Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1910 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

J. W. Toyne of Gillam tp., took the train here Saturday for Goodland to ; visit over Sunday with his brothers, George and William Toyne. W. M. Rinehart of Clark’s Hill returned home Monday after a few days visit with his daughter, Mrs. C. A. Parkison, near Pleasant Ridge. Robt. Milliron and wife of Chicago, who had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron, here the past few days, went to JKnox Monday to visit befoie returning home. "yLMrs. Orlan Grant went to Jflammond Saturday to attend the I funeral of her brother, Harry : Stann’s wife, who died a few days ago of tuberculosis in Colorado, and was brought to Hammond for burial.

H.N. Littlefield traded a few days agb his 160 acre farm in Manitobia, Canada, for the Wheeler residence property on Vine street in Rensselaer and 40 acres of land % mile east of Kniman, also owned by Mr. Wheeler.

Mr. and Mrs. William Driscoll of Wabash county, who had been visiting here with Warren Robinson and family were accompanied home Monday by Miss Alice Ryan of Gillam tp., who will make a visit there. ''/-.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shide ejame over from Idaville Saturday to visit until after the election, this being Frank’s voting place. He is employed on a dredge over there and will likely be empoyed all winter if it doesn’t freeze up too hard. ij. J. Hunt has bought of the Heal Maxwell agent, N. S. Shafr, a new 22 J horse power, four cylinder three-speed sliding gear four passenger car. fully equipped. The price was about SI,OOO. This is the first car sold at tne special demonstration ending this week.

William McManus of 802 Taylor street, Joliet, 111., was here Saturday and was making some inquiries about his brother. James McMaius, whom he had not heard of for several years. Jim used <o live in this county, but move d to the southwest some years ago and now lives near Edmond, Okla. Clyde Harrington went to Momence, 111., Thursday where he is working on a large dam being built .at the wagon bridge just west of the C. & E. I. railroad bridge. Much protest is being made by the people living on the lowlands near there, they claiming that the water will back into them at high water time. — Goodland Herald.

The Freie Presse, a German weekly newspaper published in Lake county for the past thirty; five years, has suspended. The paper went into the homes of many of the most substantial Germans of Lake county, but its business had not kept pace with modern progress while the expenses had greatly increased. The result was inevitable. Some parties from Indianapolis Were peddling nice looking apples about town last wee< and retailing rhem at $1.25 per el. The fruit was shipped in and came from Virginia. The peddlars 'have been here several times before in the same line of business and so far as The Democrat has heard they give honest measure and sell at reasonable prices.

B. Forsythe came up from Oxford, to spend a few days with Mrs. Forsythe and to look after his farm and exerdise his privilige as a free born American citizen of casting a vote for w<hom he pleased. He returned to Oxford Tuesday. Mrs. Forsythe is improving all the time from her recent operation and walks all about the house, except climbing stairs.

Charles Garriott of Union tp., lest one of his fine team of drivers Saturday afternoon. He had turned the t team out and they played about and seemed in the best of health, but after an hour or so one of them laid down and seemed in great agony. A veterinary was called ffom Rensselaer but he could do nothing for it and it died in a few hours. Monday morning he hitched the other horse up with another to haul school to Parr, but before he got there this one, too, became sick in about the same way and he had to take it Out of the harness and put another horse in its place to proceed on his way.