Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1902 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

A. B. Coleman was a Chicago caller Sunday. J. E. Wtstfall was a Rensselaer caller Monday. I). O’Connor vas in Rensselaer Thursday. W. M. Henderson was a Wolcott caller Monday. Ellis Jones spent Sunday with relatives at Parr. ■Remember that Fountain Park Assembly opens August 9. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Fisher, Sunday morning, a so 1. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stokes Sunday morning, a daughter. Emma Bull of Mt. Ayr. was the guest of friends here over Sunday. Mrs. Ed Bond and children of Oxford visited relatives here this week. Mrs. Robert Love of Kankakee is the guest of Fred Love and famfly. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Talbert, Wednesday, July 23, a daughter. Willard Bales of Cincinnati is the guest of Turner Merritt and family. Mrs. P. H. Lally of Michigan City, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. J. Reed. John Burger of Huntington, was the guestaiLJiiiLsmi-Fred, several days this week. Mrs. Pe| perdine of St. Joseph, Mo., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Frank Phillippi. Rev. and Mrs. Middleton and Mrs. George Gray were Rensselaer visitors Wednesday. Mr.and Mrs. E. W. Culp attended the funeral of Mrs. Nelson Randle at Rensselaer Tuesday. The Good land Herald says that Cal Nicholson has purchased a farm in Greene cot nty. Thomas Quaile of St. Mary, Ind., visited his sister Mrs. Hargraves, a couple of days last week. Mrs. Kitt and daughter of Goodland were the guests of relatives here several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. W'. R. Marshall went to Lorain, 0., Thursday for a month’s visit with relatives. Miss E’ilen Lockwood of Salem, Ind., is the guest of het cousin Mrs. Elizabeth Peck, and family. Misses Ella and Florence Hawkins went to Winona Lake last Saturday for a two weeks outing. In the reorganization of the school board Geo. Besse was elected president, H. R. Hartman, sec., and Robt. Parker, treasurer. Bert Spencer and family and Dr. Robinson aud wife went to Monticello Tuesday to camp along the Tippecanoe for a week. Mrs. Will Vernon, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas Hat per, left Monday for her home in McCabe, Arizona. Will H. Ade, accompanied by two gentlemen from Jasper county, left Tuesday forMissomi on a laud deal. — Kentland Enterprise. Art Cawley, who is now located, at Lyons in Green county, was in town a few days the past week. He is engaged in the real estate business at present.— Monticello Herald. Mrs. Hattie Shepherd has sold her residence property and lots, together with her chicken raising business, to Alexander Resh of Chicago, who expects to move here in a few days. We understand that the school board has employed the following corps of teachers: Supt. Martin R. Marshall; Prin. Anna E. Morrey; grade t, Miss Minnie Bartoo; grade 2. Miss Florence Hawkins; grades 3 and 4, Miss Viola Puckett; grades 4' and 5, Miss Dell Yeoman; grades 6 and 7, Miss Frances Hawkins. The schools will open Sept.

NEWLAND.

W ork on the new dredge is progressing nicely. <Fred Germaine went to Kankakee Wednesday on business. Mrs. Gifford of Cabery, 111., is visiting ber son, H. E. Gifford, this week. C. C. McNeil returned one day last week from his visit to Sidney, 111. George Bunch and John Akers went to Aydelotte Saturday to work on thegravei road. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Long, Saturday, a ten pound boy. You aught to see Will smile. Mrs. Joe Haddock is very sick at present. Dr. Sluyter of Chalmers, is attending her. Miss Ida Caster was quite badly shocked by lightening Wednesday afternoon of last week. Vance Collins of Rensselaer, was here a few <!a>s last week setting up binders for Gifford & Callahan. Mrs. William Collins called on Mrs. T. M. Callahan Saturday. She was on her way to Beecher, 111., where her husband has a position on a dredge boat.

GLLAM.

Hart Retd went to Medaryville Friday. lames Blankenship was in Rensselaer Wednesday. Yeppi Hansen helped Jerry Miller cut oats last week. A. Rathfon and wife visited Jerry Miller and wife Sunday. Blackberry and huckleberry picking ate the order of the day. Chas. Robinson called on Miss Sadie (Glassford Sunday evening. We wonder when Jerry will cut oats ifor —— again. Tell us, Jerry.

