record: We extricated ourselves from the mucky swamp mud and marched on to Goldsboro, N. C., and marched through the woods all the way to Smithfield, N. C. We were never at Greensboro, N. C. The rebel headquarters were at Greensboro, N. C.» under General Johnson who surrendered to Sherman, whose headquarters were at Raleigh, N. C. JOHN CASEY. RIOT AT lOWA COAL MINES Beer Bottle, Gun and Knife Used Dur Ing the Melee. Des Moines, la., April 6.—During a riot at Scandia coal mines near here Joseph Brady, forty-eight years old, was struck in the head with a beer bottle, suffering a fractured skull, and Frank Bowlich received a load of buckshot in the abdomen. Bowlich cannot live. Felix Melsich was stabbed, but not fatally. Both Brady and Melsich are hiding in the hills near there and defy officers. Partin & Orendorff Spading Harrows are sold by Maines & Hamilton. ' Clara freanor has again opened millinery store across, from the depot at Subscribe for The Democrat