Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS

REMINGTON.

Merl Fisher is visiting his father and brother at this place. A daughter was hurt) to Mr. and Mrs. Cba s. Hensler Sept. 30, Rev.and Mrs. H. M Middleton were at P.ensselaer Monday, I'lt-wt hi Real, who has been sick for •some time, is slowly improving. John Kettering and Ezra Whitehead -were in Rensselaer Thursday. M rs. Green of Idaho, is visiting Mr. and M 1 s. l id, < Ireen at .this place. J. A. Lamborn was over to the hub Tuesday and Wednesday on business. Miss Katie O Connor wept to Ottawa, 111., W ednesday to visit friends and relatives. Messrs. Nate Reed and John- Walker of Rensselaer, were Remington callers Tuesday. Rev. Griff es is attending die Synod of the Presbyterian church at Crawfordsurille, this week. Mary A. Jordan has been appointed administratrix of the estate of the late .Mount Etna Jordan. Tlie infant son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Alter of West Carpenter, died on Wednesday of last weeK. Ed Peck went to Lafayette WednesdUy to see the cow-pun;her candidate, returning home Thursday. Miss Jeneva Dobbins of Wolcott, spent •several days with Misses Ella Mullen and Matie Knight last week. Miss Bessie Green of South Bend, Is •visiting at the home of her aunt and ■wide, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Green, Hon. E. P. Honan of Rensselaer, defiveied a rousing address in our Bryan and Stevenson,club last Saturday i.ight. Messrs. Peter and Philips Ochs bought Sfa.k rey in Indianapolis last week, and they .elt here Monday morning to take possession. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Padgett at Peoria, Id., Oct. 1. Mrs. ?*dg ett was formerly Miss May Bingman of this place. 'Will Beal’s horse became frightened and leil on him while riding with the Rough Riders Monday night, which end- „ ed in a sprained wiist for him, Mr. John W. Parks a former resident of south of town, died Monday morning at his -home 111 I.eland, Ilh., and was brought here Wednesday for burial. The Charles Bartee farm of i<«> acres miles south of town, was sold a few <lavs ago, to 11 oill 1 1 Ell j«t t of Rank a k ee, 111. We are not advised as to price. Mi and Mrs. Will Holland, Ir. R. Burton and daughter Ro/ella, Miss Maude Merritt and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. F reticle went to Chicago last the littex Two feiilaiiij iig unTtl'Wettriesdayr We unde?stand some of our people have lately purchased farms in Tipton county, near Windfall. Jesse Bennett purchased ’boacres, Janies Little 40 acies and Charles Galbraith 80 acres. The price paid ranged from 845 to SSO per • acre. Granny Wilkins, Jasper county's oldest resident, celebrated her loist birthday Sept 40, at her home in Remington. The old lady walks about town freely, does her own housework and is as spry as many women thirty years Tier junior. -She hills fair to live manv years yet.

BLACKFORD

Birton Jeukinx li-.s 4 lirmi of > atilt* for salt*. Our holiday last Tuesdas ivcut ait peaceably. The schools in this local it > op**n« i Monday. William Meyers lost a line colt otn day last week. Jesse Jenkins' little boy hurt badly oil an ax last Tuesday. Henry Ropp and wifeand h'ttle daujrhter spent Sunday at Jesse Jenkins? Frank Sthroer is shucking corn for Edward Price, southeast of Rentse aer. Janies Cowdeu, \\ arren Robinson and lawyer Wilson w-u* seen in this locality last Tuesday, spell-binding for the railroad tax. Mrs. Samuel Price and lauiiiy, T. J. Hurley and family and Birton Jenkins «pent Sunday with John W. Hurley and •wife. Lester Schriner, the champion horse trader, run out ol trading stock and txmght a pony of George McKlfresh the other day. Daniel l.akin had the mtsfortnnr to run two old rusty spike nails in his foot the other day. One nail went clear through and the other in about ay inch. Dan will be a ciipple for some time. Alter a fair and honest defeat, where the majority of the. citizens and voters voted B. J Gifford's railroad down, an *tber petition was gotten up praying the /MMiorable board of county cominissionetrs to grant them another election, which they did. Ihe election i.amv off Tuesdry giving B. J. the tax. I wish to *ay, if they were going to have it two out aif three. tor to t ail another eje< turn.

DUNNVILLE.

Huriah forDunnviile! Mr. Grant Hill is making love to two «»f our D. V. girls. Mr. Johnny Cramps spent last Sunday at St. Joe. Did Cora go? Mr. Peck Miles was the guest of Miss Kdua < ieary last Sunday, Miss May Kellerntan was the guest of Mr. Lambert Collins last Sunday. f wonder if Irene saw Joe last Friday? 1 wonder how far they walked? Mr. Onter Wilnr.iugton was the squashstating guest of Mr. I). V., last Sunday. Mrs. James Wheeler went to Grant Parte. lIJ., a few days ago on a visiting •war. L. B. Collins, while threshing millet in dKonw county, had the misfortune of gettots arm caught in a belt, which Hwithw arm -bove the wrist. He is .getthig along nicely at this writing.

