Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Gwin & Watson do pump repairing. Elmer Wilcox spent Thursday in Chicago. See the new Burnt Leather Goods at Clarke’s. Mrs. Bert Hopkins was a Chicago visitor Wednesday. W. H. Mackey was a business visitor in Chalmers Thursday. Mrs. C. B. Steward is spending a week with friends in Chicago. To-day’s markets: Rye, 60c; Corn, 36c; Wheat, 85c; Oats, 28c. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock were Chicago visitors day. Dr. Washburn and Guss Phillips were Chicago .visitors Thursday. Mrs. Orlan Grant is spending the holiday week with Hammond relatives. Buy your .Christmas toys, dolls and candy at Kirk’s Pharmacy, Parr, Ind. . Did you see those new umbrellas at Clarke’s? Both gold and stiver handled. ' , • ■ Mrs.. W. W. Sage and daughter of south of town spent Thursday in Monticello. Lj. J. Montgomery went to Chiwago Thursday to see the Morris Packing Co?s. big fire. John Newcomb and wife of north of town went to Pontiac, 111., Thursday to visit relatives. Miss Bertha Florence of south of town went to Virgie Thursday to visit relatives during the holidays. Miss Ella Harms of Gary, who is teaching school in Walker tp., went home Thursday to spend the holidays. Mrs. Mary Hewitt of Laporte returned home Thursday after a four weeks visit here with Bert Blue and family? Leo Deschand of Kankakee, 111., who had been here visiting his brother, G. F., and wife, returned home -Wednesday. Chase Isreal of Lafayette came up Thursday to visit his aunt, Mrs. C. F. Stackhouse, and family of north of town, a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Yeoman left Thursday for Oklahoma City to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. Kurg Spitler. Mrs. Wm. Porter went to Hammond yesterday to spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. James ‘Klead, and family. We are going to cut loose from our men’s and boys’ suits and overcoats. The prices.we are now making will do it/ Step in, let us show you.—Model Clothing Company J S. Leopold, Mgr.

Razor, strop and hone for $1 at Warn-er Bros. Firman Thompson was in Chicago on business Wednesday. You can buy a nice piece of China at Clarke’s at a very small price. “7 Buy your Christmas toys, dolls and candy at Kirk’s Pharmacy, Parr, Ind. jsMrs. Fred Chapman went to Qhicago Heights to spend the holidays with relatives. Quaker bread for all the time and fruit cake for Xmas times, at Fate's Quaker Bread Factory. What make a nicer present than a gold watch? Clarke has an extra nice assortment just stow. , A. G. W. Farmer and wife left Thursday for Oklahoma City, Okla., to . spend a month with their children. ' sJDr. Gwin now drives a new !0-norse power Flanders roaditer, the only machine of this model in Rensselaer. The dates for the Rensselaer poultry and corn show are January, 3,4, 5,6, .7. The show will be held in the Armory. Mrs. Chloae R. Parish of Carpenter tp., went to Hammond Wednesday to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. It means a big money saving to you if you will buy your suit or overcoat now at the Model Clothing Co., S. Leopold, Mgr. Janies Willis went to Chicago Thursday to atend the funetal of his uncle, Will Whitlock, which was held at that place yesterday. Dr. Rose M. Refnmek has gone to Indianapolis to spend the holidays with home fplks. She will be gone two or three weeks. Norman and Miss Florence Gorham and Miss Bull of north of tovyn went to Lafayette Thursday to s.pend a few days with relatives. ’ • ■ ' From now till Jan. 1, 1911, big reductions on gll suits and overcoats. It will pay you to call and see us. —Model Clothing Co., S. Leopold, Mgr. Mrs. W. W, Merrill and daughter Ina went to Chicago Thursday to visit relatives during the holidays. Dr. Merrill expects to go up to-day; Miss Emma Steel of Chicago Heights, 111., who had been visiting Mrs. Leonard Keister of south of town the past few days, returned home Thursday., >Alrs. Rice Porter went to Morcfcxo Thursday to atend the wedding of Miss Margaret Kessler to Kurr Spitler, which occurred at 4 m., the same day. Mrs. Simon Leopold »went to Chicago Thursday to meet her daughter Selma, who is attending college at Ann Arbor, Mich., and came home to spend the holidays.

