Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — Page 5

Flour Sale! The Bottom’s Out A Car to Unload this week at a Lower Prlcethan you have seen in many a day. Just think of it — $1.23 a Sack A. & K.’s Best Better Leave Your Order At Once for a few barrels. THE HOME GROCERY PHONE 41

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Reader^. Webber wagon for sale by—Hamilton & Kellner. Today’s markets: Corn, 65c; oats, 28c; Wheat, 85c; Rye, 60c. Mrs. Marion I. Adams is reported to be a little better at this writing. If you want to buy, sell or rent property, try The Democrat’s want ad column.

John M. Knapp, continues to improve slowly from his attack of malarial fever.

September 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Messman, in Barkley township, a daughter.

Miss Edith Strickfaden. of Lafayette came up Thursday evening for a few days visit with Miss Opal Sharp.

Uncle Isaac Thompson is here from Bluffton, 0., paying his regular annual visit to the Thompson families.

The annual Northwestern Indiana conference of the M. ST. church will be held in Indianapolis Oct. 2 to 7, at St. Paul’s M. E. church.

Jud Maines has decided to locate at Three Forks, Montana, and the Maines farm just north of town will be sold next month at public auction. „

P. W. Clarke went to Rockford, 111., Wednesday with his daughter. Miss Ma<y, who will enter the Rockford Girls’ school to take a course in domestic science. \

Mrs. E. Shields, Mrs. John Kresler and Mrs. Peyton went to Sitka, White county, Wednesday to attend the Baptist Association meeting which was held there Wednesday and Thursday.

The churches of Christ (Christian) in the counties of Stark, Pulaski, White, Jasper and Newton will hold their next convention in Monticello October 3 and 4. Speakers of national note as well as those in the district form a rich program. Round table talks otn live questions in all departments of eburefh work will be participated in by delegates from the church here. The attendance should be large.

We have added PAINTS TO OUR LINE A Full Line of High Grade, Guaranteed Paints Inside and Outside House Paint, Floor and Barn Paint. Every can Guaranteed and at Money Saving Prices. .9 One Aim—To Keep the Best; One Method; Fair Dealing; One Price-THE LOWEST. Jarrette’s Variety Store Bert J. Jarrette

Dressmaking SChmal Sisters, phone 138. s See our lice of Buggies.—Hamilton & Kellner. River Queen Mill Turkey Red wheat seed for sale at the mill.

Excursion to Chicago Sunday, Sept. 22; 75 cents for the rouna trip from Re: sselaer.

Mrs. R. P. Benjamin is spending a week or ten days visit with her father at Otterbein.

Miss Jane Parkison returned to her studies at Depauw University at Green castle Wednesday. This is her second year there.

Arthur H. Hopkins and family, returned home Monday from Conover, Wis., where the}* have been spending he summer.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Murphy and daughter of Berwyn, 111., are ppenda few days here the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows.

.J- M. Wagner, president of the Indianan Northern Traction Co., was in the city on business Thursday. Mr. Wagner lives at Milwaukee, Wis.,

Frank Husted returned to his regular post at Fair Oaks Thursday after subbing at the local Monon station during the absence of G. Elmer Wilcox.

Frank Putts has rented the new room west of the Watson Plumbing Co., a>nd will move his candy store from one of the A. Leopold rooms on North Van Rensselaer street into same.

Monon officials deny the truth of the sensational dispatches sent out from Lafayette recently about the padding of their pay rolls found on the first trip of their pay car, or that dead men were found on the pay rolls.

“Don’t run my pasture ad. any more,” said Harry Brown Thursday. “It is all taken up and several parties have called up about it since I had it filled up.” Harry has had pasture for 25 head of cattle and he spent 25 cents to let the public know about it, in a want ad in The Democrat. The results were immediate, and another convert to faith in The Democrat’s want ads has been made.

Mrs. W. H. Beam was a Chicago visitor Wednesday.

Phone any little item of news you may have to The Democrat. It will be appreciated. V

Miss Ruth Harper"" has gone to Hinsdale, Mich., to enter college for a course in domestic science.

F. S, Iliff of Jordan tp., has been quite sick for the past few days, but at present is a little better.

Charles Day, wife and. baby went to Slpencer Wednesday for a visit with her folks for several weeks.

Mrs. Harry Collins, who has been spending a few day- with her parents, Mr. an l Mrs. Fred Kulli.;, in Union tp., returned home Wednesday.

Charles M. Greenlee of Parr, has sold his general store in that place to George Hammerton and Charles Chupp of. Union tp., who will continue the business.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Ringeisen of Hanging Grove p., left Wednesday for Hebron, Minn., to look after a farm of 200 apres which he owns there on which his sons t are located.

Harry Zimmerman came down from Michigan City Wednesday for a few days visit here with relatives. He and his mother, Mrs. John Zimmerman went to Chicago the same day on business.

