Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Today’s markets: Corn,. 58c; Oats, 48c; Wheat, 94c. Joseph Hoover went to Monticello Thursday on busines. John Romine of near Mt. Ayr was a Rensselaer visitor Thursday. Frank Foltz expects to have his Dew “35” Buick car here about March 1. ™ Mrs. Alfred Donnelly went to Chicago Thursday to spend a, few days with relatives. Harry Reed’s little child near Gifford has been suffering with a very severe 1 cold this week. A. Leopold has been suffering this week from an attack of his old bladder and kidney ailment. Mrs. E. E. Powell went to Crawfordsville Wednesday to spend a few days there with relatives. Wilson Shaefer’s “34” Buick which he purchased of Mr. Sleeper of FowCer, arrived here Tuesday.

Samuel Lowery’s mother, who suffered a stroke of paralysis recently, is gradually growing worse.

• The Gwin & Watson Plumbing Co. drill 3, 4, 5, and 6 inch water wells.—Phone 204, Rensselaer, Ind. ml

Fourteen head of hogs, brood sews and tihoats, at the Wm. Markin eale next Monday, 5 miles north of Rensselaer.

W. H. Beam was unable to fill his official capacity at the Monon station Thursday because of an attack of the grip.

Mrs. David' Hines and son Clarence are visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Campbell, at Guernsey, White county, this week.

M rs -. Grant Warner is now improving rapidly from the effects of a broken ankle bone which she sustained a couple of weeks ago.

Fifteen extra good milch cows and helifers at ' the Markin sale, north of town, next Monday. See complete list in another column

About 75 people partook of the banquet given by the Men’s class of the Christian church at the church parlors Wednesday evening, i i 1 ' -s2 . H. W. Kipdinger took in the prize ( fight Wednesday night at South i Bend between “Packiie” McFarGand of Chicago and Eddie Murphy of Boston, the foriner coming out win- ■ ner. i - The Wright and Harmon real estate agency have sold, the 200 acre farm near Lewiston, bought last summer by B. J. Moore, to the Hefferlin boys for S6O per acre.' Mr. Moore paid about $25 per acre for the land. Mrs. Joe Mi’ller and Mrs. Mason Barlow of Milroy tp., entertained at cards Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Barlow and Mr. Miller’s birthday anniversaries: Refreshments were served and all enjoyed the evening very much. -

Mrs. Arthur Maisonneuve is on the sick list this week.

E. P. Honan and T. M. Callahan were Lafayette visitors Wednesday.

Undle John Grooms is getting along nicely now and it is thought he will recover his former health soon.

Mrs. Charles Stoltz of McCoysburg, who was recently operated on, is now rapidly regaining her former health.

James Snedeker’s little daughter, who has been suffering from a severe case of., tonsilitis, is now getting along nicely.

Thursday the mercury took a decided turn upward, and stood at 42 practically all day. esterday was a trifle cooler, standing at 32.

Rev. and Mrs. Morrow of Morocco were in the city Wednesday looking for a house to. move to Rensselaer in the near future.

Yes, Wm. Markin wil’ have some hay for sale at his public sale next Monday, 5 miles north of Rensselaer. on the Mrs. Loughridge farm

Mrs. WilEiam Pollock of Morocco, who was recently called here by the death of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Cooper, returned home Wednesday.

Seven head of horses and mules will be sold at the Wm. Markin safe, on the Mrs. Loughridge farm, 5 miles north. of Rensselaer, next Monday, Feb. 19.

Mrs. E. F. Mills left Tuesday for •her home at Hamilton, Mont., after, a two months visit with 'her mother, Mrs. Julia Healey, and other relatives here.

Corn King spreaders, Blue Bell Cream harvesters and I. H. C. gasoline engines have no superiors on the market. See them at HariiILTON & KELLNER’S.

Owing to the rivalry between the bussmen, the railroad officials have ordered them to keep their busses at the east end of the depot platform, instead of backing up at the west end as heretofore.

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John O’Conmbr was down from Kniman on business Tuesday.

