Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1916 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

future public sale dates The Democrat has printed bills for the following public "sales: Friday, September 29, Fred Bartells, mile east of Newland. General sale, including 4 horses, 12 head of cattle, 7 hogs, farm tools, etc. » Gaylord McFarland is spending a few days w’ith friends at Wabash. Stout men and slim men are fitted perfectly with Michael Stern stout and slim suits.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. School shoes for the girls and boys. We have the kinds that give satisfactory wear. Buy your next pair at ROWLES & PARKER’S. Yesterday markets: Corn, ~Scy oats, 41c; wheat, $1.35; rye, %\JK. The prices a year ago were: /orn, 55c; oats, 22c to 28c; to 85c; rye, 75c. ' Hon. Will R. Wood, congressman from this district, was up from Lafayette yesterday looking after, his political fences which had been badly ruptured in Jasper county this week by his Democratic opponent, George E. Hershman.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael and son Judson of Kniman are spending a few weeks with relaitves at Manderson, Wyoming, Mr. Michal is thinking some of buying a rahch there if the climate suits hlip, so we are informed. Henry Eiglesbach, who had been suffering with stomach trouble of late, breathed considerable smoke while fighting a muck fire Tuesday and for a while his condition was serious, but yesterday he was reported much improved. A few automobile loads of people from Rensselaer and surrounding vicinity went from here to Monon Thursday to see and hear Charles E. Hughes, Republican Presidential calldidate. . An effort was made to get Mr. Hughes to stop in Rensselaer, blit without avail. John Ramp and Frank Cox, accompanied by '.Misses Edna Robinson and Martha Ramp, went to Kentland yesterday afternoon to attend a Forresters ball last night. John’s mother, Mrs. Louisa Ramp, accompanied them and will spend a week there with her daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Krull, and family. >

Mrs. Bertha Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith and Lawrence Saylor drove, to Rockville Sunday to see the former’s son, Floyd Smith, who is receiving treatment at the tuberculosis sanitarium there. They report him getting along very well, and his complete recovery is expected in time. They also visited picturesque Turkey Ituu, which is one of the most beautiful spots of natural sceenery in the state. -It is reported that the Burk bridge north of town is in a very dangerous condition for traffic, there being a hole in the flooring on the east side of the driveway and several boards on the west side have become so loosened that if .stepped upon by a horse they are liable to fly up and allow a horse’s foot or leg to become caught or broken in the hole caused by the loose plans. The matter should be attended to at once, as this bridge has considerable traffic over it.

Ellis Jones of Remington and Jesse Thompson of over the line in Hejiton county returned Thursday from a trip to New York state, in about Jamestown. Both were very favorably impressed with the country and found the W. E. Peck family, William Broadie and other former Remington people, who are located there, well pleased with their new home. Mr. Thompson bought a sixty-eight-acre farm just over the line in Pennsylvania apart of the farm being inside the corporate limits of Sugar' Grove, Pennsylvania. They left Remington last Sunday, and when they reached Jamestown they found there had been no frost there, but frost fell Tuesday.