Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1908 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Mrs. John Ulm is very sick at this writing. Recent births: Jan. 4, to Chas. Sigo and wife, a son. Trustee Fell attended the county board of education meeting at Rensselaer Monday. Miss Louise Geier of Renolds was the guest of her brother William and family last Wednesday. Mrs, John Schwerdsman and sister of Logansport visited Mrs. Leona Taber a couple of days last week. Mrs. Geo. Gauthier of Kentland visited her sister, Mrs. H. E. Hartley, here a couple of days last week. Upwards of 200 claims against the Bank of Remington have been filed by depositors with Attorney Guv. Win, Sullivan, who is working at hauling saw logs from “Blue Sea” to Wolcott, has moved to the latter place. Little Robert Stoudt was quite .pick a few days last week with what threatened to develop into pneumonia, but is now about the house again. Mrs. Kate Kuhlman returned to her home in Bloomington, 111., last week after a visit with her son, Jacob Ochs and family. She was recently divorced from her husband, Wm. Kuhlman, on desertion and non-support grounds. According to the report of the Richcreek bank matters in Indianapolis, of Seth M. Richcreek, the missing banker, the liabilities amount to $168,000 and the assets somewhere from $65,000 to SBO,000. The assets consist entirely of real estate, which the creditors allege Richcreek could not take with him. All the real estate is more or less encumbered. There promises to be a big turn out Saturday to the first meeting of creditors of the Parker bank, when Referee Bowers will be here trom Hammqnd and a trustee will be appointed. We hope the creditors will not be lead astray in the election of a trustee, but witt select some good local man in whom everybody has absolute confidence and who will settle up the estate in a reasonable time. Ernest Shepherd, son of William Shepherd, an ex-grocer here who is now living near Redlands, Cali., and who was indebted to the Bank of Remington in the sum of $7,201.19 and interest, writes a long rambling letter from Washington, D. C, that if this is done and that is done, and the fellows who owe bis father will “whack up," etc., etc., he will agree to turn over one-third of his own salary to pay the interest along on this note until such time as his father is able to pay the debt; but if the creditors don’t do precisely as “Ernie" wants them to do, then he will give them the marble heart and cut them dead. We have heard that Ernest had developed into a very smart, educated man —although he never amounted to much here —but, if this letter is an evidence of his astuteness, then it hardley justifies the reports that have come back here. It is very “thin” to say least, and will have no effect whatever in influencing any creditor to do different than he had intended.

Milroy. Geo. Foulks was in Wolcott Tuesday. Mr. Hirman and Dan Chapman were in Wolcott Tuesday. Albert and Chas. Wood spent Monday evening With Geo. Foulks. Miss Jessie Williamson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank May. Clell Clark and Miss Della Davis attended church at Lee Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cady Underwood transacted business in Rensselaer last Tuesday. L. Parks and family spent Saturday evening with Chas. Slaughter and family, Manson Barlow went Tuesday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Barlow, in Orange county. Frank May and wife, Mrs. George Foulks and Leita and Dora Clark took : supper Saturday evening with J. A. Tune’s. Ludd Clark, wife and little daughter, who have been spending the past month visiting relatives in Missouri, returned home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, the happily wedded couple of Hardscrabble farm, were very musically entertained Tuesday evening by a "picked up” band of Milroy. Mr. and Mrs. Creyton Clark have resigned their position on the Gilmore dredge and have removed to their home in White county. The vacancies have been filled by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foulks,

Fair OaKs News is very scarce in our neck of of the woods this week. Mr. and Mrs, Ed Kesler’s little baby has been quite ill the past week. Charley Warren will move out on one s of Ike Right's farms in the spring.

