Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1909 — Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Gleanings NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

ROSEBUD VALLEY. Here we are, again. John Blaze was a Dunnvllle goer Thursday. boule Hershman called on Miss Beth Shnll Saturday afternoon. August Woolbrant was seen on the streets of the Valley Friday. Miss Mary Pulaski spent Saturday, with Walter Hershman and family. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Moritz made a business trip to Medaryville Thursday. Miss E. E. Shull spent Saturday night and Sunday with Celia Hershman. • ' ■ Mrs. Frank Hershman and son Paul did shopping In Medaryville Saturday. Thos. Callaghan and family attended church at Wheatfield New Year’s day. Noah Wenrick of Rensselaer Is visiting at this writing with his parents of this place. Miss Dollie Hershman returned home Saturday from Valpo after a few days’ visit witn relatives. Miss Edith Wenrick returned home Friday after a week’s visit with relatives at Rensselaer. Misses Bessie and Mary Callaghan and Edith Wenrick returned to school at Wheatfield Monday, after the two week’s vacation. • When Louie came home from-N. v D., he said he was in hunt of a "frau.” By the looks of his buggy Saturday it seemed as if his hunt was over.

HANGING GROVE. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Armstrong were In Rensselaer on business Tuesday. Ed Peregrine and son Charles were in Rensselaer on business Monday. ' z Mrs. Floyd Porter spent Tuesday with her sister, Miss Mary Peregrine. Miss Tot McDonald is visiting at the home of her uncle, Lon McDonald. . •. Joseph Willitts has moved his fodder on the Lutz place, and Porter & Ho»e shredded for him Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Peregrine and children and Oren Peregrine spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Armstrong. Several friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Warner surprised them on New Year’s day, all bringing with them well filled baskets. Mr. and Mrs. Warner will have a sale in January, we understand, and will move to New Mexico. We made a mistake by stating that Mrs. C. A. Armstrong and Mrs. Wash Cook had gone to Valparaiso Thursday. They had intended to leave on that day but were delayed on account of sickness of a member of one of the families.

SOUTH NEWTON. Robert Mahew is on the sick list. Fred Waling made a business trip to Brook Tuesday. 1 Ade’s made a business trip to Harry Dewey’s Monday. Ben Wooly. gathered up poultry in this vicinity Wednesday. Frank Shipman visited from Wednesday till Saturday in Monticello. Werner Hough visited from Friday till Sunday with relatives near Kentland. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dewey spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weiss. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mahew took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mahew. ■ ' Mr. and Mrs. Nelse Hough spent Sunday with their son Will and wife near Mt. Ayr. Walter and Fred Feldhaus called on. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wieiss Sunday afternoon. Vern Warren and wife of Chicago were calling on friends in this vicinity Tuesday. - * Mrs. Alice Potts went Wednesday to make an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Fred Markin. Misses Sadie and Bessie Paulus visited from Friday till Sunday with relatives in and near Brook. Mrs. Carl Leek spent last Thursday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bengston of Mt. Ayr. School was suspended Wednesday on account of the teacher attending the Zigler-Grant wedding.

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

Misses Lura and Ada Yeoman returned home Friday from a visit with their uncle, Fred Powell, near Monon. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson DuCharme spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reed. Mrs. Reed is Quite sick with bronchitis. Mrs. Wealthy Jacobs of Jennings county, and , her father • Morgan Dewey, visited Monday with the families of Harry Dewey and Chas. Weiss. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dewey and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weiss and family attended a family reunion at Morgan Dewey’s New Year’s day. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Powell and faintly, and Mr.,- and Mrs. Fred Waling took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Silas Potts and family Sunday.

EAST JORDAN. Clark Johnson's butchered Tuesday. Florence Johnson called on Mary Bice Sunday. Eugene Hasty called on Leonard Bice Monday night. Leonard and Mary Bice spent Sunday with home folks. Leonard Bice and Vera Taylor attended church at Prairie Chapel Sunday evening. Frank Brltzinger and Edwin Hasty were Rensselaer goers Monday. Mrs. Brltzinger left last week for Watseka, where she will visit her daughter. Edwin Hasty and Mary Bice attended church at Praise Chapel Sunday evening. Mrs. Mary Shuster and children are visiting her mother, Mrs. Shide and children this week. Barnard Blake returned to Idaville, Ind., Wednesday from a visit with relatives in this vicinity. Frank Bretzinger has moved in with the Hasty Bros., and we have three bachelors on the corner now. Eugene Hasty returned home last week from a short visit with his parents at Mackinaw, 111., but he will go back to Mackinaw Saturday, January 9, where he is going to make his future home and his Occupation will be teaching school.