Miss Rilla Williams of Medaryville, visited in these parts last Saturday arid Sunday. The foundation for our new saloorj is completed. Levi Lavindeer of Lowell, did the mason work. Mr. Ernest Biggs was the guest of Miss Cora Wheeler a few Sunday’s ago. Wonder where Jonathan is? The 3-I railroad is extending its siding at this place, 700, feet. Oscar Graves is the boss of the grading gang. Mr. Bert Brooks and Miss Pearl Bohannan, of pie and cake fame, were the guests of Stella White, last -Sunday. Levi Lavinder of Lowell, is doing mason work in our vicinity. He is an expert in his line. Levi is an ex-D, V., boy. Tlie Misses Emma Henry and Sara Cowgill are very fond of walking cider, or, in other words, strong cider, and ice cream. Thev never refuse, however, pancakes with jelly, an abundance of jelly, spread thereon. Isn’t the appetite of a school ma’am a peculiar and a very complicated arrangement? Poor Australia has so many fryable rabbits running at large that it is almost impossible to raise enough corn-bread to keep her inhabitants from starvation. We understand that the Misses Netta Collins and Fannie McCarthy are very sorry that they do not live there as they are very fond of rabbit pie.

SAN FIERRE.

ItTrAHKS Co.| King Frost has arrived. Mrs. Bodzka is still quite sick, with malaria fever. Mr. Bohannon is again suffering from hrart trouble. Mrs. Anna Agnew visited relatives in Winamac the first of the week. Mrs. Stimson and daughter Grace, did shoppmg in our city Saturday. Mr. Bugby of Kankakee, visited Miss Jessie Crawford here last Sunday. Newu is scarce this week. Guess everybody has been busy staying at home. Miss N ora Walsh, who was quite ill last week, is again able to be around. .Mrs. May Tilton spent last we<-k in Medaryville, the guest of her parents. I.a’ne Feets shipped tlie first carload of sugar beets from this place this week. Mrs. M. I). Falvey and Mrs. Dennis McLaughlin are spending ’the week in ChlcagrT. Miss Rilla W illiams of Medaryville, spent a tew days vsititig friends 111 this city, fast week, Bert Brooke and Miss Pearl dluhanion visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren. White of Diiimville last Sunday. MrsT-KTttt*-K i fgore, wlmdias b*etr-nsft’- 1 mg H* r daughter, Mrs? Wm. Vail has returned to her home at this place. Mr. I).’V., that dark line under acertain item of the San Pierre news certainly was a mistake of the printer, and not our’s. Rev. H. M. Gallon preached an able settnon at the M. E. church at this place last Sunday. Sofew having known there would f>e services the congregation was small,-but we truly appreciated his talk. There will be services again Sunday week at j o’clock p. ni.

McCOYSBURIi.

Mis. R mdle is on the - rk list, Flnier Gun yon was hen- Tuesday. Mns Pearl Patker was at home Sunday.’ Work oti the new store isstid progress* ing >( i Miss 1 1 ota Foster is working fur t . A. I rllci. Willie Whittaker started to school iaat Monday. s * ' Jolin foster returned bom Delphi Sunday * There will be a dance at Goodnight s to u'glit. Rev. Brady preached here last Sunday evening. Miss Stella Pollock is working for Mr. Loulart of }' R. Will Cade beg ut# husk mg corn for Mr. Foster last Monday. Jennie Murray and Gustare Bernhart wete here Sunday evening. l ewis Watkins has sent for his boxing gloves. Now. boys, look oull Jim and Charley Lefler are helping W. R. Wilhls build the new store. Mr.^Toster aud son l.evyis nude a business tjip to Medaryville Wednesday. ( barley Wachtel came home Sunday night lor a week's visit'with his parents. , if you had a little more shoe polish «n thar mustache, rt would surely shirt**. Mrs. Belle Josserand and Cora Bolts visded Mrs. Randle from Tuesday until Thursday. Misses Pearl and Blanche Potts and Mae Roman •of Pleasant Ritlge, were hero Sunday., .... Several people of McCovsbuig and vicinity attended the street fair at Francesvtlle last week. Well, girls, 1 won’t say anything about the thickon lice thrt time, but be careful how you call them hay seeds hereafter. It McKinley and his biothers m Trust haVr so much prosperity to spare, they'd better send for a mighty wavt oyer the state of Penn., or they are liable to miss a f*w much neoded votes Irym that state.

INDEHEN DENCH.

