Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

- The mercury at 2 o’clock yesterday stood at 42 in the shade, and the snow was disappearing quite fast. Tom Huston came down from Roselawn Wednesday and went from here over to Goodland for a few days’ visit The roads have been lined with movers’ wagons the past few days for the farm changes taking place March 1. Except for the snow they are having a fine time to move, as the roads are good and solid, something we do not often have on March Ist. The Mjltheny brothers moved Wednesday froin the E. L. Hollingsworth property on Elm street, to one of Hiram Day’s tenant houses in the east part of the city. Claude Spencer, who recently purchased the property vacated by the Matheny’s wifi occupy same. Miss Katie Shields, of Rensselaer, who has taught in the Brook schools for the past seven years, will teach in the Morocco schools next year. Miss Mary Goetz, also of Rensselaer, who has likewise taugfht in the Brook schools for three or four years, will teach in the Goodland schools next year.

who for the past year or more has been traveling freight agent for the Monon, with headquarters in Chicago, has resigned his position with that railroad and accepted a similar position with the Seaboard Air Line, at a substantial salary Increase. After May Ist he will make his (headquarters in Detroit, Mich. (Mr. and Mrs. Albert Moorhead and children, of Limon, Colo., came Saturday evening for a few days visit here with Mrs. Moorhead’s parents, Mr. and Mrs H. C. Nevil, after which they will go to Vernon, Ind., to visit Mr. Moorhead’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Moorhead, and will stop off here again for a longer visit on their way back home. While most of the snow still remains wiith us, the weather has moderated considerably and Thursday night the mercury did hot get far below the freezing point. At noon yesterday it was a few degrees above freezing. The ground must be frozen to quite a depth, however, and with the very best of warm weather it •o'!Id seem impossible for the snow to go off and the fields dry out sufficiently for working them before the middle of the month at least.

Sylvester Hatton and daughter, who with the former’s daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Witham, are sojourning at Fairhope, Ala., wrote to friends here Feb. 22 and enclosed a rose and violet picked there that day. They stated that peaches were as large as hickory nuts and plum trees were white with bloom. They said they liked Rensselaer best, even though it was flowery down there. Mr. Hatton is considerably improved in health and was growing better right along. They expect to start for home April 1.

John Herr, of McCoysburg, went to Evart, Mich., Wednesday to close up the deal for 605 acres of land in Hanging Grove tp., which he formerly owned and has now bought back from a bank at Evart, to whom he traded the land a few years ago. Mr. Herr pays $3 6,000 for the 605 acres, and it now gives him 1,300 acres all in one body in Hanging Grove tp. In addition to this he owns 1,000 acres of land 6 miles from Evart, ,Mich ; ; 900 acres near Hopkins Park, Hl.; 80b acres in Missouri; 260 acres in Arkansas, and a $40,000 tile and brick mill at Aledo, 111. The rural mail carriers out of Rensselaer got over all their routes Tuesday with the exception of Route 3, on which Frank Alter, who as substitute -carrier, is carrying the mail since his father’s resignation and will continue to do so until a regular carrier is appointed, was only able to reach about half of his patrons, owing to the drifted condition of the roads, which had not yet been cleared. Even then he upset twice, but by cutting across here and there he managed to cover about one-half of the route, but not in regular order. Eck-Butler. Thursday morning, Feb. It), the marriage of Mr. George C. Eck and Miss Iva E. Butler took place at SS. Peter and Paul church, at Goodland. Rev. Father Henneburger performed the ceremony. Theresa Eck, sister Of the groom, acted as maid of honor and Leo Ij'errel, cousin of the groom, was best man. Ttye bride wore a gown of white, while the groom wore the customary black.

After the ceremony they departed for the home of Henry Deno, where a nice family dinner was awaiting them, and the same eve the groom’s father gave a wedding dance to about fifty guests and a two-course supper was served. All danced to a late hour and wishel the newly wedded people all the happiness in the world. They recedved many handsome and useful presents.—A Guest.