Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1907 — THURSDAY’S LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

THURSDAY’S LOCALS.

Oscar Gish, of) Milroy tp., left this morning Wash., near which place he has secured employed on a stock rancho _— Mrs. James Elliott and two children accompanied her sister. Mis. McAllister back to Chicago Heights this morning, for a short visit. Fred Hartman and wife arrived home Saturday from their visit to Fairbury, 111. They attended the fair there Wednesday and Thursday and pronounced it a very fine one, good racing and lots of fine stock. Fred’s brother has a team of S7OO Arabian ponies, which were brought into use in entertaining the guests, and it was an unusually pleasant visit. Purdue University will have at least seven students from Rensselaer, Cleve Eger and Omar Day h ive returned there and the following will be new students | there: Firman Thompson, JDevere Yeoman, Rex Warner, Geo. Parkison and Perry Gwiu. Thompson will take the agricultural course, Yeoman will take mechanical and the three others electrical engineering. Students for the other colleges have not departed yet, but most |of them will within the next week.

Mr*. Bruce Hardyl came "down from Rose Lawn today to spend the day. Herself and sister, Nora Brenner, recently returned from Forsythe, Mont., where they spent about three weeks with her husbmd. They were not at all pleased with the country and have decided not to remove there. Bruce will be back the last of this month and it is also probable that his father will return at about the same time. Abe suffered a serious accident a week ago last Sunday night. He was herding stock. and his horse fell into a ditch with him aud one shoulcer was dislocated aud both ankles sprained. He will be laid up for some time.