Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

Ai Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

<TT emi of Interest jl from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis.

) GOODLAND , , (From the Herald.) A. J. Spinney was a Kentland caller Wednesday. Mrs. W. H. Townsend is in <iuiie feeble health at her home on west Jasper street. A. P. Hawn has been at llaporte for several' weeks being associated with the Rumley Plow Co. Roy Mitten was home from Chicago this week the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mitten. H. T. Griggs and Mrs. Wm. P. Wilson attended the funeral of Alex Geizleman at Kentland Thursday. Mrs. John W. Hass of Kenaston, ■Sask., Canada, is here the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Martin Sego and family.

Louis Apger returned to Goodland Monday evening from a two weeks visit with relatives in northwestern' Ohio.

*Miss Gladys Houk visited in Sheldon from Friday evening until Sunday evening with her friend, Miiss Ruth McNealy. IMr. Patrick Allen, and Mrs. Lucy Poulsen were married at the Lutheran parsonage .at high noon Wednesday, the Rev. Paul officiating. ' . '. „ ' .

Marie Anne, the aged mother of the priest ,of Goodland left last Week for an extended visit at points in eastern Ohio and western Indiana.

Mrs. Robert Capes returned Thursday morning from Monticello after a three weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Watson and family.

Mr. and Mrs, .John Stack and family attended the wedding of the latter’s, brother. James Higgins, and Miss Katherine Horan at Reynolds Wednesday.

Louis Krueger has, been at No.-:h Vernon. Ind., looking after his farming interests' there. to move his family there within the next few weeks.

Atty. James E. Babcock came up from Indianapolis Saturday evening for a short visit with his parents, Attorney and Mrs. A. D. Babcock. He returned Tuesday. Word from Dr,, and Mrs. M. 6. Traugh, at Otto, Wyo., states that they are in the best of health and that there is no snow to interfere with their fine .winter weather. Ira Hoover moved his family to Goqdland the latter j>art of last week, occupying the large Hameton house with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hoover, the latter having bought same last fall.

Anderson Bigger was ejected frdm Poutre’s saloon Thursday evening and became apgry and used Offensive language whiolu. offended Pat Listen, who struck him. Bigger had Listen! arrested and the trial will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m.

This Saturday Father Zioher attended to the sacerdotal ministrations of his scattered flock in the sand burrows of Lake Village and vicinity. He always returns to his little parish at Goodland with augmented zest hnd cheer on the Sundays following his visits to the Village.

Chas. M. Ray and wife left this week for Advance, Ind., where they will visit with relatives until next week when they will leave for New Mexico for a pleasure trip. Mr. Ray is in poor health and-the" trip its being made for his health. C. C. Winters is the new second trick operator at the C. & E. I. Thomas Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wat-on of this city was honorably discharged from the U. S. Marines on Jan. 6, 1912, and On Jan. 29 landed on the eastern coast and will arrive home in a lew weeks. He served four years spending the first one in the TJ. S. waters and the last three were spent bn waters bordering China, Japan and the Philippine Islands. t i

I WOLCOTT. j (From the Enterprise.) Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lenone Sunday, Feb. 4, a son. Born, to Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Burns, Wednesday, Feb. 7, a daughter. II• ■ ■ Miss Carrie Gudeman went to Francesville Friday, to visit relatives. Bonn, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stinson, Aiopday, Feb. 5, a daughter. John Abersol and daughters, Ella ■ and Anna, w-ent to. Francesville Friday. Mrs. John Whitehead went to Remington Wednesday evening to .visit her son, Arthur Whitehead. Miss Hazel Blake of’ Remington, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs.

Perry Blake, returned home Monday evening. Mrs. Truman HoTdridge went to Omaha, Neb., Tuesday to visit her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Mart Galloway and family. Gris Leyman, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gudeman, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pelsy went to Francesville Friday •to visiit . relatives. . Mrs. Ora Barnhart of Decatur, 111., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Minnie aPrsons, returned home Tuesday morning. Ernest Miles went to Morocco Friday for a few d'ays visit before going to Los Angeles, Cali,,, for an extended visit with relatives. Mrs. Hagjnsof Rensselaer, who ■has been visitng her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Erwin and her sister, Mr®. Graham, returned home Thursday.

Miss Minnie Waymiie has taken charge of the music department of the. Monnett Home at Rensselaer, and began her duties February 1. Mrs. Mary Miles went*to Rensselaer Friday to visit relatives for a few days befpre going to Los Angeles, Cali., to visit her sons, Clare and Thoma®, and Mrs. Charles Miles.' ■ i I

I FRANCES VILLE. —I-——- ' -|— (From the Tribune.) Mrs. George Bond of west Of town went to Lafayette Monday to viiait her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Owens from Monon were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus 'Brown over Sunday. John Lighthold and Ed Honniger of Illinois, visited Julius Honniger a few days last week.

Mr. and Mrs. *faill Lehman and Miss Flora Kaupke left Thursday evening for Colorado Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Eldridge and Miss Rfaena Aery were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eldridge Sunday. Dr. A. E. Schmadel, dentist from Lafayette, has opened an office over Tiri l etts drug store and will be here on Tuesday and Wednesday of each week.

'The Charles Sdhleman residence near the German Evangelical church caught fire this afternoon at 3 3 o’clock. Quick work by tihe Are department with the assistance of the chemiical engine saved it before great damage was done.

