Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

' has returned to this county and will continue to make it his permanent home. His daughter, Mts. Bessie Marion, who was there with him, has also returned. ' A. J. Brenner was over from Hoopeston, 111., yesterday, and it is i reported that he is negotiating with ' Landlord Bruner for the Makeever house again. Jinks says his family is all well and that the restaurant business is getting along nicely at Hoopeston. Mrs. 8. R. Shreeves and th res .children went to Lowell this morning to remain for a time with her sister, Mrs. Festus Sutton, in the -hope that the change will prove beneficial to her health. She is improving slowly but is suffering from severe nervousness. She has been sick since the last of June. . L. 1 The Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Friday of this w-'ek at 2 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Geo. Ketchum, Miss Bessie Moody being the hostess. The delegates to the receut state convention will make their report and all members are urged to attend, and to be on hand promptly at two O’clock. ' /

Ross Benjamin will be a full fledged railway mail clerk some of these days. He has already made one special trip and will go to Lafayette Saturday to take another examination preparatory to making another run. Ross is splendidly qualified and will in time make one of the best clerks on the road. His special runs . are between Chicago and Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hordeman, of Union township, near the Rosebud church, were the host and hostess today to the following ladies from Rensselaer, viz. Mrs. C. B. Roberts, Mrs. Joe Jeffries, Mrs. Isaac GlazeI brook, Mrs. C. D. Martin, Mrs. B. K. Zimmerman, Mrs. Grant Warner, Mrs. John Eger and Mrs. Eldon Hopkins. The ladies went and returned on the milk train V a Parr. • Misses Edih and Mary Miller, sisters, of Dr. Miller, who have been here for several weeks, since the season closed at Winona, where they conducted a boarding house, left for Chicago this morning, whe r e they may spend the winter; in which event they will prob ably run a boarding house. If they do not find a suitable prospect there they will probably again go to Florida, where they spent last winter.

OABTORXA. Signature Fred Stephenson, of Parr, who is a traveling salesman, was recency a passenger on a train running out of Omaha and several passengers took a poll of all the passengers, and found that of the 158 voters on the train 104 were for Taft and 54 for Bryan. From which we can readily conclude that Taft has much the better of it In the west and in his own home state. This is about the same thing that other polls taken In other parts of the country have shown. John Renlcker’s public sale took place Tuesday and Francis Hayes’ sale occurs today, both in Barkley township. The fact that horses are not so greatly needed on the farm at this time of the year resulted in the prices of these being lower than usual but fair prices prevailed nevertheless. One mare brought 1150; a two year old coult - brought $125; one mare brought $118; cows brought from S4O to $42.50 and brood sows brought $22 per head at the Renicker sale. It is a little early to create much interest in sales.

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Harry Reed has taken the position of deliveryman at Roth Bros.’ meat market made vacant by the resignation of Marsh Warren, who has been a faithful employee there for 'the past four years. Marsh has been greatly afflicted by the fact that bls wife has become insane, and now that she is to be taken away to the asylum he feels that he can not leave his family of children during the long hours required by the meat delivery Job. It is probable that Mrs. | Warren will tie taken to the asylum tomorrow. D. E. Fairchild started back to DeMotte this afternoon after an involuntary Stay of two or three days in Rensselaer. He is engaged In the livery business at DeMotte and brought a traveler here last Sunday afternoon, expecting to return home the next morning, but one of his horses was taken quite sick with the colic and for some time was in a precarious condition, and Dan feared for a-time that be would have to go back with a single driver. Yesterday, however, the horse began to improve and he was well enough to permit