Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Robert JVaiinatta, judge of the Delaware-Grant superior court, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Vannatta, here a few days this yeek. Almost the entire business section of Sheridan was wiped out by fire Thursday morning. The loss is placed at over $50,000. The" town has no fire protection. Howard Lee, the little son of W. R. Lee, who has been suffering from pneumonia for the past several days, still continues quite sick, very litlte improvement is noticed. A- china shower w r as given Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Myrtle York on McCoy avenue by Miss Yopk and Miss Blanche Babcock, in honor of Mists Lizzie Reiddle who is soon to become the bride of Al Kanne.

Samuel Bahr came up from Marion the first of the week to take home with him the Great Northern auto that has been at the Rensselaer garage the past several months. After making a few repairs, he left Thursday for MarionTwo favorite hitching posts are to be a thing of the past in a few days, by the moving of the electric .light lead wires from the west to the east side of the street. • The pole in front of The Democrat office and the one on the east* side of Duvalls clothing store will be removed; Latest reports from George Reed, who is in a Chicago hospital suffering from blood-poisoning as a resjjlt of his, broken leg a couple of weeks ago when he was struck by the milk train at the McConnehay crossing, was that he was holding his own and the chances for his recovery are somewhat improved. Mrs. J. P. Hammond and son Maurice returned home Tuesday from a visit with her sister at Boynton, Fla. Her mother, Mrs. E. Jensen of Wheatfield, returned home wi,th her. While in Jacksonville Saturday they met Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows of this city, who in company with Mr. and Mrs. John Watson of Remington, are spending a few weeks in Florida.

A letter received from Joe Nagel yesterday by his family, stated that he was getting along nicely from his severe case of throat trouble, but for the last couple of days he has had rheumatism in his feet and" ankles so badly that he cannot walk. He (had expected to come home from St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, today, but now it is not known just how soon he can return. Those who h'ad heard Dr. Adams expected a good lecture, but were unprepared for the great treat given them. His “Grapes of Gold’ abounded With gems of thought and was interspefse<i with enqugh stories to vividily bring out the points which the speaker desired to express. The lecture was a ? message of cheer and goodwill to mankind and a plea for the cultivation of those faculties that make for the best that is within* us.— Valparaiso Vidette. At M. E. church, Feb. 5. Delos Thompson has been spending the week at the Chicago automobile show for pleasure, vehicles. Several from here have attended the show among them being Dr. M. p. Gwiin, Wednesday; A. R? Hopkins, Thursday; and Dr. H. J? Kannal, Hugh Kirk and Nut Chestnut, the latter two having taken the Gwin and Babcock Flanders 20'cars to the city Sunday where they will have a new three-speed chasis put in to replace the two-spee°d chasis now on the machines. It is expected that the cars will be here some time the middle of next week.

The Kanne bus team took a notion to run away Wednesday afternoon from in front of the Makeever house, and ran up Washington street to Front, where they turned south, almost overturning the bus but the latter struck a telephone pole, which kept it from upsetting. They continued south to the gravel iroad and thence east to the stock farm near where they were stopped. A couple of springs were broken, the rear axle bent, and the glass broken out of the door and a s tew scratches on the- body was the extent of the damage. - Many Children are Sickly. Mother Gray’s Powders for Children break up Colds in 24 hours, reliexe Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy Worms. At all druggists, i 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. ’ Subscribe for The Democrat