Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1899 — FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS [ARTICLE]

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS

.1:^““" on —John Holliday visited in this vicinity Snnday. —Mr. Schofield visited his family at Fair Oaks Snnday. —James Meyers is visiting in Hoopegton, Ills., this week, —Taylor Woods of Parr, was in this vicinity Tuesday on business. 4 —Will Collins made several fly- _ ing trips over the country last 'week. * —Peter Hordern an is shelling corn for B. J. Gifford, at Headquarters. —Tom Glynn has gone to Rantoul, His., where he will work at carpentering. —Corn planting began Monday, and “wheel hoes” are on the go in the onion patch. —One of our young ladies was seen examining a gasolene cook stove in Rensselaer Saturday. We wonder if it is to be used in the new home at Comer? We wonder, Eli? —Clam Zook gave her many friends a party Monday, it being her birthday. Many young people were there. All went home wishing her many more snch happy birthdays. Quite a crowd of young people assembled at the home of Aaron Seitz Sunday. They indulged in social conversation, music, sing ing and games. All seemed to hfetve a good time. —Misses Daisy , Belle several other young people went fishing Wednesday eve. All they caught were suckers and they were on the wrong end of the string. —Born, td Mr. and Mrs. Willis McMurray, on. Thursday, a ten pound boy. Willis was so elated over the new arrival, that he proceeded over to Greely Cook’s, where an argument arose. Cook ordered him off the place but he would not go, and —! 1! either party.

REMINGTON.

—Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Vincent were over to the ‘hub’ Tuesday. —Mrs. L. A. Ford has been granted a widow’s pension of $8 per month. —Edward Hogan of near Wadena, a brother of James Hogan of this place, died on the 19th ult. —Mrs. Robt Parker and daughter Katharine are visiting the family of Samuel Black at Denver, Colo. —P. H, Lally, of Michigan City, formerly of this place, is now traveling for the McCormick Harvester Co. ’ —Mrs. J. F. Major and Mrs. King Davis represented the O. E. S. at the grand lodge meeting at Ft. Wayne last week. —A big feed and sale stable, 42x68, is being erected by Robt.! Parker on East Soqth street. Hardy & Shearer will occupy the same. —A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bert VanVoorst at Monticello last Sunday. Mrs. VanVoorst was formerly Miss Daisy Reed of this place. —The annual commencement exercises of the Remington High school are to be held at the opera house on Friday evening of this week. The class consists of thirteen graduates. —Chas. H. Price, of Middlesborough, Ky., a brother of the present county surveyor and well known to Jasper countv people, will deliver the Memorial day address here May 30. —E. J. Bailey, a former partner in the Remington Press with F. E. Babcock, who with his wife (formerly Miss Maggie Mullen) has been located at Cedar Falls, lowa, for the past year and a half, has moved back to Remington and enters the store of his brother-in-law, Thos. Mullen, as clerk. —The school enumeration of Remington for 1899 is given at 819; 151 males, and 168 females. This is a loss of 10 over the enumeration of 1898. A census of the town was also taken at the same time as the enumeration, and shows a population of 1,125, a gain of 22 over last year. —The last,

trmit™ 2d ward S maioritv A 1 trustee m ward, 3 majority; A. J. (no oppoartion)7l. p. Luckey*repu »ucan, town marenai, jw major* —Nora B. Hughes, wife of Charles Hughes, who formerly conducted a restaurant here, has begun suit for divorce in the White circuit court, alleging habitual drunkeness as the cause, and asking the custody of their only child. A Monticello .paper states that Hughes “will file a cross bill in which several persons will be mentioned and the case will no donbt prove sensational,” etc.

