Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1909 — BURNS TOWN. [ARTICLE]

BURNS TOWN.

Roy Scott called on S. H. Holmes Tuesday. Mrs. A. Eib called on Mrs. S. H. Holmes Tuesday. C. A. Reed and Samuel Holmes were Parr callers. Sunday. A. Eib is caring his wheat at Rensselaer this week to ship. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott visited with S. H. Holmes and family Sunday. Mrs. Alex Hurley visited her daughter, Mrs. Hiram Davis Tuesday. Miss Bertha Holmes is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. John Scott for a few days. Miss Mollie Ore, of Chicago, is visiting Misses Agnes and Maggie Hurley for a few days. Mrs. Wm. Holmes and Howard and Jessie, south of town, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and family Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Reed and children went to the Kankakee river Saturday and caught 48 fine fish. C. A. said it wasn’t much of a day for fishing either. There were quite a crowd gathered in at Alex Hurley’s Sunday evening, and were entertained by William Ford’s graphaphone. Ice cream and cake were also served. The ball game between Pleasant Grove and Possom Run resulted in a score of 30 to 17 in favor of Possom Run. The Possom boys are feeling good again, they say they would like to get a game now with Oxford. While workmen were tearing down the chimney of a house in Bloomington, Jhey found a live frog in the brick of the foundation. The frog was in an airtight place, and had evidently been there many years. How it got there is a mystery, but the fact remains that it was in the soljd brick and mortar, and was white with age. The house had been standing for more than fifty years. < * f Postmaster General Hitchcock has appointed Jesse L. Suter, Washington correspondent of the Nashville Tennesseean, as a member of his confidential staff in the Postoffice Department. Mr. Suter was connected with bureau of the rebureau last national campaign. He is a resident of GrdhnSburg, Pa.