School begins Monday. Hurrah for W. J. Bryan! Hugh Gassy baked over to Blackford I uesday. Joel Reot drove over to Wheattield Wednesday. Rd Biggs and Win. M yer s of Wheatheld, were buying apples in these part* Saturday. Jess Gamot of Dew Drop, was in these parts Tuesday,

Lynn Griggs put in some tile for Frank Hays last week. Ike Miller and family called on Eli Arnold last Sunday. Mr. Brasket of Waheatfield, did business in these parts Monday. Samuel Hopkins hauled lumber from Rensselaer \Vednesday. Cory Daniels’ of Parr, is working on farm this yveek. Will Wray who is working in the hayseed region, was home Sunday on a visit Mrs. Winner of Union City, Ohio, is visiting her brother Joel Root, this week. John Hopkins has purchased a fine new buggy of Renicker Brothers, trimmed right up to date, but he says no one bit himself rides in it. We, the.people of Barkley township, want a new railroad election. Gifford won this time and we won theother time. Will the commissioners grant us another election? Nothing more than fair that we should have it, is it? Daniel Blocker of the province of Wbeatfield, came down last Saturday evening to see one of our N. R. girls. He wore a standing collar that resembled a picket fence around a circus ground, and had a smile on his face as big as a sunflower.

SHARON.

Hurrah for Bryan I Frank Pollard is at Wolcott this week. W. Desbrow was a Remington caller last Saturday. Ben Smith was a caller in Remington last Tuesday. Rev. Sines preached at the schoolhouse last night. Wayne Kerr of Black Oak, was a caller here last Tuesday. D. V. Garrison of Remington, was a caller here this week. Some of our boys have gone to Benton county to husk corn. Joseph Scheurich was a caller at MeCoysburg last Monday. Timmons Bros, attended a hop in Jordan tp. last Monday night. R, Dickison and W. M. Hammond were in Chicago last Sunday. Miss Pearl McGee, of Rensselaer, yi*- | ited with relatives here Sunday. John Wagner Jr. is down with typhiod ! fever and is quite low at present. Joseph Hixby of Sheldoo, 111., was visiting with relatives h? re this week, The Sharon Y. P. S.C E. will give a social at the home of A. L. Duvail Satj urday evening. f TTon. E. F. Honan, of Rensselaer, jsptke to a crowded house at Lawndale i last Monday night. Mr. Honan proj duced sound argument and the audience was well pleased w ith the way he handled ! the issues of the day.

EAST WALKER.

Ak in. Ditts now occupies the Darner | house on F. M. Hershman’s land. Walter Darner of Wheatrteld, visited I relatives and friends here last Sunday. Nearly everybody attended S. S. conj vention at West Vernon last Sunday. A | rousing good time was enjoyed. ; Miss F.ricksen, formerly a resident and ! schoolmistress of Walker, is visiting the | family of C. Satrin. She now resides in ! Chicago. Sniping was a good business a few I days last week. Eddie Hershman killed I fifteen in an hour and a half. His father has a new gun- for s ile. - I Ed Kenton, who formerly lived on the (las. Hershman 1 Gifford farm will occupy i th“ same again soon. Hi sister jind ■ mother will keep house for him. lohu I . Hershman Jr. was chosen by foe Satr ti’s resignation as candidate for road supervisor of district number 4. John is hoti'tst, ambitious and admirably capable of tilling the office. i Geo. MiEwen ni Kniman was in this end of the township last Sunday making , ptepatatiofis for the forthconing S. S. ronventiotf at Dew Drop. He is the efficient Supt. of the Kniman school. Walker democrats have chosen the following parties as the Officers at the coming election: Judge, Joe Hickson; ’ Clerk, Albert Botik ; Sheriff. Thos. Call • aghan. Poll Book holder, Simon Spriggs; Challenged, August Schriber. Mat Burger and sons and Cris. Satrin and sons last week sold four car loads of large feeder steers The price wa* $3.00 j pet hundred which was a fancy price considering the quality of cattle. They went to the Notre Dame college farm.

NORTH BARKI.EY.

Mrs. Harry Gifford was at Wheattield Saturday. , Peter Rohde transacted business in ■ Fowler last week. Smith N<*well of Valnta was seen in this vicinity Monday. Ora Morgan and John Resh are husking corn at Archer, 111. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Callahan visited friends in W Heattield Sunday. Jess Davis of Illinois, is visiting his brother near Gifford this week. John Keith and Arthur Meching were in Kankakee, 111. on business SaturI day. George Meckling and wife are visiting the lattei'i parents at Walkerton this , week. Two oil tanks are at Gifford and are being tilled wi|h oil front the new oil j fields, I Hi rman Abler* and John Schwind drove tc Lafayette Monday with a load ot onions. Win. Brady had the misfortune to get a piece of peach «eed in his eye. It is at presrnt writing very painfull. The new Kennedy school house being built to replace the old one burned last February, is nearing comletion. T. M. Callahan has purchased the new stock of gitods owned by Frank Nelson, at Comer, and twill take possessiitn the first of the week.