WEST CARPENTER. Frank Eck has been visiting at Virgie. Wm. Cain was a Rensselaer visitor Tuesday. Ed. Weller hauled hogs to Foresman Monday. H. Huffman is spending a few days visiting at Louisville. Mr. and Mrs. F. Antcliff were Goodland goers Saturday. Clarq Hudson and Amy Dennis did shopping in Goodland Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Nafziger went to Illinois Saturday for a week’s visit. Protracted meeting at Mt. Hope began Sunday evening. Everybody invited. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cooper took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. J. Dennis Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Dennis spent New Year’s day with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cory. Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wray. Geo. Drummond and Martha Frorlch attended church at Mt. Hope Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hltchings of Goblesville, Mich., are visiting his parents and friends. A party of young people, about twenty-five in number, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hudson on Friday evening and spent a very pleasant evening playing games.

MILROY. Vern Culp was in Lee Saturday., G. L. Parks was in Rensselaer Monday. Vern Culp attended the social at Lee New Year’s evening.

Mrs. Chatman and family called on Thoe. Johnson, Jr., Saturday. Sam Jacks and family called on Thos. Spencer’s Sunday afternoon. Mr. Garvin’s Intend moving thia week to a farm south of Wolcott. Frank May and wife spent Saturday evening with G. L. Parks*. Thos. Spenser spent a few days the last of the week in Indianapolis. Geo. L. Foulks and family spent New Years with Creignon Clark’s. Mrs. Willard Johnson and Mrs. Geo. Wood were In Lee Saturday. G. L. Parks and family and P.' Shide and family spent Sunday evening with Mr. Garvin’s. Clyde Clark and Arty Gilmore ate supper Saturday evening with Geo. roulks and family. i Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks attended church at Lee Sunday, and took dinner with Alvin Clark and family. I Mr. and Mrs. Fred May and son, 'and D. Z. Clark and son, J. R. Clark, ate dinner with Frank May’s Sunday Mrs. Roy Williams and daughter l returned from Logansport Thursday where they have been visiting. Mrs. Foulks’ health being somewhat improved, until the change In coming home gave her a very heavy cold.

RACK AND TYPE-CASES FOR SALE. The Democrat has disposed of almost all the printing material advertised for sale some months ago, but still has one good doublerack, holding 20 full size cases and two pairs on top, also about a dozen Italic Job Cases,, almost as good as new. Price for rack |2; cases 50 cents each, f. o. b. Rensselaer.

EGYPT. Harry Cook visited at Joe Galey’• Monday night. Mrs. Charles Antcliff la on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Antcliff visited Charles Antcliff’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh visited at Geo. Kennedy’s Sunday. Hazel Blake of Wabash is visiting at D. V. Blake’s this week. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Beese spent New Year’s with M. A. Dewey’s. Miss Florence Antcliff returned home from her visit at Preston, 111. Misses Lucy and Hazel Blake visited the Egypt school Tuesday afternoon. Charles Antcliff and W. F. Michaels butchered hogs Tuesday and Wednesday. Jesse Dunn, who has been very sick with pneumonia is better at this writing. Several from this vicinity attended the proctacted meeting held by Rev. Bundy at Mt. Hope.

SOUTH UNION. Charley Burns is on the sick list. Miss Ruth Bundy is on the sick list this week. > Mrs. Pete Hordeman did shopping in Rensselaer this week. Frank McCurtain of Parr went to South Dakota Tuesday. Mr. Brown of South America oalled on Chas. Burns Sunday eve. Comer & Casey shipped a carload of hogs Wednesday evening from Parr. Mrs. Amos Alter visited her mother, Mrs. Frank Lakin, one day this week. Rev. Bundy of Rosebud is holding a series of meetings at Mt. Hope this week. Hally Alter and Miss Jose Dexter took dinner with Miss Nettie Davisson Sunday. South Dakota shipped a few carloads of snow up in our locality Wednesday, by mistake. Clarence Pierson and Miss Gladys Harrington attended Sunday school at Good Hope Sunday. Mrs. Homer Stanley visited Mrs. Wm. Wilcox Sunday morning and attended Sunday school at Good Hope. Dall Gunyon and wife visited the former’s parents Sunoay. Mr. Gunyon’s grandmother of Monon was there; * Cooney Hildebrand of Pleasant Ridge came down .to help his brother-in-law, Pete Hardeman, butcher one day last week, out owing to the warm weather they defrred butchering until some future time. Mr. Hildebrand returned home on the milk train. A joint birthday surprise was held at Newt. Gunyon’s home Saturday evening in honor of his son, Virgil, and daughter Goldie. A very nice time was had by all. Light refreshments were served and the guests departed at a late hour, wishing them many more such birthdays.

