Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1911 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

MTT Items of Interest j) from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told. Chrocicimg the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

j FOUR CORNERS. Some farmers in this section are piowing for oats. Geo. O. St em be! was on the siek list Saturday and unable to be at bis office. O. P. Wallace is putting in some tile for William Meyers south of Wbeatfield. D. • S. Clark an* family started Monday for their new home in North J3a- ' koto. v- .■ * D. fL Wesner sold a horse and delivered same to purchaser at Medaryville Monday. ■ Sunday was a March day in the full sense of the term. About two inches Of snow felL We are informed that Oscar Graves has sold his farm near Tefft. Wm. Fitzgerald was the purchaser. F. W. Fisher went to McCoysburg Tuesday to do some tileing and some other improving on his land there, i Ed Wesner's little son and daughter are on the sick list. Dr. Fyfe was called Saturday and at this 'Writing the sick were 'reported better. In the basket ball game Friday night between the Wbeatfield and North Judson high schools, the former won by a score of 11 to 3.. The return game will be played Friday night. March 17, at North Judson. , - Saturday one would have thought fe> have seen the number who were under the influence of liquor that WheatfieM had taken on her quote of saloons and

had thrown down the bars and opened wide the door and invited all to take a drink. We notice by the South Bend Tribune that J. 11. • Iselsb«-r. who had a mail route out of that c-ity. is under arrest and has been bound over to the Federal grand jury.. He. .it is said, used cancelled stamps on letters mailed on his route and appropriated the 1 cash to his own use. He was a former resident of Kankakee tp., and we are sorry that, he so forgot his, early teaching as to be guilty of such ait offence.

t • —, 1 1 — PARR. —! ; : I Moving has made quite - a change change here. \ Mrs, Etnery Garriott spent Thursday a few days tills week with Deva Hurley. Rebecca Hurley from hear Air spent a few days this wek with Deva Hurley. Mrs. Marion Gant and Mrs. Garriott spent-. Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Schreeg. f

The lecture at Wood's Hall was well i attended Thursday evening, and all enjoyed it- ’ Clarence Clemens and family from . hear Surrey and his brother-in-law from > Dakota spent Friday with Shreeg's. Louis Schreeg also got the automobile fever and is n -w the owner of one. Wonder if that v. Hi balk. too. like his t ronco? j t Clyde Gunyoij. Otto . Schreeg. Harry Arnold. Olga Schreeg. Doha Myers and Luvia Gunyon were visitors of Clara j Brusnahan Sun-lay evening. OttO Schreeg is causing quite a bit of curiosity with his incubators. He has seven going and 15*) chicks hatched. •Otto’ keep your -shot gun loaded.

FAIR OAKS. — ; * The last teachers' institute was held here Saturday - . Abe Brirtgle and wife went tq Chicago Thursday. ( B. D. McColly of Chicago eHights was in these parts Tuesday. Win Blair went to lowa the first of the week to work on a dredge. George Lambert is giving, the gravel road engine a general overhauling. Cottage prayer meeting was held at Miss Hannah Culp's Wednesday evening. Bert Warren has moved into Sam Potts' house in the west part of town. Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham are visiting their son William at Danville this week.. Cbas. Lakin of Parr was in these parts Tuesday taking the value of real estate. ■ Mrs. Ed Kesler went to Wisconsin

» j, Saturday to visit an aunt for an indefinite time. 1 Mrs. C. A. Gundy went to Rensselaer Tuesday evening- to visit her mother a few days. We have had two very severe March days this week and roads are pretty rough at present. .$ >. Dr. Loy of Rensselaer came up Mon-. day and Tuesday to see Mrs. Mai la it.. . She is very poorly. Mrs. Legiel of Chicago came down the first of the week to visit her sister, Mrs. Eggleston, for a few days. Floyd Clifton and wife moved into James Williams' property, better known as the Fred Heighbaum property.

Dr. Hansson of Rensselaer Came .up Tuesday and went out to the J-aw*er ranch to, do some work in his professional line. Quarterly meeting was held at the M. E. church Friday night. Supt. Briggs preached and administered the wholly sacrament. Dr. Fyfe of Wheatfield came down Monday night to see Sam Crawford, who has been having a pretty serious time with some kind of throat trouble. Geary Clifton and a couple other fellows from Rensselaer came Tuesday and went frog hunting in the ditches north and east of town. What luck they had We did not learn. There were several men that arrived here the first of the week to begin work on the stone road which connects the gravel road at the east side of the Tolen & Hiltis ranch. Rev. Duncleberger preached a very powerful sermon in the Christian church Saturday evening to a good sized congregation. There was one to come forward and make a confession. Marion Brown, who has been out of a house to live in since the fire on the Lawler ranch, has finally got a grainery converted into a house, and will begin housekeeping in a few days again. The trustee informed our 1 teachers last week that there wouid be another month of school making seven months in all. This is something that hasn’t occurred for a number of years in this township.

