Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1914 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

B. S. Fendig was down from Chicago on business Thursday. Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive. The little child of Chase Day's is quite sick with intestinal trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jouvenat of Chicago, are visiting here with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Charlotte George. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Royster and daughter of Aurora, 111., returned home Thursday after a visit here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Waymire and Mr. and Mrs. W. Yates returned Wednesday evening from an auto trip to Martinville, Ind. William Gordan and family of Muskogee county, Okla., are visiting the family of George Chambers of southeast of town. Yesterday's , markets: Corn, 75c: oats, 45c; wheat, $1.00; rye, 75c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, .70c; oats, 39c; wheat, 81c; rye, 55c Frank J. Babcock returned this week from a six weeks’ stay at the Fletcher Sanatarium in Indianapolis. He is looking quite well and seems considerably improved in health again. Thursday while working on a silo at Lon Colton's near Pleasant Ridge, the scaffolding gave way and fell to the ground. Mr. Colton was scratched up somewhat, but Harry Marshal, a brother of Mrs. Colton, had the ligaments of his right limb quite baoly torn. A barn on the farm occupied by George Heil, about a mile east of Gifford, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night and one horse, some hogs and chickens burned up in it. The horse was insured for $l5O and the barn for S3OO, it is understood, which partly covers the loss.

Simon Leopold, who was examined by a specialist in Chicago last week for a throat or lung trouble, accompanied by his wife, will go to the tuberculosis colony at Ottawa, 111., next Monday to take treatment, the examination having disclosed that h' is afflicted with this disease. Will Duvall left yesterday for Omaha, Neb., to take a position at electrical work under Ernest Gowland, who has been promoted front assistant supterintendent of the electrical work in the Swift packing house at St. Joseph, Mo., superintendent and transferred to the Omaha plant. Edward M. Honan, who was expected home from Winona where he has been attending school, Tuesday did not return until yesterday. He went to Indianapolis with a schoolmate and then came on to Lafayette, where he visited for a couple of days He expects to leave for Ann Arbor about Sept. 20. Jake Moore, who has been conducting a tailoring and dry cleaning business on Van Rensselaer street f< the past year or more, has closed up said business and will take a position in Simon Leopold’s clothing store. Andrew Hurley, who has been engaged in the restaurant business at Remington, has returned to Rensselaer and will open a restaurant in the room vacated by Mr. Moore. Lucius Tilden of near Los Angeles, Calif., and Louis Whitmore of Grun dy county, 111., came Thursday night for a few davs visit with the family of A. L. Willis. Mr. Tilden is a brother-in-law and Mr. Whitmore a nephew of Mr. Willis. The former has been visiting relatives in lowa and Illinois and will go from here to Newcastle and thence to Tennessee and Florida, to visit •relatives at each place, before returning home. i Mr. C. A. Tindall of Shelbyville, has been secured as the commercial teacher in the high school this year. Miss Mildred Vanderburg, departmental teacher in the 6th, 7th and Bth grades, has resigned and Mr. Lindsay Sharpnack of Waynesburg, Pa., will fill this position. The other list of teachers remains the same as recently published in The Democrat. Miss Vanderburg was expected here yesterday for a few days’ visit with Miss Tillie Malcho. One of the ring throwing carnival concessions was closed up Thursday night. The woman conducting it, it is said, was behind two weeks in her payments to the carnival manager and the latter secured one of the ex tra police and closed up her stand. It is reported that the woman then went to one of the tents and secured a gun with the intention of shooting up someone, but the weapon was taken away from her and her place closed.