Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1908 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPBCIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

T, M. Hanniford was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. Robt. Parker was in Rensselaer on business Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Barnett returned last week from a two months' visit in the south.

I. G. Tharp and daughter, Mrs. C. G. Beal, visited in Rensselaer and Pleasan t Grove Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Max Hamer of Goodland spent New Year's here with his par* ents ( Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hamer. Aaron Blake was over in Wabash county last week, where he has a farm upon which be expects to move soon. J. W. Phelps chaperoned James Shepherd and B. F. Darrow to Fargo, No. Dak., last week on a land prospecting trip.

Jesse Anderson returned to South Bend last Wednesday after a visit with relatives here. He is employed in the Studebaker factory there. C. T. Denham was in Rensselaer Monday and Tuesday attending the |anuary meeting of the county commissioners, of which board he is president. Mr. and Mrs. Flint of Pierpont, So. Dak., returned home last week after an extended visit with her father, Charles Bonner, Sr., and other relatives and friend 5.

S. G. Hand was called home from Florida last week where he was spending the winter with his family, because of the Parker bank failure, his funds being tied up therein. Recent births: Dec, 28, to Mr, and Mrs. Max Price of Middlesboro, Kv„ a son, The mother was formerly Miss Mary Peck of Remington; Dec, 20, to Wm. Ball and wife, a son; Jan, 1, to Geo, Fulks and wife, a son; Jan. 3, to Charles Uum and wife, a son. Mrs. J. B. Chesebrougb, formerly ot Kentland and well known in Remington where she frequeutly visited, died last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R» £L Coppock in Peoria, 111. The remains were brought to Kentland for burial. She was the mother of Mrs. Simon Leopold of Francesyille, formerly of Remington and Rensselaer. Over too extra copies of The Democrat were sold here in a couple of hours Saturday, on account of its excellent report on the Bank of Remington iailure. More could have been sold but the Supply sent over was exhausted. If you want all the news all the time, send The Democrat a dollar and have it sent to you every week for a full year. Kentland Enterprise: The Parker bank failure is a sad revelation to many people. Mr. Parker opposed the enactment of a banking law on the ground that it was unnecessary and a reflection on bankers doing a legitimate business, yet he was unable to do business 20 days after the law went into effect. Like many another man before him, he was anabie to tell the difference between his own money and the money of other peo-< pie. In banking parlance, that is embezzlement, but rude and coarse people who pay their debts call it something else.

South Tiebuton. H. C. Pierson’s butchered Monday. Oscar Weiss is quite sick with lung fever. - j John Weise’s spent Wednesday with Cbas. Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Huff spent Sunday with W. L. Bringle’s. Mrs. Jesse Bringle spent Thursday with Mrs. Jefferson Smith. Mrs. James Powell spent Tuesday with Mrs. W. B. Yeoman. Miss Mildred Shipman spent Tburs -day with Mrs. Nelson Huff. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. lames Clifton of Fair Oaks. Mr. and Mrs. Will Shindler left Wednesday for New Mexico, where they intend making their home. Nelson DuCharme's moved on the Thomas Lamson farm Saturday, it being vacated by Ernest Mahew's, who moved on the Carr Bros.’ farm.

Fair OaKs Ed Kesler and wife were Rensselaer callers Monday. Mrs. Ike K’ght has secured Miss Trapp to assist her in her housework. Hillis & Tolen shipped several car toads of fat cattle to Indianapolis last week. John Casey returned home Sunday after a week’s visit with friends in Rensselaer. Arthur Powell of west of Rensselaer visited bis sister, Mrs. James Clifton, Sunday. • Cbas. Gundy w.as at home with bis family over Sunday. He is away carpentering. Rev, Games filled bis regular appointment in the Christian church Sunday at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. John Gwin is substituting Miss Adams In our primary school room during the latter’s illness.

Misses Ida and Jennie Kimbls of Copemish, Mich., visited friends here a couple of days last week. Several of dur* townsmen went to Chicago Sunday it is reported, to buy horses preparatory for spring work.

John Younglas, who has been shredding corn here off and on for the past two weeks, moved out of town Saturday. Mrs. John Torbet and children of near Streator, 111,, came over the latter part of the week to visit her mother, Mrs. Dodge, a few days.

Abe Bringle and wife and grandma Moffitt have been having a time the past few days with the grip but are some better at this writing. Charley Barker's family and household goods arrived here Friday and was moved into Will Warrens' property in the south part of town.

Willie Cottingbam and Miss Piper returned home the latter part of the week after spending the holidays with friends and relatives at and near Brookston. Morgan Clifton's two children who have been layed up a few days the past week with grip at Chas. Halleck’s, were able to be removed to their borne Sunday.

