Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1899 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

BLUE SEA. —Oats are looking fine. —Hurrah for William Jennings Bryan. J —A good rain Saturday. Sunday and Monday. —Cola Beaver has given his new house a fresh coat of paint. —Rev. Samuel Boyd is the champion brush-chopper of Milroy. —Joseph Lemie was the first in our neighborhood to start the planter. —Prof. G. E. May and wife visited the former’s uncle and aunt Sunday. —Link Parks lost a valuable two-year-old colt from an over consumption of corn. —Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Caster of Sheldon, 111., are visiting in our neighborhood this week. —Mr. Fisher of north of Sharon, made a business trip through our neighborhood a few days ago. —John Robinson sold a horse last week for SSO. Mr. Caster also sold a horse to Chas. Beaver for $25. —What’s the matter with the Apologist editor? If you’re bilious, take pills, Mr. Marshall. Take pills. —A whole lot of fee good people of Milroy each hauled a load of sand last Saturday for plastering the new church. —Uncle Jacob Johns was through our neighborhood last Friday soliciting money for the benefit of our new church. —Harry Davis and Frank Coghill were hauling hay through Blue Sea last Friday and Frank looked as pleasing as a basket of chips. ( —Lost, somewheie betweA Shellman’s and my residence, a false mustache. Finder please return to Andy S and receive reward. —A letter was received in Milroy township, from Waltham, Minn., asking who was the author of the Blue Sea items. Tell all who enquire that the writer is Joe Ann.

NORTH BARKLEY.

—Miss Lizzie Ahlers is visiting at home this week. —Miss Kittie Callahan is visiting friends in Wheatfield this week. —George Fanson is shelling corn at Gifford station this week. —James Meyers returned home from his visit to Hoopeston, 111., Saturday. —H. G. Cook and Mahlon Layton attended court in Winamac last week. —Warren Wilson transacted business in Hopkins Park p few days last week. —Mrs. Will Hickman of Arcola, 111., is visiting M. S. Zook and I family this week. —George Beedy and sister, Mrs. J G. W. Fanson, visited O. Callahan : and family Monday. —The party at Will Collins’ Saturday night, was well attended. All report a good time. —A. L. Bowlus of Lowell, formerly of this vicinity, is visiting friends here this week. —Miss Lavina Nichols and Felix Tyler of Earl Park, visited Herman Ahlers and family last week. —Will Rickstraw had better be careful when ne goes to McMurray’s on Sunday evening, or he may come home with a b eye. —Harry Gifford, T. M. Callahan, Chas. Bowers, Gus Swager, Chas. Evans and Frank Smith were in Winamac Thursday of last week, as witnesses on the trial of Gifford vs Meyers, for buying corn at Francesville.

BLACKFORD.

—Crops growing nicely. —Good roads and good weather. —Thomas Price is reported some better. —Corn planting all the go on N. R. this week. —Council meeting at the German Baptist church last Saturday. —Lincoln Jenkins and Berton, his brother, spent a few days at Monon last week. —Mrs. Henkle was reported last Sunday as not feeling as well as she had been. —ln return for the compliment of the D. V. cor. I must say that the D. V. cor. appears a second Dewey, a brave and true man.

—William Roudelrash whs-hhhh at Monon last wtek. Ke ife winding on the railroad. •; -Win Hays and X® „ wiU nottellher name) were seen on N. R. last week. —John Hays off Kenstetear. spent Saturday night and Sunday with his perenftsam X. K —lt was reported trite Jam Hurley was going to Montana, Bte I guess he could ndt Jeswe ibis tfiafl. —lt was reported test W 8& trite Bert Vandercar and dhtekyHqpkins like to live on riic Hillteiite. Oh, that’s nothing,they « minmtain sheep anyway. —The D. V- cot.. test wanted to know iff Orw&y ffirg> kins and the Valira mit. wwntt twins? I must say iff tflay wf there must be a mistake, as ttfherr surnames are not the same. —Hurrah! Hurrah!! They ihitw got him fast! They haw gdt trite Democrat at last! Tes, but ihe wiU get Wot again, dfinH ifmgftt that. Such tactics tto <down sition to the ring are not mew iin Jasper county. —Monon is said to 'be prefgwring, indeed it is right in the of glory and profgrahty sinee the temperance people have iron out all the saloons in the Bang. Iff the same medicine was given mitt at Rensselaer and surrnunfiing towns they would climih the Brill the same way.

