Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1917 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

The forty-eighth annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Editorial association Will be held at Wabash Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15, Mrs. Allie Francis, who suffered another strode qf paralysis Monday night, is reported being in about the same condition, which is quite critical. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Huff and daughter-- Martha of Indianapolis are spending the week-end here with A S. Laßue and family and other- old friends. Frank Hardman came up ■ from Indianapolis Wednesday to visit his parents. He received a commission as a lieutenant and is awaiting orders to report for duty.

Bradley Ross came down from [Chicago this week for a visit with ’ his mother, Mrs. Ora T. Ross. He attended the pfficers’ training camp lat Fort Sheridan and was commisi sioned a lieutenant. .1 A. D. Lee was laid up several days the first of the week with a lame b'Shc, but is much better now. Mr. Lee said he needed to be better for he expected a number of guests in the next few days. John Aldar. who was recently discharged from the hospital where he was taken for treatment of injuries received at the hands of Tudor Rush, who was lodged in jail, was in Rensselaer, .yesterday and stated it was his intention to seek damages from his assailant. The men both live near the Springer ranch and the trouble arose over a dispute about the line fence and the ownership of a horse. Marion Crowder of near Pleasant Ridge came to Rensselaer yesterday and as he started toward the curb to park his Overland auto in front of Clarke’s jewelry store he lost control of the machine. The auto climbed the sidewalk and bumped the front of the jewelry store sufficiently 'hard to cave in that portion below the plate glass. Aside from this no other dataage resulted to the building or the auto. Mr. Crowder stated that he stepped on the accelerator instead of the. brake. '

The two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Hurley residing in the west part of town, while op their way to their sister, Mrs. John Parkinson’s, near Pleasant Ridge in their Ford automobile Thursday, ran into a post just this side of the Ridge when the one who was driving the car reached in the back of the machine for her hat arid lost control of' the Car. One of the girls was bruised up considerably and her back hurt, but' the other one escaped injury. The girls were picked up and brought into town by R- A. Parkinson. Not much damage was done to the car. James E. Duffy, president of the Crystal Rock Oil company of Chicago. and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Asenhime. the former of the. Star Grocery company, also of Chicago, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. \V. Waymire, of North McKinley avenue. TMr. and Mrs, V aymire and guests left Wednesday on a motor trip to Mudlavia Springs, the Shades, Turkey Run and Martinsville They expect to return to Rensselaer tomorrow arid Mr. and. Mrs. Asenhime and Mr. and Mrs. Duffy will spend the day with Mr. ’and Mrs. W. I. Yates, returning to their homes in Chicago Monday.