Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1903 — JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY GLEANINGS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

A son was born to Cbns. Sigo and wife, Oct. 30. *Mra, lea Morris is now clerking in a 1 dry goods store at Huutinglon. Anosney Guy was in Rensselaer look.after cases m court the first of the week. :B. G. Packs bas sold T. T. Ja nnson and son Watford a 340 acre farm in Noble /county. rs. James Ptfley is visiting her dau--sbter, Mrs. S. U. Dobbins, at Rensselaer iisjvaek. The Morocco-Good land football game at the latter place Wednesday resulted jo a tie, 2 to 2. 'Mrs. Cooper bas gone to Mt. Ayr to remain with her daughter, Mrs. Earl for awhile. "Mrs. Wm. Geier and daughter visited • tb e former’s sister, Mrs. Homer Hardy, . .at Huntington, last week. tMrs. John Bterget of Huntington, who fibas been visiting here for a couple of . weeks, returned nome Monday. • The Remington-Goodland foo tb a 1 1 game at the latter place last Friday resulted.in favor of Goodland; score 6to o. • The iootball game last Saturday, ( Goodland vs. Remington, resulted in a . victory tor the latter, the score being •6 too. Albert H. Dickinson has bought the K Frank Griffith 80 acre farm just across the road from his present farm in north- „ east Carpenter. H. J. Welch has sold his jewelry business bare to Bert Spencer and will move •to Wabash, where he has purchased a big jewelry store. A number of Rensselaer and Goodland K, of P's. attended initiatory work * of the Remington lodge on Thursday night of last week. A banquet was served after the lodge work. Geo. D. Meyer, a foimer well known - saloon-keeper of Remington, was found • dead in his bed at Logansport, on Wed- . / nesday morning of last week. The remains were brought here for interment 1 Friday. His death was caused from .ialcboholism.

DUNNVILLE. All is well on the Kankakee. Mrs. Sleight, who has been veiy sick, is rapidly improving. William Page! is extracting corn for R. E. Davis this week. Miss Ttlle Olson, who has been very sick, is slowly improving. There will be a masquerade ball at Treichel's hall, Nov. 21. Let all come. Misses Irene Frazier and Edna Witt visited at Kniman Saturday and Sunday. Dunnville is developing a few good horseshoe players. Let the good work go on. Miss Irene Frazier and your cor. called on Mr. and Mrs. Wood last Wednesday evening. Otto Schrader and Miss Elva East attended the dance at Kniman Saturday evening. Jesse Wilmington and family called on Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilmington last Sunday. Miss Mable Larson is at D. V. for a for a short stay. She is Hill an admirer of D. V. Miss Mollie Schwab departed for Kankakee City last Monday, where she will work the coming winter. Joe Fenzil is afflicted with a sore eye. He would not divulge the secret of how he received the game eye. Charles Behles, the celebrated inventor of a home-made potato- sorter, is husking corn for Senator Fitzgerald. We do feel sorry for the girls when they cry, especially when they take a half day to exercise their crying gifts. If you wish to see some fine samples of corn, call on Hon. I. D. Dunn. Mr. Dunn says that taking it all in all, his corn is extraordinarily good this year; Mrs. McCullough and son James, who have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCullough for the past few weeks, returned to Richmond last Saturday. The report that the Hon. I. D. Dunn and Hon. John Finn are goiim to canvass Indiana next year in true Lincoln and Douglas style, has not been confirmed. They are nou-commital on the subject. James McCullough wishes to thank the ladies of Dunnville for their many kindnesses toward him. He says he never in all his life enjoyed life as he did while at D. V. Surely, said h», D. V. is Paradise regained.