Harry Brown of Wheatfield was a business visitor in the city Wednesday.

Mrs. Wm. Warren of Tefft was here on business and visiting her sister, Mrs. Bruce White, a few days

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Riggs and two children of Edinburg, Ind., are visiting here this week with her sister, Mrs. A. W. Sawin and family.

If want to buy a good horse, go to the Wm. Markin sale, 5 miles north of town, next Monday. See list of property in another column.

Roy Stevenson of South Norfolk, No. Dak., who had been visiting his mothter, Mrs. C. E. Stevenson, here for some days, left Thursday for South Norfolk.

Former republican state chairmanman Lee has opened Roosevelt headquarters in Indianapolis and an effort will be made to secure a part of the Indiana delegation for Roosevelt to the national convention.

Ben Smith expects to move into his fine new cement bldck house, north of the new depot the first of the week. Ben has a modern and commodious home, with hot water heating system and everything complete.

While thawing out a frozen water pipe the first of the week with boiling water from a teakettle, Mr. L. Strong spilled some of the hot water on one of his limbs, making quite a severe burn, but not sufficient to lay him up.

C. H. Merrill a pioneer citizen of Hammond and a brother of the late Dr. W. W. Merrill of Rensselaer, died suddenly at his home in Hammond Monday night from heart gdsease. His age was 60 years. A wife and four sons survive him.

Ed Randle, on the J. A. farm east of town, is preparing to move back to his own property in Rensselaer,’ now occupied by Frank Morrow, and Newton Hendrix and Elmer Pumphrey will go on the farm he vacates. Mr. Morrow has secured no place to move at this writing.

Mr. and Mrs. Atphonsus Kanne, the “newlyweds,” took the 10:05 train Thursday for Campus, 111., where they will spend their honeymoon with his brother and other relatives. They were accompanied as far as Chicago by his sister and brother, Miss Charlotte and Ed Kanne, who spent the day in the city.

Mrs. George Reed, who has been at the bedside of her husband since his removal to a Chicago hospital, returned home Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Reed.* reports Mr. Reed as getting a/long as wefll as could be expected, but that he will have to undergo another operation before he will be able to return home, for the removal of about three inches of the bone of the leg amputated.

Dr. F. H. Hemphill, accompanied by Peter Van Leer, the Front street contractor, went to Chicago Thursday where the Hatter entered a hospital to take treatment for a few week® for stomach trouble, with which he has been suffering for some time, and gradually growing yery weak, so that the hospital treatment was deemed necessary. It is not thought that an operation will be needed. The Michigan City News denies the published statement of Lake Michigan being entirely frozen over. It says “Old Mlich.” is never still long enough to freeze over, -and has never known to be so. The ice freezes in places and drifts in piles along shore, stretching. out| into the lake for a long distance and in places the piled up ice be-! ing twenty feet thick, but such a thing as the lake freezing entirely over “from shore to shore” has never occurred' so far as known. Rev. J. C. Parrett was In Chicago Monday and _ called at the hospitals and saw George Reed, George Ketchum and Mrs. Zimmerman, who are taking treatment there from this place. Reed is getting along nicely and in a few] days the surgeons will cut off three inches more of the bone of his leg and close up the wound. It will probably be about two weeks after this is done before he can come home. George Ketchum, who is suffering from a blood trouble, ior the lack of certain corpuscles of *H'he blood, is doing very well also, as is Mrs. Zimmerman, who is having her eyes treated.

George Robinson has moved his second-hand clothing store in ■with Vance Collin’s second-hand general store.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock were in Chicago yesterday today and took in “The Greyhound” at the Studebaker theater last evening.

It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rhoades, who are now living at Morrocco where he is employed on the telephone lines, will soon move from there to Gotland

Wednesday was the 18th anniversary of the marriage of Supt. and Mrs. Jesse Nichols of the county farm, and the event was celebrated by inviting out several friends from town who spent a delightful evening with them at cards.