WHEATFIELD. —Dr. Schwier was in Chicago Monday. —L. P. Shirer was in' Rensselaer Monday. —The entire citizens ticket was elected Monday. —Work has began on Marble’s new farm house. —Miss Bertha Allen was at South Bend Sunday. —Ed Biggs has commenced work on his new house. —Eight or ten hew houses will be erected here this season. —B. W. Hamilton and A. McNiel will paint the new elevator. —Miss Rena Newcomb of Barkley township, is visiting friends at this place. —The meetings that have been carried on for so long, have come to a close. —Mrs.S. Fancley, who is on the sick list, is reported no better at this writing. —Our meat market has changed hands, from Clark & Clark to Knedler & Zimmer. —A new livery barn is nearly completed on the site of the MoNeil barn destroyed by .fire a few months ago. —Mr. A. C. Beaman departed Monday for an extended visit to Oklahoma. We hope to see his smiling face in our schools again next fall. —The school board has selected Mrs. Frank O’Meara of Rensselaer, as teacher in our schools, and the present instructors, Prof. Beaman and Miss Vaugh, were retained for the coming school year. —Gerber is an alright fellow. He has started a barber shop, wants to buy a horse, and would be tickled to death to have some place to go on Sundays. Any lady wishing to correspond, his address is Wheatfield. —The new elevator is completed and received many large loads of grain last 'Saturday, for which various prizes were given. None of the loads, however, would compare with the “jag” that our would be pusher had on Saturday night.

BLACKFORD.

—Plowing for com is the order of the day. —Thomas Price is no better at this writing. —Chester Caster has taken another backset and is quite bad off again. —The hog cholera is said to be getting around again. Woe to the swine family, say I. —Bert Vandecar of Dunnville, was seen on N. R. last week. That’s right, Bert, come again. -<-Vick Walker was seen going toward Blaokford last Sunday. He did not go back alone, either. —The N. R’s. had a nice rain last Tuesday night. Well, that is what they need for crops of all kinds. —Samuel Isenburger is contemplating a trip to Missouri. It is not known whether the trip is for business or pleasure. —Charles Hopkins of Valma, and Miss attended the German Baptist church north of Blackford last Sunday. —I am a dandy, I am a swell, Just from N. R., can’t you tell? And I will bet a dime— I'will tell the rest some other time.

FAIR OAKS.

—Charim moved to Yed—Grandma Reed is building an addition to her house. —The addition to Mr. Snow’s house will soon be completed. -The little son of Edd Griggs was taken seriously m last ssaturthe sickness a sinking chill.

V'VVv'. fwnfl/l * f Y pound girj, | —Two fine growing showers of rain favored ns this week. They Were much needed on the sand. —Mr. Cave of Frankfort, is acting as night operator while Mr. Zimmerman is enjoying a vacation. —After a week’s stay with her friends, Miss Stella McConnell returned to her home at Reynolds, Tuesday. : —Mr. Hinkinsand little daughters of Chicago, were guests at the hospitable home of P. H. Zea a few days last week. —Quite a number of young people from Rose Bud and Parr, attended the M. E. supper last Saturday evening. Warner Hopkins of Vaughn, also attended. —Miss Hannah Culp of Lee, Mrs. Fenwick of Foresman, and Mr. and Mrs. Driver from Independence, Barkley tp., were present at the Holiness meeting last Sunday. —Miss Maggie Kenton of Rensselaer, will hold religious services at the M. E. church Saturday evening and Sunday morning at 11a.m. Everybody come out and hear their young evangelist. —Don’t forget the C. T. U. meeting Sunday eve at the M. E. church. Miss Kenton will stay for the Union and give a 15 minutes talk against this awful cnrse, “The God-forbidden vice-breed-ing, soul-destroying monster, the liquor traffic.” —On last Saturday, April 29, at 11 a. m., the funeral of Mrs. James Cox of Chicago Heights, IIL, was held in the Fair Oaks cemetery. A large concourse of relatives and friends met the bereaved ones and the remains at the depot, at 10:37 a. m. The procession went direct to the cemetery where the services were conducted by Rev. V. O. Fritz of Rensselaer, assisted by the Rose Bud minister. Several relatives from the “Heights,” Rensselaer, Rose Bnd, Surrey and Parr were present at the funeral The deceased had been in poor health for about two years. She leaves a husband and four children with many other relatives to mourn her departure.

DUNNVILLE.