A. C. Woodworth is operating the sprinkling wagon now for his son True while the latter is over in Hanging Grove tp., building a mile of stone road for W. F. Smith & Co. -

Fred Phillips, T. M. Callahan, R. D. Thompson and Wilson Shafer drove over to Fowler yesterday and returned in the afternoon with tw r o new Buick autos for the two former gentlemen.

Mrs. Varnatta and daughter of Fowler drove over in their auto Thursday evening and spent the night here with relatives. Mrs. C. A. Roberts and Mrs. Fred Phillips returned home with them yesterday morning and came back with Fred Phillips’ in his new auto.

Tony Postill, who is employed by Conrad Keilner, was kicked just below the left knee on the inside of the leg by a mule shortly alter he had eaten dinner Thursday. The cork of the shoe penetrated the flesh of the limb and did considerable damage to the bone.

Mrs. E. N. Loy was hostess Wednesday to several old ladies of her immediate neighborhood in honor of the doctor’s mother, who is making her home at her son’s house. Those present were: Mrs. W. W. Reeve, Mrs. Benjamin Harris, Mrs. Julia Healy, Mrs. Peter Rhoades, Mrs. D. T. Halstead, and Mrs. Jared Benjamin.

George Hopkins has bought the south fifty feet off his mother’s, Mrs. Hopkins’ property on River street, and will fill in the lot and probably build a nice new cottage thereon next year. He gets 50 xl7o feet, which leaves Mrs. Hopkins an even 100 feet. This is one of the most desirable locations in the city’s residence district.

F. L. Hoover, Who went to Chicago Sunday to be treated for a gall trouble, w-rites home that the specialist whom he went to see thinks that he can relieve the trouble without an operation. He must take fourteen treatments, one every other day, and will therefore be there about a month. Mr. Hoover and wife are stopping with her brother, Rufus B. Knox, and wife.

Fred Berger, Chris Hensler, J. H. Biddle andt several other prominent Bull Moosevelts were over from Remington Wednesday afternoon to hear Beveridge. By the way, Remington has quite a bunch of Bull Moosers, all former prominenr republicans. Among the number are two of the Peck boys, County Commissioner Denham, B. F. Spencer, G. I. Thomas, and the three gentlemen named above.

Upon answering a ring at the door Wednesday Riley Nowels met F. E Nowels and wife of Oskaloosa, lowa. F. E. Nowels is the grandson of Moses Nowels, a brother of Uncle David Nowels. They were in Chicago business and knowing they had relatives in Rensselaer, they came down here on the two o’clock train. It was the first time they had ever seen each other. Then time was limited , and they returned to Chicago on the three o’clock train.

Coal and feed for sale by.—Hamilton & Kellner.

1- faneesville and AJedaryville are now lighted by electricity.

The Democrat wants a good correspondent at Mt. Aiyr, also at points in Jasper county not at present represented.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilcox returned Tuesday from their honeymoon trip, spent in Chicago, Winona, Winchester and Indianapolis.

The Coiner & Gunyon dredge has finished its contract near Logansport and is being shipped to Tefft, near which place they have another contract.

The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago Sunday, September 22. The round trip fare from Rensselaer will be seventy-five cents, as usual.

The Watson Plumbing Go., and Gwin & Watson well drillers, have moved their place of business across moved tJheir place of business to across the street from the postoffiee, phone 204. o_l

John Wagner, who has been at. Lawrence Kellner's working on the construction of his new barn’, was in town Wednesday, having sustained a severely sprained wrist and ankle in a fall from a scaffold on which he was working, and being temporarily laid up.

A gentleman who has been up through Lake county informed The Democrat man Wednesday that Frank Maloy of Lowell, formerly of Rensselaer, who is the Bull Moose candidate for sheriff of Lake county, will get a mighty big vote and really stands a show of being elected, he thinks. . i

Emmett Hollingsworth, who has been visiting his mother and other relatives at Charlevoix, Mich., since the close of Culver Military Acadamy will enter the Choate University at the beginnning of the fall term, Tuesday, at Wallingford, Conn. He arrived here Wednesday for a short visit before leaving for school.

* John Eger, who now owns nearly 2,000 acres of the former I}. J. Gifford lands in Barkley tp., has over 400 acres of corn this year and it is mighty good corn, the most of it, too. Some samples picked from his fields will compare very favorably with any that can be found on any of the higher priced lands in the county.

Mrs. Ick Yates is in a very serious condition from uremic poisoning, and her friends are very much alarmed about her. Monday she was tapped four times, and the fluid drawn off.. She then rested a little better, but Thursday afternoon and night she had a very severe time of it and got no rest at all. Yesterday she was reported resting somewhat easier again.

Considerable dissappointment was occasioned at there being ino band concert Thursday night. Several of the band boys are playing with the Francesville band at the street fair there, hut they were expected home for the regular concert here and the band-stand was hauled in place ready for tAm. The failure of the boys to return made it necessary to give up having the regular concert.

There will be a demonstration of domestic science held in Kniman by an expert from Perdue University on Friday, Sept. 27, commencing at 10 a. m. All ladies that can attend, it will be to their advantage to go. Treating on modern cookiflg. There wilLalso be and orchard test, at the Henry Schmidt farm, close to Kniman, also at 10 a. m. JOHN O’CONNOR, Township Chairman.

