Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1907 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

O. G. Maxwell was a Kentland visitor Monday. ** Miss Grace Ott visited friends in Wabash county last week. Mrs. R. A. Luckey of Lafayette visited the family of I. D. Luckey here last week. Mrs. Markin and daughter of Leiter's Ford are visiting her daughter, Mrs. Will Beal.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Beasley and Mrs. E. T. Bond spent Decoration day at Plainfield, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Parker visited Mr. and Mrs. John Berger, at Huntington, Decoration day. Mrs. Ed Bond and children of Oxford are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Esau Hart, at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Freed and baby of Carthage, Mo., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bartoo. Charles Bonner, Sr., returned home last week from an extended visit with his son John at Silverton, Oregon. Mrs. O. P. Tabor went to Valparaiso last week to join her husband who is working on a stone road contract there. Mrs. D. R. Jones and daughter Alice went to Washington, Pa., last week to visit her daughter residing there, Mrs. Kay.

Luce Bartoo and sister Gertrude went to Indianapolis last week and bought a new Maxwell auto, which they drove home. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dye were in Indianapol s las* week where he bought and drove home a new auto for Dr. Kinneman of Goodland.

The body of Rufus Jacobs was brought to Fowler Wednesday evening. Death came to him on the morning of the same day. The burial will be held tomorrow afternoon and the services will be under the control of the Fowler F. & A. M. Mr. Jacobs was taken to Indianapolis about ten days ago, but there was never any encouiagement for his return to health, George and Mrs Lobdell were at his bedaide when be died. Mrs. Lobdell and Mrs. George Grimette, of Washington, are the only surviving children of eight born to Henry and Mary Jacobs, Mr. Jacobs was born in Independence May 18,1839, and was just past his sixty-eighth birthday. In 1873, with his father, he brought the first stock of goods ever opened in Fowler, then a village of about thirty people. The site of the store is where the Jones Brothers' drug store is now. Afterward the present mitten factory building was erected. For five or six years they operated (the store and then for a time run a bank in the west end of the south room. It was the right kind of a bank. As long as there was any money in the safe, it was for the use of their friends, either by note or overcheck, But presently the money run out. In all of his long life, no one was ever distressed to meet an obligation due. He was a capable and honest man. Able ant Lover willing to help with money and withadvise that was better than gold. About a quarter of a century ago Mr. Jacobs moved to Goodland. He was never married.—Fowler Leader.

Jiebutand James Snider of South Bend is visiting his parents here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M. Walter visited friends at Newland Sunday. T. M. Callahan made his first ran to Rensselaer in his automobile Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Randle of Piejsant Grove were seen on our streets Thursday.

John Bowen and sons Sam and George were at Rensselaer Wednesday on business. Mrs. Dahncke of Wheatfield visited her son, H. C. Dahncke, a few days last week, Henry Dahncke purchased 160 acres of land in north Gillam one day last week.

Mr.'and Mrs. Chapman and son George were at Rensselaer last Thursday to attend Decoration day exercises. - Capt. Jack Dodd of Bradley, 111., who was captain of B. J. Gifford's dredges for several years, was a visitor here today, Miss Grace Daugherty and Miss Minnie Hemphill of Rensselaer visited Mrs. T. M. Callahan last Friday, Miss Hemphill staying until Sunday,

Miss Nellie Wallace returned home Friday after a two weeks' prospecting tour in South Dakota. While there she filed on a claim of 160 acres 2# miles from Ocona, S. D. Mr. B. J. Gifford has sold to A. M. Mendenhall of Greensburgb, Ind., 600 acres in north Gillam, near the oil fields. He thinks sure be has the railroad sold now to the Chicago, Indianapolis & Evansvjlle Co.

South Netvton. Jesse Bringle’s called on W. L, Bringle Sunday. „ W, L. Yeoman took dinner with Robt. Yeoman's Sunday. Mrs. Fred Markin spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. W. L. Yeoman. Mrs. S. B, Moffitt of near Fair Oaks spent Sunday with her father, W. L. Bringle. Miss Chamberlin of Brookston is visiting her friend, Miss Lura Yeoman, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Yeoman from Hibbard, stayed over Sunday with the latter's father, W. B, Bringle. We congratulate ourselves on getting a county superintendent from near us. Wc also want to congratulate Mr, Lampson.

Tine Gro'Ve. Plenty of rain and mud. Mary Rees called on Stella Nuss Sunday evening. Mrs. George Daniels is on the sick list at this writing. Newton Tenkins spent Sunday with Bluford and Roy Torbet. Mr. and Mn'Wm. Nuss spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet. Creola Torbet spent Monday afternoon with Ida Snow of near Blackford. Miss Leatha Rees was the guest of Miss Bertha Cooper Sunday evening. Mrs. Chas. Jenkins and father were guests of Ike Miller and family Sunday. Newton Jenkins, Bluford -and Roy Torbet attended Sunday School at Aix, Mrs. James Torbet and son Charley were guests of Mrs. Andy Ropp Saturday. Mrs. Chas. Jenkins and Rebecca Hurley were guests of Mrs. Korah Daniels Monday forenoon. Wm. Price and family of Parr took dinner with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nuss, Sunday. John and Chloae Torbet were guests of John Hellengreeu’s young folks, of

near Valina, Saturday night and Sunday. " Those that spent Sunday evening with Bluford and Roy Torbet were Charley and Everett Parker, Newton Jenkins and Charley Britt.

