Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1907 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Mr». John Teter and daughters visited in Wabash last week. Miss Daisy Morris of Rensselaer was the guest of Miss Carrie Lewis last week, C. H. Littlefield, the jeweler visited his brother,’N. Littlefield, at Rensselaer Sunday. The continued rains of the past two weeks have greatly delayed the farmers with their work. The Beal sisters and brothers camped on the Tippecanoe, north of Monticello, several days last week. Mrs. David Shearer of Chicago is visiting her brothers, George and Wil) Chappell at this writing. Miss Maude Linn of Indianapolis was the guest of Miss Ida Beal last week and camped with the Beal party at the Tippecanoe. Considerable stock has been killed .by lightning in Benton county lately. About a dozen horses are reported to have been killed last week. - . According to the Monticello papers some Remington autoists got “gay" in White countv Saturday and were arrested and heavily fined. Goodland Herald: Max Harner, tinner at Burgess & Jak way’s hardware store, has been laying off most of the week, just getting over a case of the mumps. Fowler Leader: Tim Harrington and wife shook the dust from their shoes and departed from Remington Tuesday. The boys and girls were all around them and it was "Tim do this and Tim do that, you darling hoy," but when they come back from Old Ireland, it will be “Howair you, Mister O'Harrington, I hopes 1 find your highness well."

Jlebifland John Ahlers of Francesville was here on business Saturday. James Linder of South Bend, is visiting his parents here this week. There was a dance at Fred Wall's Saturday night. All report a good time. T. M. Callahan and family visited Mr. Sayler and family west of Rensselaer Sunday. Alf Collins of Rensselaer brought out a load of flour and meal to our merchant Saturday. Mrs. Wtn Whited of Ketsey visited relatives here and at Gifford from Saturday till Monday. > The farmers have begun cutting wheat this week. The straw is heavy and the indications are that there will be a good yield. /)ur train has been hauling from Pleasant Grove to Kersey from four to nine car, loads of stock every day for about ten days. T. M. Callahan took S. J. Tombs to Kankakee, 111 . Tuesday and while there, sold to Mr. Tombs the Chas. Walker farm of ijd acres at $55 per acre.

Fair Oaßs We are still having too much rain. Bruce Moffitt is preparing to shell his corn this week. Rev. Law occupied the pulpit in the M. E. church Sunday at 3 p. m. ' One of Al Moore’s little daughter’s is suffering with a severe attack of tonsilitis. Sherman Richards came up the latter part of the week and papered the Cox hotel. 'Bert Warren and wife visited relatives near Medaryville from Saturday until Sunday. Mrs. Ike Kight went to Lacross Tuesday to visit het son John and family a few days. Matt Karr and two little Bovs are operating a saw mill over near Morocco nowadays. Will Warren and wife and Miss Hannah Culp spent Sunday at Gabe Parks’ near Surrey. The bridge gang got the bridge in across the Moffitt ditch on the county line Tuesday, Most all of the old sidewalks on Front street have been torn up and replaced with new ones. Hazel Isreal of Rensselaer visited her grandma Casey here a few days the r latter part of the week. Mrs. S. B. Moffitt and baby and son Lewis visited hei; father, W. L. Bringle, west of Rensselaer Sunday. Cloyd Clifton and Corda Umfrees and Ed Burns and Mattie Chupp Rogers spent Sunday at Cedar Lake. Hiram Howell returned to Lacross Monday where he is engaged in carpenter work, after a few days at home with his family

o John Mundon has again been employed by the C. it E. 1. Ry. He runs from Momence to Brazil. He will move his family to Momence soon. Uncle Bill Hurley, wife and son Perry returned from the west the latter part of the week, looking well. He says he has improved in health very much. Paul Lebeck sold his team last week to Eli Hooper and will leave in a few days for North Dakota. Eli will continue to team some. His eyesight is very poor and be is almost blind. G. R. Beech ot Pontiac, 111., is in these parts this week looking after his farm in Newton Co., a few miles west of here. He contemplates building a new barn on bis place as soon as he can get carpenters to do the work. The Ripples show which exhibited here Monday evening, arrived on Sunday. It was fairly well attended. The most there was about it was six or seven mostly empty large covered wagons and eight or nine old bony horses and a trick mule. They went from here to Parr.

Surey Not very good harvest weather. Wheat and rye are fairly good and in the shock, Jap Wright shipped a load ot cattle Tuesday night. A real good meeting was held at the school house last Sunday. Nathan Chupp, who is staying near Julian, was over to see his parents and best girl Sunday. Mts. G. Hildher of Wisconsin, and LHlie Zacher are making the home folks avisitsincetbe4th. Gilmore and Clemons are hauling the large tile for the Makeever ditch, which will soon be under construction. The corn prospects aren’t very encouraging for this time of the year, but the late warm rainy weather has improved the oats very much. Charles Parks had a good milch cow die Sunday night. The symptoms were that she had been bitten by a snake, It was his only cow, too. Our township was lucky not to have the assessment either raised or lowered, but it does seem as though the outlook for a crop would justify a reduction of about 50 per cent all over the state.

Lee Harold Lamar was at Lafayette Sunday. Grandma Renegrin is still very low at this writing. Frank Birch of Palestine wjts in our burg Tuesday. '■ ■■ Clayton Cadwalder has gone to Lacrosse to work. Johnny Brown and family spent Sunday with John Jones.’ Mr. Schrader of Linden is working for McCollum '& Whitlow. Asa Holaman and Albert Hanna were in South America Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Jahns andchildren spent Sunday vyith Mr. Jones’ near Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Whitelow and children called on Albert Hanna's Sunday-eve-ning. Mr. Sandbe?ger of Jockey Corner called on Mr. Cadwalder Sunday afternoon. , Mrs,Clarence Carrothers and children raturned to their home at Danville III.; Sunday.

Pine GrotJe. Cultiing wheat and rye is the order of the day. Creola Torbet took dinner with Pearl Hayes Sunday. Villas Price spent Saturday night with his uncle, Newt Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Vest Austin took dinner with Mrs. Chas. Jenkins Sunday. t Simon Cooper and Earl Boulden spent Sunday with Charley Britt. Newt Jenkins and Roy Torbet took dinner with Bluford Torbet Sunday. Bessie Ropp and Chloae Torbet took dinner with Mrs. Wayne Gwin Sunday. G. D. Gregory the Baker Medicine Co., agent, spent Tuesday night with J. M. Torbet, . Clarence Hurley and family were guests of Mrs. McCleary and family Sunday.

Bertha Cooper spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother and family near Gifford. • "• Tena Nuss. Owen Barker, Stella Nuss and fame* Campbell took dinner with the former's sister, Mrs. Art Snow. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Williams and daughter and Mrs. Theodore Snow and family spent Sunday with Chas. Shroyer and family. Mr. and Mrs, John Hellengreen and daughter Alma and granddaughter Emma of near Valma were guests of James Torbet and family Sunday. Those that spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gwin and nephew were: George and Ben Hopkins, Willie Miller, Bruce Baker, John Torbet, Emnvi Nelson, Alma Hellengreen, Chloae, and Creola Torbet, Pearl Hayes and Charley Torbet.