Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1892 — Seed Buckwheat for Sale. [ARTICLE]

Seed Buckwheat for Sale.

Farm era desiring to sow buckwheat can obtain good seed at the Rensselaer Mill at the low price of 60 cents per bushel. 41-4 t Renssklakk Milling Co. -J; . V- ' •

Benj. J. Gifford, they celebrated swamp drainer of Illinois and Ind., and also an experienced railroad builder, is nursing a project for a railroad from Toledo, Ohio, to Peoria, 111., which will cross his lands in i this county, anti taking in Rensselaer, ss a matter of Course. Mr. Gifford is a ms>n who usually accomplishes wfisTtHrs€trnbout to ete: The Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah observed Odd Fellows Decoration Day, last Tuesday in a very creditable manner. A very large proportion of the members of the local lodges in both the orders mentioned took part in the observance of the day, while visitors in considerable numbers were present from other points. Some fohrteen from Wheatfield, about as many from Monon and smaller representations from Remington, Medaryville,Mt. Ayr,Morocco. A splendid dinner, in honor of the bVvited guests was served in the lodge hall, at noon, partaken of by a very large number. At ose o’clock a procession was formed and marched to the .cemetery. It was headed by the brass band, following which in order, was the flower esccrt, the Daughters of Rebekah, third degree Odd Fellows and members of the Encampment. At the cemetery the first exercise was^riiterrdeeoratieß^^tJti l6 graves, by a detail of Rebekahs, the number of graves decorated being 33, including those of departed Odd Fellows, and Odd Fellows’ wives and daughthers. The exercises that followed consisted of prayer by Rev. H. Y. Weaver, several songs by the choir, and extended addresses by Rev. I. I. Gorby, Rev. Finlay of Ilebron and Judge E. P. Hammond. A Lmentable accident occured at Alter & Chaney’s tile mill, north of town, last Thursday afternoon, about 5 o’clock. Benj. F. Alter, the manager and one of the proprietors of the mill, was endeavoring to remove a small rock from the crasher, with a piece of lath, the wooden tool usually used for that purposes having just being Lr- kcn. The jaws of the c rusher happened to be set too close, and Mr. A. lter’s hand was caught and ground to a pulp, nearly to the wrist, and only by the exertions of all Jiis strength did be succeed in keeping his whole arm from being drawn in.

The machine was stopped and after 'many minutes Mr. Alter’s hand was released, Dr. M. B. Alter was summoned but nothing short of amputation could be done for the crushed 1 and mangled hand, and this operation y being too delecate to perform by Amp-light,.. Mr. Alter was compelled to endure the most excruciating pain nearly all night until finally, t<ftsM)& morning, the opiates administered j took effect. Friday morning Drs. Alter an l J. 11. Locghridge amput&ted the arm a little above the wrist, the operation being skillfully and successfully preformed, while the subject was under the influence of chloroform. It is the right hand that is lost, and “as Mr. Alter is a man past middle age, being 55 years old, the chaqces for his acquired such dexterous use ot his left band s» to largely compensate for the loss of the right, are very slight This Is {he same machine in bhich Lewis Hamilton lost his hand, some years ago, and in the identical manner.