Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1907 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

James Skinner is visiting in Jefferson, Wis. J, H. Whitehead visited his son Emory in Elwood last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ott and Mrs. Wm. Ott visited in Chicago last week. Mrs. H. E. Sheetz of Indianapolis visited relatives here last week, Frank Clowry has gone to Alliance, Neb., with a view of locating tbera Mary Bartee and Carrie Lewis have gone to Terre Haute to attend school. Miss Dott Tedford of her sister, 'Mrs, F. L. Peck, here last week. Mrs. Markin and daughter of Leiter's Ford visited her daughter, Mrs. Will Bea), here last week. J. W. Jacks returned last week from Haviland, Kan., where he has been spending the summer. Mrs. Wm. Townsend and Miss Bertha Primmer visited Mrs. Homer Hardy at Huntington last week. Peter Parks and family have recently moved to Valparaiso where they will conduct a boarding house. Several from Remington and vicinity attended the old settiers and soldiers reunion at Kentland last week. Mrs. Wm. Marquess of Lafayette visited her children, Denton Marquess and Mrs. Will Broadie, here last week. Mrs. Charlie Marquess of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Pefley and other relatives here at present. W. L, Rich has sold the residence property occupied by G, I. Thomas, to A. V. Lock, who will move into same. Chas. Alberson and Clarence Ealy left this week with their families for Stuttgart, Ark., where they will make their future borne. James Lock and O, G. Maxwell shiped a carload of Poland China hogs to Springfield, 111., last week for exhibition at the state fair. —i—— A son was born Sept. 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Keever of Indianapolis, Mrs. K. will be remembered as formerly Miss Clara Bloom of Remington. The Striker bowling alley that has been operating in a tent here for some months, was pulled up last week and transported to West Lebanon where it will be reopened.

J. W. Powell, Wm. Hicks, James and Aaron Blake and E. C. Forbes were up in Wabash county last week on a land prospecting trip. The former purchased another 160 acre farm there. Goodland Herald: A. P. Hawn has secured the contract for constructing a block of business buildings at Reynolds. The work is to be completed in thirty days and consequently Andy is a very busy man The John L. Cooke drug store at Goodland was broken open by burglars Thursday night of last week and about $l5O worth of Jay Johnson’s jewelry stock stolen. About $3 in ’'change of Mr. Cooke's was taken. The work is thought to have been that or amateurs. A big barn on the Ed Sumner farm near Earl Park, now farmed by Geo. Hart, formerly of Remington, was destroyed by fire one night last week, together with all its contents, including 19 head of horses, eight of which belonged to George and eleven to his tenant, Mr. Clark.

Four Corners Frank W. Fisher continues on the sick list, but is improving slowly. Floy Hubbard, Effie Fisher and Sarah Toomire visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Mannan of Tefft. Wheatfield has organized a foot ball team. They will now make an effort to kill off some of their baseball players. Mr, and Mfs. J. A. Hixson returned home Saturday after a week's visit with relatives and friends in Benton county. The cement walks around the new school house are completed, which adds generally to the appearance of our beautiful school building. Frank Jones and Chas. LaCount of Porter Co., were over Monday and Tuesday in the interest of the remonstrance of the Marble river drainage scheme. The potato crop in this section of Jasper is rotting in the ground and thousands of bushelswill never be dug. They are selling for 6oc per bushel from the field. William Bhirer was over from Valparaiso Monday and Tuesday. He is interr ested in the Fenzel ditch and came to meet the viewers, who are now at work on that ditch. Some low-down contemptible cuss, who had dropped down to zero in the scale of decency, broke one of the large windows in the new school building last Thursday night. The importation of teachers to fill the schools of Kankakee tp., has caused our trustee to experiment in importing school

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directors to look after the school property and purchase school supplies. The remonstrators on the river propbsition offered one dollar, it is reported, (or every name obtained to their remonstrance on last Tuesday which was the last day of grace for signatures. Mrs. Lou Neese, who has been visiting with her mother, Mrs. DeArmond, who is dangerously sick at her daughter's near Greensburg, returned Wednesday and reports the latter in a critical condition with no hopes for recovery.