NEWIWN WWIHV

—Farmers are 'beginning plant corn. —Victor and Edith KrasiHM,' ire on the sick list. —Mrs. Hattie Bartons closed last Friday. —Mr. Rankin Halstead Sundayed in Rensselaer. »—Miss Kate Keeney dfnrtwr Hit Ayr, is working for Mrs. W. Miller. —Edward Shindeter «ff uanr Parr, Sundaved with Edwnxfl Lane. —Mies Ann Bantreager iff near Rensselaer, spent Saturdaw- Hiid Sunday with Mte Anna J[. Lame. —The party «t Marian ffhaeland’s in honor <ff Mrs. ftedtenfite sister, Mies Miller. rs was well attended. —The party iin ftwnsr rif Mies Anna J. Lane teihettHnne off her parents, Mr. «nd Mrs. Jtea-JL Lane, was well attended ;«nfl a good time reported.

INBHFENBENOE.

—Fine weather tefiris wriifing. —Plenty of ruin the test fosur days. —The click of the corn iptenter can be heard oneveiy term. —Samuel Hopkins did fiusinffie at Rensselaer last Saturday. ' —Mr. McCurtain ite some new fence for William Btatiels. —Mr. at Parr, Sundeyed with Bite {parents. —lsaac Blocker and Shnnn Hufford were in this infinity Ihte Saturday. —Mr. and Mrs Hqpkins wsew the guests of Ed Miller and fonnih last Sunday. —Mtes Nettie Xeedom (rif Kensselaer, visited friends iin tfins wcinity last Sunday. —James Hurley Bibs returned from the Nelson Morris mnfii mnd will now work for IF. Infton. has moved in 4foe Bioiae Maatewd by the Swim family a —The Holiness jjefijiteßnwp am uppoi Hit mayn't 'to £ll enoe next Sunday. Ctenne ®te —Anv one wnrtrtrnp nuHttirre ffnr cattle fritoenff 16 foaad,<aflffi <nn Good grass. —For a gondl / teteas, hearty foot teon, tell sn Kamk Snyder. HewriHirttantet ymaffbe best he can. made* ffying tejpte Sunday through Aeste, font didn’t «et wet. —-The out worms ameteidte foe quitejplentiftd teare inCTK,LBs titey —Owen Hurley south last Sundffv evening, ffik didn’t come tete muneHaiihOT. He was fife

I —Laster Sfiihar was on K. R. Btet Shnritey wriiiL & fina new riding guniy —-MUD Hmm off Vahna, and Miss Mjrtfc Bate ass Hrasate Ridge, wimitefi ®mbt Sondav with the fbrawfs pnnfe te this place. —Me. JL Arnold and Joel Root mtetai tap. tin Julian last week on husuHss. JugHiHMvn the corp planfine busy ip every field. KniMniaglfiKtewwik as Mr. Jerilffbte woke- up he was very mmrih swpmwdtn find that he had fossa steeping: wri& • snake that httfi argHwihdi in, the house during

