Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

While most of the snow disappeared Monday, the air is still cold and the mercury was below the freezing point -yesterday morning. This promises to be one of the latest springs ever known in Indiana. Mrs. J. E. Smith of Thorntown, who has been visiting here for a few days wkh her sister, Mrs. W. F. Smith, returned home Friday. Her daughter, who is also visiting here, wili remain for a few days longer, when she will go to Chicago to visit relatives before returning home. John Borntrager of near Surrey visited Peter Van Lear in a Chicago hospital Sunday. His trouble has finally been diagnosed as cancer of the stomach and he is reported in a very critical condition with death likely to occur at any moment. Mrs. Van Lear was called to his bedside Saturday and la still with him. Harry Watson, the plumber, has moved into the room just vacated by The Democrat on Van Rensselaer street, and -will occupy It and also the rear part of the room immediately north, his old quarters. Ray Delmar, the electrician, win oconpy the front part of the former Watson room, whore he wHI put te a stock of electrical supplies. MonticeMo Journal: Ift*. te Spencer, wife of James Spencer, dte« this morning at thres o’clock at the home of their daughter. Mrs. 1 TteQwan, on South Bluff street, *•** 71 Year* and eight months. 1 bad been an invalid for the past sit years. The funeral will] be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the Presbyterian l church, with interment in the Mon- 1 ticello cemetery.

-James R. German, who recently moved onto the old Lowman farm, northwest of the city from 'Michigan, where he moved with his family about five years ago, died Sunday morning of consumption. He was about 45 years of age and leaves a wife and five children, ranging in ago from 22 years to 8 months. The funeral was held from the residence yesterday afternoon, and burial made in the Smith cemetery:

Miss Myrtle York, who had the misfortune to run a needle Into her right hand a couple of weeks ago and has since suffered considerably from infection caused by laceration in the efforts to remove the needle at a Chicago hospital, was taken to Chicago again Sunday, the infection having continued to spread since 7 its inception a few days after the operation. Her condition is not regarded as Berious, although very painful.

Kentland Democrat: T. B. Galbraith and John Shepard—moving from Grant township to farms near Pound, Marinette county, Wfe.— loaded their goods on cars here Monday for shipment, via the C. I. A S., and left for their new homes Tuesday.. .The two year old ■on of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Whiteman, who reside on the Charles Roe farm, southeast of town,- died today as a result of burns from lye which the little one unfortunately found and drank on Wednesday of last week.

Taken from a crevice In a straw stack in which it bad been buried for about 60 hours, a calf belonging to Joe Neteiua became very lively and active, going about seemingly none the worse for its confinement. Joe dug out two dead yearling heifers that had been smothered by being caaght under the straw when it caved in some days ago, and thought the calf, which was more deeply buried than the heifers, was surely dead and that he would dig it ofat later. Friday, morning he heard a noise issuing from the stack and, upon investigation, discovered the calf in a crevice near the center of the stack. « Kanne Bus Notice. Hereafter our bus headquarters will be at Tone Kanne’s residence, phone 214. Calls may also be made for' us at Leer’s hitch barn, phone 342 or at the Renaßelaer Garage, phone 365. We . make all trains, answer aH calls for city trade and solicit a dbaare of your patronage. Respectfully, “' KANNE BROS. Anyone desiring to purchase residence property in Rensselaer will do wen to call on me.—HARVEY DAVISSON. \