Iroquois Valley. Leonard Hayes is lonely now. Mrs.WL, Kennedy is on the sick list. Say, Lester. Don't take up the road. Mr. Shirer and family visited in town Sunday. Rev. Markley was a Rensselaer caller Saturday. Emmet Pullins was a Rensselaer goer Saturday. Co#n cutting will be all the go at Marlatt's now. • Miss Agnes Hurley is threshing her beans this week Miss Goldie Wood took dinner at Mrs. Reed’s Sunday. Walter Shriner and father were town callers Tuesday. John Marlatt and family visited Chas. Reed’s Sunday. Ike Marlatt has finished sowing wheat for his brother John. Joe Jackson of Rensselaer was out to his farm Sunday morning. Lester Shriner and family visited Geo. McElfresh's Sunday night. Mrs. George Shriner called on Walter Shriner on day last week. Mrs. Cyril Steele and daughter Blanche visited Mr. Smith's Sunday. Mrs. Samuel Price attended her sister’s quilting party Wednesday. Lester, be careful. The gypsies will get you? Got any money? Mrs. Mary Shriner called on Mrs. Geo. McEltresh one day last week. Miss Lucy Morgenegg started to school Monday after a week’s sickness, Well, I hope you will all be glad to hear from Iroquois Valley again. Chris Morgenegg and Vilas Price were Rensselaer goers Saturday afternoon. Go to John Marlatt’s for the U. S. cream separator. Hurrah* for the U. S. Mr. and Mrs. Walter SChriner returned Tuesday after several week’s visit with her parents. Wm. Green has rented Wm. McElfresh s place, and Walter Shriner will probably go to Chicago. Miss Svea Valley returned to her home in Chicago Friday after a two months' visit with Mr. and Mrs. George McElfresh. , Miss Dora Price and Mr. Clyde Burris were married in town Monday morning. Quite a few boys attended their belling Monday night. Be careful, boys, when Clyde is around. Do not shoot for he is afraid.

67>e LucKy Seven Nate Keen was driving through our vicinity James Short of Kersey is making hay on the Luce ranch, The Wheatfield high school has organized a football team. Will Asher spent Sunday with home folks. I wonder why? Miss Myrtle Hatch of Wheatfield started to high school Monday. Mrs. Hughes and son Morris spent a few days this week in Valparaiso. F. W. Fisher and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mannan of Tefft. Mr. Allen of Crawfordsville is visiting his brother, E. W. Allen of Wheatfield. Ralph Brown of south of town, is hauling cane to the Vandercar sorghum mill. Miss Minnie Bennett of Gifford was the guest of Sylvia Ceely from Friday til Sunday of last week. Sim Fendig is getting along nicely now. He is able to be out squirrel hunting. these warm days. Otto Schrader, our enterprising merchant of Tefft, was a business caller in Wheatfield Tuesday. Gerd Hendrickson has presented his daughter Nelda with a new organ. She will take music lessons this winter.

Wm. Shirer of Valpo was traveling our streets Sunday, looking after bis farming interests and calling on old friends. • - ' Mr. and MrswJjmes Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jessup and Mr. and Mrs. John Biggs called on Mr. and Mrs. Asher Sunday afternoon. Frank Austin returned home Tuesday morning. Frank says farming beats railroading, hut be intends to return to bis work at Momence. Edna and Susie Jessup returned home Saturday night, after spending the sum mer in Momence, 111. Miss Edna in tends to go back soon to work this winter Starke County Democrat: Perhaps no man in Indiana was better pleased than B. F. Funk, the onion and potatoe grower of near Toto, over the election of C. N. Haskell as governor of Oklahoma. The two gentlemen were close personal friends in Ohio when both lived there a few years ago.

Fair OaKs Postmaster Thompson has arranged to handle sobool books this season. The remaining cases of diptheria up to this writing, Tuesday evening, are improving nicely. Mrs. Emory Cox returned home Saturday after a week or so’s visit with relatives at Laurel, Ind. •C. L. Egglnston, after a couple of weeks at home, returned to his duties at Memphis, Tenn., Saturday. Mr. Baughman of Mt. Ayr and Enos Moffitt went to Chicago Monday to buy the instruments for our band. Mrs. A. M. Bringle, Miss Blanche Brasket and Mrs. Thompson transacted business in Renseelaer Monday. Willie Cottingham got a fine new top buggy last week. Now, girls, if you want a buggy ride, leave your order early and avoid the rush. Rev. Mahon of Evanston pccupied-the pulpit in the M. E. church Sunday in place of Rev. Law, who is spending his honeymoon at home in Kansas.