.. . ■ - . w . ■■ 111 T> — Do you want a singing school ml Cedar Ridge? If so, say so. If Mr. Favlor consents to give a singing school free to all that attend and behave themselves, all should help to make it A success. Let us all attend. We wish to announce to the people of Kankakee tp , that the Dunnville Sunday School will give a Xmas exercise this year. We intend to help make it the best one ever held. The exercises are under the auspices of the people ol Kankakee tp. Before James McCullough departed for Richmond, he blessed D.V. in the following language: “O, Dunnville, thou who art the most glorious, I am loath to leave tb»*e. Thy people are the personification of goodness, thy ladies of sweetness. O, tor an unbounded Jife in thy imperial domaiu, for to live and walk with thy kings and queens would be a life ideal. Guod-bye, Dunnville, but not forever.”

SURREY. Nim Hopking is building a new double crib. Hugh Brosnan has commenced cutting his cornJake Younglas has his sawmill started and it is a treasure, too._ There is a little chat on the odd corners about voting a gravel road tax in Newton township. Some of our people are still working on the roads. Stick to it till you get get done, if it takes ail winter. Ed. and Chas. Lane have returned from a prospecting trip south. While away they engaged in threshing awhile. A dairy outfit arrived here Tuesday for Thornton & Reynolds, consisting TSf a good lot of cows, wagons, teams, etc. They intend engaging in the milk business from now on, and will run a milk route in Rensselaer. We hear but very little talk of anyone hunting for a living nowadays. Why? Because at present prices it would take a good cow to buy a good gun, the calf to pay for a license to hunt, then the wire would have to do three washings to pay the tax on the dog. Shells haven’t come down any and then the rabbits are scarce. W. A. Herron of Finch, Ark., writes: “I wish to report that Foley’s Kidney Cure has cured a terrible case of kidney and bladder trouble that two doctors had given up.” Sold by A. F. Long.

LEE. S. L. Johnson now rides in a new carriage. The Johnson boys have built a new cow barn. Jim McDonald dined with S. L. Johnson Wednesday, Leroy Noland raised over too bushels of soup beans ibis season. Mrs. C. A. Hclman visited Mrs. W. O. Carrothers Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Pape visited Mr. and Mrs. Lamport Sunday afterncon. 8. L. Johnson and family visited friends near Medaryville Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Rishling and son Hoy, spent Sunday eve with A. B. Lewis and wife. Tom Spencer dehorned 460 head cf cattle on his farm southwest of this burg last week. John Johnson and Albert Hanna visited in South America Sunday with John Sommers. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Rishlmg and Mrs. Cal Anderson called on Mrs. £. S. Johnson ihursday. The stone crusher has abandoned work on Tom Sp ncer’s farm; could not got men to work in the pit.

INDEPENDENCE. Weather fine, so far. Tbe dredge is getting out of bearing again. If Charlie Jenkius did move to get off of Nubbin Ridge he didn't mine a very tar. He only got over the ditch, and after ail be goes back to gather bis crop. Tbe box-social at Center was well attended, tbe proceeds being about (15.00, which was enough for one school: We understand they want to get an organ for the school. Hallowe’en is past and the people of these parts are glad of it. But to bear some tell what they didn’t do is laughable. We understand they almost carried Aix-ville away, and that would have been tuo bad, for tbe boys would have too large a place to piny football. They would run themselves down going from one goal to another. Bee?

f ASPffALTUn. ■’ • This is fine weather. Mr. Galley is working for A. D. Hershman this fall. \ f C. Murphy has come home on a visit from the west. Mr. Schrader from Dunnville was on our streets Monday. A. D. Hershman and family visited Mr. Gaffeys Sunday. Walter Hershman bought a colt from Mr. Leek last Saturday. F. M. Hershman sold his cattle Monday to Wm. Hershman. Messrs. Kentner and Darner were in Wheatfield Sunday on business. John L. Hershman and daughter were shopping in Wheatfield Tuesday. Hello there, girls. You don’t have to speak if you don’t want to. It is all right with me. ■ Geo. and Flora Hershman were home Sunday on a visit. They returned to their school at Valpo Monday, Miss Warren of Rensselaer, is working for Mrs. Zick who has been on the sick list for the past two weeks.

