Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — Country Correspondence [ARTICLE]

Country Correspondence

BY OUR REGULAR CORPS OF NEWS-GATHERERB.

FOUR CORNERS. Rev. Downey will retain his place at Wheat field for another year. • F. W. Fisher is looking after his farming interest near McCoys burg this week. Joe Hilliard has been added to the bank force at Wheatfield, taking his place Tuesday. T. F. Maloney has been appointed superintendent of construction of the R. E. Davis ditch in Kankakee tp. Andrew Miseh and William Meyers are unloading a car of tile aud will soon have them placed on their land. Dr. Fyfe has been taking a vacation the paat week. He is now his own boss as his wife and son are visiting in Chicago. James Daley, who was struck by a train on the Erie railroad near Wilder last week, died Tuesday eve on account of injuries received. Mrs. John Pinter was taken suddenly sick Sunday forenoon and Dr. Soft or San Pierre was called on account of the absence of Dr. Fyfe from the city. Will —— is reported to be contemplating taking under bis fostering care one of Kankakee tp’s. popular young ladies. Our regards are hereby extended. John Maloney, whose death called bis brother T. F. and family to Chicago last week is supposed to have been murdered by some person or persons unknown. J. A. Hixon shipped two cars of cattle to Chicago Monday The car shipped last week was returned on account of a wreck on the C. I. & S. west of Shelby. If we are informed correctly the proprietor of the resort at Dunn’s Bridge would have received some bruises at the hands of Lon Nees the first of the week if other parties had not interfered. The "bench-warmers” of Shelby v ere looking for a place- to play ' 66” Wednesday as the saloon went out of business 'he day before .avd th«y appeared like strangers in a strange land, no place to call home. Wm. McXiel. who purchased a creamery near Chicago last week, has disposed of the building and shipped the machinery to Wheatfield and is, putting same in the Meyers' building near the blacksmith shop.

SOUTH NEWTOX. Miss Sarah Holmes is working for Mrs. Charles WeiSs. Mr. and Mrs. Leek spent Sunday afternoon with relatives in Mt. Ayr. David Elder of Rensselaer is - building a crib for Philip Paulus this week. Mrs. Arthur and Ernest Mayhew called on Mrs. Charles Weis« Tuesday afternoon. Rexford Myer of Fowler was the guest of Miss Sadie Paulus during the horse show. John Weiss. Jr., and wife of near Goodland visited with Charles Weiss and family Sunday. Miss Elsie Augspurger of near Rensselaer is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Praett. Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weiss Saturday, Oct. 1* They lived but a few hours, bow- / ever. Mr, and Mrs. Estel Markin of liar Refisselaer were the guests of the former'l sister and hits band. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Overton, Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Coen and three daughters of Rensselaer and Mrs. Fred Markin and mother. Mrs. Mary Powell, took dinner with Mrs. Alice Potts Sunday. An ice cream and box social will be held at Xo. 6 school house Friday evening. Oct. 14. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Ladies please bring boxes. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Waling of Brook and the former's brother; Me of lowa, spent Saturday with the former's daughter, Mrs- Arthur Mayhew. and husband. Mrs. Xelse Hough and daughter. Mrs. Ed Shanlaub. returned heme , last Thursday after an extended visit with the former's brother, John Anderson of near Laporte, About 75 neighbors and friends gathered at the home of Press Roberts Sunday and,, surprised Mre. Roberts and her daughter Mrs. Frank Cole. Everybody brought well filled baskets and a splendid time was enjOyed by all.

MH X) Y SBUKG. William Martin moved to Rensselaer Monday.