Hanging GroxJe. Mrs. Bessie Jordan is considerably better at this writing. Mr. Gifford will run a special train on Sunday to take up cattle along his road. Clyde Fulk attended Randle’s sale Wednesday and reported that everything sold well. Miss Vera Lefler, our clerk and assistant in the postoffice, is sick at her home with the grip. Misses Katie Maxwell! and Jennie Parker called on Mrs. Mary Parker Wednesday afternoon. A, Warner stuffed the hog market a little more Wednesday by shipping some more hogs to Chicago. Chas. Marquand, who worked for W. S. Lowman, has been housed up for two weeks with the good old grip. As soon as their furniture arrives Mr. and Mrs. lames Downs will commence housekeeping on the Lutz farm. The strong northwest wind Wednesday continued cold all day and we were visited with several snow flurries. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baker of Fowler visited the latter’s father aud brother, John and August Sigler this week. Another of our cattle men, C. C. Randle, who always has some fine cattle on hand, shipped a carload Sunday via C. & W. V. Ry. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Crowden of Goodland and Mrs. A, J. Hopkins of Superior, Neb., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harmon this week.

Wash Lowman says thesouthwest don’t look good to him and that he will not likely ever locate there. Mr. Lowman took the trip mostly for the benefit of his health.

Mr, Gilmore’s dredge is making fine progress in spite of the high water. They tave about a month’s digging on the lateral before returning to the main ditch again. _ Winfield and Howard Moulds have both been very sick with light forms of lung fever. The doctor has been called out twice to see them. At present their conditions seem a little better.

Sam Parker and James Letter finished husking corn this week and several others are getting very near done. The fields continue so soft that ' l is almost impossible to draw a load out of them.

Jack Hoyes has also finished busking corn and is now making arrangements to move soon on a farm north of Rensselaer, as has been mentioned before. Jack is a good farmer and will surely make things go wherever he locates. A letter from G. C. Petree, one of the Tennessee boys, states that the weather is warm down there and men are going in their shirt sleeves and the girls are wearing low cut shoes. Grover expects to bring some more fellows back wi h him in the spring.

Dr. Shear of Francesville has another new automobile which has an entirely different ignition system from his Ford

c»r, a $3.00 raw hide ready ip the socket if the igniter. He ha* a fine span of black mules to take the place of his goto during bed roads, Sunday school has not been attended very largely this winter. Of course bad roads and cold winter weather will make any country Sunday school drag, if we’re not careful. So I eta muster up a little more courage and keep up a lively school so our superintendent may not see fit to close until summer. The advisory board met on the 7th at the trustee’s office. Plans for hauling Mr. Haimon's two little children toan.d from school, were considered, but so far as we have learned no definite arrangements were made. The advisory board consists of i. P, Gwin, Geo. Parker and Jos, Stewart. ' Miss Blanche McCarthy returned to her school at Moore Monday morning after a two weeks’ vacation. She had only intended to have one week, but owing to sickness was compelled to miss two weeks. Miss Lural Anderson also missed two weeks instead of one, as she bad formerly intended, .

Porter & Howe are doing some hustling business with their corn shredding outfit. They have about ten days' run before closing the season’s work. They will quite likely have some kind of a machine to thresh buckwheat with next fall, and thereby save time and expense of waiting on a foreign machine. Mrs. Simonsin filled the pulpit at Parker Sunday as Mr, Simonson was not able to make the trip and also attend the meeting at Lee the same evening. Quarterly meeting at Gillam was announced for Jan. 27. This point is considerably behind with their quarterage, but hope we may be able to meet our payment promptly. Sale bills are posted on every nook and corner. W. E. Poole has a sale billed lor Jan, 17. Mr. Poole is selling out preparatory to moving to Muncie to take charge of a large brick factory owned there by his father. A fierce street railway strike is being quieted by the state militia at Muncie and it is hoped Warren will not let those intruders have any brick to throw.

R. S. Drake finished hnsking corn last week. He got done one day later than he expected, owing to the fact that Arthur Miller got lost one morning and did not get oul to the field until nearly noon. The women folks heard some one calling like they might be lost but still kept thinking it was Ott calling up the cattle. Hereafter Arthur will let the lamp burn all night. Some very brave chicken -thieves entered lames Leflers’s chicken roost Thursday evening of last week, early in the evening before any one had gone to bed. Gayiord Parker was working there at the time, and he and Mr. Lefler hustled out as soon as they heard the noise and came within a hair’s breadth of capturing the rascals, The thieves drove down the road at a rapid pace. As there wasn’t a horse available they could not be overtaken.

