Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

John Marlatt was in Chicago on business yesterday. James P. Overton left yesterday on a few weeks visit with relatives in Indianapolis and Charlottesville. Just arrived, another supply^" of Oxfords for children. We have them button or lace, black or tan.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. Monticello’s high school commencement will be held next Thursday evening, June 1. The graduates number forty-five, the largest in the history of the school. . .. Mrs. F. W. Hardy and daughter Katharyn of Rogers, Ark., came Thursday night for a several weeks visit \vith her mother, Mrs. Maria Hopkins, and other relatives here. Ben Miller, of Mt, Ayr, returned Wednesday from a prospecting trip to New Mexico, where he purchased an 800 acre tract of raw land near Wagon Mound, and an Amish settlement will be thereon. Fred Phillips has bought for investment five of the ten acres donated by Miss C. P. Monnett for the Monnett school, lying south of the old Kannal property and facing the Range Line road, now being used as a pasture. “Mrs> E. S. Snivly of Omaha, Neb., came Thursday for a few days visit with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Hopkins. Monday, accompanied by Mrs. Hopkins, she will go to Vincennes to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tedford. Thursday and yesterday were again very warm. This is splendid weather for the corn and it never looked better at this season of the year, but there has not been enough rain during May to make a good hay crop, and it will necessarilly be rather short. Tom Callahan was down from Newland Thursday. The onion crop has suffered considerably on the older ground up there from the winds and cut-worms, especially the latter. On the newer ground no damage to speak of has been done. Those not so injured are looking fine. Mrs. Alex Leech left Thursday to visit her daughter, Mrs. A. O. Garriott and family, at Hammond and her son Everett and family at East Uhicago. Basil Leech, who is now employed in The Democrat office, joined 'his mother yesterday and will visit in Hammond and East Chicago a few days. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Eyl Duvall died at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, aged ten days, and was buried in Weston cemetery Wednesday evening Brief services were held at the house. The babe weighed but three pounds at birth, but it was thought it would live up to Tuesday night, when it was’ seen that it could not survive. Quite a good many automobiles from Chicago will pass through Rensselaer in the next few days, bound for Indianapolis to see the auto races there next week. These taces promise to make business for the coroner. In the five hffnd r ed mile endurance race purses • aggregating $20,000, t'he largest ever offered, are hung up. The improvements bring made to Dr. Brown’s residence on River street are quite extensive, and include the raising of the entire house two feet and excavating for a large basement underneath, a large cement cistern and the building of another story to the rear part. Steam or hot water heat will also be installed, making it a modern and commodious residence. k. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and son Gerald are here for the commencement The former spent the winter with her mother, Mrs. Allen of Klamazoo, Mich., in Florida and Cuba, and since their return has also visited in the east, where Mrs. Hollingsworth’s two daughters, Cecelia and Dorothy are attending Wellesley College. Gerald, who is attending Culver Military Academy, is also here. Mrs. Hollingsworth- will return to Kalamazoo in a few days to care for her mother who'is quite old. , >- - - Job printing of the better class type, ink and typography in harmony—The Democrat office