Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1920 — LOCAL NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. D. D. Dean spent Wednesday in Lafayette. Miss Elizabeth King went to Monticello Tuesday for a short visit. 4 Mrs. Felix Parker of Herscher, 111., came Tuesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin. J. W. Rains went to Greenwood, Jnd., Tuesday to look after his farming interests near that place. Misses Clara Plunkett and Caroline Dowling of Kentland were visitors in the city Wednesday' afternoon. Frank and Beulah Bond of New Buffalo, Mich., came Wednesday for a visit with their uncle, Adolph May, imd family. V Mrs. Mina B. Ross returned to her. home in Chicago Tuesday after a visit here with her son, C. A. Ross, and family. Revs. C. W. Postill of Rensselaer and J. E. Dean of Barkley attended the Methodist conference, being held at Lebanon this week. Harvey Davisson and Moses Leopold have sold their 97%-acre farm one mile west of Gifford to Chris Croizer of Illinois, for sllO per acre. Arthur Quinn of southeast of town went to Indianapolis Tuesday to enter a hospital for treatment for broken arches, as a government patient. • The College Inn restaurant had a fine large electric sign installed on the front of its place of business Wednesday, containing some 65 lights. Mrs. Clifford Parkison of Pleasant Ridge went to Indianapolis Wednesday to visit her mother, Mrs. W. M. Rinehart, who is a patient In a hospital there. William Eigelsbach left Thursday for Clamath Falls, Ore., for an extended visit with the family of his sister, Mrs. Albert Marshall. He expects to be gone at least three months, and perhaps all winter. In the list of some 40 elementary teachers who have been granted teachers’ life state licenses by the state board of education and published in the Indianapolis Star Thursday appeared the name of Miss Lural Anderson of Lee, who is now teaching In the Muncie schools, and is well known in Rensselaer and vicinity.

Frank Hill, Jr., went to Indianapolis on business Wednesday. Mrs. J. I. Gwin went to Indianapolis Thursday where she addressed a Democratic meeting of women. Mrs< Catherine XMilroy of Des Moines, la., came" Thursday for a visit with the Eugene Kirk family. Mrs. Kate R. Witson went to Indianapolis Thursday for a visit with her daughtei, Mrs. Beeler, and husband. Ray Schultz returned to his home in Joliet, 111., Wednesday after a visit here with the N. G. Halsey family. John R. Lewis of Barkley township went to Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday where he is showing some of his fine Hampshire hogs. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Snyder left Thursday home at Wichita, Kas., after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Murray of east of town. John Casey of the Marion Soldiers’ home, who had been visiting relatives and friends here, went to Kirklin Wednesday for a visit with his spn Ray. Mrs. George M. Myers returned home Wednesday from Chicago where she had been for the past five weeks in a hospital, taking treatment.

Among the Chicago goers Wednesday were A. R. Hopkins, S. C. Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson, Mrs. C. H. Porter, Everett Halstead and William McKinney. Rev. J. N. Jenkins of Manchester, Mich., came down the first of the week for a week or 10 days’ visit with relatives and old friends -in and about Rensselaer. Bernard Luers of south of town went to Indianapolis Thursday where he will be employed by the Keyless Lock Co. Russel Warren, son of Mr. and ,Mrs. I. N. Warren of north of town, is also employed by this company. Montana gained 171,540 in population during the last decade, according to U. S. census returns, and now has 547,393 people within her borders. Illinois has 6,435,098, a gain of 846,507, or 15 per cent; New Mexico, 360,247, an increase of 32,946, or 10.1 per cent; Louisiana, 1,797,798, an increase of 141,410, or 8.5 per cent; North Dakota, 645,730, gain of 68,674, or 11.9 per dent; Kentucky, 2,416,013, gain of 126,108, or 5.5 per cent.

Mr. and Mrs. A. If. Patschke and children returned Wednesday from Lisbon, N. D„ where they had been for the past two months assisting Mrs. Patschke’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Brown, in closing up thedr affairs there and moving back to Jasper county again, they returning with them Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Brown will stop with thedr children at Kniman for the present, but expect to locate by themselves soon, it is understood. Lois, little three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Downs of Just north of town, had one of her eyes badly Injured Tuesday, She, with some other children, were playing with a small piece of pipe and when the little girl had the pipe up to 'her eye, looking through it, another child ran a rod through the pipe, striking the child in the eye.. She was brought to the hospital and the eye dressed and It is hoped the sight will not be Impaired, although the Injury to a Very serious one.

George Grube and G. E. Malicous of Wheatfield township were visitors in the city yesterday. W. L. Bott went to Lebanon Thursday to., attend the Northwest Indiana Methodist conference. ' - I Among the Lafayette goers Tuesday were Hugh Kirk, K. T. Rhoades, J. C/ Smith and Thomas Turner and SOIL Mrs. Senia Jenkins returned .to her Jiome In Wheatfield Thursday after a visit -here with Mrs. Mary Deere. Mesdames G. V. Vickory and A. H. Morris of Greenfield came Wednesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lynam. I ” Dr. Jane W. Eller returned to her home at New Richmond Thursday after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Porter. ; Raymond Dixey returned home Thursday from Rochester, Minn., where he had been taking treatment at the Mayo Bros, hospital. ' Mrs. Rosa z ßruner left Thursday for her home at Greensburg after a visit with her brother, James Thompson, and niece, Mrs. Charles Bowers. ,

Yesterday’s local grain prices: Corn, 90c; oats, 46c; wheat, $2.05; rye, $1.50. The prices one year ago were: Corn, $1.36; oats, 65c; wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.27. Miss Edith West returned home Wednesday evening from a few days spent in Chicago and Hammond. She visited Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Parrett at the latter place. The George F. Meyers real estate agency closed a deal this week by which the former John W. Faylor quarter section of land in Union township, now owned by Jack Davis, was sold to a Mr. Clapp of Illinois, possession to be given Meh. 1. The bicycle belonging to R. D. Thompson’s little daughter and which was stolen from in front of the Princess theater on the evening of Sept 24, was found by Harry Watson out east of town, in a ditch, covered up with weeds, Thursday evening. S. A. Arnold of Barkley township, who recently returned from California, purchased a seven-acre peach farm near Chino, and expects to move there and occupy same about the last of January. His father, Ell Arnold, also expects to spend the winter in California. Quite a drop in temperature came Wednesday morning, with rain during the night following and Thursday, quite a HttU water falling. Yesterday was cloudy and continued cool, making winter wraps necessary for comfort and the starting of fires in furnaces to keep warm. Among the Chicago goers Thursday were C. A. Ross, Hugh Kirk, Harry Parker, Howard Clark, Dr. I. M. Washburn, E. J. Randle, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Callahan, Dr. H. L. Brown, D. S. Makeever and Miss Rose Remmek of this city and Mrs. Jesse Beecher and little daughter of Jordan township. Orval Crlsler, a prosperous young farmer of northeast of town, and Miss Jennie Comer, a niece of the Comer sisters of this city, and for some time a nurse at the county hospital, procured a marriage license here Thursday evening and it is understood were married in Lafayette yesterday afternoon. Mrs. W. E. Jacks moved into the Simon Hochstetler property which she recently purchased, on north Weston street, the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Haas will move into the- Farmer property, vacated by Mrs. Jacks. Mr. Hochstetler has moved into ope of Hiram Day's tenant houses in the east part of town.