■UNMKJUL

is still on —lTnto. tfie- Wheatfield cor. sHmieth Igneeting! —Si. V.. needs a barber. Who wiffl soppily this w®nt? —MtesChnai Wheeler is working ffnrMfasi. Mar KbekwelL —Miss Amanda. Hoyes-'visited aft MHatefiteL last Saturday. —few.. ffinkman preached a fine senmniL at IM V. last Sunday. —Mr. lambert Collins has fomghit m Hense: IH bet. May is —Mr. ffidey of Starke Co., was t&eginsc off Titos. Maloney last iSunliiM —Mss- Blanche Hill of WheatfidUltfo,. is working for Mrs. Wil—Am address on -Why wheat ite wirtft aidblliur a bushel F’’ would foeiiuanten:. —Mr. Mau BCoekwell visited his teter iin Bhnsselaer the first part off ttee week.. —lans (tnilbransen of Wheatfitftfi. was seem in our neigh borBinte Ihte week. —Mr. Earil Wilmington was the gum off Mbs Stella White last tSnniiiy evening: —Stinntth was seen on our stoeets Um Monday . He is staying te Cfiariie- Bro wn s —hneoips Ketahmark and famiik- wens trie guests of Henry amfi fiimilV test Sunday. —Mite Sadie Leon of San Henna-.. was the- guest of Arthur amfl Stellte White test: Sunday. -Me. McKay of Medarville, ffheireiWimted horse tamer, was in <mrr mrighberiteed test Monday. —Hilly Junes who has been gnjssahgr hay inffbrter county, is ihraneoinaauouniiaf the wet weather. —Mite Netta. Collins’ school dhwril Ihte Wednesday night with rnn extetetement. which was very flfltedk —■MCMiriL —Our H V. merchants are at {prate among themselves How tetoflftfiril ih te for brethem to live tugstfien in unity ~ suith the bible. —ltenners are complaining abate their seed: com not being ;uuy gaetfi. The state legislatme Have-passed, a tew making —Mrnns Th os Maloney. I. D. Ehunn andlJ X. White have been appnuihiil &w Jhidge Thompson as memitens on the Kankakee tp. —fi-feant BEill ofi Wheatfield tp., was tite guest of your cor. last Steuitey. I mrtaeetE he smiled a mM uitenpmtntg smite at one of titeD V. wrte. —A. mimberofi the IM V. young pMpfle met nufi proceeded, to the hmß»effMte Xette Collins, gteagreeable surprise. —M amr formers had gone into nftefir wfiete fields and. gently Itewmiu J fie-dtefc around, each indfom&tel terife. they might have Wa this staff of —lfcmiay Itenteonv our genteel CL & IL 1 has very mysteriously evaporated on avisi*ngg Ime. Eari. Wilmington is Kunpmg fifar throne,, in his ab—TBb» MMte flays that whoever tdte Lmaß imtefe he chasteneth. If Mr. MriEte&y te ■ Wtewof the Whiteaadlwh» aeteapma its pre(repte*—ltowr gtete must be his rir> Wftll ttogrtt* MnsHc&aHr foaa£ to come up» andl pitey afirarpieces in the wwflftflad «ff Ms wheat field and IlflMtea fomi£yneunfon of the wheat —Tforromespondtate at Vahna, tatodUM aad Independence gave there win be lahtetfiaue.

—Mr. Elmer Hersh man was the guest of Miss Netta Collins last Sunday evening. Elmer, like this paper, comes weekly. —Rev. Switzer of Lafayette, lectured at our place last Tuesday night on corn. He compared some men to an ear of corn with one grain on. He is a fine speaker. —The young man who is in the rank of the’ cussable, will henceforth be considered &s dead by the D. V. correspondent. His name will not be used in the D. V. items or implied. So please, do not consider any article as intended for you. —Mr. Samuel Hopkins our excitizen has bought himself a farm eight miles northeast of Rensselaer. Mr. Hopkins is a successful farmer. He works with his hands, but his head, as he states, is the real farmer. I know Mr. Hopkins when I see him. —We understand that Mr. John Finn is studying the classic lyrics and other works that leads to professionalism in search of campaign thunder, to be used in the next county campaign. His nomination for sheriff is a recognized possibility and the nomination is equivalent to election. —Mr. Marvin Albin is a brave boy but there is one thing in the world that he has no affinity for, and that is big boots. He went to Cedar Ridge schoolhouse for the purpose of escorting a certain young lady home but seeing her father present, armed with a pair of boots of monstrous size, he thought he would wait for a more convenient season.

REMINGTON.

—Field day May 19. —The town is all* torn up by cement walk makers at present. —Workmen are engaged on the foundation for the new Christian church. —Farmers in this locality are nearly all done planting, especially those south of town. —Goodland elected her whole democratic ticket with the exception of treasurer, at her late corporation election. * —Andy Hawn, a former resident of Remington, but now of Goodland, reports a brand-new boy at his home last week. —Marion Coover, late of Kentland, is now a bonafide resident of Remington, having moved his family here this week. —The Central Union long-dis-tance telephone company have material on the ground for the extension of their lines from Logansport to Watseka.

—W. L. Gum has added to his collection of relics several articles which Walter Tharp brought home from Cuba. Among the lot is a machette, a Spanish bugle, a piece of wood from “Remember the Maine,” etc. W. H. Shessler has compromised his damage case against the C. & E. 1., railroad for injuries received near Kniman last February by the railroad company paying him SBOO and all costs of the suit. —Night watchman Holland was quite severely injured Tuesday night by Ed Stone, who had been drinking. Stone' struck Mr. Holland several heavy blows with his fist or “knucks,” cutting quite a gash in his forehead. Stone has not been apprehended at this writing. —Both democrats and republicans in this end of the county look upon the persecution of The Democrat as a high-handed outrage, and agree that it will only redound to the discredit of the parties who are working so hard to “down” the paper. Human nature, the world over, is endowed with a certain spirit of fair play, and such methods by the court house ring will be resented in a way that will make itself felt good and hard.