Mint Hall and J. Blankenship shocked oats for Jas. Stevens last week. Ora Craver was the guest of Miss Emma Johnson Sunday J. Whitaker and wife of Wheatfield, visited in this vicinity Wednesday. Jerry Miller and Jas. Blankenship went to Gillam Wednesday night. Rob Glassford is learning to ride horse back on a mule. Be careful, Bob. Austin Rathfon and wife called on Jas. Blankenship and wife Sabbath afternoon. Several of the farmers contrive to plow corn, but Jim and Bart have laid their corn by. Several of the farmers intended to thrash this week but the rain got them out of the notion. Gillam marked'; Butter 14c; eggs 12c; young chicks 10c. So take your produce to Bisher & Logan's. Misses Ida and Venice Wagner, Vick and Della Johnson were the guests of Silvia Robinson Sunday. We think Bob aught to be brave enough to get the cows after dark before he goes to see the twins again. Jno. Faris and wife, Algia Coffman and wife, and Jas. Blankenship and wife visited Geo. Logan and wife Sunday. Larkin Logan and wife, Cecil Culp and wife, Tom Logan and Miss Maud Culp were guests of Ed Rockwell and wife Sunday.

LEE.

Fred Phillips returned to Rose Lawn Sunday. Mrs. John Sommers is very skk with malarial fever. W. O. Carrothers and son Harrison, were at Rensselaer Saturday. Bettha Phillips of Rose Lawn, came Sunday for a week’s visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Sommers, Sr. and Mort Sommers and wife visited John Sommer's Monday. Mrs. J. C. Lewis of. Remington, drove over Friday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Rishling. Why is it that when John Johnson talks of kissing a girl that John Noland licks his chops and smacks his lips? Wm. Horner and wife of Monon, and Frank Rishling and wife of Indianapolis, visited Mrs. Jennie Rishling Monday. O. A. Jack’s store was robbed Saturday night, the thief taking a shirt and a pair ofi ants and had more piled Up to take, when he got scared out and left.

KERSEY.

Milo Michaels is on the sick list. C. C. Sigler will have a sale Aug. n. E. Grimm and Harry Margison are cutting oats this week. J. W. Faylor was in this locality one eve last week on business. Ross Sigler is thinking of going to Oklahoma in a few weeks. One ot the Ott girls has been working for Mrs. Claude Sigler. Tess Sayers and father of DeMotte, are pressing straw for Sigler’s. The people are having quite a time getting their oats cut, the ground being so soft. C. C. Sigler and Joseph Grube thresh ed their rye list week, having a very good turn out. Miss Lillie Murray, Carrol Grimm and Mrs William Grube, Sr , were at Mrs. Joe Grube’s Friday. Joseph Grube is threshing south of here and we hear he will have.a big run, most all the jobs being very large. He has the machine that will do the work O. K. and he is the man that knows how to run it about right. STRENGTH IN UNION. Let the threshermen realize that the solution of their business difficulties lie in planning and working together, that there is nothing to be gained by working independently or in opposition to each other. What can one man do toward restoring prices or in maintaining a uniformity of prices? Absolutely nothing. He is powerless, bound hand and foot by conditions, possibly of his own creation. It is an easy matter to cut prices but not so easy to restore them. It is in the power of one man to demoralize a community but it takes the whole country to restore harmonious conditions. Thus for self-pro-tection and the general welfare of the business, tbreshermen should organize and stay organized. In evefy town of any consequence it is an open secret that retail merchants are organized. Banks, railroads and, in fact, it is difficult to find any line of business not strengthened and protected by organization. You are entitled to better roads and stronger bridges. How are you to obtain them? You are entitled to equal privileges with the man who runs an automobile or drives a fast horse on the highway, which you are taxed to maintain. Are you secure in the enjoyment of these rights or are they denied to you?

FAIR OAKS. (

Born, to Mrs. and Mr. Sam Ritchev, a daughter, July 25. Abe Bringle and family visited Sam Thornton's last Sunday. Martin Burton of Barkley was in town the first of the week. Korah DeWitt and Ed Gobel went to Wisconsin last week to work. Abe Bringle is plastering a new house for James McColly, near Virgie, this week. Enos Moffil and several others went to Brook last Tuesday to work on the stone roads. Miss Francis Brady of Chicago, is visiting her sister, Mrs. P. W. Nelson, this week, Cora McCoy who has been away visiting, relatives for some time, returned last Sunday. Dr. Caldwell of Pontiac, 111., was here the first of the week, looking after his land interests.