Miss Edith Moffitt returned to Chicago Tuesday to again take treatment. Our band boys are without an instructor since Mr. Baughman left Mt. Ross Bringle of Jordan tp., visited his Uncle Abe and family in Fair Oaks over Sunday, Floyd Cox got home the latter part of the week with three big heavy horses which he bought in Chicago. Mrs. Fannie Bringle and Grandma Moffitt are still in the clutches of the grip, with scarcely no improvement. Abe Bringle, the mail carrier, visited the hub Mondav. Enos Moffitt, his “sub," filled bis place during his absence. Owing to the unsafe condition of the advanced school room there are but a very few scholars attending school in that room this week. After a few days of soft weather and rain we got another good-sized snow Saturday night and Sunday, and now we are having some bad roads. Mrs. Calvin Boroughs and children of Roselawn visited relatives here in Fair Oaks Sunday. They will soon move from Roselawn to Moore’s Hill, Ind., on a farm. It is rumored that Mrs, Frank Wilson has sold her property in the west part of town to Mrs. Mattie Dickinson and will with her children leave soon for the west, but to what point we have not as yet heard. * It is reported that some of Roselawn’s citizens speak in very loud tones about the people of Union tp. They wish Union would vote down the saloon remonstrance so Fair Oaks would get a saloon of its own and they would not be bothered with - the trash coming up there to get bdoze.

A// Corners Levi Kuboski shelled corn Saturday. The wedding bells will soon ring once again. Henry Cain took dinner with Geo. Eck Sunday. Elmer Standish visited at Levi Kuboski’s Sunday. John Detrick visited Miss Lillie Watson Sunday. Mrs. John L T !m of Remington is very low at this writing. Chas. Cain visited W. F. Michaels a couple of days last week. Amy Dennis has been staying at Dr. Kinniman's at Goodland. Mary Eck is staying with her sister, Mrs. Kuboski, at present. Callie and Cecil Watson have been husking corn for Levi Kuboski. The marriage of Charley Cain and Lena Youngs of Goodland will take place soon. Henry Cain, while skating the other day, broke through the ice and cut his head quite badly. Mrs, John Kelly returned from Remington Saturday, where she has been taking care of her mother, Mrs. John Ulm, who is sick.

Ml \yr [From The Pilot.] .Miss Winnie Welsh of Iroquois, 111., is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Harris Martin. J.B. Ashby has been quite sick for several days and at the time of going to press he was no better. Geo. Hart of Sheldon, 111., has been transacting business in and around this place tor several days. J. M. Witham and daughter Lillie spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kreitzer, northeast of town. R. R. C. Ballard of Morocco has been holding evening meetings at the M. E. church this week and they will probably be continued into next week. Harry Hufty and family have moved to town and are occupying the W, R. Crisier property which was recently vacated by W. F. Baughman and family. Mrs. Arch Elijah and son Roy returned to their home near Topeka, Ind., Monday after visiting for some time with friends rnd relatives at this place and Brook. W. F. Baughman, former editor of the Pilot, left town last Friday with his family and household goods for Hamlet, Ind., where he has accepted a position on a newspaper to be organized at that place in the near future. Wm. Shindler and wife left last Tuesday for Nara Vista, New Mexico, where they will make their home in the future. We hope that they will enjoy the trip but we can't wish for them to be satisfied with the country tor Billy told us that if

it didn’t suit him they would return to Mt. Ayr, They will locate near where Chas. Bringle is now located. Billy also told us to be sure and send the Pilot regularly.

Sleepy Holloto Everybody has bad colds at this writ* in*. Alex Hurley was in town on business Saturday. Miss Alice Hughes called on her mother a few days ago. Mrs. Charley Stackhouse called on Mrs. Frank Alter Tuesday. Miss Agnes Hurley called on her parents Saturday and Sunday. There will be a box social at Blackford Saturday the 18. All are invited. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alter called on her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill. Vilas Price had a party Tuesday evening which was well attended and all report a good time. Be careful* Elmer, next time you go and get another cow you don't have to atop and get some one to bring out the camphor bottle again.

