Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

NEWTON TOWNSHIP. Everybody threshing. Miss Bride Makeever is on the TDavhl Hostichtler is threshing for Frank Krasney. !• Quite a few “started” on the exlast Sunday; ’'Mr. David Mauck is building ba addition to his house. Roe and Grace Yeoman spent Sunday at Mr. Keeney’s at Mt. Ayr. • Lula Clifton of Fair Oaks, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Frank Hopkins. Mrs. H. O. Shields spent a few days with relatives and friends at Rensselaer. The Shindeler’s and Frank Brusnahan Sunday ed at Mr. Kransney’s. John and Kate Mauck spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Duvall. Roy Stucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Handley, is quite sick with flux. Bow Makeever is dangerously sick with summer complaint. Dr. —-, of Morocco, is attending him. Mrs. Joseph Thomas and children are spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Shindler of Parr. John Carlin and family, Will Felvie of Chicago, Misses Mary Brusnahan, Mr. and Mrs. John Lakin of Parr, were guests at Joseph Lane’s last Sunday.

NORTH BARKLEY.

Grant Darding is on the sick list. John Schwind was in Rensselaer Saturday. Warren Wilson is yery sick at this writing. John Schwind went to Lafayette Monday. Harry Gifford and Charlie Evans did business in Rensselaer Saturday. Quite a crowd of young people from Comer went fishing on the Kankakee river Saturday. John Leach of Parr, was in the vicinity of Comer looking for a place to rent Thursday. The Giffordites played Pleasant Ridge a game of ball Sunday. Score 15 to 18 in favor of the Giffordites. Quite an accident happened to Frank Lewis, our catcher, and Frank Parker, first baseman. While running for a ball, they came together with great force, knocking Lewis senseless. He did not regain consciousness for an hour, but is much better at this writing. Parker was not hurt quite so badly, only spraining his knee a little.

DUNNVILLE.

Hurrah for anti-trustism. Grandpa Peregrine left D. V, last Saturday. Pat Lavinder is working for Charlie Brown. Miss Maggie Behler of Chicago, is visiting her parents. Mr. Booth wastheguest of Miss Nancy Gross last Sunday, John Davis who has been quite sack, is slightly improving. Wilson Miser is working for George Dunn and Schrader. ■; .C. R. Peregrine is buying grain. D. V.' needs a board of trade. J Rev. Tannehill of Knox, preached at D. V. last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were the guests of Mr. Brett and family fast Sunday. If you want to see May Witt ■mile, say unto her, “Don’t fall off tbe hand car,” Rev. Hickman and Tharp preached excellent sermons at D. V. last Sunday. Mrs. Chris Belcher of Winamac, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner. Miss Lillie Peregrine says that beet sugar is O. K. She tasted a sample the other day. Quite a number of the D. V. boys, including Prof. Mannan and Graves, attended the GergXT at North Judson last

BLACKFORD.

Trustee Kaupke had 1400 bushels of oats; Secretary of State, T. F. Maloney, had 1500 bufohels. Mr. and Mrs. Vanf)uzer of Wheatfield, were the guests of;Mr, and Mrs. White last Sunday. Miss Lulu Hilliard, who has been visiting her sister Belle; returned home a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Cooper and Mrs. Jane Williams of San Pierre, visited at D. V. last Sunday. Man in Albin, our D. V. dude, and Bessie Eldridge attended church at D. V. last Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Keene of Rensselaer, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floars last Saturday and Sunday. Jessie Wilmington had 2,000 bushels of oats. Mr. Wilmington received a legal divorce from the threshing machine last Wednesday. Mr. John Finn, our prominent democrat, expects to deliver a speech in each one of the thirteen tp’s. during the next county campaign. Mr. Gillespie says its nobody’s business if he does wear one shoe and one boot in the hay field. The American people don’t care, Mr. Gillespie. Mrs. Coffin and Master Walter Segrist, who has been visiting the former’s daughter in Racine, Wis., returned last Monday. They report a fine time. L. B. Collins and Miss Paine, J. W. White and Miss Brown were buggy riding and sniffing the sweet scent of new mown hay in our vicinity last Sunday. Billy Fitzgerald is going to join the Modern Woodmen. Feed the goat Pratt’s food, gentlemen, and put a bell on him and tie a cat to liis tail. Give Billy a hot time. We had quite a rain and wind in this part of the world, a few days ago. The only visible marks of the wind was the untopping of hay and grain stacks and the humiliation of some of our corn. Mr. and Mrs. John Hill of Wheatfield tp.; Mrs. Erwin of Lafayette; Frank Hill and Miss Blanche Hill, and the kid known as D. V., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown last Sunday. Say gentlemen, I suppose you all know Bert Niece, the celebrated jockey? While out riding the other night, he was thrown off and like a sled he very undignifiedly slipped over the ground, using his fine shirt for a runner. We understand that Grant Hill has become so absent minded that he has to have his girl’s name printed on a card, so he won’t for?;et it. Grant, eat pulverized pigseet and you will soon develop into a forget-me-not. Mark Hanna in one of his celebrated ant-hill speeches said, that the organization of trusts is a benefit to the American people. Immediately after this startling decla ration the steel trust was “borned” and that commodity and wire, its child, advanced in price. It wasn’t the trust that raised the prioe. becuz Mark said so, but it was because we are shipping a very large amount to the Phillipines to put a fence around Aquinaldo and his intrepid followers. There’s a reason for everything.