—Our oats look nice. —Mrs. Wilmington is on the sick list. —Ned Nelson has gone to Muncie to work. —Lu Newcomb is working for Billy Fitzgerald. —John Shirer is working for Hon. I. D. Dunn. —We are having a fine shower of rain at this writing. —James Wheeler is putting an addition on to his house. —Elmer Hershman is caring hay at the Dunn’s Siding. —Billy Muchler was the guest of Miss Hershman last Sunday. —C. R. Pergrine loaded a car of hogs, at this place, last Tuesday. —Mr. Sands and Hon. I. D. Dunn have each planted a field of com. —Mr. Finn and Warren White are D. V’s celebrated matrimonial speculators. —ls you wish to ask any questions about hauling bale hay,, ask Bill Wilmington. —Miss Netta Collins took the teacher’s examination at Rensselaer last Saturday. —The Blackford correspondent is a pretty and a good boy—l didn’t see his girl. —Rev. Tharp of North Judson, filled our M. E. pulpit last Sunday morning and evening. —Tom Maloney’s school dosed last Saturday. It closed just in time for Tom to begin killing cut worms. * \ —I understand that the Valma correspondent and Charley Hopkins resemble one another. Are they twins? —Arthur White has been elected Ass’t. Secretary of the I. O. G. T. lodge, at San Pierre. Miss Paine is secretary. —Mr. Hughes received his bill of lumber last Saturday. He is going to build a residence on his lately b ought farm. —Miss Emma Henry’s school closed last Saturday. She departed for Lebanon, Monday. Mr. W. W., we understand, shed a few bottles of tears. —The young men wbo attribute every article in D. V. itmns, which

—Charlev G6rb6r of Whcfttfisld *§§ j Ifj f —W. W? Hinshcw and family who left D. V. for North Dakota a few weeks ago, have left Dakota and are now in Idaho. —Mr. Truly has moved on to the DeArmond farm. Mr. Kalanske, who was the former renter, has moved to Wheatfield. —Your correspondent and Mias Blanche Hill of Wheatfield township, visited friends at Blackford and Rensselaer last Friday, Saturday and Snnday. —Earl Wilmington, our new fledged operator, was the guest of Miss Stella White last Snnday. He is trying to convince Stella that an operator’s wife should learn telegraphy. —I think the Sharon correspondent was a little mistaken wnen he said that Uncle Abe’s dock doesn’t strike. I heard it strike the other day. Instead of letting Joiner wind it, Uncle Abe should wind it and carry the key. Clocks, like cats, love their masters. —Henry Floars and James Stalks consider themselves the champion hay press feeders of the county. Their record with a horse press, small bale, is 10 bales in 9$ minutes. Average weight of bales, 102$ pounds. If anybody has or can beat this seemingly unparalled record, please make it known. We consider this an important event of the 19th century

SHARON.

—Farmers busy. —J. W. Harris did business in Remington last Monday. —Mr. Isaac Black has been on the sick list the past few days. —Mrs. A. C. Farmer visited with her parents last Wednesday. —Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nisius visited over Sunday with Rensselaer friends. —Our merchant, T. W. Daley, was doing business in Monticello last Tuesday. —Bernard Stein is batching it this week. His family is visiting relatives near Joliet. 111.

INDEPENDENCE.

X —Roads in good condition. —Oats look good since the rain. —Everybody is plowing and getting ready to plant com. —Charley Snyder went to Blackford Tuesday on his wheel. —The raip which fell Tuesday night made happy farmers in this locality. —Lynn Griggs and son are putting in some tile ditch for Wm. Daniels. —Sunday school at Independence schoolhouse, Sunday, at ten o’clock. —Miss Sylvia Hill of Rensselaer, visited friends in this vacinity last Sunday. —A meeting was held at Sandridge schoolhouse, to make preparations, for Decoration day. —Ye young men of the tribe of Belshazzer, get your buggies and take the girls buggy riding as I do, says Edd Jenkens. —Samuel Hopkins and Dan his son killed two rattlesnakes last week along the Gifford ditch. Each snake had five rattles. —Mr. Bert Vandercar of Dunnville, and Miss Blanche Hill of Wheatfield, were the guests of Samuel Hopkins and family last Sunday. —Miss Nanoy Hufford of Julian, attended the family reunion at Mr. Hopkins’ last Sunday. My, how the pie and cake suffered. —George Nichols of Wheatfield, was seen in this vicinity Wednesday, looking for some horses and mules that broke out of his pasture Tuesday. —Bert Vandercar and Miss Blanche Hill of the Kankakee valley region, were down at Rensselaer lastdJaturday to take examination for school license. As Bert was seen in the county clerk’s office, we think he was after some other kind of license.

