Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Misses Ethel McColly and Ethel Ott, of Chicago Heights, are visiting various relatives here.

Both the Burk and Pullins bridges over the Iroquois are out and will remain out until the contract which is to be let Monday, is fulfilled. The bridges were taken out to let the dredge through, the Burk bridge two weeks ago. It is to be a pile bridge with new approaches and the Pullins bridge is to be of steel. Mrs. John Kohler wanfe-to Lafayette todqy to attend the funeral of her uncle, John Mlnnicus, who died at the age of 84 years. He was the father of Mrs. Ernest Owens, who lived in Rensselaer a number of years ago, and a brother of Peter Minnicus, who lived in Rensselaer for a number of years and who now lives with his son George in Chicago Heights. Peter is 76 years of age.

• Edgar McColly, of Union township, was in town this morning. He states that he is fueling better than he has for years and thinks that he is going to be entirely cured of his illness, which was due to fistula. About two years ago he was operated on in a Kansas City hospital and received benefit. They guaranteed a cure and he returned there this summer and after spending nine weeks in a sanitarium, during which time he had a siege of malarial fever, he was operated on again - and he thinks successfully. He will not be able to work for some time for fear of a recurrence of his trouble.

The games for the horse-show have been arranged for. Oxford will play the Wrens on Thursday, Oct. 14th, and Brook will play on Friday, the 15th. On Saturday the Lafayette Central high school football team will play against the Rensselaer football team. These games will not be free, an admission of 25 cents being charged for each. It is probable that the baseball management will have a game for Sunday, the 17th, and an effort is being made to have the Chicago. Union Giants, the colored team, here. It would undoubtedly draw a large crowd. That will probably close the baseball season.