Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1915 — WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD.

Wheatfield Review. Lou Funk, of Rye, was a business visitor here last Tuesday. Mrs. Hamer Brown and baby went to DeMotte Tuesday to visit relatives. Myers and Myers are taking their annual inventory of their stock this week. Mrs. Maria Biggs and daughter, Goldie Belle, were Chicago last week. < Mr. and Mrs. John Matt went Friday to Stillwell to visit over the 4th with his relatives. ‘ Clara and Hattie Miller visited over the 4th with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller. George Swisher went Monday to Thayer and Roselawn to visit at the homes of his daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Mendel Sensibar and son Jacob, of Gary, autoed here the 4th and visited with former acquaintances. Matt Ludwig, of Lake county, came Wednesday of last week for a visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. John Pinter and family. Quite a number from here attended the celebration at North Judson Monday, several going via train and others via auto. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Biggs, of Potter, Neb., came Saturday to visit .at the home of his father, John Biggs and family. Frank E. Lewis left here last Friday tor Buffalo, N. Y., where he will visit over the 4th with and other relatives. County Commissioner H. W. Marble and Trustee Keen went to the county seat Tuesday on their regular monthly business trip. Agent W. J. White went to Gibson Tuesday to take the examination with the “Safety First” committee of the New York Central Ry. County Auditor J. P. Hammond, County Treasurer A. A. Fell and the county assessor, of Rensselaer, were business visitors here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. McConnell and son, of Fair Oaks, spent the 3rd and 4th here visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. M. B. Fyfe and family. Mrs. Mary Gould and her grandsons, of South Chicago, 111., came last Saturday for a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Heil and family. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hamilton, of Medaryville, and Mrs. Nettie Evans, of Gary, came Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hamilton, of Medaryville, and Mrs. Nettie Evans, of Gary, came Sunday for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hamilton and family. Mrs. John Harris and two children, of Streator, HL, returned home Sunday from a week’s visit at the home of her brother, E. R. Hight and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walker Ellison and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, of Hammond, spent the 4th here with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hight, Mrs. Ellison being a cousin of Mrs. Hight. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Smith and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Biggs visited Sunday at South Bend, Mrs. Jessup returning here Sunday evening for a visit. Mrs. Frank W. Austin, of Boynton, Fla., came last week for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Austin and family and other Jasper county rela-

tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jessup, of Hanna, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson and baby, of DeMotte, visited here last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. James Keen and family. Nearly everybody deserted the town last Saturday and attended the Burrows Camp celebration. The Hamilton and Ferguson auto liveries made Tegular hourly trips to and from the river all day and lasted until the wee sma hours of Sunday morning. The contract for the constriction of tne stone road on the Baums bridge grade to connect the Jasper county road with the Porter county road, was awarded by the board of commissioners Tuesday to A. S. Keen, Robt. Mannan was appointed superintendent of the road. Mr. and Mrs. John Harris and daughter, Ruth, of Streator, Hl., came Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hight and family, Mrs. Harris being a sister of Mr. Hight. Mr. and Mrs. Harris accompanied by Zulu Hight, returned home Sunday evening. Miss Harris remained at the Hight home for a week’s -gisit. Baseball at Wheatfield, Sunday, July 11th. Game called at 2:30 p. m. Gaiety Ball Club of Kankakee, Hl., vs. Wheatfield Regulars. The Gaiety team are a fast lot of ball players and you are assured of a good contest. Come out and root your old head off. Admission, Gents 25c. Ladies and children 10c. Grand stand 10c. —W. B. McNeil, Manager. A. L. Jensen and Mallie Clark were called to Chicago Tuesday to testify as witnesses in the case . of Red Barnes, accused of being, implicated in the stolen autos taken from owners in the city and brought to towns Indiana and sold. The case attracted cosiderable attention last fall and winter. Mr. Jensen and Clark are wated to identify Barnes, who is held in Chicago. Harmon Melser, who was a victim of an auto accident July 3rd, an account of which is published under the Tefft items, is doing as nicely as could be expected. The injured man is at the home of Simon Fendig and is getting the best of care. Mr. Melser resided here for many years but for 20 yeals or more has resided in lowa. He is 73 years of age and full of nerve, refusing to take an anaesthetic when the fracture was reduced.