We are truly glad to hear of the stand the Four Corners correspondent has taken against this awful curse, the saloon. Come again, brother. You are all right. Harry Zimmerman, who has been off duty for about six weeks, returned Wednesday, He worked One night and became disabled so is off again, but will return as soon as he is able, Dora Cottingham has added a barber chair to his pool business. Will McColly is his barber. So now we have two combined pool rooms and barber shops. Opposition is the life of trade, Uncle John Casey has the job of cutting the brush and weeds and piling them off the streets. He knows what a good job is and is doing a fine one, which helps the looks of the place wonderfully. Uncle James Blake had an attack qi paralysis Friday. His left side became perfectly useless and Sunday he had the second attack which makes him practically helpless although he can talk. He is almost 8b years of age.

Mrs. Chas. Fay suffered a very painful accident a few days ago, while helping to sow grass seed. She endeavored to pick some trash out of the gearing of the seeder while it was in motion and filer fingers got caught in the cogwheels and before the horses could be stopped all of the fingers on the right hand were badly mangled. Dr. Fyfe gave her the necessary treatment. The grim reaper took another from our midst Saturday night. This time it was a, boy by the name of Shultz of Medaryville, who had been working for bis brother-in-law, Bert Warren. He was taken down some three weeks ago with diptheria and grew from bad to worse until Saturday night when his spirit took its flight. The undertaker came down from Medaryville and took the remains up there tor interment Monday morning.

Old John Barleycorn played quite a part in our town Saturday evening. There was several of the boys from here attended the carnival at Parr Saturday and came home pretty well filled. And some came from Roselawn the same way. It .! s J re ß°’’ t . ed that a man at this place "died off in one of the pool roomsand was resurrected the next morning. We have people in our town that make quite big to do if certain ones get a little sick and don’t have a physician, but they won’t say or do a thing to drive this country-cursed evil out of existence, It is all right for a man to get dead drunk and lay in the ditch with some.

Lee We had a show in town Thursday evening. We have nice wither now since Jack Frost was here., ‘ Wesley Noland is doing carpenter work for Mr. Lamport. Mrs. J. H. Culp is still under the doctor’s care for typhoid fever. Our minister and wife took dinner with H. C. Anderson Sunday. F. L. Overton and Orville Holeman went to Rankin Wednesday. Vora Burr and Roy Noland visited our school Wednesday afternoon. The dredge is getting along fine considering the length of time it has been at work. O. A. Jacks and family visited George Holman's near Monticello Saturday and Sunday. The ladies have cleaned the church and put the carpet down and it will be ready to use next Sunday. Everybody come. John Osborne and family and Mrs. Holeman and son Orville, and Ray Holeman and wife attended church and took dinner with Arthur Parcels* Sunday.

Stuamp Corner Miss Pearl Price is sewing for Mrs. Alex Hurley this week , Several young folks belled Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Burns Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Hiratn Davis called on .Mr. and Mrs, Alex Hurley Saturday night and Sunday. Next time, Bennie, you go to work, don’t stop at John M ’s and bring their hired girl back home with you. Several of our young people attended the carnival at Parr last Saturday and report not a very good time'on account of the rain.

Milroy, Henry Beaver was in Rensselaer Monday Miss Williamson spent Sunday with home friends. - Roy Williams has been taking his wheat to Monon market. Perfect Spencer and wife spent Monday with Cady Underwood and wife. Miss Grace Worland spent Saturday and Sunday with home friends in Rensselaer. J. A. Clark of Sidnev, Ohio, is visiting his sister, Mrs. D. Z. Clark and other relatives here. H. J. Davis and daughter Deila visited Mrs, Emil Bernhard near Remington last Wednesday. County Supt. Lamson spent Tuesday night with G. L. Parks and visited the several schools here Wednesday. Miss Etta McCashen, who has had malaria this summer, had another attack Jnd went to Monon Wednesday to consult a physiciln. Z. J. McCashen, wife and daughter Etta and Geo. Foulks and wife, also D. Z, Clark and wife took dinner Sunday with J. R. Clark’s.