Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1908 — Page 8

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Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

FORESMAN. Alba Mooney visited at Goodland over Sunday. Hugh Spaulding visited at Brook over Sunday. Mr. Ray and family visited at Kendall's Sunday. J. S. Toyne and wife visited at Goodland Sunday. Ira Brown and family visited at Dennison’s Sunday. Inez Lowe is visiting with her sister, May Foresman, this week. Sam Sampson and Geo. Antcllff were at Logansport on business Saturday. H. J. Antcliff and his mother and Mrs. Stevens visited at Geo. Antclitt’s Sunday. Mrs. Stevens returned from Wheatfield Saturday where she has been visiting with her brother Abe Dewees. The Iroquois ball team played the Foresman team here Sunday, which ended in a score of 9 to 10 in favor of Foresman after 12 innings. Mr. Bowers had a bad accident Monday. He was hitching four horses to the disk when they got frightened and ran. One of the horses broke its leg and, he killed it afterward. We understand that he had been offered S4OO for the team the day before. They were a nice team of blacks and we feel very sorry it happened.

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FOUR CORNERS.

James Blankenship of Monon was in Rensselaer Tuesday on business. Earl Wilmington of Schneider was a business caller at Wheatfield Wednesday. Tom Jepsen went to Oxford for a visit with his brother and to look for a location. Some few farmers are planting corn this week although the ground is not in the best condition. If Joe Fenzel can secure votes u fast as he can lay building tile

he will win out in November. R. A. Mannon, who has been in attendance at the Smith ditch trial for three days, went to Chicago Wednesday on business. Louis Jensen, who signed with the Bloomington Three I league, has severed his connection with them and returned home. Effie Fisher returned from her visit in Laporte county Wednesday. The farmers are as far behind with their corn planting as in Jasper county. Wanted—By a few who don’t believe in ditching, an evaporator whose capacity is sufficiently large to take up the moisture along the Kankakee valley. A fortune for the inventor. Why is there no move to put the stone road in repair? While the edges were wet they should be worked, the ruts filled in, so as the road dries they may cement and smooth down. E. Jensen has invented a fertilizer attachment tp be placed on a cultivator so that a farmer may drop and fertilize his corn as often as he may desire. We understand a patent has been applied for. Mrs. Joseph Hammond of Remington came to Wheatfield Wednesday for a visit with relatives and friends. She seems well satisfied with her present home but has ties which call her back to her former home.

It seems to us that the non-resi-dents and land speculators will be willing for the people residing in north Jasper to stand the expense of Improving the country that they may reap the financial harvest by the increased /valuation of their land. Thompson, the barber at Wheatfield, we hear has left town. His continual boozing, it is reported, has lost him his business and lost him his home. He with several others of Wheatfield visited Dunn’s br’dge Sunday and the above results followed. Do the temperance people of Kankakee and Wheatfield townships intend to let the hole at Dunn's Bridge continue to sell whiskey and beer every day in the week and to everyone who has the price, regardless of age or Sex? Don’t you think it is to -your and your children's Interest to blot it out?

T. F. Maloney was called to Rensselaer Tuesday to testify for the remonstrators of the reduction of assessments asked for by the Northern Indiana Land Co., and a few resident land owners who had filed within the time specified by law. He was met at the train by one of the remonstrators and escorted to the court house for fear he would be coached. They surely did not know Tom.

LONELY VALLEY.

Noa Stonebraker was a Dunnvllle caller Friday. Greely Comer and wife took dinner with us Thursday. Al Clark of Hammond was a caller here Wednesday. Gertrude Clark spent Tuesday afternoon with your scribe. Stella Heil is working for Mrs. Hight at Dunnvllle this week. Ettie and Gertrude Clark were Sunday guests of Miss Flo Neier. Grandma Deselms visited with friends in this locality over Sunday. Fronie Austin returned home Saturday from a six weeks stay at Lacross. There will be services in the M. E. church Sunday evening. Everybody Invited to attend. Frank Austin, wife and daughter Nellie visied the first of the week with relatives at Blackford. Mrs. Fred Karch, who has been quite sick during the past week, is able to be out at present. Henry Misch, Jas. Keen, Charlie Cline and lady friends were boat riding on the Kankakee Sunday. Will Hodge, the Baker medicine agent of Benton county, visited over Sunday with his brother Perry. W. D. Meyers, E. Huber, Mark Knapp and Love Asher were Rensselaer goers the first of the week. Walter Wiseman, who has been quite sick with typhiod fever, is getting along nicely at this writing. Mrs. Lee and daughter Hazel of Roselawn returned home Monday after a few days visit with relative* here. Jake and Pete Heil and families. Perry Hodge and wife and Leona Austin were guests of Nip and Ada Sunday. Quite a good crowd attended the dance given by Pete Hell Saturday evening. Those present report an excellent time. Geo. Stalwood, who has been confined to his bed for the past five months with cancer of the stomach, is very pOorly at this writing. Clarence Gulbransen of Four I Corners added another chapter to I the old story Sunday evening. That

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MT. AYR.