The Dull Scholar.

Many a so-called "dull scholar” is so because of some defect of the eyes. Don’t neglect the eyes of your children. Glasses worn a few years >n youth may mean freedom from them in after years. For careful scientific examination and proper glasses come to DR. ROSE M. REMMEK Harris Block, Phone 403

Which is Your Birthday Stone? EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR HAS ITS OWN STONE. IF YOU were borne in a certain month the stone belonging to that month is your stone: January claims the Garnet July — Ruby ‘ Februrary has the Amethyst ■ Angust 'Sardonyx March the Bloodstone September Sapphire April -Diamond October Opals May Emerald November -Topaz June -Pearls December Turquois At this store you will find jewelry fitted with all these stones -your own stone. Come in and let us show you. cJESSEN THE eJEWELERj> Bensselaer, Ird.

Prosecutor Longwell and attorney Frank Davis of Brook, were in the city Wednesday afternoon.

The safe in the Dowling meat market at Kentland was blown open by “Yeggs” about 2 o’clock Wednesday morning and a small sum of money taken.

Everything is said to be running wide open this week at the Francesville street fair, gambling games on all sides and even the flea hunting show that was made to pack up and get out of town here the Fourth is given dull swing there.

Mr. and Mrs. It. A. {Partkison, who went to Kingman, Kan., several weeks ago with their daughter Ruth, who was iij poor health, and returned recently because of the condition of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenton Parkisori, who has since undergone a successful operation in a Chicago hospital, returned to Kingman Wednesday, accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Kenneth T. Rhoades and Miss Edna Babcock of Parr. Mrs. Rhoades expects to remain about'two weeks, while Miss Babcock will remain Indefinitely for an extended visit with Miss Parkison, whose health is said to be improving.

FARM FOR SALE AT AUCTION Tuesday, Sept. 2t, at 1 O’clock, the M. I. Adams Farm Near Rensselaer, Indiana. The undersigned will offer at public sale to the highest bidder, his farm of 160 acres, 3 miles south and V 2 mile east of Rensselaer; 100 acres in cultivation, 60 acres in pasture; 8 room two stony house, basement And cistern; also milk house, windmill and pasture well; barn and grainary 60x4 2 feet; new vitrified brick silo just finished; double corn crib, machine shed, cement hog-feed-lng floor, fine orchard and small fruit; 100 acres well tiled, 80 acres with hog tight fence; ten acres white oak post timber. The improvements on this place have been made for my own personal use and have been made good. *

Terms.—One thousand dollars on day of sale; % cash (including the SI,OOO paid) on/ Jan. 1, 1913; balance in three yearly equal payments on January 1 yt each year. 5% per cent, Interest. A discount of 2 per cent, for all cash paid Jan. 1, 1913, over and above the half of the purchase price due at that time. Possession to be given Jan, 1, 1913. The auctioneer, Fred Phillips, will convey free of charge at any time and furnish any information desired before the date of sale, any persons interested in said farm. MARION I. ADAMS. * -$r . Fred Phillips. Auctioneer.

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REMINGTON HORSE SHOW. The Second Annual Horse Show and Street Fair will be held at Remington Sept. 25, 20, 27, 28, 1012. Five free street attractions dolly. Horse program each afternoon— Wednesday Ponies; Thursday General pur|H>so claoss; Friday, Light Harness and Saodlers; Saturday, Heavy Draft Glass. All Entries Free. W'rite for Program to -I. A. WASHBURN, Sec. H-H-H-F-H-l-M 1 I 1 H-1-MMI

JOHN a. CULP General AUCTIONEER - Phone 517-1 P. O. PLEASANT GROVE, INO. Dates may be arranged Direct or at The Democrat Office, Rensselaer, Ind. Satisfaction Guarantud.

Advertised Letters. Letters advertised for the week ending September 16, 1912: Ladies: ‘Mrs. Ray Lykens; Mrs. C. F. Roberts; Mrs, J. W. Price; Miss Verna Brown. Gents: John L. James; Romoin Morticka; Ralph Johnson; Marion Wiheeler; Harry Remington. An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office. Engraved calling cards to order at The Democrat office.

Notice to . Heirs, Creditors and , Legatees. In the matter of the estate 01 Sarah A. Hemphill, deceased, in tne Jasper circuit court September term. 1912. Notice is hereby given the creuitors, heirs, and legatees of Saraa a. , Hemphill, deceased, and all per sons interested in said estate, to appear in the Jasper Circuit Court, on Friday, the 4th day of October, 1912 being the day fixed and endorsed on the final settlement account of jt. P. Honan, Executor, pf said decedent, and show cause if any, w'hy such final account should not be approved; and the heirs of said decedent and all others interested, are also hereby notified to appear : in said Court, on said day and make proof of their heirship or claim to ; any part of said estate. EDWARD P. HONAN. ■ "*IJ Administrator.