Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Blanche Tullis took her little niece, Ella Fox, to her home in Compton, 111., today, and will remain there for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Fox. Miss Ethel Sharp, teacher of the fifth grade of the city schools, is confined at her home with inflammatory rheumatism. Miss Hattie Sayler is substituting for her. The Sternberg dredge will be down to the Monon railroad bridge east of town by Friday or Saturday and E. G. Sternberg went to Monon today to consult officials about letting the dredge go through the bridge. If agreeable, the bridge will probably be taken out next Sunday. Earle Reynolds has been enjoying his vacation very much, spending part of it hunting on the Kankakee. Yesterday he got six ducks, four of them at one shot, and today he took two of them to Kerry Meagher, the general manager of the Western Vaudeville Booking Association in Chicago. The will of Geo. W. Andrus was probated Monday. All of the personal property was bequeathed to the widow, which after her death is to be divided share ’and share alike among the three children, John and Jerome and Mrs. H. P. Overton. The widow, Hortencia S. Andrus, is named executrix of the will and she qualified the same day. . ~ Mrs. Louis Becher, Matilda, Bertha and Roy Stocksick, of this place, were in Chicago Monday to see their mother, whose condition was very serious. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bloomster, of Paxton, 111., she being another daughter of Mrs. Stocksick, were also at her bedside. The children returned home on the 11 o’clock rtain, leaving their mother in a very critical condition. George McCracken, of Knox, who had in his company another man from that place, was traveling -.through here and camped just west of town Sunday night. His horse got loose and strayed away and he has so far been unable to locate it. A classified ad in the Republican is trying to restore his property. Mr. McCracken is a cripple and says his horse was not much of an animal, not worth stealing but useful to him in his business. The horse and its driver are well known in Knox, where the animal has been nicknamed Sambo Johnson Brown. Sambo’s owner will be very grateful for information that will restore his quadruped. Mrs. O. E. Brown was down from Parr Monday and reports that she recently was called to Frankfort to attend the funeral of her brother. While there her son, Bernice Brown, who belongs to the 10th U. S. infantry, stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, was also at Frankfort, although his furlough did not allow him to remain until after the funeral of his uncle. Bernice is well pleased with the army and is.said by his officers to be a good soldier in every way. Some ode started a story some time ago to the effect that he had deserted, but this was not the case, and Bernice is not that kind of a boy. Members of the local militia company, who attended the annual rifle matches at Fort Harrison, reported that Bernice was regarded as one of the best soldiers in his regiment, and stood well in the esteem of his officers, as well as with other enlisted men.