Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1908 — Items from the Mr. Ayr Pilot [ARTICLE]

Items from the Mr. Ayr Pilot

The telephone central will be moved up-stairs directly f over its present location, some time this week. J. M. Hufty is able to be around after having been confined for several days with stomach trouble. Scott Brenner and wife have returned' to their home at Rose Lawn after an extended visit with relatives at Spokane, Wash., and other points in the west. A. F. Long, wife and daughter of Rensselaer, spent the day last Sunday with relatives here. Chas. Hammond is preparing to leave this country and will move to Big Rapids, Mich., the latter part of next month. A. J. Brenner and wife visited here the latter part of the week with Ira Sayler and Wife. “Jink” has sold his restaurant at Hoopeston, Hl., and next Saturday will again become landlord of the Makeever hotel at Rensselaer. A special from Chicago says that L. B. Haskell and son Leon were considerably alarmed one day last week by about 24 of their chickens being killed by a dog. Leon, being an electrician, fixed a contrivance to capture the miscreant and at the same time set off an alarm in the house. That night while Mr. Haskell and son were away the alarm started to going, signifying that something had gotten into the trap. Mrs. Haskell decided not to go out to it but to await the return of the men. There being no way for her to stop the alarm it was allowed to continue ringing. When the men returned the. armed themselves with clubs and stove pokers and sallied forth, opened the trap very carefully and to their amazement and chagrin, out strolled the family cat The dog is still at large.