FOUR CORNERS. Simon Fendig is on the sick list this week. Effie Fisher is visiting relatives in Wabash and Grant counties. Mrs. E. W. Allen of Wheatfield is on the sick list at this writing. What Wheatfield needs is a firstclass butcher shop. Who wants the place? Win. Fitzgerald of Kankakee tp., was in Wheatfield Monday getting his horses shod. Chas. Gerber and family returned home Monday after a week’s visit with relatives and friends. We hear that Tom McCoy is to be pardoned or parolled in a few days. Why not let him serve his time? D. M. Hubbard of LaFontaine, lnd.,_ returned to his nome after a few days visit with Dave Wesner and family. Zero weather and Roosevelt’s message to congress made their appearance this week, which has caused some to shiver. The schools of Kankakee and Wheatfield townships are once more in running order, with the newly elected trustees in charge. Neal Clager and Otto Miller started for Oklahoma Monday. They will work on a large ranch, as they have contracts toat insures them work. Prof. Owens, who taught at Wheatfield last year but is now attending school at Valpo, was a visitor at the Hilleard home in Tefft Saturday and Sunday. The revival now being held at Wheatfield at the HL B. church will be continued all of this week. Quite a number have united with the

church and a great deal of interest is being manifested. Let the good work go on. Fish Gilmore of Lacross was looking for a location for a saloon at Wheatfield. He will find a remonstrance as the people of Wheatfield have not been idle, and put on file this week a remonstrance with over a 100 names. James Jones moved from the Shoppell farm last week and is now occuplng the house made vacant by Bert Vandercar, on the Fitzgerald farm. Bert is feeding cattle on the old Nels Morris ranch. One more move west and Bert will be out of Kankake tp.

LEE. Miss Merle Carrothers is home on a short visit. Mrs. Thos. Spencer was at Lee Monday forenoon. Miss Tillie Kopka visited her mother over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugues visited over Sunday at Q. A. Jacks’. Mrs. Dodd spent a few days at Monon the past week. Josie Stultz of McCoysburg visited Dollie Jacks over Sunday. Will Rishling took a load of wood to Monon Tuesday. Mort Deardorff has been called to Peru this week on business. Tommy Conger, our teacher, stayed Tuesday night with Sam Noland. T. P. Jacks has had his straw pressed and is carring it here at Lee. Charley McCashen’s moved this week to the Carlos farm near Jim Tyler’s place. Jink Johnson and family and Fred Rishling and wife took dinner Sunday at Lute Jacks’. Mr. and Mrs. Mann are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs| Fred Stiers the past week. Arthur Williamson took a load of buckwheat to Monon Monday to have made into flour. Mrs. Josie Anderson has been helping to take care of her mother the past few days, at Mr. Deardorff’s. Rev. Simonsln begun a series of meetings at the church Tuesday evening. Everybody cordially to attend. Wesley Noland has bought William Gray’s property here and Mr. Gray will move to Rensselaer in the spring. Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks attended church here Sunday morning and then took dinner with Alvin Clark and family. Orville Holeman and Elmer Gilmore drove Saturday morning to Ray Holeman’s near Monticello and returned Sunday afternoon. Sunday Jim Foster and Miss Ollie and Grace Vanderwort of east of Monon, and Miss Lora Culp, took dinner at Mrs. Holeman’s.

Cassie Holeman who spent her vacation week visiting relatives and friends here, has returned to her home near Monticello and taken up her high school work again. We have a new barber in town, George Swager, a nephew of Mrs. William Gray. He has started business in the small store building south of the railroad, belonging to Fred Stiers. Word has been received here that Arthur Parcels and family arrived at Friona, Texas, on Thursday at 1 o’clock, after leaving here Tuesday morning. They were tired, but had a very pleasant trip. Little Wallace Jacks, son of O. A. Jacks, who has been suffering for several weeks with what they thought to be rheumatism, is no better. Doctor Turfler O* Rensselaer called Wednesday evening. Last Friday evening the League gave a supper at the hall, consisting of oyster soup, vegetable soup, pie and cake, and they also gave a nice entertainment with the phonograph and violin. , Several good selections were rendered by a number of people. There was a large crowd, and the league took In a good sum of money. The proceeds go for the expense of keeping up the church building.

MT. AYR. (From The Pilot.) Born Wednesday, Dec. 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seward of Leesburg, a boy. James Burns is preparing to go to a Chicago hospital for an operation, to have a tumor removed. Miss Deesle Fleming came up from Goodland Thursday evening for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Harris Martin. Mrs. Cora Stiers and children, of Lee, visited here a few days last week with Rev. Noland and family. Chas. Penwright and daughter Opal went over near Rensselaer last Saturday for a visit with the former’s mother. It is reported that a Rensselaer high school girl defined crowbar as "one *o them ’ere things that is used in raisin’ hay into a barn." Miss Leona Dunlap was reported to have been quite sick for the

pasts week, bnt lately showing signs past week, bnt lately is showing signs of Improvement. Jake Hockstetler left Sunday for Newcastle, Ind., where he will work in an automobile factory. Jake said that he would return in about two weeks in possession of a big red automobile. | Mrs. Geo. Brown and her mother, Mrs. Ollie Seward, left Saturday for Leesburg, for a visit with Fred Seward and family and Frank Doty and family. Mrs. Brown will return in a few. days but Mrs. Seward will remain there throughout the winter. ' We understand the temperance faction of this township have perfected an organization after the order of the Good Citizens League, for, the purpose of combatting the forces that make for evil. A permanent fund has been subscribed, which goes to show tnat they are in earnest and mean to carry on the work so well begun. There is some talk in different parts of the county of starting a petition for an election under the county option plan, but no action has been taken along that line as yet.

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