Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1902 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

NEWLAND. Everybody on the move. Clyde Wi him is working for H. E. Gifford this week. The dredee is laid up on account of there being too much ice. Owen Callahan was at the hub on business one day last week. We wonder why Fearl didn't come to town Sunday night? Ask Mable. John Rush will go to Chicago this j week for a short visit with friends. Nevell & Grube finished shelling corn | here Frtd-.y and are now shredding fodder. Dave Guthrie and James Hanaford of Kersev, were here on a business trip Saturday. Miss Artie Stevens will return to her home at Hersher, 111, this wtek, after spending the winter with her sister, Mrs. Harry Giffi rd. About everybody got a comic valentine here Friday. Some were drawn bv a rising (?) young artist of Gifford. There is some talk of building a studio and equipping it with all modern inipiovements and then turning it over to the artist. (?)

FORESriAN. J. B. Foresman is shipping some fat cattle to Chicago. Henry Harris is again shipping three car load of fine cattle today to Chicago. I see that David Williams is now able to be out again alter a spell of sickness. Harry Eligah of Mt. Ayr, is going to take his wife to Chicago to be operated on. Birt Linton is expecting to move back to Marion, Grant Co., tn the near future. Charles Shaffer, formerly of Mt. Ayr, has returned to Chicago after a few days visit with his friends. This place is going to have the second barber shop. Foresman is quite a business post, here of late. Mrs. J. Merchant of Brook, died February to with cancer of the stomach. She has been a victim to this disease fora long time. John Miller is today moving over near Francesville, where he will take charge of one of J. Thayer's farms. Mr. Thayer is a citizen of Illinois.

INDEPENDENCE. George Hopkins called on Harry Hays Sunday. Miss Nancy Hufford is working for Charley Pullins.' Frank Hays and family spent Sunday with Billie Myers.’ Maggie aod Bluford Tarbit called on Lee ana Mamie Myers Sunday. Manuel Root of Wabash Co., attended business at Rensselaer the first of the week. Several of the young folks of Nubbin R'dg,e- visited school at Cosy Palace Tuesday. The oyster «upper at Mr. Robinson’s was a success. The evening was passed very enjoyably. John Hopkins has purchased a fine team of horses, which he expects to take to Dakota with him. Clarence Green and wife and W. M. Green were in this vicinity Sunday and Monday on business. Joel, Will, Cora and Rena Wray, Nancy Hufford, Bertha, John and Daniel spent Sunday with C. M. Hop-

Miss Vern Barkley, who is working in Rensselaer, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parmts, Edward Barkley's. John Hill, an old residenter of Wheatfield tp„ has moved on the place known as the old iliff farm, owned now by B. I. Gifford. ‘ J Mrs. Susie Arnold, daughter Bethel, and Mrs. Van Lesh and daughter Mildred, spent Tuesday with Mrs. S. H. Hopkins. Daniel Lesh and family, Mrs. Van L**sb, son and daughter, Jacob and Relva Lesh, spent Sunday with Elias Arnold's. Our Wheatfield correspondent asked last week that some citizen friend explain why valentines were sent now unsigned so long after the death of St. Valentine and one endeavors to offer an explanation as best as is understood; While St. Valentine still lived, many children came to him with their troubles and asked him to comfort them. So many came that he soon could not have time to see them all, so asked them to write to him and not sign their names to their loiters. They did so. After his death they were so sorry that they sent tokens of love to each other in memory of him. These they sent unsigned. Thus the custom has ever been followed and is still found to be one of pleasure and enjoyment as a token of love.

DUNNVILLE. John Behles, who has been on the sick list, is better. Dr. Solt of San Pierre, was in our midst last Sunday. Miss Leona Finn, who has been afflicted with grip, is better. Th- re will be a ball at DeArmond’s machinery hall, Feb. 22. Miss Rilla Williams of Mtdaryville, is visiting friends at this place. Robert Renuewanz of San Pierre, was the guest of Miss Lydia Sands last Sunaay. Tom McCoiy has decided to engage in the Belgian hare industry. He has a few tine hares. A. G. Hendryx is the possessor of a mad stone. He is curing at present, some very bad cancers. For sheriff, Hon. John Finn of Kankakee tp. Mr. Finn is a stalwart democrat and merits recognition. The letters from Myers & Myers in The Democrat are very interesting. They are eagerly read in this domain.

Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCulloch of Porter county, gave a dinner in honor of the Misses Stowe!ls last Friday evening. A 'good time is reported. Prof. R. A. Mannan of Demotte, was at Dunnville last Saturday. He says that he holds the ace and face cards in the matrimonial contest. Love is trump. Joe Fenzil ot Walker tp., attended church at D.V. Sunday evening. The girls were so glad to see him, they almost decided to give him a congregation kiss. Asa Hyde says that the matrimonial shtp is nothing more than Noah’s ark, reconstructed. All that enter the ship must enter it through the one door. Now where Asa got his fight on this subject we cannot tell. James Newhouse has arrived at that mental point, where a person imagines that he is a victim of circumstances. Last Sunday, Jim was for a tew minutes, the pilot of four bundles of sweetness but 10, tbere appeared a cloud in the matrimonial heavens, liken unto a young man with a sleigh which swept

away Jim’s enthusiasm as well as bis girls. Walter Lyons, youngest child of. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lyons, was born Sept. 27, 1901, and died Feb. 14, 1902, aged 4 months and 18 days. Interment wt(S made in the San Pierre cemetery. The burial services were conducted by Rev. J. Vandtrearr. The pareuts have the sympathy of this community in their bereavement. Margaret ha Anna Behles, nee Waschbusch, was born in Kell, Germany, Jan. 23, 1842, and died Feb. 9, 1902, aged 60 years and seventeen days. She was united ip marriage to Peter Behles July 10, 1873. To this union five childien were born, whom all survive. Her death was caused by a tumor of the stomach from which she suffered six months. The funeral was conducted at the Wheatfield Catholic church by Father Koenig. She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her loss. The husband, children and relatives of the deeased have the sympathy of the enttre community in this their hour of sorrow. The yuung people of San Pierre and Dunnville, held their First Annual Social Institute at San» Pierre last Friday evening. The Dunnvillites were carried to the seat of action on a bob-sled, whose motor power was furnished by Messrs. Aaron Timmons and OttoSchiw der in the shape of four corn-fed horses. When we arrived at the arena of pleasure and had made our debut, social games were introduced and enjoyed by all. For the time being the San Pierrites and the D. Vites could not be recognized, for all were recognized as friends. Frank McCarthy, the Jasper county hypnotist, demonstrated to the assembled that he was truly a master of the occult science. After the games, the Messrs. Dolezals treated the hilarious audience to several courses of the good things of this life which was absorbed in the spirit of energy. In behalf pf the young peo le ot San Pierre and D. V.,4 wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Dolezal for their liberality.

SOUTH LAWN. Edward Tanner is on the sick list. Fine winter weather at this writing. Mr. Ellsworth butchered a beef last week. Mr. Eldridge's have filled their ice house. Miss Effie Louks' visited Mr, Lowman’s Sunday. Mr. Louks’ are preparing to move to Hanging Grove. George Lowman has purchased a fine driving horse. Andrew Potts visited Nathan^ Eldridge and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Collins visited at J. V. Parkinson's Sunday. The deputy sheriff was seen in these parts Friday evening. Thomas Parker and wife visited at Charles Parker's Friday. Hale Grant attended the box 'social at Bell Center Friday evening. Carrie and Maggie Lowman visited their brother, Alfred Lowman, Thursday.

LEE. C. M. Horner of Monon, was here last week. Earl Stiers drove through from Sheldon, Monday. W. O. Carro'hers spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Mrs. Albert Rishling is visiting her parents at this writing. O. A. Jacks and wife, Ida Jacks and Joe Clark spent Sunday at Frank Mayo's. Mrs. Deliah Myers of Reynolds, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. P. Rishling. Chas. Bussell and son of McCoysburg, were through here Saturday chasing a wolf. It was captured later oniiy Ben Denton.

WHEATFIELD.