Cecil ; Rishling’s baby still continues to be very poorly. Mr. Herr started his new hay press Tuesday and it works fine. Miss Anna Peregrine is visiting with Ed Peregrine and family this week. ! Mr. Hardesty moved on Mr, Herr’s farm east of the burg Wednesday. : O. M. Peregrine and Robert Johns are helping Mr. Herr bale hay this week. Omar Church is helping Bert Camp tile ditch on the Lawler ranch at present. Ella Robinson and Myrtle Lewis attended the little Overton boy’s funeral Tuesday. . .. Mr. Hughes father and mother went to Battle Ground Monday to visit with relatives. Mary Williams and daughter of Rensselaer visited with her parents' here a few days this week. Geo. Anspach visited with relatives ir. Ohio a few days last week and returned home Wednesday morning. Frank Fisher of Tefft is here now having his house remodled, he will build it over and it will be a 24x30 two story house. - Mr. Ross of near has rented the Kistner farm where Mr. Montz now lives and will move on same in the spring. Mr. Montz has rented a smaller farm.

CURTIS CREEK. John Rush and E. P. Lane are both carrying injured hands. Mrs. Jeff Smith has returned home from her Colorado visit. Miss Sarah Holmes is working for Mrs. Chas. Weiss, who is quite sick. Road working is at a standstill again on account of so much rain. Mrs. Goff of Frankfort is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Gunyon. Silo filling is Stopped for a few days owing to the engine breaking down. Estle Markin and family visited Saturday night and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Robt., Overton. William Stillabar and wife of Illinois are visiting his sister, Mrs. Benton Kelly and family. , Those on the sick list are Mrs. Goetz, Mrs. Charles Weiss, Mrs. Ernest Mayhew and little Mabel Gunyon. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis, have gone to Ohio for a two weeks' visit. It is their first trip back there for nearly 24 years. If the rains continue much longer the clover will not be fit to hull and the corn will not ripen very good without some freezing. The infare dinner given Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Benton .veiiev for their son Walter and bride was attended by several of the neighbors, namely: Robt. Yeoman and wife, and three children; Reuben Yoeman and family; John Rush and family; Mrs. Abbie Yoeman and family; S. B. Holmes, wife and daughter, Irma; also several of the bride’s relatives of north of Mt. Ayr. They received several nice presents.

MILROY. Mr. Bivans was in Monon Tuesday. ■ Lud Clark and Milroy Hoffman called on Mr. Gaffield Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. O. Hamilton. Jesse and Bell Southard spent Saturday in Rensselaer at the horse fair. Elzie Webb and family attended the funeral of little Everett Overton at Lee Tuesday. Mrs. Mary McCashan and daughter s Ettie spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fragk May. Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. A. Meadow- of Monon 'spent Tuesday with Mri George FaUlks. Mi s Mary Herr. - who is working for Mrs. John Mitchell, spent Sunday

at her home in McCoysburg. Mrs. George Wood and son James, and Mir. and Mrs, Willard Johnsor itrended the funeral at Lee Tuesday. .Mrs. Ramp and daughter Tillie of Renselaer, visited the former’s sister,v Mrs. Jred Saltwell,,, and her husband Sunday. ! Geo. Buliington and family and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Foulks ate dinner Sunday with Mrs. M. L Bivans, it being her sixtieth birthday anniversary. - . Uncle Fred Saltweli’s cow’s got

in the corn field one day last week and ate ~so much corn that . they! died in a few hours. They were extra good cows too. making it quite j a loss. ; t v,

FAIR OAKS. Chas. Hall-eck went to Chicago Monday on business-. A. D. Washburn of Kentland was in these parts last week on business. The grade on the new road which runs past the depot will soon be ready for the gravel. James McColly and sens of Virgie are doing repair work on Eggleston’s store room this week. There was quite a number from here attended the horse show in Rensselaer Saturday. Uncle Joe Gain? brought up a> load of cabbage from his fagm Sunday to make sauerkraut. Mrs. William Tolly came from down about Beaver City Sunday and visited friends a few hours. We have been hating about a week of nice weather and the farmers have been making good use of it Jap Wright of Mt. Ayr came up and got a load of hogs at Farm Wiseman's Monday. Jap is a hust-

