Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Eastern Star Chapter is planning to go to Lowell next Thursday evening to do the degree work in initiating several condidates. Misses Minnie and Ella Martin, who are working at Otterbein, went there today after g week’s visit at home with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Martin, near McCoysburg. Ed Kirk arrived home yesterday for a short visit with his family. He was absent four months on his last trip, traveling in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, selling roofing paint. Mrs. J. Biederman, of Oklahoma City, who has been visiting for the past three weeks with her brother, Frank B. Ham, and family, went to Chicago this morning for a sboit visit and will return to her home the first of, next week. George Wood was unable to rent a house at Lisbon, N. Dak., and has about given up going to that place and probably will go to South Dakota instead. He expects to move next, week. J. R. Gray, who has been staying on the John L. Turner farm near Remington for the past eight months, during the absence of Mr. Turner, is in town today. Mr. Turner has land at Rocky Ford, Colo., and Dixon, Mo., and he has been giving it his personal attention. . - Mrs. M. H. Hemphill and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alter returned last night from their western trip, which in- j eluded a visit to Kingman, Kans., after they left Colorado. All are feeling quite well and evidently the Colorado climate proved very beneficial to them. Alf Hoover went to Chicago this morning in company with his father, W. M. Hoover, and his physician, and will become a patient at the Frances Williard hospital and within a few days, probably Monday, will undergo an operation for fistula, from, which he has been suffering for some time. | Clint 4 Brown was in from Pleasant Grote today and is having the Republican print bills for Ornger, the Ringeissen stallion, which he Will manage this year. Ornger is one of the best horses that ever came to Jasper county and has some of the best colts. He will make the season at Clint’s barn at Pleasant Grove. James P. Overton, who makes his home at Lee,• came to town this, morning, smiling like a 10-year-old boy on circus day. He had received an invitation from his old friend, E. F. Wlihi el of Crawfordsville, to i come down there and sample his new, maple syrup, and spend a few days at the maple sugar camp. That beats a circus all holler. I Bruce Porter has been almost under the weather for two or« thre days. The work of packing for h s removal to South Dakota was too I much for him. His plans are to go to Chicago Monday, being accompanied by his wife and son Bruce and theie they will |be joined by their daugh- 1 ter Mary, who is visiting friends in the city, and they will go to their , new home. Their postofficej address i will be Mt. Vernon, which is about 12 miles from Mitchell. . Henry Grow received a le'ter this morning conveying the sad news of the accidental death of his nephew-in-law, Robert Richards of Logansport Mr. Richards was about 35 years of age, and was a freight conductor on the Pan Handle railroad between Logansport and Columbus, Ohio. He was thrown from his train in some manner and killed. The funeral will be held tomorrow and will be attended by Mr. Grow and his son Elzie and wife and possibly othe. s from here. The Woman’s Relief Corps yesterday gave a pleasant and agreeable surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Warner at their beautiful home in the east part of town. Twenty-six sat down to a grand, fine dinner, and oh, how an did eat Mr. and Mrs. Warner did everything to make the day pleasant Our only regret was some of our members could not be with us. Although absent they were not forgotten. We all thank the two parties who were so kind to take us out and back home in safety Who will be the next one of the Corps to be surprised ?—Contributed.

J. J. Garroty, the former Mt Ayr saloon man, who has just bought a farm near Ft. Wayne, is said by all who know him to be a very fine man, and it is gratifying to all to know that he is establishing himself in some other business. Mr. Garroty is said to have conducted his saloon according to law, observing tie 'losing hours, keeping closed <n Sundays. refusing to sell liqueur to intoxicated persons and keeping within bounds of the law in every lespe t He never antagonised the temperance forces to a very great extent, and when a successful remonstrance was filed against him ho set about to got