(From the Pilot.) Evelyn Sayler of Rensselaer came Friday for a visit with her niece, Mrs. Elmer Hufty. Mrs. J. J. Garrity returned Friday from a visit with friends and relatives in Chicago. W. B. Chilcote of Rensselaer spent a few days this week with his sister, Mrs. J. W. Merry. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herath and Wallace Mackintosh spent Friday In Rensselaer with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith. Misses Leona Dunlap and Bertha Greenlee went Friday afternoon for a visit with Miss Marlbell Parkinson, of near Rensselaer. Chas. Burns, who has been very sick * for some time, is gradually sinking and at the time of going to press he was in a critical condition. This locality will be greatly affected should the next legislature Impose a tax on all old bachelors. Get busy, fellows, or you may perchance regret it. John Wolfe and wife and Mrs. Daniel Lane and son Arthur went to Porter county Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Simms, a sister of the two ladies. George Coovert and wife, who have been taking a journey through the southwest, stopped over here tor a few days visit with their many friends before returning to their home at Argos. Pete Fellmy, now of Rensselaer, was in town last Saturday evening. About two weeks ago Pete and Enoch Richerson left for North Dakota and got as far as St. Paul and came back. Enoch is now in Chicago. E. W. Stahl started yesterday to move his well making machinery to Aik, where he has contracted to make five or six wells. When It comes to making wells or putting up Winfb-mills, Ed Is right there With the goods and can’t be beat. $ Read The Democrat for news.

LEE.

O. A. Jacks is building a porch on the front of his store. T. P. Jacks and wife went to Charley Lefler’s last Tuesday. Glenn Culp has commenced working for Sam Jacks in his store. Sam Jacks has been having his paper cleaned in his store building. J. H. Culp and family went last Friday to his brother Will’s in Milroy. Miss Blanche Stiers came home last Wednesday evening on a short visit. Arthur Parcels has been helping the looks of his property with a new yard fence. Rev. D. E. Noland went last Sunday morning on the milk train to Thayer to fill the pulpit that day. Olive Osborne, who has been staying with her sister, Mrs. Hoy Rishling, went home on the train Monday morning. Charley Whittaker and wife and two boys of Hammond came for a few days visit Friday evening, returning home Thursday morning. Frank Overton’s father from Rensselaer came to his place Wednesday evening. Frank has a very bad boil on his eye and his son Everett has blood poison. He has been very sick, but is better at this writing. Last Monday Lonnie Reed of near Monon came with his two little boys to drive some cows home that he bad bought of Frank Overton. The little boys were in the buggy by themselves when there was a hard clap of thunder which scared the horse and it ran and threw them out. The smaller boy was not hurt very much but the older one was bruised up severely. They took them to Sam Jack's house and dressed their wounds as best they couhLand then the father took them home. Last Thursday afternoon occurred the death of Grandma Anderson, whose sickness had been mentioned before. She had just come to make her home with her son Cal. She had been with them ten weeks, four of which she was very bad sick and suffered very much. She had kidney trouble and at the last inflamatiou of the kidneys set in. She was past 78 years of age and leaves three sons, two of whom could not be at the funeral. They were here during her sickness. One lives in Georgia and one in Nevada. Grandma’s sister, Mrs. Jenkins of Greencastle and her niece, Mrs. Retta Sarah of Bunker Hill, Mrs. Sarah • Hoover , and daughter of Hammond, and Grant Hoover came for the funeral which was held at the Lee church Sunday at 10 o’clock. There was a large crowd assembled to pay their last resfccto to the

dear old lady who had lived a good Christian life. Interment was in the Monon cemetery beside her husband who preceded her to the better world three years ago. Wanted—Cattle to put in pasture of 146 acres, good timothy and bluegrass, shade and water. MRS. SOPHIA CHILCOTE. R. R. 4, Rensselaer, Ind.

PINE GROVE.

Ed Oliver went to Chicago Tuesday. * Sunshine is what the farmers like to see. Frank Hayes was a Rensselaer goer Wednesday. Stella Nuss was the guest of Bertha Cooper Sunday. Wm. Nuss called on James Torbet Thursday afternoon. Ruth Gilmore spent Sunday with her uncle Charles Walker. George Beady of Newland is plowing foY Harry Gifford. George Cooper and son Simon went to Gifford Wednesday. Charles Walker began planting corn Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Charles Walker and children visited Grandma Hurley Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. James Torbet and daughter Creola called on Mrs. Oliver Wednesday afternoon. They are making quite an improvement at the Prater cemetery by cleaning it up. Several of the neighbors attended the burial of Guy Price at the Prater cemetery Monday. Mrs. Samuel Hopkins s very low at this writing and they have sent for the children in Dakota. Bessie Ropp, Creola and Charley Torbet called on Mrs. Charles Shroyer Wednesday afternoon. Ice cream and pie social at Independence school house Saturday night, May 23. Everybody Invited. Newton Jenkins' was seen going north about daylight Sunday morning to get his best girl to take her to eat ice cream. Mrs. George Daniels and Belva Gilmore went to Rensselaer Wednesday where the latter had some dental work done. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Walker and two daughters of near Newland took dinner with his brother Charley Walker and family Sunday. Those who were Rensselaer goers Tuesday were Ike-Miller and daughter Eleanor, Mrs. Andy Ropp, Mrs. McCleary and son Everett and Bluford Torbet. The trustees of the Prater cemetery mdt at Blackford school house Tuesday night to make arrangements for the election of new officers for the coming year.