BLUE SEA I l l 1 Charley Jores was a Lee goer Saturday. f James Lilly had a very sick horse Sunday. Homer Templeton is working for Ed McKillip. Asa Holeman visited Elza Webb and family Saturday. —' Charles Perwitz of near Medaryville is working for Elza Webb. The Christian Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. James Burch Wednesday. Everett Clark spent Saturday and Sunday with Homer Templeton. Mr. Westphal moved on the Vmn recently vacated by Mr. Stockdale. Ervie Dobbins was a guest of Robert Templeton and family last week. Eda and James Anderson were absent from School Thursday with bad colds.

Miss Carrie .A/iderson assisted .Mrs. Elza Webb with her work last tveek. N. Anderson a,nd Elza Webb have commenced plowing and disking for oats. ._ ' Ethel Webb. Iva Blankenship and Joel Boon were absent from school Holiday. Aunt Liza Winters of Wolcott spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. John Gallagher. Joseph Buley has purchased a five hundred dollar team and a fifty dollar set of harness: ReV. McCorkel held a meeting at the Mi. Zion church four nights last week, getting eight new members There was two game wardens in this vicinity a few days ago. ' Better be careful about Sunday hunting. , Mrs. J. -W. Boone and two children spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents. Mr, and Mrs. McDuffy. The McKillip and Covington sale was well attended. The Baptist Ladies’ Aid served the lunch and cleared $27.70. A number of Frank McKillip’s friends planned a surprise on him Saturday evening in honor of his sixteenth birthday anniversary. The evening was spent in games and music. Refreshments were served at a late hour and the guests departed wishing him many more happy i birthdays:

A Cold, LaGrippe* the Pneumonia Is too often the fatal sequenc. Foley’s Honey and Tar expels the cold, checks the lagrippe and prevents pneumonia. It is a prompt and reliable cough medicine that contains no narcotics. It is as safe for your children as yourself.-— A. F. Long

—I MLLROY. | —i G. L. Parks visited the Banner school Monday. Thomas Clark of Lee spent Tuesday night with Karl Foulks. Thos. Spencer and Wm. Culp are hauling tile from Lee this week. W. I. Bivans and family spent Wednesday with George Bullihgton's. Miss I.ural Anderson spent Tuesday night with Nelson AndersOn and family. Mrs. W. J. Boon and children visited her parents. Mr. and Mrs. McDuffy, Over Sunday. The telephone line through this vicinity is being repaired or rebuilt with new poles and wire. Miss Irva Dobbins, daughter of Howard Dobbins of Missouri, came for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Branson Clark, and other relatives. Mrs. Wm. Gladden of Rossville, 111., with her two little daughters, Mabel and Vivian, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Bivans. Mr. rind Mrs. W. I. Bivans. Mrs. Eva Gadden and daughter Vivian. D. Z. Clark and daughter Martha ate roast duck Tuesday with George Foulks’. Rev. Kuonen came and preached Sunday night, but owing to the weather having been so unfavorable through the day, only a few came out. He will come again Sunday night, March 26. Let all be sure to come out and hear him on that evening. —l \ —I— I PARR. — 1 1 : h

Jesse Sheffer visited in Parr Tuesday. Mrs, W. L. Wood is still on the sick list. —" - Louis Schreeg has purchased a new Ford auto. K. Dewitt has moved in the C. D. I.akin house, James McClanahan was in Parr on business Tuesday. Harvey My res has been on the sick list, but' is slowly recovering. Mr. Aseltine of Hamilton, No. Dftk., visited W. L. Wood last Sunday. Frank McCurtain is contemplating taking a law course at Bloomington. Guy Nichols, the school teacher, is still training in the local gymnasiumEstle Myres is expecting tb challenge a wrestling match in the near future. Dr. Kirk visited D. V. 'Comer Friday. Mr. Comer recently moved away from Parr. Owen Wallace went to Monon yesterday in the interests of the Squire Dinge Pickle Co. John McCurtain has moved from Parr to east Barkley on one of Harry Gifford’s farms. The Parr Creamery is doing a fine business. The butter is finding ready sale at fancy prices. W. L. Wood is re-arranging his store, placing therein some double deck, show cases. Miss Ocie is managing the work. Wm. Stewart is in training every day in the Parr gy m. He expects to meet an East Chicago wrestler in the near future. Dr. Kirk is contemplating a patent ori a new separator. The blueprint can be seen in the Garriott & bowman restaurant. Ears Bruner has traded his bay driving horse for a gray. Earl says the gray doesn’t keep the road quite as well as the bay did, especially on Sunday nights.