NORTH UNION. Ernest Stibbie is working roads this week. Herm an Schultz was home on a visit Sunday. Arnold Lear made a business trip to Parr Saturday. „ Fred Kruger and Etta S. attended church Sunday. Mr. Lange has sold his farm and will go to Colorado soon. Amel Schultz made a trip to Newton county Saturday afternoon. Wm. Faylor spent a few days visiting friends in Illinois last week.' Mr. and Mrs. Ritter ®ere visitors at the Lange home Sunday evening. Quite a number of yountr people ot this neighborhood attended the dance at Steele’s Saturday night. . Foley's Honey and Tar for conghs and colds; reliable, tried and tested, safe and sure. Sold by A. F. Long.

FAIR OAKS. Meat peddlers are very numerous nowadays. Jake Spitzer was in Chicago the first of the week on business. Frank Goff and Ike Thomas are building a barn tor Tom Joiner this week. Sam Thornton of Sorghum Valley was in our town Wednesday on business. Abe Bringle finished up a job of plastering over in Newton county this week. William Blair of Chicago, is visiting his parents in the country near here this week. William Zea and family of Remington, visited Ike Thomas' trom Friday until Sunday eve. We had a few spitts cf snow Thursday night of last week, which was the first of the season, Mrs. W. L. Bringle of west of Rensselaer is visiting her son Abe and family at this place this week. A. McCoy is having some large sheds built here on his farm to protect his sheep and goats from the storms this winter. Rev. Rumnel preached at the M. E. church Saturday eve and will preach again in two weeks from that lime, at 7:30 p. m. Colonel Gobel moved out in tbe country near Kniman, the latter part of the week, and Peter Call moved into the house vacated by Gobel.

WHEATFIEU). P. W. Williamson of Kouts, was in town Monday. Mr. Bowie, editor of the News-Review, was in town Tuesday. Misses Elva and Grace East spent Friday with friends in Keats. Mrs. Alfred Barlow spent Monday with her brother in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Darner of Gillaia tp„ were in town shopping. Tuesday. The Dnnnville boys were not in a very good humor Sunday evening. And we wonder why. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fendig west to Chicago Tuesday to purchase their Christmas goods. Miss Ida Cox went to Gifford Tuesday for a two weeks’ visit with her parents, who reside there. Misses Carol Gilbranson, Bea Langdon and Nettie Gilbranson spent Saturday in Valpariaso, Mr. Cleager has purchased the dray of C. J. Hand and expects to be our drayman in the future. Misses Minnie and Nettie Prust spent the first part of the week with the Misses John of Wbeatfield Center. Misses Carol Gilbranson and Anna Knapp spent Wednesday afternoon with Miss Tithe Olson of Dunnville. Messrs. Henry Phillips and Herman Laagdon transacted business in Chicago Tuesday for Meyers fit Meyers.

Mr. and Mrs. John East gave a party Wednesday evening in honor of their daughter Grace’s 14th birthday. Mias Sadie Gilbianson of Kniraaa spent Sunday with her sisters, Mrs. Lily Kennedy :ind Nettie Giibransoo. Messrs. Ord Hanley, Henry Smith and Roy lnsleigh of Knimaa, spent Sunday evening with the good people here. J. P. Hammond and family moved into their property on Grove street Monday, which they recently purchased of Alf. Tilton. C. J. Hand has traded his property to a Mr. Miller of Valpariaso, for a livery barn at that place. He intends moving there at once. Mrs. Perry Wyant and daughter of Kouts, spent a few days the first of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Ira Jackson. Mrs. E. Jenson and son Martin went to Hebron, Mouday, the former to visit her son Jens and family a few days, and the latter to attend school there the rest of the year. Mr. Guelph, representing J. B. Rice seed company of Cambridge, N, Y . was in town a few days since. Stembel, Funk & Co. purchased their seed of him for the coming year. Willie McNeil, who is in the poultry business at Kankakee, came home Wednesday evening to look after bis poultry business here, retuining to the city Thursday morning. Misses Nettie Gilbranson, Carol Gilbranson. Anna Knapp, Jennie Jackson, Mary Kline and Messrs. Ambrose Hendrickson, Earnest Hurt, Willie Tinkbam. Ed. Smith and Wm. Wese attended church at Wheatfield Center Sunday evening. Two large pine trees on the lawn in fr >nt of Ira Jackson’s residence were struck by lightning Wednesday morning. The house which stood but to feet away was not damaged any with the exception of 16 window panes being broken. No oue was injured. Mrs. Margaret Van Wicklin departed from this world Tuesday. She was 69 years old and leaves a husband and a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday p. m., at 2 o’clock from the M. E. church by Rev. Jessie Hickman, of North Judson. Mrs. Dr. Schwter and Miss Carrie Johnson entertained a number of their many friends Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Zelma Funk. Music and games were indulged in and dainty refreshment were served. An agreeable evening was spent by all and they voted their hostesses as excellent eutertainers. Little Carl Mason was burned quite badly Tuesday. He is doing nicely at present. The cause of the accident is unknown. His mother, Mrs. John Mason, who was in an adjoining room, was attracted by the child's cries and upon entering the room found him in flames. Drs. Hamilton and Zencb were summoned and relieved the little one’s suffering.

