Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Paul Healy and Robert Loy were Chicago visitors the Fourth. E. M. Baker, the taxi driver, has been confined to his bed for the past week with a severe case of muscular rheumatism. J . ■ Mrs. H. F. McCracken and two children are visiting here this week with her sister, Mrs. E. N. Loy, and family. Her husband also spent tlie 4th here. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 68 am 70c; oats, 33c; wheat, SOc; rye, 75c. The prices a year ago were: , Corn, 70 c; oats, 42 and 32c; wheat, 90c; rye, 75c. Mrs. Simon Leopold was taken tc Chicago Sunday and was operated on Monday evening for appendicitis. She is reported to be getting along nicely at this writing. George A. Peters of Lafayette, son of Alfred Peters of southeast of Rensselaer, left Thursday night for the Mexican border with Battery C of Lafayette. Mr. Peters is chief mechanic of the battery. A special train on the Monon passed through Rensselaer yesterday forenoon carrying member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, who were on their way tc Buffalo, N. Y., to attend the imperial Council meeting. Mrs. Otis Diebel and two small children of Franklin, Ind., have been visiting here with her mother Mrs. W.*"l'7 Atwood, for the past three weeks. Mr. Diebel and an older daughter drove through from Franklin Tuesday and all returned home Thursday."

Isl ]T* iDi 11 in II T] Mrs. Clifton of Camden fell from a ladder when picking cherries at the home of Noah Wolfe near Delphi. Her neck was broken and she died instantly. She was a widow and leaves two sons, Bert and Benjamin Clifton, of Flora and one daughter Katherine of Deer Creek. Seven bids ranging from $56,000 to $61,000 were opened Saturday at the law office of J. C. Murphey In Morocco for the cleaning of the Gaff ditch and its laterals, and all were rejected. It was hinted that the odor of a frame-up could be detected, and it was deemed advisable to reject all blds and readvertise the work. The proposed Improvement is 23 miles in length, and 383,000 yards of dirt are to be removed.—Kentland Enterprise...

North Vernon won its first victory in the court house fight in Jennings county Monday, when the board of county commissioners granted a petition signed by 1,930 voters asking for an election to decide a proposal to move the county seat from Vernon to that city. Tuesday, September 26, was set for the Election. It is said the opposition will not put up the fight it did three years ago to win the election, but will contest the law under which the election is held if North Vernon wins. The Benton county grand jury has returned indictments agains Jesse Crump, the farmer charged with killing his neighbor, Donald McGregor, and Dr. Nellie Green, charged with having performed a criminal operation on Mrs. Robert Jones of Lochiel, who died recently as a result of juch operation, it is alleged. The latter was released on $2,000 bonds, but Crump is held without bail, of course. The Benton Review says of the Crump case: “The prisoner was visited by two brothers and one sister from near Indianapolis Saturday. One of the brothers is an attorney and will assist Mr. Barce in the defense. Crump does not appear to be downhearted and is confident that he will be cleared when the case is tried.