Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1910 — FOUR CORNERS. [ARTICLE]

FOUR CORNERS.

Marion Davis lost a three-year-old mare a few days ago. j, 7 ' Mrs. Alfred Barlow is dangerously sick at her home in Wheatfield. Wc understand that Wm. Fitzgerald sold a Chicago teamster 1,000 bushels of corn at 41c. Dr. Solt of San Pierre was called Saturday to see Mrs. J, A. Hixson. She is imporving somewhat. Farmer’s Institute Thursday and Friday, Dec. 15 and 16 at Wheatfield. , Everyone invited. F. G. Barnard of Lochiel is having his tame hay baled and shipped to his farm for feeding purposes. Kankakee has the distinction of having at the late election an election board composed wholly of Woodmen. H. Fillmore rode the' Woodmen goat Monday night and was led quietly through the forest by Chief Forester, Wm. McNeil. - • The camp of M. W. A. at Tefft will have a nice class of candidtaes to adopt at their next meeting if papers are returned promptly.

John T. Biggs has sold his farm 1 mile southeast of Wheatfield to an Illinois party. The price, we understand, was $62.50/ per aefe. All who have library books belonging to the VanPotten school are requested to return them, also the pictures which were removed from the school rooffi. The school needs loth books ahd pictures. Pleas? don’t forget. The young man wjho teaches school at Zadoc was arrested Saturday and fined $1 and costs for striking one of his pupils who called him offensive names. Great is a justice court—the teacher should have been given a chromo. . /* We trust the Supt. of the R. E. Davis ditch will find a paper which 'reaches the people that are Interested in dredge work. Trust no one to look after this part. Get the names of dredge men and write them a personal letter. This work should sell for 6c per yard, or less. Our mail carrier Harry Gilbransen, had quite a lively run a way Saturday 'whilfe coming down the hill south of Trustee Karch’s house. The tongue come down and his team ran away, throwing the driver out and wrecking the wagon and harness. Harry succeeded in catching one of the horses and continued to distribute mail to his patrons after sending Mr. Karch after the other horse which later was found badly cut and crippled by running into a wire fence Everything is in working order again except the one horse.