The Parr Athletic Club is increasing in membership. The object of the Club is to develop the muscle of the young men of the neighborhood, and to place the moral standard 'on a higher plane of good citizenship. Betting on wrestling is strictly forbidden by the club, and its members are expected to be gentlemen under all circumstances. They are ready to match any local wrestler, heavy or light weight.

1 MT. AYR —! The stone road election In this township is’set for April 1. Dr. E. R. Schanlaub, the veterinary, reports an unusual amount of sickness among horses and cattle. George Zoborosky, just west of here, is trying his hand at„ making maple syrup, having tapped about thirty-five trees. Earl Kennedy,' northwest of Mt. Ayr. is having all kinds of bad luck with his sheep, having lost about forty head from some unknown disease. Uncle Jasper McKeever is still a democrat, although not so boisterously happy over the repeal of the county option law as to require the help Of his neighbors to control him. Petitions are being circulated, asking for extensions under the three-mile law. provided the iTcone road election jn this township carries in favor of the proposed improvement. , Mrs. Jennie Conrad of Lake township is one of Newton county's big farmers. Mrs* Conrad owns something like 6.000 acres of land and its cultivation is carried on largely under her personal supervision. “Grandma” Rice, mother qf Eugene Rice, the veterinary, is seriously siqk and-, according to the attending physician, is not likely to recover. Grandma Rice is ninety-four years old, and is a pioneer of this county. If stone roads are voted down, at the coming election in this township, most

assvjredly it will not be for the reason that our present streaks of mud. commonly called highways, do not speak eloquently in behalf of the proposed improvement. Last, fail was exceptionsllly favorable for the gathering of seed corn, but already there are a number of farmers in this vicinity inquiring for seed. These men "ca'c'lated” oh gathering seed corn last fall; yes, they did, aimed to gather a "hull lot.” tut "somepin" happened and—well, no matter, the seed corn wasn't gathered.

A number of northern Newton county farmers will try' raising tomatoes for the market and something like a hundred acres Vill be planted in tomatoes in Lake towjiship this season, it is said., The firm of Armour & Co. Is baek of this new industry, according to reports, and flattering inducements are offered with a view of encouraging this line of truck farming. With a republican majority of about 450. this county at the present time has a democratic sheriff, treasurer, clerk, county superintendent and ode commissioner, while five of the ten township trustees are democratic. The democrats would have made a clean sweep of the more Important county offices last fall, but the republicans nominated an old soldier for recorder and the dems just naturally hadn’t the heart to defeat him.

T'ncle John Ade of Kentland will publish a short history of Newton county from its organization to the present time, and that' the work will be interesting there is scarcely room for doubt, the author being one of the county’s oldest pioneers. Our old friend. Andrew Ellis, of Morocco informs us that he contemplated a work of this kind, but. as Uncle John has beaten him to it. about the only thing left for. Andy to do now is to change his manuscript slightly and give his book, should he publish one, the name of "Three-Eyed Mike, the Scourge of Bogus Island,” or some other catchy sort of title.

After a long and careful study of the daily life of a certain squirrel, the writer is convinced that a fairly robust squirrel will eat its head off, figuratively speaking, on an average of once a month during cold weather. Since taking up its quarters last fall in a hollow tree, just back of the barn, this particular squirrel has made almost daily trips to a nearby corn crib, depleting the bulk of corn to the extent of one ear each tHp. The amount of junk that has been hurled at that squirrel from time to time would, if . converted into money, have paid our tax with enough over to buy a pair of plow shoes, while the carboniferous profanity occasioned by its thieving propensities would have furnished the necessary vocal encouragement for the driving of a twenty-mule team a hundred miles over the worst roads imaginable. Since the first of last November we have shot at the squirrel forty-two times, but almost invariably the charges of shot penetrated the corporeal frame of a hog, a cow, a horse, a traveler on the “highway. or, in fact, almost any living thing except the squirrel. One morning recently we took down the fowling piece and started to the wood lot to address a few remarks to a crow overflow meeting, and as we passed the crib that squirrel was “ just backing down out of it with his daffy modicum qf corn. When if saw us If dropped the corn, uttered a yell of surprise that could have been heard a mile away, and begun heading for the hollow tree at a rate of speed that indicated a desire to get there In the least possible time. Sportsmanlike, we let the critter get a good start before beginning hostiliUes. and then we begun training our artillery upon him. with the result that when the smoke cleared away a fine Spanish black rooster was dancing the Mojave smoke dance with a deep gulley across his forehead, while a Jersey calf over in the field, with tail aimed at the highest point of the zenith, was hitting the high places for home and mother, with a hide so full of shot that it would scarcely hold white oak brush. We'll give ten dollars ($10) for the body of that squirrel dead or alive, preferably alive, as we desire to kill the critter in accordance With va strictly new and original plan of ours, which will be no “downy pillow” sort of death by any meansj not sea'eely.