Fair OaKs We still get an occasional shower. Ike Kight went to Lacross, Monday, Health is generally pretty good here now. Chas. Gundy was at home with his family over Sunday. I Dr. Kirk of Part is a frequent'caller in our town nowadays. r - Born, to Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall, last week, a girl. The medicine show has possession of the school house this week. The meetings that were held here came to a close Thursday night. Joe Gaines visited his daughter, Mrs. Al. Helsel, on the Lawler ranch over Sunday. Abe Bringle and wife and Miss Edith went to Chicago Saturday on special business. W. H. and John Eger of Rensselaer came up Sunday to call on their tenant, Pete Wood. Mrs. George Ulm and daughter, Lucy of Rensselaer visited Mrs. Cottingham last Sunday. Hillis & Tolen shipped five car loads of fat bogs and cattle to Indianapolis, Monday eve. Rye, oats and meadows are looking fine in these parts.now, but corn don't hardly look at all yet. We notice while driving through the country, that apple trees in some places are blooming out again.

vui James Clifton got through with his job of carpenter work for Joe Gaines Saturday and returned home. Miss Gertie Goff, who has been here for some time, returned to her home down near Mt. Ayr., Noonday. The Moffitt dredge cut through the Monon right-of-way Monday. So the ditch is done, comparatively speaking.

Mr, Zellers moved his sawmill from the Halstead farm onto Lawler's Kent ranch last week where he has a job of sawing. Agent Keen’s bull pup tried to outrun the north bound fast train Sunday morning, 'But in vain. Keen is how minus the dog, which he valued at >25. We have seen quite a bit of complaint in the papers about the farmers patronizing the mail order houses instead of home merchants. Now, just to show the many readers of The Democrat how unfair some people are, we will relate an instance that we know of: A certain town has two merchants who have a farm near this place and have something near 1000 bushels of corn there for sale, but they won’t sell a farmer au ear. They want to sell it to a grain dealer who will not sell to farmers, either. But at the same time they will make a roar because they won’t buy altogether of them. They want the farmers to help them but they don’t want to help the farmer any. What do you think of that? .

Mt. Hope. Corn all planted, oats looking fine. Arthur Putt has taken a wife. Success, Arthur. W. D. Bringle is preparing to remodel his house. We are having everything but warm weather nowadays. Miss Anna Bringle is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. John Simonin. . . . Most of West Jordan was at Rensselaer last Thursday tq Decoration exercises. * yH. L. Wortley is at a Chicago hospital undergoing treatment for a cancer on his lip. - . Dr. Collier of Brook was called Sunday eve to see the infant son of H, L. Wortley. '

George Bill and family and John Bill and family spent Sunday with John Simonin. # Miss Birdie Hitchings is visiting her brother, Orville at Goebelsville, Mich., for a few weeks. Corn shelling has been the order of I the day, but the recent rains will prolong the good Work. Misses Clara and Mabel Hudson are spending a few weeks in Illinois, visiting friends and relatives. The young folks, are preparing a fine frogram for Children's day at Mt. Hope, une 16. Everybody is cordially invited, at 1130 p. m. - Jordan tp., commencement will be held at Mt. Hope, Saturday June 15, at Bp, m. The graduates are: Russell H. Sage, Ansel Pruett, Ruth Pruett, Neva Crader, Nellie Pruett, Edna Standish, Harvey R. Keen, Charles- Iliff, Andrew Hurley, Mamie Hall, Gold Star Pupils: Wesley Tanner, Melvin Tanner, Lloyd Johnson. At the home of John Tanner, on the Wm. Washburn farm, friends and neighbors to number of about 75, a few evenings ago, gathered to spend the evening with Mrs. Tanner, who has been sick for some months. The evening was spent m games, after which seven gallons of delicious ice cream and about twenty-five fine fat cakes were served, and all done themselves justice to so much good to eat. At ten o’clock alj departed for home wishing Mr. and Mrs. Tanner many more such pleasant evenings. * [A good, well written lot of items, "Mt. Hope.” Let’s hear from you regularly. Ed.]

Four Corners Guy Whitman of Donovan, 111., was visiting m these parts over Sunday. John Pinter is hobbling around with a cane. The- trouble and the need of a cane is on account of rheumatism. The work on the stone road commencced again Wednesday after several days lay-off on account of the heavy rains. G. O. Stembel was a Rensselaer caller Saturday, He was in consultation with a physician of that city whose treatment is greatly benefitting him. A. L. Bouk, trutsee of Walker tp., resigned (bis office Tuesday and Fred Karch was appointed in bis stead, Fred is a good man and we are pleased to see him win.