\ Four Corners Wm. Fitzgerald of Kankakee was a Wheatfield caller Monday. Geo. Hoehn, Jr., who recently sold his butchershop in Wheatfield, left for the west Friday. Bessie Jessup is quite sick at this writing with what is supposed to be chicken pox. Geo, Hoehn of Kankakee came up Monday to look after bis farm and property interests here. Ford Pilgrim, who has been visiting with F. W. Fisher and family, returned to bis work at Wabash Monday, Wm, Turner of Wheatfield shipped frogs to No. Judson Monday. He accompanied them to see that none got away. William Mutchier started for Florida Monday. He goes for pleasure and for his health. He will locate with Chas. Myres and wife. The surprise in honor of Miss Sadie Gulbransen on last Friday night was complete as to crowd and effect, and a nice social time is reported. Herman Langdon was a business caller at Lacross Monday. He went to inspect a stock of goods, so we are informed. He expects to embark in merchandise soon. Collins & Wills intend to locate their saw mill on the Turner land, southwest of Tefft, now owned by Enos Hibbs. All that wish sawing done must get in their logs soon. Trustee Stalbaum was a business caller at the county seat Monday. He went to make his yearly report and we trust gave the publication of same to the Democrat where it will be read by the taxpayers interested, [He did. Editor.] L. C. Asher "has returned from his southern trip and informs us that he has purchased land in Oklahoma, near where Chas. Ross lives and will locate there next fall. His son William is now at work enclosing the land with a good wire fence. Bert Vandercar was writing insurance in this locality the first of the week. Bert represents the Mutual of Jasper, White and Benton and the rate is about %of old line companies. The farmers here are taking advantage of the rates offered and giving their work to Bert. The editor of the Review relused to publish an answer to the uncalled for abuse contained in the letter which was written over the signature of Frank W. Austin. He gave for his reasons that it was libelous and he did not want to get into trouble, and besides he said it was originally commenced in The Democrat and should be answered in The Democrat, Then why did he publish the Austin letter? In justice he should have refused to publish the Austin insulting letter if he did not wish to allow the injured party the space in which to reply. But his sense of justice is just like his politics—for those of his kind only. If we should join in with him and abuse the editor of The Democrat and take his worthless publication we no doubt would have been given a chance in which to reply. There may be some democrats in these parts who believe in his democracy, but thank goodness they are few, and our advise to them would be if they have any party secrets they had better salt them down while in the company of the Review editor.

Lee Mr. Williamson is betters this writing. Mrs. Ray Holeman has been sick with the grip. Abe Noland bad a runaway last Wednesday and tore up some of his harness. Mrs. Worden Donaldson was sick and Dr. Stewart was called to see her Saturday evening. David Culp took buckwheat to the Rensselaer mill Tuesday and bad it gronnd into flour. Cold and grip seems to be an epidemic among the school children; several have been absent. Dr, Clayton was called to see Mrs. Gilmore Wednesday morning. She is very sick with grip.

Asa Holeman butchered a fat bog last Tuesday and sold it to Frank Overto n for his meat market. Mrs. Simonson conducted the meetings last Sunday morning and evening while Mr. Simonson was filling his appointments at other places, The protracted meetings that have been in progress four weeks, closed last Tuesday evening. There was a great amount of good done in this community. As Miss Ola Williamson was delivering cream to Lee last Wednesday to be shipped to Chicago, she got her buggy broke as she came in and as she was returning home she lost a bolt oqt of the buggy shaft and was haviug more than her share of trouble. But she finally got home all right.

Lone *Jfar Ed Oliver was in this vicinity Monday. Frank Sommers was a Rensselaer goer Monday. - ■ George and Jake Beaver were Monon goers Tuesday. Ben Ward is assisting John Sommers in husking corn. % Edgar Timmons is helping Mart Sommers with his work. Ernest Downs spent Wednesday everting with John Sommers. Luther Tow and sister Belle spent Sunday with Frank and Lillie Sommers. Elmer Clark and family spent Monday with bis brother, Branson Clark and family. Charles Sommers and sister Mabelie spent Wednesday evening with their sister, Mrs. George Beaver. Wonder what made Edgar and John look so down hearted Saturday night? Brace up, boys, she isn’t gone yet.

Hanging GrotJe James Letter dressed turkeys Tuesday. 1 Geo. Parker butchered four fine bogs Tuesday. Jim and Nellie were in Rensselaer Saturday. Mrs, Geo. Bond has been quite sick for several days, but is better now. Wedding bells are going to ring soon over in the lower corner of Gillam. Elzie Miller has rented a farm near Wolcott and will move there this spring. Miss Cora E Tyler has been visitipg relatives at Wheatfield for the past two weeks. Mr. Gilmore unloaded a car of coal at McCoysburg for use on his dredge a tew days ago. Mrs. Ina Leach of Kewana, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller for several days. * 0 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker went to P.urdue Wednesday and came back Thursday evening. Ed Peregrine was appointed by Trustee Cook to take Dick Foulks’ place as supervisor of Dist. No. 4, Trustee Cook was in Rensselaer Monday making his yearly report. Township reports are beginning to appear in the papers. Institute was held in McCoysburg Saturday, the first of the new year. Miss Heltzel went to her home in Monon on the evening train. Tbe dredge broke one of the large cables Wedneseay morning of last week and was delayed some until a new one could arrive from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. James Downs were given a useful shower Wednesday night. They received many useful presents necessary to commence housekeeping with. Our “bustling” M. L. Ford who does everything at once, has cul the sprouts and shrubbery from his timber land, which now gives it a very neat appearance. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ringeison baye gone to Sherburn, Minn., to visit relatives and look after some land interests there. They will go from there to some points in No. Dak., after which they will return home. They expect to be gone about a month.

