Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

C. P. Wright and Wiliam Burch were among the Lafayette goers Friday. x Look at the candle in our window and guess Low long it will burn.— ROWEN & KIS ER. TO Conrhd Kellner, accompanied by T. G. Wynger, went to Moline, 111., Monday on business. Mrs. B. J. Moore entertains the Pythian Sisters at her home on north Weston street this afternoon. ~~ The funerarXf Ray Huff of soutL of town, was largely attended last Sunday, many relatives and friends from Brook being present. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morlan of Alexander, N. Dak., came Saturday for an extended visit with his’mother and his brother, Charles Morlan. Those nice, large, sweet, juicy navel oranges, 40c size, 27c per dozen Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.—ROWLES & PARKER.

Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, the Western' Union operator, was called to Greencastle Monday by the critical illness of her, brother-in-law, P. T. Hutchison. Charles Marlin left last week for Lexington, Ky., where he expected to secure employment. His wife went to Paulding, Ohio, to visit relatives there and will later join him in Lex ington. Mrs. William Lyons of Remington, who has been visiting here with her daughter, Mrs. Earl Clouse, accompanied by the latter and baby, went to Gary Friday for a few days; visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pierson and daughter, Miss Elsie, w r ho had been visiting relatives -here, left Friday for their home in Wichita, Kan. They were accompanied as far as Chicago by Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Dean ano Carl Wood. W. A. Davenport was called to Elizabethtown, Ky., Friday by the death of his father, Rev. W. T. Davenport, who died there on that day and was buried on Sunday. Mr. Davenport returned home Monday. Mr. Davenport, Sr., was 75 years of age. ■ Edwin Brusnahan, a son of 'Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Brusnahan of near Parr, broke his right arm above the wrist Saturday while out skating. He is a student f’n the high school here, and the injury is keeping him at home for awhile. Senator McCormick from this senatbfial district, has introduced his bill in the state senate to abolish the death penalty for murder in Indiana and make it life imprisonment instead. Senator McCormick has been appointed .on the following committees: Constitutional Revision, Legislative Apportionment, Education, County and Township Business, and Public Printing. Representative Wood has been appointed on seven important committees in the., house of representatives —Affairs of the State Prison, Benevolent and Scientific Institutions, Congressional Apportionment, Drains and and Dikes, Federal Relations, Fees and Salaries and Insurance. Mr. Wood is stepping at the Hotel English, and will be pleased to meet any of his constituency there at any time.

In the high school basket ball games Friday night, .the first boys’ team was defeated at Valparaiso by a score of 40 to 11, but the boys’ and girls’ teams here won from the Remingtoh teams in both games—boys, 29 to 14; girls, 10 to 5. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner, .formerly of Rensselaer,' entertained botlh contesting teams at Valparaiso after the game there. Delphi -plays the first boys’ team here at the high school gymnasium this afternoon. ' - _____ - I Mrs. C. W. Hanley returned from Chicago Saturday where she had been with her sister, Mrs. Ed Reeve, at the hospital. Mrs. had then taken a turn for the better and was able to take nourishment and sleep,, something she had not been able to do for several days after her operation.- Mr. Reeve and son, Leo, went up to see her Sunday and report that she was doing nicely, and a card received from the nurse yesterday morning stated that she was continuing to improve and , doing the best kind. ’