PARR. Mac, baby is better. W. L. Wood carries tin cans and doib mb his hat. Ray Brttsnahan has gone to Valpot to attend school. What is tbe matter Omer? Did Roy beat your tiatef Boys, it takes 40 acres of land to get a wife nowadays. The masqurade at John E. Alter's was a grand success. The long, lengthy bartender is doing a rushing business. Tom Fay has not returned from his onion trip to Chicago. John Adams and W. L. Wood’s clerk attended church at Rose Bud Sunday muog.

SOUTH AMERICA. Carey Huston is on the sick list. Geo. Foulks WM a Monon goer Monday. Cady Underwood was in Lee Wednesday evening. Albert wood is working in McCoysburg this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. wood were in McCoysburg Wednesday evening. Richard Foulks of McCoysburg was back among old Milroy friends Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Barlow transacted business in Rensselaer yesterday. Messrs. Charlie Smith and Simon Cook were in Rensselaer on business Saturday. Little Paul Cook was quite sick the first of the week, but is some better at this writing. ( Mrs. Tom Lears and daughter, Miss I Winnie, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Benson.

Simon Cook sold his farm to Charlie Smith. Mr. Cook does not know where or when he will move. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks spent Tuesday and Wednesday near Remington, with Mr. and Mrs. will M>ers. Mr. and Mrs. Allie McCasbin and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott of Rensselaer, Sundaved with Mr. and Mrs. Simon Cook. Several of the young people attended a party given by Mr. and Mrs. John Walters, south east of Rensselaer, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. John Lansing and children of McCoysburg, and Messrs. Charles Casio and George Wnite of Pleasant Grove, spent the Lord's day with Mr. and Mrs. William Barlow.

VIROtB. Asa Leech is building a new cattle shed. Chas. Fish is working on the Springer ranch. Mrs. Jack Reede' is still improving rapidly. winter's chilling breezes have begun to whistle. Carl Hammacher and wife visited at Jack Reeder's Sunday evening. Miss Mae Leech visited Miss Floy Fuller over Saturday and Sunday. Bro. Chas. Bwartz, who is working near Rensselaer, was seen on our streets Sunday. Preston Garriott and Alpha McCurtain ate Sunday dinner with Mr. Yeoman and family. Chas. Weise came up Sunday to help his brother Paul, take their cattle to their other farm uear Remington. The owner of the flour, that was lost, wishes to make it known that the brand was ”Sleepy*Eye” instead of “Gold Medal.” Some members of “The Royal Yarn Club” have been absent the last few .we wish them to attend more regularly and always try to be there when tbe roll is called. The singing school was well attended' Friday evening, we will be glad to see all the young men come out and take interest in the work, as it will help them in driving their horses while husking corn, if nothing else.

TO TRADE. Good five room house and feed mill, making corn . meal, rye and buckwheat flour, with all necessary fixtures, in good, near by town. Will trade clear for clear property in this C'ty. G. F. Meyers, Rensselaer, Ind. Office over Murray’# Store.