Buy your Christmas toys, dolls and candy at Kirk’s Pharmacy, Parr, Ind. Gwin & Watson drill water wells from one io one thousand feet in depth. Quaker bread for all the time and . fruit for X-mas times at Fate’s Quaker Bread Factory. • Warner Bros, will have in their window Friday and Saturday a bushel of knives, value 75c and $l.O0 —Choice for 39c. Victor Moore’s little daughter, aged ten or eleven years, has been very sick the past week with recurrent appendicitis,' but is better at this writing. Xj Joseph Scheurich has bought tre Wm. Yeiter 80 acres farm north of town which Mr. Yeiter lately traded for a 160 acres farm near Hamilton, No. Dak. Victor Walker of Indiana Harbor, who had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Walker, of Barkley tp. the past few days, returned home Thursday. The aged mother of either Mr. or Mrs. Dunlap—we were unable to learn which—of Surrey, fell Thursday in the house and broke her hip. She is 88 years of age. Josiah Davisson of Kniman was down Thursday having The Democrat print him a set of sale bills for his farm sale of Jan. 2, notice of which appears elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. John Sommers of Milroy tp., left Thursday for Laporte to spend the holidays with Dr. Smith, who formerly owned the farm where Mr. Sommers resides. , \ Anthony Gallagher of Dayton, Ono, who had been visiting his son, Harry and wife, and daughter, Mrs. Anna Kellner, of near Rensselaer the past week, returned home Thursday. Get the Xmas spirit! The weather man says that it will be an old-fashioned Xmas, to be taken next Sunday along with the Maxwell as the pre-eminent car for 1911.— Maxwell. Mrs. Cephus Miller of Goshen, Ind., returned home Wednesday after a four weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Kenton Blankenship, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M>. Y. Slaughter of south of town. Mrs. Clyde Corliss arrived here a few days ago from Manistee, Mich., where she and her husband have been living on a farm, She and Clyde wil spend the winter here, the latter to arrive in a few days. XT’aul Glazebrook, Omar Osborne, Walter Lutz, James Jordan, Walter English, Lilo Hauler, Faye Clark and Miss Cora Dexter arrived home from Purdue Thursday to spend «the holidays with relatives. J. A. Isselstein has rented his farm south of town to Leonard Keister, and will move back to his old home in Hocking Valley, Ohio, where he owns a general' merchandise store, which he will now take charge of again. •r ” . ’ • Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Moorhead and children left Tuesday evening for thei,r home in Limon, Colo., after a month’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Moorhead, in Jennings county, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nevi), in Rensselaer. The J. J. Borntrager and Jule Doughty sale in Newton tp, Monday was very well attended and property sold fairly well. Mr. Doughty and family and sister, Miss Blanche, left for their new home at Scottsburg, Ind., Wednesday, where he has bought a farm. ■ yjfenry Beck of Boone county, Who recently bought the Wm. Nuss farm in Barkley tp., will move upon same next week. His Brother, Clinton Beck, also of Boone county, has bought the old Galbraith farm of 80 acres, in Barkley and will -move here about Feb. 1. Henry Schrader, a Wabash railroad conductor, of Peru, was the guest of E. P. Honan and family Tuesday night. Henry used to brake on the old “Narrow Guage” thirty-five years ago when Mr. Honan was also a knight of the brake cranks, and boarded in Rensselaer at Charlie Ramp’s. He was on his way to Milwaukee to spend the holidays, and stopped off here to see Mr. and Mrs. Ramp and Mr,, Honan.

The city schools closed yesterday at noon for a week’s holiday, and will take up again Monday, Jan. 2. Warner Bros, will have in their window Friday and Saturday a bushel of knives, value- 75c and $l.O0 —Choice for 39c. Mr. and, Mrs. Raymond E. Kenney of Lincoln, Neb., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11. W. Jackson, of north of town. A life long friend is a good watch to the most of us. It cannot be too good. If you jyant to buy a worthy and reliable watch at a close price you will find it in Clarke’s stock Selected for the holidays. NCharles Morlan accompanied tovhicago Thursday evening his sister Mrs. Nora Anderson and baby, who started on her return to her home in Rugby, No. Dak., after a several weeks visit with relatives here. Miss Lottie Marion went to Hammond Thursday afternoon where she spent the night with relatives and from there to Chicago to spend a few days with other relatives, and to take in the Windy City in its holiday attire. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Stephenson of Parr went to Upland, Ind. Thursday to spend the holidays with her parents,-Rev. and Mrs. Bundy, and may remain there until about the first of March, when they expect to Montana and locate. Mrs. Thad Stephens, who gave birth to a babe a few days ago, has been having a pretty serious time of it and for a few days her life was almost despaired of, but she is now reported to be improving and it is hoped will get along all right. Wm. Washburn shipped one carload of cattle to Chicago Monday night and three carloads on Tuesday night, which cleans up the fat cattle on his farm in Jordan tp. He was up to the city Tuesday and Wednesday looking after the sale of the cattle. The fire company was called out at about 5 :45 Thursday evening by a small blaze at the J. L. Brady elevator engine room, where some gasoline became ignited and threatened some dam-, age. The blaze was extinguished without stringing any hose or throwing water upon it. In renewing his subscription for. The Democrat, John R. Gray writes us from Dayton, Wash., and says: “Twenty-six degrees above zero is the coldest so far this winter, but it is muddy and part of Jh e time disagreeable". Harry (Moorehouse) is making rapid progress toward recovery.” Mrs. J. A. Larsh, who underwent a severe operation in a Chicago hospital recently for the removal of a cancer from her right breast, was brought home yesterday afternoon. Her nurse, who was going to her home in Delphi to spend the holidays, accompanied her home. She is recovering as fast as could be expected from her operation.

