Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1909 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

van cement his health again gave way and his old trouble recurred with increased malevolence. For some weeks •he has been at the hospital and'now his lower are paralyzed below the knees ancrhe can not walk. He is mentally very active and is as cheerful as is possible under the circumstances but conditions look very discouraging for him. Elzie Gunyon and wife and four children returned to their home in Clinton county this morning after a short vjsit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gunyon, at Parr. The Gunyon home was the scene of a big family gathering on Christmas day, the five sons and two daughters, three daughters-in-law and ten grandchildren all surrounding the festive table of “Newt”, the first time all had been together for about eight years, during which time the family had considerably enlarged. The ten grandchildren are the children of Elmer and and Elzie, the former having six and the latter four.

WEDNESDAY. The Republican this week printed membership cards for the Commercial Club. The boosters will now get busy and hustle for new members. — Jtfrs. James Thomson, who underwenth surgical operation Monday, is very low and there is considerable doubt about her recovery. Dropsy is her complaint. Anthony Gallagher and daughter, Miss Katie, of North Vernon, are here to visit Harry Gallagher and wife, and Mrs. Lawrence Kellner, of near Remington. William Jennings Bryan left Miami, Fla., Sunday ..Xot Knight’s Key, going thence to Jamaica, where he "will join his family. He was greatly improved in health. Theodore Davis, living four miles north of Bedford, caught a silver gray fox in a steel trap. He lias refused an offer of SIOO for the pelt of the rare animal.

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. The dance managed by L. A. Harmon, who had secured the Birch orchestra from Fairbury, 111., for the occasion, at the armory Tuesday night, was one of the most enjoyable held for several months. About forty couples participated. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Zacker and Mrs. J. P. Braden, of Iron, Minn., Mrs. Francis Todd and Miss McFaden, of Chicago, who were here to spend Christmas with the former’s father, Henry Zacker, of Surrey, and other relatives, left for Chicago this afternoon. There is a scarcity of hard coal, chestnut size being particularly short. One dealer got in a car of chestnut Tuesday. Most baseburners will burn chestnut and stove mixed and this is a first-class way to order it. Dealers can only buy the nut size in proportion to their orders for the larger sizes. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORI A

Mr. and Mrs, Oren Parker left this morning, for Sheldon, 111., where they will attend the wedding at 8 o’clock this evening of Miss Bertha Anderson, a friend of Mrs. Parker, to a Mr. Small, of Kankakee. They will also attend a 5 o’clock tea in honor of the bride and groom at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Key. The families of Charles and Eli Arnold received a cablegram from them Saturday stating that they arrived at Havana, Cuba, Friday and at Oinaja Saturday. They went there on account of the death pf their brother, Chris Arnold, which took place three or four weeks ago. It is not probable that the body will, be brought to this Country. Rensselaer is facing a coal famine. The weeks of cold weather has nearly exhausted the local supply of coal and much of the coal ordered by the Jealers is confiscated by the railroads before it reaches here. There is notta pound of the smaller size of hard coal in any of the local yards, although plenty of the larger sizes. The supply of soft coal is being rapidly exhausted and unless the cold weather lets, up soon It will be a difficult matter to supply the demand.