Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. C. W. Hanley spent yesterday in Chicago.

D. M. Worland made a v business trip to Lafayette yesterday.

Roy Weston of north of town went to Lafayette on business yesterday.

W. D. Bringle, C. S. Chamberlain, John Marlatt and William Washbum went to Chicago yesterday on automobile business.

Miss Jessie Knox expects to leave Thursday for Spokane, Wash., to visit Mrs. Arthur Arnott, formerly Miss Cena Carr of hear Rensselaer.

Mrs. Sarah Ketchum returned to her home near Kankakee, 111., Monday after a two weeks visit with her son, George Ketchum and wife.

W. H. Morrison shipped out 315 gallons of cream Monday morning, to Chicago, amounting to $246. Mr. Morrison is paying out an average of $1.25 to $l5O per day here for cream now, and the business is steadily growing.

Mrs. Lorinda McGllnn and daughter, Mrs. Emory Cox of Fair Oaks returned Saturday from Lipscomb, Tex., where they have spent the past two months. The trip was made to benefit the health of Mrs. Cox and she finds herself very much improved.

W. H. Morrison, manager of the Rensselaer cream station, received 225 gallons of cream Friday and 315 gallons Saturday, or 540 gallons for the two days, over 4,000 pounds. This amount of cream would make in the neighborhood of 2,000 pounds of butter.

Boaz Evans, whose serious sickness. has been several times mentioned, died at the age of 62 years Saturday morning at the Joseph Adams home south of town. The remains were taken to Lafayette Sunday and interment in the Sandridge cemetery, 5 miles south of that place.

John Johnson, a former well known resident and thresherman of West Carpenter, died last week in a Chicago hospital where he was taken some two months ago for treatment for cancer of the stomach. His age was 61 years. The remains were brought back to Goodland for burial.

Advertised letters Joe Charles, Esq., Leroy Anderson, W. R. Foresman, K. D. Giver, John H. Jessen, Herbert Goff, Jesse Coovert, J. E. Pauley, Buffalo Bill Hopkins, Allen HalU C. A. Herman, George Schriener, Fares Naaff, Mrs. H. O. Gilbransen, Mrs. Martha McDaniel, Mrs. Stella Swain, Beth Dresser.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Brown of Franklin came Saturday to visit with their daughter, Mrs. Gus' Grant. Mr. Brown has been appointed by Governor Marshall as one of a commission to go to Antietam, Md., in June to plan for the erection of a monument for the seven Indiana regiments that participated in that battle.

As the result of extra operator White failing to deliver a message, No. 5, the train due here at 10:55 and No. 74, the stock train, had a head on collision near Bloomingtoh Thursday which badly damaged both engines and several of the freight cars. The fireman on the passenger train suffered a broken hand.

Having received several very tempting offers for his farm in Jasper county, Rev. Postill went over last week to “see about it,” and in place of selling the hundred and twenty he owned, at an advance of $65 per acre more than he paid, he bought eighty acres more. Mr. PostlH’s interest in farming is practical as well as theoretical.—Benton Review.

While some of Lake county’s thousands of visitors for the automobile races next month may have to go hungry for want of enough eating places, it Is probable there will no need of anybody going thirsty. Even though Gary is theoretically as dry as a powder horn, other sections of the county are suffering now from drought, and 41 liquor licenses were granted this month at the regular meeting of the county commissioners, there.

A POINTER— If you have any mill work to be done, have it done by the River Queen Mills. Satisfaction is then assured. River Queen Mills