Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1907 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

S. H. Kuster was in Rensselaer Tuesday. Bert Hackley is preparing to move to Texas. Geo. A. Claspell was in Rensselaer on business Wednesday. * Mrs, H. E. Hartley visited in Kentland and Danville, 111., last week. Mrs. W. T. Elmore waited her mother, Mrs. J. D. Mason, atTlwood last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bellows visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murphy in Chicago last week. Don’t forget the railroad election Nov. 12. Come out and vote your sentiments, anywaf. '/ John Ulm, Sr., and son John went to Tennessee last week on a land prospecting trip. John Phelps took Robert Bowers and son to De Smet, So. Dak., last week to look at land. G. E. Marshall and] family of Rensselaer, visited relatives here last week and this week. Mrs. G. M, Kirkpatrick of Parma, Idaho, is visiting relatives and friends here at this writing, Mr. and Mrs. James Grennard went to New Richmond last week to visit old friends for a few days. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Campbell of Chicago visited the former's sister, Mrs. Wilcox, here last week. Fred Holster of south of town, has bought W. A. Gillam's dray business and will move to town. J. G. Morris was called to Anderson last week by the death of his brother-in-law residing at that place. Miss Twonnette Parker is visiting her sister,-Mrs. Tones Templeton and her brother Lowell Parker, in St. Louis, Mo. * Mrs. C. A. Wood and Mrs. Geo. Gauthier of Kentland were guests of Mrs, H. E. Hartley Monday and Tuesday. Ira W. Yeoman was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday, called there to see bis brotbez James who it is thought is on bis deathbed from a paralytic stroke. Goodland Herald: J. A. Patton has sold bis poultry business at Hillsdale, Mich., and has moved to Kankakee, 111,, where he is engaged in the same business. Mrs. A. I. Brooks suffered a rupture ol a small blood vessel of the brain last week and for a time was in a critical condition. At this writing she is improving. Noah Dunn has moved back to Remington once more, and is working in Wood's livery barn. He has been farming near Rensselaer for the past few years.

Mr, and Mrs. D. J. Harris and Mrs. L. W. Schafer of Lafayette and Miss Elizabeth Carroll of Chicago were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Harrington here one day last week. Four of the balloons of the international balloon race were sighted here Tuesday morning. One passed over the south part of town. They were sailing along at perhaps 20 to 25 miles per hour and at a height of about 500 feet apparently. Russell Wickwire, aged 22, son of exsheriff C. W. Wickwire, deceased, late of Goodland, died of typhoid fever in Portland, Oregon, a few days ago.and the remains will be brought to Goodland tor interment. He was playing with a show band when be contracted the disease, Mr. Cecil Gordon McCain of Shelbyville, and Miss Mattie Wahl were united in marriage on Wednesday evening of last week at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wahl of this place, Rev. Miller of the Christian church officiating. They will reside in Indianapolis where the groom holds a position as a grocery clerk. The rig stolen here Monday night of last week by' a tramp and Homer Heath of Remington, as mentioned in < The Democrat's last issue, belonged to Nick Wagner, who with his wife had come to •town to do some trading and hitched their horse to the bitchrack back of Garrison's store. When they got ready to go home the rig was gone. He recovered bis rig at Monticello Tuesday and the thieves are in jail there awaiting trial. Young Heath is said to be only 16 years of age, but is rather tough, although generally considered weakminded.

Tbe'aftemoon train on this division of the Panhandle had an unusual experience Saturday between Seafield and Reynold*. A bridge over a big ditch was discovered to be on fire but was seen too late to stop the train, and the engineer when he saw that he could not stop, turned on full steam find carried the tram oyer. The bridge was found to be greatly weakened and it is a wonder that the train did not go through Coming this way a short distance was another bridge and it was thought best to examine it, when it was found that it, too, was on fire and uot safe to be crossed. This stalled the train between two burned bridges, and after consider* able delay automobiles and. rigs were summoned from here to go to the relief of the passengers, some 12 miles eastward. It was midnight before they returned. In the meantime the freight engine and the caboose bad been backed up from the State Line and transferred the mail, baggage and what few passengers remamel with the stranded tram and brought them westward, arriving here about the same time as the other*. It seems to be the general opinion that the fires were set by train wrecker* who planned to rob the pay car, which was to pas* over this

division immediately behind the regular passenger tram.