Roy says he “likes to bo«.rd at home.” Don’t forget the Woodmen dance tonight. Baz Marble bought a team of mares of Mr. Hand last week. Miss Ala Stepbeson of Kersey, was in town this week on business. Sim Fendig and L. Gilbranson were in K*-nsselaer Tuesday on business. Our new blacksmith, Arthur Mechling, is having all the can do. Mrs. Ella Archer enterolined a number of friends at a »ag-tacking, Wednesday. Horace Marble started Monday for a fortnight’s trip in Mississispi and Alabama. Mr. and Mrs. John Whrtiker and daughter Flossie, spent Sunday in Stoutsberg. A number of young people went skating Wednesday night. Ask Elva how she got home? John Pinter and daughter Ida, went to Chi ;ago Wednesday for medical treatment tor the latter. Miss Mabel Shomer of Chicago Heights, is spending a few days with her cousins, the Misses Greve. The Good Templars will hold a pubjic meeting at the church Sunday evening. Everybody cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. William McNiel are having their hotel repaired and will occupy it the coming year, as a dwelling house.

PARR.

J. L. Babcock shipped stock Tuesday night. Ike Hemphill and family visited L. W. Benbow Sunday. Everett Warne has moved to his farm, east of Fair Oaks. Sol Norman took the milk train for Chicago Heights Tuesday. Logs are being hauled to the Russel sawmill, one rhile east of here. Mrs. Theodore Warne has been on the sick list for the past two weeks. Mr. Guijyon loaded his household goods here Monday for Boone county. Will Williams has moved on the Dave Alter farm and Dave has moved to Parr. A. H. and I, E. Alter and B. D. Comer will put in telephones in the near future. Sam Norman from Surrey, has bought the Alph Sea property and moved into same. The box supper was well attended and thirty-two boxes sold from 40 cents to $l5O. There will be a wedding near Parr Sunday. This will be the second wedding in this neighborhood in the last two weeks. Let the good work go on.

Jesse Warne of Chicago Heights, is visiting friends and relatives here for a few days. - There ate two blacksmith shops in Parr now, as Judy & Wood have started one. The more the merrier. W. L. Wood received a car load of horses from Chicago this week. This is the second load|his winter. Parr is putting on city airs these days by having three or four plain drunks every week, parties out of town. Frank Reed has returned from North Dakota. He reports his brother John well and pleised with the country., Frank took a claim while out there.

FAIR OAKS. Wm. Burns killed a big wolf last week. Grandpa Spry is visiting Ike Right's this week. Abe Bringle purchased a horse at Ed Cull’s sale. , Eli Hooper is hauling lumber to build a new house in the west part of town. Andrew Shipman of Newton tp., visited friends in Fair Oaks last Friday night. Anderson Jenkins and wife of N. R„ and Wm. Gilmore and wife of Parr, called on John Gilmore. Samuel Howe died Monday morning and the remains were taken to Rensselaer Tuesday for burial. t Postmaster Thompson attended the xonvention Wednesday at Monticello, he neing a delegate from this place, Mr. Folly of Remington, came over the first of the week and bought property of Tom Mallatt and moved into the same Tuesday. A number of Fair Oaks people attended the sale at Ed Cull’s at Parr last Friday. After the sale was over they repaired to the pool room to show the Parr sports how to play pool. Parr wasn’t in it—never got a game. The ladies of- th j M. E. Aid society will give an oyster and ice-cream social at the school house Saturday night in honor of Washington’s birthday. Rev. Allen, pastor of the church will give a recitation entertainment and immediately after, supper will be served. Everybody is invited to come. Come early.

VALMA Asa Wrightsman called on Day and Oran Norman Sunday. Miss M ita Saltwell ; s visiting Mrs. Will Murray at this writing. Addison Shook moved on the farm vacated by G. Thornton Monday. Mrs. Mary Hinkle of Michigan, is in this vicinity this week on business. Ralph Luers returned to his work for th” Snedeker Bros., northwest of Gifford, Monday. Miss Dela Smith spent the lat’er part of last week with her cousin, Miss Rena Newcome. Ralph Luersand Milton Michaels returned from their visit in Carroll county’ Wednesday. Misses Bessie and Many Odam and Pearl Critchlow called on Blanche Norman Sunday. The Endeavor’s of the Barkley Christian church will give an oyster supper at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Biown, near Pleasant Grove.