Will Gerry's children, who have been quite sick for the past week, are some better at this writing. Henry Goff, formerly of this place but now of Illinois, returned last Monday to visit relatives and friends for a short time. The ball game here last Monday between ihe Hillons ranch nine ana the Fair Oaks nine, resulted in a victory for the ranch fellows. Charley Proudly, son of Dr. Proudly of this place, who went to Colorado some months ago for his health, died last Wednesday of consumption.

WHEATFIELD.

B. S. Fendig was a Rensselaer caller Monday. Miss Alma Ponton of Kniman, was in town Wednesday. Chas. Jenkins of Blackford, was in town Saturday on business. W. N. Pence of Demotte, attended lodge here Tuesday evening. Several from here took the teachers' examination last Saturday, at Rensselaer. Mr. Bunch returned home Wednesday after a week’s visit with his son, Bob Bunch. Mr. Trout of Chicago, spent Wednesday and Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Denison. Mrs. Lucy Sanders and daughter, Manda, of Centralia., 111., spent Tuesday with Mrs. John McGlinn. Miss Mary Lidtke returned home Monday after a three weeks visit with her sister in Chicago Heights. Mrs. Fanny Fitchpatrick of Francesville, spent the first part ot the week with her sister, Mrs. Alf Tilton. Mr. Howard Howe and Miss Dora Stump of Medaryville, spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Stump and family. We have noticed lately that there is a young man in town who has a very bad habit of taking a walk by himself on Sunday evening, in the east partoftown.

PARR.

Farmers still wrestling with their oats, trying to get them in the shock. Mrs. Brubaker is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blankenbaker. David S. Alter was out looking over his farm Tuesday and says the prospect looks gloomy. Miss Margarette Hamacher of Chicago is visiting relatives in Parr and vicinity for a few days. Simon McCurtain left an order at the blacksmith shop for a jewsharp. We are going to have some music in Parr. Mrs. J. L. Babcock, who has been confined to her bed with rheumatism for several weeks, is some better at this writing. Alva Stephenson says he don’t think if he keeps his right mind he will go to Indianapolis Sunday on the excursion. Aix seems to be the center of attraction for Herbert aud Hugh. I guess it is the flittering of the Birds that makes it so attractive. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson, who were thrown from their buggy last week, and pretty badlv bruised, are able to be up and around the house. Quite a number of the boys are talking of going to the Dakotas to work through harvest and threshing. Good wages are being offered. Our old friend, Fancher, is again back at his old stand at T. J. Fay’s shop, making the old threshing machines, binders and mowers almost as good as new, and shoeing is a pleasure to him. Everything is done up in the latest style and at the lowest cost. Then why not bring your blacksmithidg to an ideal smith and save time and money?. Parr is the place to save money on groceries and almost anything you need.

VALMA

A heavy rain last Sunday. Lon Daniels was in our vicinity Sunday. Lu Hefferlme finished threshing for Bud Lewis Wednesday. C. M. Hopkins was working for Mr. Lewis a couple of days this week. Will Wray and wife, Cora and Rena Wray called on Bud Lewis' Wednesday. Mrs. J. H. Hurley and children called on her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, Tuesday. Miss Anna Wnghtsman, who has been working in Rensselaer, returned home Monday.

SURREY.

Farmers continue very busy ’trying to save their oats. Daniel Stutzman is building a good dwelling on his farm. Sherman Thornton is on the sick list, with stomach trouble. Rev. Cochran of Rensselaer, preached at Vaughn church Saturday evening. The infant child of Charles Parks that was so dangerousls sick last week, is on a fair way to recovery now. The heavy rains of Sunday and Monday forenoon made it most an impossibility to save the uncut oats. The heaviest loses are Brusnahan and Bierl, 85 acres; Chas x Parks, 17 acres; Frank Rowen 12 acres and many others from one to 5 acres. The Younglas Bros, are threshing in this vicinity. The grain is in bad shape but is turning out very well considering the waste of mowing and scattering out to get it dry enough to thresh. There will be fully one-third left on the ground and uncut together. Nicholas Young, aged 49 years, after a year’s suffering with a complication of diseases, died at his home one mile west of Surrey last Saturday evening. Nick, as he is comonly called, was of German descent and a good, honest citizen. He leaves a wife and step-son and two sisters, one living in Chicago and one in Wisconsin. The funeral was held at to a. m., Monday at the Catholic church at Rensselaer. Interment in Mt. Calvary cemetery. The funeral was largely attended, sa-,