Lewis Nichols, who had been delivering for the Home Grocery for several months,,; quit the job Thursday evening and has secured a position in the Milliton restaurant. Chartes Crouch has taken the position as delivery boy for the Home Grocery. ' j '■

James Fleming who suffered a cut in the knee a few days ago, and which developed into blood poisoning, is now considerably im-, proved, the poisoning having been headed off and it is thought that he will soon be completely recovered from the effects.

Mrs. C. W. Rhoades returned home Thursday evening from Goodland where she was called a few days ago by the illness of her mother, Mrs. William Townsend. She reports that her condition as but little better, only a slight improvement being noticed. .

Dr. S H. Moore sustained a cut over the right eye Wednesday that required the use of a few stitches to close the wound. It seems that his helper was carrying a stove ■pipe into the office, and some way it fell, the edge striking the doctor over the eye and cut quite a gash.

While over in Illinois the first of the week. C. P. Wright met on the train J. J. Weast, the former pool room proprietor, he states, and Mr. Weast is now traveling for a wholesale grocery house. Mrs. Weast is still in Rensselaer, as are their household effects and pool room outfit.

The Monticello Herald, one of the best County seat papers in this section of the state, passed its half century mark thia week, and in celebration of the event published a photographic reproduction on its front page of the first page of the Herald of fifty years ago. The Herald was started by. Milton M. Sill, and its first issue was gotten out Feb. 14, 1862.

Mir. and Mrs. Charles Vick, who are living on South Weston street, desire to go to Seattle, Wash., we understand, where their son Christie has been located for the past few years, and if they can dispose of their household effects will Hikely go there to make their home. The property they occupy here has been sold and possession must be given March 1.

The small residence property nowoccupied by Charles Vick, on. South Weston street, has been sold through Harvey Davisson’s agency to William G. Caidwell of southwest of Knfman, for $750. Mr. Caldwell recently traded his farm in Union tp., for one of Robert Michael’s farms southeast of town. His son will, move qn the farm and the old folks will move to town.

Frecl Phillips, as administrator of the Simon Phillips estate, Thursday closed up a deal for the Ralph Marshall property at the west side of town, and the eleven acres with I the improveinents will be added to the 60 acres adjoining on the south and owned by the estate, the buiild- ' ings repaired to the extent of about SSOO, and the whole 71 acres then placed on the market. This will make a splendid little farm and should bring a good round price.

George Pumphrey and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Grace Pumphrey, went to Columbia Cjty Tuesday, he to look after his farm near that place and the latter to investigate -the prospects for starting a boarding house there. Mir. Pumphrey and wife expect to move to Columbia City soon to make their -home, and their son Newt and family vyill move on the farm. At this, writing Mrs. Grace Pumphrey has rot returned home and we are unable to say whether she will move to Columbia City or not, although she has written home that she was very favorably impressed with teh' city.

THE CIRCUIT COURT.

