Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1915 — The WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The WEEK'S DOINGS

!Ed Irwin and wife were over from Wolcott Saturday. Place your want ads In The Democrat if you want to get results. J. E. Meyers and son, Lee, of Kniman, were Rensselaer visitors Saturday. ~ > J. L. Kimble of Chicago Heights, 111., came down Saturday to look after some business matters here. E. P. Honan went to Indianapolis Monday to attend a meeting of the Indiana Fraternal Congress, of which he is a member. Mrs. J. E. Meyers, son and daughter of Kniman, called on Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Smith of Rensselaer Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. L. Tyner, pastor of the First Christian church of Delphi, tendered his resignation Sunday to take effect Jan. 1, having accepted the pastorate of the Whiter (Okla.) Christian church. Christ Matties, a wen known re tired farmer of Crown Point, was killed last Thursday at his farm south of that city, where he had gone to cut down some hickory trees. He had felled one tree and was caught by it and killed. He was found several hours later by some hunters passing that way, and was still alive, but unconscious when found. lie died without regaining consciousness. 7* Four Hammond hunters, Oscar Borchert, Fred Jarvis, Jack Jones and Frank Moran spent the day at Demotte yesterday and report the casualty list a§ twenty-one rabbits, two ducks and a few quail. “The rabbits are plentiful enough,” said Mr. Borchert this morning, “and if the brush had not been so thick and the dogs had worked better, we ought to have brought back 50 rabbits.—Friday’s Lake County Times. The fire company was called out about 1:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon to Fred Phillips residence on College road, but Fred, who happened to be at home, with Cleve Eger had the blaze under control before the firemen reached the scene, and the fire was put out without turning on the water. A hole was burned in the roof about six feet long, winch was about the extent of the damage. The fire had caught in the roof from the burning out of the flue. Charles Smith, who resides on the Mary Parker farm 4 miles northeast of Moody, was in Monday getting a set of sale bills struck at The Democrat office. He expects to move to near Medford, Wis., next month, where he owns an 80 acre farm which he bought there some 12 years ago. The farm he now occupies is at present owned by R. A. Parkison, and it will be occupied next year by True Robinson, son of P. T. Robinson of Gillam, whom it is understood is to get married ere long. Morocco Courier: O. E. Eller, of near Lake Village, was in town on business Tuesday. Mr. Eller planted 95 acres of corn and on account of too much water this summer will not harvest more than 200 bushels from his 95. acres.... .Ada, the youngest daughter of Richard Schanliuib, of near North Manchester, was united in marriage last week to a man by the name of Groaninger. The bride is well known in Morocco, and a host of friends extend congratulations.

Cards received by friends here Monday morning announced the arrival of John Franklin Stokes at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stokes of ft Hammond, at 7 a. ni., Sunday morning last; weight 9 pounds. The mother was formerly Miss Lottie O’Connor, a daughter of former sheriff and Mrs. Jofin O’Connor of Rensselaer. This is their second child, both boys. Mrs. O’Connor Went up to Hammond on one ofrthe afternoon trains to see her new grandson, S. J. Craig, agricultural agent of Lake county, has sent a letter of resignation to the county board of education, the resignation to take effect not later than Feb. 1, Craig’s letter declares it is “not a safe proposition for me to continue to live in this county’’ after the refusal of Special Judge Fred Grimmer to hold Jack Rurk in peace bonds, as asked by Craig in a charge filed after th 6 men had trouble during the county fair. Craig had attempted to drive “blind tigers’’ from the fair grounds.