Elmer Holland is very sick with pneumonia. Henry Welsh was a Rensselaer visitor Tuesday. Miss Ella Mullen returned home from Wolcott Monday. The M. E. church is holding revival services since Sunday. Mr. Spears of Wolcott, was a caller here Tuesday evening. Jasper Guy was in El wood on business Wednesday and Thurseay. . O. G. Maxwell is confined to the house with the grip sin e Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Eck celebrated their golden wedding. Feb. 9. James Thompson of Chicago, was the guests of friends here Wednesday. Misses Emma Bull and Bessie Harris of Wolcott, were callers here Wednesday. Mrs. Perry Griffith and son Claude Lambert, were Rensselaer callers last Sunday. Miss Ida Beal went to Watseka today to spend Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Stella Dick. W. E. Kirk has sold his barber shop to Abe Lewis and will go to El Reno, Okla., we understand. Ed Peck and A. B. Coleman were in Monticello Wednesday to the congressional convention. Mr. Burton has sold his property on North Indiana st., to Leslie Fisher who will take possession of same March Ist. Miss Edith Garner and Chas. Reece were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's parents, south of town.

C. T. Denham has announced himself a candidate for the republican nomination for county commissioner from this district. John Ebring and wife, nee Nellie Osborne, who were married here about three weeks ago, left for their home in lowa Tuesday. 0. P. Taber was awarded the contract for macadamizing North and South Railroad streets, and will begin work as early in the spring as possible. Word comes from El wood that Luke Ford was badly injured and probably permanently crippled last Friday morning while at work in the tinplate mills. He was accidently struck on the leg with a red-hut bar of metaJ which burned through to the bone. On Thursday night, about midnight, of last week an incipient blaze was discovered in the basement of the Austin block, under Tom Mullen's store, which might have been very disastrous had it not been discovered by nightwatchman Holland, who at once gave the alarm and and the fire was etxinguished before much damage was done except from smoke. Tom's loss from the latter was quite heavy but was covered by insor-* ance.

The most reliable preparation for kidney troubles on the market is Foley's Kidney Cure. A. F. Long.

BLACKFORD. Lincoln Jenkins visited al his father’s Sunday. Cleveland Price called on Birton Jenkins Wednesday. Korah Daniels bought a fine horse the latter part of last week. Tohn Gassy hauled a load of straw to his new home Tuesday. John W. Hurley and wife visited at Charley Jenkins' Sunday. Fred Schreiner and Newt Jenkins were Blackford callers Sunday morning. John Grey went to Remington last week and brought back a load of hogs and tools. Nellie Barkley and sitter Opal, drove over to Rensselaer Sunday with their sister Vernie, who is working there. Lincoln and Edward Jenkins were husking corn for Mr. Green Wednesday. They got the lodder for husking the corn. ' Mrs. S >gster is moving to Rensselaer, Mr, Fletcher will also move the first of March. They are moving in with John Auberson and will try city life from now on. Edward Jenkins and wife, Anderson Jenkins, S. Hopkins, Edward Walker, Fdward Barkley and Fred Schreiner, were Rensselaer visitors Saturday.

VIRGIE. Samuel Armentrout visited his family at Shelby Sunday. Blain Wood attended the box social at Parr Saturday night. Miss Anna Hochbaum of Chicago, is visiting the family of Henry Hochbaum. John O. Cline, who sold his farm to Wm. Cooper about two months ago, is going to move on a farm near Dunnville. Jasper McMurray, who for the last year lived on the Albert Helsel farm, is going to move on another farm near Dunnville. Peter Plummer and family returned Saturday from Goodland, where they have been viqting friends and relatives for the past week. Willis Negrhoof is still on the move, this time he has moved over into Porter county, where he has got a large job of sawing for B. J. Gifford. James McColly has the contract for building a new barn on what is known as the Ihomas Hamacher farm, 2 nules south of Virgie,-, The work has just fairly commenced. Valentine diy has come and gone, and as far as we know it brought nothing to Virgie except an opportunity to a few who are supposed to have descended, not from Darwin’s famous monkey, but from that more useful domestic animal known as a mule, to vent their petty spite upon those whom they had not the courage to face and tell what they thought. Kidney complaint kills more people than any other disease. This is due to the disease being so insidioqs that it gets a good hold on the system before it is reco/nized. Foley’s Kidney Cure will pi event the deveiopement of fatal diseases if taken in time. A. F. Long.