Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

Ai Furnished by Oig Regular Correspondents

tfll ems of Interest □J from Surrounding Town* Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis.

I PINE GROVE. | (Too late for Saturday’s issue') .John Daniels is on the sick list at this writing. Andy Ropp attended " Isaac McCurtain’s sale Monday. Perry Garriott spent Sunday afternoon with John Torbet. , Roy Torbet attended Elmer Sullenberger’s sale Mr. and Mrs. Verm Odle were shopping in Rensselaer Monday. Glen Baker is making good progress with his saw mill this week.j Harry Beck took a load of bridge Humber up east of Wheatfield Wednesday.

Dean Cannon spept Saturday night and Sunday with Irving Peregrine and John Torbet. John Torbet, Dean Cannon and Irving Peregrine were Rensselaer goers Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Chas. Shroyer spent Wednesday with Mrs. Adam Flesher and family of near Newland. Chas. Walker and son Seth and brother, Victor Walker, called on J. M. Torbet Sunday evening. Miss Bertha Cooper spent the latter part of last week with her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Cooper, and family. MijS). Andy Ropp and Mrs. James Torbet called on Mrs. Adam Fle'sher, who is very ill at this writing. Mrs. Bluford Torbet spent Tuesday and Tuesday night with her mother, Mrs. Sarah McCleary,, and son. Mrs. Sarah McCleary and Mrs. Emily Guss spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Lizzie Cooper and family. i (Bernice and Lucy Walker of Gifford spent Saturday afternoon with their grandmother, Mrs. Jane Hurley of Blackford. Mts. Emily Guss returned to Duluth, Minn., Tuesday after a week’s visit with friends and relatives in and near Renssplaer. Mrs. James Torbet returned home Monday from Crawfordsville where she went to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. M. Williams, and visited a few weeks with friends and relatives.

I FRANCESVILLE. (From the Tribune.; Miss Claire Hubbell is in Chica-. go visiting her brother.'’ Twins (boy and girl) were born to Mr. and ’Mrs. Charles Pratt Saturday. < ; Virginia Ann Thompson was born to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Thompson at Goodland Friday, Feb. 9. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kietzmann of Plymouth are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. C. M. Hubbell, east of town. Harry J. Myers and Harry J. Meuhleback of Notre Dame were here over Sunday, the guests of the former’s parents. Mrs. Richard Sanborn of Stockwell and Mrs. John Stjevens ■ and son James of near Lafayette visited over Sunday with their daughter and' sister, Mrs. John Hudgens. L. E. Heistand Of this place was on Tuesday granted a divorce from Almedia Heistand in Judge Vurpillat’s court. He iwas also granted the custody of his 12 year old son Frank.

I MT. AYR. ' j (From the Pilot.) Miss Lulu Hickman is visiting relatives in town this week. Mrs. Sam Guthrie visited with Mrs. Harry Elijah a couple of days this webk. Miss Jane Makeevpr spent Satur- 1 day night and Sunday visiting Mrs. Lessen Ponsler. Mrs. Anna Baker is on the sick list this week and i£ contemplating a trip to the Springs.

Mrs. Geo. Johnson visited Monday and Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Stucker. Eugene Rice left; Monday for his new home in Wisconsin. The family will remain here until warmer weather. Gene Perrigo had a cylinder on his auto bursted by freezing. Jay Miller towed him to Rensselaer Thursday where his machine will be repaired. Mrs. Harry Hufty and two children, Lucy and Ernest Harris, Mrs. Claud Baldwin and Ada and Jay Miller were Rensselaer visitors Monday afternoon. Lawrence Gebhart and wife left for a visit with Mrs. Minnie Crisler at Rensselaer Wednesday. From there they will go to his people at Roselawn and then on to their home at Chebanse, 111.

Pete Allen, who has been ill for some time at the home of Geo. Devries, died last week. The funeral was held Monday and burial made at Goodland. The Presbyterian minister of that place delivered the sermon. Frank Burns has engaged work for the summer with John Romine and in l the near future will move to the farm. This will start the moving in town of a number of families and allow one to get located that has been waiting for a vacant place. Mrs. Clifford Barker and Mrs. Gertie Harriman of near Brook came Thursday to visit their aunt, Mrs. Sarah Stucker, that night, and taking dinner with Scott Brenner and daughter, Mrs. Hardy, Friday. They returned to their homes Friday evening where Mrs. Harriman and family are preparing to move the first of March near Claypool, Ind.

WOLCOTT. (From the Enterprise.) * Miss Alta Grimes caifle up Friday evening to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grimes. Mrs. Joe Denton of Remington came Friday to help care for her father, Alvin Foster, who is ill. George Jessup and sister, Miss Hazel, of Fairbury, HI., came Saturday evening to visit Miss Nelle Hanna. Mrs. Andy Arrick went to Lafayette Friday to visit her daughters, Mrs. Vesta Zimmerman and Waring. ’Mrs. J. M. Conway of New Richmond, Ind., who has been visiting her brother, E. Conkle, returned home Wednesday. Miss Bertha Brimmer of Remington came Wednesday to visit her mother and sister, Mrs. Primmer and Mrs. John Hinchman. Misses Della and Florence Fletcher of Frankfort, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs.- Isaac Leopold, returned home Saturday. Mis. Blanche Cheek of Cutler, Ind., who has been visiting her uncle, John Unroe and family, for the past month, returned home Saturday. r Dr. and Mirs. J. A. Smith were called to Paris, ill., last Thursday by the serious illness of the Dr’s, mother, word was received latejr of her death. .• Andy Rokey and Robert Schlaman of Sabbath, Kan., who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eli Blume, went to Bluffton Saturday to visit relatives.