Henry Steele is working for his brother S. Steele, this week. Mert and Mollie Fay and Effie Nuss spent Sunday with Zora Steele* Chas. Reed has taken a job of cutting hay on the Kankakee marsh. John Hays, who has been attending school at Valpo, was here a few days ago. Last Monday was Miss Mamie Meyers’ birthday. She got several “thrashings” and a nice boquet as presents. Several young people from this locality attended the ice-cream social at Samuel Hopkins’ Sunday. All had a splendid time. Wm. Gilmore sold a 2-year-old trotter the other day to Judy & Wood of Parr. We understand that he got $230 for the animat James Meyers and family, Charley Hurley and family and Jacob Meyers of DeMotte, visited relatives and friends in this locality Sunday. Some of the young men of this locality who went out West to work are already homesick and | for ““W*

WHEATFIELD.

FAIR OAKS.

Weather turning Two new boys, ‘ one at Chas. Foy’sand the other at' Vic, Yeoman’s, JV-rs. John Price and Marios Grant’s babies are on the sick list thia week. , ■ • > r. Mrs. S. P. Thompson of Rensselaer, visited Mrs. Allen Thompson, one day last week. ~ Mrs. T. F. Brusnahan and twin babies spent one day last week the guests of Mrs. Rose Davis, at Rose Lawn. Mrs. John Garriott and Mrs, D. E. Hudson went Tuesday to Lake Village, to visit Mrs. May Marshall, returning Thursday. What is the mattery Bfo. Marshall, that you did not meet your antagonist at Fair Oaks the 15th? We guess you must be afraid of him.

H. Marble made a business trip to Hammond last Monday. Editor Babcock again rides one of the republican ring-masters. The Jasper Co. Telephone Co., is putting in an office here this week. Ask Ed Sidtka who he had to set on to keep him on the train last Sunday night. We understand that there will be a begging institution Strike town this week. Charley Gerber made a flying trip to Crown Point last Sunday, returning home Monday. The Farmers Picnic will be a grand affair and everybody is invited to come and take a part. Mr. George, Mrs. J. H., and Miss Bessie Tilton are visiting relatives in Chicago Heights this week. A young man said to us, “It will be two weeks next Sunday since I saw her! Just think of it!’’ And we have been thinking of it ever since. He has our sympathy. If Robert Bunch turns himself loose at the pie-faced parrot who did so much rough talking in the car over at North Judson last Sunday, he will make him sorry that he spoke. Perry Hamilton'and Wm. Clark went to Medaryville last Sunday. Bill went to parts unknown, while Perry awaited his return. Perry says that Bill will never get him him into another snap like that. We see that D. V. is trying to trade his razor bread-knife for a buggy. Our advice would be to hang on to the bread-knife. Incase of an attack by our would-be pusher the bread-knife might be utilized. Of course you could not do much to him, but what you could do would be a plenty. The ball game between N. Judson and Wheatfield last Sunday, which was played at N. Judson, resulted in a victory for N. Judson. Most every body reported a good time, except the ladies who had to leave the car and drive home on account of some very bad language, which was mostly delivered by a mutinous individual who calls himself an “editor,” who had evidently absorbed more whiskey than a sponge of the same size could soak up.

S. B. Thornton’s visited in Rensselaer Saturday evening. It is rumored that school is to open the first Monday of Sept Mrs. Belle Brady of Chicago is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Nelson. Some of our people attended Holiness meeting last Sunday at Brushwood. Grandma Johnson who has been seriously sick, is reported to be better at this writing. Miss Francis Brady and Mrs. Laura Boyle have gone to Chicago to look for employment. Mrs. D. Winslow, Joe and Sylvia went last Tuesday to Yeddo to visit friends and attend the did settlers’ meeting. * Quite a number of our people were disappointed last Sunday morning when the excursion train went through without stopping. Enos and Elmer Moffitt’s hate moved to town in the last week. They have been farming over in Newton county on the Harris & Vanatta land. John Kimble and son George, of Gillam, were in town Sunday and went to Chicago Sunday night to consult a physician about the eruptions on George’s face and hands, he has been suffering from this ailment for sor 6 years, m

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REMINGTON.