ler. The M. E. Aid ladies held a very successful oyster and ice cream social in Kesler’s hall Saturday night. *./ James Wildrick. who sold his household goods to Sharps Handley last week, left here Monday to work out by the month. Daniel Linter, who has been living in Ed Kesler’s house for a month went up to near Wheat field last week to live with his daughter. ‘ The new silo on section 32 on the Otis ranch is about ready to be filled. We notice two large ones have just been erected on the Thompson farm west of Parr. Wesley Taylor of 'east of town ana Lem Gant of Parr visited our Sunday schools Sunday, and invited our schools to prepare a delegation to go to Rensselaer next Wednesday to attend the county convention. The gravel road contractor has begun to dump the . gravel three miles out of town to build the three miles yet to be built. When they get enough hauled out and dumped they will take up the track between here and there and lay it from the dump out over the road yet to be graveled. Frank McKay came from the hospital in Chicago Monday where Mis® Cora Trump was taken some 10 days i ago. She has not been operated on yet. .They are waiting developments of her disease to know whether or not an operation is neccessary. Frank reports her condition about the same as she has been since £he went there.

LEE. Mr. Ringeisen and family visited Sunday at Mr. Zables’. Alvin Clark and family went from church Sunday to Charley McCashen’s for dinner. Miss Verda Lewis, who has been very sick with typhoid fever, seems to be slowly improving now. There was no school Monday and Tuesday on account of the death and burial of little Everett Overton. Rev. Olin Stewart came Tuesday from conference for a short visit with relatives, and preached at the church Thursday evening. Alvin Clark went to the nursery Wednesday to get his fruit trees to set out on his lots where he has recently built his new house. ° Our new stone road will soon be completed, this end of it nearest to town, but the other part, that leads to Mohon. has not been made yet. S. W. Noland. who had- a new well just recently drilled, has it completed now and a very good one. He intends to build a new house next spring. George Holeman. daughter Cassie of Monticello, Ray Holeman and family of near Wolcott, attended the funeral here Tuesday afternoon of their nephew, Everett Overton. Everett Alta Overton was born Oct. 23. 1900, and departed this life * Oct. 2, 1910, aged 9 years, 11 months and 9 days. His present sickness begun in June and for four months he patiently endured much pain and suffering. He was kind and beloved by all. His favorite book was a Testament which he often carried with hjm and was delighted to read. He was a member of the primary class of the Sunday school. He leaves a father, mother, two sisters and two brothers, and many friends to mourn his untimely departure. The funeral services were hgld at the Lee M. E. church on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Revs. Olin Stewart and A. A. Dunnlavy. A large number of relatives and friends were in attendance. Interment in the OsDorn,e cemetery. The grave was covered with the most beautiful floral offerings. BEAVER LAKE. News is scarce this week. Mrs, Margaret Wooton is on the sick list this week. Dave McWheater spent Sunday with friends on the Gaff ranch. • T \ James Sammon hauled all his

cane to Dan Stutzman's this year. 1 ", t' . Mrs. Ruby Potts and Miss Zella Potts; called on Miss Lulu Hickman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Guthrie visited friends and relatives in this vicinity Sunday. Homer Hickman . Is hauling cane from' near Mt. Ayr this week to Dan Stutzman’s. Grover Potts moved on one of James Sammons’ farms Thursday, from the Hillis ranch, - - Mr. and =Mrs. Samuel Butts and daughter Dorthy spent Sunday with Carl Wooton' and family. Claude Hickman returned home from Momence Saturday and is nowworking for Frank Makeever. Lewis Sulivan’s little girl has quite an injured foot having fell through the hay ladders. The doctor thinks it is blood poison.

FOR SALE AM) EXCHANGE. y acres, on cement walk, five blocks from Court House. 10 acres, all fine soil, close in. 21 acres, cement walk, Well, in. 25 acres, all tillable, five room house, $1,200. 80 acres, on stone road, four miles out, $65. 69 acres, Washington County, improved; want farm here. ICO acres, timber land. Polk County, Arkansas.. Will trade tfor land or property and pay difference. 631 acres well improved in Dickercounty, N. D., to trade for land or property here. 99 acres, all good soil, in cultivation. six room house, stable, orchard, .good well, on large ditch, near school and station. Will sell on easy terms at SSO. G. F, MEYERS. Use the souvenir envelopes on sale at The Democrat office when writing to your friends or business acquaintances.