Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Capt. J. R. Leslie and D. B. Wallace of Chicago spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wallace of west of town. Capt Leslie is a native of Scotland. ‘

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shirey returned Thursday from a week’s visit with relatives at Sheridan. Joseph Vanderburg substituted for Mr. Shirey at the Monon station. R. W. Burris returned Thursday from Indianapolis where he has been to consult an eye specialist. Mr. Burris Is suffering from an Inflamatlon of the eye and it will probably be several weeks before a complete cure can be effected. Philip Kitsner and Frank Ham went to East Dunn, Benton county, Wednesday. Mr. Kitsner has traded his 240 acres of land north of here for a stock of goods apd residence at East Dunn belonging to Mr. Ham, and the trip there was to conclude the trade.

Mrs. W. E. Jacks returned Wednesday evening from Chicago where she has been staying with her daughter Florence, who is at the Hahnemann hospital recovering from her recent operation in skin-grafting. Miss Mary Jacks is staying with her until her mother can return. A goodly number of friends assisted Mrs. John E. Alter of Union tp., to celebrate her fifty-sixth birthday anniversary last Sunday, fiftyone of whom were relatives of hers. A bounteous feast was part of the program second’ only to that of Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans. F. W. Bedford, of just east of (town, said it froze ice as thick as a window pane at his place Tuesday night. He thinks fruit is not far enough advanced to be injured much as yet, and says it takes a pretty hard freeze to injure it during the light of the moon.

' b 4 M John Schanlaub has just completed a new 5-room cottage on Matheson avenue, and John Ward, the blacksmith employed at King’s blacksmith shop, has moved his family here- from Roselawn and occupies the property. Wilbur Hart, who lived in one of Mr. Schanlaub’s tenant houses, has moved onto a farm near Mt. Ayr. Thursday night’s storm seems to have been worse in the southern section of the country, hail stones large as walnuts falling in central and southern Ohio. Twenty-five people were killed in one town in southern Tennessee. In New York the mercury fell to freezing and it is feared that considerable damage has been done. 7 ’ .1 The Wallace-Hagenbeck circus showed in Lafayette Wednesday, and the Barnum & Bailey show is billed there for only a few days later. The Barnum & Bailey aggregation seems to be following up the Wallace-Hagenbeck shows pretty closely, and are billed to show in Indianapolis May 10, where the latter showed Thursday.

Rev. Hicks, district superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, was egged Tuesday night while holding a dry meeting on the streets at Knox. The of fire was also raised and numerous other depredations committed. Rev. Hicks says this is the first time in all his experience as a temperance Worker that he has met with such bitter feeling. _JM. C. and J. J. Borntrager went to Ft. Wayne Sunday to visit their brother Frank and sister Anna Borntrager, returning home Tuesday evening. They report that Frank is getting along nicely and likes Ft. Wayne firstrate. He has just purchased a% retail meat market on Fairfield avenue and will give his whole attention to that line of business.

A deal was concluded Wednesday morning whereby Hugh Leavel who recently purchased a* half interest in the Kresler hitch barn, traded his interest for William Petty’s equity in an 80 acre farm in Union tp. Mr. Petty took possesion the same day the deal w’as closed. The land traded for is wild land, no improvements. Hugh has the land for trade.

In renewing his subscription to The Democrat, T. A. Besse of Britton, So. Dak., writes: “We are having a cool, backward spring, but work is progressing rapidly. I have 480 acres of wheat out and will sow 200 acres of barley. We have a fine country and land is advancing Rapidly in price. We all like it very much here, and would say anyone can do well here who is willing to work.”

George Thornton secured a baker from Fowler to work for him at the Little Gem bakery, which he recently purchased. When the fellow arrived he proved to be a man by the name of Gilbert, who recently married Mrs. Fred Harness of Monon, and because she refused to give him the money she received for her husband’s death, he tied her to the bed and slashed her with q butcher knife. One of our citizens I recognized him and quietly advised him to hike out of town, which he did Tuesday evening. Pineapple Sale at the Home Grbi eery Saturday, May Ist.