Proceedings of the First Week of the February Term. Following is a report of the proceedings of the first week of the February term of court: No. 100. Jos. (5. Borntrager ditch; court suggests names of B. B. Berry, Wm. Isham and E. Uhl from whom to Select special judge. No. 104. J. p. Ryan, ditch; Drainage Commissioner L. Strong declines to serve In this cause and L. P. Shirer is continued on said ditch. No. 109. Wm. H. Berry ''ditch; J. N. Leatherman allowed $7.10. No. 111. R. e». Davis ditch; J. N. Leatherman allowed $11.90. No. 115. Michael J. Delehanty ditch; C. C. Warner allowed $22.70 for transcript. No. 117. Joseph A. Akers ditch; C. C. Warner allowed $17.60 for transcript. No. 119. John Mitchell ditch; L. Strong appointed to act instead of L. P. Shirer. No. 120. F. Guy Barnard ditch; Frank W. Fisher appointed supt. of construction in place of C. R. Peregrine, who did not qualify. No. 6855. Nora Casey, et al. vs. Wm. J. Reed, guardian; cause dismissed at plaintiff’s cost. No. 753 L Lafayette Savings Bank vs. Marietta Ennis* ’ et al.; •receiver’s report approved and cause dropped. No. 7654. Nancy Knight vs. Sarah A. Platt, et al.; commissioner files report showing charges of $964.20 and credits the same. Report aproved and cause continued for further sale of real estate. No. 7695. Irve Lewin vs. William Hoover, sheriff; motion for new trial overruled and appeal granted on filing bond of SBOO in 30 days. No. 7761. Foltz & Spitler vs. John Finn et al.; cause set for argument on 2d Wednesday. No. 7790. Harvey Moore et al. vs. August Gumpert; cause dismissed, costs paid. No. 7800. Geo. W. Casey vs. Alexander McDonald; cause dismissed, costs paiid. .; ; - No. 7802. Michael Kuboski vs. James F. Irwin, et al.; title to real estate quieted. No. 7803. J. C. Gwin vs. Joseph E. Clark; cause dismissed at plaintiff’s cost. No. 7809. Gerry Dugan, et al. vs. Jennie Bradford, et al ; title to real estate quieted. No. 7815. Irving Shuman vs. Robert E. Van Gundy, et ah; No, 1457. State vs. Lucas; amended affidavit filed. No. 1458. State vs. Landy Magee; affidavit filed and bench warrant ordered. No. . 7819. Nathaniel High vs. Wiley Latta; continued for term. Cases set down for trial: Thursday, Feb. 22, No. 7813* Wm Large vs. Arthur ’■‘WiHamson. Saturday, Feb. 24, No. 7799, Otto Schwanke vs. James Schwanke. Monday, Feb. 26, No. 1 457, State vs. Joseph A. Lucas. Tuesday, Feb. 27, No. 7791, State ex rel, Brusna'han vs. Lakin. No. 7826, State, ex rel. Mequire, vs. Eger. Wednesday, Feb. 28, No. 7714, Lewin vs. Hoover, sheriff. INO. 7669, State, ex rel, Gangloff vs.’ Price. ■' 'Thursday, Feb. 29, N0. 7805, Littlefield vs. Mooi“, et al. No. 7817, Davisson va. Wylie. Monday, March 4, No. 6496, Hollingsworth vs. Parker et al. No. 6535, Hollingsworth vs. Hollingsworth. No. 7777, Cox vs. Monnett. Tuesday, March 5, No. 7806, Low vs. Zimmer, et al. Thursday, March 7, No. 7808, Haigh vs. Haigh. All the news in The Democrat,

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ADE TELLS ABOUT CANAL.

Playwright Returns From Panama and Talks to Purdue Students. Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 14.—George Ade, just back from Panama, where, with a party of two hundred Chicagoans, he made a trip across the isthmus and inspected the work of •the canal, delivered an interesting lecture this morning before two thousand people, at Fowler hall, the occasion being the weekly convocation at Purdue university. Every opportunity was given Mr. Ade by the government officials to study at close range the work that is being done and the magnitude of the great task now nearing completion. His lecture was illustrated with mote than one hundred photographs which he took himself. , Mr. Ade was entertained by Colonel Gothals, and said that 88. per cent, of the work had 'been completed, and that before the end of 1913 ships would pass through the canal from ocean to ocean.

s - Kanne Bus Notice. Hereafter our bus headquarters wifi be at Tone Kanne’s residence, phone 214. Calls may also be made for us at Leek’s hitch barn, phone 342 or at the Rensselaer Garage, phone 365. We make all trains, answer all calle- for city trade and solicit a ehare of your patronage. Respectfully, , KANNE BROS.

Notice to K. of P’s.

The annual anniversary sermon of the Knights of Pythias will be at the Christian church, by Rev. Winn, on Sunday evening, Feb. 18. Knights are requested to meet at Castle Hall at 6 p. m., and from there ml&rch to the church at i 7 o’clock. Mrs. Walter Porter, who accompanied her eon, Charles, and 1 Dr. Kresler to Chicago Wednesday, sa that he could be examined by medical experts to find a possible cure for the swelling in his foot and on /he back of his hand, returned home Thursday evening. An X-ray examination made by Dr. Kresler showed the swelling to be of a much more serious character than was at first supposed. He will receive hospitaltreatment for a few days in the city;