*s£he H. E. Wade sale, northwest of town Wednesday, was very well attended and everything sold well. The thirteen cows and heifers averaged $52.50 each. one mare sold for $255.00 and another for $240.00. John G. Culp of Rensselaer was the auctioneer, and it is reported as one of the best sales in every way so far this year. The death and property loss by fire this week has been tremendous. Twenty-four firemen lost their lives in a big fire at Phda delphia; three lives were lost and $2,000,000 damage done in Cincinnati, besides the big stock yards district fire in Chicago and the New York explosion, accounts of which appear in our general news columns.

TWO-OF A KIND. Pillsbury and ’Gold Medal. These two brands of flour are more widely distributed than any other dozen brands. Do you know why? Buy a sack of either, at McFarland’s and the question is answered. We now have- an arrangement whereby we can get the car rate, therefore can sell as cheaply as any other hoqse for the same grade.

Genuine Quaker Parchment Butter Wrappers, either blank 01 printed, always on sale at The Democrat office. All the news in Vhe Democrat

NO RACE SUICIDE HERE.

Noblesville, Ind., December 20.—Cyrus Chrey age eighty-one is dead at his home west of this city. He was married twice, and he and his two wives reared thir-ty-five children, all of whom were well provided for and educated.

CARNAHAN STAUTE SITE.

Courthouse Square at Lafayette Will Be the Place. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 20.—A1l the Knights of Pythias lodges and G. A. R. posts in IMayette submitted a petition to the county commissioners at a special meeting yesterday, ’asking the erection of a monument to General JamesgjL Carnahan in the court hou“yard here. General Carnahan was the founder of the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, and at a state meeting in Indianapolis several weeks ago, the Pythians of Indiana voted in favor of the plan. It was decided to dedicate the monument during the state encampment of the Uniform Rank, which takes place here next August. AH the Pythian lodges of the state and the Uniform Rank companies will contribute to the fund which is expected to reach $50,000. The county commissioners granted the petition and the statute will stand either at the southeast or northwest corner of the courthouse yard.

A Wonder.

Junior Partner—l see you have engaged a new clerk. Is be a good salesman? Senior Partner Good salesman? Great Scott, I bad to send for the police to prevent him from talking me into taking him Into the firm.—Spokane Spokesman-Review Unanimous Anyway. Hl Tragerdy—Yes, we opened in Oshkosh. Lowe Comordy—And what .did your audience think of your Hamlet? Hl Tragerdy—Why—er—be went out before I had a chance to ask him.— Catholic Standard and Times. To Sew In Sleeves. After seams in waist have teen sewed and armhole trimmed to suit hold edges together beginning at shoulder seam. Measure carefully until you find the center and mark It with a thread. If the waist is for a thin person place the sleeve seam one inch forward of this mark. If for medium, one and one-fourth Inches, and if stout one and one-half Inches. This is Infallible if followed with exactness. Sour Pork Chops. This is a German dish. Fry the required number of pork chops and remove them to a hot platter. Stir A. tablespoonful of flour into the glaze In the pan and when brown add threequarter cupful hot water, one-quarter cupful vinegar, one-half teuspoonful allspice, pepper and salt. Pour this gravy over the chops.

In Business Hours.

He fell in love with his stenog And told her what a wife she’d make him. He talked an hour; but, alas. He talked so fast she couldn’t take himl —Puck.

Good Scheme.

“Out at my uncle’s the people go to bed with the chickens.” “Well, at the price chickens sell at now they are certainly worth watching.”—Houston Post.

Welcome 1911.

Come on, Mister New Year, An’ let yer weather roll. Bound to see the sunshine If there's any in the soul. —Atlanta Constitution.

Proof.

“Have you forgotten that $5 yon owe me?” “Not at all. Didn’t you see me try to dodge into that doorway?”—Kansas City Journal.

I Wonder.

I wonder if baby ever thinks And what she thinks About. ;■> Why does she look so awful sweet? And why does she sometimes pout? —Brooklyn Eagle.

A Drawback.

“Why is it that pretty Miss Mabel has no beaus?” “Because it is generally understood that her father is a kicker.”—Boston Herald. ;

So It Seems.

These suffragettes are quite a bore. They’d make us all believe That Adam wasn’t any more Than merely “Mr. Eve.’’ r —Catholic Standard and Timee.

A Moderate Demand.