Chas. Peregrine of Tefft and Wm McNeil of Wheatfield, went to Logansport on a trip of investigation as to the screenings used on our stone road as a top dressing. Lee Fisher returned to Valparaiso Tuesday preparatory for taking up his work for the vacation. He will teach the coming school year at Stillwell again at an advance in salary The champion ball team of South Bend will play the Wheatfield regulars the 22nd of this month. Thev will come with the expectation of taking the first victory from the team here. ; The_beavy rains of the last few days have caused the farmers to wonder it summer will ever come with its sunshine and flowers. In a great many places .the corn planters are in the field surrounded by a lake of water. Chas. Peregrine, W, S. DeArmhnd/ ••Delmas,” Henry Hunsicker, Lee and F. W. Fisher were business callers at the county seat Monday. Trustee Chas. Stalbaum was called there to assist L. H. Hamilton to retain the position of Co. Supt., but was unsucessful. Hamilton had had his day. Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Hilliard of Wheatfield returned Saturday from a visit in Arkansas, where Mrs. Hilliard’s Henry Heratb, is now located.

They reported that the country through which they passed was very wet on account of the recent rains and that the crops were very backward, and farmers generally discouraged. The graduating exercises of Kankakee’tp., took place Tuesday night at the] school house at Tefft, which was crowd*J ed to the doors with relatives and friends of the graduates and those anxious to hear, and we wish to say that no township in Jasper; Dr any other county for that, can produce ten more promising boys and girls than were seated under the decorated arch and received the honors they so richly deserved. Not a mistake id the entire program. The presentation of the diplomas by L. H. Hamilton and his farewell address will be long remembered by all. We could not help but reflect and review jhe past and wonder if within the next term it could be proven that the office of. Co. Supt could be run in the interest of our schools without favoriteism \>r political prestage? We hope that Mr. Lampson, the newly elected, will give it a trial, and we have the confidence in him to say we believe he will. ONE MORE OLD SETTLER GONE,

One the oldest citizens of Kankakee tp„ died Wednesday. Caleb Cooper, who has been making bis home with his children here and in Porter county, died at the home of his son, John Cooper, north of Tefft, Wednesday morning. He has been quite poorly and almost blind for several years. He was one of the early settlers of Kankakee tp.. and has made his home here almost continually since. His children reside here except Mrs, Frank Jones, who lives in Porter county. No funeral arrangements at this writing. " »

SUDDEN DEATH. Chris Rasmussen, one of Kankakee 4ps„ well to-do and honored c itizens, fell dead from heart failure Tuesday about 11 o’clock. He has been in poor 'health for some time and fully realized his condition. He was in Wheatfield Monday to arrange his business affairs but we are informed that the drawing of the will was not completed, although he left the necessary instructions to complete same with the understanding that he would return and sign in a day or two. But death claimed him before the document was signed. The funeral was at the church at San Pierre, at 2:30 p. m., Thursday, conducted by Rev. B. F. FerEon, of Rensselaer. Deceased was n in Denmark, in 1844, and came to terica in May 1872. He was married July 5, 1872, to Mina Magdalene Hanson, who with five sons and two daughters survive him. He joitled the Lutheran church at the age otf4 and has lived according to that faith all his life. A large circle ot friends and neighbors extend sympathy to the bereaved family.

"South Geo, Wood was in Monon Tuesday. ’ Joseph Fitzhugh was a Monon goer Thursday. Elmer Clark and family spent Sunday here with relatives. Ray Holeman and wife spent Sunday with home friends. Mrs. Chatman and family went to Rensselaer Monday. B you do not attend Sabbath School And church, why not? Mrs. Risk and Mrs. Ed Coleman intended church Sunday. Geo. Foulks and Uncle Fred Saltwell went to Rensselaer Monday. Mrs. Geo. Foulks and son Earl spent Tuesday with Mrs. Frank May. Mrs. Roy Williams spent Tuesday with her parents at McCoysburg. Fred May and family took dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Clark. James Spencer and family spent Sunday night with P. Faulks and family Mrs. Geo. Wood and Mrs. Willard Johnson were Lee goers Monday morning. - Miss Rosa Hanks of Fairbury, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thos Larson and family. /Mrs, Ed Coleman, Mrs. Lulu Risk and 'George Coleman were Rensselaer goers Monday.

R. Foulks and wife spent Wednesday with their daughter Mrs. Roy Williams and family, Chas. McCasben had his buggy wheel broken last week by his horse becoming unmanageable, Thomas Spencer, „wtfe and son Marion called on Mr. and Mrs. Underwood Sunday afternoon. Wm. Culp and family spent Sunday afternnoon with the former’s father David Culp, of Hanging Groves Rev. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. J- Tune and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks took dinner with Mr. and Mrs Fre<tSaltwell Sunday. Rev. Moore war herd last Sabbath and preached both morning and evening, and will be back again in two weeks, Sunday, June 16. A man who is in perfect health, so he can do an honest day’s work when necessary, has much for which he should be thankful, Mr. L. C. Rogers, of Branchton, Pa., writes that he was not only unable to work, but he couldn't stoop over to tie his own shoes. Six bottles of Foley’s Kidney Cure jnade a new man of him. He says, “Success to Foley’s Kidney Cure.” A. F. Long.