Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1901 — INDEPENDENCE. [ARTICLE]

INDEPENDENCE.

Plenty of rain. Chesley Wray drove over to Rensselaer Thursday. Mav Hays called on Bessie Brubak er Wednesday evening. Charley Pullins was in this vicinity Monday buying hogs. Charley Hopkins aud wife called on Charley Brown Sunday. Trustee Arnold is building an addition to his house. Isaac Miller is doing ihe work. Miss May Hays, Bessie Brubaker and Leonard Hays called on Beula and Dan Hopkins Bunday. Chesley Wrav and family and Wm. Brubaker and family and Grandma Casey spent Sunday with S. H. Hopkins. Adam Blocher and family and Albert Biocher and wife from Clinton county, made a short visit with Chesley Wrays the latter part of last week.

Dr. Pratt of Goodland was a caller here Saturday. James Shannon was over from Forest, 111., last week. _ Si 3 **’ .Bowman returned home from Buffalo Wednesday. f red Hicks was in Chicago this week, buying neV winter g:iods. trank Foltz of Rensselaer, \ was in town Monday on business. Bert Shuster went to Indianapolis Tuesday to attend the carnival.

Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis of Wolcott, were callers here one day last week. Lowell Taylor of Wolcott, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Thos. Mullen. Del Gray and wife, Wm. Hallihan and Frances Wahl went to Buffalo Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. McNichols of Jamestown, Penn., came Tuesday to visit her son, Mark. Misses Mary Peek, Mabelle Lambert and Ella Mullen were Wolcott callers Friday. John A. Gray has leased a farm north of Rensselaer and will move upon same in the spring. The Remington f oot ball team went to Wolcott Friday to play against the Wolcott team. Our street improvement has stopped, pending the hearing of the Panhandle's injunction suit. Miss Midge Miller, who is working in a telephone exchange in Lafayette, spent Sunday at home. Frank Tarman of Milford, 111., spent several days the first of the week with his brothers at this place. Wm. Seymour of Elwocd, brought his child here Tuesday for burial. It died with diphtheria last Sunday. Blanche Day of Motion, who has been visiting friends here for the past two weeks, returned home Tuesday. The Henderson Stock Company went to Wolcott Monday morning, where they have a week’s engagement. The Mrs. John and Sam Mitchell and Mrs. Dave Gastyn went to Monticello Wednesday for a week,s visit with friends. It is reported that Sam Nutt has sold his farm near Frankfort at sloo per acre. He purchased it two years ago at S7O per acre. Miss Alma Babb, who has been visiting her parents for the past week,'returned to Akron, Qhio, Monday, accompanied by her father, Sam Babb. O. P. Taber is making a number of improvements to ths Costello property which he recentty purchased, among which is the building of a new barn. Joe Meehan returned home Monday from Illinois, where he has been with a show company. It seems to be too much for mm, as he is very sick with malarial fever. Caryl Hoops, who went to Woodward, Ok la., some seven or eight years ago with Dr. Patton and W. A. Traugn, spent the week visiting old friends here. ‘‘Moxie’’ looks about as he did when he left here except that he is considerable heavier and a number of silver hairs appear in his locks. He returned to Oklahoma Thursday. Clarence Bridgeman has traded his residence properly and dray business at this place to James Lamie for a 160 acre farm northwest of Wolcott, and the tiansfer of properties has been made. Clarence baa twice been a resident of Kentland, and is a good citizen, but his trading propensities keep him moving.— Kentland Enterprise, Miss Dora Wickwire, who was so seriously injured in the C. & A. wreck, in which Mrs. F. D. Gilman was killed, and who has been at the hospital at Kansas City, was brought home Monday and is suffering no ill effect* from the journey. She was accompanied by Mr. Mark Maxwell and one of the assistant surgeons of the hospital. Quite a number of our citizens went to the depot to extend her a welcome home ard were agreeably surprised at her appearance, winch is better than anticipated. She is able to move about on crutches, and it is hoped that with home care and influences her recovery will be rapid.— Good land Herald.