Lee Quite a few people are sick with colds. Will Rishling hauled oats to Lee Monday. Albert Warner loaded a car of hogs here Tuesday. * Quite an amount of corn is coming to town to market. Pressing hay and loading cars is the order of the day. Asa Holeman is husking corn for George Johnson. Mr. Gilmore made a business trip to Rensselaer Monday. David Culp look a load of corn to Mr. Wood ot Monon Monday. Roy Holeman went to his former home last Tuesday to husk corn, Will Stiers had a laughable runaway Monday. Nobody was hurt. Mr. Lafayette Denton and Miss Effie Louks were married Tuesday. Mrs. J. H. Culp is improving but is not able to go out to church as yet. Meetings are still going on at the church, both afternoon and evening. Large crowds attending in the evenings and very much interest taken.

Milroy . - Roy Williams was a Lee goer Tuesday evening. Chas. Beaver called on J. A. Tune Tuesday. Mrs. Cady Underwood was in Monon Tuesday. , Jacob McDonald and wife were in Monon Monday. Mrs. Chatman called on Mrs. Underwood Wednesday morning. Thos. Johnson and family attended church at Lee Tuesday evening. - Albert Wood, who has been working in Momence, 111,, came borne for a visit. Mrs, Richard Foulks spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Williams. Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Underwood took dinner with Mrs. Chatman Sunday. Several in this vicinity have been attending the revival meetings in progress at Lee. Mr.\ and Mrs. Chas. Beaver spent Tuesday evening with G. L. Parks and family. Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Clark and son Clyde took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Frank May. Mrs. Effie Underwood and Miss Pearl Chatman attended chuich at Lee Sunday evening. Ed Johnson and family and Willard Johnson and family spent Sunday at Perry Beaver's in Monon. John Bressler and family atteaded preaching at Lee Sunday and took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holeman, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McCashen have moved and commenced housekeeping on the farm vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holeman.

Rev. Simonson, wife and son, J. A. Tune, wife and son, I. J. Clark, Mrs. L. Foulks and Mrs. Cady Underwood spent Wednesday forenoon with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks.

Pine Grotfe, Mrs. McCleary spent Sunday with Mrs. Geo. Masters. —— - ■ Bertha Cooper spent Tuesday afternoon with Verna Shroyer. Mrs. Chas. Shroyer spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Chas. Reese. Mrs. McCleary and daughter Gusta were Rensselaer goers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Jordan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shroyer. Mrs. Andy Ropp, Eleanor Miller and Mrs. James Torbet were guests of Mrs, Sena Jenkins Tuesday. There will be a box social at the Blackford school house on Saturday night, Jan. rB. A good program. Everybody cordially inyited.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gwin returned home Monday after several days’ visit with the latter’s sister, Mrs. Frank Hawkins, at Lebanon.

Four Corners H. Marble is on the sick list. Sim Fendig, the druggist, was a Rensselaer caller Monday. Mrs. J. A. Hixson is suffering from a a severe attack of the grip. Several cases of measles in Wheatfield but all reported doing well. * Trustee Chas. Stalbaum lost one of his driving horses Tuesday night. Countv Supt. Lamson visited schools in Kankakee and Wheatfield tps., this week. Henry Hunsicker returned Wednesday from a visit among friends in Owen county. Rev, O’Brian is conducting a series of revival meetings at the M. E. church at Wheatfield. Hasling, the Wheatfield footracer, left for Chicago Tuesday, where he is billed for a race Saturday. The surprise last Friday night in honor ot Ira Albin was well attended and a fine time reported. Frank Austin’s son and daughter have returned from Florida, but Frank continues to run the fish machine. John Pinter has put up hitch racks in his lot west of the store for the convenience of his customers. John is looking after their welfare. The farmers generally are through husking corn which is in no condition to to market. A great amount of the corn is moulding in the crib. Bert Vandercar, Wm, Fitzgerald and

John Stalbaum are hauling coal props lor San Pierre parties who purchased the -timber on the White land, north of Tefft. Our friend, F. W. Austin, puts up a terrible howl on account of a little tun indulged in by Four Corners and gets quite witty at an innocent person. Don’t think because on two or three occasions the marked envelopes of this person was used he is "it.” You all have one more guess coming. We were after all very considerate in our description. We also beard that this Florida man hung up his socks on X-mas night and the board of h'ealth made him take them down, but we didn’t say anything about it. F. W. Fisher and sop Wairen returned Saturday from a week's visit with his father near Cincinnati, O, and one week visiting friends and old schoolmates in Wabash Co. Great changes have been made, there. Push and energy has changed the Indian reservation into a fine farming district thickly dotted with fine farm buildings and peopled with farmers who possess posh and energy. They believe in thorough drainage and good stone or gravel roads, ana they

have both. They do not believe in clogging the wheels of public improvement but lend A helping hand by pushing it along. North Jasper la twenty veara behind and will remain there ut»less our people become more public spirited and enterprisihg.