Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1907 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

MONDAY. Born Sunday, April Tth, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blair, in the east part of town, a won. J. D. Babcock, of Bluffton, iover gathering up a bunch of stock cattle for his farm over there. Young Simon Thompson is having a bad ease oi sickness Irani mumps with complications. Firman Thompson has returned to Chicago to re enter the L’niver sity for the spring term. Mia. Mary Drake returned from Chicago Saturday eveniug, after two months stay with her mottur, who is sick. Lew Robinson and Glen Rayher left for Forsythe Montana, today, where they expect to get good jobs in railroad construction work. Lee Carson, formerly with the Bargain 3tore, now with the Marshall Field store in Chicago, spent Sunday with his parents here Misses Faye and Julia Condo of Monticello visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C B.eprogle returning home Monday morning. Mrs. W, J. Hall and family arrived today from Evanston, 1.1.. and wil reside on a farm Mr. Hall has rented iu Jordan tp.,-five miles south oi town.

J. McFarland lias given up for the present the idea ot starting a grocery store at Gary, as there is at this time no chance to procure a suitable room for the purpose. Mrs. J. M. Wasson and Mrs. Henry Wood spent Sun lay at Lee ■with Mrs. Siloma Wood, the venerable mother of Harvey \N ood. She is now 95 yeari3 old. Mrs. S. C. Irwin went to Minnea polis, Minn., today, for a two wee.ks visit with friends in that city. The Squire will harbor at the paternal domicile during her absence. Sunday was a wet and gloomy and disagreeable day, aud with a rainfall of .60 of au inch, when none at all was needed. It will bring muddy roads again and also set back the work of the farmers. Sheriff O'Connor got relieved from his troubles over Clyde Gibbons, the Newton county prisoner whom it was illegal for him to discharge and unlawful for him to hold, by a tardy writ of dismissal from the Thayer justice who sent him down. Mrs. E. F. Mills came from Chicago this morning for a visit of two weeks with here mother, Mrs. Julia A. Healev. Miss Yirgie Crow, who taught the South Meadow school in Newton tp. this year, returned to her home in Williamsport today.

Leonard Hayes, son of F. M. Hayes, of Btrkley tp., went to Marion this morning to enter the normal school. Floyd and Floy Williams, children of Joseph Williams, are also attending the normal at Marion. Firmau Rutherford has bought the old Foster hotel building, so badly damaged by tire more thau a year ago, of a man named Osborn of Wanatah. and is tearlug it down. He (expects to use the lumber in the erection of a residence. The people of Lincolu Towuship, Newton county, in which those two saloon earsed towns, Roselawn and Thayer are situated, are making a grand fight now for a blauket remonstrance and have invited Rev. H. L. Kindig of our city to speak for them at Roselawn tonight, which invitation he has accepted. Frank Hardy, formerly in business here but working for a store at Woodward, Okla., for some time past, has sold hie interests in that place and moved to Alva, in the same state, where he has gone into ' business for himself, under very promising auspices. ‘ Alva is a place of about 3,000 people an i