Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

C. G. Spitler was in Lafayette on business Wednesday. ? ■ Remember The Democrat is well equipped for printing horse bills. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Mauck of Mt. Ayr were Rensselaer visitors yesterday. Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins is suffering from a fracture of the right arm received one day last week. Alpha Christley of Jordan tp., left Tuesday for a few weeks prospecting visit near Houston, Tex. Preaching by A. S. Cross Sunday at the Baptist church, both morning and evening. Everyone welcome. Mrs. Wash Lowman and two children left , this week for'a v’slt with her brother, J. B. Conover, at Paris, Tehn. * • ‘ A freight wreck at Maynard Thursday morning caused all the south-bound Monon trains to be several hours late. Miss Gertrude Leopold visited Wednesday with' her father, A. Leopold, who is recuperating from a hospital operatih in Chicago. C. A. Roberts got in a carload of buggies Wednesday for the spring trade, and has two more carloads ordered to come a little later. Lyman Barce, who has been spending the winter with relatives at Brook, returned home a few days ago to his farm north of town. T. F. Dunlap of Surrey returned the first of the week from a visit with his son Ivan who is engaged in the jewelry business at Elwood. The democrat carries road tax receipt books constantly in stock. Township trustees and road supervisors will please bear this in mind. Wm. Ferguson left Tuesday for Lisbon, No. Dak., where he will work on a farm again the coming season, after spending the winter here.

John Wolfe of Oakland, 111., who recently bought the John Callahan farm near Newland, moved over Tuesday with a' complete farming outfit. Mrs. Mary D. Eger returned Wednesday from Grand Rapids, Mich.' where she was recently called by the death of her sister, Mrs. W. H. Cornell. L. A. Hopkins of Markle, Ind., visited here a few days this week with his aged father, D. C. Hopkins, who passed his 91st mile post Wednesday. John Bicknell was taken to task Wednesday evening by nightwatch Critser for drunkeness and later let loose on his promise to get out of town. It seems that he was trying to get a motor car to take him out of the city when he was nabbed by the officer. The Democrat is in receipt of a stork postal card from Lafayette announcing the arrival of Jack Vernon Jacks, Jr., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Jacks of 612 N. Eighth street, Lafayette, Sunday, March 3. The youngster tipped the beam at 10 pounds. A snow fell all Thursday forenoon, but much of it melted before night. It doesn’t look now as though there could be .any farm work done this month, which is more than a fourth gone and there is as much fost in the ground yet as there was three weeks ago.

' Mrs. S. L. Carr, late of Hanging Grove tp., where they recently sold out, died Monday at the home of her sister, Mrs. George A. Dean, in Indianapolis, where the family ’ was visitng for a few weeks before deciding upon a location. She had beep in fragile health for some time. Burial was made Wednesday at Loda, 111. . B. D. Comer, Clyde Gunyon and Alva Stephenson of Union tp., have formed a company called the Rensselaer Dredging Company, and have bought a dredge and taken the contract to complete a ditch near Hoopeston, 111., after which they expect to move the dredge here and operate it on Jasper county contracts. Owing to a number of cases of scarlet fever among the internes and nurses of the Hahneman hospital, Chicago, the last operation on George Reed, , which was to have taken place last Monday had to be postponed until more favorable conditions were prevalent in the quarantined hospital. Mrs. Reed was quarantined there, sne having gone to the,, .city Sunday to be present at the Operation on her husband.