Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 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. W. E. Rolland visited Mrs. J. G. Tharp In Chicago last week. Mr. and Mrs. James Burling and daughter were Logansjiort visitors Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Taber have gone to Attica where he has a gravel road contract. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Peck and son Bruce visited Msr. Peck's parents at Idaville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lucas went to Kimmel, Ind., Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs- George Shew. Mrs. Charles Smith and Mrs. Fred Smith of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagner last week. The regular weekly band concerts and the regular church services are discontinued during the Assembly. Britt Hawn returned last week from Pierpoint, So. Dak., where he had been working in the harvest. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Denham and son George went to Cincinnati, 0., Wednesday to visit Mr. Demham’s brother, George Denham. Mrs. Whitmoyer and children of Noblesville who had been visiting the family of her father Robert Irwin for a couple of weeks, returned home Wednesday. J. W. Lock and Orv Maxwell shipped a carload of their pure bred Poland China hogs to Des Moines, lowa, this week for exhibition at the lowa State Fair. Sloan Dobbins and sons Cash and Everett, Paul Stoudt, Homer Babb, Arthur Whitehead, Lewis McKee and E. A. Williams left last Wednesday for North Dakota to work in the harvest fields. Mr. and M*. E. A. Kile, accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kile of Laurens, lowa, who were visiting them, left last week for a trip to Niagara Falls, near which the latter used to live. Arthur Woodin came down from Indiana Harbor Saturday and spent Sunday with his wife and children at Mrs. Phlllipl’s. Arthur is still engaged in railroad construction work up In the Calumet region.

Remember that Republican day at Fountain Park is August 25, and Democratic Day August 27. We understand that the Jackson Club of Lafayette will attend the latter day in a body, coming by special train and accompanied by a fine band. The Remington grain elevators will close at 12 o’clock m. August 21, Aug. 25 and Aug. 27, Old Settlers, Republican and Democratic days, respectively, at Fountain Park. The Remington merchants will also close from 1:30 to 5 p. m., on the above days. Among those here to attend the assembly, former residents, are Miss Anna Derschell of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Thompson of Valparaiso, Mr. and Mrs. Nutt of Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walker and son of Laporte. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dick of Watseka, 111. Fountain Park Assembly opened Saturday with a good attendance. There was also a very good attendance Sunday, though not as good as there should have been for a Sunday. It is confidently believed that with the program this year the attendance will be fully up to that of former years. Goodland Herald: Mr. and Mrs. John Pothuisje and children left Monday morning for an extended visit with the former's brother, Dr. Pothuisje, at Denver, Colo Chet Dexter, wife and son, of near Remington, boarded the early train for Chicago where they attended the wedding of Mrs. Dexter’s cousin, last Wednesday.