Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1912 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Twelve fine dairy cows will behold at the J. E. Bislosky sale, Wednesday, Jan. 31. Also some Shropshire sheep, 24 head of hogs, a dfit of good farm tools, household furniture, etc. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates received a letter Monday from their daughter, Mrs. Albert Bouk, of near Minot, No. Dak., stating that it had been 40 degrees below* zero there. They have but little snow, however. Charles Daniels, who was - called here -recently by the death of his brother, William Damiels, left Monday for ' his home in Craig, Colo., but intends to stop at Hammond and other pqints for a visit with relatives on the way. The annual mid-winter meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association will 'be held at the Denison Hotel in Indianapolis on Feb. 1, followed by a banquet in the evening at which Gov. Marshall, Kin Huibbard and others will speak. The special union meetings which began Sunday evening at thq M. E. church, where this*' week’s meetings are being held, opened with a very large audience, and the attendance Monday evening was also good. The meetings will continue for three weeks. John .Bislosky, notice of whose public sale appears in another column, is quitting farming on account of poor health; will visit his sister near Rosalia, Wash., after his sale, and may. locate in that state, although he is undecided where he -will locate at the present writing. The Parr Creamery Co. elected the following officers at their annual meeting last .week: R. H. Eilts, Emory Garriott, Paul Wiggins, Peter Hordeman and Chas. Greenlee, directors. Mr. Greenlee was elected secretary, and treasurer, to succeed W. L. Wood, who declined to serve longer because of other business. Some idea of the immensity of the big Hillis, Tatten & Tolln sale southwest of Fair Oaks next Tuesday may be had by brief mention •of a few items: 38 horses and mules, 125 head of cattle; 17 farm wagons; 25 sets of horness; 5 s 1 , 28 cultivators; 4 corn planters; 10 harrows, etc. See complete list of stuff on another page. James and Jacob Gilmore received a telegram Monday evening stating that their father, Thomas Gilmore, an old resident of Jasper county, was dying at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stella Freeman, at Kingman, Ind., with whom he was making his home this winter. James left for his father’s bedside, but at the time of going to press no further particulars had been learned. The old gentleman was a little past 65 years of age. Uncle Sam’s postal system is not quite perfect. A business letter from Monticello, written Dec. 25 and bearing the postmark of the Monticello office of that date, reached The Democrat at 6 p. m., Jan. 13, days after it is supposed to have left Monticello. The receiving date of the Rensselaer post- • office as stamped on the back of I the letter, was “Jan. 13, 6 p. m., The letter’s progress from Monticello was at an average of a little over one mile per day. K FARM BARGAINS. 60 acres—Near station and school, at heart of dredge ditch, all level, productive land, in cultivation except five acres in timber. Improvements are a good two-story four-, i room house, good small barn and good well. Price s4s'. Terms, S7OO down. * 80 acres—All black land in cultivatiom near 1 school and churches, touches large d’itch, a! finei outlet for drainage and is all in cultivation. I Improvements are a good two-story | six-room house, good barn for ten horses, steel tower windmill, with good well and 25 bearing fruit trees. Only $45. . Terms, SI,OOO down. 21 acres—Four blocks from the court house. 165 acres—Highly improved, half mile of the corporation of this city. Will sell in small tracts from ten to 80 acres at right prices. \ > 599 acre, ranch—-Good improvements. Will trade or sell on easy payments. 160. acres in Kansas, 160 acres in Arkansas, a $5,000 mortgage and other property to trade tor rand or property. Will put in cash or assume. GEO. F. MEYfcRS. Insect Bite Costs Leg. A Boston man lost his leg from the bite of an insect two years pefore. To avert such calamities from stings and bites of insects use Bucklen’s Arnica Sglve promptly to kill the poison and prevent inflammation, swelling and pain. Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles, eczema, cuts bruises. Ohly 25c at A. F. Long’s. . t All the news in The Democrat