I MEDARYVILLE. | -|— (From the Advertiser.) Miss Edith Winter is reported quite dll at her home south of town. We understand that A. J. Stump has bought the J, D. Clark property southwest of town. Robert Abelll of Fair! Oaks has been here several days this week on pension business. Amos Fess is moving about on crutches since Wednesday oh account of a badly sprained gnkle. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Zurmehle of Indianapolis are the guests of tne latter’s mother ;p.nid brother, Mrs Margaret and Joe Gore, ( this' week. Mr. and Mrs. David Archer, who for several weeks have been bedfast with attacks of pneumonia, are both improving and Mr. Archer was up town iltet Monday for the first time in weeks. •> , is) Frank L. Klqckner and a force of men nave been here this week planting poles and stretching electric light wires. Thus step by step we are nearing the time when wt will be able to see where we set our feet on a dark night. ' The terrifying tones of the fire bell rang out on the cold night air about 11 o’clock Sunday night, and investigation showed that the roof around the chimney on the south side of Henry Luken’s residence on Railroad street, was on fire. "Prompt action on the part of those that hurrieki to the scene, soon extinguished the flames, a hole about three feet square showing where the fire had been. The origin is unexplained and the loss is but small. The house is owned by Mrs. Maiy McGimsey.

J GOODLAND -| : __ (From the Herald.) Fred Sawyer of Monticello is visiting with his brother Moses at Phoenix, Atiz. Mrs. Hugh Murray and Mrs. Ben Shelland were guests of Remington relatives Thursday. Mrs. Jessie Lovett went to Chicago Wednesday where she will make an extended visit with relatives. Mrs. Sam Wing sold her residence property in Goodland Tuesday afternoon to Mrs. Hugh Murray. Mrs. Earl Thompson left Wednesday for a two weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. B. B. Anderson, in Chicago. s. , A. P. Hawn, who is in the employ of the Rumley Traction Co. at Laporte, was home last Saturday and Sunday, returning to his work Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rich returned Sunday from Kankakee where they visited with the former’s brother, Elert and family.

The surplus from the Kentland postal savings bank is handled through the Goodland postoffice and dejiosited here in the First National Bank. Harry Little was a business caller in Crawfordsville and Indianapolis this week.- Harry is contemplating the purchase of an automobile and gjs looking, around. Mrs. W. C. Logan and two children, Vaughn and Frances, went Thursday evening to Gibston City, 111., for a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Hopkins. Mr. Ray Galbraith, sop of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Galbraith, northwest of Goodland, was married to Miss Lizzie Frohreich Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frohreich near Beecher, 111. Sam Mead fas purchased the H. T. Griggs property in the northeast part of town. This property joins the Butler land which he bought sometime ago and the two will make him a nice country home almost in town. Consideration s.">.500.

James Sheldon, who lost his large barn and fourteen head of stock on- Friday morning, Feb. 2, will re-build at once. He went to Chicago Wednesday morning where he will buy five or six work horses to do his farm work with this summer. On Friday afternoon of last week Charles Daniel, who is employed at the Colburn-Bales Lumber Co. yards, met with a very painful accident at about four o’clock. He had been working in a box car on the “y” and in getting out of the car door his pants (leg caught on one of the dooi 1 hooks and tripped him, throwing him in such a way ihat the weight of his body was brought to bear on his ankle, breaking it. The injury has been very painful and will require quite a good deal of time and care to heal.

I REMINGTON. -I Charles J. Fell is preparing to move to Colorado, on a large sheep ranch. A barn on the Mark Crandall I arm east of Wadena was destroyed by fire last Wednesday. The Farmers’ Institute opens today and continues over tomorrow in the Townsend hall. Come out. Mont Hoover went to Wabash last Tuesday to attend the public sale of the tenant on the farm he recently purchased there. Fred Burger and Charles Welsh, both of west of town, have announced that they, are candidates for the republican nomination for commissioner from’ this district. Miss Pearl Morris gave an enjoyable Valentine party last Wednesday evening for the Sew Club. Miss Oma Ferguson of Wolcott and Dr. Rose M. Remmek of Rensselaer, were also guests. The high school commission which our sdhool lost two years ago, has again been restored ♦ by the state educational department and Remington can again boast of a commissioned high school. D. V. Garrison, who suffered a stroke of paralysis recently while working in the Wilson harness shop, I hlas partially recovered. His daughters, Mirs. O. P. Taber of Wabash 1 and H. B. Hardy iof Huntington' came last Wednesday to be with 1 him. The Eastern Stars gave a very enjoyable masquerade party at the F. & A. M. hall Wednesday evening to which some 45 Masons and “Mrs. Masons” responded. Albert Dodge won the gentleman’s prize as the 1 best masqueraded man, a diamond’ pin, and Mrs. Wm. Geier won for the ladies, a pincushion. Albert was dressed as an old-time doctor, and Mrs. Geier as a cow-girl. Claude Cruzon, who has been employed in the Remington Press office for the past two years, has gone to Rensselaer to work in The Democrat office and will - move his family there as soon as he can secure a house. He has rented one of the houses recently purchased by Mrs. George Stoudt, blit the present occupant can not get out until March 1. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Cruzon wish them well in their new home.