Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

D. M. Worland made a business trip to Chicago Wednesday. J. E. Carson of Hebron was in town on business Thursday. Walter Lutz went to Lafayette yesterday to spend a few days. JsJlarve Moore and Simon Hochstetter went to Harvey, Hi., yesterday on well drilling business. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Haas* came yesterday to visit a few days with his sisters, Fame and Grace Haas. Mr. and Mrs. John Fox of Hobart came Wednesday for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. A. Harmon of Pontiac, 111., came Wednesday for a visit with their sons Russell and Lou of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith returned to their home in Hebron yesterday after a short visit with his mother, Mrs. John Smith west of town.

Miss Florence Marton returned to her home in Ft. Wayne Thursday after a two days visit with her cousin, Father Virgilus Krull at the Indian School. A broken bridge at Hammond was responsible for the detour of the south bound early morning train and a slight delay of the train due here at 10:55 Thursday. Rue Parcels was compelled to return home from Chicago, where he went recently to take a position as book-keeper, on account of a severe case of tonsilitis. Russell Sage .went to Lafayette Thursday to bring back a fine German coach stallion his father, Elizur Sage, recently purchased in the southern part of the state. It is said that the commissions in the local bucket shop last week were over S4OO, so it would seem there must be considerable Rensselaer patronage drifting that way. F. M. Waggoner and George Logan of Gillam tp., were down yesterday on business. Several sheds and out-buildings were unroofed by the wind in their vicinity Thursday night.

Ben Edwards, who came here a short time ago from Illinois and purchased the oil and gasoline business of Chas. Ramp, has discontinued his route and will go to Chicago in search of employment. George Davidson has sold his 160 acre farm ten miles north of Rensselaer to Powell Shultz. The price paid was SSO per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson will probably move to Ohio where they own 240 acres of coal land. The Democrat was in error in saying that R. W. Burris went to Chicago Saturday to undergo an operation for tumots. He was taken to Indianapolis Wednesday by Dr. Kresler and will take treatment from a specialist there.

Mrs. C. W. Coen returned home Tuesday from Washington, D. C„ where she had been as a delegate to the National Congress of the D. A. R. She was one of a committee to count the ballot in their election of presidential candidates. St. Joseph’s Varsity baseball team has a game scheduled with the Notre Dame freshmen to be played at the college grounds today, and Sunday the Athletics will once again resurect themselves and show the people a real ball game. D. Shook of Demotte was in tn on business Thursday. Mr. Shook Is superintendent of the Northern Indiana Land company’s Kankakee holdings, and was down on business relative to the prosecution of Hank Granger'' for malicious trespass, or hunting on said lands. Henry Hayes, who has been making the overland journey with his family from Burke, So. Dak., to his claim In Vale, So. Dak., several hundred miles, writes us under date of April ,27 that they have finally arrived at their claim, and were seventeen days on the rpad. All are well, he says, and he will write more later.