Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1908 — Jasper Count Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper Count Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

REMINGTON. The Remington schools will open Sept. 14. Miss Nellie Bull of Elwood is visiting Mrs. Will Beal. We are looking forward to a big crowd at Fountain Park Thursday, democratic day. Miss Elsie Taylor of Pittsburg, Pa., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Cooper, at Earl Thompson’s. Miss Maude York of Coldwater, Kan., Is visiting the family of her uncle, W. L. York at present. Mtb. W. E. Rich and children of Kankakee, 111., is visiting friends and attending the Assembly, Ira W. Yeoman is very poorly at this writing. His son Steve of Indianapolis was summoned home last week. B. H. McCully of Chicago is visiting his mother, Mrs. Anna McCully and brother Chauncy here at this writing. There are a large number of former residents here visiting relatives and friends and attending Assembly. We regret that we cannot give a 1 ist of them. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Conrad and little son of Indianapolis visited Dr. Landon and family last week. Mrs. Conrad was formerly Miss Jesse Mclntire, daughter of O. B. Mclntire, deceased,, who for many years was a prominent business man of Remington. Mrs. Mary Wilkins, whose death was mentioned in The Democrat last week, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Sept. 29, 1799, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Watson in Remington Aug. 17, 1908, aged 108 years, 10 months and 19 days. She leaves four children, William Wilkins of Groveland, Ill.; Margaret Watson of Remington; Mary Ferguson of Corning, Ohio; and John Wilkins of Delta, Ohio. Her husband and three children had preceded her to the better land.

There was a good attendance at Fountain Park last Friday to the “old settlers day.” Gov. Hanly delivered the address. The venerable John Ade of Kttntland, father of George Ade, the ,%inous author and playwright, presided. W. W. Gilman of Goodland also made a short talk, as did Perry Washburn of Earl Park who was present with his ox team and drove Gov. Hanly, John Ade, W. 1. McCullough and T. P. Johnson around the grounds behind his team. Many of those present had never seen a team of oxen, and the sight was a novel one indeed. The oxen were a beautiful team, well matched and great big lusty fellows.

Clyde Thompson, who is serving a sentence in the county jail for making a getaway with a motor cycle and a sum of money while in the employ of Frank Cones, appears to be losing his mind. Saturday afternoon he made an attempt to hang himself and but for the timely arrival of Deputy Sheriff Shackleton he would have been successful. Thompson had taken the blanket from his bed and torn it into strips which served the purpose of a rope. He stood upon a chair and after fastening one end around his neck and the other around the bars of his cell he kicked the chair from under him and had a beautiful start on his trip to glory when he was cut down. For some time he has been acting queerly and threatening to kill himself. He talks of his wife continually and seems to have the idea that some one is trying to get her away from him. Just after noon Saturday she was permitted to see him and as she took her departure Thompson said: “Goodbye Vern, I’m going to hang myself.” It was shortly after this that Shackleton heard the noise in the cell and decided to investigate. lie found Thompson hanging with his feet off the floor about eight inches, he was black in the face and his tongue was

protruding. He was unconscious when cut down but recovered rapidly and wanted to kno\v “what in the hell they were doing with him,” and complained that his neck hurt him terribly. He denied that he made an attempt to hang himself and maintains yet that he has no recollection of it at all. Either the fellow is crazy or else he is giving a pretty good imitation of the real thing. A few days ago the officers took a knife away from him which he had fashioned from the handle of a tincup which was in his cell. He had cunningly shaped the blade and fastened it to a stick which was in hiß cell. It had been ground to a razor edge on the stone walls and Thompson said he intended to use it to cut his throat. His “Sentence will expire the latter part of this week and if the costs in his case are paid, as we are informed they will be, he will be at liberty. Tuesday evening Press Smith, a brother-in-law of Thompson’s, came in and paid the fine that stood against him and promised to keep him out of the county. It is Bald that he has gone to Remington with his wife.—Fowler Republican.

MIL. ROY.

Thos. Hilton was visiting relatives and friends Sunday. Mrs. Fay Lear of Palestine spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Owens of Monon visited relatives here Sunday.