Sleepy Hollobu Roy Ropp was seen ip our vicinity Tuesday. Bennie ajid Vilas Price called on John Grey Bunday. Miss Goldie Wood called on Miss Lucy Morgenegg Bunday. Agnes Hurley and Pearl Price called on Mrs, George McElfresh. Miss Pearl Price is sewing for Mrs. Chris Morgenegg this week. . Miss Pearl Price and Cad Cowell called on Curtis Harrod Sunday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Lester Shriner called on Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morgenegg Sunday. Misses Agnes and Maggie Hurley called on their sister, Mrs. Hiram Davis, Sunday.

Che LucKy Se-Ven Prof. Owens spent Saturday in Valpo. Mr. and Mrs. Asher went to Medaryville last Thursday. Sylvester Austin is sick with typhoid fever. Dr. Zuech is attending him. G, D. Gregory left his team at Knox over Sunday while be visited at home, Mrs. Seely and daughter Sylvia were in Gifford calling on friends last Friday. Htnry Huntsicker and daughter Anna were driving tbrough'our vicinity'Saturday. B. F. Funk of Toto, a former resident of Wheatfield, harvested a fine crop of onions this fall. The Misses Florence Nier.and Sylva Seely visited the Van Patten school Tuesday afternoon. Enos Hibbs and wife were seen one day last week taking home a nice new kitchen range. Melvin Austin of Monterey, raised over two thousand bushels of potatoes on twelve acres of ground. Misses Florence Nier and Ptearl Asher spent Satuiday night and Sunday with their Grandma Keene. C. Hill ot Ora, raised a pumpkin which measured six feet and one .inch in diameter and weighed 103 lbs. The Wheatfield high school football team will play their first game of the season at Monon this week Saturday. J. M. Kinney of Kendallville, Ind., and Thomas Kent of Momence,. 1)1., visited at the homt of Ed Jessup from Thursday until Monday. Mrs. Nate Keen and daughter and three children of Mt. Ayr, visited at the home of their uncle, Nathan Keen, from Saturday until Monday. Miss Bessie Lock wood invited a few of her school friends to her home Sunday afternoon and they all report having had a pleasant time.

Four Corners * Marion Sands is pressing hay for Marion Davis. Sadie Gulbransen is visiting friends in Valpo this week. The farmers Who are feeding this year's corn crop report plenty of chaffy corn. Prof. Owens was in Valparaiso Saturday and Sunday. He jyas over to have his eyes tested for glasses. John Allen and family of Kankakee, 111., were visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Allen, over Sunday. John Maloney of Chicago, is visiting his brother, T. F., of Kankakee township. Tom’s aged mother is also visiting here. Surveyor Price’and Dan Waymire, with the assistance of Chas. Peregrine, are viewing the proposed Rasmussen flitch this week.

Simon Fendig was bee hunting Monday, whh great success. He found one' bee tree and • squirrel, which he Mid the bees stung'to death. Geo. Brett, the liveryman, will sell bis livery stock and take himself hence, then Tefft will be obliged to. loot to Otto to add one more string to his bow. W, J. Bryan will lecture at Valparaiso Wednesday, the 30th, in the evening, The lecture will be given in the Auditorum. A number of the high school pupils of Wheatfield will attend. George Stemble is doing a rushing business* this week in the hay an< * lumber trade, but on account of the scarcity of cars he is compelled to put in barns and ricks outside the greater part of the hay, Schrader & Schrader of Tefft, are building another story to their store building which will be used in part for a central telephone office for the Smith line. Lou Hillard and Thos. pones have charge of the carpenter work. Chas. Sands, who is soon to become one of Jasper county’s rising attorneys/ moved his household goods to Rensselaer- Monday via. mule power. Chas, has friends here who wish him to become second to none in bis chosen profession. Starke county, we are told, is haying their owu troubles over their so-called gravel road* A complaint has been made that the turkeys belonging to the farmers who live along the road are eating all the gravel they find in the material used in its construction, E. W, Allen is holding the road contractors down to a fair play basis. They were compelled to dump two or three loads of what they called gravel along the side of the road as Mr. Allen refused to accept such material. Before this road is accepted it would be well to see if the sewers put under the road comes up to the requirements of the contract. If they do, poor judgment was exercised in this part at least, for they are fully one-half too small.-