WHEATFIELD.

—Mr. A. C. Beaman started for Oklahoma last Tuesday. —Mr. Harvey Davisson is visiting friends in Union tp., this week. —Mr. Marble transacted business at Crown Point last Saturday. —John Allen of South Bend, was seen on our streets last Monday. —Dr. Switzer made a trip to his former home in Logansport the first of the week. —Miss Manda Hoyes of Donnville, was visiting Miss Della Barlow of this place last Saturday and Sunday. v —Bert Evansand George Brown, two of the boys that were in the 161st regiment, are now at this place shaking hands with their j many friends.*

—Ed Ledtka and James took the train Knox, where they will begin Work on the nfiw elevator. —The Uncle Josh play that was given here last Friday night was a grand success. Without a doubt the characters made a good showing and carried out their jlhrts to perfection, and the scenery that Mr. Campbell painted for the play was very nice. Mr. Campbell is not always asleep in the afternoon. —A young man was seen coming in town last Saturday evening pushing a bicycle backwards on one wheel and holding the other wheel under his arm, and when ho was asked what was the trouble . he said, ‘T was chasing a trairpflft a very lively rate and soon ca,v4® in contract with some loose s**^ ; o end then found myself taking #£'/?<rider,’ and when I looked at 4he'wheel I found that I had not d4>ne muck to it, but what I did cso was a plenty.” *

FAIR OAKS.

—Chalmers Fry has ’ gone to work for Mrs. Conrad at Rose Lawn. ? , —Mrs. M. Moffitt Master Arvel Bringle visited in Rose Lawn last Saturday. —John Kimble and daughter, Miss Ida, of Gillam, wer-3 guests at S. B. Thornton’s Mon day eve. —Joe Winslow has c pened a fruit store and ice cream] stand in the room just south of the drug store. —We understand thrit Robert Schoffield is talking <sf moving over in the Gifford settlement in the near future. —Mrs. F. Fry avd Mrs. R. Schoffield visited Mrs. Scott Harrington near DeMo te, Wednesday eve and Thursday.' v —The Lutheran church buildin has been purchased by the school board, and will be converted into a school building. —Quite a heavy rainfall here Wednesday eve of this week, so much water that some of the farmers could not proceed with harrowing. —Quite an* interested and attentive audience listened to the program of the C. T. U. last Sunday eve. Next meeting in two weeks. —Grandpa and grandma Cox went to Chicago Heights on Thursday of last week to stay two or three weeks with their son Jim, who lost bis wife lately. —Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bringle, Sr., of southwest Newton tp., and Mrs. Lydia Stephens of Harrison Co., were guests at the homes of A, M. Bringle and Bruce Moffitt a few days this week. —Miss Maggie Kenton occupied the pulpit at the M. BL church Saturday eve and Sunday a. m. She gave a decidedly interesting talk on Sunday eve at the C. T. U. and on Monday eve she gave a discourse at the Christian church. An unusually large audience for religious services in this place was ont on Monday eve. Undivided attention was given te the discourse. The young evangelist has won many friends in this town and the universal sentiment is that her sermons were excellent, and they seem to come from a heart filled with the love of God. She left here Tuesday and went to Wheatfield in the interest of temperance.

SHARON.

—Mr. Stone of Remington, was a caller intown last Wednesday. —Howard Burr, Jordan’s vet* ern assessor, is making the rounds. —Joe Halligan of Rensselaer, was a business caller here Tuesday. —Messrs. Glosser and Harris of Remington, are farming the Axe land. —Frank Shide, our only representative in the Cuban army, is home. —Dame Rumor says that we are to have a wedding some of these davs. —Mrs. A. L. Duvall and Mias. Macher were Remington visitor* last Tuesday. —Mrs. Stein has returned from Joliet, Illinois, where she has been; visiting with relatives. -The Sharon Y. P. S. 0. E. will give an ice-cream social to« night (Saturday) at the schoo|| house. . —Read The Democrat, thffl only pure-dyed-in-the-wool-rocaM ribbed-democratic-paper in llm| vicinity—the great er and corruption-exposer. i '■ . (Veils* Hoosier Poultry Powder Makw Hmm Lay. com Cbotar*. CtaWsMH •nrikmm nonltrw hr* Ithir xwupa ana Kwvpu poultry Sold by A. F. Loo«.