Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1909 — Interesting Items From The Mt. Ayr Pilot. [ARTICLE]

Interesting Items From The Mt. Ayr Pilot.

. T'T J. R. Sigler and wife went to Rensselaer last Friday in their automobile. Miss Dollia Ashby, Mrs. Loma Miller and Mrs. Arthur Ashby were Rensselaer visitors Monday. Jasper Wright has fully from his recent illnes and is able to be out and around as before. At a point not far from town the editor was able to count the smoke from ten threshing machines last'Friday. Elmer Stucker and Harry Hufty, together with their wives went to Rensselaer Thursday evening to see “Eli and Jane.” Misses. Lillian Witham and Mary fid Johnson went to Rensselaer Thursday afternoon and remained over night with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Critser, taking in the play .“Eli and Jane.” Jasper Wright and Jack Brown are making preparations to go to the Kankakee District County Fair with their race horses. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harris were camping on the Kankakee last week from Thursday until Sunday. Miss Edna Long, who is clerking in the Murray store at Rensselaer, is spending the week at her home, north es town. Lee Mauck had a runaway last Monday and in the mixup that followed he had one hand and his right leg seriously injured. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mayhew suffered a very severe spasm Tuesday and for awhile it was thought it would not recover, but yesterday it wae reported to be getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hardy came over from Rensselaer Sunday for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brenner. Bruce Returned Sunday evening and Mrs. Brenner remained for a longer visit. A suit was brought before Squire Hufty last Thursday in which Laßue Brothers of Rensselaer were suing a Mr. Mercer, of Roselawn, for the payment of $133, interest on a mortgage, •the payment of which Laßue Brothers had assumed. Sebulyer Dwyer, of Lowell, represented defendant and Geo. A. Williams, of Rensselaer, the plaintiffs. The suit was being tried before Squire Hufty on the grounds that Mr. Mercer was not a resident of the state of Indiana, but he made affidavit that he was and the case was thrown out. It will likely be next heard of in the circuit court.