Blackberry picking la about over WIW.*O« f KSf J? ' 1 < Dan Lesh did shopping in Rensselaer Monday. „ John Hopkins went to Rensselaer Monday. Andy Arnold called on Edward Miller last Sunday. Charley Driver hauled a load of wood to town Monday. Chesley Wray and wife called on James Miller last Sunday. Edward Miller bought a bunch of shoats of Jake Hurley. Peter Hordeman is threshing in the vicinity of Blackford. Lynn Griggs went to Valma Tuesday to dig some ditch. Will Florence and family called on Frank Hays last Sunday. The Bums boys sold their cattle Tuesday at $5.05 per cwt _ George Wilcox of Surrey, was seen in this vicinity Wednesday. The storms last week blew some of the farmers’corn down very bad. William Daniels hauled a load of wheat to Rensselaer Wednesday. Daniel Hopkins killed a rattlesnake that had 5 rattles a few days ago; Chester Caster is able to be around again after a severe sick spell. The Bums boys have threshed, and say they had 3,000 bushels of oats. Billy Smith of Fair Oaks was seen in the vicinity of N. R, last Sunday. ; George Masters and Charley Snyder stacked straw for Shriner Thursday. James Davis’ wife and daughter were guests of Charley Jenkins’ last Sunday. Miss Nancy Hubbard of Julian, visited in this vicinity Saturday and Sunday. Ed McCurtain who has been going to school at Valparaiso, was in this vicinity Tuesday. Horace Daniels had three fine cattle killed by lightning on Wednesday of last week. Charley Hopkins who is working for S. J. Hill, of Wheatfield tp., was home last Sunday. Charley Fish has purchased a bran-splinter new buggy. My, won’t Miss feel proud of it. Don’t forget the basket dinner at Independence, Sunday. Every one come with well filled baskets. George Masters and Miss Sarah Davisson attended the Holiness meeting near Brushwood last Sunday evening, Fred Renicker had his job threshed out Tuesday by the Wourlden machine. He had about 2,000 bushels. Quite a number of people gathered together at the home of Samuel Hopkins last Sunday. They made ice cream and lemonade and united in a general good time. Billy Bowers and Harry Hess of Newton county stoppea awhile with Mr. Independence last Sunday. They were going over to Gifford’s to see Miss and Miss

Fountain Park closes to-morrow, Sunday. Only one more week till the Remington fair. E. F. Emery took in the Seashore excursion last week. Another of Joseph Vogel’s children is reported very sick. The Durand block has been brightened up with a new coat of paint. Joseph Vogel is very sick at this writing, with but little hopes of his recovery. James H. Green went to Denver, Colo., last week for the benefit of his health. W. H. Wells, of Chicago, a former business man of Remington, is here this week. Ed Anderson’s Comedy Co., will occupy the boards at the opera house during the fair. Miss Hattie Yeoman was thrown from a carriage one day last week and somewhat bruised up. Remington is having a perfect epidemic of dysentery ana flux, and the doctors are kept busy night and day. A special train is to be run for Fountain Park from the east tomorrow. No doubt the day will be the biggest of the meeting. There may be lots ot “railroad talk” hereabouts, but your correspondent has beenunable to locate very much; enthusiasm as yet.

Quite a number took in the Monon excursion to Chicago last Sunday. Several of the boys went on West to get work in the harvest fields, A. H. Tedford, formerly of this place, now of Monticello, is preparing to move to Louisville, Ky„ where he has a position as a commercial traveler. Miss Grace Guy, a daughter of Jasper Guy’s, who has been making her home at Ft. Wayne for the past two or three years, was married to a young man named Eugene Dingman, near Ft. Wayne a few days ago. Towns along the Panhandle are much exercised over the reduction made by the state board of tax commissioners in the Panhandle’s assessment from $34,000 per mile to $12,000 per mile. It makes quite a difference in the revenues received, The various town boards along the line will join issues, it is said, and a rehearing will be had if possible. The school board has engaged the following corps of teachers for Remington schools the coming school year: W. R. Murphy, Supt.; W. R. Marehall, Prin.; C. R. Clark, Asst. Prin.; May Gifford, 7th grade; Dell Yeoman, sth and 6th; Ophelia Lees, 4th and sth; Helen F. Kelley, 3d; Maggie Leavel, 2d; Minnie Bartoo Ist. Our schools will begin Sept 4.