He—Dearest, I would do a lot of deeds to win you. She—Darling, one deed to a lot would suffice.—New York Journal.

“Garden of Verse.”

Each potato has its eyes, The corn has its ears. The onion has n.o nose at all. But it smells a lot, my dears. —Sunday Illustrated Magazine.

Kept the King at Home.

“For the past year we have kept the King of all laxatives—Dr. King’s New Life Pills —in our home and they have proved a blessing to all our family,” writes Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y. Easy, but sure remedy for all 'stomach, liver and kidney troubles. Only 25c at A. F. Long’s.

PROSPECTIVE GROOM IS DEAD

Funeral of Hartford City Man Will Supplant Intended Wedding. HortfOrd City. Ind., Dec. 23—A funeral service, instead of a wedding ceremony, will be held Sunday for William Cummins, 24 years old, of Dunkirk, who was instantly killed when he fell from an electric light pole, breaking his neck. Cummins, who was a member of a tine gang employed by the Hartford City Lighting company, was working at the tqn of a pole. When it brokehe fell thirty feet, alighting on his head. He was to have been married Sunday to Miss Carroll of Dunkirk.

ROCK FALLS; BRAKEMAN HURT

Southern Employe Meets Peculiar A©» cident While in Tunnel. Princeton. Ind . Dec 23. —Brakeman L. H Medlin of the Southern railway has been brought to his home here from New Albany. Ind., tn a serious condition. While his train was passing through Duncan tunnel Medlin was lying flat on a box car The jar of the train loosened some rock that fell upon him. cutting and bruising his head and body and rendering him unconscious His predicament was noted by another member of the train crew who signalled for the stopping of the train.

NON-UNION MEN ARE ROUTED

Indiana Stone Quarry Men Fire on Imported Strikebreakers. Bloomington, Ind.. Dec 23 —American workmen at Stinesville, who were on strike, attacked the house in which fifteen Sicilians were quartered, firing into the structure and breaking every window The foreigners were so badly frightened that they refused to take the places of the strikers .afnd left town The Americans refuse to return to work and some of the largest stone quarries are idle.

FEAR FOR SAFETY OF MILLERS

Relative* of Missionaries Hear of Recent Attack by Turkish Outlaw* Goshen Ind .Dec 23. —Relatives of Mrs J R Miller, fcrmerly Miss Olive Ringler of Napenee who Is a missionary in Turkey, are greatly alarmed over Information received indicating that she and her husband, to whom she was only recently married in Turkey. were attacked by Turkish outlaws In Palestine Efforts made to get intq communication with Mr and Mrs. Miller have so far failed

PLAYS WITH MATCHES; DIES

Baby Burn* to Death While Mother Is Temporarily Absent. South Bend. Ind.. Dec 23. —Fern. 2 years old, daughter of Grover Zulnbaugh of Mishawaka was burned to death while playing with matches. The baby had been left by the mother in charge of a 3-year-old sister while she was sweeping paths in the yard. Alarmed by the cries of the older child Mrs. Zulnbaugh ran.into the house to find the blackened corpse of her child.

LEAP SAVES ENGINEER'S LIFE

Engine Leaves Rails and Driver flue* tains Injuries in Jumping. Washington, Ind.. Dec 23.—Harlan T Clark, engineer, sustained a broken arm and leg, a severe scalp wound and what is thought to be internal injuries when he leaped from his engine when it left the rails at Sandoval, Hl The smashup delayed traffic for several hours on the B & O S W and many of the trains were detoured.

SNEEZE CAUSES BAD FALL

Anderson Clerk Dislocates Shoulder and Sustains Severe Bruises. Anderson. Ind , Dec 23 William Rittenour, a clerk, while sweeping snow from the pavement in front of the store where he is employed, Eiieezed so hard that he slipped and fell, dislocating his left shoulder and sustaining other Injuries and bruises His condition is serious, but not thought to be fatal

DIES WHILE NURSING FAMILY

Cincinnati Woman Contracts Typhola at Home of Afflicted Parents. -- ' 2 uWashington. Ind., Dec. 23,—Miss Gertrude Soeder. 24 years old, daughter of a well known farmer, is dead Miss Soeder was a trained nurse of Cincimiati and came to her farm home to nuree her parents and six brothers and sisters, all of whom were afflicted with typhoid fever, when she contracted the disease.

BALL IN BRAIN CAUSES DEATH

Boy Lives Ten Days After Being Accidentally Shot by Brother, . .~~i ' ' ■ Fort Wayne, Jnd., Dec. 23.—Harry Weldon, 10 years old, of Auburn, died in a Garret hospital after living ten days with a bullet from a 22 caliber rifle in his brain. The lad was shot by his brother, 1A years old, wbfl»; playing with the rifle That he survived the ihjury so long puzzled physicians. .. s