Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1908 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Attorney G. A. Williams went to Carthage, 111., today, where Mrs. Williams had preceded him a few days and where they will spend about a week with her relatives. The sale of Sheriff-elect L. P. Sbirer Monday was a real good one, with a good crowd present and good prices prevailing. The sale totaled about $2,000, including some stock put in by outsiders. The college students are arriving home on almost every train now. John Ellis, Wade and Emmet Laßue, Belle Larue and others are already here, in addition to those previous 1 y mentioned. About fifty members of the Knights of Pythias lodge were present last evening when B. J. Moore and Van Grant received the third deg ee work. The session of the lodge was followed by a spread of liberal proportions and variety, and a p’easant evening was spent. Several people have had the SemiWeekly Republican sent to relatives for Christmas presents. It costs moderately and lasts an entire year, bringing news from the old home twice each week and causing the recipient to think of the donor every time the paper comes. Claud D. Stitt, former as istant postmaster at Wabash, who disappeared a few days before giving, being about $3,500 short in his accounts, has surrendered to government authorities, and was yesterday released on bail. He voluntarily gave himself up.

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List of letters remaining uncalled for in this office for the month ending Dec. 19, 1908: Mrs. Effie Shultz, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, Ernest Williams, Rev. J. A. Kagerbauer, Chas. Stain, Mrs. Mildred Kennedy, Mrs. Doly (?) Leach, Mrs. E. Biggs, Mrs. Mary Clark, James Akers, Mrs. Leota Garette. Sheriff O’Connor was compelled to give up his early removal to Knlman, and will not spend Christmas as he had planned at his Kniman home. The moving was deferred until next Monday on account of the* 1 sheriff being kept so busy with tbe lower Iroquois drainage case, which has been on trial in the court for the past two weeks. Mrs, Charleß Schroyer yesterday marketed five dressed gee e that weighed even 60 pounds; the heaviest one weighing 15 pounds, which is some weight for a dressed goose. They were carefully dressed and therefore brought the top price. She also marketed Borne fine dressed turkeys, the weight of some of the fat toms reaching 21 to 24 pounds.

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Mark Twain is credited with having said one time that he would not advise any man to marry for money, but that it was just as easy to fall In love with a rich girl as a poor one. But It is probable that married riches never made a real bappv husband, even though the courtshii and honeymoon was filled with bliss. The trustees of Pulaski county are in a dead lock over the election of a county superintendent of schools to take the place of the late J. H. Reddick. Thursday, fifteen ballots were taken with no results, and Friday they met again with no better results, after which they adjourned until December 26th. Thus far Mrs. J. H. Reddick, the widow of the deceased, has been In the lead but with not enough votes to elect. The Bt. Joseph college students have been leaving for the past few days for their homes to spend the holidays. Two young men who went to New York city took with them several dozen eggs. They paid 30 cents a dfczen for them here, but money will not buy fresh eggs in New York city at this time of the year. Probably a New Yorker could not get anything that would look better to him at this time of the year than a fresh egg. The State Bank of Rensselaer has just received a supply of gold coin of the new freak Issue. It has the S2O. $lO, $5 and $2.50 denominations, and each one of the coins seems to vie w’th tlie other in grotesque appearance. Its value looks good, but it seems a little like having a rich wife with a dreadfully homely face and ugly disposition. The old coin was Just aa valuable and a great lot better looking The present newspaper policy of keeping the public posted on the