Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1916 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Get HMnillized and wear Crawford shoes. C. M. Sands and family spent Sunday at Tefft with relatives. Mrs. George Green has been quite sick again for the past several days. The son born to Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Snorff of Chicago on April 11, only lived 24 hours. Sheriff B. D. McColly took the second, or Fellowcraft, degree in the Masonic lodge Monday night. The members of the Dorcas class Of the M. E. church met last evening at the home of Mrs. Thomas Hoyes.

Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 63c; oats, 38c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75c. The prices a year ago were: Corn, 66c; oats, 53c. Mrs. Eva Mathews of Hammond, who had been here visiting' her mother, Mrs. E: Galbraith, returend home Monday. The Motor Service company has dissolved partnership and all bills and accounts are payable to M. J. Schroer.—M. J. SCHROER. ts W. L. Gunyon of Remington took the train here Friday for Chicago and from there went to Joilet to spend Sunday with relatives. Mrs. A. A. Fell and sister," Mrs. Florence Lee, of near Remington went to Indianapolis Monday, Mrs. Fell to consult a specialist again.

Max Kepner left Sunday morning on a prospecting trip to New York state and expects to visit Deleware and Otsego counties while there. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Munden, who had been visiting here with her brother, J. C. Gwin, and wife, returned to their home in Charlottsville, Monday. Mrs. Thomas Dgvis of Kniman is reported to be considerably improved since returning from the hospital in Chicago w’here she was not given any encouragement. The three 13-year-old Chicago boys who were apprehended here last Friday morning after having been put off one of the Monon trains the night before, and who had started out to see the world, were taken back to Chicago Friday evening and Saturday, by their tolks, one being taken Friday and the two others Saturday.

The five weeks’ old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Toombs of Barkley tp., which was born without a right arm, died Sunday at 5 p. m. It had not been well for some time. Dr. Johnson found Monday that the duct leading from the liver to the bowel was minus, as he had thought, thus, allowing no means for the former organ to clear itself.' The funeral was held yesterday at 10 o’clock. Lafayette is raising $50,000 for the (Home hospital at that place by popular subscription, and we notice among the former Jasper county people now residing in the “Star city” the names of the following as having subscribed to the fund, which has now practically reached the $50,000, Levi Hawkins and daughter, Florence Hawkins, formerly of Remington, each $25, and Len Lefler, formerly of Pleasant Ridge, $5.

Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Leavel cam? up from Bainbridge Saturday for a few days’ visit with their son, Charles Leavel, and family and old friends. Mr. Leavel has just traded his elevator and gristmill at Bainbridge for a good 275-acre farm four miles southwest of North Vernon, Jennings county, and expects to move to North Vernon in a few weeks and look after some improvements on the farm, which is rented for this year.

' J. A. Keister and wife of Jordan tp. were over to Monon Monday, the former to consult a doctor about his health, which has been very poor for the past two months. The diagnosis of his local doctor was confirmed, but he was given some encouragement. He has. Bright’s disease. Mr. and Mrs. Keister expect to move to Rensselaer soon, he having recently purchased the C. W. Eger property on the east side, but he cannot get possession of same until June 1 and wants to rent a house until that time.

A couple of Greeks employed by David Halstead of Newton tp. got into a squabble Sunday morning over some chicken stealing, it is said, out at Everett Halstead’s, just over the line in Newton tp., and are alleged to have pulled guns on Everett Halstead and Randolph Wright. They were arrested and arraigned before a J. P. in Newton county and fined and costed $33.05 each. In default of pay or stay they were brought here Monday and placed in jail. David Halstead paid one of them out Monday evening and the other one expected to secure bail yesterday.