Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1909 — Burns Town [ARTICLE]

Burns Town

Frank Brpwn was a Rensselaer goer Friday. 1 W Charley Reed was In Rensselaer on business Friday. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Holmes were in Rensselaer Friday. Alex Hurley and daughter, Maggie, were in Rensselaer Saturday. Joe Pullins sold Louis Muster a fine. Jersey cow Friday. George MeEKresh’-s -children. - are apt .able to attend schqol this week. Mr. end Mrs. Joe Pollock attended the’funeral of Mrs. Lawman Monday. Mr. Thomas Brpwn is still improvfrPm his spell of gickndss. Emmet Pullins was in Rensselaer Saturday. .Amos Deer who stays with his. aunt, Mrs. Samuel Price, is sick at this writing. Quite a few people from this locality attended the Wilscn sa’e the 10 th. S. H. Holmes and Elmer and Walter Brown attended the Wilson sale Wednesday. The teachers of Barkley township held institute at Cosey Palace Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Max Sulivan and family Sunday. Mr. Chris Morgenegg bad Frank Bruner come out Monday and put him in a telephone. Miss Mary Jacks was called from Institute Saturday to the bedside of her grandmother at Rensselaer, who Is very low at this writing. Mrs. John Scott and Mrs. Willie Whitaker and baby and Roy Scott spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family. Quite a crowd of young peop’e gathered in at Samuel Holmes’ Sunday evening and Ross Scott entertained them with his giaphophone. - Miss' Jdary Jacks didn’t return to her school until Monday morning on account of the serious sickne's of her grandmother, Mrs. W. W. Bussell. Elmer Gunyon passed through this neighborhood the latter part of last week, moving from the J. C. Gwin farm. He moves to the farm recently vacated by Sherman.. Rental: er. Chas. Reed has got his house about completed, where he Intends to move. He is making great preparations to get moved so he can commence his township work. Charley is such a hustler, don’t know whether he can wait until after the first of March or not. "