Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1914 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs, Lida Potts remains .ifk, a, cri-! tical condition. ■■ .... t t IjT;;- ■ f Mr. and 3srs. James Donnelly are visiting' in Marion. James Gilbert was over from Rem-! ington on business Monday afternoon. John Behrens came down from Cadillac, Mioh., last week to visit friends here.

John Coen, the aged father of Mrs. John R. Vanatta, has been quite sick for several days. Charles Spain is recovering from wute- -attack of indigestion suffered the latter part of the week. * Mrs. Roy Lewis of north of town, fell Sunday while at the pump and broke one of the bones her right ankle.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adams visited over Sunday with the latter’s brother, Robert McElhoe, and family, in Monticello.

Mrs. John Sommers of* Milroy tp., is suffering from an attack of appendicitis. An operation will be performed later.

Mbs. Ross Grant returned to Glenwood, 111., Monday after an extended visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter.

John Tharp of Remington, took the train here Saturday for Chicago to visit his wife and children, who are now living there.

Mrs. Lucy Burris and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kirby of Atlanta, Ind., returned home Saturday after a visit of several days here with Orvil Burris and family.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Ware of Gifford, 111., are visiting the latter’s sister, Mrs. Willis Lutz and husband at this writing. Mr. Lutz and Mr. Ware went to South Bend on business Monday.

Mrs. Harry Walker of Barkley tp., died Friday evening from pneumonia, aged 17. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Barkley church and burial made in the Barkley cemetery. She leaves a husband and a 5-weeks-old babe.

Ray Overton is now working for Fred Phillips, and has moved into the house on Fred’s farm at the west side of town, recently vacated by James Ennis, who had worked for Mr. Phillips but quit the farm to take a job with the Rensselaer Lumber Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray returned the latter part of the week from Lake Mills, Wis., where he has recently been located in the employ of the Creamery Package Co., and will remain here for the present in the employ of the American Aluminum Ware Co., with his territory in this section of Indiana.

, From the M>onticello Herald’s “Twenty-five Years Ago” column: A couple of Remington men were attacked by foot pads on their way home from Rensselaer. They beat their assailants off with a whiskey bottle and escaped. The ‘Remington’ revolver is a dangerous gun to fool with.”

William VanArsdel of Monon, who fell from a railroad bridge at Delphi, on which he was employed as bridge carpenter some time ago and was seriously injured, as mentioned in The Democrat at the time, returned home Monday after a visit here wiith his brother, E. VapArsdel. He is improving right along from his Injuries but Is still unable to labor.

C. C. Brown of Stanley, No. Dak., came Monday for an indefinite stay with relatives here. Mr. Brown says that the weather conditions in his locality have been almost perfect the past season, and as a result immense crops have been raised there, oats yielding as high as 125 bushels to the acre and potatoes and all vegatables growing to almost unbelieveable size. The Washington street brick paving job has not as yet ever been accepted by the city, it being claimed that some of the work is defective. The, contractors had men sent here Monday and with the engineer they went over the work and the alleged defects were pointed out. Yesterday they were at work up by the State Bank corner fixing up some of the alleged bad places.