DEMOTTE.

Miss Josie Miller of Rensselaer visited Mrs. Geo. Foulks last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Mitchell were Rensselaer visitors this week one day. Frank Sommers and Ernest Harris spent Saturday and Sunday at Remington. Miss Josie Miller and Mrs. Geo. Foulks called on Mr. and Mrs. Frank May Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Underwood and Earl Foulks attended old settlers day at Fountain Park. Mason Barlow has been staying at Thos. Spencer's with Abe Woosley since the latter’s accident, Mrs. Geo. Wood has improved so far as to be able to go to Monon Sunday to consult Dr. Clayton. Quite a number attended the meeting Sunday afternoon at Jno. Willbank’s. All report a profitable meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks and Miss Josie Miller spent Saturday and Sunday with Jno. Southard and family near Guernsey. Sunday evening after services Albert was asked by his little brother Charles to vacate his part of the buggy while he escorted two of the fair sex home. This Albert did at once and casting one wistful look after the retreating buggy he slid his hands into his pockets and departed singing ‘‘Afraid to go home in the dark.” . The Evangelistic services at the Milroy Baptist church closed Sunday morning with good results. Rev. Houghton baptized five converts immediately after the morning service and Mrs. Belcher will return for an afternoon meeting on Sunday, September 6th. At this meeting there will be another baptizing, and all are invited to attend. Last Thursday morning while Abe Woosley was helping Thos. Spencer ditch with a scraper, one of tne horses kicked Mr. Woosley in the face, crushing the cheek bone and cutting gashes in his face. Dr. Reagan of Monon was called to dress the wounds, but he Is suffering very intensely and Dr. Reagan was again called Saturday night, who relieved the pain and at present he is resting some easier. . While the injury is serious we hope for his speedy recovery.

DUNN’S BRIDGE. A party of gypsies camped at Dunn’s Bridge—the old kind of fortune tellers. J. D. Cooper had a colt badly cut by barbed wire but thinks it will get all right. All had a good time. The long expected happened at Burrows’ resort last Sunday evening —a knock-down. The families of T. F. Maloney, Win. Fitzgerald, Ed Hight and J. D. Cooper called on Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Neis Sunday and ate ice cream. Some of F. W. Fisher's best friends gave him a rather noisy call the other night in the form of a charivari, and they say if Clerk Warner waits for those $2 worth of cigars he will be a refortaed smoker.

Mrs. Chester Sutton was at Fair Oaks several days last week where relatives were sick. Mrs. C. C. Spencer returned from Englewood with her son Harold and granddaughter Bernice Luce. C, B. Davis and wife of Chicago are taking a summer vacation at his place one mile north of here. The Wheatfleld Maroons came down Sunday afternoon and played a very close game with Demotte Regulars. Score 17 to 10 in favor of Wheatfleld. Sam Luse cut loose from business last week and came back to Demotte and spent a day or two shaking hands with friends so that “Auld Acquaintance” might not be forgot. Miss May Fairchild and her slbter Effle returned from Niagara Falls Wednesday morning. While there they caught several bottles of water while it was still on the granduer escaped.

The two year old child of Jesse Somers, that was found in the barn lot with its face severely cut and was unconscious for some time afterwards, is now getting along as well as could be expected. It is reported that Verne Sayers is now improving. He has been very low with typhoid fever for about eight weeks and up to the last few days it was not expected that he would recover. His parents are still with him. The Best Pills Ever Sold. , ‘‘After doctoring 16 years for chronic indigestion, and* spending over two hundred dollars, nothing has done me as much good as Dr. King’s New Life Pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold/’ writes B. F. Ayscue, of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at A. F. Long's drug store. 25c.

TYPE CASES, RACKS, ETC., FOR SALE. The Democrat has disposed of all its old dress of body type and a part of its type case racks and type cases, but still, has about a dozen Italic Job cases, two double case racks and one No. 7 Yarger Staple Binder for sale. Five dollars takes the staple binder with 5,000 staples thrown in; $2 each for the racks and 50 cents each for the cases. Cases and racks almost good as new.