VALMA.

—Farmers very busy preparing to plant com. ~ —Prospects are favorable of an-

ness. , ' —Dr. Beck filled his eTenint church Sunday —Why did Charley Randle fuse the errand offered him Sunday evening? —John Hayes of Rensselaer, spent Saturday night and Sunday in this vicinity. —Mrs. S. R. Nichols went to Danville, 111., Thuniday, where she will take treatment for cancer. —Who were the parties representing the choir at the M. E. church Sunday night? Quite a dash for children. —Farmers should be cautious in selecting seed com this spring, as there seems to be a difficulty in getting com that will grow. —Charley Hopkins and Bert Vandercar spent the greater partof Saturday night by the Hill’s-side, it being a lonely moonlight night. —The May party held at the Valma Park lasfMonday was well attended. About thirty girls were present, and all report a good time. —Frank Lewis who has been a victim of rheumatism this spring, is able to be out again, and will probably be ready for work soon. —A great many people prefer living in a level prairie country, out Charlie Hopkins and Bertie Vandercar of D. V. seem to prefer the Hill’s. —One of our well known laddies made his usual drill of about a I mile and a half Saturday night. He thinks it best for school children to avoid blue Monday. —Mr. Carr of Monon, made a flying trip to these parts last week, with his saw mill, having a large contract of sawing to do. The yard where the mill was stationed contained forty logs, which made about thirty-five hundred feet of lumber. He then made his departure over the road on which he came. When he pays his total expenses including the rail fences burned, we would like to know how much he will clear.

BLUE SEA.

—Weather quite windy the last few days. —Mrs. Morrow returned home from Illinois. —Mrs. Kendall is reported some better at this writing. —Miss Nellie May took the examination at Monticello last Saturday. —The “women folks” are busily engaged in house cleaning at present. —Frank May and Miss Mary Clark were in this neighborhood Sunday evening. —Mr. and Mrs. John Southard visited the former’s sister, Mrs, Ford, at Remington last Saturday. —Mr. Rogers’ team became frightened Monday afternoon and ran away, but no damage was done. —Many people from this neighborhood went to Monticello Wednesday to see the soldiers come in. . —Link Parks tried to fatten two colts all in one day, by turning them to a load of corn. It came near killing them both. —Mort Burns and Claude and Taber Spencer were visitors at our Young People’s Union at Center last Saturday evening. —I am a tall girl, black eyes and quite slender. I love to live on a farm and enjoy myself reading The Jaspeb County Democrat. Black Eyes. —While plowing in the field the other day Mr. Caster saw something sticking up through the dirt which looked like a turtle’s head. He seized a hoe and chopped it off, only to discover that it was his big toe.

KNIMAN.

—Martin White is working at Mr. Hixson’s. —The rain Tuesday night did a great deal of good. —Mrs. Chas. Armstrong went to Wheatfield Tuesday. . —Wilbur Hoahaw was the guest of Ida Lewark Sunday. —Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Archer, Monday, a boy. —A dance at Mr. Haseelbring’s Saturday night Going? —Mr. and Mrs. John Meyers went to Wheatfield Sunday. —Mrs. Anna Meyers and Ml.a Dora Kennedy wMt to Lowell w ©unGSufty,

Thursday. Mattie Hollie Visited Rensselaer Wednesday. —Mesdames Deniston and Brown and Ed. took a trip to Rensselaer Wednesday. —Wm. Shier* says he like* town life real well, but thinks th* country air agrees with him best. —A surprise party was given at Frank Goff’s Wednesday night A good time was had and a good crowd was in attendance. —Otto Kennedy visited our county seat since onr last writing. We wonder why? Maybe he just went to subscribe for a county paper. —D. E. Grow was a visitor at one of the homes in this place Sunday. We used to think he liked Kniman people pretiy well, but now we know it. Come again, Elza. Try The Democrat for job printing.