Fair OaKs Fine weather nowadays, with a good heavy frost occasionally. Mrs. Kight and Mrs. Cox visited relatives at Kniman Tuesday. "Mrs; AT Moore and Mrs. Gundy transacted business in Rensselaer Monday. The diptheria patients are getting along fine and will be out in a few days. Newt McCay, wife and children attended the carnival at Roselawn Saturday. / Chas. Halleck is busy receiving and "healing in” nursery stock, getting ready to make his fall delivery. The Rensselaer ball kids came up Sunday to show our bpys how it is done. 1 They laid it across them bad. R. P. Benjamin and wife of Rensselaer came up Sunday and visited J. B. Robinson and wife on the Tolen ranch. There was quite a number from here attended the Roselawn carnival Saturday, and with a few of them—we will leave it for the readers to guess the rest. There were two large balloons passed over this section Tuesday morning going from the west to the east. They were seen by many people in south and west of here, and were a part of those started at St. Louis Monday evening. Some sav one of them was close enough that the occupants could be seen. People are still on the move in these parts. Barker Crawford moved the latter part of the week from the Proudley property into Carl Wilson's house, vacated by Geo. Brouhard; Charley Warne moved from the Geo B. Davidson farm into the house vacated by Crawford; Dave Winslow came over from Hopkins Park Sunday and had.his goods started to that place Monday or Tuesday; Will Foley moved his goods Sunday out on the Duffy ranch, a few miles west of here. We noticed a remark in last Friday’s Republican, regarding the Warren family, wherein it states that aside, from a few that are of the same belief, all the rest are of one mind. Now we believe that if the Republican man knew the true state of affairs here he would not be guilty of printing so many unreasonable things. In the first place we don’t feel that it is his writing as we believe him to be a man of good sense and judgment. From the charge be makes, if any one has the least bit of sympathy for these people they must be of the same belief. Now this sounds like he might have gotten his information from some old croaker who never was known to do a good Christian act, always going about as a wolf in sheep’s clothing, seeking those whom he might devour. Though people live this profession, they don't profess one thing and live another. They are always ready to help the poor.

'P/ne Gro'Ve. Mrs. Wayne Gwin was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. Mrs. Andy Ropp called. <&,Mrs. Chas. Shroyer Monday afternoon. Mrs. Shroyer and daughter Verna were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jordan spent Sunday with Mr. and_Mrs. Wjn. Nuss. Mrs. Wayne Gafin called on Mrs. George Daniels Monday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morgenegg and fanffly. Miss Bertha George of Chicago Heights, spent the first of the week with her Miss Verna Shroyer. / £ Mrs. Chas. Jenkins and family and father visited at Wheatfield Saturday and Sunday with her sister and family, Mrs. Ves Austin.

Lee J. H. Culp went to Chicago Monday on business. The school had nice exercises ’Frtday on Arbor day. The people of Lee saw two of the airships Tuesday morning. Horton and Mosley brought two loads of cattle to their big farm last week. beef wagon was through our town last Saturday. We hope it will come again. Friday of last week the school had pictures taken of the teacher and the thirty-six pupils. Edward Culp and wife of Remington, came last Saturday to visit his sister, Mrs, T. P. Jacks. Oscar Williamson of near Lee is an unlucky boy, he has had so bones, and now his knee-cap is thrown but of place again. Mrs, Parcels, Mrs. Oyerton, Mrs. Culp and their mother Mrs. Holeman, went to Monon last Thursday and took dinner with Mrs. Elzie Webb* Quarterly meeting at the church Saturday and Sunday. Dr. Wood, the preysiding elder,will preach Saturday evening and Sunday morning.