Chas. A. Letter and little daughter Lena are both quite sick. It has Men necessary to have the doctor out to see them. They are a little better at this writing. Quite a few in this vicinity were disappointed Sunday on account of the storm, as they had expected to enjoy the farewell dinner at Fritz Zard’s north of "Rensselaer. All aboard! X mas and New Year’s are past and Washington’s birthday is the next stop. Then comes the political hair pulling of 1908. Conventions will be held some time in March. H. G. Balliger who lives on the Gleason farm, loaded three car loads of bay for the Chicago market at Bussell’s switch. The C. & W. V. Ry., is handling lots of freight this winter. Harry E. White will move from the Redd farm, to a farm south of the old Gray place, and will probably farm some with his father. Harry follows the well drilling business to some extent. S. G. Pass will move from the Harmon farm this spring and take charge of a fine farm he owns up near Medaryville. Mr. Pass is a good citizen and patron of our route, and we are sprry to lose him. Some of the boys got pretty well jagged at A. B. Lowman’s sale. Two of them, we have learned, were from McCoysburg and the other a local fellow from Kokomo, who has made this vicinity his headquarters during the work on the stone road. Carl Remm, another of our big farmers on the east side, is delivering bis corn at Bussell’s switch. Carl has hauled the largest lodd that has been pulled on the dump this year. He isn’t so very large in stature, but he’s a hustler when it comes to raising corn. R. S. Drake and daughter Hazel were in Rensselaer Tuesday. Mr. Drake just returned from the west a few days ago He visited several points including Spokane and Walla Walla, Wash,, and Ogden, Utah. Robt. says he saw all kinds of country, good, bad and medium, and reports a very enjoyable trip. About thirty friends gathered at the home of W. E. Poole Saturday night and very pleasantly surprised him, The evening was spent in music and bear stories. Warren entertained the crowd for more than an hour with his phonograph. A nice supper was served and everyone surely enjoyed the evening. Mrs. Geo. Parker and Mrs. Royal Bussell were in Rensselaer Monday. The latter was look ng after some household goods. The mail man and his spouse will occupy the residence near the store, jusLvacated by W. R. Willitts.’ Mr. Willitts has moved into the Dick Foulks property and Dick and his wife have moved in the dredge cooking house. Gaylord Parker is scooping corn for C. W. Bussell in the car. Gaylord is a hustler and always “Johnny on the spot” whenever there is anything to be done. He and John Morintz have rented some land of Thompson and will farm it this coming season. They jill board at the former’s father’s this but there just isn’t any telling what kind of arrangements Gale will make for next year. ?

Surrey Good weather for colds: School closed Tuesday for a few days, the teacher being on tbe grip list. The skating party that went out wading one night last week are nearly all on the sick list. Marion Freeland is suffering with a broken arm, causedby a collision with a colt and the barn d6or. FestusChupp and wife returned home from Michigan a few days ago. They purchased 80 acres of land while there, Jim Gilmore’s sale held Wednesday was well attended. Property brought good prices for the times. The corn sold very high. George Rusch is chopping cord wood, this winter as usual. He does his own cooking, eating and sleeping,and smokes once a day, There is considerable talk in regard to the lower Iroquois ditch improvement and tbe people tbink there will be a hot time in the old town. Lee Mauck, who lately purchased the Rowen farm, is making some muchneeded improvements to the buildings and will soon move his family there. We notice that B. S. Fendig was advertising for old poultry and advising farmers to sell that kind of goods if they have any, He must have a contract with some prosperity soup house. Boy your parchment butter wrappers at The Demoorat office.