ROSEBUD. 1 • * ■ "■ 1 Lee Rardin begun work at the ranch Tuesday. v Miss Margie Rardin spent Tuesday with her parents. - Miss Goldie Gunyon spent Sunday with Miss Gertrude Rardin. Miss Lillian Alter visited with Miss Nettie Davisson Sunday. There will be preaching at Rosebud both Sunday morning and evening. Charles Alter of Mt. Hope visited with the family of O. S. Rardin Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.' Barney Comer spent Sunday with A 1 Witham and wife. Miss .Blanche McCianahan spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Mable Gunyon. Mrs. J. W. Smith and daughter Kate spent Tuesday afternoon in Rensselaer. Mrs. Gray gave a fine talk 1 at Rosebud last Thursday night on Home Mis-' sions- ’ ! V Miss Lizzie * Wiseman - spent Saturday night and Sunday with J. W. Smith and family. Miss Goldie Gunyon. Estle Price and -James Hopkins spent Sunday evening with Miss Gertrude Rardin.

i NORTH UNION. .* . « * Will Fay lor was in Virgie Sunday forenoon. v A 1 Keener is helping build fence for JL. W- F!uyior.7; V ■ - . Will Weston went to Fair Oaks Tuesday afternoon. Grace Peyton atended institute at Fair Oaks Saturday. Mrs. J. W. Faylor spent Saturday with Mrs. WiU Faylor. . R. H. Eilts sold a calf last of the week tb Will Fayldr.

Grace Peyton spent Monday night with Will Schultz and family. Mrs. Adolf Schultz Spent Sunday with Will Schultz and family. ; J. W. Faylor. David Yeoman and B. D. Comer and son attended a sale Wednesday near Kniman. J W. Faylqr. Paul Schultz. Fred Krueger and brother helped Will Faylor buzz wood Saturday forenoon. 7; J W. Faylor. Amos Davisson. Frank Shroer. the township advisory board, met at Fair Oaks Thursday afternoon. Mr. Francis of Rensselaer was around in this neighborhood taking orders for fruit trees arid seed of most any kind you could mention.

LEE. * ! ... I ■ ;.. ; I'-. •/ Mrs. Gilmore called on Mrs. Harriet Jacks Monday afterfeoon. The Ladies Home Missionary met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Alvin Clark's. Everett Blackburn and wife have moved onto the Horton j & Mosely ranch. David Culp. J. H. Culp. Obe Noland and Alf Jacks made a business trip to Rensselaer Tuesday. Mr. Jones of Motion, president of the Sunday School Association of Monon tp., visited our school Sunday.

J. H. Culp and wife went Saturday to visit Ray Holeman and family near Reynolds, and returned home Sunday. O. C. Hughes has bought the blacksmith tools of Mr. Scott at this place and is aiming to come here and start up business. Mrs. Mary Ann Smith called on Mrs. Harriet Jacks Tuesday afternoon. The latter does not improve very much from her recent sickness.

Mr. Jones of Monon. Rev. Quonen, Alvin Clark and wife and Will Rishling and wife went from church Sunday to S- W. Noland’s for dinner.

Earl Stiers and family of Medaryville and Mrs. Blanch Marin of Kankakee, 111., and Mrs. Grace Osborne of Chicago visited during the past week at their parents home, Fred Stiers and family, at this place.

j SCHULTZ SETTLEMENT, j —I 1— Paul Schultz took in Rensselaer Tuesday. Wm. Schultz was a Parr goer Monday evening. Fred Krueger and Paul L. Schultz buzzed wood Friday.

John Stibbe purchased some corn of Wm. Schultz Tuesday. Paul Schultz hauled a load of wheat to Rensselaer Thursday. That's right. Fred, plow when you can. “The early bird gets the worm." Paul Schultz buzzed wood Monday afternoon and Stephen Comer buzzed Tuesday.

Mrs. August Krueger called ori her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Fred Krueger, Friday.

Mrs. Amiel Herre spent Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz.

Mrs. John Stibbe is visiting in Milford, 111., and will probably return the latter part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Schultz and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krueger w guests of Wm. Schultz and family Sunday. First we have a few nice warm days, enough to give us the spring fever, then, whiz! along comes a young blizzard and crowds us around the good, warm stove again. Nowadays the men ask ‘Thinkin* ’bout sowin’ oats yetT’ The women ask “Got any hens setting?" and great is the consternation if the answer is “yes.” Beats all how women try to get ahead of one a not hep. A."R. Schultz made the most of the young blipzard Wednesday by taking his plows tf> Parr for repairs. That’s right. August, when you get to turning your share of old mother earth there will be something doing.