I MEDARYVILLE. | „ -I— — (From the Advertiser.) John L. Hansell lost a valuable driving horse "by death on Thursday of last week; * •’ . O icar Babbs of Danville, 111., was the guest of his uncle, T. L. Smith, and family last week. Mrs. M red Malbauer, who was quite seriously injured last week by, jailing on t'he ice, is slowly recovering Prof. A. T. Patty, superintendent of Medaryville schools, visited at his old home in Kewanna last Saturday and Sunday. Dr. J. J. Jones has this week moved his drug stock to the Mrs, Mary Querry formerly -occupied by the podtoffice. Mrs. Maria Peters of Chicago after a ten daya visit with her friends, Dr. T. F„ Massey and family, returned home last Wednesday. Mrs. Ralph Malbauer in a fit of anger, despondency, disappointment or whatever it may have been, took a dose of laudanum, last Saturday afternoon with suicidal intent. Dr. H. G. Jones was called, who applied the stomach pump rind soon had the poison removed from the- young woman’s stomach. s

P McCOYSBURG. Mrs. Shultz, iVho has been quite poorly for some .years, has been very giick this week, but is some better now. Ike McCurtain., who bought land in Wisconsin, last fall will move there in the spring. Ike says there is no place like Wisconsin. .Mth, R. V. Johns has been quite slick the last few days. Little Murrel Bussell; the rural carrier’s son, is also sick with pneumonia. Rev. Kuonen, who has been holding protracted meetings here the past two weeks, baptised and took into the church ten new members Sunday. Quite a numbet- of farmers still have corp shredding to do in this locality. Througih tne efforts of Mr. Tierr a machine was brought in, he furnishing the engine and in 3-pdte of cold weather, the work has went on, farmers are so short of hay or other Tough feed. B. J. Gifford, the Chicago & Wa!iash Valley aailway magnate, is un-

loading a monster dry land or steam shovel to throw up grade south of the Monon tracks here. He has the right of way cleared south through E. Gilmore’s woods a® far as Milroy dhuroh. In order to Clear the Monon rails as required, Mr. Gifford will need to throw up grade nearly 23 feet on either side of the track, we understand. He expects to use trestle and cement work on the south Side of the track. The wagon road wlill also be under the grade. Lowman Bros, have taken possession of the store formerly owned by Reed McCoy. Mr. McCoy has no location yet, we understand, but thinks of going back to Fairmont, Ind., where he lived before CQming here. A word might be said of the work of Mr. McCoy as a groceryman and postmaster at this place, always keeping the. quality of his up to a high standard and an able and accommodating postmaster, well thought of by the people. Lbwmlan Bros, will open a hardware store in tneir old building and carry a full stock.

| MT. AYR. j (From the Pilot.) Isaac Parker moved to Everett Hal lead's farm Wednesday of last week. Clarence Blankenbaker moved Friday to one of Ben Harris’ farms in Newton tp. ...Mrs. Harry Hufty, Miss Ada Miller and Jay Miller were visiting in Rensselaer Saturday.. . ‘ Mr., and .Mrs. Alex ".Miller spent Monday night with Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Haskell of Rensselaer. ~ Miss Flora Parke went, to Hammond Friday to viit. her parents. She returned Sunday evening. Mrs. John Macklenberg, daughter of Gene Rice, and her sister Beatrice camp nday to visit a few days and prepare for the trip to their new home in Wisconsin. Mr. Rice, Wallace Jenkerson and Mr. Macklenberg will take their families there in about a wetek. , A telephone 'message from the Post Graduate hc'fpita/1 at Chicago Monday evening in regard to Newton (Lyons, stated that the first operation three weeks ago today was a failure but he was operated on again Monday and was feeling well alter the operation. He is expected to be able to return home in a couple of weeks.

I REMINGTON. | M. A. Gray and Aaron Blake were Chicago visitors last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Guy were in Rensselaer Monday on abstract work. The Auto Sales Co. got in a carload of the popular Ford ears last week. Frdd Berger returned last week from a two weeks trip through Florida. James Peck and ,Wm. Geier attended the poultry show at Indianapolis lash week. Mr. and Mrs. 1 Bruce Tedford of Idaville visited their daughter, Mrs. Frank Peck, here last wdek. The Remington Farmers’ Institute will be held here next Wednesday and Thursday, reb.' 21-22. Mrs. Libbie Wood has bought the James Hogan .property- on N. Main street, consideration SSOO. Mrs? August Meyers left last Tuesday with her son, J. G. Meyers, for .Manchester, Okla., where snv will make her home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pam pie went to Illinois) Tuesday to visit a couple of weeks before returning to their home in Hastings, Neb. Recent births: Feb. 2, to Claude Lambo.c and wife of Kentland, formerly of Remington, a -on; Feb’ 3, .to John Shearer and wife, a son. The property owned by George Stoudt and occupied by Rev. Ashley. caught fire last Wednesday m-ccning and slight damage was done ere the flames were extinguished by our efficient fire company.

The lots .owned on outh Ohio street by Charles Beal have been sold to J. H. Gilbert and it- is Understood that a 50x1 50 brick garage for the Auto Sales Co, wi.il be erected thereon. Claude Cruzon and family will move to Rensselaer soon where Mr. Cruzon will have charge of the mechanical department of the Jhsper County Democrat. Mr. Cruzon has held a like iposition on the Remington Press for' a couple of years, .and we join their many friends in wishing them success in their new home and in commending •them to the , good people of Rensselaer. Mr. Charles Dluzak of near Remington and Miss Ella McGraw of Goodland, were united in marriage last Tuesday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Goqdland, Rev Father Zicher, the pastor, officiating. After a two weeks honeymoon in Chicago they will settle down on a farm near Rensselaer Your correspondent ' joins their many friends in extending congratulations.