Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Every farmer who has cows needs a milk tester hi order to judge which cows are profitable. There will be a Bobcock teeter sold at John Gwin’s sale Jan. 3d, A• . See my Mock Of buggies while you ate looking for one to buy. I have the quality, price and experience for your' benefit. 0. A. ROBERTS.

All the young heifers and cows that will be sold at the John Gwin sale in Union township January 3d, are from the best cows in the herd and sired by a Jersey bull. Col. Terrence Clark, 69 years old, died Monday at Paris, 111. Col. Clark was one of the five men who planned and made successful the escape of a number of federal prisoners from Libby prison by the tunnel route. „ J. D. Reid died at El Paso, 111., Wednesday, aged 81 years. He was engineer of the train which carried Lincoln from Springfield to his inauguration and of the .train which brought his remains back to Springfield.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Passons entertained Christmas afternoon in honor of their little granddaughters, Mabie and Pearl, of Joliet, 111., a number of their little girl friends. There was a jolly time with games, and refreshments were served. Emery Mills and wife came over from Muncie to spend Christmas with his mother, Mrs. C; E. Mills, and her many relatives. Emery went back Sunday but Mrs. Mills remained for a lodger visit. He is now the vicepresident of the Muncie Wheel Co., a manufacturing concern that employes upward of 200 men. John Makeever is very weak and his physician has instructed that he be kept very quiet. He was able to be dressed- this morning and reclines most of the time on a couch, but he is growing gradually weaker, and although he shows occasional signs of improvement he is gradually sinking away and it is probable cannot last a great while.

George was up from Indianapolis to spend a few days with his tv/o children. He was recently awarded a judgment of $3,500 against the Indianapolis Traction Co. for the death of his wife and the defendant has taken an appeal. Another carite against the same road for thejleath of his little son will be tried at Noblesville. ( The loss of three lives was narrowly avoided when a sleigh containing Adolph Kamm and Harry Hart, of Mishawaka, and Henry Kreuger, of South Bend, was struck by an eastbound Grand Trunk freight train Wednesday night and was hurled down a steep embatikment into the St. Joseph river. The men succeeded in jumping from the vehicle in time to avoid being thrown into the icy water. The basketball game at the armory Thursday night between Goodland and the militia team should prove very interesting. Goodland has played two games with the-college this year, getting an even split, and the locals are anxious to win the game. Kirk, Morgan, Kepner, Wartena and Gangloff will probably constitute the Jpcal team, Parcells being absent from the city. W. O. Schanlaub, superintendent of the Newton county schools, was here over Christmas and Sunday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schanlaub. He is slowly recovering from his severe trouble with his left eye and the sight of that member will be largely destroyed, but his other eye will not be injured. He is still obliged to make occasional visits to Chicago for treatment, but is spending most of his time at Kentland and in looking after the schools of Newton county. His misfortune has been very expensive, having already cost him upwards of SBOO.

The weather forecast for tonight is short and sweet, indicating no trouble. The great snow fall of the last two days, however, has put the weather man in rather poor favor and his forecasts are not altogether to be depended upon. It snowed all day Christmas and all night and then started in again Suhday evening and gave us some three inches more. It is probable that 15 inches fell between Friday noon and this morning, which n :ded to what we already had makes almost two feet on the ground, although it is packed down until there seems to be only about 16 or 18 inches. It is bard work for horses to pull a wagon over the country roads and bobsleds are being adopted as fast as they can be put into repairs. There are not many drifts but the snow is one of the largest we have had in many years. Corn gathering which was going on slowly has been totally abandoned. The weather continues cold enough to prevent thawing and there is a scarcity of coal among dealers and if the big blizzard that has wrought havoc along the eastern coaril; should find its way this far west with the terrors that usually accompany a storm from the east there would great deal of suffering.

/ Anyone wanting a good cow should attend John Gwin’s sale January 3d, for none but those found by actual test to be money makers will be sold there. All the boarders have been sold to the butcher. Arrange to Do Your Trading Before Six P. M. A. . After January 1, 1910, Rensselaer's leading business houses will close at 6 p. nj. each evening except Saturday.