Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1915 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office. r- ' John O’Connor was a business visitor to Knox the first of the week. J. B: Thompson of Remington, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. Closing out every suit and cloak in stock, 14 dff. Come earIy—FENDIG’S FAIR. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Milliron went to Atlanta, Ind., Monday to visit relatives a few days. Mrs. L. K. Yeoman and spn. Otto, of Rossville, 111., are visiting the family of W. I. Yates. You can buy a 20th Century Kemp spreader of HAMILTON & KELLNER at SBO cash or SBS .time. Mrs. H. E. Parkison and Mrs. Will Murray left Tuesday for a visit with relatives at Kingman, Kans. David Gleason and son returned to Liberty, Ind., Tuesday after a few days here on horse buying business. E. P. Honan went to Indianapolis Thursday on business and remained river yesterday to heyr President Wilson’s speech. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue were called to Independence, Ind., Tuesday afternoon by the death of an aunt of the latter, Mrs. David Server.

Mrs. Grace Pumphrey of Columbia City, Ind., who has been visiting relatives at Brook during the holidays, is Visiting old friends here at this writing. Mrs. Ella Besse of Remington, and Mrs. Loretta Stokes and baby of Hammond, are visiting here this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor. Alvin Hurley, 8 years old, was kicked in the face by a horse last Sunday while at the home of his uncle, W. A. McCurtain, in Barkley tp., and quite severely bruised.

C. A. Tuteur went to Indianapolis Tuesday and was successful in landing the position as chief journal clerk in the senate in the present session of the general assembly. The position carries a salary of $5 per day. Mr. Tuteur was also a clerk in the senate of the 1913 session.

Representative W. L. Wood of Parr, called at the hospital in Indianapolis Wednesday where Mrs. Jack Wilson of Parr, has been for some time and recently underwent an operation, and found that she was greatly improved and is now able to sit up. It is expected that she will be brought home next week.

Miss Floss Smith, daughter of J. W. Smith of Union tp., who eloped from Rensselaer Monday night with Willard Milspaugfa, has written back to friends here that they were married in Anderson Tuesday afternoon and are now living upon a farm near Gaston, Ind., so it seems they did not go to St. Joseph, Mich., as first intended.

The family of Mrs. Ed Reeve received word from her yesterday morning in a letter written the day before, that she was getting along as well as could be expected from her operation, in a Chicago hospital Tuesday morning. She has taken no nourishment, however, and has suffered a great deal of pain, not sleeping any since the operation.

I. A. Leavel came up from Bainbridge, Putnam county, Tuesday afternoon to look after some business matters and. shake hands with old friends. He is.still in the grain elevator and milling business at Bainbridge, but wants to sell out, as it is too much for him to look after, and if he does so he will probably locate 4n Deleware county, N. Y.» near where his son-in-law, Clyde Reeve, and family are located. Mr. Leavel has a nice looking property at Bainbridge, consisting of mill and elevator, residence and two, acres of land.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barnes and baby of Oskosh, Wis., came Wednesday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rainier. Mr. Barnes left Thursday for Buffalo, ”N. Y., and from there will go to San Antonio, Texas. His wife and baby yrill meet him later in Texas and they will all go to Florida a few weeks sojourn. Mr. Barnes is at the head of the Barnes Construction Compahy, who put in automatic sprinkling devices in business houses, for reducing the fire insurance rates, and his company is doing a very prosperous business.