Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1912 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

.. 7 ‘; Mr. and Mrs. Len Kiester returned ’home Monday from Chicago Heights, ll]., after a few days visit with relatives there.

W. T. Perkins, a former well known resident of. Rensselaer, died at his home in Mishawaka. Ind., Tuesday night, aged 83 years. He was an uncle of Clerk J. H. Per<kins, who went to Mishawaka Thursday afternoon to »i-.l the funeral, which was held there yesterday.

In the fire Monday might which tojlowed the stroke of lightning that destroyed the Lawrence Kellner barn in Carpenter tp., all the wagons, harness, and tools were saved, we understand, and the greatest loss to contents was on seten tons of hay and some 50 bushels of oats.

Mr. and Mrs.' James H. Kiester and son Everett of Jordan tp., will go to Lafayette Tuesday to attend a reunion of the Hilt family, which will be held in Columbia Park in that city. Mrs. Kiester’s grandmother on the maternal side was a Hilt. Over two hunderd invitations have been sent out, and a general invitation it extended to all relatives of the Hilt family, whereever they may be located, to attend. Mr. Clinton Hill, of Lafayette, is president of the reunion organization. and Mrs. Josephine Bennett, a sister of Mrs. Kiester, also of Lafayette, is vice-president. Mr. and Mrs. Kiester will be driven through by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dluzack, in Mr. Dluz.ack’is auto.