Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A new dredge has been shipped here and will be put in shape for cutting the Carpenter’s creek lateral of the Borntrager ditch. It Is expected to get it In operation early in April. Miss Hazel Kenton, of Mitchell, So. Dak., who has been visiting relatives at Elwood, has returned here for a few weeks’ more visit with Rensselaer relatives, before returning to her home in the northwest. Mrs. Shindler, the aged mother of the Shindler boys and Mrs. Joe Thomas of Newton tp., died Monday night at the home of Mrs. Thomas, aged about 80 years. At this writing arrangements for the funeral had not been completed. A son was born Feb. 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Elery Hearn of Lincoln Neb. The mother is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Long of near Mt. Ayr,, and a few year's ago clerked in the G. E. Murray Co. store in Rensselaer. Her maiden name was Edna Long.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Coen, accompanied by his sister, Miss Alice 1 oen, went to Chicago Sunday, where after a few days’ visit with Jesse Coen and family, Mr. Coen and wife will leave for her former home at Waterloo, lowa, where they expect to make their home. The senior reception held at the armory Monday evening was the largest and carried on with the most pomp of any senior reception lor a number of years. After the banquet a dance was held, music being furnished by Perry and John Horton. All report a splendid time. Miss Ethel Kloethe, accompanied by Mrs. J. P. Glass, of Jacksonville, 111., came Saturday to spend a couple of days here with her father, D. A. Kloethe. Miss Kloethe is a student at the Illinois Woman’s College, at Jacksonville. Miss Jane Parkison, also a student there, was home Sunday to visit her parents. Eugene Purtelle, he of unsavory reputation as a traction line promoter, has begun an action in Chicago against the Daily Inter Ocean for $50,000 for libel. Just what the Inter Ocean could have said to have libeled Gene, we have nbt learned, but the case will probably amount to about as much as most libel suits.

George F. Meyers and James N. Leatherman went to Frankfort Saturday where Mr. Meyers completed the sale of the former Callaw'ay farm of 400 acres near Kniman, which he owned, to H. F. Bott of Clinton coun- j ty. An 80-ai-ce farm in Clinton j county was taken in on the deal, but' Mr, Meyers-sold the eighty before' leaving Frankfort. Mr. Bott’s son' and son-in-law will move upon the 1 Walker tp. farm. The entertainment given by the minstrel company of the Lafayette Knightk of Columbus last Friday night at the parochial school hall was very pleasing to the large audi-c-nbe and the local order of K. of C. took in about S6O as the receipts of the evening. From this amount, however, the expenses had to be deducted, so that the net receipts of the entertainment were not very much, although there was a good turnout to the entertainment. Box Social at Slaughter. There will be a box social at the Slaughter school house southeast of Rensselaer, on Saturday evening, Feb. 28. A cordial Invitation is extended to every one to come out. .Ladles please bring boxes.